Major Transactions

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Monday, September 28th, 1959

Placed SP Oliver Delgado on the 60-day disabled list.

Purchased the contract of SP Doug Stewart from Triple A Guelph.

Tuesday, September 1st, 1959

Recalled 1B Philiberto DeLaurentiis from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled C Miguel Ortíz from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled RF Javier Orozco from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled C Geoff Gilbert from Double A Laredo.

Recalled 3B Héctor Alaniz from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled 1B Ernesto Martínez from Double A Laredo.

Recalled MR Shane Frank from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled CL Carlos Cruz from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled 3B Jesús Palma from Double A Laredo.

Recalled MR Andrew Grigg from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled MR Luis González from Double A Laredo.

Recalled CL Pedro Pérez from Double A Laredo.

Assigned SP Esteban González to Double A Laredo.

Thursday, August 27th, 1959

Activated SP Mike Brooks from the 60-day disabled list.

SP Esteban González was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

Monday, August 10th, 1959

Signed Tim Long to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $21,000.

Sunday, August 9th, 1959

Signed Raynald Perreault to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $13,800.

Thursday, July 30th, 1959

Signed Eric Poole to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $6,000.

Wednesday, July 22nd, 1959

Signed Kimi Jouda to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $15,200.

Wednesday, July 8th, 1959

Demoted 1B Philiberto DeLaurentiis to Triple A Guelph.

Traded 28-year-old minor league catcher Luis Barrios to the Cleveland Eagles, getting 31-year-old minor league first baseman Jorge Ruíz in return.

Tuesday, July 7th, 1959

Activated MR Ken Blair from the disabled list.

Optioned MR Shane Frank to Triple A Guelph.

Thursday, June 25th, 1959

Signed Fernando Lucero to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $3,000.

Thursday, June 18th, 1959

Optioned MR Pedro Pérez to Triple A Guelph.

Wednesday, June 17th, 1959

MR Les Strong was claimed off waivers from Chicago.

Monday, June 15th, 1959

Purchased the contract of 1B Philiberto DeLaurentiis from Triple A Guelph.

Optioned SS Héctor Alaniz to Triple A Guelph.

Traded 38-year-old first baseman Tomás Villarreal to the Chicago Hitmen, getting 30-year-old second baseman Gene Roberson in return.

Thursday, June 11th, 1959

Signed general manager Ed Smith to a 4-year, $19,400 per year contract.

Tuesday, June 9th, 1959

Placed MR Ken Blair on the 15-day disabled list.

Purchased the contract of MR Shane Frank from Double A Laredo.

Assigned CF José Gonzáles to Triple A Guelph.

Signed manager Ángel Pinto to a 5-year, $21,300 per year contract.

Saturday, June 6th, 1959

Fired general manager David Rangel.

Fired manager Jack Wear.

Thursday, June 4th, 1959

Activated LF Mark Green from the disabled list.

CF José Gonzáles was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

Placed SP Paul Braun on the 60-day disabled list.

Monday, June 1st, 1959

Recalled C Chris Ward from Triple A Guelph.

Optioned C Luis Barrios to Triple A Guelph.

Saturday, May 30th, 1959

Optioned MR Carlos Cruz to Triple A Guelph.

Friday, May 29th, 1959

MR Esteban González was claimed off waivers from Cleveland.

Tuesday, May 19th, 1959

Placed LF Mark Green on the 15-day disabled list.

Recalled CF Mitsukuni Kondo from Triple A Guelph.

Tuesday, April 28th, 1959

Assigned 1B Philiberto DeLaurentiis to Triple A Guelph.

Thursday, April 23rd, 1959

Purchased the contract of SS Vincent Stiffler from Triple A Guelph.

1B Philiberto DeLaurentiis was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

Monday, April 13th, 1959

Assigned MR Rafael Smith to Triple A Guelph.

Assigned SP Dan Burgess to Triple A Guelph.

Assigned SS Lorenzo Sánz to Triple A Guelph.

Assigned 2B Elroy Morris to Triple A Guelph.

Sunday, April 12th, 1959

Activated CF José Gonzáles from the disabled list.

Optioned CF Mitsukuni Kondo to Triple A Guelph.

Saturday, April 11th, 1959

Assigned MR Dave McElroy to Double A Laredo.

Thursday, April 9th, 1959

SS Lorenzo Sánz was designated for assignment and placed on waivers (from active).

MR Rafael Smith was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

2B Elroy Morris was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

SP Dan Burgess was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

Optioned MR Paul Braun to Triple A Guelph.

Optioned MR Luis González to Triple A Guelph.

Optioned C Chris Ward to Triple A Guelph.

Optioned C Geoff Gilbert to Triple A Guelph.

Optioned 1B Ernesto Martínez to Triple A Guelph.

Optioned RF Jesús Palma to Triple A Guelph.

Optioned RF Javier Orozco to Triple A Guelph.

Optioned C Miguel Ortíz to Double A Laredo.

Optioned C Álex Cruz to Double A Laredo.

Activated MR Carlos Cruz from the disabled list.

Optioned MR Andrew Grigg to Triple A Guelph.

Monday, April 6th, 1959

Activated SP Paul Braun from the 60-day disabled list.

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

Saturday, March 28th, 1959

Placed CF José Gonzáles on the 15-day disabled list.

Tuesday, March 24th, 1959

Placed MR Carlos Cruz on the 15-day disabled list.

Friday, February 20th, 1959

Recalled C Chris Ward from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled C Geoff Gilbert from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled LF Mitsukuni Kondo from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled C Miguel Ortíz from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled 1B Ernesto Martínez from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled RF Javier Orozco from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled SP Rafael Smith from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled SS Jorge Gonzáles from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled 2B Elroy Morris from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled C Álex Cruz from Double A Laredo.

Recalled SP Dan Burgess from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled MR Andrew Grigg from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled MR Luis González from Triple A Guelph.

Recalled RF Jesús Palma from Double A Laredo.

Recalled MR Dave McElroy from Triple A Guelph.

Sunday, February 1st, 1959

Recalled SP Truman Saunders from Triple A Guelph.

Optioned SP Luis González to Triple A Guelph.

Monday, December 1st, 1958

Purchased the contract of C Ricardo González from Double A Laredo.

Optioned C Miguel Ortíz to Triple A Guelph.

Optioned 3B Ernesto Martínez to Triple A Guelph.

Drafted 1B Tomás Villarreal in the 1958 rule 5 draft (Pick 10, Round 1, 10th overall Pick), from the St. Louis Dredgers.

Lost CL Hilton Garrett in the rule 5 draft to the Cleveland Eagles.

Optioned MR Andrew Grigg to Triple A Guelph.

Drafted MR Ken Blair in the 1958 rule 5 draft (Pick 10, Round 2, 26th overall Pick), from the Boston Morrills.

Saturday, November 15th, 1958

Purchased the contract of SP Pedro Pérez from Double A Laredo.

Optioned SP Truman Saunders to Triple A Guelph.

Assigned 1B Glenn Kennedy to Triple A Guelph.

Monday, November 10th, 1958

Recalled SP Truman Saunders from Triple A Guelph.

1B Glenn Kennedy was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

Traded 25-year-old starting pitcher Dan Rancourt to the Chicago Hitmen, getting 25-year-old first baseman Leo Lindop and 23-year-old minor league starting pitcher John Reed in return.

Sunday, November 2nd, 1958

Activated MR Carlos Cruz from the 60-day disabled list.

Optioned MR Rafael Smith to Triple A Guelph.

Friday, October 17th, 1958

Activated LF Mark Green from the disabled list.

Optioned CF Mitsukuni Kondo to Triple A Guelph.

Tuesday, October 14th, 1958

RF Pablo Márquez retires.

Optioned SP Truman Saunders to Triple A Guelph.

Optioned MR Dan Burgess to Triple A Guelph.

Optioned MR Dave McElroy to Triple A Guelph.

Optioned 1B Álex Cruz to Triple A Guelph.

Optioned 2B Elroy Morris to Triple A Guelph.

Optioned RF Javier Orozco to Triple A Guelph.

Signed Bench Coach Carlos Vargas to a 1-year contract extension.

Signed Hitting Coach Jeff Gonzáles to a 1-year contract extension.

Activated 3B Ernesto Martínez from the 60-day disabled list.

Optioned SS Jorge Gonzáles to Triple A Guelph.