Transactions
Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
- October 14, 1968
Drafted Manny Mota from the Pittsburgh Pirates as the 2nd pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Mack Jones from the Cincinnati Reds as the 4th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted John Bateman from the Houston Astros as the 6th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Gary Sutherland from the Philadelphia Phillies as the 8th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Jack Billingham from the Los Angeles Dodgers as the 10th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Donn Clendenon from the Pittsburgh Pirates as the 11th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Jesús Alou from the San Francisco Giants as the 13th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Mike Wegener from the Philadelphia Phillies as the 15th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Skip Guinn from the Atlanta Braves as the 17th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Bill Stoneman from the Chicago Cubs as the 19th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Maury Wills from the Pittsburgh Pirates as the 21st pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Larry Jackson from the Philadelphia Phillies as the 23rd pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Bob Reynolds from the San Francisco Giants as the 25th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Dan McGinn from the Cincinnati Reds as the 27th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted José Herrera from the Houston Astros as the 29th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Jimy Williams from the Cincinnati Reds as the 32nd pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Remy Hermoso from the Atlanta Braves as the 34th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Mudcat Grant from the Los Angeles Dodgers as the 36th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Jerry Robertson from the St. Louis Cardinals as the 38th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Don Shaw from the New York Mets as the 40th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Ty Cline from the San Francisco Giants as the 41st pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Garry Jestadt from the Chicago Cubs as the 43rd pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Carl Morton from the Atlanta Braves as the 45th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Larry Jaster from the St. Louis Cardinals as the 47th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Ernie McAnally from the New York Mets as the 49th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Jim Fairey from the Los Angeles Dodgers as the 52nd pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Coco Laboy from the St. Louis Cardinals as the 54th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted John Boccabella from the Chicago Cubs as the 56th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Drafted Ron Brand from the Houston Astros as the 58th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
- October 16, 1968
Purchased Don Bosch from the New York Mets.
- October 21, 1968
Purchased Bob Bailey from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- December 2, 1968
Drafted Don Hahn from the San Francisco Giants in the 1968 rule 5 draft.
Drafted Juan Ríos from the New York Mets in the 1968 rule 5 draft.
Drafted Carroll Sembera from the Houston Astros in the 1968 rule 5 draft.
Drafted Floyd Wicker from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 rule 5 draft.
- January 22, 1969
Traded Jesús Alou and Donn Clendenon to the Houston Astros. Received Rusty Staub. Donn Clendenon refused to report to his new team on April 8, 1969. The Montreal Expos sent Jack Billingham (April 8, 1969), Skip Guinn (April 8, 1969) and $100,000 (April 8, 1969) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.
- March 25, 1969
Purchased Don Pepper from the Detroit Tigers.
Juan Ríos player rights sold to the Kansas City Royals.
- April 3, 1969
Purchased Leo Marentette, Howie Reed and Steve Shea from the Houston Astros.
- April 7, 1969
Drafted Bobby Wine from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1969 expansion draft (after draft's completion).
- April 27, 1969
Signed Roy Face as a free agent.
- June 3, 1969
Traded Mudcat Grant to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Gary Waslewski.
- June 5, 1969
Drafted Balor Moore in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1969 amateur draft.
Drafted Terry Humphrey in the 39th round of the 1969 amateur draft.
Drafted Tony Scott in the 71st round of the 1969 amateur draft.
- June 11, 1969
Traded Paul Popovich to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jack Lamabe and Adolfo Phillips.
Traded Manny Mota and Maury Wills to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Ron Fairly and Paul Popovich.
- June 15, 1969
Purchased Dick Radatz from the Detroit Tigers.
Traded Donn Clendenon to the New York Mets. Received a player to be named later, Jay Carden (minors), David Colon (minors), Kevin Collins and Steve Renko. The New York Mets sent Terry Dailey (minors) (May 16, 1970) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.
- June 29, 1969
Signed Bob Babcock as a free agent.
- August 15, 1969
Released Roy Face.
- August 19, 1969
Purchased Claude Raymond from the Atlanta Braves.
- August 26, 1969
Released Dick Radatz.
- August 27, 1969
Signed Pepe Frías as a free agent.
- September 13, 1969
Traded a player to be named later to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Marv Staehle. The Montreal Expos sent Floyd Wicker (October 7, 1969) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
- November 20, 1969
Signed Pepe Mangual as an amateur free agent.
- December 1, 1969
Drafted John Strohmayer from the Oakland Athletics in the 1969 rule 5 draft.
Drafted Freddie Velázquez from the Oakland Athletics in the 1969 rule 5 draft.
- December 2, 1969
Traded Larry Jaster to the Atlanta Braves. Received Donald Johnson (minors) and Jim Britton.
- December 3, 1969
Traded Jerry Robertson to the Detroit Tigers. Received Joe Sparma.
- Before 1970 Season
Signed Don Hopkins as an amateur free agent.
We're Social...for Statheads
Every Sports Reference Social Media Account
Site Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 11:21PM
Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction?
Subscribe to our Free Email Newsletter
Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE
Your All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database
Do you have a sports website? Or write about sports? We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Find out more.