1983 Milwaukee Brewers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 10, 1982

  Bob McClure granted Free Agency.

• December 2, 1982

  Signed Dan Murphy as an amateur free agent.

• December 6, 1982

  Signed Bob McClure as a free agent.

• December 19, 1982

  Signed Ernie Camacho as a free agent.

• January 11, 1983

  Drafted Jim Morris in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted LaVel Freeman in the 1st round (26th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Bobby Thigpen in the 7th round of the 1983 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• March 28, 1983

  Released Dwight Bernard.

• April 1, 1983

  Traded Steve Lake to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Chicago Cubs sent Rich Buonantony (minors) (October 24, 1983) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

• April 10, 1983

  Signed Jack Lazorko as a free agent.

• June 6, 1983

  Traded Ernie Camacho, Jamie Easterly and Gorman Thomas to the Cleveland Indians. Received Rick Manning and Rick Waits.

  Drafted Dan Plesac in the 1st round (26th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1983.

  Drafted Glenn Braggs in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Alex Madrid in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Mike Birkbeck in the 4th round of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Joey Meyer in the 5th round of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeff Parrett in the 9th round of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mark Ciardi in the 15th round of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dan Gakeler in the 31st round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• July 1, 1983

  Signed Juan Nieves as an amateur free agent.

  Released Hipólito Peña.

• July 15, 1983

  Signed Danny Boone as a free agent.

  Signed Bill Castro as a free agent.

• August 5, 1983

  Signed Bobby Moore as a free agent.

• September 13, 1983

  Purchased Teddy Higuera from Ciudad Juarez (Mexican).

• September 22, 1983

  Signed Dave Stapleton as an amateur free agent.

• November 4, 1983

  Signed Ray Searage as a free agent.

• November 7, 1983

  Rob Picciolo granted Free Agency.

  Ted Simmons granted Free Agency.

• December 5, 1983

  Drafted Jamie Nelson from the Seattle Mariners in the 1983 rule 5 draft.

• December 8, 1983

  Traded Daniel Scarpetta (minors) and Ned Yost to the Texas Rangers. Received Jim Sundberg.

• December 20, 1983

  Traded Jim Slaton to the California Angels. Received Bobby Clark.

• January 10, 1984

  Signed Dave Huppert as a free agent.

• January 16, 1984

  Signed Ted Simmons as a free agent.

• January 17, 1984

  Released Don Money.

• February 19, 1984

  Traded Billy Max (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Kelvin Moore.

• March 28, 1984

  Released Bobby Moore.