1983 Chicago White Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• November 10, 1982

  Signed Casey Parsons as a free agent.

  Bill Almon granted Free Agency.

  Steve Kemp granted Free Agency.

  Aurelio Rodríguez granted Free Agency.

• November 29, 1982

  Jay Loviglio player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs.

• December 8, 1982

  Chico Escárrega player rights sold to Mexico City Reds (Mexican).

  Traded Jesse Anderson (minors) to the Oakland Athletics. Received Bobby Moore.

• December 10, 1982

  Traded Reggie Patterson to the Chicago Cubs. Received Ty Waller.

• December 13, 1982

  Signed Floyd Bannister as a free agent.

• Before 1983 Season

  Jim Smith received from the Pittsburgh Pirates in an unknown transaction.

• January 11, 1983

  Drafted Steve Peters in the 7th round of the 1983 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Damon Berryhill in the 13th round of the 1983 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 26, 1983

  Signed Dave Stegman as a free agent.

  Chose Steve Mura from the St. Louis Cardinals as a free agent compensation pick.

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

• March 15, 1983

  Signed Bob Long as a free agent.

• April 1, 1983

  Traded Pat Tabler to the Cleveland Indians. Received Jerry Dybzinski.

• April 2, 1983

  Released Ron LeFlore.

• April 3, 1983

  Released Bob Long.

• April 8, 1983

  Signed Al Hrabosky as a free agent.

• May 12, 1983

  Signed Tom Dodd as a free agent.

• June 6, 1983

  Drafted Joel Davis in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Russ Morman in the 1st round (28th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1983.

  Drafted Bruce Tanner in the 4th round of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Doug Drabek in the 11th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1983.

• June 15, 1983

  Traded Tony Bernazard to the Seattle Mariners. Received Julio Cruz.

• June 21, 1983

  Traded Rusty Kuntz to the Minnesota Twins. Received Mike Sodders (minors).

• June 23, 1983

  Signed Jimmy Sexton as a free agent.

• July 14, 1983

  Released Bobby Moore.

• August 10, 1983

  Released Jimmy Sexton.

• August 25, 1983

  Traded Rich Barnes to the Cleveland Indians. Received a player to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Miguel Diloné (September 1, 1983) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• August 31, 1983

  Signed Aurelio Rodríguez as a free agent.

• September 7, 1983

  Traded Mike Maitland (minors) and Miguel Diloné to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Randy Niemann.

• October, 1983

  Released Jim Smith.

• October 20, 1983

  Marv Foley granted Free Agency.

  Ty Waller granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 1983

  Chris Nyman player rights sold to Nankia Hawks (Japan Pacific).

  Released Dick Tidrow.

• November 7, 1983

  Julio Cruz granted Free Agency.

  Jerry Koosman granted Free Agency.

  Dennis Lamp granted Free Agency.

  Aurelio Rodríguez granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 1983

  Signed Joe DeSa as a free agent.

• November 21, 1983

  Traded Fran Mullins to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Steve Christmas.

• November 28, 1983

  Purchased Kelly Paris from the Cincinnati Reds.

• December 2, 1983

  Signed Jerry Koosman as a free agent.

• December 5, 1983

  Signed Bert Roberge as a free agent.

  Traded a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Ron Reed. The Chicago White Sox sent Jerry Koosman (February 15, 1984) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

• December 16, 1983

  Signed Cliff Speck as a free agent.

• January 8, 1984

  Signed Julio Cruz as a free agent.

• January 17, 1984

  Drafted Jeff Richardson in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• January 20, 1984

  Chose Tom Seaver from the New York Mets as a free agent compensation pick.

• January 23, 1984

  Traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians. Received Tom Brennan. The Chicago White Sox sent Craig Smajstrla (July 9, 1985) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• January 30, 1984

  Released Lorenzo Gray.

• February 7, 1984

  Released Fernando Arroyo.

• February 29, 1984

  Signed Fernando Arroyo as a free agent.

• March 1, 1984

  Released Jim Kern.

• March 21, 1984

  Released Kelly Paris.

• March 26, 1984

  Released Kevin Hickey.

  Released Randy Martz.

  Released Steve Mura.

• March 27, 1984

  Signed Norberto Martin as an amateur free agent.