1980 Chicago Cubs Trades and Transactions

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

• December 3, 1979

  Bruce Kimm drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1979 rule 5 draft.

• January 11, 1980

  Drafted Tom Henke in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jim Eppard in the 11th round of the 1980 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 5, 1980

  Released Derek Botelho.

• April 1, 1980

  Purchased Lenny Randle from the Seattle Mariners.

• April 7, 1980

  Purchased Mark Lemongello from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• May 7, 1980

  Miguel Diloné player rights sold to the Cleveland Indians.

• June 3, 1980

  Drafted Don Schulze in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Fritzie Connally in the 7th round of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1980.

  Drafted Craig Lefferts in the 9th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bruce Tanner in the 33rd round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 7, 1980

  Signed Henry Cotto as an amateur free agent.

• June 22, 1980

  Signed Bill Landrum as an amateur free agent.

• June 23, 1980

  Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Cleveland Indians. Received Cliff Johnson. The Chicago Cubs sent Karl Pagel (June 30, 1980) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• June 24, 1980

  Released Steve Ontiveros.

• July 14, 1980

  Signed Rolando Roomes as an amateur free agent.

• July 20, 1980

  Released Ken Henderson.

• August, 1980

  Purchased Keith Drumright from the Kansas City Royals.

• October 17, 1980

  Traded Mike O'Berry to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Jay Howell.

• October 20, 1980

  Released Bill Landrum.

• October 23, 1980

  Larry Biittner granted Free Agency.

  Mick Kelleher granted Free Agency.

• October 24, 1980

  Lenny Randle granted Free Agency.

• December 8, 1980

  Drafted Jody Davis from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

• December 9, 1980

  Traded Bruce Sutter to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received a player to be named later, Leon Durham and Ken Reitz. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Ty Waller (December 22, 1980) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• December 11, 1980

  Traded Keith Drumright and Cliff Johnson to the Oakland Athletics. Received Mike King (minors).

• December 12, 1980

  Traded a player to be named later, Jesús Figueroa and Jerry Martin to the San Francisco Giants. Received Phil Nastu and Joe Strain. The Chicago Cubs sent Mike Turgeon (minors) (August 11, 1981) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

  Traded Mike Vail to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Héctor Cruz.

• January 7, 1981

  Signed Rawly Eastwick as a free agent.

• January 13, 1981

  Drafted Billy Hatcher in the 6th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 22, 1981.

• February 16, 1981

  Traded Greg Keatley to the Kansas City Royals. Received Dennis Webb (minors).

• February 17, 1981

  Signed Jerry Morales as a free agent.

• February 26, 1981

  Released George Riley.

• February 28, 1981

  Traded Dave Kingman to the New York Mets. Received Steve Henderson and cash.

• March 8, 1981

  Signed Mick Kelleher as a free agent.

• March 28, 1981

  Traded Dennis Lamp to the Chicago White Sox. Received Ken Kravec.

• April 1, 1981

  Mick Kelleher player rights sold to the Detroit Tigers.