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1976 Montreal Expos Trades and Transactions
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975 / 1977)
55-107, Finished 6th in NL East
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Scored 531 runs, Allowed 734 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-104
Manager: Karl Kuehl (43-85) and Charlie Fox (12-22)
Ballpark: Jarry Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 646,704 (11th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 107;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 104
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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.

December 12, 1975

Traded Bob Bailey to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Clay Kirby.

December 22, 1975

Traded Bob Stinson to the Kansas City Royals. Received a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Rodney Scott (December 22, 1975) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

1976

Roger Freed received from Monterrey (Mexican) in an unknown transaction.

January 7, 1976

Drafted Gary Weiss in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

February 14, 1976

Signed Wayne Granger as a free agent.

March 16, 1976

Dave McNally granted Free Agency.

May 5, 1976 (Standings)

Purchased Steve Dunning from the California Angels.

May 17, 1976 (Standings)

Traded Larry Biittner and Steve Renko to the Chicago Cubs. Received Andre Thornton.

June 2, 1976 (Standings)

Released Nate Colbert.

June 8, 1976 (Standings)

Drafted Bob James in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.

Drafted Dan Schatzeder in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1976.

Drafted Bob Pate in the 4th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

Drafted Jack O'Connor in the 9th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

Drafted Nick Capra in the 12th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted David Palmer in the 21st round of the 1976 amateur draft.

July 8, 1976 (Standings)

Released Fred Scherman.

July 21, 1976 (Standings)

Traded Jim Dwyer and Pepe Mangual to the New York Mets. Received Wayne Garrett and Del Unser.

July 24, 1976 (Standings)

Purchased Earl Williams from the Atlanta Braves.

July 27, 1976 (Standings)

Released Jim Lyttle.

November 2, 1976

Released Chuck Taylor.

November 6, 1976

Traded Steve Dunning, Pat Scanlon and Tony Scott to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Bill Greif, Sam Mejias and Angel Torres.

November 17, 1976

Signed Dave Cash as a free agent.

December 2, 1976

Released Clay Kirby.

December 6, 1976

Roger Freed drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1976 rule 5 draft.

December 7, 1976

Traded Rudy Kinard (minors) to the Kansas City Royals. Received Frank Ortenzio.

December 10, 1976

Traded Andre Thornton to the Cleveland Indians. Received Jackie Brown.

December 16, 1976

Traded Woodie Fryman and Dale Murray to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Will McEnaney and Tony Perez.

January 11, 1977

Drafted Dan Firova in the 7th round of the 1977 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

February 9, 1977

Released Wayne Granger.

March 15, 1977

Traded Rodney Scott to the Texas Rangers. Received Jeff Terpko.

March 17, 1977

Signed Rick Engle as an amateur free agent.

March 28, 1977

Released Earl Williams.

March 30, 1977

Released Bill Greif.

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1975 / 1977 Trades and Transactions