1980 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 2, 1980

  Released Roger Freed.

• April 7, 1980

  Signed Jeff Little as a free agent.

• April 30, 1980

  Signed Pedro Borbón as a free agent.

  Purchased Jim Kaat from the New York Yankees.

• May 9, 1980

  Released Darold Knowles.

• May 27, 1980

  Released Pedro Borbón.

  Released Bernie Carbo.

• June 2, 1980

  Traded Jim Lentine to the Detroit Tigers. Received Al Greene and John Martin.

• June 3, 1980

  Drafted Ray Krawczyk in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dan Plesac in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Ricky Horton in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jim Adduci in the 7th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rick Aguilera in the 37th round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• August 18, 1980

  Signed José Uribe as a free agent.

• October 25, 1980

  Released Don Hood.

• November 15, 1980

  Signed Gibson Alba as a free agent.

• December 7, 1980

  Signed Darrell Porter as a free agent.

• December 8, 1980

  George Bjorkman drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

  Jody Davis drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Orlando Sánchez from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

  Roy Thomas drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Terry Kennedy, John Littlefield, Al Olmsted, Mike Phillips, Kim Seaman, Steve Swisher and John Urrea to the San Diego Padres. Received a player to be named later, Rollie Fingers, Bob Shirley and Gene Tenace. The San Diego Padres sent Bob Geren (December 10, 1980) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• December 9, 1980

  Traded a player to be named later, Leon Durham and Ken Reitz to the Chicago Cubs. Received Bruce Sutter. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Ty Waller (December 22, 1980) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• December 12, 1980

  Traded Rollie Fingers, Ted Simmons and Pete Vuckovich to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received David Green, Dave LaPoint, Sixto Lezcano and Lary Sorensen.

• December 22, 1980

  Released Bobby Bonds.

• January 13, 1981

  Drafted Oddibe McDowell in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 27, 1981

  Signed Steve Busby as a free agent.

• February 16, 1981

  Traded a player to be named later to the New York Yankees. Received Rafael Santana. The St. Louis Cardinals sent George Frazier (June 7, 1981) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• March 3, 1981

  Signed Steve Braun as a free agent.

• March 26, 1981

  Signed Stan Javier as an amateur free agent.