1980 Cleveland Indians Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 1979

  Rick Wise granted Free Agency.

• December 3, 1979

  Drafted Andrés Mora from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1979 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1979

  Traded Ted Cox to the Seattle Mariners. Received a player to be named later, Rob Pietroburgo (minors) and Rafael Vásquez. The Seattle Mariners sent Bud Anderson (March 29, 1980) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• December 7, 1979

  Traded Bobby Bonds to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received John Denny and Jerry Mumphrey.

• December 19, 1979

  Signed Jorge Orta as a free agent.

• December 21, 1979

  Traded Larry Andersen to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received John Burden (minors) and Larry Littleton.

• January 4, 1980

  Traded David Clyde and Jim Norris to the Texas Rangers. Received Mike Bucci (minors), Gary Gray and Larry McCall.

• January 30, 1980

  Signed Roger Moret as a free agent.

• February 15, 1980

  Traded Gary Melson (minors) to the Atlanta Braves. Received Don Collins.

  Traded Jerry Mumphrey to the San Diego Padres. Received Bob Owchinko and Jim Wilhelm.

• March 28, 1980

  Released Roger Moret.

• May 7, 1980

  Purchased Miguel Diloné from the Chicago Cubs.

• June 3, 1980

  Drafted Dave Gallagher in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Kelly Gruber in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1980.

  Drafted Steve Ellsworth in the 3rd round of the 1980 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Doug Drabek in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jeff Moronko in the 6th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rich Thompson in the 8th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Jeffcoat in the 13th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Terry Steinbach in the 16th round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jack Fimple in the 29th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

• June 13, 1980

  Traded Ron Pruitt to the Chicago White Sox. Received Alan Bannister.

• June 20, 1980

  Purchased Jack Brohamer from the Boston Red Sox.

• June 23, 1980

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

• July 11, 1980

  Traded Dave Oliver to the Montreal Expos. Received Ross Grimsley.

• October 8, 1980

  Signed Bernardo Brito as an amateur free agent.

• October 24, 1980

  Dan Spillner granted Free Agency.

• December 8, 1980

  Gary Gray drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

  Signed Dan Spillner as a free agent.

• December 9, 1980

  Traded Gary Alexander, Víctor Cruz, Bob Owchinko and Rafael Vásquez to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Bert Blyleven and Manny Sanguillén.

• December 29, 1980

  Signed Pat Kelly as a free agent.

• January 8, 1981

  Released Dave Hudgens.

• February 18, 1981

  Released Manny Sanguillén.

• March 15, 1981

  Jack Brohamer granted Free Agency.

• March 24, 1981

  Signed Glenn Borgmann as a free agent.

• March 26, 1981

  Traded Wayne Cage to the Seattle Mariners. Received Rod Craig.

• April 1, 1981

  Traded Juan Bonilla to the San Diego Padres. Received Bob Lacey.