1978 Montreal Expos Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 1977

  Larry Johnson granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 1977

  Purchased Darold Knowles from the Texas Rangers.

• December 6, 1977

  Jeff Terpko selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1977 minor league draft.

• December 7, 1977

  Traded Joe Kerrigan, Gary Roenicke and Don Stanhouse to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Rudy May, Randy Miller and Bryn Smith.

• December 21, 1977

  Signed Ross Grimsley as a free agent.

• January 10, 1978

  Drafted Tony Phillips in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed March 10, 1978.

• January 14, 1978

  Released Tim Blackwell.

• January 27, 1978

  Released Jackie Brown.

• January 30, 1978

  Purchased Tito Fuentes from the Detroit Tigers.

• February 15, 1978

  Frank Ortenzio player rights sold to the Chicago White Sox.

• March 22, 1978

  Released Tito Fuentes.

• March 23, 1978

  Santo Alcalá selected by the Seattle Mariners off waivers.

• March 29, 1978

  José Morales player rights sold to the Minnesota Twins.

  Traded Will McEnaney to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Timothy Jones.

• March 31, 1978

  Released Rick Sawyer.

• April 14, 1978

  The Chicago White Sox returned Frank Ortenzio following previous purchase.

• May 20, 1978

  Traded Gerry Hannahs and Larry Landreth to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Mike Garman.

• May 27, 1978

  Signed Gerry Pirtle as a free agent.

• June 6, 1978

  Drafted Dave Hostetler in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bill Mooneyham in the 6th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Charlie Lea in the 9th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tom Wieghaus in the 10th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jim Deshaies in the 13th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Razor Shines in the 18th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Pat Rooney in the 20th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

• June 9, 1978

  Purchased Ed Herrmann from the Houston Astros.

  Traded a player to be named later to the Chicago Cubs. Received Woodie Fryman. The Montreal Expos sent Jerry White (June 23, 1978) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• July 20, 1978

  Purchased Tom Hutton from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• July 21, 1978

  Wayne Garrett player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• September 5, 1978

  Pete Mackanin selected by the Philadelphia Phillies off waivers.

• October 2, 1978

  Released Ed Herrmann.

• November, 1978

  The Seattle Mariners returned Santo Alcalá following previous waiver selection.

• November 2, 1978

  Darold Knowles granted Free Agency.

  Del Unser granted Free Agency.

• November 28, 1978

  Signed Duffy Dyer as a free agent.

• December 4, 1978

  Drafted Ken Macha from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1978 rule 5 draft.

• December 5, 1978

  Purchased Tony Solaita from the California Angels.

• December 7, 1978

  Traded Stan Papi to the Boston Red Sox. Received Bill Lee.

• December 8, 1978

  Traded Mike Hart to the Texas Rangers. Received Jim Mason.

• December 9, 1978

  Signed Randy St. Claire as an amateur free agent.

• December 14, 1978

  Traded Sam Mejías to the Chicago Cubs. Received Rodney Scott and Jerry White.

• January 8, 1979

  Signed Elías Sosa as a free agent.

• January 9, 1979

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

  Drafted Randy O'Neal in the 4th round of the 1979 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 17, 1979

  Released Fred Holdsworth.

• January 19, 1979

  Signed Andrés Galarraga as an amateur free agent.

• February 13, 1979

  Released Wayne Twitchell.

• March 30, 1979

  Released Mike Garman.

• March 31, 1979

  Traded Pepe Frías to the Atlanta Braves. Received Dave Campbell.

• April 1, 1979

  Purchased Art Gardner from the San Francisco Giants.