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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1978/1980) / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
November 2, 1978
Darold Knowles granted Free Agency.
Del Unser granted Free Agency.
November 28, 1978
Signed Duffy Dyer as a free agent.
December 4, 1978
Drafted Ken Macha from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1978 rule 5 draft.
December 5, 1978
Purchased Tony Solaita from the California Angels.
December 7, 1978
Traded Stan Papi to the Boston Red Sox. Received Bill Lee.
December 8, 1978
Traded Mike Hart to the Texas Rangers. Received Jim Mason.
December 9, 1978
Signed Randy St. Claire as an amateur free agent.
December 14, 1978
Traded Sam Mejias to the Chicago Cubs. Received Rodney Scott and Jerry White.
January 8, 1979
Signed Elias Sosa as a free agent.
January 9, 1979
Drafted Jim Weaver in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Randy O'Neal in the 4th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
January 17, 1979
Released Fred Holdsworth.
January 19, 1979
Signed Andres Galarraga as an amateur free agent.
February 13, 1979
Released Wayne Twitchell.
March 30, 1979
Released Mike Garman.
March 31, 1979
Traded Pepe Frias to the Atlanta Braves. Received Dave Campbell.
April 1, 1979 (Standings)
Purchased Art Gardner from the San Francisco Giants.
April 6, 1979 (Standings)
Purchased Randy Bass from the Kansas City Royals.
June 5, 1979 (Standings)
Drafted Tim Wallach in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft.
Drafted John Russell in the 4th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Wallace Johnson in the 6th round of the 1979 amateur draft.
Drafted Mike Gates in the 7th round of the 1979 amateur draft.
Drafted Brad Mills in the 17th round of the 1979 amateur draft.
Drafted Billy Hatcher in the 30th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 13, 1979 (Standings)
Traded a player to be named later and cash to the San Francisco Giants. Received John Tamargo. The Montreal Expos sent Joe Pettini (March 15, 1980) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.
July 20, 1979 (Standings)
Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Detroit Tigers. Received Rusty Staub. The Montreal Expos sent Randy Schafer (minors) (December 3, 1979) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
July 30, 1979 (Standings)
Traded Tony Solaita to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received a player to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Dyar Miller (October 24, 1979) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.
August 30, 1979 (Standings)
Purchased Dale Murray from the New York Mets.
October 19, 1979
Purchased Jamie Easterly from the Atlanta Braves.
November 1, 1979
Rudy May granted Free Agency.
Tony Perez granted Free Agency.
November 27, 1979
Traded Dave Cash to the San Diego Padres. Received Bill Almon and Dan Briggs.
December 3, 1979
Signed Fred Norman as a free agent.
December 6, 1979
Signed Rowland Office as a free agent.
December 7, 1979
Traded Dan Schatzeder to the Detroit Tigers. Received Ron LeFlore.
December 12, 1979
Sold Bill Atkinson to the Chicago White Sox.
January 11, 1980
Drafted Mike Stenhouse in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).
Drafted Mike Sharperson in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Bryan Kelly in the 8th round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
January 20, 1980
Signed Angel Salazar as an amateur free agent.
March 3, 1980
Released Dyar Miller.
March 15, 1980
Traded Duffy Dyer to the Detroit Tigers. Received Jerry Manuel.
March 18, 1980
Released Jim Mason.
March 31, 1980
Traded Rusty Staub to the Texas Rangers. Received La Rue Washington and Chris Smith.
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