1978 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 29, 1977

  Signed Jerry Terrell as a free agent.

• December 8, 1977

  Traded Mark Littell and Buck Martinez to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Al Hrabosky.

• December 9, 1977

  Purchased Jim Nettles from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• January 12, 1978

  Purchased Gary Christenson from the Detroit Tigers.

• January 16, 1978

  Released Bob Heise.

• January 23, 1978

  Roy Branch player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• February 22, 1978

  Traded Lynn McKinney (minors) to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Art Kusnyer.

• April 1, 1978

  Released Dave Nelson.

• April 4, 1978

  Purchased Randy Bass from the Minnesota Twins.

  John Mayberry player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• April 5, 1978

  Traded Joe Gates to the Chicago White Sox. Received Mike Ondina (minors).

• June 1, 1978

  Traded Jim Colborn to the Seattle Mariners. Received Steve Braun.

• June 2, 1978

  Released Joe Lahoud.

• June 5, 1978

  Traded a player to be named later to the Seattle Mariners. Received Steve Hamrick (minors). The Kansas City Royals sent Gary Lance (September 29, 1978) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.

• June 6, 1978

  Drafted Craig Chamberlain in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Buddy Biancalana in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bill Laskey in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Darryl Motley in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mark Ryal in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeff Cornell in the 8th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Don Heinkel in the 15th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Frank Viola in the 16th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Ron Johnson in the 24th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

• June 9, 1978

  Signed Bob Detherage as a free agent.

• July 24, 1978

  Andy Hassler player rights sold to the Boston Red Sox.

• August 3, 1978

  Traded Gerald Ako (minors) and cash to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Jamie Quirk.

• August 16, 1978

  Selected Steve Foucault off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• August 27, 1978

  Signed Brad Wellman as an amateur free agent.

• September 3, 1978

  Signed Marvell Wynne as an amateur free agent.

• September 5, 1978

  Released Steve Foucault.

• November 2, 1978

  Larry Gura granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 1978

  Signed Larry Gura as a free agent.

• January 9, 1979

  Drafted Jeff Schattinger in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1979 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Mike Brewer in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1979 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Mike Bielecki in the 6th round of the 1979 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 14, 1979

  Released Art Kusnyer.

• February 26, 1979

  Purchased Eduardo Rodríguez from the Milwaukee Brewers.