1980 New York Yankees Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 1979

  Don Hood granted Free Agency.

  Jim Kaat granted Free Agency.

  Lenny Randle granted Free Agency.

  George Scott granted Free Agency.

  Roy White granted Free Agency.

  Traded Rick Anderson, Jim Beattie, Juan Beníquez and Jerry Narron to the Seattle Mariners. Received Ruppert Jones and Jim Lewis.

  Traded Chris Chambliss, Dámaso García and Paul Mirabella to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Rick Cerone, Tom Underwood and Ted Wilborn.

• November 8, 1979

  Signed Rudy May as a free agent.

  Signed Bob Watson as a free agent.

• November 14, 1979

  Traded players to be named later and cash to the Texas Rangers. Received Eric Soderholm. The New York Yankees sent Amos Lewis (minors) (December 13, 1979) and Ricky Burdette (minors) (December 13, 1979) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• December 10, 1979

  Purchased Andre Robertson from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• January 11, 1980

  Drafted Tom Dodd in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• January 24, 1980

  Signed Jim Nettles as a free agent.

• March 10, 1980

  Signed José Canó as an amateur free agent.

• April 1, 1980

  Signed Jim Kaat as a free agent.

  Purchased Marshall Brant from the New York Mets.

• April 4, 1980

  Signed Johnny Oates as a free agent.

• April 29, 1980

  Signed Doug Bird as a free agent.

• April 30, 1980

  Jim Kaat player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• May 28, 1980

  Signed Paul Blair as a free agent.

• June 3, 1980

  Signed Edwin Rodríguez as an amateur free agent.

  Drafted Randy Hunt in the 3rd round of the 1980 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Glenn Braggs in the 6th round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Clay Christiansen in the 15th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ben Callahan in the 31st round of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Pat Clements in the 32nd round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 15, 1980

  Signed Ed Olwine as an amateur free agent.

• July 1, 1980

  Released Paul Blair.

• July 28, 1980

  Ed Figueroa player rights sold to the Texas Rangers.

• August 1, 1980

  Signed José Rijo as an amateur free agent.

• August 4, 1980

  Purchased Aurelio Rodríguez from the San Diego Padres.

• August 6, 1980

  Released José Canó.

• August 14, 1980

  Traded a player to be named later and Ken Clay to the Texas Rangers. Received Gaylord Perry. The New York Yankees sent Marv Thompson (minors) (October 1, 1980) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• October 23, 1980

  Gaylord Perry granted Free Agency.

• October 24, 1980

  Released Don Gullett.

  Traded Roger Holt to the Texas Rangers. Received Tucker Ashford and cash.

• October 27, 1980

  Luis Tiant granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 1980

  Traded Fred Stanley to the Oakland Athletics. Received Mike Morgan.

• November 4, 1980

  Released Marshall Brant.

• November 13, 1980

  Johnny Oates granted Free Agency.

• November 18, 1980

  Traded Brad Gulden and $150,000 to the Seattle Mariners. Received a player to be named later and Larry Milbourne. The Seattle Mariners sent Brad Gulden (May 18, 1981) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• December 8, 1980

  Don Cooper drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

  Brian Doyle drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

  Tom Filer drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

  Dave Wehrmeister drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

• December 15, 1980

  Signed Dave Winfield as a free agent.

• January 5, 1981

  Released Jim Nettles.

• February 3, 1981

  Signed Marshall Brant as a free agent.

• February 16, 1981

  Traded Rafael Santana to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received a player to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent George Frazier (June 7, 1981) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• February 17, 1981

  Signed Bill Castro as a free agent.

• March 31, 1981

  Traded Ruppert Jones, Joe Lefebvre, Tim Lollar and Chris Welsh to the San Diego Padres. Received Jerry Mumphrey and John Pacella.