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.
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