1978 New York Yankees Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 1977

  Dave Kingman granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 1977

  Greg Pryor granted Free Agency.

• November 22, 1977

  Signed Rich Gossage as a free agent.

• November 23, 1977

  Traded a player to be named later, Mike Fischlin and Randy Niemann to the Houston Astros. Received Cliff Johnson. The New York Yankees sent Dave Bergman (November 23, 1977) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• December 5, 1977

  Jesús Figueroa drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

  Willie Upshaw drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1977

  Drafted Gil Rondón from the Houston Astros in the 1977 minor league draft.

• December 7, 1977

  Purchased Andy Messersmith from the Atlanta Braves.

• December 9, 1977

  Signed Rawly Eastwick as a free agent.

  Traded Sergio Ferrer to the New York Mets. Received Roy Staiger.

• December 12, 1977

  Traded Ed Ricks (minors), Stan Thomas and cash to the Chicago White Sox. Received Bob Polinsky (minors), Tommy Cruz and Jim Spencer.

• January 10, 1978

  Drafted Rusty McNealy in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• March 16, 1978

  Signed Víctor Mata as an amateur free agent.

• April 7, 1978

  Signed Paul Boris as an amateur free agent.

• May 10, 1978

  Released Fran Healy.

• June 6, 1978

  Drafted Rex Hudler in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 1978.

  Drafted Matt Winters in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Steve Balboni in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tim Lollar in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Andy McGaffigan in the 6th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Andy Beene in the 14th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Brian Dayett in the 16th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Don Cooper in the 17th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Howard Johnson in the 23rd round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 10, 1978

  Traded Ken Holtzman to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later. The Chicago Cubs sent Ron Davis (June 12, 1978) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• June 14, 1978

  Traded Rawly Eastwick to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Bobby Brown and Jay Johnstone.

• June 15, 1978

  Traded Dell Alston, Mickey Klutts and $50,000 to the Oakland Athletics. Received Gary Thomasson.

• June 28, 1978

  Signed Tom Filer as an amateur free agent.

• August 1, 1978

  Purchased Paul Lindblad from the Texas Rangers.

• November 6, 1978

  Released Andy Messersmith.

• November 10, 1978

  Traded Mike Heath, Sparky Lyle, Larry McCall, Dave Rajsich, Domingo Ramos and cash to the Texas Rangers. Received Greg Jemison (minors), Juan Beníquez, Mike Griffin, Paul Mirabella and Dave Righetti.

• November 13, 1978

  Signed Luis Tiant as a free agent.

• November 21, 1978

  Signed Tommy John as a free agent.

• November 30, 1978

  Paul Lindblad player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• December 4, 1978

  Bobby Brown drafted by the New York Mets in the 1978 rule 5 draft.

  Ted Wilborn drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1978 rule 5 draft.

• December 15, 1978

  Gil Rondón player rights sold to Yucatan (Mexican).

• February 3, 1979

  Purchased Bruce Robinson from the Oakland Athletics for $400,000.

• February 15, 1979

  Traded Gary Thomasson to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Brad Gulden.