1980 Detroit Tigers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 21, 1979

  Kip Young player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• December 3, 1979

  Traded Rusty Staub to the Montreal Expos. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Montreal Expos sent Randall Schafer (minors) (December 3, 1979) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

• December 4, 1979

  Fred Holdsworth player rights sold to the Milwaukee Brewers.

• December 5, 1979

  Traded Fernando Arroyo to the Minnesota Twins. Received Jeff Holly.

• December 7, 1979

  Aurelio Rodríguez player rights sold to the San Diego Padres for $200,000.

  Traded Ron LeFlore to the Montreal Expos. Received Dan Schatzeder.

• January 11, 1980

  Drafted Mike Laga in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Randy Hunt in the 5th round of the 1980 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• March 15, 1980

  Traded Jerry Manuel to the Montreal Expos. Received Duffy Dyer.

• April 28, 1980

  Signed George Cappuzzello as a free agent.

• May 12, 1980

  Sent Jack Billingham to the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.

• May 27, 1980

  Traded Jason Thompson to the California Angels. Received Al Cowens.

• May 28, 1980

  Purchased Mike Macha from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• May 29, 1980

  Purchased Stan Papi from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• June 2, 1980

  Traded Al Greene and John Martin to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Jim Lentine.

• June 3, 1980

  Drafted Glenn Wilson in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1980.

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

  Drafted Chuck Hensley in the 10th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dwight Lowry in the 11th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ron Mathis in the 30th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

• June 6, 1980

  Signed Bárbaro Garbey as an amateur free agent.

  Steve Baker player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• June 10, 1980

  Traded Dan Gonzales and Ed Putman to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Billy Presley (minors), Larry Anderson and Larry Johnson.

• September 21, 1980

  Signed Roger Mason as an amateur free agent.

• November 4, 1980

  Signed Dave Gumpert as an amateur free agent.

• December 8, 1980

  Drafted Larry Rothschild from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

• December 10, 1980

  Traded Mark Wagner to the Texas Rangers. Received Kevin Saucier.

• December 12, 1980

  Traded Dave Stegman to the San Diego Padres. Received Dennis Kinney.

• January 13, 1981

  Drafted Bob Melvin in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Mike Sharperson in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• March 24, 1981

  Purchased Bill Fahey from the San Diego Padres.

• March 29, 1981

  Released Jim Lentine.

• April 1, 1981

  Purchased Mick Kelleher from the Chicago Cubs.