MAJOR TRANSACTION NEWS
Thursday, 10/19/1968
Sunday 2/5/1968 :
Free agent 1B Ed Bouchee has been signed to a contract of $7,001,000 per year, for 3 years.
Monday 2/6/1968 :
Free agent P Jack Spring has been signed to a contract of $780,000 per year, for 2 years.
Ed Bouchee was assigned to the active roster.
Released P Gary Bell.
Released P Karl Spooner.
Bud Daley was assigned to the active roster.
Friday 5/5/1968 :
Trade with Chicago (A) :
Chicago (A) gets :
CF Joe Nossek
C Manny Sanguillen
We get :
LF Tito Francona
Tito Francona was assigned to the active roster.
Ed Bouchee was put on the 60 Day DL.
Jack Sanford was put on the 15 Day DL.
Monday 6/5/1968 :
Ron Taylor has been signed to a contract extension, $2,200,000 per year, for 3 years.
Buck Rodgers has been signed to a contract extension, $594,000 per year, for 2 years.
Joe Pepitone has been signed to a contract extension, $3,750,000 per year, for 3 years.
Tito Francona has been signed to a contract extension, $5,020,000 per year, for 2 years.
Trade with Chicago (N) :
We get :
P Ray Daviault
Chicago (N) gets :
3B Harmon Killebrew
$3,100,000 cash.
Dock Ellis was put on the 15 Day DL.

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