1979 Milwaukee Brewers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 1978

  Released Larry Haney.

• November 28, 1978

  Signed Jim Slaton as a free agent.

• December 3, 1978

  Signed Willie Lozado as an amateur free agent.

• December 15, 1978

  Traded Ed Farmer, Gary Holle and cash to the Texas Rangers. Received Reggie Cleveland.

• December 21, 1978

  Purchased Steve Lake from the Baltimore Orioles.

• January 9, 1979

  Drafted Jeff Heathcock in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 26, 1979

  Eduardo Rodríguez player rights sold to the Kansas City Royals.

• March 6, 1979

  Signed Vic Harris as a free agent.

• March 7, 1979

  Signed Bob Gibson as an amateur free agent.

• March 27, 1979

  Purchased Skip James from the San Francisco Giants.

• March 28, 1979

  Traded Gary Beare to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Dan Boitano.

• April 15, 1979

  Signed Clay Carroll as a free agent.

• May 11, 1979

  Purchased Lance Rautzhan from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• June 5, 1979

  Drafted Andy Beene in the 5th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bill Schroeder in the 8th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Paul Zuvella in the 11th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bob Skube in the 13th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Don Slaught in the 20th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dan Firova in the 29th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 7, 1979

  Traded Randy Stein to the Seattle Mariners. Received Paul Mitchell.

• July 18, 1979

  Signed Mike Madden as an amateur free agent.

• October 11, 1979

  Signed Juan Castillo as an amateur free agent.

• October 24, 1979

  Traded Lance Rautzhan to the Kansas City Royals. Received Kevin Gillen (minors).

• October 26, 1979

  Traded Mark Bomback to the New York Mets. Received Dwight Bernard.

• November 1, 1979

  Jim Wohlford granted Free Agency.

• December 3, 1979

  Drafted Mark Brouhard from the California Angels in the 1979 rule 5 draft.

• December 4, 1979

  Purchased Fred Holdsworth from the Detroit Tigers.

• December 6, 1979

  Traded Lenn Sakata to the Baltimore Orioles. Received John Flinn.

• January 11, 1980

  Drafted Herm Winningham in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Randy O'Neal in the 3rd round of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• January 15, 1980

  Signed Carlos Ponce as an amateur free agent.