1979 Transactions
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1979 Season Transactions 1. Cooperstown releases Bill Almon, Kurt Bevaqcua, Tommy Hutton, Bill Stein, Bob Stinson, Jerry Augustine, Warren Brusstar, Mardie Cornejo & Jesse Jefferson [September 2] 2. Dashwood trades Bill Castro to Belmont for BEL #4 [Sepetmber 5] 3. Berkeley trades Joe Niekro & Jason Thompson to El Paso for Omar oreno, Willie Montanez, ELP 1979 #1 and ELP 1980 #1 [September 5] 4. New Hampshire releases Orlando Gonzalez, Jerry Grote (unc/del), Ken Kenderson, Ken Clay & Gary Serum [September 6] 5. Belmont releases Glenn Borgmann, Brian Doyle, Frank Duffy, Garth Iorg (unc/del), Mick Kelleher, Junior Moore, Jerry Turner, Jim Wohlford, Dave LaRoche & Lance Rauthzan [September 6] 6. Lincoln releases Dell Alston, Gene Clines, Vic Davalillo, Johnny Oates, Rawly Eastwick, Mickey Mahler, Paul Mirabella, Randy Moffit & Dale Murray [September 6] 7. Henry County releases Thad Bosley, Jose Cardenal, Darrel Chaney, Tim Corcoran, Don Kessinger Dave McKay, Joe Zdeb, Terry Forster & Jeff Holly {September 6] 8. Lansdale releases Jim Anderson, Dave Chalk, Harry Chappas, Barry Evans, Mario Guerrero, Phil Mankowksi, Paul Mitchell, Tom Murphy, Doug Rau & Alan Wirth [September 6] 9. Dashwood releases Brian Asselstine, Rick Auerbach, Bob Beall, Bruce Bochy, Wayne Cage, Bernie Carbo, Danny Goodwin, Elliott Maddox & Jon Matlack [September 6] 10. Manchester releases Rob Andrews, Mike Cubbage, John Milner, Freddie Patek, Hosken Powell, Eric Soderholm, John D’Acquisto, Adrian Devine, Tom Dixon & Paul Reuschel [September 6] 11. Cleveland trades Mike Marshall to Belmont for BEL 1980 #2 [September 6] 12. Milwaukee releases Duffy Dyer, Pat Kelly, Joe Wallis, Mark Fidrych, Lerrin LaGrow & Jim Wright [September 7] 13. Pennsylvania releases Mike Colbern, Ellie Hendricks, Larry Hisle, Merv Rettenmund, Bill Atkinson, AL Hrabosky, Jack Kucek, Byron McLaughlin & Steve Mingori [September 7] 14. Gettysburg trades Rick Wise to Belmont for BEL #1 [September 7] 15. Great Lakes trades Dave Collins, Ron Hassey, Rudy Law, David Palmer & LOU #2 to Seattle for SER #1 [September 7] 16. Berkeley releases Vic Correll, Willie Norwood, Manny Sanguillen, Jerry White, Tom Bruno, Dock Ellis & Mark Lemongello [September 8] 17. Cleveland trades Willie Horton, Jim Essian & Al Woods to Seattle for SER 1979 #2 & #3 [September 8] 18. Milwaukee trades Kiko Garcia to Belmont for Bake McBride [September 8] 19. Louisville trades Luis Tiant to Brooklyn for Mike Ivie [September 8] 20. Berkeley trades Billy Smith to New Hampshire to NHN #7 [September 8] 21. Seattle releases Paul Blair, Steve Braun, Bud Harrelson, Terry Humphrey, Rudy Law (unc/del), Andres Mora (unc/del), Jose Morales, Lenny Randle, Roy White, Gary Woods (unc/del), Dwight Bernard, Jim Lonborg & Andy Replogle [September 8] 22. El Paso releases Tucker Ashford (unc/del), Ted Cos, Dave Rader, Steve Swisher, Joe Coleman, Joe Kerrigan (unc/del) & Randy Stein [September 8] 23. Great Lakes releases Randy Bass, Bruce Boisclair, Tom Buskey, Dave Tomlin & John Urrea [September 9] 24. Louisville releases Glenn Burke, Cesar Geronimo, Bob Molinaro, Biff Pocoroba, Jimmy Sexton, Steve Baker, John Hiller, John Henry Johnson, Jim Todd & Kip Young [September 9] 25. Brooklyn release Lou Brock, John Ellis, Jim Norris, Fred Stanley, Alex Trevino, Ray Burris, Rich Hinton, Dennis Kinney, Ron Schueler & Craig Skok {September 9] 26. Gettysburg releases Jesus Alou, Reggie Baldwin & Mike Willis [September 9] 27. Hamilton feleases Juan Beniquez, Junior Kennedy, Bombo Rivera, Mike Squires, Hal Dues (unc/del), Ed Halicki, Dave Heaverlo & Darrell Jackson [September 9] 28. Cleveland trades Ed Farmer to El Paso for ELP 1980 #3 [September 9] 29. Cleveland trades Dave Revering to Lansdale for LAN #3 [September 10] 30. Cleveland releases Jim Dwyer, Ron Oester, David Clyde & Mickey Lolich [September 10] 31. Lansdale releases Dave Bergman [September 10] 32. Portland releases Heity Cruz, Larry Harlow, r\Ron Hodges, Luis Pujols, Jamie Easterly & Wayne Twitchell [September 17] 33. Belmont releases Rich Wortham [September 18] 34. Portland trades POR #1 and POR #5 to Cleveland for CLE #4 and CLE 1980 #1 [September 24] 35. Lincoln trades LIN #1 to Great Lakes for GRT #2 and BEL #2 [September 24] 36. Great Lakes trades Champ Summers to Louisville for LOU 1980 #2 [September 25] 37. Great Lakes trades Alan Bannister to Henry County for HEN 1980 #2 [September 25] 38. Gettysburg trades Rob Wilfong to El Paso for ELP #5 [September 28] 39. Lincoln trades LIN #5 and 1980 #4 to Great Lakes for Del Unser and Terry Crowley [October 2] 40. Cleveland trades CLE #7, #8, #9 & #10 to Belmont for BEL 1908 #6 [October 2] 41. El Paso trades Steve Braun and ELP 1980 #4 to Gettysburg for Jay Johnstone [October 9] 42. El Paso claims Vic Correll and releases Mike Tyson [October 9] 43. Belmont trades Rick Wise to Brooklyn for Luis Tiant [January 3] 44. New Hampshire claims Tony Solaita and releases Jerry Terrell [January 30] 45. Manchester claims Dell Alston and releases Bobby Clark [January 30] 46. Pennsylvania trades Greg Luzinski to Belmont for BEL 1980 #1 [February 20] 47. Manchester trades Richie Zisk to Belmont for BEL 1980 #3 [February 20] 48. Manchester trades Thurman Munson to Dashwood for Mike Sadek [February 20] 49. Belmont trades BEL 1980 #4, #5 and Dave Ford to Manchester for Grant Jackson [February 20] 50. Manchester trades Phil Niekro and Bob McClure to Hamilton for HAM 1980 #1 & #3 [February 25] 51. Manchester trades Elisa Sosa to Cleveland for Brian Kingman & CLE 1971 #4 [February 27] 52. Seattle trades Randy Jones to Dashwood for Bob Molinaro and Lenn Sakata [March1] 53. Dashwood trades DAS 1980 #3 to Seattle for Greg Gross [March 2] 54. Belmont trades Larry Christenson to Berkeley for Fred Norman [March 7] 55. Belmont releases Lou Brock and Jim Wohlford [March 8] 56. Lincoln claims free agent Larry Murray and releases Del Unser [March 28] .