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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
53-109, Finished 7th in AL East
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Scored 613 runs, Allowed 862 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-105
Manager: Roy Hartsfield (53-109)
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,431,651 (9th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 102; one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 105
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1978 / 1980 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 3, 1978
Purchased Rico Carty from the Oakland Athletics.
November 2, 1978
Rico Carty granted Free Agency.
Joe Coleman granted Free Agency.
November 3, 1978
Traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians. Received Dave Freisleben. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Sheldon Mallory (March 27, 1979) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
November 24, 1978
Signed Toby Hernandez as an amateur free agent.
Signed Fred Manrique as an amateur free agent.
November 27, 1978
Signed Jose Escobar as an amateur free agent.
Traded Alan Ashby to the Houston Astros. Received Joe Cannon, Pedro Hernandez and Mark Lemongello.
December 2, 1978
Willie Horton granted Free Agency.
Released Bill Singer.
December 4, 1978
Drafted Bob Davis from the San Diego Padres in the 1978 rule 5 draft.
Drafted Ted Wilborn from the New York Yankees in the 1978 rule 5 draft.
Traded Gary Woods to the Houston Astros. Received Don Pisker (minors).
December 5, 1978
Traded Victor Cruz to the Cleveland Indians. Received Phil Lansford (minors) and Alfredo Griffin.
1979
Signed Luis Leal as an amateur free agent.
January 4, 1979
Signed Chuck Scrivener as a free agent.
January 9, 1979
Drafted Mark Eichhorn in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 18, 1979.
Drafted Jeff Moronko in the 5th round of the 1979 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
January 11, 1979
Signed Rico Carty as a free agent.
January 23, 1979
Sold Sam Ewing to Nippon Ham Fighters (Japan Pacific).
March 17, 1979
Signed Steve Luebber as a free agent.
March 25, 1979
Selected Bobby Brown off waivers from the New York Mets.
March 29, 1979
Released Jeff Byrd.
Released Don Kirkwood.
April 6, 1979 (Standings)
Signed Mike Sember as a free agent.
April 7, 1979 (Standings)
Sold Mike Stanton to Maracaibo (Inter-American).
April 13, 1979 (Standings)
Signed Jackson Todd as a free agent.
April 19, 1979 (Standings)
Sold Bobby Brown to the New York Yankees.
April 23, 1979 (Standings)
Signed Bob Robertson as a free agent.
April 24, 1979 (Standings)
Signed Tony Fernandez as an amateur free agent.
May 12, 1979 (Standings)
Released Tom Murphy.
June 5, 1979 (Standings)
Drafted Ron Shepherd in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft.
Drafted Ron Romanick in the 3rd round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Andre Robertson in the 4th round of the 1979 amateur draft.
Drafted Jeff Robinson in the 17th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 6, 1979 (Standings)
Purchased Dyar Miller from the California Angels.
June 22, 1979 (Standings)
Signed Steve Senteney as an amateur free agent.
June 27, 1979 (Standings)
Released Bob Robertson.
July 25, 1979 (Standings)
Purchased Craig Kusick from the Minnesota Twins.
July 30, 1979 (Standings)
Traded a player to be named later to the Montreal Expos. Received Tony Solaita. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Dyar Miller (October 24, 1979) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.
October 22, 1979
Released Dave Freisleben.
Released Craig Kusick.
November 1, 1979
Tim Johnson granted Free Agency.
Tony Solaita granted Free Agency.
Traded Rick Cerone, Tom Underwood and Ted Wilborn to the New York Yankees. Received Chris Chambliss, Damaso Garcia and Paul Mirabella.
November 5, 1979
Released Dave McKay.
Purchased Domingo Ramos from the Texas Rangers.
December 3, 1979
Drafted Mike Macha from the Atlanta Braves in the 1979 rule 5 draft.
December 4, 1979
Drafted Mitch Webster from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1979 minor league draft.
December 5, 1979
Traded Chris Chambliss and Luis Gomez to the Atlanta Braves. Received Barry Bonnell, Joey McLaughlin and Pat Rockett.
December 10, 1979
Sold Andre Robertson to the New York Yankees.
January 8, 1980
Released Dale Mohorcic.
January 10, 1980
Signed Jack Kucek as a free agent.
January 11, 1980
Drafted Roger Samuels in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
March 17, 1980
Traded Mark Wiley to the California Angels. Received Mike Barlow.
March 29, 1980
Released Rico Carty.
Released Steve Luebber.
