1969 New York Mets Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• June 5, 1969

  Drafted Randy Sterling in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1969 amateur draft.

  Drafted Joe Nolan in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft.

  Drafted Larry Fritz in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 13, 1969.

  Drafted John Andrews in the 7th round of the 1969 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Lute Barnes in the 21st round of the 1969 amateur draft.

  Drafted Vic Harris in the 25th round of the 1969 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Buzz Capra in the 27th round of the 1969 amateur draft.

  Drafted George Theodore in the 31st round of the 1969 amateur draft.

• June 13, 1969

  Al Jackson player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

• June 15, 1969

  Traded a player to be named later, Jay Carden (minors), David Colon (minors), Kevin Collins and Steve Renko to the Montreal Expos. Received Donn Clendenon. The New York Mets sent Terry Dailey (minors) (May 16, 1970) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

• August 12, 1969

  Billy Sorrell player rights sold to the Kansas City Royals.

• October 28, 1969

  Released Ed Charles.

• December 1, 1969

  Jim Cosman drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1969 rule 5 draft.

  Jack DiLauro drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1969 rule 5 draft.

  Roy Foster drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1969 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Bill Denehy from the Cleveland Indians in the 1969 minor league draft.

• December 2, 1969

  Traded Bernie Smith to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Gary Upton (minors).

• December 3, 1969

  Traded Bob Johnson and Amos Otis to the Kansas City Royals. Received Joe Foy.

• December 12, 1969

  Traded Jim Gosger and Bob Heise to the San Francisco Giants. Received Dave Marshall and Ray Sadecki.

• Before 1970 Season

  Signed Greg Harts as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Brian Ostrosser as an amateur free agent.

• January 17, 1970

  Drafted Roy Staiger in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• March 29, 1970

  Traded J.C. Martin to the Chicago Cubs. Received Randy Bobb.