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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978)
96-66, Finished 2nd in NL East
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Scored 734 runs, Allowed 665 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74
Manager: Chuck Tanner (96-66)
Ballpark: Three Rivers Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,237,349 (8th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 101; one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
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1976 / 1978 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 15, 1976
Sold Jim Minshall to the Seattle Mariners.
November 1, 1976
Richie Hebner granted Free Agency.
November 5, 1976
Sold Tommy Helms to the Oakland Athletics.
Traded Manny Sanguillen to the Oakland Athletics. Received Chuck Tanner and $100,000.
November 6, 1976
Traded Jim Sadowski to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Tom Carroll.
November 26, 1976
Signed Gibson Alba as an amateur free agent.
December 7, 1976
Traded Craig Reynolds and Jimmy Sexton to the Seattle Mariners. Received Grant Jackson.
December 10, 1976
Traded Silvio Martinez and Richie Zisk to the Chicago White Sox. Received Terry Forster and Rich Gossage.
December 13, 1976
Signed Steve Farr as an amateur free agent.
January 17, 1977
Signed Eddie Vargas as an amateur free agent.
January 18, 1977
Signed Junior Ortiz as an amateur free agent.
February 27, 1977
Signed Jim Nettles as a free agent.
March 15, 1977
Traded Tony Armas, Doug Bair, Dave Giusti, Rick Langford, Doc Medich and Mitchell Page to the Oakland Athletics. Received Chris Batton, Phil Garner and Tommy Helms.
March 31, 1977
Released Bob Robertson.
April 1, 1977 (Standings)
Released Willie Royster.
April 4, 1977 (Standings)
Traded Randy Sealy (minors) to the California Angels. Received Mike Easler.
June 7, 1977 (Standings)
Drafted Stew Cliburn in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft.
Drafted Rick Lancellotti in the 11th round of the 1977 amateur draft.
Drafted Wayne Tolleson in the 12th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Dennis Rasmussen in the 18th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 10, 1977 (Standings)
Signed Bobby Tolan as a free agent.
June 13, 1977 (Standings)
Purchased Jerry Hairston from the Chicago White Sox.
June 14, 1977 (Standings)
Released Tommy Helms.
June 15, 1977 (Standings)
Traded Ed Kirkpatrick to the Texas Rangers. Received Jim Fregosi.
July 27, 1977 (Standings)
Traded a player to be named later to the Seattle Mariners. Received Dave Pagan. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Rick Honeycutt (August 22, 1977) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.
August 18, 1977 (Standings)
Signed Doug Frobel as an amateur free agent.
October 20, 1977
Terry Forster granted Free Agency.
October 25, 1977
Bobby Tolan granted Free Agency.
October 28, 1977
Rich Gossage granted Free Agency.
December 8, 1977
As part of a 4-team trade, traded Nelson Norman and Al Oliver to the Texas Rangers. Received Bert Blyleven from the Texas Rangers and John Milner from the New York Mets. In addition, the Atlanta Braves sent Willie Montanez to the New York Mets; the Texas Rangers sent Tommy Boggs, Adrian Devine and Eddie Miller to the Atlanta Braves; the Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Tom Grieve to the New York Mets; ; and the New York Mets sent Jon Matlack to the Texas Rangers. The Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson (March 15, 1978) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.
December 9, 1977
Sold Jim Nettles to the Kansas City Royals.
1978
Signed Carl Morton as a free agent.
January 31, 1978
Purchased Elias Sosa from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
March 2, 1978
Sold Jerry Hairston to Durango (Mexican).
March 15, 1978
Signed Jim Bibby as a free agent.
March 18, 1978
Released Carl Morton.
March 27, 1978
Larry Demery selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.
March 29, 1978
Traded Tim Jones to the Montreal Expos. Received Will McEnaney.
March 30, 1978
Signed Roric Harrison as a free agent.
Traded Dave Augustine to the Houston Astros. Received Jim Fuller.
March 31, 1978
The Toronto Blue Jays returned Larry Demery following previous waiver selection.
April, 1978
Signed Clay Carroll as a free agent.
