| | | Saturday, December 29th , 1973 | | Signed free agent RP Cy Boyd to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent RP George Sloan to a minor league contract. | | Monday, December 10th , 1973 | | SP Richard Elk was added to the secondary (40-man) roster. | | RP Owen Lantz was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. | | LF Roy Haynes was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. | | SP Allie Boone was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. | | Purchased the contract of SP Emil Maas from Double A Akron. | | Purchased the contract of CF Gil Jones from Triple A Atlanta. | | Monday, December 3rd , 1973 | | Signed free agent RP Charlie Dillon to a 1-year contract worth a total of $21,600. | | Saturday, December 1st , 1973 | | Signed free agent RP Mike Gabriel to a minor league contract. | | Friday, November 16th , 1973 | | Signed free agent RP Roy Williamson to a minor league contract. | | Saturday, November 3rd , 1973 | | Signed free agent RP Ed Funk to a minor league contract. | | Sunday, October 28th , 1973 | | Pitching Coach Al Day signed as Pitching Coach in Detroit. | | Signed Pitching Coach Al Day to a 2-year, $16,500 per year contract. | | Wednesday, October 24th , 1973 | | Signed Hitting Coach Billy Skoff to a 2-year, $14,000 per year contract. | | Monday, October 22nd , 1973 | | Fired Bench Coach Emil Richmond. | | Signed Bench Coach Vern Wilson to a 2-year, $12,000 per year contract. | | Saturday, September 15th , 1973 | | Placed C Jose Chavez on the Southeastern League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 09/14/1973. | | Promoted 3B Art McGee from Rookie League Biloxi to Short Season A Raleigh. | | Monday, August 6th , 1973 | | Signed free agent 1B Harry Evans to a minor league contract. | | Thursday, June 28th , 1973 | | Signed free agent SP Jim Elliott to a minor league contract. | | Monday, June 18th , 1973 | | Released SP Bill Simmons. | | Released RP Ed Carter. | | Promoted RF Jack Boyd from Double A Akron to Triple A Atlanta. | | Promoted LF Roy Haynes from Class A Terre Haute to Double A Akron. | | Demoted 2B Johnny Dennis from Triple A Atlanta to Double A Akron. | | Promoted RP Fred Newton from Rookie League Biloxi to Class A Terre Haute. | | Promoted RF Rick Redinger from Short Season A Raleigh to Class A Terre Haute. | | Promoted 1B Jim Kerr from Short Season A Raleigh to Class A Terre Haute. | | Promoted SP Bill Sloan from Rookie League Biloxi to Short Season A Raleigh. | | Promoted LF Charlie Grant from Rookie League Biloxi to Short Season A Raleigh. | | Demoted 3B Dick Leavitt from Double A Akron to Short Season A Raleigh. | | Demoted 3B Neal Pleasant from Class A Terre Haute to Short Season A Raleigh. | | Demoted 3B Carlos Lopez from Short Season A Raleigh to Rookie League Biloxi. | | Drafted CF Charlie Watson in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 6, 6th overall pick). | | Drafted CF Ernie Morrison in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 6, 30th overall pick). | | Drafted SP Aaron Cooper in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 6, 54th overall pick). | | Drafted SP Alex Travers in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 6, 78th overall pick). | | Drafted LF Dino Sharp Jr. in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 6, 102nd overall pick). | | Drafted SS Stan Griffin in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 6, Pick 6, 126th overall pick). | | Drafted SP Dave Herring in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 7, Pick 6, 150th overall pick). | | Drafted SP Robert King in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 8, Pick 6, 174th overall pick). | | Drafted SS Bill Underwood in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 9, Pick 6, 198th overall pick). | | Drafted C Charlie Bradley in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 10, Pick 6, 222nd overall pick). | | Drafted SP Lew Marcus in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 11, Pick 6, 246th overall pick). | | Drafted 2B Joe Ditmer in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 12, Pick 6, 270th overall pick). | | Drafted RF George Sloniker in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 13, Pick 6, 294th overall pick). | | Drafted SP Al Johnston in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 14, Pick 6, 318th overall pick). | | Drafted C Roy Follett in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 15, Pick 6, 342nd overall pick). | | Drafted SP Rex Dillon in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 16, Pick 6, 366th overall pick). | | Drafted C Warren Caldwell in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 17, Pick 6, 390th overall pick). | | Drafted SP Ray Tullio in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 18, Pick 6, 414th overall pick). | | Drafted 2B Alan Jenkins in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 19, Pick 6, 438th overall pick). | | Drafted 2B Herb Thomas in the 1973 first-year player draft (Round 20, Pick 6, 462nd overall pick). | | Released RP Al McCoy. | | Released SP Al Johnston. | | Released SP Rex Dillon. | | Released C Warren Caldwell. | | Released SP Ray Tullio. | | Released C Bobby Butler. | | Released CL Leon Perrot. | | Released RP Larry Ford. | | Released RP Mike Manges. | | Released LF Marv Brown. | | Released C Sid Hart. | | Released RP Tom Smith. | | Released LF Charlie Crandall. | | Released C Jack Simmons. | | Released RP Stan Nemeth. | | Released LF Wally Teasdale. | | Released SP Phil Leis. | | Demoted C Charlie Bradley from Double A Akron to Rookie League Biloxi. | | Demoted LF Dino Sharp Jr. from Double A Akron to Rookie League Biloxi. | | Demoted 1B Del Hill from Short Season A Raleigh to Rookie League Biloxi. | | Demoted SS Jim Cone from Short Season A Raleigh to Rookie League Biloxi. | | Saturday, May 12th , 1973 | | Signed free agent RP Americo Abad to a minor league contract. | | Friday, May 11th , 1973 | | Placed SP Guy Potter on the Southeastern League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 05/10/1973. | | Promoted SP Carl Smith from Rookie League Biloxi to Short Season A Raleigh. | | Tuesday, April 24th , 1973 | | Signed free agent SP Bill Simmons to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent RP Ed Carter to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent RP Johnny Davydov to a minor league contract. | | Friday, April 13th , 1973 | | Signed free agent RP Roy Evans to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent RP Guy Potter to a minor league contract. | | Signed free agent RP Leo McDonald to a minor league contract. | | Saturday, March 24th , 1973 | | Signed free agent RP Mal Birnie to a minor league contract. | | Wednesday, March 21st , 1973 | | Signed free agent SP Harry Campbell to a minor league contract. | | Tuesday, March 20th , 1973 | | Signed free agent SP Micah Anderson to a minor league contract. | | Saturday, March 3rd , 1973 | | Signed free agent SP Al McCoy to a minor league contract with a $5,500 signing bonus. | | Wednesday, February 21st , 1973 | | Signed free agent 1B George Stout to a minor league contract. | | SS Ralph Daniel was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. | | |
