| | | Saturday, December 22nd , 1973 | | Signed free agent SP Walt Bush to a minor league contract. | | Thursday, December 20th , 1973 | | Signed free agent SP Edwin Cruz to a minor league contract. | | Thursday, December 13th , 1973 | | Signed free agent SP Mike Leboeuf to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent SP Chuck Perkins to a minor league contract. | | Wednesday, December 12th , 1973 | | Signed free agent SP Hank Day to a minor league contract. | | Monday, December 10th , 1973 | | RP Vance Smith was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. | | Purchased the contract of 3B Virgil Belisle from Triple A Richmond. | | Tuesday, November 20th , 1973 | | Signed free agent SP Earl Palm to a minor league contract. | | Tuesday, November 13th , 1973 | | Signed free agent RP Jack Hunt to a minor league contract with a $1,500 signing bonus. | | Thursday, November 8th , 1973 | | Signed free agent SP Larry Gifford to a minor league contract. | | Sunday, November 4th , 1973 | | Signed 3B Coach Roy Carey to a 2-year, $8,000 per year contract. | | Friday, November 2nd , 1973 | | Signed Pitching Coach Steve Talley to a 2-year, $7,000 per year contract. | | Tuesday, October 30th , 1973 | | RF Paul Barry was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. | | Sunday, October 21st , 1973 | | Signed General Manager Connie Davis to a 2-year, $22,500 per year contract. | | Saturday, October 13th , 1973 | | Placed RF Ed MacNaughton on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 10/10/1973. | | Monday, June 18th , 1973 | | RP Hoot Harger returns from his rehab assignment. | | Released SP Frankie Sawyer. | | Released RP James Rossi. | | Demoted RP Alanson Smith from Triple A Richmond to Double A Harrisburg. | | Demoted SP Charlie Clark from Double A Harrisburg to Class A Trenton. | | Promoted 1B Frank Mooney from Short Season A Everett to Class A Trenton. | | Promoted 3B Bryan Odgers from Short Season A Everett to Class A Trenton. | | Demoted SP Phil Murphy from Class A Trenton to Short Season A Everett. | | Promoted CL Johnnie Coleman from Rookie League Pensacola to Short Season A Everett. | | Promoted CF Virgil Morris from Rookie League Pensacola to Short Season A Everett. | | Demoted CF Joe Sikes from Class A Trenton to Short Season A Everett. | | Promoted RF Buzz Brewer from Rookie League Pensacola to Short Season A Everett. | | Demoted 3B Harry Mansfield from Class A Trenton to Short Season A Everett. | | Demoted SP Jack Epperson from Short Season A Everett to Rookie League Pensacola. | | Demoted SS Slim McGuire from Short Season A Everett to Rookie League Pensacola. | | Demoted LF Frank Hargrove from Short Season A Everett to Rookie League Pensacola. | | Drafted CF Tom Lieder in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 21, 21st overall pick). | | Drafted CF Ricky Smith in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 21, 45th overall pick). | | Drafted C Roger Ellis in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 21, 69th overall pick). | | Drafted SP Frank Williams in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 21, 93rd overall pick). | | Drafted LF Frank Peterson in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 21, 117th overall pick). | | Drafted SS Chuck Newland in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 6, Pick 21, 141st overall pick). | | Drafted SP Roger Thome in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 7, Pick 21, 165th overall pick). | | Drafted SS Frank Esposito in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 8, Pick 21, 189th overall pick). | | Drafted SP Mike McIntyre in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 9, Pick 21, 213rd overall pick). | | Drafted CF Johnny Tucker in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 10, Pick 21, 237th overall pick). | | Drafted SP Earl Rice in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 11, Pick 21, 261st overall pick). | | Drafted CF Ed Reaman in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 12, Pick 21, 285th overall pick). | | Drafted 1B Harry Shoemaker in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 13, Pick 21, 309th overall pick). | | Drafted SP Gene Freeman in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 14, Pick 21, 333rd overall pick). | | Drafted CL Bill McKee in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 15, Pick 21, 357th overall pick). | | Drafted RP Lou Browning in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 16, Pick 21, 381st overall pick). | | Drafted RP Ron Morrow in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 17, Pick 21, 405th overall pick). | | Drafted RP Ron Melton in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 18, Pick 21, 429th overall pick). | | Drafted 2B Harry Sanford in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 19, Pick 21, 453rd overall pick). | | Drafted RF John Schumann in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 20, Pick 21, 477th overall pick). | | Released RP Ty O'Hern. | | Released RP Ron Melton. | | Released RP Eb Williams. | | Released RP Bill DeYoung. | | Released RP Bill Evans. | | Released RP Ben Brown. | | Released RP Ron Morrow. | | Released RP Joe Owen. | | Released RP Tom Barnes. | | Released RP Jim Lake. | | Released RP Duane Walters. | | Released RP Donnie Woods. | | Released RP Chuck Thomas. | | Released RP Ben Hillman. | | Released RP Roy Thomas. | | Released LF Jim Gardner. | | Released RP Bill Williams. | | Demoted SS Stump Johnson from Double A Harrisburg to Short Season A Everett. | | Demoted CF Tom Lieder from Short Season A Everett to Rookie League Pensacola. | | Demoted 2B Jeff Healy from Short Season A Everett to Rookie League Pensacola. | | Demoted RF John Schumann from Short Season A Everett to Rookie League Pensacola. | | Friday, June 8th , 1973 | | Received former Rule 5 draft pick RP Ron Campbell from the Baltimore Clippers. | | Sunday, April 22nd , 1973 | | Signed free agent RP Jim Cooley to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent RP Ben Waters to a minor league contract. | | Saturday, April 7th , 1973 | | Signed free agent RP Heinie Meeker to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent RP Alex Covarrubias to a minor league contract. | | Tuesday, April 3rd , 1973 | | Invited non-roster RF Frank Sperry to Spring Training camp. | | Assigned RP Bill Ashley from Spring Training camp to Triple A Richmond. | | Monday, April 2nd , 1973 | | Invited non-roster SP Bill Ashley to Spring Training camp. | | Assigned SS Gene Lewis from Spring Training camp to Triple A Richmond. | | Sunday, April 1st , 1973 | | Placed RP Hoot Harger on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 03/31/1973. | | Invited non-roster SS Gene Lewis to Spring Training camp. | | Wednesday, March 21st , 1973 | | Signed free agent RP Bill Curtis to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent RP Al McDermott to a minor league contract. | | Tuesday, March 20th , 1973 | | Signed free agent RP Frankie Caplan to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent RP Joe Cook to a minor league contract. | | Monday, March 19th , 1973 | | Signed free agent RP Jack Eliades to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent RP Max Anderson to a minor league contract. | | Sunday, March 18th , 1973 | | Signed free agent RP Bill Slaughter to a minor league contract. | | Placed 1B Rube Sparks on the 60-day injured list. | | Invited non-roster LF Cleo Freeman to Spring Training camp. | | Saturday, March 17th , 1973 | | Signed free agent RP Josiah Brammer to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent RP Hal Stepp to a minor league contract. | | Friday, February 23rd , 1973 | | Signed free agent SP Frankie Sawyer to a minor league contract. | | RP Mel Conklin was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. | | Monday, February 19th , 1973 | | Purchased the contract of SP Jim Hodges from Triple A Richmond. | | Tuesday, January 23rd , 1973 | | Signed free agent SP Bill Evans to a minor league contract. | | Thursday, January 11th , 1973 | | Signed free agent SP Chuck Campbell to a minor league contract. | | |
