1980 Minnesota Twins Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 1979

  Glenn Borgmann granted Free Agency.

  Dave Goltz granted Free Agency.

• December 3, 1979

  Drafted Doug Corbett from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1979 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Guy Sularz from the San Francisco Giants in the 1979 rule 5 draft.

• December 5, 1979

  Traded Jeff Holly to the Detroit Tigers. Received Fernando Arroyo.

• December 7, 1979

  Traded Dan Graham to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Tom Chism.

  Traded Paul Thormodsgard to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Pete Mackanin.

• Before 1980 Season

  Released Jim Gideon.

  Released Rudy Meoli.

• January 6, 1980

  Signed Albert Williams as a free agent.

• January 11, 1980

  Drafted Steve Ellsworth in the 7th round of the 1980 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• March 26, 1980

  Traded Wayne Caughey (minors) to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Ron Washington.

• April 1, 1980

  Returned Guy Sularz (earlier draft pick) to the San Francisco Giants.

• April 3, 1980

  Purchased Greg Johnston from the San Francisco Giants.

  Released Paul Hartzell.

  Released Bob Randall.

• May 16, 1980

  Signed Bob Randall as a free agent.

• June 3, 1980

  Released Bob Randall.

  Drafted Jeff Reed in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1980.

  Drafted Tim Teufel in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jim Weaver in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Scotti Madison in the 3rd round of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rod Booker in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Fuentes in the 5th round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Andre David in the 8th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jim Eisenreich in the 16th round of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1980.

  Drafted Rich Yett in the 26th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

• June 6, 1980

  Released Mike Marshall.

• June 18, 1980

  Signed Bob Randall as a free agent.

• July 16, 1980

  Released Bob Randall.

• October 23, 1980

  Signed Mark Portugal as an amateur free agent.

  Mike Cubbage granted Free Agency.

  Geoff Zahn granted Free Agency.

• October 24, 1980

  José Morales granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 1980

  Signed Houston Jiménez as a free agent.

• December 8, 1980

  Drafted Don Cooper from the New York Yankees in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted John Hobbs from the Seattle Mariners in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Jack O'Connor from the Montreal Expos in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Dave Edwards to the San Diego Padres. Received Chuck Baker.

• December 12, 1980

  Traded Willie Norwood to the Seattle Mariners. Received Byron McLaughlin.

• December 19, 1980

  Traded Mike Bacsik to the Seattle Mariners. Received Steve Stroughter.

• January 13, 1981

  Drafted Ralph Bryant in the 13th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 23, 1981

  Signed Jay Pettibone as a free agent.

• March 27, 1981

  Released Bombo Rivera.

• March 30, 1981

  Traded Ken Landreaux to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Mathew Reeves (minors), Kelly Snider (minors) and Mickey Hatcher.

• March 31, 1981

  Released Byron McLaughlin.

• April 1, 1981

  Houston Jiménez player rights sold to Reynosa (Mexican).