1981 Philadelphia Phillies Trades and Transactions

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

• November 4, 1980

  Del Unser granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 1980

  Tug McGraw granted Free Agency.

• November 19, 1980

  Traded a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers. Received Sparky Lyle. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Kevin Saucier (November 19, 1980) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• November 25, 1980

  Signed Rick Schu as an amateur free agent.

• December 6, 1980

  Signed Tug McGraw as a free agent.

• December 8, 1980

  George Bell drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

  Orlando Sánchez drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

  Jim Wright drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

• December 22, 1980

  Signed Del Unser as a free agent.

• January 13, 1981

  Drafted Kevin Gross in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• January 15, 1981

  Released Cliff Speck.

• March 1, 1981

  Traded Randy Lerch to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Dick Davis.

• March 23, 1981

  Billy Smith player rights sold to the San Francisco Giants.

• March 25, 1981

  Traded Bob Walk to the Atlanta Braves. Received Gary Matthews.

• March 30, 1981

  Greg Luzinski player rights sold to the Chicago White Sox.

• April 1, 1981

  Traded Jay Loviglio to the Chicago White Sox. Received Mike Proly.

• June 8, 1981

  Drafted Johnny Abrego in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1981.

  Drafted Jim Olander in the 7th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1981.

  Drafted Charles Hudson in the 12th round of the 1981 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1981.

  Drafted Vince Coleman in the 20th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Charlie Kerfeld in the 24th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 15, 1981

  Signed Elliott Maddox as a free agent.

• June 22, 1981

  Signed José Segura as an amateur free agent.

• July 12, 1981

  Signed Mike LaValliere as an amateur free agent.

• August 11, 1981

  Signed Greg Jelks as an amateur free agent.

• August 24, 1981

  Signed Keith Hughes as an amateur free agent.

  Released John Vukovich.

• August 31, 1981

  Released Nino Espinosa.

• October 20, 1981

  Traded Ramón Avilés to the Texas Rangers. Received Dave Rajsich.

• October 30, 1981

  Signed Chris James as an amateur free agent.

  Traded José Castro (minors) to the Chicago White Sox. Received Gary Holle and Dewey Robinson.

• November 13, 1981

  Larry Christenson granted Free Agency.

  Ron Reed granted Free Agency.

• November 20, 1981

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians and Lonnie Smith to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Bo Díaz from the Cleveland Indians. In addition, the St. Louis Cardinals sent Silvio Martínez and Lary Sorensen to the Cleveland Indians. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Scott Munninghoff (December 9, 1981) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• December 6, 1981

  Bob Boone player rights sold to the California Angels.

• December 8, 1981

  Traded Dan Larson, Keith Moreland and Dickie Noles to the Chicago Cubs. Received Mike Krukow and cash.

• January 12, 1982

  Drafted Rich Surhoff in the 20th round of the 1982 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 13, 1982.

• January 20, 1982

  Signed Ron Reed as a free agent.

• January 25, 1982

  Signed Larry Christenson as a free agent.

• January 27, 1982

  Traded Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg to the Chicago Cubs. Received Iván de Jesús.

• January 28, 1982

  Signed Ed Farmer as a free agent.

• February 16, 1982

  Traded Bake McBride to the Cleveland Indians. Received Sid Monge.

• March 26, 1982

  Released Dave Rajsich.

• March 28, 1982

  Traded Steve Dunnegan (minors) to the Houston Astros. Received Dave Roberts.

• March 29, 1982

  Released Don McCormack.

  Released Mike Proly.