1983 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 2, 1983

  Released Phil Huffman.

• April 5, 1983

  Signed Don Hood as a free agent.

• May 9, 1983

  Signed José de Jesús as an amateur free agent.

• May 22, 1983

  Released Mark Funderburk.

• June 6, 1983

  Drafted Gary Thurman in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Scott Hemond in the 5th round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Kevin Seitzer in the 11th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1983.

  Drafted Tom Edens in the 14th round of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeff Schulz in the 23rd round of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Todd Zeile in the 30th round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 7, 1983

  Traded Bob Tufts to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Charlie Leibrandt.

• July 6, 1983

  Signed Gaylord Perry as a free agent.

• July 8, 1983

  Released Bill Castro.

• July 22, 1983

  Signed Melido Perez as an amateur free agent.

• August 2, 1983

  Purchased Eric Rasmussen from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• August 5, 1983

  Released Vida Blue.

• October 3, 1983

  Released Steve Renko.

• October 11, 1983

  Released César Gerónimo.

• October 17, 1983

  Released Eric Rasmussen.

• October 20, 1983

  Kelly Heath granted Free Agency.

  Dave Schuler granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 1983

  Don Hood granted Free Agency.

  Jerry Martin granted Free Agency.

  Amos Otis granted Free Agency.

• November 11, 1983

  Signed José Núñez as an amateur free agent.

• December 5, 1983

  Drafted Orlando Sánchez from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1983 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1983

  Signed Lynn Jones as a free agent.

• December 8, 1983

  Traded John Serritella (minors), Joe Szekely (minors) and Jose Torres (minors) to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Joe Beckwith.

  Traded Duane Dewey (minors) and Mike Armstrong to the New York Yankees. Received Steve Balboni and Roger Erickson.

• December 9, 1983

  Signed Don Werner as a free agent.

• December 15, 1983

  Traded Ron Johnson to the Montreal Expos. Received Tom Dixon.

• December 20, 1983

  Traded Willie Aikens to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Jorge Orta.

• January 17, 1984

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

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

• March 31, 1984

  Traded Derek Botelho and Don Werner to the Chicago Cubs. Received Alan Hargesheimer.

• April 1, 1984

  Traded Tom Edens to the New York Mets. Received Tucker Ashford.