1978 Los Angeles Dodgers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 22, 1977

  Signed Terry Forster as a free agent.

• November 23, 1977

  Dennis Lewallyn player rights sold to the Minnesota Twins.

• December 15, 1977

  Traded Rex Hudson to the Minnesota Twins. Received Bill Butler.

• December 20, 1977

  Signed Germán Rivera as an amateur free agent.

• January 10, 1978

  Drafted Brian Holton in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Bryan Little in the 5th round of the 1978 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 18, 1978

  Signed Leo Hernández as an amateur free agent.

• January 31, 1978

  Elías Sosa player rights sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• February 3, 1978

  Signed Willie Crawford as a free agent.

• March 2, 1978

  Signed Wayne Simpson as a free agent.

• March 14, 1978

  Released Bob Detherage.

• March 15, 1978

  The Minnesota Twins returned Dennis Lewallyn following previous purchase.

• March 17, 1978

  Released Ed Goodson.

• March 30, 1978

  Released Willie Crawford.

• April, 1978

  Signed Enzo Hernández as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• April 6, 1978

  Signed Ubaldo Heredia as a free agent.

• May 17, 1978

  Traded Glenn Burke to the Oakland Athletics. Received Bill North.

• May 20, 1978

  Traded Mike Garman to the Montreal Expos. Received Gerry Hannahs and Larry Landreth.

• June 6, 1978

  Signed Candy Maldonado as an amateur free agent.

  Drafted Dann Bilardello in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Mike Marshall in the 6th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Steve Sax in the 9th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Eric Bullock in the 18th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Gary Weiss in the 19th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

• June 16, 1978

  Signed Dave Sax as an amateur free agent.

• July 1, 1978

  Traded players to be named later to the Houston Astros. Received Joe Ferguson and cash. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Rafael Landestoy (July 7, 1978) and Jeffrey Leonard (September 11, 1978) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• July 7, 1978

  Released Ron Kittle.

• August 25, 1978

  Released Enzo Hernández.

• September 10, 1978

  Signed Alejandro Peña as an amateur free agent.

• November 2, 1978

  Jerry Grote granted Free Agency.

  Tommy John granted Free Agency.

  Lee Lacy granted Free Agency.

  Bill North granted Free Agency.

• November 14, 1978

  Signed Derrel Thomas as a free agent.

• December 4, 1978

  Mike Howard drafted by the New York Mets in the 1978 rule 5 draft.

  Max Venable drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1978 rule 5 draft.

• January 9, 1979

  Purchased Von Joshua from Tabasco (Mexican).

• January 26, 1979

  Signed Alan Wiggins as a free agent.

• February 7, 1979

  Signed Andy Messersmith as a free agent.

• February 15, 1979

  Traded Brad Gulden to the New York Yankees. Received Gary Thomasson.

• February 23, 1979

  Signed Pete Broberg as a free agent.

• March 28, 1979

  Joe Simpson player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.