1981 Detroit Tigers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 4, 1980

  Signed Dave Gumpert as an amateur free agent.

• December 8, 1980

  Drafted Larry Rothschild from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

• December 10, 1980

  Traded Mark Wagner to the Texas Rangers. Received Kevin Saucier.

• December 12, 1980

  Traded Dave Stegman to the San Diego Padres. Received Dennis Kinney.

• January 13, 1981

  Drafted Bob Melvin in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Mike Sharperson in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• March 24, 1981

  Purchased Bill Fahey from the San Diego Padres.

• March 29, 1981

  Released Jim Lentine.

• April 1, 1981

  Purchased Mick Kelleher from the Chicago Cubs.

• April 2, 1981

  Released Mike Warren.

• April 3, 1981

  Released Chris Codiroli.

  Released Chuck Hensley.

• May 18, 1981

  Released Duffy Dyer.

• May 23, 1981

  Signed Paul Gibson as a free agent.

• June 8, 1981

  Drafted Randy O'Neal in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Nelson Simmons in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bryan Kelly in the 6th round of the 1981 amateur draft.

  Drafted Chuck Cary in the 7th round of the 1981 amateur draft.

  Drafted Scott Earl in the 14th round of the 1981 amateur draft.

  Drafted Barry Lyons in the 25th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 20, 1981

  Signed Bernie Carbo as a free agent.

• August 23, 1981

  Traded a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins. Received Ron Jackson. The Detroit Tigers sent Tim Corcoran (September 4, 1981) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• October 5, 1981

  Released Mark Fidrych.

• November 13, 1981

  Ron Jackson granted Free Agency.

• November 27, 1981

  Traded Steve Kemp to the Chicago White Sox. Received Chet Lemon.

• December 9, 1981

  Traded Mike Chris and Dan Schatzeder to the San Francisco Giants. Received Larry Herndon.

• December 14, 1981

  Released Dennis Kinney.

• January 12, 1982

  Drafted Dana Williams in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• January 19, 1982

  Released Stan Papi.

• February 12, 1982

  Signed Jerry Turner as a free agent.

• March 1, 1982

  Traded Mark Fellows (minors), Jack Smith (minors) and Darrell Brown to the Oakland Athletics. Received Jeff Cox and Scott Meyer.

• March 4, 1982

  Traded Champ Summers to the San Francisco Giants. Received Enos Cabell and cash.

• March 10, 1982

  Signed Kevin Pasley as a free agent.

  Purchased Mark Lee from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• March 23, 1982

  Traded Roger Weaver to the Atlanta Braves. Received Eddie Miller.

• March 26, 1982

  Glenn Gulliver player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.

• March 28, 1982

  Al Cowens player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

  Released George Cappuzzello.

• March 30, 1982

  Received Elías Sosa from the Montreal Expos as part of a conditional deal.