1968 New York Mets Trades and Transactions

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

• November 8, 1967

  Traded Bob Johnson to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Art Shamsky.

• November 27, 1967

  Traded Bill Denehy and $100,000 to the Washington Senators. Received Gil Hodges.

  Traded a player to be named later and Ken Boyer to the Chicago White Sox. Received a player to be named later and Bill Southworth. The New York Mets sent Sandy Alomar (August 15, 1967) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade. The Chicago White Sox sent J.C. Martin (November 27, 1967) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• November 28, 1967

  Drafted Clyde Mashore from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1967 rule 5 draft.

  Jerry Johnson selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1967 minor league draft.

  Ted Martínez selected by the Houston Astros in the 1967 minor league draft.

  Darrell Sutherland selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 1967 minor league draft.

  Drafted Héctor Valle from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1967 minor league draft.

• November 29, 1967

  Joe Grzenda player rights sold to the Minnesota Twins.

  Purchased Bill Short from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• December 15, 1967

  Traded Buddy Booker, Tommy Davis, Jack Fisher and Billy Wynne to the Chicago White Sox. Received Tommie Agee and Al Weis.

• Before 1968 Season

  Released Phil Linz.

  Released Floyd Weaver.

  Shaun Fitzmaurice sent to the New York Yankees in an unknown transaction.

  Roy Foster received from the Pittsburgh Pirates in an unknown transaction.

  Bobby Pfeil received from the St. Louis Cardinals in an unknown transaction.

• February 19, 1968

  Traded John Sullivan and Plus optional assignment of Johnny Lewis to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received a player to be named later. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Billy Sorrell (February 27, 1968) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• March 28, 1968

  Returned Clyde Mashore (earlier draft pick) to the Cincinnati Reds.

• March 30, 1968

  Returned Dick Kenworthy to the Chicago White Sox following previous purchase.

• April 2, 1968

  Signed Phil Linz as a free agent.

• April 5, 1968

  The Houston Astros returned Ted Martínez (earlier draft pick).

• May, 1968

  Dennis Bennett player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs.

• June 7, 1968

  Drafted Tim Foli in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1968 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ray Peters in the 3rd round of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Rich Hand in the 5th round of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Burt Hooton in the 5th round of the 1968 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Charlie Williams in the 7th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mickey Rivers in the 8th round of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jack Pierce in the 9th round of the 1968 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Hank Webb in the 10th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

  Drafted Don Rose in the 11th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

  Drafted John Milner in the 14th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

• June 30, 1968

  Released Ed Figueroa.

• October 14, 1968

  Dick Selma selected by the San Diego Padres as the 5th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Jerry Morales selected by the San Diego Padres as the 16th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Larry Stahl selected by the San Diego Padres as the 26th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Don Shaw selected by the Montreal Expos as the 40th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Ernie McAnally selected by the Montreal Expos as the 49th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

• October 16, 1968

  Don Bosch player rights sold to the Montreal Expos.

• October 17, 1968

  Phil Linz player rights sold to Jacksonville (International).

• December, 1968

  Traded Jerry Buchek to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Jim Cosman.

• December 2, 1968

  Drafted Wayne Garrett from the Atlanta Braves in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

  Tommie Reynolds drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

  Juan Ríos drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

  Bill Short drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

• December 4, 1968

  Traded Héctor Valle to the Detroit Tigers. Received Jack DiLauro.

• February 5, 1969

  Traded Greg Goossen and cash to the Seattle Pilots. Received a player to be named later. The Seattle Pilots sent Jim Gosger (July 14, 1969) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.