1983 Philadelphia Phillies Trades and Transactions

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

• November 4, 1982

  Released Stan Bahnsen.

  Released Willie Montañez.

• November 10, 1982

  Bill Robinson granted Free Agency.

• November 20, 1982

  Signed Tom Magrann as an amateur free agent.

• December 9, 1982

  Purchased Larry Milbourne from the Cleveland Indians.

  Traded Jay Baller, Julio Franco, Manny Trillo, George Vukovich and Jerry Willard to the Cleveland Indians. Received Von Hayes.

• December 14, 1982

  Traded C.L. Penigar (minors), Mark Davis and Mike Krukow to the San Francisco Giants. Received Al Holland and Joe Morgan.

• January 7, 1983

  Released Ed Hearn.

  Released Rich Wortham.

• January 13, 1983

  Released Rowland Office.

• January 31, 1983

  Signed Tony Pérez as a free agent.

  Signed Bill Robinson as a free agent.

• March 1, 1983

  Signed Kiko Garcia as a free agent.

• April 7, 1983

  Traded Raymond Borucki (minors) to the Detroit Tigers. Received Eddie Miller.

• April 26, 1983

  Signed Ron Pruitt as a free agent.

• May 17, 1983

  Released Dave Roberts.

• May 22, 1983

  Traded Bill Johnson and Dick Ruthven to the Chicago Cubs. Received Willie Hernández.

  Traded Sid Monge to the San Diego Padres. Received Joe Lefebvre.

• June 6, 1983

  Released Bob Molinaro.

  Drafted Ricky Jordan in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 1983.

  Drafted Mike Henneman in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

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

  Drafted Kevin Ward in the 6th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1983.

  Drafted Jeff Bronkey in the 8th round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Kevin Campbell in the 13th round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Tom Newell in the 24th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1983.

  Drafted Mike Jackson in the 29th round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 9, 1983

  Released Bill Robinson.

• June 17, 1983

  Traded Kelly Faulk (minors) and Jim Rasmussen (minors) to the New York Yankees. Received Dave Wehrmeister.

• June 22, 1983

  Signed Steve Comer as a free agent.

• July 16, 1983

  Larry Milbourne player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• July 29, 1983

  Purchased Larry Andersen from the Seattle Mariners.

• August 11, 1983

  Signed Jerry Turner as a free agent.

• August 12, 1983

  Purchased Paul Mirabella from the Baltimore Orioles.

• August 13, 1983

  Released Ed Farmer.

• August 31, 1983

  Traded players to be named later to the San Diego Padres. Received a player to be named later and Sixto Lezcano. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Marty Decker (September 20, 1983), Ed Wojna (September 20, 1983), Darren Burroughs (minors) (September 20, 1983) and Lance McCullers (September 20, 1983) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade. The San Diego Padres sent Steve Fireovid (October 11, 1983) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

• September 19, 1983

  Released Johnny Paredes.

• October 19, 1983

  Released Pete Rose.

• October 20, 1983

  Paul Mirabella granted Free Agency.

  Dave Wehrmeister granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 1983

  Released Joe Morgan.

• November 3, 1983

  Released Larry Christenson.

• December 5, 1983

  Johnny Abrego drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1983 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Jay Tibbs from the New York Mets in the 1983 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Ron Reed to the Chicago White Sox. Received a player to be named later. The Chicago White Sox sent Jerry Koosman (February 15, 1984) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

• December 6, 1983

  José Segura selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1983 minor league draft.

  Tony Pérez player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

• December 21, 1983

  Steve Comer granted Free Agency.

• January 17, 1984

  Drafted Mike Jackson in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed April 27, 1984.

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

• January 30, 1984

  Signed Butch Benton as a free agent.

• February 10, 1984

  Released Eddie Miller.

• March 24, 1984

  Traded Alejandro Sánchez to the San Francisco Giants. Received Dave Bergman.

  Traded Dave Bergman and Willie Hernández to the Detroit Tigers. Received Glenn Wilson and John Wockenfuss.

• March 27, 1984

  Traded Porfi Altamirano, Bob Dernier and Gary Matthews to the Chicago Cubs. Received Bill Campbell and Mike Diaz.

• March 29, 1984

  Returned Jay Tibbs (earlier draft pick) to the New York Mets.