1978 Season Transactions 1. Dashwood trades Sparky Lyle to Belmont for BEL 1978 #2 2. Cooperstown releases Steve Braun, Mike Champion, Heity Cruz, Roger Metzger, Bob Randall, Gary Thomasson & Mike Willis 3. Manchester trades Leon Roberts and MAN 1978 #2 to McDavid for MCD 1978 #2 4. Cleveland trades Lou Piniella and Doc Medich to Lincoln for Mike Norris and LIN 1978 #5 5. Manchester trades Oscar Gamble to Lincoln for LIN 1978 #3 6. Manchester releases Doug Ault, Mike Jorgensen, Jerry Morales, Mike Sadek & Steve Staggs 7. Great Lakes trades Darrell Evans & GRT 1978 #1 to Lansdale for George Brett 8. Cleveland trades Ken Landreaux to Cooperstown for COO 1978 #3 9. Cleveland trades John D’Acquisto to Manchester for MAN 1978 #4 10. McDavid releases Luis Gomez, Vic Harris, Dave May, Johnny Oates, Ron Priott, Lenn Sakata, Ed Glynn, Fred Holdsworth & Dave Tomlin 11. Milwaukee releases Jose Cardenal. Jerry Grote, Larry Murray & John Sutton 12. Pennsylvania releases Sandy Alomar, Joe Ferguson, Rance Mulliniks, George Zeber, Odell Jones, Dan Larson, Steve Mingori, Jim Rooker & Bob Sykes 13. Dashwood releases Kurt Bevacqua, Roger Freed, Wilbur Howard, Davey Johnson, Ken Macha, Dave W. Roberts & Wayne Garland 14. Great Lakes trades Bill Bonham to Belmont for BEL 1978 #4 15. Lansdale releases Bruce Boisclair, Ron Fairly, Julio Gonzalez, Mike Tyson, Jim Wohlford, Dave Hamilton, Joe Kerrigan, Bob Myrick & Paul Thormodsgard 16. Henry County releases Tito Fuentes, Wayne Garrett, Tony Muser, Rob Piccciolo, Bill Plummer, Mickey Stanley, Jim Colborn & Ron Schueler 17. Belmont releases Rob Andrews, Bob Bailey, Ike Hampton, Mike Kelleher, Junior Moore, Manny Mota, Bill Atkinson, Doug Capilla, Clay Carroll, Mike Garman & Jeff Holly 18. Cleveland releases Jerry Terrell, Jerry White, Bill Castro, Hal Dues, Andy Messersmith & Gary Serum 19. Great Lakes releases Larry Cox, Jim Dwyer, Rafael Landestoy, Johnnie LeMaster, Glenn Abbott & Mike Parrott 20. Lincoln releases Tucker Ashford, Juan Bernhardt, Steve Brye, Ed Herrmann, Tony Solaita, Del Unser, Steve Burke, Don Kirkwood, Max Leon & Pablo Torrealba 21. Louisville releases Steve Dillard, Terry Humphrey, Terry Cornett, Mark Firdrych, Dave Johnson, John Urrea & Charlie Williams 22. New Hampshire releases Matt Alexander, Fred Kendall, Gary Sutherland, Mike Barlow, Dave Freisleben, Butch Metzger & Paul Siebert 23. Gettysburg releases Ed Kranepool, Craig Kusick, Carols Lopez, Tom Buskey & John Montague 24. Gettysburg trades Steve Stone to Cooperstown for COO 1978 #2 25. Portland releases Sam Ewing, Jim Mason, Bobby Valentine, Tom Johnson, Will McEnaney & Dave Wehrmeister 26. Great Lakes trades Rick Wise to Gettysburg for Rick Honeycutt 27. Hamilton releases Jim Fregosi, Tom Hutton, Ted Martinez, Len Randle, Merv Rettenmund, Leroy Stanton, Steve Swisher, Adrian Devine, Jack Kucek & Bruce Taylor 28. Adirondack releases Gil Flores, Marty Perez, Pat Rockett, Dave Skaggs, Fernando Arroyo, Al Fitzmorris & Pete Redfern 29. Brooklyn releases Jose Baez, Gene Clines, Andy Etchebarren, John Hale, Larry Haney, Mike Phillips & Bo McLaughlin 30. Dashwood trades Mike Caldwell to Portland for POR 1978 #1 31. Dashwood trades Lyman Bostock and DAS 1979 #1 to Gettysburg for Tom Paciorek & GET 1979 #6 32. Lansdale trades LAN 1978 #2 to Redmond for Craig Reynolds 33. Gettysburg trades Wayne Gross and GET 1978 #3 to Hamilton for Dennis Walling 34. Great Lakes trades Rodney Scott to Louisville for LOU 1979 #2 35. Great Lakes trades Silvio Martinez & BEL #4 to Portland for POR #2. 36. Great Lakes trades Barry Foote to Manchester for MAN 1979 #3 37. Dashwood trades DAS 1979 #2, #3 & #5 to Adirondack for ADI #2 & #3 38. Dashwood trades DAS 1979 #4 to New Hampshire for Elliott Maddox 39. Great Lakes trades Wayne Nordhagen & GRT #3 to New Hampshire for NHN #2 & NHN #7 40. Cooperstown trades Bob McClure to Manchester for LIN #3 41. Belmont trades Bernie Carbo to Dashwood for DAS #6 42. Pennsylvania trades PEN #2 to Gettysburg for GET 1979 #2 43. Portland trades POR #3 to Gettysburg for Dan Schatzeder & Ron Hodges 44. Redmond trades RED 1979 #4 to Gettysburg for Billy Smith 45. Gettysburg claims Sam Ewing and cuts Steve Staggs 46. Seattle claims Dwight Bernard & Dave Hamilton, drops Frank Duffy & Mario Mendoza 47. Lincoln claims Bob Bailey and drops Paul Mirabella .