1983 Oakland Athletics Trades and Transactions

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

• November 4, 1982

  Released Mickey Klutts.

• November 5, 1982

  Traded Cliff Johnson to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Al Woods.

• November 10, 1982

  Dave McKay granted Free Agency.

  Fred Stanley granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 1982

  Signed Tom Burgmeier as a free agent.

• December 6, 1982

  Drafted Luis Quiñones from the San Diego Padres in the 1982 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Germán Rivera from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1982 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Tony Armas and Jeff Newman to the Boston Red Sox. Received Jerry King (minors), Garry Hancock and Carney Lansford.

• December 8, 1982

  Traded Bobby Moore to the Chicago White Sox. Received Jesse Anderson (minors).

• December 13, 1982

  Released Kevin Bell.

  Released Darrell Brown.

• December 20, 1982

  Released Preston Hanna.

• January 11, 1983

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

  Drafted Steve Howard in the 8th round of the 1983 amateur draft (January).

• January 17, 1983

  Brian Kingman player rights sold to the Boston Red Sox.

• January 18, 1983

  Signed Bill Almon as a free agent.

• January 25, 1983

  Signed Rich Wortham as a free agent.

• February 2, 1983

  Signed Rick Peters as a free agent.

• February 14, 1983

  Signed Thad Bosley as a free agent.

• March 25, 1983

  Returned Germán Rivera (earlier draft pick) to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• March 28, 1983

  Keith Comstock player rights sold to the Detroit Tigers.

  Released Bob Owchinko.

  Released Al Woods.

• March 30, 1983

  Thad Bosley player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs.

• June 6, 1983

  Drafted Rob Nelson in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Luis Medina in the 3rd round of the 1983 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted John Leister in the 6th round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted José Tolentino in the 7th round of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Terry Steinbach in the 9th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1983.

  Drafted Brian Dorsett in the 10th round of the 1983 amateur draft.

  Drafted Greg Cadaret in the 11th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1983.

  Drafted Gary Wayne in the 23rd round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 15, 1983

  Released Jimmy Sexton.

  Traded Matt Keough to the New York Yankees. Received Marshall Brant, Ben Callahan and cash.

• July 6, 1983

  Traded Jerry King (minors) to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Mark Smith.

• July 22, 1983

  Traded Kelvin Moore to the New York Mets. Received Scott Dye (minors).

• August 23, 1983

  Signed Ed Farmer as a free agent.

• September 2, 1983

  Traded Steve Baker to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received players to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Tom Dozier (September 16, 1983) and Jim Strichek (minors) (September 16, 1983) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

• October 15, 1983

  DeWayne Buice granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 1983

  Released Joe Rudi.

• November 7, 1983

  Tom Underwood granted Free Agency.

• November 14, 1983

  Signed Bruce Bochte as a free agent.

• November 21, 1983

  Traded Dave Beard and Bob Kearney to the Seattle Mariners. Received Darrel Akerfelds and Bill Caudill.

• November 26, 1983

  Signed Les Straker as a free agent.

• December 2, 1983

  Released Marshall Brant.

• December 5, 1983

  Drafted Jeff Bettendorf from the New York Mets in the 1983 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1983

  Traded Luis Quiñones to the Cleveland Indians. Received Jim Essian.

• December 7, 1983

  Traded Rusty McNealy and cash to the Montreal Expos. Received Ray Burris.

• December 8, 1983

  Traded Wayne Gross to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Tim Stoddard.

• December 13, 1983

  Signed Joe Morgan as a free agent.

• January 3, 1984

  Signed Félix José as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Luis Polonia as an amateur free agent.

• January 16, 1984

  Released Jack Daugherty.

• January 17, 1984

  Drafted Tim Fortugno in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Darren Reed in the 10th round of the 1984 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 23, 1984

  Signed Lary Sorensen as a free agent.

• February 8, 1984

  Chose Tim Belcher from the New York Yankees as a free agent compensation pick.

• March 26, 1984

  Released Ed Farmer.

  Traded Tim Stoddard to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later and Stan Kyles (minors). The Chicago Cubs sent Stan Boderick (minors) (March 31, 1984) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

• March 29, 1984

  Signed Dave Kingman as a free agent.

  Released Mitchell Page.