2004 Oakland Athletics Trades and Transactions

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

• November 17, 2003

  Signed Ramón Castro as a free agent.

• November 18, 2003

  Traded Ted Lilly to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Bobby Kielty.

• November 19, 2003

  Selected Mario Ramos off waivers from the Texas Rangers.

• November 20, 2003

  Signed Pedro Figueroa as an amateur free agent.

• November 26, 2003

  Traded Ramón Hernández and Terrence Long to the San Diego Padres. Received Mark Kotsay.

• December 3, 2003

  Signed Wayne Gomes as a free agent.

• December 15, 2003

  Received Frank Brooks from the New York Mets as part of a conditional deal.

  Chris Mabeus drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Michael Barrett to the Chicago Cubs. Received Damian Miller and cash.

  Traded a player to be named later to the Montreal Expos. Received Michael Barrett. The Oakland Athletics sent Brett Price (minors) (December 19, 2003) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

• December 16, 2003

  Traded a player to be named later and Michael Neu to the Florida Marlins. Received Mark Redman. The Oakland Athletics sent Bill Murphy (December 23, 2003) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.

• December 17, 2003

  Signed Ricardo Rincón as a free agent.

• December 18, 2003

  Traded Eduardo Sierra (minors) and J.T. Stotts (minors) to the New York Yankees. Received Chris Hammond and cash.

• December 20, 2003

  Jeremy Fikac granted Free Agency.

• December 21, 2003

  Frank Menechino granted Free Agency.

  Mark Redman granted Free Agency.

  Signed Mark Redman as a free agent.

• December 23, 2003

  Signed Arthur Rhodes as a free agent.

• December 26, 2003

  Signed Frank Menechino as a free agent.

• January 8, 2004

  Signed Britt Reames as a free agent.

• January 22, 2004

  Signed Steve Woodard as a free agent.

• February 6, 2004

  Signed Eric Karros as a free agent.

• March 11, 2004

  Jose Flores player rights sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• March 15, 2004

  Signed Mike Oquist as a free agent.

• March 18, 2004

  Frank Brooks selected by the Boston Red Sox off waivers.

• March 27, 2004

  The Texas Rangers returned Chris Mabeus (earlier draft pick).

• March 29, 2004

  Jason Grabowski player rights sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• April 3, 2004

  Signed Tom Wilson as a free agent.

• April 5, 2004

  Signed Mark McLemore as a free agent.

• April 17, 2004

  Traded Chad Harville to the Houston Astros. Received Kirk Saarloos.

• April 22, 2004

  Selected Mike Rivera off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.

• April 23, 2004

  Released Tom Wilson.

• May 12, 2004

  Sent Frank Menechino to the Toronto Blue Jays as part of a conditional deal.

• June 7, 2004

  Drafted Landon Powell in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 22, 2004.

  Drafted Danny Putnam in the 1st round (36th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 2004.

  Drafted Huston Street in the 1st round (40th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 20, 2004.

  Drafted Kurt Suzuki in the 2nd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 16, 2004.

  Drafted Jason Windsor in the 3rd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 22, 2004.

  Drafted Ryan Webb in the 4th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 2004.

  Drafted Kevin Melillo in the 5th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 16, 2004.

  Drafted Tommy Everidge in the 10th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

  Drafted Dallas Braden in the 24th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 2004.

  Drafted Connor Robertson in the 31st round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

  Drafted Jeff Gray in the 32nd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.

• June 16, 2004

  Purchased Brad Ziegler from Schaumburg (Northern).

• June 24, 2004

  Signed Steve Smyth as a free agent.

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Mark Teahen and Mike Wood to the Kansas City Royals. Received Octavio Dotel from the Houston Astros. In addition, the Kansas City Royals sent Carlos Beltrán to the Houston Astros; and the Houston Astros sent John Buck and cash to the Kansas City Royals.

• July 16, 2004

  Purchased Adam Pettyjohn from the San Francisco Giants.

• August 3, 2004

  Released Eric Karros.

• August 9, 2004

  Released Steve Woodard.

• October 6, 2004

  Selected Tim Harikkala off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.

• October 15, 2004

  Eric Cammack granted Free Agency.

  Ramón Castro granted Free Agency.

  Mike Edwards granted Free Agency.

  Esteban Germán granted Free Agency.

  Wayne Gomes granted Free Agency.

  Graham Koonce granted Free Agency.

  Billy McMillon granted Free Agency.

  Mike Oquist granted Free Agency.

  Adam Pettyjohn granted Free Agency.

  Mike Rivera granted Free Agency.

  Mike Rose granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 2004

  Jermaine Dye granted Free Agency.

  Chris Hammond granted Free Agency.

  Jim Mecir granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 2004

  Damian Miller granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 2004

  Signed Seth Etherton as a free agent.

• November 3, 2004

  Signed Jermaine Clark as a free agent.

• November 5, 2004

  Mark McLemore granted Free Agency.

• November 15, 2004

  Signed Jack Cust as a free agent.

• November 18, 2004

  Signed Jimmy Serrano as a free agent.

• November 22, 2004

  Signed Hiram Bocachica as a free agent.

• November 27, 2004

  Traded Mark Redman, Arthur Rhodes and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Jason Kendall and cash.

• December 13, 2004

  Drafted Tyler Johnson from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2004 rule 5 draft.

• December 16, 2004

  Traded Tim Hudson to the Atlanta Braves. Received Juan Cruz, Dan Meyer and Charles Thomas.

  Traded Nelson Cruz and Justin Lehr to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Keith Ginter.

• December 18, 2004

  Traded Mark Mulder to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Daric Barton, Kiko Calero and Dan Haren.

• January 12, 2005

  Signed Bob Smith as a free agent.

  Signed Keiichi Yabu as a free agent.

• March 22, 2005

  Returned Tyler Johnson (earlier draft pick) to the St. Louis Cardinals.