Ron Guidry Trades and Transactions

The Ron Guidry trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Ron Guidry has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"If you stay around here long enough, you either go zany or become a monk and monks aren't having too much fun there days." - Ron Guidry (1988)

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Ron Guidry Autograph on a 1983 Fleer (#383)

Ron Guidry Autograph on a 1983 Fleer (#383)
 

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Birth Name:   Ronald Ames Guidry
Nickname:   Louisiana Lightning or Ron
Born On:   08-28-1950  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Lafayette, Louisiana
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Undetermined
College:   University of Southwestern Louisiana
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   162
First Game:   07-27-1975 (Age 24)
Last Game:   09-27-1988
Draft:   1971 : 3rd Round (65th)
Ron Guidry

Trades & Transactions

06-08-1971: Selected by New York Yankees in the 3rd round — free-agent draft.
11-13-1981: Granted free agency.
12-15-1981: Signed by New York Yankees.
11-12-1986: Granted free agency.
05-01-1987: Signed by New York Yankees.
12-20-1988: Granted free agency.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Ron Guidry trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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