Transactions
Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
- November 3, 1971
Traded Joe Grzenda to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Ted Kubiak.
- December 2, 1971
Traded Gary Jones, Terry Ley, Denny Riddleberger and Del Unser to the Cleveland Indians. Received Roy Foster, Rich Hand, Mike Paul and Ken Suarez.
Traded Paul Casanova to the Atlanta Braves. Received Hal King.
Traded Bernie Allen to the New York Yankees. Received Gary Jones and Terry Ley.
- Before 1972 Season
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
Traded Roy Foster and Tommy McCraw to the Cleveland Indians. Received Ted Ford.
- May 8, 1972
Signed Tom Robson as a free agent.
- May 30, 1972
Traded Norm McRae to the Detroit Tigers. Received Dalton Jones.
- June 6, 1972
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 Rondón 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
Traded Ted Kubiak and Don Mincher to the Oakland Athletics. Received a player to be named later, Vic Harris and Marty Martínez. The Oakland Athletics sent Steve Lawson (July 26, 1972) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
- August 31, 1972
Frank Howard player rights sold to the Detroit Tigers.
Traded Casey Cox to the New York Yankees. Received Jim Roland.
- September 7, 1972
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 Tom Ragland to the Cleveland Indians. Received Vince Colbert.
Traded Horacio Piña to the Oakland Athletics. Received Mike Epstein.
- 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.
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