1979 San Francisco Giants Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 4, 1979

  Signed Tom Griffin as a free agent.

• April 21, 1979

  Released Joe Coleman.

• May 16, 1979

  Signed Lenny Randle as a free agent.

• June 5, 1979

  Drafted Scott Garrelts in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rick Luecken in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Chris Brown in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Randy Kutcher in the 4th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Scotti Madison in the 10th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Frank Williams in the 11th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tom O'Malley in the 16th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

• June 13, 1979

  Traded John Tamargo to the Montreal Expos. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Montreal Expos sent Joe Pettini (March 15, 1980) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

• June 17, 1979

  Signed Dan Gladden as an amateur free agent.

• June 28, 1979

  Traded Héctor Cruz to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Pedro Borbón.

  Traded Bill Madlock, Lenny Randle and Dave Roberts to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Fred Breining, Al Holland and Ed Whitson.

• November 1, 1979

  John Curtis granted Free Agency.

• December 3, 1979

  Guy Sularz drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1979 rule 5 draft.

• December 4, 1979

  Drafted Nate Snell from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1979 minor league draft.

• December 12, 1979

  Signed Milt May as a free agent.

  Signed Rennie Stennett as a free agent.

  Signed Jim Wohlford as a free agent.

• December 19, 1979

  Released Rob Andrews.

• January 11, 1980

  Drafted Jeff Dedmon in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• March 13, 1980

  Signed Rudy Meoli as a free agent.

• April 1, 1980

  The Minnesota Twins returned Guy Sularz (earlier draft pick).