Transactions
Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
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.
- March 18, 1980
Released Jim Mason.
- March 31, 1980
Traded Rusty Staub to the Texas Rangers. Received Chris Smith and LaRue Washington.
- June 3, 1980
Drafted Herm Winningham in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Terry Francona in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1980 amateur draft.
Drafted Joe Hesketh in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1980.
Drafted Greg Bargar in the 3rd round of the 1980 amateur draft.
Drafted Tom Gorman in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1980.
Drafted Roy Johnson in the 5th round of the 1980 amateur draft.
Drafted Bryan Little in the 9th round of the 1980 amateur draft.
Drafted Chris Sabo in the 30th round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
- July 7, 1980
Released Bill Almon.
- July 9, 1980
Signed Rick Grapenthin as an amateur free agent.
- July 11, 1980
Traded Ross Grimsley to the Cleveland Indians. Received Dave Oliver.
- August 11, 1980
Traded a player to be named later to the San Diego Padres. Received John D'Acquisto and cash. The Montreal Expos sent Randy Bass (September 5, 1980) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.
- August 28, 1980
Released Dale Murray.
- August 31, 1980
Traded Tony Phillips and cash to the San Diego Padres. Received Willie Montañez.
- September 22, 1980
Jamie Easterly player rights sold to the Milwaukee Brewers.
- October 26, 1980
Willie Montañez granted Free Agency.
- October 27, 1980
Stan Bahnsen granted Free Agency.
- October 28, 1980
Ron LeFlore granted Free Agency.
- November 3, 1980
John D'Acquisto granted Free Agency.
- December 8, 1980
Jack O'Connor drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1980 rule 5 draft.
- December 12, 1980
Signed Willie Montañez as a free agent.
Traded Tony Bernazard to the Chicago White Sox. Received Rich Wortham.
- December 19, 1980
Signed Stan Bahnsen as a free agent.
- January 13, 1981
Drafted Jeff Treadway in the 18th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
- January 15, 1981
Ken Macha player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.
- February 18, 1981
Signed Ray Burris as a free agent.
- February 27, 1981
Released Dan Briggs.
- March 21, 1981
Signed Dan Briggs as a free agent.
- April 1, 1981
Released John Tamargo.
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