Today in Blue Jays history: 40 years ago Jerry Garvin traded, turning another page on the expansion era
To be charitable, it was quite the mixed bag of players, and many were not to have long tenures with their new teams. In fact, one of the new Blue Jays did not last the day. Shortly after the draft, the Jays flipped their first pick of the second round, pitcher Al Fitzmorris, to Cleveland for catcher Alan Ashby and Doug Howard.
By the Blue Jays third opening day in April 1979, the proportion fell under half with just 14 of the expansion picks in the organization and just 12 on the 40-man major league roster. . Buried on the depth chart in New York, in bits of four seasons he only got the plate 303 times by age 26. He took advantage of the opportunity afforded by an expansion team, and though defensively limited, Otto the Swatto had legit pop and his 16 home runs were second on the 1977 Jays.
He wasn’t the same hitter in 1981 , and with young prospects like Lloyd Moseby and acquisitions like Barry Bonnell in the outfield he was relegated to pinch hitting and some DHing for 1982. That didn’t take at all, and in August he was designated for assignment, and sent outright to AAA. To that point, he was the last Blue Jay to have been continuously on the major league roster from the beginning.
Unhappy with a part-time role, he demanded a trade after the season, as was actually a five year player’s right under the collective agreement at the time. On November 5th, the sixth anniversary of his joining the team, the Jays obliged and sent him to Oakland for Cliff Johnson.
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