1982 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 1981

  Signed Van Snider as an amateur free agent.

• November 13, 1981

  Dave Chalk granted Free Agency.

  César Gerónimo granted Free Agency.

• November 25, 1981

  Released Ken Brett.

• December 11, 1981

  Signed César Gerónimo as a free agent.

  Traded Clint Hurdle to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Scott Brown.

  Traded Rich Gale and Bill Laskey to the San Francisco Giants. Received Jerry Martin.

• January 12, 1982

  Drafted Danny Jackson in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed January 17, 1982.

• January 14, 1982

  Traded Ken Phelps to the Montreal Expos. Received Grant Jackson.

• January 15, 1982

  Signed Tom Poquette as a free agent.

• February 3, 1982

  Signed Dave Frost as a free agent.

• February 18, 1982

  Traded Jeff Cornell to the San Francisco Giants. Received Dennis Littlejohn.

• March 2, 1982

  Traded Manny Castillo to the Seattle Mariners. Received a player to be named later. The Seattle Mariners sent Bud Black (March 2, 1982) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.

• March 24, 1982

  Traded Scot Beahan (minors) to the New York Yankees. Received Dennis Werth.

  Traded Jeff Schattinger to the Chicago White Sox. Received Greg Pryor.

• March 25, 1982

  Traded Rance Mulliniks to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Phil Huffman.

• March 30, 1982

  Traded Craig Chamberlain, Atlee Hammaker, Renie Martin and Brad Wellman to the San Francisco Giants. Received Vida Blue and Bob Tufts.

• April 4, 1982

  Purchased Mike Armstrong from the San Diego Padres.

• April 28, 1982

  Purchased Steve Hammond from the Atlanta Braves.

• April 29, 1982

  Signed Dave Schuler as a free agent.

• May 9, 1982

  Signed Mike Parrott as a free agent.

• June 7, 1982

  Drafted John Morris in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft.

  Drafted Cecil Fielder in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 15, 1982.

  Drafted Will Clark in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Israel Sánchez in the 9th round of the 1982 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bret Saberhagen in the 19th round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed July 26, 1982.

  Drafted Andy Stankiewicz in the 26th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• July 6, 1982

  Signed Bill Castro as a free agent.

• July 9, 1982

  Released Grant Jackson.

• July 21, 1982

  Released Tom Poquette.

• November 2, 1982

  Released Dave Frost.

  Released Dennis Werth.

• November 3, 1982

  Traded Jim Wright to the Chicago Cubs. Received Mike King (minors).

• November 10, 1982

  Don Hood granted Free Agency.

  Hal McRae granted Free Agency.

  Jamie Quirk granted Free Agency.

  Paul Splittorff granted Free Agency.

• November 15, 1982

  Signed Hal McRae as a free agent.

• November 18, 1982

  Released Lee May.

• December 6, 1982

  Drafted Joe Simpson from the Seattle Mariners in the 1982 rule 5 draft.

• December 8, 1982

  Released Tim Ireland.

• December 30, 1982

  Signed Paul Splittorff as a free agent.

• February 1, 1983

  Signed Mark Funderburk as a free agent.

• February 5, 1983

  Traded Cecil Fielder to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Leon Roberts.

• February 9, 1983

  Signed Steve Renko as a free agent.

• April 1, 1983

  Released Bombo Rivera.