1978 Cleveland Indians Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 1977

  Bruce Bochte granted Free Agency.

  Orlando González granted Free Agency.

• December 5, 1977

  Traded Norm Churchill (minors) and Bruce Compton (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Dave Rosello.

• December 6, 1977

  Drafted Mike Cosgrove from the Houston Astros in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

• December 7, 1977

  Signed Horace Speed as a free agent.

• December 9, 1977

  Traded Garry Hancock to the Boston Red Sox. Received Jack Baker.

  Traded Charlie Spikes to the Detroit Tigers. Received Tom Veryzer.

• Before 1978 Season

  Mike Cosgrove sent to the Toronto Blue Jays in an unknown transaction.

• January 6, 1978

  Signed Juan Bonilla as an amateur free agent.

• January 30, 1978

  Signed Rob Ellis as a free agent.

• February 23, 1978

  Signed Frank Duffy as a free agent.

• February 28, 1978

  Traded Tom Buskey and John Lowenstein to the Texas Rangers. Received David Clyde and Willie Horton.

• March 1, 1978

  Signed Dan Briggs as a free agent.

• March 6, 1978

  Jim Bibby granted Free Agency.

• March 15, 1978

  Traded Rico Carty to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Dennis DeBarr.

• March 24, 1978

  Traded Frank Duffy to the Boston Red Sox. Received Rick Kreuger.

• March 26, 1978

  Selected Mike Vail off waivers from the New York Mets.

• March 30, 1978

  Traded Dennis Eckersley and Fred Kendall to the Boston Red Sox. Received Ted Cox, Bo Díaz, Mike Paxton and Rick Wise.

• April 11, 1978

  Signed Randy Elliott as a free agent.

• April 14, 1978

  Released Pat Dobson.

• May 18, 1978

  Signed Larry Lintz as a free agent.

• May 20, 1978

  Signed Ed Goodson as a free agent.

• June 6, 1978

  Drafted Chris Bando in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Young in the 7th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 14, 1978

  Traded Dennis Kinney to the San Diego Padres. Received Dan Spillner.

• June 15, 1978

  Purchased Bernie Carbo from the Boston Red Sox.

  Traded Mike Vail to the Chicago Cubs. Received Joe Wallis.

  Traded Joe Wallis to the Oakland Athletics. Received Gary Alexander.

• June 22, 1978

  Traded Bill Laxton to the San Diego Padres. Received Dave Freisleben.

• June 26, 1978

  Traded Dennis DeBarr to the Chicago Cubs. Received Paul Reuschel.

• July 3, 1978

  Released Willie Horton.

• July 13, 1978

  Released Al Fitzmorris.

• August 31, 1978

  Traded Johnny Grubb to the Texas Rangers. Received players to be named later. The Texas Rangers sent Bobby Cuellar (October 3, 1978) and Dave Rivera (minors) (October 3, 1978) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• October 3, 1978

  Traded Larvell Blanks and Jim Kern to the Texas Rangers. Received Len Barker and Bobby Bonds.

• November 2, 1978

  Bernie Carbo granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 1978

  Traded Dave Freisleben to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received a player to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Sheldon Mallory (March 27, 1979) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• December 5, 1978

  Drafted Carmelo Castillo from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1978 minor league draft.

  Traded Phil Lansford (minors) and Alfredo Griffin to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Víctor Cruz.

• December 6, 1978

  Traded Cardell Camper to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Joe Charboneau.

• December 8, 1978

  Traded Buddy Bell to the Texas Rangers. Received Toby Harrah.

• January 19, 1979

  Signed Dave Hudgens as an amateur free agent.

• March 15, 1979

  Signed Billy Baldwin as a free agent.

• March 25, 1979

  Released Randy Elliott.

• March 30, 1979

  Traded Dan Briggs to the San Diego Padres. Received a player to be named later. The San Diego Padres sent Mike Champion (April 3, 1979) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.