1978 Chicago Cubs Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 1977

  Oscar Zamora granted Free Agency.

• November 11, 1977

  Released Dave Giusti.

• November 30, 1977

  Signed Dave Kingman as a free agent.

• December 5, 1977

  Drafted Jesús Figueroa from the New York Yankees in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Dave Rosello to the Cleveland Indians. Received Norm Churchill (minors) and Bruce Compton (minors).

• December 8, 1977

  Traded Jerry Morales, Steve Swisher and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Héctor Cruz and Dave Rader.

• February 10, 1978

  Signed Tim Blackwell as a free agent.

• March 29, 1978

  Traded Pete Broberg to the Oakland Athletics. Received Rodney Scott and cash.

• April 1, 1978

  Mike Adams player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

• May 18, 1978

  Released Gerry Pirtle.

• June 6, 1978

  Drafted Bill Hayes in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mel Hall in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1978.

  Drafted Jon Perlman in the 5th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mark Gilbert in the 14th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mark Langston in the 15th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mike Diaz in the 30th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

• June 9, 1978

  Traded Woodie Fryman to the Montreal Expos. Received a player to be named later. The Montreal Expos sent Jerry White (June 23, 1978) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• June 10, 1978

  Traded a player to be named later to the New York Yankees. Received Ken Holtzman. The Chicago Cubs sent Ron Davis (June 12, 1978) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• June 15, 1978

  Traded Héctor Cruz to the San Francisco Giants. Received Lynn McGlothen.

  Traded Joe Wallis to the Cleveland Indians. Received Mike Vail.

• June 19, 1978

  Signed Bill Earley as an amateur free agent.

• June 26, 1978

  Traded Paul Reuschel to the Cleveland Indians. Received Dennis DeBarr.

• August 6, 1978

  Traded Larry Anderson to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Davey Johnson.

• September 1, 1978

  Signed Cookie Rojas as a free agent.

• October 17, 1978

  Released Davey Johnson.

  Released Cookie Rojas.

• October 26, 1978

  Released Rudy Meoli.

• November 2, 1978

  Dave Roberts granted Free Agency.

• December 9, 1978

  Signed Carmelo Martínez as an amateur free agent.

• December 14, 1978

  Traded Rodney Scott and Jerry White to the Montreal Expos. Received Sam Mejías.

• January 20, 1979

  Signed Steve Waterbury as a free agent.

• February 23, 1979

  Traded Greg Gross, Dave Rader and Manny Trillo to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Henry Mack (minors), Derek Botelho, Barry Foote, Jerry Martin and Ted Sizemore.

• March 20, 1979

  Traded Larry Cox to the Seattle Mariners. Received Luis Delgado.

  Traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers. Received Steve Dillard. The Chicago Cubs sent Ed Putman (March 24, 1979) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

• March 28, 1979

  Released Mike Sember.

• March 30, 1979

  Signed Jim Willoughby as a free agent.