1991 California Angels Trades and Transactions

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

• November 5, 1990

  Brian Downing granted Free Agency.

  Greg Minton granted Free Agency.

  Max Venable granted Free Agency.

  Released Donnie Hill.

• December 2, 1990

  Traded Willie Fraser, Marcus Moore and Devon White to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received a player to be named later, Junior Félix and Luis Sojo. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Ken Rivers (minors) (December 4, 1990) to the California Angels to complete the trade.

• December 4, 1990

  Signed Ed Vosberg as a free agent.

  Traded Mike Hook (minors) and Dave Martinez (minors) to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Dave Gallagher.

• December 6, 1990

  Signed Ron Tingley as a free agent.

• December 7, 1990

  Signed Fred Manrique as a free agent.

  Chili Davis granted Free Agency.

• December 12, 1990

  Signed Floyd Bannister as a free agent.

• December 13, 1990

  Signed Max Venable as a free agent.

• December 19, 1990

  Signed Donnie Hill as a free agent.

• December 20, 1990

  Released Johnny Ray.

• January 15, 1991

  Signed Chris Beasley as a free agent.

• January 17, 1991

  Signed Jeff Robinson as a free agent.

• January 23, 1991

  Signed Gary Gaetti as a free agent.

• March 4, 1991

  Signed Freddie Toliver as a free agent.

• March 14, 1991

  Traded Dante Bichette to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Dave Parker.

• April 1, 1991

  Released Fred Manrique.

  Released Rick Schu.

• April 6, 1991

  Signed Doug Davis as a free agent.

  Signed Dave Leiper as a free agent.

• May 11, 1991

  Released Ed Vosberg.

• May 20, 1991

  Signed Fernando Valenzuela as a free agent.

• June 3, 1991

  Drafted Eduardo Pérez in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 1991.

  Drafted Jorge Fábregas in the 1st round (34th pick) of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed September 12, 1991.

  Drafted Chris Pritchett in the 2nd round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1991.

  Drafted Chris Turner in the 7th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1991.

  Drafted Mark Sweeney in the 9th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1991.

  Drafted Shad Williams in the 17th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed August 6, 1991.

  Drafted Orlando Palmeiro in the 33rd round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1991.

  Drafted Aaron Boone in the 43rd round of the 1991 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jacob Cruz in the 45th round of the 1991 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 16, 1991

  Released Bob McClure.

• June 19, 1991

  Signed Barry Lyons as a free agent.

• July 5, 1991

  Released Fernando Valenzuela.

• July 10, 1991

  Signed Fernando Valenzuela as a free agent.

• July 15, 1991

  Released Doug Davis.

  Released Dave Leiper.

• July 27, 1991

  Signed Mike Marshall as a free agent.

• July 30, 1991

  Traded Jack Howell to the San Diego Padres. Received Shawn Abner.

• August 7, 1991

  Released Mike Marshall.

• August 29, 1991

  Released Floyd Bannister.

• September 7, 1991

  Released Dave Parker.

• September 10, 1991

  Released Fernando Valenzuela.

• October 14, 1991

  Signed Larry Sheets as a free agent.

• October 15, 1991

  Freddie Toliver granted Free Agency.

• October 24, 1991

  Released Barry Lyons.

• October 28, 1991

  Wally Joyner granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 1991

  Jeff Robinson granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 1991

  Kirk McCaskill granted Free Agency.

  Dave Winfield granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 1991

  Bert Blyleven granted Free Agency.

  Dick Schofield granted Free Agency.

  Released Donnie Hill.

  Released Larry Sheets.

• November 11, 1991

  Max Venable granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 1991

  Released Chris Cron.

• December 8, 1991

  Traded Kyle Abbott and Rubén Amaro Jr. to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Von Hayes.

• December 9, 1991

  Drafted Tim Fortugno from the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1991 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted David Holdridge from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1991 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Billy Bean from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1991 minor league draft.

• December 10, 1991

  Traded Glenn Carter (minors) and Mike Fetters to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Chuck Crim.

  Traded Dave Gallagher to the New York Mets. Received Hubie Brooks.

• December 16, 1991

  Signed John Morris as a free agent.

• December 20, 1991

  Chris Beasley granted Free Agency.

• January 3, 1992

  Signed Don Robinson as a free agent.

• January 10, 1992

  Signed Rene Gonzales as a free agent.

• January 14, 1992

  Signed Willie Fraser as a free agent.

• January 15, 1992

  Signed Ty Van Burkleo as a free agent.

• January 17, 1992

  Signed Dick Schofield as a free agent.

  Traded Dan Grunhard (minors) to the Oakland Athletics. Received Rod Correia.

• January 22, 1992

  Signed Bert Blyleven as a free agent.

  Signed Jose Gonzalez as a free agent.

  Signed Dave Johnson as a free agent.

  Released Billy Bean.

• January 27, 1992

  Signed Terry McGriff as a free agent.

• February 2, 1992

  Signed Ken Oberkfell as a free agent.

• February 12, 1992

  Signed John Farrell as a free agent.

• February 14, 1992

  Signed Alvin Davis as a free agent.

• February 24, 1992

  Signed Mike Fitzgerald as a free agent.

• March 12, 1992

  Signed Oddibe McDowell as a free agent.

• March 17, 1992

  Released Dave Johnson.

• March 21, 1992

  Signed Dave Johnson as a free agent.

• March 23, 1992

  Released Gary Buckels.

• March 25, 1992

  Released Shawn Abner.

• March 29, 1992

  Purchased Steve Frey from the Montreal Expos.