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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979)
73-89, Finished 4th in AL West
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Scored 666 runs, Allowed 678 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82
Manager: Gene Mauch (73-89)
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 787,878 (13th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102; one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
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1977 / 1979 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 3, 1977
Released Jim Hughes.
Released Steve Luebber.
October 25, 1977
Purchased Bombo Rivera from the Montreal Expos.
October 26, 1977
Released Jim Shellenback.
November 2, 1977
Lyman Bostock granted Free Agency.
Tom Burgmeier granted Free Agency.
Luis Gomez granted Free Agency.
Larry Hisle granted Free Agency.
Mike Pazik granted Free Agency.
Mike Proly granted Free Agency.
Ron Schueler granted Free Agency.
November 5, 1977
Jerry Terrell granted Free Agency.
November 22, 1977
Signed Mac Scarce as a free agent.
November 23, 1977
Purchased Dennis Lewallyn from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
December 5, 1977
Drafted John Sutton from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1977 rule 5 draft.
December 6, 1977
Drafted Jesus Vega from the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1977 minor league draft.
December 15, 1977
Traded Bill Butler to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Rex Hudson.
January 10, 1978
Drafted Ralph Citarella in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Mike Couchee in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Jesse Orosco in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January).
Drafted Willie Lozado in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
March 15, 1978
Returned Dennis Lewallyn to the Los Angeles Dodgers following previous purchase.
March 18, 1978
Signed Stan Perzanowski as a free agent.
March 23, 1978
Released Don Carrithers.
March 29, 1978
Purchased Jose Morales from the Montreal Expos.
April 4, 1978 (Standings)
Sold Randy Bass to the Kansas City Royals.
April 28, 1978 (Standings)
Signed Roric Harrison as a free agent.
May 15, 1978 (Standings)
Signed Mike Marshall as a free agent.
June 6, 1978 (Standings)
Drafted Lenny Faedo in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft.
Drafted Dave Leeper in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Tony Fossas in the 9th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Scott Bradley in the 12th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Kent Hrbek in the 17th round of the 1978 amateur draft.
October 3, 1978 (Standings)
Released Dave Johnson.
November 2, 1978
Mike Marshall granted Free Agency.
December 4, 1978
Traded Dan Ford to the California Angels. Received Danny Goodwin and Ron Jackson.
December 8, 1978
Traded a player to be named later and Greg Field (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Jerry Koosman. The Minnesota Twins sent Jesse Orosco (February 7, 1979) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.
December 12, 1978
Released Mark Souza.
December 13, 1978
Traded Mac Scarce to the Texas Rangers. Received Mike Bacsik.
January 6, 1979
Signed Mike Marshall as a free agent.
January 9, 1979
Drafted Mike Mason in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Ed Hodge in the 5th round of the 1979 amateur draft (January).
February 3, 1979
Traded Rod Carew to the California Angels. Received Dave Engle, Paul Hartzell, Brad Havens and Ken Landreaux.
Traded Larry Wolfe to the Boston Red Sox. Received Dave Coleman.
February 8, 1979
Released Tom Johnson.
February 13, 1979
Released Rich Chiles.
Released Stan Perzanowski.
March 29, 1979
Sold Bud Bulling to the Seattle Mariners.
March 30, 1979
Released Sam Perlozzo.
