1980 Texas Rangers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 5, 1979

  Domingo Ramos player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• November 14, 1979

  Traded Eric Soderholm to the New York Yankees. Received players to be named later and cash. The New York Yankees sent Amos Lewis (minors) (December 13, 1979) and Ricky Burdette (minors) (December 13, 1979) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• December 6, 1979

  Traded Doyle Alexander, Larvell Blanks and $50,000 to the Atlanta Braves. Received Adrian Devine and Pepe Frías.

• January 4, 1980

  Traded Mike Bucci (minors), Gary Gray and Larry McCall to the Cleveland Indians. Received David Clyde and Jim Norris.

• January 11, 1980

  Drafted Tom Dunbar in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Billy Taylor in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft (January). Player signed March 24, 1980.

  Drafted Al Newman in the 3rd round of the 1980 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dar Smith in the 6th round of the 1980 amateur draft (January).

• February 15, 1980

  Traded Willie Montañez to the San Diego Padres. Received Joe Carroll (minors), Tucker Ashford and Gaylord Perry.

• March 31, 1980

  Released David Clyde.

  Traded Chris Smith and LaRue Washington to the Montreal Expos. Received Rusty Staub.

• April 6, 1980

  Signed Danny Walton as a free agent.

• May 7, 1980

  Signed Bud Harrelson as a free agent.

• June 3, 1980

  Drafted Mike Mason in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Dwayne Henry in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1980.

  Drafted Tom Henke in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Curt Wilkerson in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

  Drafted Walt Terrell in the 33rd round of the 1980 amateur draft.

• July 11, 1980

  Purchased Charlie Hough from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• July 19, 1980

  Purchased Rick Auerbach from the Cincinnati Reds.

• July 28, 1980

  Purchased Ed Figueroa from the New York Yankees.

• August 14, 1980

  Traded Gaylord Perry to the New York Yankees. Received a player to be named later and Ken Clay. The New York Yankees sent Marv Thompson (minors) (October 1, 1980) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• September 13, 1980

  Traded Pepe Frías to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Dennis Lewallyn and cash.

  Traded Sparky Lyle to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received a player to be named later. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Kevin Saucier (November 19, 1980) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• October 22, 1980

  Ed Figueroa granted Free Agency.

• October 23, 1980

  Rusty Staub granted Free Agency.

• October 24, 1980

  Traded Tucker Ashford and cash to the New York Yankees. Received Roger Holt.

• October 25, 1980

  Bud Harrelson granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 1980

  Dave Roberts granted Free Agency.

• December 10, 1980

  Traded Kevin Saucier to the Detroit Tigers. Received Mark Wagner.

• December 12, 1980

  Traded Steve Finch (minors), Brian Allard, Rick Auerbach, Ken Clay, Jerry Don Gleaton and Richie Zisk to the Seattle Mariners. Received Larry Cox, Rick Honeycutt, Willie Horton, Mario Mendoza and Leon Roberts.

• December 15, 1980

  Released Jay Pettibone.

  Traded Greg Mahlberg and Danny Walton to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Greg Hughes (minors) and Don Werner.

• December 18, 1980

  Signed Bob Jones as a free agent.

  Signed Bill Stein as a free agent.

• Before 1981 Season

  Released Jim Umbarger.

• January 13, 1981

  Drafted Greg Tabor in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Dave Leiper in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 10, 1981

  Signed José Guzmán as an amateur free agent.

• March 1, 1981

  Signed Ed Figueroa as a free agent.

• April 1, 1981

  Released Willie Horton.