1978 Minnesota Twins Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 1977

  Lyman Bostock granted Free Agency.

  Tom Burgmeier granted Free Agency.

  Luis Gómez granted Free Agency.

  Larry Hisle granted Free Agency.

  Mike Pazik granted Free Agency.

  Mike Proly granted Free Agency.

  Ron Schueler granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 1977

  Jerry Terrell granted Free Agency.

• November 22, 1977

  Signed Mac Scarce as a free agent.

• November 23, 1977

  Purchased Dennis Lewallyn from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• December 5, 1977

  Drafted John Sutton from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1977

  Drafted Jesús Vega from the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1977 minor league draft.

• December 15, 1977

  Traded Bill Butler to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Rex Hudson.

• January 10, 1978

  Drafted Ralph Citarella in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jesse Orosco in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Mike Couchee in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Willie Lozado in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• March 15, 1978

  Returned Dennis Lewallyn to the Los Angeles Dodgers following previous purchase.

• March 18, 1978

  Signed Stan Perzanowski as a free agent.

• March 23, 1978

  Released Don Carrithers.

• March 29, 1978

  Purchased José Morales from the Montreal Expos.

• April 4, 1978

  Randy Bass player rights sold to the Kansas City Royals.

• April 28, 1978

  Signed Roric Harrison as a free agent.

• May 15, 1978

  Signed Mike Marshall as a free agent.

• June 6, 1978

  Drafted Lenny Faedo in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dave Leeper in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Tony Fossas in the 9th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Scott Bradley in the 12th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Kent Hrbek in the 17th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

• October 3, 1978

  Released Dave Johnson.

• November 2, 1978

  Mike Marshall granted Free Agency.

• December 4, 1978

  Traded Dan Ford to the California Angels. Received Danny Goodwin and Ron Jackson.

• December 8, 1978

  Traded a player to be named later and Greg Field (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Jerry Koosman. The Minnesota Twins sent Jesse Orosco (February 7, 1979) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• December 12, 1978

  Released Mark Souza.

• December 13, 1978

  Traded Mac Scarce to the Texas Rangers. Received Mike Bacsik.

• January 6, 1979

  Signed Mike Marshall as a free agent.

• January 9, 1979

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

  Drafted Ed Hodge in the 5th round of the 1979 amateur draft (January).

• February 3, 1979

  Traded Larry Wolfe to the Boston Red Sox. Received Dave Coleman.

  Traded Rod Carew to the California Angels. Received Dave Engle, Paul Hartzell, Brad Havens and Ken Landreaux.

• February 8, 1979

  Released Tom Johnson.

• February 13, 1979

  Released Rich Chiles.

  Released Stan Perzanowski.

• March 29, 1979

  Terry Bulling player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• March 30, 1979

  Released Sam Perlozzo.