1969 Pittsburgh Pirates Trades and Transactions

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

• December 3, 1968

  Traded David Heintz (minors) and Jack Damaska to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Ed Pacheco (minors) and Del Bates.

• Before 1969 Season

  Signed Dave Augustine as an amateur free agent.

• January 15, 1969

  Traded Manny Jiménez to the Chicago Cubs. Received Ron Campbell and Chuck Hartenstein.

• February 1, 1969

  Drafted John Morlan in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1969 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• February 12, 1969

  Signed Rennie Stennett as an amateur free agent.

• March 28, 1969

  Traded Chris Cannizzaro and Tommie Sisk to the San Diego Padres. Received Ron Davis and Bobby Klaus.

• March 30, 1969

  Signed Omar Moreno as an amateur free agent.

• April, 1969

  Traded Ed Hobaugh to the Chicago White Sox. Received Cotton Nash. Trade was voided and players returned on July 8, 1969.

• May 17, 1969

  Traded Jim Shellenback to the Washington Senators. Received Frank Kreutzer.

• June 5, 1969

  Released Pedro Ramos.

  Drafted Glenn Borgmann in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Fred Cambria in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jim Barr in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jim McKee in the 4th round of the 1969 amateur draft.

  Drafted John Doherty in the 5th round of the 1969 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Doug Ault in the 32nd round of the 1969 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 10, 1969

  Traded Ron Kline to the San Francisco Giants. Received Joe Gibbon.

• June 16, 1969

  Released Bob Babcock.

• July, 1969

  Traded Shaun Fitzmaurice to the Atlanta Braves. Received George Kopacz.

• July 16, 1969

  Signed Kent Tekulve as an amateur free agent.

• July 30, 1969

  Purchased Bo Belinsky from the California Angels.

• August 15, 1969

  Traded Jim Bunning to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Ron Mitchell (minors), Chuck Goggin and cash.

• October 21, 1969

  Traded Frank Vanzin (minors) and Carl Taylor to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Dave Giusti and Dave Ricketts.

• Before 1970 Season

  Signed Lafayette Currence as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Jim Sadowski as an amateur free agent.

  Ed Acosta received from the Houston Astros in an unknown transaction.

• January 28, 1970

  Traded Del Bates to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Michael Everett (minors) and Dave Bennett.

• February 4, 1970

  Traded Bo Belinsky to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Dennis Ribant.