1982 Cleveland Indians Trades and Transactions

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

• November 13, 1981

  John Denny granted Free Agency.

  Sid Monge granted Free Agency.

  Rick Waits granted Free Agency.

• November 14, 1981

  Traded Duane Kuiper to the San Francisco Giants. Received Ed Whitson.

• November 20, 1981

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Bo Díaz to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received a player to be named later from the Philadelphia Phillies and Silvio Martínez and Lary Sorensen from the St. Louis Cardinals. In addition, the Philadelphia Phillies sent Lonnie Smith to the St. Louis Cardinals. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Scott Munninghoff (December 9, 1981) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• December 7, 1981

  Drafted Rich Murray from the San Francisco Giants in the 1981 rule 5 draft.

  Mike Stanton player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• December 9, 1981

  Traded Jack Fimple, Jorge Orta and Larry White to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Jack Perconte and Rick Sutcliffe.

• December 14, 1981

  Traded a player to be named later to the New York Mets. Received Ed Glynn. The Cleveland Indians sent Matt Bullinger (minors) (December 14, 1981) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• January 8, 1982

  Traded Tom Veryzer to the New York Mets. Received Ray Searage.

• January 15, 1982

  Signed Rick Waits as a free agent.

• January 19, 1982

  Released Ron Pruitt.

• January 20, 1982

  Signed Bill Nahorodny as a free agent.

• January 21, 1982

  Signed Sid Monge as a free agent.

• January 27, 1982

  Purchased Craig Stimac from the San Diego Padres.

• January 29, 1982

  Released Wayne Garland.

• February 8, 1982

  Purchased Mike Stanton from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• February 13, 1982

  Signed John Denny as a free agent.

  Released Mike Stanton.

• February 16, 1982

  Traded Sid Monge to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Bake McBride.

• March 26, 1982

  Released Dave Rosello.

• April 2, 1982

  Released Pat Kelly.

• June 7, 1982

  Rich Murray player rights sold to the Montreal Expos.

  Drafted Jim Wilson in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft.

  Drafted Carlos Diaz in the 7th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jeff Barkley in the 13th round of the 1982 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bill McGuire in the 25th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• July 3, 1982

  Traded Larry Littleton to the Minnesota Twins. Received Larry Milbourne.

• August 12, 1982

  Signed Reggie Ritter as an amateur free agent.

• September 12, 1982

  Traded John Denny to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Wil Culmer, Jerry Reed and Roy Smith.

• October 20, 1982

  Karl Pagel granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 1982

  Released Bill Nahorodny.

• November 10, 1982

  Alan Bannister granted Free Agency.

  Miguel Diloné granted Free Agency.

  Rick Manning granted Free Agency.

• November 18, 1982

  Traded Ed Whitson to the San Diego Padres. Received Juan Eichelberger and Broderick Perkins.

• December 9, 1982

  Larry Milbourne player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

  Traded Von Hayes to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Jay Baller, Julio Franco, Manny Trillo, George Vukovich and Jerry Willard.

• December 15, 1982

  Sent Ray Searage to the San Diego Padres as part of a conditional deal.

  Signed Rick Manning as a free agent.

  Signed Karl Pagel as a free agent.

• January 21, 1983

  Traded a player to be named later to the Seattle Mariners. Received Jim Essian. The Cleveland Indians sent Tom Owens (minors) (May 18, 1983) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.

• January 27, 1983

  Signed Alan Bannister as a free agent.

• February 7, 1983

  Signed Otto Vélez as a free agent.

• February 9, 1983

  Signed Miguel Diloné as a free agent.

• February 15, 1983

  Sandy Wihtol player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs.

• March 27, 1983

  The Chicago Cubs returned Sandy Wihtol following previous purchase.

• March 28, 1983

  Received Ray Searage from the San Diego Padres as part of a conditional deal.

• April 1, 1983

  Traded Jerry Dybzinski to the Chicago White Sox. Received Pat Tabler.