| Dallas-Kansas City Deal: Howard for Yates Thursday, October 24th , 1974 It's all done except the paperwork. The Dallas Wranglers and the Kansas City Mavericks have agreed to a trade that will send 24-year old minor league LHP Steve Howard to Kansas City, while 30-year old LHP Marty Yates will be shipped to Dallas. A top front office executive with the Wranglers described the trade talks as "quick and easy." "We're glad to get this deal done. We think it's something that helps our ball club and it didn't take too long at all to sort this one out," he said.
During his career, Yates has registered a 26-45 record and 1 saves. His ERA stands at 4.76 and he has fired third strikes past 387 batters in 612 innings while giving up 262 walks. | | |