1981 Cincinnati Reds Trades and Transactions

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

• December 8, 1980

  Larry Rothschild drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

• December 12, 1980

  Traded Héctor Cruz to the Chicago Cubs. Received Mike Vail.

• December 15, 1980

  Traded Greg Hughes (minors) and Don Werner to the Texas Rangers. Received Greg Mahlberg and Danny Walton.

• January 12, 1981

  Signed Larry Biittner as a free agent.

• January 13, 1981

  Drafted Rob Murphy in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• January 21, 1981

  Traded César Gerónimo to the Kansas City Royals. Received Germán Barranca.

• January 22, 1981

  Traded Mike Grace and John Hale to the Baltimore Orioles. Received John Buffamoyer (minors) and Joe Kerrigan.

• February 7, 1981

  Signed Bill Landrum as a free agent.

• March 22, 1981

  Signed Tony Walker as an amateur free agent.

• April 8, 1981

  Released Paul Gibson.

• May 11, 1981

  Signed Mike Smith as an amateur free agent.

• June 8, 1981

  Traded Harry Spilman to the Houston Astros. Received Rafael Landestoy.

  Drafted Paul O'Neill in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1981.

  Drafted Terry McGriff in the 8th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1981.

  Drafted Scott Ruskin in the 14th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dana Williams in the 34th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• August 27, 1981

  Released Bill Bonham.

• September 10, 1981

  Traded Doug Bair to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Joe Edelen and Neil Fiala.

• October 23, 1981

  Junior Kennedy player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs for $50,000.

• November 4, 1981

  Traded Ken Griffey to the New York Yankees. Received a player to be named later and Brian Ryder (minors). The New York Yankees sent Freddie Toliver (December 9, 1981) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

• November 13, 1981

  Dave Collins granted Free Agency.

  Mike Vail granted Free Agency.

• November 27, 1981

  Signed Mike Vail as a free agent.

• December 11, 1981

  Traded Scott Brown to the Kansas City Royals. Received Clint Hurdle.

• December 18, 1981

  Traded Ray Knight to the Houston Astros. Received César Cedeño.

• January 12, 1982

  Drafted Randy Myers in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 9, 1982

  Signed Andy Replogle as a free agent.

  Traded Paul Moskau to the Baltimore Orioles. Received a player to be named later. The Baltimore Orioles sent Wayne Krenchicki (February 16, 1982) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

• February 10, 1982

  Traded George Foster to the New York Mets. Received Greg Harris, Jim Kern and Alex Treviño.

• March 20, 1982

  Geoff Combe player rights sold to the Chicago White Sox.

• March 26, 1982

  Traded Joe Nolan to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Brooks Carey (minors) and Dallas Williams.

• March 29, 1982

  Released Sam Mejías.

• April 1, 1982

  Traded Oscar Brito (minors) and Jeff Lahti to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Bob Shirley.