1983 Chicago Cubs Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 1982

  Ken Kravec granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 1982

  Traded Mike King (minors) to the Kansas City Royals. Received Jim Wright.

• November 10, 1982

  Bump Wills granted Free Agency.

• November 29, 1982

  Purchased Jay Loviglio from the Chicago White Sox.

• December 9, 1982

  Traded Steve Henderson to the Seattle Mariners. Received Rich Bordi.

• December 10, 1982

  Signed Wayne Nordhagen as a free agent.

  Traded Doug Bird to the Boston Red Sox. Received Chuck Rainey.

  Traded Ty Waller to the Chicago White Sox. Received Reggie Patterson.

• January 11, 1983

  Drafted Dave Martinez in the 3rd round of the 1983 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed January 13, 1983.

• January 14, 1983

  Signed Paul Moskau as a free agent.

• January 19, 1983

  Traded Dan Cataline (minors) and Vance Lovelace to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Ron Cey.

• January 26, 1983

  Traded Scott Fletcher, Randy Martz, Pat Tabler and Dick Tidrow to the Chicago White Sox. Received Warren Brusstar and Steve Trout.

• February 7, 1983

  Traded Butch Benton to the Montreal Expos. Received Jerry Manuel.

• February 15, 1983

  Purchased Sandy Wihtol from the Cleveland Indians.

• March 20, 1983

  Released Allen Ripley.

• March 27, 1983

  Returned Sandy Wihtol to the Cleveland Indians following previous purchase.

• March 30, 1983

  Purchased Thad Bosley from the Oakland Athletics.

• April 1, 1983

  Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Steve Lake. The Chicago Cubs sent Rich Buonantony (minors) (October 24, 1983) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

• April 2, 1983

  Traded Rob Schilling (minors) and Craig Weissmann (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Tom Veryzer.

• May 22, 1983

  Traded Willie Hernández to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Bill Johnson and Dick Ruthven.

• June 6, 1983

  Drafted Rich Amaral in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1983.

  Drafted Steve Engel in the 5th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1983.

  Drafted Jacob Brumfield in the 7th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1983.

  Drafted Mike Capel in the 13th round of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeff King in the 23rd round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 9, 1983

  Released Wayne Nordhagen.

• June 28, 1983

  Signed Rick Reuschel as a free agent.

• August 1, 1983

  Released Junior Kennedy.

• August 8, 1983

  Released Paul Moskau.

• September 26, 1983

  Traded Jim Adamczak (minors) and Mitch Cook (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Terry Leach.

• September 30, 1983

  Released Jerry Morales.

  Selected Mike Chris off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.

• October 15, 1983

  Scot Thompson granted Free Agency.

• November 20, 1983

  Jay Loviglio granted Free Agency.

• December 5, 1983

  Drafted Johnny Abrego from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1983 rule 5 draft.

• December 7, 1983

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Fritzie Connally, Craig Lefferts and Carmelo Martínez to the San Diego Padres. Received Scott Sanderson from the Montreal Expos. In addition, the Montreal Expos sent Al Newman to the San Diego Padres; and the San Diego Padres sent Gary Lucas to the Montreal Expos.

• January 5, 1984

  Signed Richie Hebner as a free agent.

• January 17, 1984

  Drafted Damon Berryhill in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January). Player signed June 2, 1984.

• March 17, 1984

  Released Fergie Jenkins.

• March 23, 1984

  Released Mike Chris.

• March 26, 1984

  Traded a player to be named later and Stan Kyles (minors) to the Oakland Athletics. Received Tim Stoddard. The Chicago Cubs sent Stan Boderick (minors) (March 31, 1984) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

• March 27, 1984

  Traded Bill Campbell and Mike Diaz to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Porfi Altamirano, Bob Dernier and Gary Matthews.

• March 31, 1984

  Traded Alan Hargesheimer to the Kansas City Royals. Received Derek Botelho and Don Werner.