1972 Texas Rangers

Trades and Transactions

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973

54-100, Finished 6th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ted Williams (54-100)
Scored 461 runs, Allowed 628 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-98

Ballparks: Arlington Stadium · Attendance: 662,974 (10th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 97

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

October 21, 1971

Sold Richie Scheinblum to the Kansas City Royals.

November 3, 1971

Traded Joe Grzenda to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Ted Kubiak.

December 2, 1971

Traded Paul Casanova to the Atlanta Braves. Received Hal King.

Traded Bernie Allen to the New York Yankees. Received Gary Jones and Terry Ley.

Traded Gary Jones, Terry Ley, Denny Riddleberger and Del Unser to the Cleveland Indians. Received Roy Foster, Rich Hand, Mike Paul and Ken Suarez.

1972

Lew Beasley received from the Baltimore Orioles in an unknown transaction.

March 4, 1972

Traded Denny McLain to the Oakland Athletics. Received Jim Panther and Don Stanhouse.

March 7, 1972

Released Tim Cullen.

April 3, 1972 (Standings)

Traded Roy Foster and Tommy McCraw to the Cleveland Indians. Received Ted Ford.

May 8, 1972 (Standings)

Signed Tom Robson as a free agent.

May 30, 1972 (Standings)

Traded Norm McRae to the Detroit Tigers. Received Dalton Jones.

June 6, 1972 (Standings)

Drafted Roy Howell in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft.

Drafted Ron Pruitt in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft.

Drafted Mike Stanton in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

Drafted Brian Doyle in the 4th round of the 1972 amateur draft.

Drafted Keith Smith in the 4th round of the 1972 amateur draft (June Secondary).

Drafted Rich Wortham in the 5th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Jim Sundberg in the 8th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Bo McLaughlin in the 11th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted George Frazier in the 13th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Gil Rondon in the 14th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Bobby Thompson in the 19th round of the 1972 amateur draft.

Drafted Garry Hancock in the 22nd round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Mike Hargrove in the 25th round of the 1972 amateur draft.

July 20, 1972 (Standings)

Traded Ted Kubiak and Don Mincher to the Oakland Athletics. Received a player to be named later, Vic Harris and Marty Martinez. The Oakland Athletics sent Steve Lawson (July 26, 1972) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

August 30, 1972 (Standings)

Traded Casey Cox to the New York Yankees. Received Jim Roland.

August 31, 1972 (Standings)

Sold Frank Howard to the Detroit Tigers.

September 7, 1972 (Standings)

Purchased Rich Hinton from the New York Yankees.

October 27, 1972

Traded Jim Panther to the Atlanta Braves. Received Rico Carty.

October 30, 1972

Traded Paul Lindblad to the Oakland Athletics. Received a player to be named later and Bill McNulty. The Oakland Athletics sent Brant Alyea (November 30, 1972) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

November 30, 1972

Traded Horacio Pina to the Oakland Athletics. Received Mike Epstein.

Traded Tom Ragland to the Cleveland Indians. Received Vince Colbert.

December 1, 1972

Traded Jim Driscoll and Hal King to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Jim Merritt.

January 10, 1973

Drafted Jim Sundberg in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary).

Drafted Jeff Schneider in the 2nd round of the 1973 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

January 25, 1973

Released Dalton Jones.

February 1, 1973

Traded a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received a player to be named later and Charlie Hudson. The Texas Rangers sent Mike Thompson (March 31, 1973) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Mike Nagy (March 31, 1973) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

March 8, 1973

Traded Vince Colbert and Rich Hinton to the Cleveland Indians. Received Alex Johnson.

March 28, 1973

Traded Bill McNulty to the New York Mets. Received Bill Sudakis.

1971 / 1973 Trades and Transactions