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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975 / 1977)
66-95, Finished 6th in AL East
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Scored 570 runs, Allowed 655 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-91
Manager: Alex Grammas (66-95)
Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,012,164 (7th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99; one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100
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1975 / 1977 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
November 14, 1975
Signed Ed Romero as an amateur free agent.
December 22, 1975
Traded Pat Osburn to the Kansas City Royals. Received Kenzie Davis (minors).
January 14, 1976
Signed Vada Pinson as a free agent.
March 20, 1976
Signed Tim Ireland as a free agent.
April 4, 1976 (Standings)
Released Ed Farmer.
Released Vada Pinson.
April 8, 1976 (Standings)
Sold Tim Ireland to the Chicago Cubs.
May 13, 1976 (Standings)
Signed Ray Sadecki as a free agent.
June 2, 1976 (Standings)
Purchased Von Joshua from the San Francisco Giants.
June 3, 1976 (Standings)
Traded Bobby Darwin and Tom Murphy to the Boston Red Sox. Received Bernie Carbo.
June 7, 1976 (Standings)
Traded a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Danny Frisella. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Sam Mejias (June 23, 1976) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.
June 8, 1976 (Standings)
Drafted Bill Bordley in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Darrell Brown in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Lary Sorensen in the 8th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Drafted George Frazier in the 9th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Drafted Gary Holle in the 13th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
June 10, 1976 (Standings)
Traded Pedro Garcia to the Detroit Tigers. Received Gary Sutherland.
June 15, 1976 (Standings)
Released Ed Sprague.
June 20, 1976 (Standings)
Released Bill Champion.
June 22, 1976 (Standings)
Traded Tom Deidel (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Jack Heidemann.
October 22, 1976
Sold Kurt Bevacqua to the Seattle Mariners.
November 5, 1976
Butch Edge selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 12th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
Steve Bowling selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 23rd pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
Pete Broberg selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 35th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
Larry Anderson selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 45th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
Greg Erardi selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 60th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
November 19, 1976
Signed Sal Bando as a free agent.
December 6, 1976
Drafted Marshall Edwards from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1976 rule 5 draft.
Purchased Larry Haney from the Oakland Athletics.
Traded Bernie Carbo and George Scott to the Boston Red Sox. Received Cecil Cooper.
Traded Jim Colborn and Darrell Porter to the Kansas City Royals. Received a player to be named later, Jamie Quirk and Jim Wohlford. The Kansas City Royals sent Bob McClure (March 15, 1977) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
December 7, 1976
Drafted Jeff Yurak from the San Francisco Giants in the 1976 minor league draft.
December 14, 1976
Released Ray Sadecki.
January 4, 1977
Signed Ken Sanders as a free agent.
February 17, 1977
Released Gary Sutherland.
February 25, 1977
Purchased Ken McMullen from the Oakland Athletics.
March 21, 1977
Purchased Steve Brye from the Minnesota Twins.
March 23, 1977
Selected Rich Folkers off waivers from the San Diego Padres.
