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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973 / 1975)
76-86, Finished 5th in AL East
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Scored 647 runs, Allowed 660 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82
Manager: Del Crandall (76-86)
Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 955,741 (9th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99; one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
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1973 / 1975 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 2, 1973
Sold Ken Reynolds to the St. Louis Cardinals.
October 22, 1973
Traded Ollie Brown, Joe Lahoud, Skip Lockwood, Ellie Rodriguez and Gary Ryerson to the California Angels. Received Steve Barber, Ken Berry, Art Kusnyer, Clyde Wright and cash.
October 23, 1973
Released John Felske.
October 27, 1973
Sold Rick Auerbach to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
November 7, 1973
Traded Frank Linzy to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Bill Wilson.
December 6, 1973
Traded Ray Newman to the Detroit Tigers. Received Mike Strahler.
December 7, 1973
Purchased Felipe Alou from the Montreal Expos.
December 8, 1973
Traded Bob Heise to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Tom Murphy.
December 27, 1973
Released Rick Austin.
1974
Signed Sam Hinds as an amateur free agent.
January 9, 1974
Drafted John Caneira in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Tom Chism in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
March 26, 1974
Released Mike Strahler.
March 27, 1974
Released Steve Barber.
Released Bill Wilson.
March 30, 1974
Traded Wilbur Howard to the Houston Astros. Received Don Stratton (minors) and Larry Yount.
April 29, 1974 (Standings)
Released Felipe Alou.
May 13, 1974 (Standings)
Purchased Mike Hegan from the New York Yankees.
June 5, 1974 (Standings)
Drafted Butch Edge in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
Drafted Moose Haas in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
Drafted Barry Cort in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
Drafted Gary Beare in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
Drafted Steve Bowling in the 7th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
Drafted Jim Gantner in the 12th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
Drafted Jerry Augustine in the 15th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
June 24, 1974 (Standings)
Traded Bill Parsons and cash to the Oakland Athletics. Received Deron Johnson.
July 13, 1974 (Standings)
Signed Willie Mueller as an amateur free agent.
July 29, 1974 (Standings)
Purchased Dick Selma from the California Angels.
August 12, 1974 (Standings)
Returned Dick Selma to the California Angels following previous purchase.
September 7, 1974 (Standings)
Sold Deron Johnson to the Boston Red Sox.
October 22, 1974
Traded John Vukovich to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Pat Osburn.
November 2, 1974
Traded a player to be named later and Dave May to the Atlanta Braves. Received Hank Aaron. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Roger Alexander (minors) (December 2, 1974) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.
December 3, 1974
Traded Steve McCartney (minors) to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Ed Farmer.
December 5, 1974
Traded Clyde Wright to the Texas Rangers. Received Pete Broberg.
December 19, 1974
Signed Rick Austin as a free agent.
January 9, 1975
Drafted Lenn Sakata in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).
January 24, 1975
Released Ken Berry.
March 6, 1975
Purchased Kurt Bevacqua from the Kansas City Royals.
March 29, 1975
Sold Gary Martz to the Kansas City Royals.
