Notes players granted free agency or released between Oct 1 and Dec 31 of 1978. Signings are for signings within six months of becoming a free agent. Free Agents are listed below the signings.
Free Agent Signings
| Rk | Name | Date | To Team | From Team | Age | WAR3 | Yrs | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | SO | ||||||
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| 1 | Clay Carroll | 1979-04-15 | Milwaukee Brewers | PIT | 38 | 4.0 | 15 | 694 | 208 | 17 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | .130 | .158 | .144 | .302 | 96 | 73 | 2.94 | 1.284 | 731 | 28 | 143 | 1353.1 | 1296 | 67 | 442 | 681 |
| 2 | Tom Griffin | 1979-04-04 | San Francisco Giants | CAL | 31 | -2.4 | 10 | 253 | 323 | 28 | 53 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 11 | .164 | .195 | .285 | .480 | 58 | 76 | 4.15 | 1.484 | 272 | 158 | 3 | 1141.0 | 1091 | 103 | 602 | 802 |
| 3 | Joe Coleman | 1979-04-01 | San Francisco Giants | TOR | 32 | 3.1 | 14 | 264 | 457 | 18 | 48 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 32 | .105 | .165 | .120 | .285 | 142 | 135 | 3.68 | 1.327 | 469 | 340 | 7 | 2545.0 | 2384 | 232 | 992 | 1714 |
| 4 | Del Unser | 1979-03-29 | Philadelphia Phillies | MON | 34 | 0.2 | 11 | 1527 | 4891 | 571 | 1264 | 81 | 436 | 62 | 441 | .258 | .319 | .357 | .675 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Rudy Meoli | 1979-03-27 | Philadelphia Phillies | CHC | 28 | -0.4 | 5 | 280 | 553 | 67 | 120 | 2 | 34 | 8 | 60 | .217 | .291 | .268 | .559 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Steve Luebber | 1979-03-17 | Toronto Blue Jays | CHW | 29 | 0.6 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 6 | 10 | 4.32 | 1.508 | 58 | 24 | 3 | 189.2 | 185 | 16 | 101 | 81 |
| 7 | Bernie Carbo | 1979-03-10 | St. Louis Cardinals | CLE | 31 | 3.9 | 10 | 937 | 2652 | 366 | 700 | 93 | 345 | 25 | 526 | .264 | .388 | .428 | .816 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Bill North | 1979-03-10 | San Francisco Giants | LAD | 31 | 4.9 | 8 | 853 | 2894 | 458 | 764 | 13 | 169 | 266 | 424 | .264 | .361 | .325 | .686 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Vic Harris | 1979-03-06 | Milwaukee Brewers | SFG | 29 | -1.6 | 7 | 545 | 1521 | 160 | 330 | 12 | 114 | 32 | 148 | .217 | .286 | .294 | .580 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Mike Anderson | 1979-03-05 | Philadelphia Phillies | BAL | 28 | 0.8 | 8 | 642 | 1412 | 147 | 349 | 27 | 132 | 7 | 148 | .247 | .318 | .365 | .682 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Dave Hamilton | 1979-02-28 | Oakland Athletics | PIT | 31 | 1.4 | 7 | 57 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .121 | .256 | .152 | .408 | 36 | 34 | 3.49 | 1.377 | 240 | 49 | 26 | 591.1 | 568 | 50 | 246 | 359 |
| 12 | Al Fitzmorris | 1979-02-25 | San Diego Padres | CAL | 33 | 2.7 | 10 | 129 | 99 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | .242 | .290 | .293 | .583 | 77 | 59 | 3.65 | 1.345 | 288 | 159 | 7 | 1277.0 | 1284 | 83 | 433 | 458 |
| 13 | Pete Broberg | 1979-02-23 | Los Angeles Dodgers | OAK | 29 | -1.2 | 8 | 80 | 101 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .089 | .107 | .158 | .265 | 41 | 71 | 4.56 | 1.475 | 206 | 134 | 1 | 963.0 | 942 | 86 | 478 | 536 |
| 14 | Fred Kendall | 1979-02-22 | San Diego Padres | BOS | 30 | 0.0 | 10 | 812 | 2450 | 160 | 579 | 30 | 236 | 5 | 178 | .236 | .287 | .316 | .603 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Dave Roberts | 1979-02-22 | San Francisco Giants | CHC | 34 | 4.6 | 10 | 301 | 517 | 27 | 102 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 8 | .197 | .208 | .282 | .490 | 96 | 114 | 3.75 | 1.321 | 352 | 265 | 8 | 1920.1 | 1985 | 139 | 552 | 861 |
| 16 | Will McEnaney | 1979-02-19 | St. Louis Cardinals | PIT | 27 | -2.1 | 5 | 224 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .036 | .129 | .036 | .165 | 12 | 14 | 3.94 | 1.397 | 224 | 0 | 27 | 285.2 | 320 | 22 | 79 | 133 |
| 17 | Mike Lum | 1979-02-15 | Atlanta Braves | CIN | 33 | 0.1 | 12 | 1262 | 3185 | 364 | 791 | 82 | 392 | 13 | 323 | .248 | .320 | .375 | .695 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Steve Brye | 1979-02-07 | San Diego Padres | PIT | 30 | 0.9 | 9 | 697 | 1997 | 237 | 515 | 30 | 193 | 16 | 144 | .258 | .309 | .365 | .674 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Andy Messersmith | 1979-02-07 | Los Angeles Dodgers | NYY | 33 | 7.3 | 11 | 336 | 707 | 48 | 122 | 5 | 52 | 1 | 46 | .173 | .223 | .235 | .458 | 128 | 95 | 2.80 | 1.135 | 333 | 284 | 14 | 2168.0 | 1664 | 165 | 797 | 1599 |
| 20 | Bill Plummer | 1979-02-01 | Seattle Mariners | SEA | 32 | -1.4 | 10 | 367 | 892 | 72 | 168 | 14 | 82 | 4 | 95 | .188 | .267 | .279 | .546 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Al Bumbry | 1979-01-30 | Baltimore Orioles | BAL | 32 | 6.3 | 7 | 626 | 2068 | 326 | 585 | 25 | 168 | 118 | 192 | .283 | .346 | .395 | .741 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | Jim Colborn | 1979-01-27 | Seattle Mariners | SEA | 33 | 5.8 | 10 | 94 | 55 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .073 | .105 | .109 | .214 | 83 | 88 | 3.80 | 1.311 | 301 | 204 | 7 | 1597.1 | 1619 | 153 | 475 | 688 |
| 23 | Willie Horton | 1979-01-27 | Seattle Mariners | TOR | 36 | 1.7 | 16 | 1769 | 6317 | 764 | 1739 | 288 | 1021 | 19 | 539 | .275 | .335 | .463 | .798 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Lee Lacy | 1979-01-19 | Pittsburgh Pirates | LAD | 31 | 1.5 | 7 | 547 | 1514 | 204 | 409 | 29 | 163 | 28 | 117 | .270 | .321 | .387 | .708 | ||||||||||||
| 25 | Steve Renko | 1979-01-19 | Boston Red Sox | OAK | 34 | 4.4 | 10 | 290 | 531 | 44 | 114 | 6 | 42 | 3 | 25 | .215 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 89 | 107 | 3.94 | 1.381 | 314 | 260 | 4 | 1778.1 | 1684 | 176 | 772 | 1081 |
| 26 | Darold Knowles | 1979-01-16 | St. Louis Cardinals | MON | 37 | 3.5 | 14 | 584 | 123 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | .122 | .187 | .138 | .325 | 64 | 68 | 3.06 | 1.356 | 715 | 8 | 137 | 1041.2 | 949 | 59 | 463 | 658 |
| 27 | Tom Paciorek | 1979-01-15 | Seattle Mariners | SEA | 32 | -0.9 | 9 | 522 | 1312 | 162 | 345 | 19 | 135 | 14 | 73 | .263 | .303 | .377 | .680 | ||||||||||||
| 28 | Rico Carty | 1979-01-11 | Toronto Blue Jays | TOR | 39 | 7.6 | 14 | 1519 | 5145 | 664 | 1559 | 192 | 835 | 18 | 596 | .303 | .373 | .471 | .844 | ||||||||||||
| 29 | Elías Sosa | 1979-01-08 | Montreal Expos | OAK | 29 | 3.3 | 7 | 296 | 59 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .102 | .131 | .102 | .233 | 37 | 29 | 3.32 | 1.319 | 361 | 2 | 48 | 555.0 | 510 | 36 | 222 | 334 |
| 30 | Mike Marshall | 1979-01-06 | Minnesota Twins | MIN | 36 | 2.6 | 11 | 533 | 179 | 11 | 35 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | .196 | .263 | .218 | .481 | 83 | 92 | 3.13 | 1.293 | 596 | 23 | 155 | 1180.2 | 1081 | 67 | 446 | 778 |
| 31 | Chuck Scrivener | 1979-01-04 | Toronto Blue Jays | DET | 31 | -0.3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | Dave May | 1979-00-00 | Philadelphia Phillies | PIT | 35 | 0.4 | 12 | 1252 | 3670 | 462 | 920 | 96 | 422 | 60 | 344 | .251 | .318 | .375 | .694 | ||||||||||||
| 33 | Darrell Evans | 1978-12-05 | San Francisco Giants | SFG | 32 | 5.4 | 10 | 1154 | 3885 | 610 | 962 | 167 | 571 | 50 | 738 | .248 | .367 | .424 | .791 | ||||||||||||
| 34 | Pete Rose | 1978-12-05 | Philadelphia Phillies | CIN | 38 | 13.2 | 16 | 2505 | 10196 | 1657 | 3164 | 150 | 954 | 135 | 1085 | .310 | .379 | .432 | .811 | ||||||||||||
| 35 | Jim Barr | 1978-12-03 | California Angels | SFG | 31 | 7.4 | 8 | 315 | 466 | 27 | 73 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 15 | .157 | .189 | .200 | .389 | 81 | 90 | 3.39 | 1.256 | 288 | 211 | 7 | 1579.0 | 1632 | 111 | 351 | 567 |
| 36 | Steve Stone | 1978-11-29 | Baltimore Orioles | CHW | 31 | 4.5 | 8 | 147 | 219 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | .100 | .147 | .110 | .257 | 67 | 72 | 4.11 | 1.367 | 236 | 188 | 1 | 1289.0 | 1247 | 124 | 515 | 790 |
| 37 | Duffy Dyer | 1978-11-28 | Montreal Expos | PIT | 33 | 2.2 | 11 | 644 | 1811 | 136 | 403 | 25 | 154 | 10 | 206 | .223 | .307 | .313 | .620 | ||||||||||||
| 38 | Jim Slaton | 1978-11-28 | Milwaukee Brewers | DET | 29 | 8.1 | 8 | 37 | 57 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .105 | .164 | .105 | .269 | 89 | 103 | 3.89 | 1.387 | 255 | 240 | 0 | 1682.1 | 1694 | 165 | 639 | 793 |
| 39 | Tommy John | 1978-11-21 | New York Yankees | LAD | 36 | 7.5 | 15 | 451 | 900 | 43 | 141 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 33 | .157 | .187 | .188 | .375 | 171 | 133 | 2.99 | 1.229 | 450 | 410 | 3 | 2806.0 | 2651 | 174 | 797 | 1611 |
| 40 | Derrel Thomas | 1978-11-14 | Los Angeles Dodgers | SDP | 28 | 1.7 | 8 | 890 | 3102 | 385 | 767 | 27 | 236 | 95 | 293 | .247 | .314 | .328 | .642 | ||||||||||||
| 41 | Larry Gura | 1978-11-13 | Kansas City Royals | KCR | 31 | 7.3 | 9 | 56 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .143 | .111 | .254 | 43 | 25 | 3.17 | 1.250 | 195 | 72 | 13 | 716.0 | 696 | 59 | 199 | 310 |
| 42 | Luis Tiant | 1978-11-13 | New York Yankees | BOS | 38 | 14.3 | 15 | 296 | 497 | 36 | 81 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 12 | .163 | .184 | .221 | .405 | 204 | 148 | 3.16 | 1.182 | 503 | 415 | 15 | 3067.1 | 2653 | 308 | 974 | 2166 |
| 43 | Gene Pentz | 1978-09-25 | Pittsburgh Pirates | HOU | 26 | 0.0 | 4 | 91 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .053 | .100 | .053 | .153 | 8 | 9 | 3.63 | 1.492 | 104 | 4 | 7 | 191.0 | 177 | 14 | 108 | 116 |
Free Agent Batters