1979 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

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

• December 4, 1978

  Traded Aurelio López and Jerry Morales to the Detroit Tigers. Received John Murphy (minors) and Bob Sykes.

• December 5, 1978

  Traded Pete Falcone to the New York Mets. Received Tom Grieve and Kim Seaman.

• January 9, 1979

  Drafted Bill Mooneyham in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bill Lindsey in the 6th round of the 1979 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Greg Bargar in the 12th round of the 1979 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 16, 1979

  Signed Darold Knowles as a free agent.

  Traded Benny Ayala to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Mike Dimmel.

• January 25, 1979

  Traded Tommy Sandt to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received John Stuper.

• February 12, 1979

  Traded Tommy Toms to the Texas Rangers. Received Keith Smith.

• February 15, 1979

  Released José Báez.

• February 19, 1979

  Signed Will McEnaney as a free agent.

• March 10, 1979

  Signed Bernie Carbo as a free agent.

• March 30, 1979

  Released Jim Willoughby.

• April 5, 1979

  Released Paul Siebert.

• May 9, 1979

  Released Tom Grieve.

• June 5, 1979

  Drafted Andy Van Slyke in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ralph Citarella in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Mike Mason in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Ed Vosberg in the 3rd round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Tom Dozier in the 11th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Steve Stanicek in the 16th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mark Salas in the 18th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Terry Clark in the 23rd round of the 1979 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1979.

• June 7, 1979

  Rob Dressler player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• October 17, 1979

  Traded Mike Tyson to the Chicago Cubs. Received Donnie Moore.

• November 9, 1979

  Dan O'Brien player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• December 3, 1979

  Manny Castillo drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1979 rule 5 draft.

• December 7, 1979

  Traded John Denny and Jerry Mumphrey to the Cleveland Indians. Received Bobby Bonds.

• December 10, 1979

  Traded Ray Searage to the New York Mets. Received Jody Davis.

• January 11, 1980

  Drafted Kevin Hagen in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft (January).

• March 13, 1980

  Signed Don Hood as a free agent.

• March 31, 1980

  Released Tom Bruno.

  Released Will McEnaney.