1979 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 1978

  Rico Carty granted Free Agency.

  Joe Coleman granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 1978

  Traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians. Received Dave Freisleben. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Sheldon Mallory (March 27, 1979) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• November 24, 1978

  Signed Toby Hernández as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Fred Manrique as an amateur free agent.

• November 27, 1978

  Signed José Escobar as an amateur free agent.

  Traded Alan Ashby to the Houston Astros. Received Joe Cannon, Pete Hernández and Mark Lemongello.

• December 2, 1978

  Willie Horton granted Free Agency.

  Released Bill Singer.

• December 4, 1978

  Drafted Bob Davis from the San Diego Padres in the 1978 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Ted Wilborn from the New York Yankees in the 1978 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Gary Woods to the Houston Astros. Received Don Pisker (minors).

• December 5, 1978

  Traded Víctor Cruz to the Cleveland Indians. Received Phil Lansford (minors) and Alfredo Griffin.

• Before 1979 Season

  Signed Luis Leal as an amateur free agent.

• January 4, 1979

  Signed Chuck Scrivener as a free agent.

• January 9, 1979

  Drafted Mark Eichhorn in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 18, 1979.

  Drafted Jeff Moronko in the 5th round of the 1979 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 11, 1979

  Signed Rico Carty as a free agent.

• January 23, 1979

  Sam Ewing player rights sold to Nippon Ham Fighters (Japan Pacific).

• March 17, 1979

  Signed Steve Luebber as a free agent.

• March 25, 1979

  Selected Bobby Brown off waivers from the New York Mets.

• March 29, 1979

  Released Jeff Byrd.

  Released Don Kirkwood.

• April 6, 1979

  Signed Mike Sember as a free agent.

• April 7, 1979

  Mike Stanton player rights sold to Maracaibo (Inter-American).

• April 13, 1979

  Signed Jackson Todd as a free agent.

• April 19, 1979

  Bobby Brown player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• April 23, 1979

  Signed Bob Robertson as a free agent.

• April 24, 1979

  Signed Tony Fernández as an amateur free agent.

• May 12, 1979

  Released Tom Murphy.

• June 5, 1979

  Drafted Ron Shepherd in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft.

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

  Drafted Andre Robertson in the 4th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeff Robinson in the 17th round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 6, 1979

  Purchased Dyar Miller from the California Angels.

• June 22, 1979

  Signed Steve Senteney as an amateur free agent.

• June 27, 1979

  Released Bob Robertson.

• July 25, 1979

  Purchased Craig Kusick from the Minnesota Twins.

• July 30, 1979

  Traded a player to be named later to the Montreal Expos. Received Tony Solaita. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Dyar Miller (October 24, 1979) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

• October 22, 1979

  Released Dave Freisleben.

  Released Craig Kusick.

• November 1, 1979

  Tim Johnson granted Free Agency.

  Tony Solaita granted Free Agency.

  Traded Rick Cerone, Tom Underwood and Ted Wilborn to the New York Yankees. Received Chris Chambliss, Dámaso García and Paul Mirabella.

• November 5, 1979

  Purchased Domingo Ramos from the Texas Rangers.

  Released Dave McKay.

• December 3, 1979

  Drafted Mike Macha from the Atlanta Braves in the 1979 rule 5 draft.

• December 4, 1979

  Drafted Mitch Webster from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1979 minor league draft.

• December 5, 1979

  Traded Chris Chambliss and Luis Gómez to the Atlanta Braves. Received Barry Bonnell, Joey McLaughlin and Pat Rockett.

• December 10, 1979

  Andre Robertson player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• January 8, 1980

  Released Dale Mohorcic.

• January 10, 1980

  Signed Jack Kucek as a free agent.

• January 11, 1980

  Drafted Roger Samuels in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• March 17, 1980

  Traded Mark Wiley to the California Angels. Received Mike Barlow.

• March 29, 1980

  Released Rico Carty.

  Released Steve Luebber.