| | | Sunday, December 24th , 1972 | | Signed free agent RP Joe Kienle to a minor league contract with a $2,800 signing bonus. | | Friday, December 22nd , 1972 | | Signed free agent SP Andy Floyd to a minor league contract. | | Wednesday, December 13th , 1972 | | Signed free agent SP Jim Gibson to a minor league contract. | | Saturday, December 9th , 1972 | | Signed free agent SP Len Vincent to a minor league contract. | | Friday, December 8th , 1972 | | Signed free agent SP George Christopher to a minor league contract. | | Monday, November 27th , 1972 | | Signed Pitching Coach Walter Roling to a 2-year, $9,000 per year contract. | | Thursday, November 9th , 1972 | | Signed free agent RP Bill Medley to a minor league contract with a $1,400 signing bonus. | | Thursday, September 28th , 1972 | | Signed free agent RP Owen Lantz to a minor league contract. | | Friday, September 22nd , 1972 | | Placed SP Paddy Williamson on the 60-day injured list. | | Monday, September 18th , 1972 | | Placed 2B Harry Young on the Century League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 09/17/1972. | | Signed free agent RP Herb Weaver to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent SP Lenny Connell to a minor league contract. | | Placed SS Mike Litteral on the Lone Star Association 10-day injured list, retroactive to 09/17/1972. | | Promoted SS Harry Bailey from Class A Cedar Rapids to Double A Austin. | | Friday, July 7th , 1972 | | Signed free agent RP Danny Culver to a minor league contract. | | Thursday, July 6th , 1972 | | Placed 3B Gil Carr on the C-O-W League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/05/1972. | | Promoted 1B Gus Ashley from Rookie League Waterloo to Short Season A Tacoma. | | Sunday, June 18th , 1972 | | Released RP Jim Drake. | | Promoted RP Bill Richards from Double A Austin to Triple A Oklahoma City. | | Promoted 1B Dick Hathaway from Double A Austin to Triple A Oklahoma City. | | Demoted SP George Miller from Triple A Oklahoma City to Double A Austin. | | Promoted C Fred Blake from Class A Cedar Rapids to Double A Austin. | | Demoted 3B Gene Smith from Triple A Oklahoma City to Double A Austin. | | Assigned RP Cap White to Class A Cedar Rapids. | | Demoted C Bill Mullin from Double A Austin to Class A Cedar Rapids. | | Promoted 3B Vic Sargent from Short Season A Tacoma to Class A Cedar Rapids. | | Promoted 1B Archie Roberts from Rookie League Waterloo to Class A Cedar Rapids. | | Demoted SP Leo McDonald from Class A Cedar Rapids to Short Season A Tacoma. | | Promoted RP Lloyd Greiner from Rookie League Waterloo to Short Season A Tacoma. | | Demoted 3B Jim Ippolito from Class A Cedar Rapids to Short Season A Tacoma. | | Promoted 1B Hank Harris from Rookie League Waterloo to Short Season A Tacoma. | | Demoted 1B Don Harris from Short Season A Tacoma to Rookie League Waterloo. | | Demoted 2B Bert Lehman from Class A Cedar Rapids to Rookie League Waterloo. | | Demoted SP George Wilkins from Short Season A Tacoma to Rookie League Waterloo. | | Drafted CF Jerry Branscum in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 14, 14th overall pick). | | Drafted SP Leo Gilliam in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 14, 38th overall pick). | | Drafted SS Rankin Ziegler in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 14, 62nd overall pick). | | Drafted SP Larry Langford in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 14, 86th overall pick). | | Drafted RF Jim Houston in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 14, 110th overall pick). | | Drafted SP Jay Dunstan in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 6, Pick 14, 134th overall pick). | | Drafted RF Lew Gathings in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 7, Pick 14, 158th overall pick). | | Drafted LF Jim Ballard in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 8, Pick 14, 182nd overall pick). | | Drafted SP Bruce Carter in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 9, Pick 14, 206th overall pick). | | Drafted CF Jim Johnson in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 10, Pick 14, 230th overall pick). | | Drafted LF Joe Thomas in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 11, Pick 14, 254th overall pick). | | Drafted RP Jack Wolfe in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 12, Pick 14, 278th overall pick). | | Drafted RP Danny Glenn in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 13, Pick 14, 302nd overall pick). | | Drafted SP Pete Wilson in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 14, Pick 14, 326th overall pick). | | Drafted C Curt Clark in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 15, Pick 14, 350th overall pick). | | Drafted SP Ken Shields in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 16, Pick 14, 374th overall pick). | | Drafted C Jack Wise in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 17, Pick 14, 398th overall pick). | | Drafted C Pete Watson in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 18, Pick 14, 422nd overall pick). | | Drafted 2B Len Brown in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 19, Pick 14, 446th overall pick). | | Drafted C Slick Green in the 1972 first-year player draft (Round 20, Pick 14, 470th overall pick). | | Recalled SP Charlie Sawyer from Triple A Oklahoma City. | | Released SP Pete Wilson. | | Released C Pete Watson. | | Released SP Ken Shields. | | Released C Slick Green. | | Released RP George Wilkins. | | Released RP Tom Maxwell. | | Released RP Jerry Tigner. | | Released RP Bill Tebbe. | | Released RP Eddie Gillespie. | | Released RP Chief Thacker. | | Released RP Joe Rinaldi. | | Released RP Ray Lyon. | | Optioned RP Jim Queen to Triple A Oklahoma City. | | Promoted SS Art Sealey from Double A Austin to Triple A Oklahoma City. | | Demoted RF Ed Huff from Triple A Oklahoma City to Double A Austin. | | Demoted CF Vern Blaney from Double A Austin to Class A Cedar Rapids. | | Promoted 2B Ed Johnston from Short Season A Tacoma to Class A Cedar Rapids. | | Demoted RP Jack Hunt from Class A Cedar Rapids to Short Season A Tacoma. | | Demoted LF Bert Farrell from Class A Cedar Rapids to Short Season A Tacoma. | | Demoted 1B Bill Reynolds from Class A Cedar Rapids to Short Season A Tacoma. | | Demoted RP Frank Hinderer from Short Season A Tacoma to Rookie League Waterloo. | | Demoted RP Jimmy Nixon from Short Season A Tacoma to Rookie League Waterloo. | | Demoted 1B Max Smiley from Short Season A Tacoma to Rookie League Waterloo. | | Demoted CF Jerry Branscum from Short Season A Tacoma to Rookie League Waterloo. | | Demoted RF Al Sullivan from Short Season A Tacoma to Rookie League Waterloo. | | Demoted RF Herman Wall from Short Season A Tacoma to Rookie League Waterloo. | | Tuesday, April 4th , 1972 | | Assigned 1B Benny Davis from Spring Training camp to Double A Austin. | | Thursday, March 23rd , 1972 | | Placed RP Bob Buker on the 60-day injured list. | | Invited non-roster RF Jack Sanders to Spring Training camp. | | Monday, March 20th , 1972 | | Signed free agent RP Cliff Perry to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent C Elmer Caudle to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent RP Frank Groves to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent 1B Hank Harris to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent LF Herman Wall to a minor league contract. | | Invited non-roster C Elmer Caudle to Spring Training camp. | | Assigned 1B John Jones from Spring Training camp to Double A Austin. | | |