1983 New York Mets Trades and Transactions

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

• November 5, 1982

  Released Randy Jones.

• November 10, 1982

  Pete Falcone granted Free Agency.

  Ron Hodges granted Free Agency.

  Ellis Valentine granted Free Agency.

• December 10, 1982

  Traded Mike Scott to the Houston Astros. Received Danny Heep.

• December 16, 1982

  Traded Jason Felice (minors), Lloyd McClendon and Charlie Puleo to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Tom Seaver.

• December 28, 1982

  Traded Pat Zachry to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Jorge Orta.

• January 10, 1983

  Signed Mike Bishop as a free agent.

• January 11, 1983

  Drafted Jeff McKnight in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• January 13, 1983

  Traded a player to be named later to the Boston Red Sox. Received Mike Torrez. The New York Mets sent Mike Davis (minors) (February 15, 1983) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

• January 21, 1983

  Released Bruce Bochy.

• January 31, 1983

  Traded Tom Dixon to the Montreal Expos. Received Bob Baldrick (minors).

• February 3, 1983

  Signed Ed Hearn as a free agent.

• February 4, 1983

  Traded Jorge Orta to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Steve Senteney.

• February 6, 1983

  Signed Ron Hodges as a free agent.

• March 29, 1983

  Traded Jody Johnston (minors), Steve Walker (minors) and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Mark Bradley.

• April 2, 1983

  Traded Tom Veryzer to the Chicago Cubs. Received Rob Schilling (minors) and Craig Weissmann (minors).

• April 7, 1983

  Signed Clint Hurdle as a free agent.

• April 18, 1983

  Traded a player to be named later and Steve Ray (minors) to the New York Yankees. Received Tucker Ashford. The New York Mets sent Felix Perdomo (minors) (May 3, 1983) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• May 24, 1983

  Signed Phil Huffman as a free agent.

• June 6, 1983

  Drafted Eddie Williams in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed July 11, 1983.

  Drafted Stan Jefferson in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Calvin Schiraldi in the 1st round (27th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dave Magadan in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 1983.

  Drafted Rick Aguilera in the 3rd round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed September 9, 1983.

  Drafted David West in the 4th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1983.

  Drafted Marcus Lawton in the 6th round of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeff Innis in the 13th round of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Matt Williams in the 27th round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Joe Klink in the 36th round of the 1983 amateur draft.

• June 14, 1983

  Traded Steve Senteney and Marvell Wynne to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Arthur Ray (minors) and Junior Ortiz.

• June 15, 1983

  Mike Jorgensen player rights sold to the Atlanta Braves.

  Traded Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Keith Hernandez.

• July 22, 1983

  Traded Scott Dye (minors) to the Oakland Athletics. Received Kelvin Moore.

• September 26, 1983

  Traded Terry Leach to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jim Adamczak (minors) and Mitch Cook (minors).

• December 5, 1983

  Jeff Bettendorf drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1983 rule 5 draft.

  Jay Tibbs drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1983 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1983

  Drafted Ed Olwine from the New York Yankees in the 1983 minor league draft.

• December 8, 1983

  Traded Bob Bailor and Carlos Diaz to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Sid Fernandez and Ross Jones.

• January 15, 1984

  Traded John Semprini (minors) to the Seattle Mariners. Received Jim Maler.

• January 17, 1984

  Drafted Kevin Elster in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 21, 1984.

  Drafted Craig Worthington in the 6th round of the 1984 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Scott Little in the 7th round of the 1984 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Brian Givens in the 10th round of the 1984 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 22, 1984.

  Signed Rafael Santana as a free agent.

• January 20, 1984

  The Chicago White Sox chose Tom Seaver as a free agent compensation pick.

• January 25, 1984

  Signed Mickey Mahler as a free agent.

• January 27, 1984

  Signed Dick Tidrow as a free agent.

• January 30, 1984

  Released Dave Kingman.

• February 19, 1984

  Traded Kelvin Moore to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Billy Max (minors).

• February 22, 1984

  Released Mark Bradley.

• March 16, 1984

  Released Mickey Mahler.

• March 17, 1984

  Signed Jerry Martin as a free agent.

• March 29, 1984

  The Philadelphia Phillies returned Jay Tibbs (earlier draft pick).

• April 1, 1984

  Traded Tucker Ashford to the Kansas City Royals. Received Tom Edens.