Major Transactions

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Friday, September 20th, 1968

LF Cecil MacNeill was claimed off waivers by New York.

Thursday, September 19th, 1968

Activated 2B Alejandro Fernández from the disabled list.

Friday, September 13th, 1968

Placed 3B Miguel Garza on waivers.

Placed LF Cecil MacNeill on waivers.

Wednesday, September 11th, 1968

Placed 3B Will Taylor on the 9-day disabled list.

Thursday, September 5th, 1968

Recalled 1B Trevor Batstone from Triple A Vaughan.

Sunday, September 1st, 1968

Recalled SP Francisco Flores from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled C Scott Patton from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled SP Frank Griffin from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled 1B Román Medina from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled C Ron Childress from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled CF Juan Castro from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled CF Ángel Martínez from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled 1B Rodrigo Gutiérrez from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled CF Nathan Tolbert from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled LF Adam Hill from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled 3B Manny Martínez from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled CL Juan Júlio from Triple A Vaughan.

Monday, August 26th, 1968

Placed 2B Alejandro Fernández on the 9-day disabled list.

Recalled 2B Steve Thompson from Triple A Vaughan.

Wednesday, August 14th, 1968

Failed to sign 6th round draft pick Bill Hart.

Tuesday, August 13th, 1968

Signed John Williams to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $52,000.

Monday, August 12th, 1968

Signed Sandy Pearson to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $22,700.

Saturday, August 10th, 1968

Assigned MR Juan Martínez to Triple A Vaughan.

Signed Víctor López to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $49,200.

Signed George Melton to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $9,100.

Friday, August 9th, 1968

Demoted CF Juan Castro to Triple A Vaughan.

Thursday, August 8th, 1968

CF Ning Xie was claimed off waivers from Los Angeles.

Wednesday, August 7th, 1968

Placed SP Raúl Molina on the 60-day disabled list.

Saturday, August 3rd, 1968

MR Juan Martínez was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the 40-man roster.

Friday, August 2nd, 1968

MR Juan Benavidez was claimed off waivers from New York.

Wednesday, July 31st, 1968

Activated LF Yi-ping Lang from the disabled list.

Demoted CF Ángel Martínez to Triple A Vaughan.

Thursday, July 11th, 1968

Placed LF Yi-ping Lang on the 9-day disabled list.

Purchased the contract of CF Juan Castro from Triple A Vaughan.

Sunday, July 7th, 1968

Signed Douglas Inman to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $8,300.

Wednesday, June 12th, 1968

Assigned SP Dave Kidd to Double A San Antonio.

Wednesday, June 5th, 1968

Demoted SS Manny Martínez to Triple A Vaughan.

Tuesday, June 4th, 1968

2B Randy Fell was claimed off waivers from St. Louis.

Monday, May 6th, 1968

Activated C Geoff Gilbert from the disabled list.

Demoted C Scott Patton to Triple A Vaughan.

Saturday, April 20th, 1968

Activated SP Don Harris from the disabled list.

Demoted SP Francisco Flores to Triple A Vaughan.

Tuesday, April 9th, 1968

Recalled CF Ángel Martínez from Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted RF Juan Mallorca to Triple A Vaughan.

Monday, April 8th, 1968

Activated MR Francisco Flores from the disabled list.

Activated RF Juan Mallorca from the disabled list.

Demoted SP Frank Griffin to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted CF Ángel Martínez to Triple A Vaughan.

Thursday, April 4th, 1968

Demoted MR Raúl Molina to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted MR Dave Kidd to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted MR Juan Júlio to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted C Trevor Batstone to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted 2B Ron Childress to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted 1B Román Medina to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted SS Steve Thompson to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted 3B Gabe Brown to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted CF Nathan Tolbert to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted LF Adam Hill to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted 1B Rodrigo Gutiérrez to Triple A Vaughan.

Wednesday, March 27th, 1968

Placed RF Juan Mallorca on the 9-day disabled list.

Tuesday, March 26th, 1968

Placed SP Don Harris on the 9-day disabled list.

Monday, March 25th, 1968

Placed C Geoff Gilbert on the 9-day disabled list.

Placed MR Francisco Flores on the 9-day disabled list.

Wednesday, February 21st, 1968

Assigned MR Jason Lane to Triple A Vaughan.

Thursday, February 15th, 1968

Recalled SP Francisco Flores from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled SP Frank Griffin from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled C Scott Patton from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled C Trevor Batstone from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled C Ron Childress from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled 2B Manny Martínez from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled CF Nathan Tolbert from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled SS Steve Thompson from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled RF Juan Mallorca from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled LF Adam Hill from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled SP Raúl Molina from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled 1B Rodrigo Gutiérrez from Triple A Vaughan.

Recalled SP Dave Kidd from Double A San Antonio.

Recalled 3B Gabe Brown from Double A San Antonio.

Recalled CL Juan Júlio from Triple A Vaughan.

Sunday, February 4th, 1968

Assigned 1B Pat Romero to Triple A Vaughan.

Tuesday, January 30th, 1968

Demoted MR Francisco Flores to Triple A Vaughan.

Traded 19-year-old minor league second baseman Foster Jones and 18-year-old minor league first baseman Ánibal Ramírez to the Cleveland Eagles, getting 34-year-old minor league reliever Juan Martínez in return.

Sunday, January 14th, 1968

Activated SP Don Harris from the 60-day disabled list.

Demoted MR Jason Lane to Triple A Vaughan.

Wednesday, January 3rd, 1968

Assigned 2B Lorenzo Corona to Triple A Vaughan.

Friday, December 29th, 1967

Purchased the contract of MR Jason Lane from Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted SS Manny Martínez to Triple A Vaughan.

Traded 29-year-old reliever Jay Pike to the San Francisco Golden Gators, getting 34-year-old first baseman Bob Bell in return.

Wednesday, December 6th, 1967

Assigned RF Chris Krieger to Triple A Vaughan.

Friday, November 24th, 1967

Activated MR Tracy Smith from the 60-day disabled list.

Demoted MR Jason Lane to Triple A Vaughan.

Thursday, November 23rd, 1967

Signed free agent RF Ángel Martínez to a 1-year contract worth a total of $24,900.

Demoted RF Chris Krieger to Triple A Vaughan.

Saturday, October 21st, 1967

Activated 2B Miguel Garza from the disabled list.

Demoted 2B Lorenzo Corona to Triple A Vaughan.

Wednesday, October 11th, 1967

Signed bench coach Mike McLean to a 5-year, $50,800 per year contract.

Wednesday, October 4th, 1967

SP Luis Mateo retires.

Demoted MR Frank Griffin to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted MR Raúl Molina to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted MR Juan Júlio to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted C Trevor Batstone to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted C Scott Patton to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted 2B Ron Childress to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted 1B Pat Romero to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted SS Steve Thompson to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted 3B Gabe Brown to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted CF Nathan Tolbert to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted LF Adam Hill to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted LF Juan Mallorca to Triple A Vaughan.

Demoted 1B Rodrigo Gutiérrez to Triple A Vaughan.

Fired manager Ash Garrett.

Appointed Bench Coach Chris Moore to be the new manager of the team.

Signed Hitting Coach Tom Butler to a 3-year contract extension.

Signed Team Trainer Carl Parks to a 2-year contract extension.