1969 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

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

• December, 1968

  Traded Jim Cosman to the New York Mets. Received Jerry Buchek.

• December 2, 1968

  Drafted Bo Belinsky from the Houston Astros in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

  Pedro Borbón drafted by the California Angels in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

  Gary Geiger drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

  Floyd Wicker drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1968 rule 5 draft.

• December 3, 1968

  Traded Philip Knuckles (minors), Danny Breeden, Ron Davis and Ed Spiezio to the San Diego Padres. Received Dave Giusti.

  Traded Dick Schofield to the Boston Red Sox. Received Gary Waslewski.

• Before 1969 Season

  Signed Tommy Cruz as an amateur free agent.

• February 1, 1969

  Drafted Wayne Garland in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1969 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Al Hrabosky in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1969 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Ed Crosby in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Ray Bare in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• February 12, 1969

  Purchased Byron Browne from the Houston Astros.

• March 17, 1969

  Traded Orlando Cepeda to the Atlanta Braves. Received Joe Torre.

• March 25, 1969

  Traded Dave Adlesh to the Atlanta Braves. Received Bob Johnson.

• March 29, 1969

  Purchased Dennis Ribant from the Kansas City Royals.

• April 3, 1969

  Bo Belinsky player rights sold to the California Angels.

  Traded Jerry Buchek and Jim Hutto to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Bill White.

• May 22, 1969

  Traded Sonny Ruberto and John Sipin to the San Diego Padres. Received Jerry DaVanon and Bill Davis.

• May 30, 1969

  Traded Jim Hicks to the California Angels. Received Vic Davalillo.

• June 3, 1969

  Traded Gary Waslewski to the Montreal Expos. Received Mudcat Grant.

• June 5, 1969

  Drafted Mick Kelleher in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1969.

  Drafted Bill Stein in the 4th round of the 1969 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bucky Dent in the 9th round of the 1969 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bill Madlock in the 11th round of the 1969 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Ken Reitz in the 31st round of the 1969 amateur draft. Player signed July 14, 1969.

• June 14, 1969

  Traded Dennis Ribant to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Aurelio Monteagudo.

• July 12, 1969

  Traded Bob Johnson to the Oakland Athletics. Received Joe Nossek.

• July 14, 1969

  Traded Bill Davis and Mel Nelson to the Minnesota Twins. Received Bill Whitby.

• August 8, 1969

  Ron Willis player rights sold to the Houston Astros.

• October 2, 1969

  Bill White retired.

• October 7, 1969

  Traded Byron Browne, Curt Flood, Joe Hoerner and Tim McCarver to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Dick Allen, Jerry Johnson and Cookie Rojas. Curt Flood refused to report to his new team. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Willie Montañez (April 8, 1970) and Jim Browning (minors) (August 30, 1970) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

• October 21, 1969

  Traded Dave Giusti and Dave Ricketts to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Frank Vanzin (minors) and Carl Taylor.

• November 5, 1969

  Traded Ray Washburn to the Cincinnati Reds. Received George Culver.

• November 20, 1969

  The Houston Astros returned Ron Willis following previous purchase.

• November 21, 1969

  Traded Vada Pinson to the Cleveland Indians. Received José Cardenal.

• December 1, 1969

  Drafted Jim Kennedy from the New York Yankees in the 1969 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Milt Ramírez from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 rule 5 draft.

  Aurelio Monteagudo selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 1969 minor league draft.

• December 4, 1969

  Traded Boots Day to the Chicago Cubs. Received Rich Nye.

• December 5, 1969

  Purchased Bill Dillman from the Baltimore Orioles.

  Mudcat Grant player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

• January 14, 1970

  Purchased Jim Campbell from the Baltimore Orioles.

• January 17, 1970

  Drafted Bucky Dent in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mike Tyson in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Rudy Arroyo in the 4th round of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• January 22, 1970

  Signed Héctor Cruz as an amateur free agent.

• March 31, 1970

  Released Ramón Hernández.