1979 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions

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

• November 23, 1978

  Signed Manny Hernández as an amateur free agent.

• November 27, 1978

  Traded Joe Cannon, Pete Hernández and Mark Lemongello to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Alan Ashby.

• December 4, 1978

  Traded Don Pisker (minors) to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Gary Woods.

• December 8, 1978

  Traded Floyd Bannister to the Seattle Mariners. Received Craig Reynolds.

• Before 1979 Season

  Larry Anderson received from the Philadelphia Phillies in an unknown transaction.

• January 9, 1979

  Drafted Jeff Dedmon in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• March 5, 1979

  Signed Brent Strom as a free agent.

• March 27, 1979

  Craig Cacek player rights sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

  Released Dan Warthen.

• April 27, 1979

  Traded a player to be named later to the Kansas City Royals. Received George Throop. The Houston Astros sent Keith Drumright (October 26, 1979) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.

• May 25, 1979

  Traded Bo McLaughlin to the Atlanta Braves. Received Frank LaCorte.

• June 5, 1979

  Drafted John Mizerock in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Lemmie Miller in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Ty Gainey in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Larry Ray in the 4th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bill Doran in the 6th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mark Ross in the 7th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mark Dempsey in the 9th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Johnny Ray in the 12th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Chris Jones in the 25th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

• June 13, 1979

  Traded Bob Watson to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later, Pete Ladd and cash. The Boston Red Sox sent Bobby Sprowl (June 19, 1979) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• June 27, 1979

  Jack Lazorko player rights sold to the Texas Rangers.

• July, 1979

  Loaned Larry Anderson to the Atlanta Braves.

• November 1, 1979

  Jesús Alou granted Free Agency.

• November 19, 1979

  Signed Nolan Ryan as a free agent.

• November 21, 1979

  Signed Julio Solano as an amateur free agent.

• January 11, 1980

  Drafted Billy Hatcher in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

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

• January 31, 1980

  Signed Joe Morgan as a free agent.

• February 8, 1980

  Released Tom Dixon.

• February 20, 1980

  Traded Reggie Baldwin to the New York Mets. Received Keith Bodie (minors).

• February 21, 1980

  Released Frank Riccelli.