1978 Oakland Athletics Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 1977

  Willie Crawford granted Free Agency.

• December 5, 1977

  Drafted Taylor Duncan from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

• January 10, 1978

  Drafted Scott Fletcher in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Larry White in the 10th round of the 1978 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 25, 1978

  Traded Doug Bair to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Dave Revering and cash.

• March 15, 1978

  Traded Vida Blue to the San Francisco Giants. Received a player to be named later, Gary Alexander, Dave Heaverlo, Phil Huffman, John Henry Johnson, Gary Thomasson, Alan Wirth and $300,000. The San Francisco Giants sent Mario Guerrero (April 7, 1978) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

• March 25, 1978

  Traded Sheldon Mallory to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Steve Staggs.

• March 28, 1978

  Released Dick Allen.

  Released Mark Williams.

• March 29, 1978

  Traded Rodney Scott and cash to the Chicago Cubs. Received Pete Broberg.

• March 30, 1978

  Released Larry Lintz.

  Traded Pablo Torrealba to the Chicago White Sox. Received Jim Essian and Steve Renko.

• March 31, 1978

  Released Matt Alexander.

• April 1, 1978

  Purchased Mike Adams from the Chicago Cubs.

• April 4, 1978

  Traded Manny Sanguillén to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received a player to be named later, Miguel Diloné and Elías Sosa. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Mike Edwards (April 7, 1978) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

• May 17, 1978

  Released Marty Perez.

  Released Earl Williams.

  Traded Bill North to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Glenn Burke.

• May 22, 1978

  Joe Coleman player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• June 6, 1978

  Drafted Mike Morgan in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tim Conroy in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Keith Atherton in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Woodard in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Scott Meyer in the 5th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Kelvin Moore in the 6th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jim Scranton in the 15th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Greg Booker in the 32nd round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 15, 1978

  Traded Gary Thomasson to the New York Yankees. Received Dell Alston, Mickey Klutts and $50,000.

  Traded Gary Alexander to the Cleveland Indians. Received Joe Wallis.

• June 20, 1978

  Signed Tito Fuentes as a free agent.

• July 13, 1978

  Signed Willie Horton as a free agent.

• July 26, 1978

  Released Tito Fuentes.

• August 15, 1978

  Traded Willie Horton and Phil Huffman to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Rico Carty.

• October 3, 1978

  Rico Carty player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• November 2, 1978

  Pete Broberg granted Free Agency.

  Steve Renko granted Free Agency.

  Elías Sosa granted Free Agency.

  Darrell Woodard granted Free Agency.

• January 9, 1979

  Drafted Lemmie Miller in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bob Fallon in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 3, 1979

  Bruce Robinson player rights sold to the New York Yankees for $400,000.

• February 26, 1979

  Purchased Darryl Cias from Salem (Northwest).

• February 28, 1979

  Signed Dave Hamilton as a free agent.

  Signed Jim Todd as a free agent.

• March 23, 1979

  Released Dell Alston.