1969 Seattle Pilots Trades and Transactions

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

• Before 1968 Season

  Billy Williams received from the Cleveland Indians in an unknown transaction.

• April, 1968

  Chuck Cottier received from the California Angels in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• April 1, 1968

  Purchased Marv Staehle from the Cleveland Indians.

• May 13, 1968

  Traded Chuck Cottier and cash to the Cleveland Indians. Received Gus Gil. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• June, 1968

  Billy Williams sent to the Chicago White Sox in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• June 7, 1968

  Drafted Bill Parsons in the 7th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tom Kelly in the 8th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

  Drafted Wilbur Howard in the 19th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

• June 14, 1968

  Purchased Mike Hegan from the New York Yankees.

• June 15, 1968

  Purchased Jim Bouton from the New York Yankees for $20000 (but Yankees paid $8000 of his 1968 salary).

• July 9, 1968

  Purchased Orlando Peña from the Cleveland Indians.

• September 8, 1968

  Orlando Peña player rights sold to the Kansas City Royals.

  Purchased José Vidal from the Cleveland Indians.

• October 15, 1968

  Drafted Don Mincher from the California Angels as the 2nd pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Tommy Harper from the Cleveland Indians as the 3rd pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Ray Oyler from the Detroit Tigers as the 5th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Jerry McNertney from the Chicago White Sox as the 7th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Buzz Stephen from the Minnesota Twins as the 9th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Chico Salmon from the Cleveland Indians as the 11th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Diego Seguí from the Oakland Athletics as the 14th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Tommy Davis from the Chicago White Sox as the 16th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Marty Pattin from the California Angels as the 18th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Gerry Schoen from the Washington Senators as the 20th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Gary Bell from the Boston Red Sox as the 21st pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Jack Aker from the Oakland Athletics as the 24th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Rich Rollins from the Minnesota Twins as the 26th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Lou Piniella from the Cleveland Indians as the 28th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Dick Bates from the Washington Senators as the 30th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Larry Haney from the Baltimore Orioles as the 32nd pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Dick Baney from the Boston Red Sox as the 33rd pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Steve Hovley from the California Angels as the 35th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Steve Barber from the New York Yankees as the 37th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Wayne Comer from the Detroit Tigers as the 41st pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Darrell Brandon from the Boston Red Sox as the 44th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Skip Lockwood from the Oakland Athletics as the 46th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Gary Timberlake from the New York Yankees as the 48th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted John Morris from the Baltimore Orioles as the 52nd pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Mike Marshall from the Detroit Tigers as the 53rd pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Jim Gosger from the Oakland Athletics as the 55th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

  Drafted Mike Ferraro from the New York Yankees as the 57th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

• November 13, 1968

  Purchased John Kennedy from the New York Yankees.

• November 28, 1968

  Drafted Bill Edgerton from the California Angels in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

• December 2, 1968

  Drafted Freddie Velázquez from the San Diego Padres in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

• December 17, 1968

  Signed Fernando González as an amateur free agent.

• Before 1969 Season

  Signed Miguel Fuentes as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Pedro García as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Carlos Velazquez as an amateur free agent.

  Merritt Ranew received from the New York Yankees in an unknown transaction.

  Billy Williams received from the Chicago White Sox in an unknown transaction.

• February 1, 1969

  Drafted Ray Peters in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1969 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Jerry Bell in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Rick Auerbach in the 7th round of the 1969 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Doug Bird in the 8th round of the 1969 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Duane Kuiper in the 9th round of the 1969 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• February 5, 1969

  Traded a player to be named later to the New York Mets. Received Greg Goossen and cash. The Seattle Pilots sent Jim Gosger (July 14, 1969) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• March 31, 1969

  Traded Chico Salmon to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Gene Brabender and Gordy Lund.

• April 1, 1969

  Traded Lou Piniella to the Kansas City Royals. Received John Gelnar and Steve Whitaker.

• April 17, 1969

  Signed Jerry Stephenson as a free agent.

• April 30, 1969

  Traded Mike Ferraro and Gerry Schoen to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Lloyd Fourroux (minors), Tom Fisher and John O'Donoghue.

• May 19, 1969

  Traded José Vidal to the New York Yankees. Received Dick Simpson.

• May 20, 1969

  Traded Jack Aker to the New York Yankees. Received Fred Talbot.

• May 27, 1969

  Purchased Jim Pagliaroni from the Oakland Athletics.

  Freddie Velázquez player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

• June 5, 1969

  Drafted Pat Osburn in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1969 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Gorman Thomas in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1969 amateur draft.

  Drafted Gary Martz in the 5th round of the 1969 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jim Slaton in the 15th round of the 1969 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bob Coluccio in the 17th round of the 1969 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bob Hansen in the 21st round of the 1969 amateur draft.

• June 8, 1969

  Traded Gary Bell to the Chicago White Sox. Received Bob Locker.

• June 14, 1969

  Traded Larry Haney to the Oakland Athletics. Received John Donaldson.

• June 23, 1969

  Purchased Garry Roggenburk from the Boston Red Sox.

• July 8, 1969

  Darrell Brandon player rights sold to the Minnesota Twins.

• July 11, 1969

  Purchased Ron Clark from the Minnesota Twins.

• July 31, 1969

  Purchased George Brunet from the California Angels.

• August 24, 1969

  Traded Jim Bouton to the Houston Astros. Received Roric Harrison and Dooley Womack.

• August 29, 1969

  Traded Fred Talbot to the Oakland Athletics. Received Pete Koegel and Bob Meyer.

• August 30, 1969

  Traded Tommy Davis to the Houston Astros. Received Sandy Valdespino and Danny Walton.

• September 8, 1969

  Purchased Fred Stanley from the Houston Astros.

• September 13, 1969

  Traded Marv Staehle to the Montreal Expos. Received . The Montreal Expos sent Floyd Wicker (October 7, 1969) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.