1991 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions

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

• November 5, 1990

  Juan Agosto granted Free Agency.

  Rich Gedman granted Free Agency.

  Terry Puhl granted Free Agency.

  Franklin Stubbs granted Free Agency.

  Glenn Wilson granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 1990

  Danny Darwin granted Free Agency.

• December 3, 1990

  Drafted Dean Wilkins from the Chicago Cubs in the 1990 rule 5 draft.

• December 7, 1990

  Dave Smith granted Free Agency.

• January 5, 1991

  Signed Mike Capel as a free agent.

• January 10, 1991

  Traded Glenn Davis to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Steve Finley, Pete Harnisch and Curt Schilling.

• January 22, 1991

  Signed Jay Baller as a free agent.

• February 6, 1991

  Signed Don Carman as a free agent.

• March 6, 1991

  Signed Mark McLemore as a free agent.

  Signed José Tolentino as a free agent.

• March 19, 1991

  Signed Jim Corsi as a free agent.

  Signed Jimmy Jones as a free agent.

• March 29, 1991

  Signed Dwayne Henry as a free agent.

• March 30, 1991

  Signed Melvin Mora as an amateur free agent.

• April 2, 1991

  Released Don Carman.

• April 6, 1991

  Released Jay Baller.

• April 17, 1991

  Signed Calvin Schiraldi as a free agent.

• April 24, 1991

  Returned Dean Wilkins (earlier draft pick) to the Chicago Cubs.

  Traded Jeff Baldwin to the Chicago Cubs. Received Dean Wilkins.

• May 20, 1991

  Signed Óscar Henríquez as an amateur free agent.

• June 3, 1991

  Drafted John Burke in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1991 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted James Mouton in the 7th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1991.

  Drafted Alvin Morman in the 39th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1991.

  Drafted Jay Witasick in the 63rd round of the 1991 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 17, 1991

  Signed Chuck Smith as an amateur free agent.

• June 20, 1991

  Sent Calvin Schiraldi to the Texas Rangers as part of a conditional deal.

• June 25, 1991

  Released Mark McLemore.

• July 2, 1991

  Signed Richard Hidalgo as an amateur free agent.

• July 27, 1991

  Released Ken Oberkfell.

• July 31, 1991

  Traded Jim Clancy to the Atlanta Braves. Received a player to be named later and Matt Turner. The Atlanta Braves sent Earl Sanders (minors) (November 15, 1991) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• September 25, 1991

  Selected Eddie Tucker off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.

• September 28, 1991

  Signed Alejandro Freire as an amateur free agent.

• October 15, 1991

  Terry Clark granted Free Agency.

  Blaise Ilsley granted Free Agency.

• October 16, 1991

  Mark Davidson granted Free Agency.

  Terry McGriff granted Free Agency.

  Carl Nichols granted Free Agency.

  Dean Wilkins granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 1991

  Jim Deshaies granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 1991

  Rafael Ramírez granted Free Agency.

• November 18, 1991

  Released Jim Corsi.

  Released Javier Ortiz.

  Released José Tolentino.

• November 26, 1991

  Dwayne Henry selected by the Cincinnati Reds off waivers.

• December 9, 1991

  Drafted Juan Guerrero from the San Francisco Giants in the 1991 rule 5 draft.

• December 10, 1991

  Traded Kenny Lofton and Dave Rohde to the Cleveland Indians. Received Willie Blair and Ed Taubensee.

• December 19, 1991

  Signed Chris Jones as a free agent.

• January 3, 1992

  Signed Benny Distefano as a free agent.

  Signed Rick Parker as a free agent.

• January 10, 1992

  Signed Rod Booker as a free agent.

  Signed Rafael Ramírez as a free agent.

• January 15, 1992

  Signed Barry Lyons as a free agent.

• January 21, 1992

  Signed Héctor Carrasco as a free agent.

• January 24, 1992

  Signed Doug Jones as a free agent.

• January 27, 1992

  Signed Joe Boever as a free agent.

  Signed Pete Incaviglia as a free agent.

  Signed Rob Murphy as a free agent.

  Signed Ernie Riles as a free agent.

  Signed Denny Walling as a free agent.

• February 3, 1992

  Signed Edgar Ramos as an amateur free agent.