1999 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 12, 1998

  Signed Larry Luebbers as a free agent.

• November 19, 1998

  Signed Eric Davis as a free agent.

  Traded Jeff Brantley, Ron Gant and Cliff Politte to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Ricky Bottalico and Garrett Stephenson.

• November 23, 1998

  Signed Scott Radinsky as a free agent.

• December 7, 1998

  Signed Pat Kelly as a free agent.

  Signed Willie McGee as a free agent.

• December 14, 1998

  Drafted Alberto Castillo from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1998 rule 5 draft.

  Released Brady Raggio.

  Traded Mark Petkovsek to the Anaheim Angels. Received a player to be named later. The Anaheim Angels sent Matt Garrick (minors) (December 18, 1998) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

  Traded Armando Almanza, Braden Looper and Pablo Ozuna to the Florida Marlins. Received Édgar Rentería.

• December 21, 1998

  John Mabry granted Free Agency.

• December 31, 1998

  Signed Thomas Howard as a free agent.

• January 12, 1999

  Signed Darren Bragg as a free agent.

• January 13, 1999

  Signed Marcus Jensen as a free agent.

• January 15, 1999

  Signed Mike Mohler as a free agent.

• January 27, 1999

  Signed Carlos Baerga as a free agent.

• February 9, 1999

  Traded Sean Lowe to the Chicago White Sox. Received John Ambrose (minors).

• February 16, 1999

  Signed Shawon Dunston as a free agent.

  Signed Eduardo Pérez as a free agent.

• March 17, 1999

  Released Carlos Baerga.

• March 30, 1999

  Traded John Frascatore to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Clint Sodowsky.

• April 7, 1999

  Released Pat Kelly.

• May 15, 1999

  Signed Heathcliff Slocumb as a free agent.

• June 2, 1999

  Drafted Chris Duncan in the 1st round (46th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 1999.

  Drafted Josh Pearce in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1999.

  Drafted Ben Johnson in the 4th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 1999.

  Drafted Jimmy Journell in the 4th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed August 12, 1999.

  Drafted Coco Crisp in the 7th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1999.

  Drafted Albert Pujols in the 13th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 1999.

  Drafted Mike Crudale in the 24th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1999.

  Drafted Bo Hart in the 33rd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1999.

• July 18, 1999

  Signed Mark Thompson as a free agent.

• July 31, 1999

  Traded Shawon Dunston to the New York Mets. Received Craig Paquette.

• August 24, 1999

  Traded Kent Mercker to the Boston Red Sox. Received Dave Benham (minors) and Mike Matthews.

• October 13, 1999

  Larry Luebbers granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 1999

  Signed Mike James as a free agent.

  Mike Busby granted Free Agency.

  Marcus Jensen granted Free Agency.

  Curtis King granted Free Agency.

  Eduardo Pérez granted Free Agency.

  Clint Sodowsky granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 1999

  David Howard granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 1999

  Darren Oliver granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 1999

  Donovan Osborne granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 1999

  Thomas Howard granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 1999

  Willie McGee granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 1999

  Heathcliff Slocumb granted Free Agency.

• November 11, 1999

  Traded Alberto Castillo, Matt DeWitt and Lance Painter to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Pat Hentgen and Paul Spoljaric.

• November 12, 1999

  Signed Marc Ronan as a free agent.

• November 16, 1999

  Traded Manny Aybar, Brent Butler, Rich Croushore and José Jiménez to the Colorado Rockies. Received Luther Hackman, Darryl Kile and Dave Veres.

• November 24, 1999

  Signed Heathcliff Slocumb as a free agent.

• December 8, 1999

  Signed Larry Sutton as a free agent.

• December 15, 1999

  Signed Mike Matheny as a free agent.

  Traded Luis Ordaz to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Dante Powell.

• December 16, 1999

  Released Darren Bragg.

• December 20, 1999

  Traded players to be named later and Juan Acevedo to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Fernando Viña. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Eliézer Alfonzo (June 13, 2000) and Matt Parker (minors) (June 13, 2000) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

• December 21, 1999

  Ricky Bottalico granted Free Agency.

• December 22, 1999

  Signed Thomas Howard as a free agent.

• January 5, 2000

  Signed Ernie Young as a free agent.

• January 7, 2000

  Signed Andy Benes as a free agent.

• January 19, 2000

  Signed Jim Dougherty as a free agent.

  Signed John Hudek as a free agent.

  Signed Dave Wainhouse as a free agent.

• February 3, 2000

  Signed Shawon Dunston as a free agent.

  Signed Eduardo Pérez as a free agent.

  Signed Rick Wilkins as a free agent.

• March 18, 2000

  Traded Joe McEwing to the New York Mets. Received Jesse Orosco.

• March 23, 2000

  Traded Kent Bottenfield and Adam Kennedy to the Anaheim Angels. Received Jim Edmonds.

• March 29, 2000

  Released Paul Spoljaric.