1978 Boston Red Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 1977

  Rick Miller granted Free Agency.

• November 23, 1977

  Signed Mike Torrez as a free agent.

• November 30, 1977

  Signed Jack Brohamer as a free agent.

• December 8, 1977

  Traded Don Aase and cash to the California Angels. Received Jerry Remy.

• December 9, 1977

  Traded Jack Baker to the Cleveland Indians. Received Garry Hancock.

• December 14, 1977

  Traded Fergie Jenkins to the Texas Rangers. Received John Poloni and cash.

• December 27, 1977

  Signed Dick Drago as a free agent.

• January 10, 1978

  Drafted Brian Denman in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Matt Young in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 14, 1978

  Signed Jackie Gutiérrez as an amateur free agent.

• January 30, 1978

  Traded Steve Dillard to the Detroit Tigers. Received Mike Burns (minors), Frank Harris (minors) and cash.

• February 17, 1978

  Signed Tom Burgmeier as a free agent.

• March 24, 1978

  Traded Rick Kreuger to the Cleveland Indians. Received Frank Duffy.

• March 25, 1978

  Released Tommy Helms.

• March 28, 1978

  Released Denny Doyle.

• March 29, 1978

  Traded Jim Burton to the New York Mets. Received Leo Foster.

• March 30, 1978

  Traded Ted Cox, Bo Díaz, Mike Paxton and Rick Wise to the Cleveland Indians. Received Dennis Eckersley and Fred Kendall.

• April 5, 1978

  Ramón Avilés player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

  Jim Willoughby player rights sold to the Chicago White Sox.

• April 18, 1978

  Reggie Cleveland player rights sold to the Texas Rangers.

• May 6, 1978

  Signed Steve Crawford as an amateur free agent.

• May 20, 1978

  Signed Bob Ojeda as an amateur free agent.

• June 6, 1978

  Drafted Marty Barrett in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted John Lickert in the 13th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

• June 15, 1978

  Bernie Carbo player rights sold to the Cleveland Indians.

• July 24, 1978

  Purchased Andy Hassler from the Kansas City Royals.

• September 21, 1978

  Released Juan Agosto.

• October 27, 1978

  Purchased Mike Easler from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• November 2, 1978

  Fred Kendall granted Free Agency.

  Luis Tiant granted Free Agency.

• December 5, 1978

  Keith MacWhorter selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 1978 minor league draft.

• December 7, 1978

  Traded Bill Lee to the Montreal Expos. Received Stan Papi.

• January 19, 1979

  Signed Steve Renko as a free agent.

• February 3, 1979

  Traded Dave Coleman to the Minnesota Twins. Received Larry Wolfe.

• March 15, 1979

  Purchased Jim Dwyer from the San Francisco Giants.

  Traded Mike Easler to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received George Hill (minors), Martin Rivas (minors) and cash.