1983 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions

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

• November 10, 1982

  Alan Ashby granted Free Agency.

  Kiko Garcia granted Free Agency.

  Randy Moffitt granted Free Agency.

• December 3, 1982

  Signed Alan Ashby as a free agent.

• December 10, 1982

  Signed Omar Moreno as a free agent.

  Traded Danny Heep to the New York Mets. Received Mike Scott.

• January 11, 1983

  Drafted Troy Afenir in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Brett Gideon in the 8th round of the 1983 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 12, 1983

  Traded Rick Lysander to the Minnesota Twins. Received Bob Veselic.

• January 23, 1983

  Signed Jim Pankovits as a free agent.

• March 16, 1983

  Traded Geoff Meadows (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received George Bjorkman.

• March 31, 1983

  Traded Alan Knicely to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Bill Dawley and Tony Walker.

• June 6, 1983

  Drafted Robbie Wine in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Roger Samuels in the 10th round of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tom Funk in the 28th round of the 1983 amateur draft.

• June 17, 1983

  Released Danny Boone.

• June 24, 1983

  Released Pat Perry.

• August 10, 1983

  Traded Omar Moreno to the New York Yankees. Received Jerry Mumphrey.

• October 20, 1983

  Bert Roberge granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 1983

  Art Howe granted Free Agency.

  Frank LaCorte granted Free Agency.

  J.R. Richard granted Free Agency.

  Denny Walling granted Free Agency.

• December 4, 1983

  Signed Ty Waller as a free agent.

• December 20, 1983

  Signed Denny Walling as a free agent.

• December 21, 1983

  Traded Bobby Sprowl to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Craig Minetto.

• January 17, 1984

  Drafted Rob Mallicoat in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Russ Swan in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dave Meads in the 6th round of the 1984 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Greg Hibbard in the 8th round of the 1984 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jeff Gardner in the 14th round of the 1984 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 14, 1984

  Traded Ron Meridith to the Atlanta Braves. Received José Álvarez.

• February 17, 1984

  Signed J.R. Richard as a free agent.

• February 20, 1984

  Signed Enos Cabell as a free agent.

• February 24, 1984

  Traded a player to be named later to the Montreal Expos. Received Tom Wieghaus. The Houston Astros sent George Bjorkman (March 26, 1984) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

• March 25, 1984

  Purchased Alan Bannister from the Cleveland Indians.