1980 – The Cubs trade reliever Bruce Sutter, the 1979 National League Cy Young Award winner, to the Cardinals for 3B Ken Reitz, OF-1B Leon Durham, and a player to be named.
1980 – Infielder Enos Cabell is dealt to San Francisco for pitcher Bob Knepper. Cabell eventually returns while Knepper earns a 93-100 record over nine seasons in an up-and-down Houston career.
1980 – The Cardinals and Padres complete the first major trade at the annual winter meetings in Dallas, TX. Reliever Rollie Fingers, who won 11 games and saved 23 for San Diego in 1980, and 24-year-old catcher Terry Kennedy, who hit .254 for St. Louis, are the keys in the 11-player swap.
Outfielder Ron LeFlore, who hit .257 with 97 stolen bases for the Montreal Expos last season, signs as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.
Interested in exploring FRANCHISING? We will help you through your journey visit us @ www.franchisingconnection.com On June 3, 1980, the New York Mets select heralded 6 foot, 6 inch 18 year old outfielder Darryl Strawberry – a star at Los Angeles’ Crenshaw High School-with the first pick of the annual June amateur draft. The “Straw…
An under-the-radar transaction would have a big impact on the NL East race. On March 15th, Montreal traded a player to be named later and cash to the San Francisco Giants for catcher John Tamargo. On September 29th, Tamargo’s pinch-hit 3-run homer in the bottom of the 9th would win the game…
San Diego Padres trade future Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry
The Tigers swap OF Ron LeFlore to the Expos for P Dan Schatzeder.
On this day December 5 in 1979, A month after being acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays, 1B Chris Chambliss is traded to the Atlanta Braves (with infielder Luis Gomez) for OF Barry Bonnell, SS Pat Rockett, and pitcher Joey McLaughlin. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ Play by Play, Box Scores, News Paper Reports and other links…
On November 16, 1979, the Boston Red Sox sign free agent slugger Tony Perez. The veteran first baseman, a standout for Cincinnati’s “Big Red Machine” teams of the mid-1970s, played for the Montreal Expos in 1979. The future Hall of Famer will spend three seasons in Boston, compiling a .266 batting average while…
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