2001 Boston Red Sox Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

• November 1, 2000

  Manny Alexander granted Free Agency.

  Rico Brogna granted Free Agency.

  Héctor Carrasco granted Free Agency.

  Rheal Cormier granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Fassero granted Free Agency.

  Bernard Gilkey granted Free Agency.

  Tom Gordon granted Free Agency.

  Ramón Martínez granted Free Agency.

  Steve Ontiveros granted Free Agency.

  Pete Schourek granted Free Agency.

  Tim Wakefield granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 2000

  Traded Michael Coleman and Donnie Sadler to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Chris Stynes.

• November 17, 2000

  Rob Stanifer granted Free Agency.

• December 7, 2000

  Signed Frank Castillo as a free agent.

  Signed Pete Schourek as a free agent.

  Signed Tim Wakefield as a free agent.

• December 13, 2000

  Signed Rafael Betancourt as a free agent.

• December 15, 2000

  Signed Hideo Nomo as a free agent.

  Signed Jon Shave as a free agent.

  Tim Young player rights sold to Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Japan Central).

• December 18, 2000

  Signed Allen McDill as a free agent.

• December 19, 2000

  Signed Manny Ramirez as a free agent.

• December 21, 2000

  Israel Alcántara granted Free Agency.

• January 3, 2001

  Signed Aníbal Sánchez as an amateur free agent.

• January 4, 2001

  Signed Brian Williams as a free agent.

• January 5, 2001

  Signed Kent Mercker as a free agent.

  Signed Bryan Ward as a free agent.

• January 11, 2001

  Signed Israel Alcántara as a free agent.

  Signed David Cone as a free agent.

• January 18, 2001

  Traded Rich Croushore to the New York Mets. Received Frank Graham (minors).

• January 19, 2001

  Signed Craig Grebeck as a free agent.

• January 22, 2001

  Signed Trever Miller as a free agent.

• January 29, 2001

  Signed Todd Erdos as a free agent.

  Signed Gus Gandarillas as a free agent.

• February 20, 2001

  Signed Jesús Delgado as an amateur free agent.

• February 22, 2001

  Purchased Jorge De La Rosa from Monterrey (Mexican).

• March 19, 2001

  Traded a player to be named later to the Chicago White Sox. Received Jesús Peña. The Boston Red Sox sent Mike Rupp (minors) (March 19, 2001) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• March 28, 2001

  Signed Derrin Ebert as a free agent.

  Released Kent Mercker.

• March 30, 2001

  Traded Aaron Holbert to the Florida Marlins. Received a player to be named later. The Florida Marlins sent Nelson Lara (minors) (March 30, 2001) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

• April 18, 2001

  Signed Bill Pulsipher as a free agent.

• May 2, 2001

  Signed Marcus Jensen as a free agent.

• May 16, 2001

  Released Gus Gandarillas.

• June 1, 2001

  Purchased James Lofton from Sonomo County (Western).

• June 5, 2001

  Drafted Kelly Shoppach in the 2nd round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed August 17, 2001.

  Drafted Matt Chico in the 2nd round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Justin James in the 6th round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Kevin Youkilis in the 8th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 2001.

  Drafted Jeremy Brown in the 19th round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 12, 2001

  Traded Justin Duchscherer to the Texas Rangers. Received Doug Mirabelli.

• June 15, 2001

  Marcus Jensen selected by the Texas Rangers off waivers.

• June 19, 2001

  Signed Ken Hill as a free agent.

• July 2, 2001

  Signed Joe Oliver as a free agent.

• July 30, 2001

  Released Bryce Florie.

• July 31, 2001

  Traded Tomo Ohka and Rich Rundles to the Montreal Expos. Received Ugueth Urbina.

• August 3, 2001

  Released Pete Schourek.

• August 18, 2001

  Purchased Mike Rose from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

• August 19, 2001

  Signed Quilvio Veras as a free agent.

• August 23, 2001

  Signed Willie Banks as a free agent.

  Bill Pulsipher selected by the Chicago White Sox off waivers.

• September 6, 2001

  Selected Calvin Pickering off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

• September 26, 2001

  Released Carlos Castillo.

• October 8, 2001

  Jon Shave granted Free Agency.

• October 9, 2001

  Released Morgan Burkhart.

  Released Craig Grebeck.

• October 15, 2001

  Rafael Betancourt granted Free Agency.

  Jim Chamblee granted Free Agency.

  Derrin Ebert granted Free Agency.

  Ken Hill granted Free Agency.

  Rontrez Johnson granted Free Agency.

  James Lofton granted Free Agency.

  Trever Miller granted Free Agency.

  Jesús Peña granted Free Agency.

  Quilvio Veras granted Free Agency.

  Bryan Ward granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 2001

  Signed James Lofton as a free agent.

• November 5, 2001

  Rod Beck granted Free Agency.

  Dante Bichette granted Free Agency.

  Darren Lewis granted Free Agency.

  Hideo Nomo granted Free Agency.

  Troy O'Leary granted Free Agency.

  Joe Oliver granted Free Agency.

  Hipólito Pichardo granted Free Agency.

  Bret Saberhagen granted Free Agency.

  John Valentin granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 2001

  David Cone granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 2001

  Signed Rob Stanifer as a free agent.

  Mike Lansing granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 2001

  Signed Tim Young as a free agent.

• November 20, 2001

  Selected Tony Clark off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• November 21, 2001

  Signed Michael Coleman as a free agent.

• December 3, 2001

  Signed Damon Buford as a free agent.

• December 4, 2001

  Selected Jeff Wallace off waivers from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

• December 12, 2001

  Traded Carl Everett to the Texas Rangers. Received Darren Oliver.

• December 15, 2001

  Traded Rick Asadoorian (minors), Dustin Brisson (minors) and Luis García (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Dustin Hermanson.

• December 18, 2001

  Signed Carlos Baerga as a free agent.

• December 19, 2001

  Signed John Burkett as a free agent.

  Signed Bry Nelson as a free agent.

  Traded Scott Hatteberg to the Colorado Rockies. Received Pokey Reese.

• December 21, 2001

  Signed Johnny Damon as a free agent.

  Israel Alcántara granted Free Agency.

  Todd Erdos granted Free Agency.

  Allen McDill granted Free Agency.

  Pokey Reese granted Free Agency.

  Chris Stynes granted Free Agency.

  Steve Lomasney granted Free Agency.

  Signed Steve Lomasney as a free agent.

• February 1, 2002

  Released Rob Stanifer.

• February 5, 2002

  Signed Jeff Abbott as a free agent.

  Signed Shane Andrews as a free agent.

• February 12, 2002

  Signed Todd Erdos as a free agent.

• February 13, 2002

  Signed Rickey Henderson as a free agent.

• February 27, 2002

  Signed Rey Sánchez as a free agent.

  Signed Don Wengert as a free agent.

• March 30, 2002

  Signed Chris Haney as a free agent.

• April 1, 2002

  Signed Charlie Zink as an amateur free agent.