2004 Chicago White Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• November 12, 2003

  Signed Mike Bell as a free agent.

• November 17, 2003

  Signed Carlos Maldonado as a free agent.

• November 26, 2003

  Signed Sandy Alomar as a free agent.

  Signed Ryan Kohlmeier as a free agent.

• December 2, 2003

  Traded Aaron Miles to the Colorado Rockies. Received Juan Uribe.

• December 4, 2003

  Signed Mike Gulan as a free agent.

• December 10, 2003

  Released Brian Daubach.

• December 15, 2003

  Drafted Jason Grilli from the Florida Marlins in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

• December 22, 2003

  Signed Mike Jackson as a free agent.

  Signed José Santiago as a free agent.

• December 29, 2003

  Signed Bob Smith as a free agent.

• January 6, 2004

  Signed Vic Darensbourg as a free agent.

  Signed Rob Sasser as a free agent.

• January 7, 2004

  Signed Cliff Politte as a free agent.

• January 8, 2004

  Signed Micah Franklin as a free agent.

• January 11, 2004

  Signed Kris Keller as a free agent.

• January 15, 2004

  Signed Courtney Duncan as a free agent.

• January 21, 2004

  Signed Marvin Benard as a free agent.

• January 22, 2004

  Signed Shingo Takatsu as a free agent.

• January 24, 2004

  Signed Robert Person as a free agent.

• February 26, 2004

  Signed Brian McNichol as a free agent.

• March 4, 2004

  Released Robert Person.

• March 10, 2004

  Released Marvin Benard.

• March 23, 2004

  Signed Bry Nelson as a free agent.

• March 27, 2004

  Traded Matt Ginter to the New York Mets. Received Timo Pérez.

• April 22, 2004

  Mike Rivera selected by the Oakland Athletics off waivers.

• April 26, 2004

  Signed Andrés Torres as a free agent.

• May 7, 2004

  Signed Ken Ray as a free agent.

• May 13, 2004

  Released Micah Franklin.

• May 26, 2004

  Selected Eduardo Villacis off waivers from the Kansas City Royals.

• May 27, 2004

  Released Kris Keller.

• June 7, 2004

  Drafted Josh Fields in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 2004.

  Drafted Gio Gonzalez in the 1st round (38th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

  Drafted Donny Lucy in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

  Drafted Wes Whisler in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 2004.

  Drafted Lucas Harrell in the 4th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

  Drafted Brandon Allen in the 5th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

  Drafted Adam Russell in the 6th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

  Drafted Jack Egbert in the 13th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

  Drafted Carlos Torres in the 15th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

• June 17, 2004

  Traded Billy Koch to the Florida Marlins. Received Wilson Valdez and cash.

• June 18, 2004

  Signed Donnie Sadler as a free agent.

• June 25, 2004

  Signed Joe Winkelsas as a free agent.

• June 27, 2004

  Traded Mike Morse, Miguel Olivo and Jeremy Reed to the Seattle Mariners. Received Ben Davis and Freddy García.

• July 1, 2004

  Released Vic Darensbourg.

• July 9, 2004

  Signed Reggie Taylor as a free agent.

• July 13, 2004

  Released Mike Gulan.

• July 18, 2004

  Traded Gary Majewski and Jon Rauch to the Montreal Expos. Received Carl Everett.

• July 20, 2004

  Released Donnie Sadler.

• July 31, 2004

  Traded Esteban Loaiza to the New York Yankees. Received José Contreras and cash.

• August 5, 2004

  Traded a player to be named later to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Roberto Alomar. The Chicago White Sox sent Brad Murray (minors) (February 18, 2005) to the Arizona Diamondbacks to complete the trade.

• August 16, 2004

  Selected Alex Escobar off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.

• August 18, 2004

  Signed Morgan Burkhart as a free agent.

• September 2, 2004

  Released Mike Jackson.

• October 4, 2004

  Kelly Wunsch granted Free Agency.

• October 5, 2004

  Kelly Dransfeldt granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 2004

  Mike Bell granted Free Agency.

  Morgan Burkhart granted Free Agency.

  Courtney Duncan granted Free Agency.

  Carlos Maldonado granted Free Agency.

  Brian McNichol granted Free Agency.

  Bry Nelson granted Free Agency.

  Ken Ray granted Free Agency.

  José Santiago granted Free Agency.

  Rob Sasser granted Free Agency.

  Bob Smith granted Free Agency.

  Reggie Taylor granted Free Agency.

  Andrés Torres granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 2004

  Magglio Ordóñez granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 2004

  Sandy Alomar granted Free Agency.

  José Valentín granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2004

  Roberto Alomar granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 2004

  Signed Ken Ray as a free agent.

• November 23, 2004

  Signed Kevin Walker as a free agent.

• December 9, 2004

  Signed Jermaine Dye as a free agent.

  Signed Dustin Hermanson as a free agent.

• December 13, 2004

  Traded Carlos Lee to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received a player to be named later, Scott Podsednik and Luis Vizcaíno. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Travis Hinton (minors) (January 10, 2005) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• December 15, 2004

  Released Dan Wright.

• December 17, 2004

  Selected Bobby Jenks off waivers from the Anaheim Angels.

• December 21, 2004

  Scott Schoeneweis granted Free Agency.

  Eduardo Villacis granted Free Agency.

  Ben Davis granted Free Agency.

  Signed Ben Davis as a free agent.

• December 23, 2004

  Signed Chris Widger as a free agent.

• January 3, 2005

  Signed Orlando Hernández as a free agent.

• January 4, 2005

  Signed Jorge Toca as a free agent.

• January 6, 2005

  Signed A.J. Pierzynski as a free agent.

• January 18, 2005

  Signed Eduardo Villacis as a free agent.

• January 19, 2005

  Signed Tony Alvarez as a free agent.

  Signed Pablo Ozuna as a free agent.

• January 21, 2005

  Signed Paulo Orlando as an amateur free agent.

• January 27, 2005

  Signed Tadahito Iguchi as a free agent.

  Released Jason Grilli.

• February 2, 2005

  Signed Trace Coquillette as a free agent.

• February 13, 2005

  Traded Alex Escobar to the Washington Nationals. Received Jerry Owens.

• February 15, 2005

  Signed Félix Martínez as a free agent.

• February 17, 2005

  Signed Raúl Casanova as a free agent.

• March 6, 2005

  Signed Brian Bowles as a free agent.

• March 8, 2005

  Signed Jeremy Giambi as a free agent.

• March 23, 2005

  Released Ken Ray.

• March 30, 2005

  Signed Robert Person as a free agent.

  Released Brian Bowles.

  Wilson Valdez selected by the New York Mets off waivers.