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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974)
71-91, Finished 6th in NL East
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Scored 642 runs, Allowed 717 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-89
Manager: Danny Ozark (71-91)
Ballpark: Veterans Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,475,934 (5th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 103; one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 108
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1972 / 1974 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 25, 1972
Purchased Tom Haller and Don Leshnock from the Detroit Tigers.
October 26, 1972
Released Chris Short.
October 31, 1972
Traded Bill Champion, Don Money and John Vukovich to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Ken Brett, Jim Lonborg, Ken Sanders and Earl Stephenson.
November 13, 1972
Signed Jose Pagan as a free agent.
November 27, 1972
Drafted Mike Bruhert from the New York Mets in the 1972 rule 5 draft.
November 30, 1972
Traded Joe Lis, Ken Reynolds and Ken Sanders to the Minnesota Twins. Received Cesar Tovar.
Traded Roger Freed and Oscar Gamble to the Cleveland Indians. Received Terry Wedgewood (minors) and Del Unser.
1973
Juan Jimenez sent to the Pittsburgh Pirates in an unknown transaction.
January 10, 1973
Drafted Alan Bannister in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January).
Drafted Dick Ruthven in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary).
Drafted Rick Bosetti in the 7th round of the 1973 amateur draft (January). Player signed January 17, 1973.
January 15, 1973
Released John Bateman.
January 29, 1973
Purchased Rickey Clark from the California Angels.
March 22, 1973
Released Jim Nash.
April 10, 1973 (Standings)
Returned Mike Bruhert (earlier draft pick) to the New York Mets.
May 2, 1973 (Standings)
Traded Deron Johnson to the Oakland Athletics. Received Jack Bastable (minors).
May 8, 1973 (Standings)
Released Dick Selma.
June 5, 1973 (Standings)
Drafted John Stearns in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1973 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1973.
Drafted Dan Boitano in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 19, 1973.
Drafted Todd Cruz in the 2nd round of the 1973 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1973.
Drafted Jim Wright in the 5th round of the 1973 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1973.
Drafted Manny Seoane in the 6th round of the 1973 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1973.
Drafted Randy Lerch in the 8th round of the 1973 amateur draft.
June 22, 1973 (Standings)
Released Gary Neibauer.
August 10, 1973 (Standings)
Selected George Culver off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
August 14, 1973 (Standings)
Traded a player to be named later to the California Angels. Received players to be named later and Billy Grabarkewitz. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Denny Doyle (December 6, 1973) to the California Angels to complete the trade. The California Angels sent Aurelio Monteagudo (December 6, 1973) and Chris Coletta (December 6, 1973) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
August 16, 1973 (Standings)
Released Jose Pagan.
September 11, 1973 (Standings)
Signed Willie Hernandez as an amateur free agent.
October 18, 1973
Traded Ken Brett to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Dave Cash.
November 7, 1973
Traded Bill Wilson to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Frank Linzy.
December 3, 1973
Drafted Ed Crosby from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
Earl Stephenson drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
Traded Barry Lersch and Craig Robinson to the Atlanta Braves. Received Ron Schueler.
December 4, 1973
Traded Bob Beall to the Atlanta Braves. Received Gil Garrido.
December 5, 1973
Traded Pete Koegel to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Chris Zachary.
December 7, 1973
Sold Cesar Tovar to the Texas Rangers.
Purchased Eddie Watt from the Baltimore Orioles.
December 14, 1973
Released Bucky Brandon.
December 15, 1973
Traded Gene Martin (minors) to the San Diego Padres. Received Ron Clark.
December 19, 1973
Signed Tony Taylor as a free agent.
1974
Larry Fritz received from the New York Mets in an unknown transaction.
January 9, 1974
Drafted Dan Graham in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Warren Brusstar in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed May 17, 1974.
January 31, 1974
Traded Mike Ryan to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Jackie Hernandez.
February 14, 1974
Released Tom Haller.
March 21, 1974
Purchased Ed Farmer from the New York Yankees.
March 29, 1974
Sold Ed Crosby to the St. Louis Cardinals.
