March 1, 1969

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1969 Free Agent Auction

ATLANTA HILLTOPPERS
Cap Space: 1,363
 
BOSTON FEDERALS
Cap Space: 6,902
Players Needed: 1 
BROOKLYN SUPERBAS
Cap Space: 3,835
 
CHICAGO COLTS
Cap Space: 9,490
 
    RF Hank Aaron (8000/71M)
SP Bob Friend (4300/69T)
MR Daffy Sanders (800*/70)
SP Ken Holtzman (790*/70)
SP Bill Stafford (330*/70)

 
RF Art Shamsky (520/69)
CLEVELAND BARONS
Cap Space: 4,909
 
DALLAS TEXANS
Cap Space: 10,407
 
DETROIT GRIFFINS
Cap Space: 10,331
 
LOS ANGELES OUTLAWS
Cap Space: 1,660
Players Needed: -1 
2B Don Blasingame (1250/69)
SS Dick Groat (1000/70)
MR Bob Humphreys (610*/70)
MR Leo Kiely (550/70)
MR Mel Queen (500*/70)
1B Dick Williams (452/69)
2B Hector Lopez (452/69)
RF Lee Walls (400/69)
  
RF Jim Busby (3500/69)
MR Dick Sisler (780/69)
SP Don Cardwell (300/69)

 
  SS Harvey Kuenn (9000/70)
SP Jack Kralick (632/69)
CF Lenny Green (500/69)
SP Camilo Pascual (485/69)
MR Jim Owens (331/69)
LF Marv Throneberry (301/69)
 
MANHATTAN GRAY SOX
Cap Space: 9,679
Players Needed: 2
ST. LOUIS MAROONS
Cap Space: 6,544
Players Needed: 1
SAN FRANCISCO SPIDERS
Cap Space: 6,004
 
WASHINGTON MONUMENTS
Cap Space: 12,914
Players Needed: -3
MR Russ Kemmerer (3500/70T)
CF Jim Landis (400/69)
CF Willie Davis (400/69)
1B Granny Hamner (2010/69)
2B Tony Taylor (880/69)
MR Ron Herbel (470/69)
LF Tony Gonzalez (451/69)

RF Wes Covington (419/69)
MR Steve Ridzik (351/69)
LF Billy Cowan (301/69)
SP Bo Belinsky (300/69)
1B Bert Campaneris (300/69)

 
  2B Bill Mazeroski (5100/69)
LF Leon Wagner (3500/69)
2B Ken Boswell (2400/69)
MR Fred Gladding (1600/69)
C Ed Bailey (1450/69)
SP Bob Sadowski (1300/69T)

SP Ray Herbert (700/70T)
3B Andy Carey (500/69)
MR Gerry Arrigo (500/72)

 

Trades

February 3 (186)
MANHATTAN
gets
3B Ron Santo
SP Jim Nash
MR Jack Aker

WASHINGTO
N gets
SP Sonny Siebert

MAN '69 1st round pick
MAN '69 3rd round pick
MAN '69 4th round pick
MAN '69 5th round pick
MAN '70 1st round pick
MAN '70 2nd round pick
MAN '70 3rd round pick
MAN '70 5th round pick


March 1 (187)
ST. LOUIS
gets
3B Mike de la Hoz

WASHINGTON gets
STL '69 1st round pick


February 21 (188)
BROOKLYN
gets
SP Joe Coleman

CHICAGO gets
BRO '69 1st round pick (#10)
 

February 21 (189)
MANHATTAN
gets
STL '70 4th round pick

ST. LOUIS gets
MR Ray Crone
SP Ray Sadecki


March 1 (190)
ATLANTA
gets
WAS '69 2nd round pick
MAN '70 3rd round pick
MR Danny McDevitt

WASHINGTON gets
ATL '70 1st round pick
2B Dick Green


March 1 (191)
BROOKLYN gets
CHI '70 3rd round pick


CHICAGO gets
SP Jim Kaat
STL '69 3rd round pick (#35)
BRO '69 5th round pick (#53)

March 1 (192)
LOS ANGELES gets
BRO '69 2nd round pick (#17)
STL '69 2nd round pick (#23)


ST. LOUIS gets
CHI '69 2nd round pick (#14)
LA '69 3rd round pick (#36)


March 1 (193)
BOSTON gets
SS Dick Howser


WASHINGTON gets
2B Chuck Schilling
BOS '69 2nd round pick (#19)
BOS '70 3rd round pick


March 1 (194)
CHICAGO gets
SP Stan WIlliams
CLE '70 1st round pick
CLE '70 4th round pick

CLEVELAND gets
SP Herb Score
C Buck Rodgers

 
March 1 (195)
ATLANTA gets
SF '69 3rd round pick (#30)

SAN FRANCISCO gets
ATL '70 2nd round pick
SP Mickey McDermott


March 1 (196)
 CHICAGO gets
3B Tony Perez
RF Ron Swoboda
CF Albie Pearson
1B Bill White
STL '70 2nd round pick
STL '70 3rd round pick

ST. LOUIS gets

CF Roberto Clemente
RF Art Shamsky
CHI '69 4th round pick
CHI '69 5th round pick
CLE '70 1st round pick
CHI '70 2nd round pick

1969 Rookie Draft

  Round 1   Round 2   Round 3   Round 4   Round 5
1 WAS

 SP Andy Messersmith 

13 ATL

 MR Tom Timmerman 

25 WAS

 SP Bill Butler 

37 WAS  1B Nate Colbert  49 WAS  SP Dick Woodson 
2 SF

 CF Larry Hisle

14 STL

 1B Mike Hegan 

26 LA

 SP Gary Ross 

38 STL  SP Dick Drago  50 STL  SP Frank Reberger 
3 DAL

 SP Jim McAndrew 

15 DAL

 SP Tom Hall 

27 DAL

 LF Lou Piniella 

39 DAL  3B Wayne Garrett  51 DAL  SP Jim Shellenback 
4 DET

 MR Rollie Fingers 

16 DET

 3B Don Money

28 DET

 MR Wayne Granger 

40 DET  SS Freddie Patek  52 DET  3B Aurilio Rodriguez 
5 BRO

 SP Al Santorini 

17 LA

 MR Ken Tatum 

29 BRO

 SP George Stone 

41 BRO  C Jerry Moses  53 CHI  SP Bill Champion 
6 SF

 SP Roger Nelson 

18 SF

 SP Mike Hedlund 

30 ATL

 3B Jerry Kenney

42 SF  SP Tom Griffin  54 SF  RF Joe Lahoud 
7 BOS

 RF Bobby Murcer 

19 WAS

 3B Richie Hebner 

31 BOS

 C Manny Sanguillen 

43 BOS  SP John Rooker  55 BOS  LF Ivan Murrell 
8 BRO

 SP Bill Stoneman 

20 BRO

 MR Dan McGinn 

32 ATL

 C Ed Herrmann 

44 CLE  SP Gary Gentry  56 CLE  1B Gail Hopkins 
9 WAS

 CF Al Oliver

21 DAL

 SP Alan Foster 

33 WAS

 CF Cito Gaston

45 WAS  C Ellie Rodriguez  57 WAS  SP Mike Torrez 
10 CHI

 C Carl Taylor 

22 BRO

 MR Chuck Taylor

34 BRO

  RF Pat Kelly

46 BRO  3B Bill Sudakis  58 BRO  SS Eddie Leon 
11 WAS

  SP Clay Kirby

23 LA

 MR B Dal Canton 

35 CHI

 RF Marv Rettenmund 

47 STL  RF Steve Hovley  59 STL  3B Coco Laboy 
12 CHI

  LF Carlos May

24 LA

 3B Bill Melton 

36 STL  C G Mitterwald  48 LA  1B Bob Oliver  60 LA  MR Bill Wilson