1979 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 3, 1979

  Traded Doug Bird to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Todd Cruz.

• April 6, 1979

  Randy Bass player rights sold to the Montreal Expos.

• April 27, 1979

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

• June 5, 1979

  Drafted Atlee Hammaker in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Pat Sheridan in the 3rd round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Craig Lefferts in the 7th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bill Moore in the 10th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jeff Twitty in the 25th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

• June 13, 1979

  Traded Tom Poquette to the Boston Red Sox. Received George Scott.

• August 17, 1979

  Released George Scott.

• August 27, 1979

  Signed Mike Kingery as an amateur free agent.

• October 24, 1979

  Traded Kevin Gillen (minors) to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Lance Rautzhan.

• October 26, 1979

  Released Steve Mingori.

• November 1, 1979

  Al Hrabosky granted Free Agency.

  Freddie Patek granted Free Agency.

• December 3, 1979

  Drafted Manny Castillo from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1979 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1979

  Traded a player to be named later, Al Cowens and Todd Cruz to the California Angels. Received Willie Aikens and Rance Mulliniks. The Kansas City Royals sent Craig Eaton (April 1, 1980) to the California Angels to complete the trade.

• December 12, 1979

  Released Jim Nettles.

• January 5, 1980

  Signed Tom Candiotti as a free agent.

• January 11, 1980

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

• January 15, 1980

  Traded Joe Zdeb to the Chicago White Sox. Received Eddie Bane.

• February 27, 1980

  Signed Jim Scranton as an amateur free agent.

• March 28, 1980

  Signed Dave Chalk as a free agent.