1981 Oakland Athletics Trades and Transactions

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

• November 3, 1980

  Traded Mike Morgan to the New York Yankees. Received Fred Stanley.

• December 6, 1980

  Mario Guerrero player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• December 8, 1980

  Drafted Brian Doyle from the New York Yankees in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Tom Filer from the New York Yankees in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Roy Thomas from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

• December 9, 1980

  Drafted DeWayne Buice from the San Francisco Giants in the 1980 minor league draft.

  Drafted Bob Kearney from the San Francisco Giants in the 1980 minor league draft.

• December 11, 1980

  Traded Mike King (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Keith Drumright and Cliff Johnson.

• December 12, 1980

  Mike Edwards granted Free Agency.

  Released Dave Hamilton.

• January 10, 1981

  Signed Dave Hamilton as a free agent.

• January 13, 1981

  Drafted Steve Kiefer in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Doug Baker in the 9th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 17, 1981

  Signed Jim Nettles as a free agent.

• February 10, 1981

  Traded a player to be named later to the Houston Astros. Received Jimmy Sexton. The Oakland Athletics sent Rick Lysander (October 20, 1981) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• February 18, 1981

  Signed Dave Hudgens as a free agent.

• March 2, 1981

  Released Orlando González.

• March 27, 1981

  Traded Roy Moretti (minors) and Bob Lacey to the San Diego Padres. Received Eric Mustad (minors), Kevin Bell and Tony Phillips.

• March 30, 1981

  Released Alan Wirth.

• April 6, 1981

  Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Bob Owchinko. The Oakland Athletics sent Ernie Camacho (April 10, 1981) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• April 9, 1981

  Returned Tom Filer (earlier draft pick) to the New York Yankees.

  Signed Dave Heaverlo as a free agent.

  Signed Bo McLaughlin as a free agent.

• April 10, 1981

  Signed Gorman Heimueller as a free agent.

• April 14, 1981

  Signed Chris Codiroli as a free agent.

• April 22, 1981

  Signed Chuck Hensley as a free agent.

• April 30, 1981

  Signed Mike Warren as a free agent.

• May 20, 1981

  Traded Chuck Dougherty (minors), Mike Patterson and Dave Revering to the New York Yankees. Received Jim Spencer and Tom Underwood.

• June 2, 1981

  Signed Ed Figueroa as a free agent.

• June 8, 1981

  Drafted Donnie Hill in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Tim Pyznarski in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Gallego in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1981.

  Drafted Rick Rodriguez in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft.

  Drafted Curt Young in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mickey Tettleton in the 5th round of the 1981 amateur draft.

  Drafted Alvin Davis in the 6th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bill Bathe in the 8th round of the 1981 amateur draft.

• June 10, 1981

  Purchased Rick Bosetti from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• August 27, 1981

  Released Tim Hosley.

• December 4, 1981

  Signed Joe Rudi as a free agent.

• December 7, 1981

  Mike Warren drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1981 rule 5 draft.

• December 9, 1981

  Purchased Tom Romano from Utica (New York Pennsylvania).

  Traded Rich Bordi to the Seattle Mariners. Received Dan Meyer.

  Traded Roy Thomas to the Seattle Mariners. Received Tim Hallgren (minors) and Rusty McNealy.

• January 12, 1982

  Drafted Dave Leiper in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Robby Thompson in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 28, 1982

  Signed Danny Goodwin as a free agent.

• February 7, 1982

  Signed Dennis Kinney as a free agent.

• February 8, 1982

  Traded Lance Hudson (minors) to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Davey Lopes.

• February 24, 1982

  Traded Craig Minetto to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Allen Edwards (minors).

• March 1, 1982

  Traded Jeff Cox and Scott Meyer to the Detroit Tigers. Received Mark Fellows (minors), Jack Smith (minors) and Darrell Brown.

• March 9, 1982

  Signed Steve Baker as a free agent.