1982 Minnesota Twins Trades and Transactions

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

• November 13, 1981

  Glenn Adams granted Free Agency.

  Pete Mackanin granted Free Agency.

• November 27, 1981

  Released Danny Goodwin.

• December 7, 1981

  Drafted Paul Boris from the New York Yankees in the 1981 rule 5 draft.

• December 28, 1981

  Traded Hosken Powell to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received a player to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Greg Wells (January 18, 1982) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• January 6, 1982

  Traded Paul Voigt (minors) and Scotti Madison to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Bobby Castillo and Bobby Mitchell.

• January 12, 1982

  Drafted Kirby Puckett in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Greg Mathews in the 9th round of the 1982 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 26, 1982

  John Verhoeven player rights sold to the Boston Red Sox.

• March 18, 1982

  Signed Álvaro Espinoza as a free agent.

• March 26, 1982

  Released Tim Corcoran.

• April 2, 1982

  Returned Paul Boris (earlier draft pick) to the New York Yankees.

• April 10, 1982

  Traded Roy Smalley to the New York Yankees. Received Paul Boris, Ron Davis and Greg Gagne.

• May 12, 1982

  Traded Doug Corbett and Rob Wilfong to the California Angels. Received Tom Brunansky, Mike Walters and $400,000.

  Traded Roger Erickson and Butch Wynegar to the New York Yankees. Received Pete Filson, Larry Milbourne, John Pacella and cash.

• May 18, 1982

  Released Fernando Arroyo.

• June 7, 1982

  Drafted Bryan Oelkers in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft.

  Drafted Allan Anderson in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mark Davidson in the 11th round of the 1982 amateur draft.

  Drafted Lenny Webster in the 16th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Frank Eufemia in the 18th round of the 1982 amateur draft.

  Drafted Marty Pevey in the 19th round of the 1982 amateur draft.

• July 3, 1982

  Traded Larry Milbourne to the Cleveland Indians. Received Larry Littleton.

• July 21, 1982

  Purchased Houston Jiménez from Reynosa (Mexican).

• July 26, 1982

  Released Darrell Jackson.

• July 29, 1982

  Released Marty Pevey.

• October 21, 1982

  Released Mark Funderburk.

• November 1, 1982

  Traded John Pacella to the Texas Rangers. Received Len Whitehouse.

• November 27, 1982

  Signed Danny Clay as an amateur free agent.

• December 1, 1982

  Signed Ken Schrom as a free agent.

• December 6, 1982

  Drafted Paul Gibson from the Detroit Tigers in the 1982 rule 5 draft.

• December 7, 1982

  Drafted Jim Lewis from the New York Yankees in the 1982 minor league draft.

• December 10, 1982

  Traded Don Cooper to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Dave Baker.

• December 14, 1982

  Signed Darrell Brown as a free agent.

• January 12, 1983

  Traded Bob Veselic to the Houston Astros. Received Rick Lysander.

• January 14, 1983

  Released Greg Wells.

• January 31, 1983

  Signed Mike Hart as a free agent.

• February 23, 1983

  Signed Yorkis Pérez as an amateur free agent.

• March 25, 1983

  Released Pete Redfern.

  Traded Sal Butera to the Detroit Tigers. Received Walter Poole (minors) and cash.

• March 28, 1983

  Traded Bambi Mesa (minors) to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Tack Wilson.