1968 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions

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

• November 21, 1967

  Traded Jim Weaver to the California Angels. Received a player to be named later. The California Angels sent Héctor Torres (November 21, 1967) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• November 22, 1967

  Traded Eddie Mathews to the Detroit Tigers. Received players to be named later. The Detroit Tigers sent Leo Marentette (December 10, 1968) and Fred Gladding (November 22, 1967) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• November 28, 1967

  Drafted Skip Lockwood from the Oakland Athletics in the 1967 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Joe Moeller from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1967 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Rafael Batista from the Atlanta Braves in the 1967 minor league draft.

  Drafted Ron Cook from the New York Yankees in the 1967 minor league draft.

  Doc Edwards selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1967 minor league draft.

  Drafted Ted Martínez from the New York Mets in the 1967 minor league draft.

• January 27, 1968

  Drafted Glenn Adams in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Sandy Vance in the 2nd round of the 1968 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• February 9, 1968

  Traded Lee Brown (minors) and Tommy Murray (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Lee Thomas.

• April 1, 1968

  Returned Joe Moeller (earlier draft pick) to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• April 2, 1968

  Released Larry Sherry.

• April 3, 1968

  Returned Skip Lockwood (earlier draft pick) to the Oakland Athletics.

• April 5, 1968

  Returned Ted Martínez (earlier draft pick) to the New York Mets.

• May 4, 1968

  Traded Aaron Pointer to the Chicago Cubs. Received Byron Browne.

• June 7, 1968

  Drafted Buddy Harris in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Rich Chiles in the 2nd round of the 1968 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bill Greif in the 3rd round of the 1968 amateur draft.

  Drafted Larry Yount in the 5th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ken Forsch in the 18th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

• June 15, 1968

  Traded Ron Davis to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Hal Gilson and Dick Simpson.

• October 11, 1968

  Traded Dave Adlesh and Dave Giusti to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Tommy Smith (minors) and Johnny Edwards.

• October 14, 1968

  John Bateman selected by the Montreal Expos as the 6th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Nate Colbert selected by the San Diego Padres as the 18th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  José Herrera selected by the Montreal Expos as the 29th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Tom Dukes selected by the San Diego Padres as the 33rd pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Ivan Murrell selected by the San Diego Padres as the 42nd pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Ron Brand selected by the Montreal Expos as the 58th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

• October 21, 1968

  Chris Zachary player rights sold to the Kansas City Royals.

• December 2, 1968

  Bo Belinsky drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Don Bryant from the San Francisco Giants in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Gary Geiger from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted César Gerónimo from the New York Yankees in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Buck Martinez from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

  Carroll Sembera drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

  Brock Davis selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 1968 minor league draft.

• December 4, 1968

  Traded Elijah Johnson (minors), Mike Cuellar and Enzo Hernández to the Baltimore Orioles. Received John Mason (minors) and Curt Blefary.

  Traded Bob Aspromonte to the Atlanta Braves. Received Marty Martínez.

  Traded Dick Simpson to the New York Yankees. Received Dooley Womack.

• December 15, 1968

  Traded Paul Doyle to the Atlanta Braves. Received Sandy Valdespino. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• December 16, 1968

  Traded Mike Sinnerud (minors), Tommy Smith (minors) and Buck Martinez to the Kansas City Royals. Received Johnny Jones (minors).

• December 21, 1968

  Purchased Bill Monbouquette from the San Francisco Giants.

• Before 1969 Season

  Signed Pat Darcy as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Jesus de la Rosa as an amateur free agent.

  John Buzhardt retired.

• January 22, 1969

  Traded Rusty Staub to the Montreal Expos. Received Jesús Alou and Donn Clendenon. Donn Clendenon refused to report to his new team on April 8, 1969. The Montreal Expos sent Jack Billingham (April 8, 1969), Skip Guinn (April 8, 1969) and $100,000 (April 8, 1969) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• February 1, 1969

  Drafted Derrel Thomas in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1969 amateur draft (January). Player signed February 2, 1969.

  Drafted Craig Caskey in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 12, 1969

  Byron Browne player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• March 11, 1969

  Traded Hal King to the Boston Red Sox. Received Mark Schaeffer.