1976 San Diego Padres

Trades and Transactions

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975 / 1977

73-89, Finished 5th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: John McNamara (73-89)
Scored 570 runs, Allowed 662 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-92

Ballparks: San Diego Stadium · Attendance: 1,458,478 (4th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 93 · one-year: Batting - 90, Pitching - 91

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

October 20, 1975

Traded Dick Sharon to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Willie Davis.

November 4, 1975

Traded Gary Ross to the California Angels. Received a player to be named later and Bobby Valentine. The California Angels sent Rudy Meoli (November 4, 1975) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

December 11, 1975

Traded Larry Hardy and Joe McIntosh to the Houston Astros. Received Doug Rader.

January 7, 1976

Drafted Bob Shirley in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary).

Drafted Danny Boone in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

Drafted Roger Slagle in the 4th round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

February 12, 1976

Released Bobby Tolan.

February 26, 1976

Released Randy Elliott.

April 5, 1976 (Standings)

Traded Rudy Meoli to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Merv Rettenmund.

April 8, 1976 (Standings)

Traded Danny Frisella to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Bob Stewart (minors) and Ken Reynolds.

April 13, 1976 (Standings)

Sold Randy Hundley to the Chicago Cubs.

April 29, 1976 (Standings)

Signed Tom Dettore as a free agent.

May 19, 1976 (Standings)

Traded Bill Greif to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Luis Melendez.

May 29, 1976 (Standings)

Signed Diego Segui as a free agent.

June 8, 1976 (Standings)

Drafted Bob Owchinko in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.

Drafted Steve Mura in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft.

Drafted Jim Beswick in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

Drafted Craig Stimac in the 9th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

Drafted Tom Tellmann in the 11th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

Drafted Mark Lee in the 13th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

Drafted Broderick Perkins in the 15th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

Drafted Gary Lucas in the 19th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

July 10, 1976 (Standings)

Traded Gene Locklear to the New York Yankees. Received a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Rick Sawyer (July 31, 1976) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

August 3, 1976 (Standings)

Selected Tom Griffin off waivers from the Houston Astros.

August 30, 1976 (Standings)

Sold Willie McCovey to the Oakland Athletics.

October 22, 1976

Sold Diego Segui to the Seattle Mariners.

Sold Dave Hilton, Dave Roberts and John Scott to the Toronto Blue Jays.

November 5, 1976

Sold Chuck Hartenstein to the Toronto Blue Jays.

December 1, 1976

Tito Fuentes granted Free Agency.

December 8, 1976

Traded Johnny Grubb, Fred Kendall and Hector Torres to the Cleveland Indians. Received George Hendrick.

December 14, 1976

Signed Rollie Fingers as a free agent.

Signed Gene Tenace as a free agent.

1977

Released Jim Shellenback.

January 22, 1977

Released Willie Davis.

January 25, 1977

Traded Mike Allen (minors) to the Houston Astros. Received Paul Siebert.

February 16, 1977

Traded Jerry Johnson to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Dave Roberts.

March 22, 1977

Sold Ken Reynolds to the Toronto Blue Jays.

March 23, 1977

Rich Folkers selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.

March 29, 1977

Released Alan Foster.

April 1, 1977

Signed Gary Sutherland as a free agent.

1975 / 1977 Trades and Transactions