Cedric Tallis

Cedric Nelson Tallis

• Born July 29, 1914 in New York, NY USA
• Died May 8, 1991, in Tampa, FL USA

Biographical Information

Cedric Tallis joined the expansion Los Angeles Angels as business manager in 1961. He became vice president of operations in 1965. Tallis was then the original General Manager of the expansion Kansas City Royals from their inception until June 1974. He moved to the New York Yankees as assistant GM in 1976-1977, GM in 1978-1979, and president from 1980 to 1983.

Preceded by N/A

Kansas City Royals General Manager 1969-1974

Succeeded by Joe Burke

Preceded by Gabe Paul

New York Yankees General Manager 1978-1979

Succeeded by Gene Michael

Draft Picks

1969 Expansion Draft 1st Round - Royals

• 1968: No Pick
• 1969: 23rd overall SS John Simmons - Childersburg High School
• 1970: 8th overall C Rex Goodson - Pine Tree High School
• 1971: 5th overall P Roy Branch - Beaumont High School
• 1972: 18th overall C Jamie Quirk - St. Paul High School
• 1973: 9th overall P Lew Olsen - San Ramon Valley High School
• 1974: 18th overall OF Willie Wilson - Summit High School

Other Notable Selections - Royals

• 1968: 25th round (575th overall) P Paul Splittorff - Morningside College
• 1969: 75th round (1018th overall) OF Al Cowens - Centennial High School (Compton)
• 1971: 2nd round (29th overall) 3B George Brett - El Segundo High School
• 1971: 12th round (274th overall) P Mark Littell - Gideon High School
• 1972: 2nd round (42nd overall) P Dennis Leonard - Iona College
• 1973: 3rd round (57th overall) OF Ruppert Jones - Berkeley High School

1st Round - Yankees

• 1978: 18th overall SS Rex Hudler - Bullard High School
• 1978: 24th overall OF Matt Winters - Williamsville High School
• 1978: 26th overall P Brian Ryder - Shrewsbury High School
• 1979: No Pick (lost for signing Tommy John)

Other Notable Selections - Yankees

• 1978: 2nd round (52nd overall) 1B Steve Balboni - Eckerd College
• 1978: 23rd round (577th overall) P Howard Johnson - Clearwater High School Did Not Sign
• 1979: 5th round (129th overall) SS Greg Gagne - Somerset (MA) High School
• 1979: 19th round (493rd overall) 1B Don Mattingly - Reitz Memorial High School

Significant Trades

Royals

• December 12, 1968 traded Hoyt Wilhelm to the California Angels for Ed Kirkpatrick and Dennis Paepke
• December 16, 1968 traded John Jones to the Houston Astros for Buck Martinez, Mickey Sinnerud and Tommy Smith
• April 1, 1969 traded Steve Whitaker and John Gelnar to the Seattle Pilots for Lou Piniella
• December 3, 1969 traded Joe Foy to the New York Mets for Amos Otis and Bob Johnson
• December 2, 1970 traded Bob Johnson, Jackie Hernandez and Jim Campanis to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Freddie Patek, Bruce Dal Canton and Jerry May
• December 2, 1971 traded Jim York and Lance Clemons to the Houston Astros for John Mayberry and Dave Grangaard
• October 25, 1972 traded Jim Rooker to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Gene Garber
• November 30, 1972 traded Roger Nelson and Richie Scheinblum to the Cincinnati Reds for Hal McRae and Wayne Simpson
• December 7, 1973 traded Lou Piniella and Ken Wright to the New York Yankees for Lindy McDaniel

Yankees

• November 23, 1977 traded Mike Fischlin, Randy Niemann and Dave Bergman to the Houston Astros for Cliff Johnson
• December 12, 1977 traded Stan Thomas and Ed Ricks to the Chicago White Sox for Jim Spencer, Tommy Cruz and Bob Polinsky
• June 10, 1978 traded Ken Holtzman to the Chicago Cubs for Ron Davis
• November 10, 1978 traded Sparky Lyle, Domingo Ramos, Mike Heath, Larry McCall and Dave Rajsich to the Texas Rangers for Dave Righetti, Juan Beniquez, Mike Griffin, Paul Mirabella and Greg Jemison
• June 26, 1979 traded Paul Semall to the Chicago Cubs for Bobby Murcer
• August 1, 1979 traded Mickey Rivers, Bob Polinsky, Neal Mersch and Mark Softy to the Texas Rangers for Oscar Gamble, Amos Lewis, Gene Nelson and Ray Fontenot

Significant Signings

Royals

• July 2, 1970 signed Frank White as a amateur Free Agent
• July 17, 1970 signed Ron Washington as a amateur free agent

Yankees

• November 22, 1977 signed Goose Gossage as a free agent from the Chicago White Sox
• November 13, 1978 signed Luis Tiant as a free agent from Boston Red Sox
• November 21, 1978 signed Tommy John as a free agent from Oakland A's

Related Sites

• Cedric Tallis at the SABR Bio Project
• [1] Article on Cedric Tallis in The Hardball Times.