1980 New York Mets Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 1979

  Andy Hassler granted Free Agency.

  Ed Kranepool granted Free Agency.

  Skip Lockwood granted Free Agency.

• December 3, 1979

  Freddie Martínez drafted by the California Angels in the 1979 rule 5 draft.

• December 10, 1979

  Traded Jody Davis to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Ray Searage.

• December 11, 1979

  Released Bob Apodaca.

• February 20, 1980

  Traded Keith Bodie (minors) to the Houston Astros. Received Reggie Baldwin.

• February 22, 1980

  Signed Rob Andrews as a free agent.

• February 26, 1980

  Signed Tom Dixon as a free agent.

• April 1, 1980

  Marshall Brant player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

  Released Bruce Boisclair.

• April 12, 1980

  Signed Dyar Miller as a free agent.

• June 3, 1980

  Drafted Darryl Strawberry in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed July 11, 1980.

  Drafted Billy Beane in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted John Gibbons in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jay Tibbs in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1980.

  Drafted Al Newman in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Ronn Reynolds in the 5th round of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1980.

  Drafted Jeff Bittiger in the 7th round of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed July 1, 1980.

  Drafted Lloyd McClendon in the 8th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rick Ownbey in the 13th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

• June 7, 1980

  Traded Jesse Anderson (minors) to the Chicago White Sox. Received Claudell Washington.

• June 10, 1980

  Signed Doug Sisk as an amateur free agent.

• June 17, 1980

  Traded Kevin Kobel to the Kansas City Royals. Received a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Randy McGilberry (June 23, 1980) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• July 1, 1980

  Traded Randy Johnson to the Atlanta Braves. Received Bill Haslerig (minors).

• July 11, 1980

  Signed Bill Almon as a free agent.

• July 27, 1980

  Signed Terry Leach as a free agent.

• August 13, 1980

  Released José Cardenal.

• August 18, 1980

  Signed La Schelle Tarver as an amateur free agent.

• October 27, 1980

  Ray Burris granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 1980

  Jerry Morales granted Free Agency.

  Claudell Washington granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 1980

  Signed Kevin Mitchell as an amateur free agent.

• December 8, 1980

  Mario Ramirez drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

• December 9, 1980

  Drafted Billy Smith from the Houston Astros in the 1980 minor league draft.

• December 12, 1980

  Traded Roy Lee Jackson to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Bob Bailor.

• December 15, 1980

  Purchased Rick Sweet from the San Diego Padres.

  Traded José Moreno and John Pacella to the San Diego Padres. Received Randy Jones.

• December 16, 1980

  Signed Rusty Staub as a free agent.

• December 19, 1980

  Signed Mike Cubbage as a free agent.

  Released Bill Almon.

• Before 1981 Season

  Luis Rosado sent to Poza Rica (Mexican) in an unknown transaction.

• January 5, 1981

  Signed Dave Roberts as a free agent.

• January 13, 1981

  Drafted Randy Milligan in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Herm Winningham in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• February 5, 1981

  Released Elliott Maddox.

• February 11, 1981

  Traded players to be named later to the Houston Astros. Received Bruce Bochy. The New York Mets sent Stan Hough (minors) (April 3, 1981) and Randy Rogers (minors) (April 3, 1981) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• February 28, 1981

  Traded Steve Henderson and cash to the Chicago Cubs. Received Dave Kingman.

• March 31, 1981

  Traded Juan Berenguer to the Kansas City Royals. Received John Skinner (minors) and Marvell Wynne.

• April 1, 1981

  Returned Billy Smith (earlier draft pick) to the Houston Astros.