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Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

October 15, 1970

Traded Dave Kent (minors), Gary Washington (minors) and Charlie Sands to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Ed Pacheco (minors), Jerry Branch (minors) and Tom Frondorf (minors).

December 3, 1970

Traded Bill Robinson to the Chicago White Sox. Received Barry Moore.

1971

Bruce Look received from the Minnesota Twins in an unknown transaction.

March 25, 1971

Released Mike McCormick.

March 31, 1971

Released Pete Ward.

April 9, 1971 (Standings)

Traded Rob Gardner and Ron Klimkowski to the Oakland Athletics. Received Felipe Alou.

May 26, 1971 (Standings)

Traded Curt Blefary to the Oakland Athletics. Received Rob Gardner.

May 28, 1971 (Standings)

Traded Bill Burbach to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Jim Hardin.

June 7, 1971 (Standings)

Traded Bobby Mitchell and Frank Tepedino to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Danny Walton.

June 8, 1971 (Standings)

Drafted Mike Pazik in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary).

Drafted Terry Whitfield in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft.

Drafted Ron Guidry in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft.

Drafted Larry Murray in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

Drafted Mike Paxton in the 13th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

June 25, 1971 (Standings)

Traded Ron Woods to the Montreal Expos. Received Ron Swoboda.

July, 1971 (Standings)

Traded Bruce Look to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Bart Zeller. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July 17, 1971 (Standings)

Signed Bobby Cox as a free agent.

August 28, 1971 (Standings)

Released Bobby Cox.

October 13, 1971 (Standings)

Traded Jim Lyttle to the Chicago White Sox. Received Rich Hinton.

November 29, 1971

Drafted Jim Magnuson from the Chicago White Sox in the 1971 rule 5 draft.

December 2, 1971

Traded Stan Bahnsen to the Chicago White Sox. Received Rich McKinney.

Traded Gary Jones and Terry Ley to the Texas Rangers. Received Bernie Allen.

December 6, 1971

Traded Ossie Chavarria to Mexico City Tigers (Mexican). Received Celerino Sanchez.

January 12, 1972

Drafted Rick Anderson in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft (January Secondary).

Drafted Larry Wolfe in the 4th round of the 1972 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

January 19, 1972

Traded a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Fred Beene. The New York Yankees sent Dale Spier (minors) (April 10, 1972) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

January 20, 1972

Traded a player to be named later to the Chicago Cubs. Received Johnny Callison. The New York Yankees sent Jack Aker (May 17, 1972) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

February 2, 1972

Purchased Hal Lanier from the San Francisco Giants.

February 14, 1972

Released Ron Hansen.

March 22, 1972

Traded a player to be named later and Danny Cater to the Boston Red Sox. Received Sparky Lyle. The New York Yankees sent Mario Guerrero (June 30, 1972) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

March 31, 1972

Purchased Frank Tepedino from the Milwaukee Brewers.

1970 / 1972 Trades and Transactions