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1980 New York Yankees Trades and Transactions

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 / 1981

103-59, Finished 1st in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dick Howser (103-59)
Scored 820 runs, Allowed 662 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-65

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium II (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 2,627,417 (1st of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 98

Postseason:  Lost AL Championship Series (3-0) to Kansas City Royals

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1979 / 1981 Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

October 8, 1979

Traded players to be named later and Mickey Rivers to the Texas Rangers. Received players to be named later, Amos Lewis (minors) and Oscar Gamble. The Texas Rangers sent Ray Fontenot (October 8, 1979) and Gene Nelson (October 8, 1979) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade. The New York Yankees sent Bob Polinsky (minors) (October 8, 1979), Neal Mersch (minors) (October 8, 1979) and Mark Softy (minors) (October 8, 1979) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

November 1, 1979

Don Hood granted Free Agency.

Jim Kaat granted Free Agency.

Lenny Randle granted Free Agency.

George Scott granted Free Agency.

Roy White granted Free Agency.

Traded Rick Anderson, Jim Beattie, Juan Beniquez and Jerry Narron to the Seattle Mariners. Received Ruppert Jones and Jim Lewis.

Traded Chris Chambliss, Damaso Garcia and Paul Mirabella to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Rick Cerone, Tom Underwood and Ted Wilborn.

November 8, 1979

Signed Rudy May as a free agent.

Signed Bob Watson as a free agent.

November 14, 1979

Traded players to be named later and cash to the Texas Rangers. Received Eric Soderholm. The New York Yankees sent Amos Lewis (minors) (December 13, 1979) and Ricky Burdette (minors) (December 13, 1979) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

December 10, 1979

Purchased Andre Robertson from the Toronto Blue Jays.

January 11, 1980

Drafted Tom Dodd in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary).

January 24, 1980

Signed Jim Nettles as a free agent.

March 10, 1980

Signed Jose Cano as an amateur free agent.

April 1, 1980 (Standings)

Purchased Marshall Brant from the New York Mets.

Signed Jim Kaat as a free agent.

April 4, 1980 (Standings)

Signed Johnny Oates as a free agent.

April 29, 1980 (Standings)

Signed Doug Bird as a free agent.

April 30, 1980 (Standings)

Sold Jim Kaat to the St. Louis Cardinals.

May 28, 1980 (Standings)

Signed Paul Blair as a free agent.

June 3, 1980 (Standings)

Signed Edwin Rodriguez as an amateur free agent.

Drafted Randy Hunt in the 3rd round of the 1980 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

Drafted Glenn Braggs in the 6th round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Clay Christiansen in the 15th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

Drafted Ben Callahan in the 31st round of the 1980 amateur draft.

Drafted Pat Clements in the 32nd round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

June 15, 1980 (Standings)

Signed Ed Olwine as an amateur free agent.

July 1, 1980 (Standings)

Released Paul Blair.

July 28, 1980 (Standings)

Sold Ed Figueroa to the Texas Rangers.

August 1, 1980 (Standings)

Signed Jose Rijo as an amateur free agent.

August 4, 1980 (Standings)

Purchased Aurelio Rodriguez from the San Diego Padres.

August 6, 1980 (Standings)

Released Jose Cano.

August 14, 1980 (Standings)

Traded a player to be named later and Ken Clay to the Texas Rangers. Received Gaylord Perry. The New York Yankees sent Marvin Thompson (minors) (October 1, 1980) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

October 23, 1980

Gaylord Perry granted Free Agency.

October 24, 1980

Released Don Gullett.

Traded Roger Holt to the Texas Rangers. Received Tucker Ashford and cash.

October 27, 1980

Luis Tiant granted Free Agency.

November 3, 1980

Traded Fred Stanley to the Oakland Athletics. Received Mike Morgan.

November 4, 1980

Released Marshall Brant.

November 13, 1980

Johnny Oates granted Free Agency.

November 18, 1980

Traded Brad Gulden and $150,000 to the Seattle Mariners. Received a player to be named later and Larry Milbourne. The Seattle Mariners sent Brad Gulden (May 18, 1981) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

December 8, 1980

Don Cooper drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

Brian Doyle drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

Tom Filer drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

Dave Wehrmeister drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

December 15, 1980

Signed Dave Winfield as a free agent.

January 5, 1981

Released Jim Nettles.

February 3, 1981

Signed Marshall Brant as a free agent.

February 16, 1981

Traded Rafael Santana to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received a player to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent George Frazier (June 7, 1981) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

February 17, 1981

Signed Bill Castro as a free agent.

March 31, 1981

Traded Ruppert Jones, Joe Lefebvre, Tim Lollar and Chris Welsh to the San Diego Padres. Received Jerry Mumphrey and John Pacella.

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1979 / 1981 Trades and Transactions

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