1979 Montreal Expos Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 6, 1979

  Purchased Randy Bass from the Kansas City Royals.

• June 5, 1979

  Drafted Tim Wallach in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted John Russell in the 4th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Wallace Johnson in the 6th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Gates in the 7th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Brad Mills in the 17th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Billy Hatcher in the 30th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 13, 1979

  Traded a player to be named later and cash to the San Francisco Giants. Received John Tamargo. The Montreal Expos sent Joe Pettini (March 15, 1980) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

• July 20, 1979

  Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Detroit Tigers. Received Rusty Staub. The Montreal Expos sent Randall Schafer (minors) (December 3, 1979) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

• July 30, 1979

  Traded Tony Solaita to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received a player to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Dyar Miller (October 24, 1979) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

• August 30, 1979

  Purchased Dale Murray from the New York Mets.

• October 19, 1979

  Purchased Jamie Easterly from the Atlanta Braves.

• November 1, 1979

  Rudy May granted Free Agency.

  Tony Pérez granted Free Agency.

• November 27, 1979

  Traded Dave Cash to the San Diego Padres. Received Bill Almon and Dan Briggs.

• December 3, 1979

  Signed Fred Norman as a free agent.

• December 6, 1979

  Signed Rowland Office as a free agent.

• December 7, 1979

  Traded Dan Schatzeder to the Detroit Tigers. Received Ron LeFlore.

• December 12, 1979

  Bill Atkinson player rights sold to the Chicago White Sox.

• January 11, 1980

  Drafted Mike Stenhouse in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Mike Sharperson in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bryan Kelly in the 8th round of the 1980 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 20, 1980

  Signed Angel Salazar as an amateur free agent.

• March 3, 1980

  Released Dyar Miller.

• March 15, 1980

  Traded Duffy Dyer to the Detroit Tigers. Received Jerry Manuel.

• March 18, 1980

  Released Jim Mason.

• March 31, 1980

  Traded Rusty Staub to the Texas Rangers. Received Chris Smith and LaRue Washington.