1978 San Francisco Giants Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 1977

  Horace Speed granted Free Agency.

• November 28, 1977

  Purchased Art Gardner from the Houston Astros.

• December 7, 1977

  Tim Foli player rights sold to the New York Mets.

• December 15, 1977

  Signed Mario Guerrero as a free agent.

• February 28, 1978

  Traded Derrel Thomas to the San Diego Padres. Received Mike Ivie.

• March 15, 1978

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

• March 21, 1978

  Signed Alan Hargesheimer as an amateur free agent.

• March 27, 1978

  Released Randy Elliott.

• April 3, 1978

  Tommy Toms player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• June 6, 1978

  Drafted Rob Deer in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeff Ransom in the 5th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Alvin Davis in the 8th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted John Rabb in the 11th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mark Calvert in the 21st round of the 1978 amateur draft.

• June 15, 1978

  Purchased Roger Metzger from the Houston Astros.

  Traded Lynn McGlothen to the Chicago Cubs. Received Héctor Cruz.

  Traded Frank Riccelli to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received a player to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Jim Dwyer (June 15, 1978) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

• July 18, 1978

  Traded a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received John Tamargo. The San Francisco Giants sent Rob Dressler (July 24, 1978) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• November 2, 1978

  Jim Barr granted Free Agency.

  Darrell Evans granted Free Agency.

  Vic Harris granted Free Agency.

• December 4, 1978

  Drafted Max Venable from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1978 rule 5 draft.

• December 5, 1978

  Signed Darrell Evans as a free agent.

• February 22, 1979

  Signed Dave Roberts as a free agent.

• February 24, 1979

  Signed Bill Bordley as an amateur free agent.

• March 10, 1979

  Signed Bill North as a free agent.

• March 15, 1979

  Jim Dwyer player rights sold to the Boston Red Sox.

• March 27, 1979

  Skip James player rights sold to the Milwaukee Brewers.

• April 1, 1979

  Signed Joe Coleman as a free agent.

  Art Gardner player rights sold to the Montreal Expos.