SPORTS  :  Baseball  |  Football  |  Basketball  |  Hockey  |  Olympics  View Sports-Reference.com's new Olympic Section
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > St. Louis Cardinals > 1979 Trades and Transactions
1979 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980)
86-76, Finished 3rd in NL Eastern Division
View League Standings and Leaders
Scored 731 runs, Allowed 693 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77
Managed by Ken Boyer

Ballpark: Busch Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,627,256 (7th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 106
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates
BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives
Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms
News & ViewsThinkFactoryBallHypeArmchairGM
BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

Play free baseball sim games

Our primary support comes from users like you. Sponsor this page for $10 per year.

  

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1978/1980) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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

December 4, 1978

Traded Jerry Morales and Aurelio Lopez to the Detroit Tigers. Received Bob Sykes and Jack Murphy (minors).

December 5, 1978

Traded Pete Falcone to the New York Mets. Received Tom Grieve and Kim Seaman.

January 9, 1979

Drafted Bill Mooneyham in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign the player.

Drafted Bill Lindsey in the 6th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Greg Bargar in the 12th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

January 16, 1979

Traded Benny Ayala to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Mike Dimmel.

Signed Darold Knowles as a free agent.

January 25, 1979

Traded Tommy Sandt to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received John Stuper.

February 12, 1979

Traded Tommy Toms to the Texas Rangers. Received Keith Smith.

February 15, 1979

Released Jose Baez.

February 19, 1979

Signed Will McEnaney as a free agent.

March 10, 1979

Signed Bernie Carbo as a free agent.

March 30, 1979

Released Jim Willoughby.

April 5, 1979 (Standings)

Released Paul Siebert.

May 9, 1979 (Standings)

Released Tom Grieve.

June 5, 1979 (Standings)

Drafted Andy Van Slyke in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft.

Drafted Ralph Citarella in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

Drafted Mike Mason in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign the player.

Drafted Ed Vosberg in the 3rd round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Tom Dozier in the 11th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

Drafted Steve Stanicek in the 16th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Mark Salas in the 18th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

Drafted Terry Clark in the 23rd round of the 1979 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1979.

June 7, 1979 (Standings)

Sold Rob Dressler to the Seattle Mariners.

October 17, 1979

Traded Mike Tyson to the Chicago Cubs. Received Donnie Moore.

November 9, 1979

Sold Dan O'Brien to the Seattle Mariners.

December 3, 1979

Manny Castillo drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1979 rule 5 draft.

December 7, 1979

Traded Jerry Mumphrey and John Denny to the Cleveland Indians. Received Bobby Bonds.

December 10, 1979

Traded Ray Searage to the New York Mets. Received Jody Davis.

January 11, 1980

Drafted Kevin Hagen in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

March 13, 1980

Signed Don Hood as a free agent.

March 31, 1980

Released Tom Bruno.

Released Will McEnaney.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

1978/1980

Compare     Other Links@google.com   Report an error

Pages Updated through July 25,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007).
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > St. Louis Cardinals > 1979 Trades and Transactions
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page

Stats updated through July 25, 2008.


Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.