1991 Pittsburgh Pirates Trades and Transactions

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

• November 5, 1990

  Wally Backman granted Free Agency.

  Doug Bair granted Free Agency.

  Rafael Belliard granted Free Agency.

  Sid Bream granted Free Agency.

  Ted Power granted Free Agency.

  Gary Redus granted Free Agency.

  Jerry Reuss granted Free Agency.

  R.J. Reynolds granted Free Agency.

  Don Slaught granted Free Agency.

  Zane Smith granted Free Agency.

• November 20, 1990

  Signed Kevin Blankenship as a free agent.

• December 6, 1990

  Signed Zane Smith as a free agent.

• December 10, 1990

  Signed Gary Redus as a free agent.

• December 19, 1990

  Signed Don Slaught as a free agent.

• December 20, 1990

  Dann Bilardello granted Free Agency.

  Selected Rosario Rodríguez off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

• December 21, 1990

  Signed Steve Fireovid as a free agent.

• December 22, 1990

  Signed Joe Redfield as a free agent.

• January 9, 1991

  Signed Curt Wilkerson as a free agent.

• January 10, 1991

  Signed Eddie Zambrano as a free agent.

• January 25, 1991

  Signed Jeff Schulz as a free agent.

• January 28, 1991

  Signed Greg Tubbs as a free agent.

• February 4, 1991

  Signed Mark Huismann as a free agent.

• February 11, 1991

  Signed Cecil Espy as a free agent.

• March 21, 1991

  Signed Esteban Loaiza as an amateur free agent.

  Traded Tommy Shields to the Baltimore Orioles. Received a player to be named later. The Baltimore Orioles sent Tony Beasley (minors) (September 5, 1991) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• March 29, 1991

  Traded Steve Carter to the Chicago Cubs. Received Gary Varsho.

• April 5, 1991

  Traded Greg Sims (minors) to the Minnesota Twins. Received Joey Meyer.

• May 3, 1991

  Traded Carmelo Martínez to the Kansas City Royals. Received Victor Cole.

• May 16, 1991

  Traded Mike York to the Cleveland Indians. Received Mitch Webster.

• May 29, 1991

  Signed Ramón Morel as an amateur free agent.

• June 3, 1991

  Drafted Matt Ruebel in the 3rd round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 1991.

  Drafted Tony Womack in the 7th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1991.

  Drafted Marc Pisciotta in the 19th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 1991.

  Drafted Dustin Hermanson in the 39th round of the 1991 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 11, 1991

  Released Mark Huismann.

• June 29, 1991

  Signed Jason Christiansen as an amateur free agent.

• July 3, 1991

  Traded Mitch Webster to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Jose Gonzalez.

• August 1, 1991

  Signed John Moses as a free agent.

• August 2, 1991

  Traded Lynn Carlson (minors) to the San Diego Padres. Received Brian Dorsett.

• August 5, 1991

  Released John Moses.

• August 15, 1991

  Jose Gonzalez selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

• August 30, 1991

  Traded a player to be named later and Kurt Miller to the Texas Rangers. Received Steve Buechele. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Héctor Fajardo (September 6, 1991) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• October 15, 1991

  Brian Dorsett granted Free Agency.

  Steve Fireovid granted Free Agency.

  Greg Tubbs granted Free Agency.

  Eddie Zambrano granted Free Agency.

• October 16, 1991

  Joe Redfield granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Schulz granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 1991

  Bobby Bonilla granted Free Agency.

  Steve Buechele granted Free Agency.

  Bob Kipper granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 1991

  Mike LaValliere granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 1991

  Bob Walk granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 1991

  Curt Wilkerson granted Free Agency.

• November 11, 1991

  Signed Al Martin as a free agent.

• November 13, 1991

  Signed Greg Tubbs as a free agent.

  Signed Eddie Zambrano as a free agent.

• November 19, 1991

  Selected Terry McDaniel off waivers from the New York Mets.

• December 9, 1991

  Drafted Miguel Batista from the Montreal Expos in the 1991 rule 5 draft.

  Signed Brian Fisher as a free agent.

• December 12, 1991

  Signed Steve Buechele as a free agent.

• December 31, 1991

  Signed Bob Walk as a free agent.

• January 3, 1992

  Signed Mike LaValliere as a free agent.

• January 7, 1992

  Signed José Tolentino as a free agent.

• January 22, 1992

  Signed Mike Dalton as a free agent.

  Signed Brian Dorsett as a free agent.

  Signed Mark Petkovsek as a free agent.

  Signed Joe Redfield as a free agent.

• January 29, 1992

  Signed Dave Clark as a free agent.

• February 12, 1992

  Signed Wiki González as an amateur free agent.

• March 10, 1992

  Traded Neal Heaton to the Kansas City Royals. Received Kirk Gibson.

• March 11, 1992

  Signed Dennis Lamp as a free agent.

• March 17, 1992

  Traded John Smiley to the Minnesota Twins. Received Midre Cummings and Denny Neagle.

• March 19, 1992

  Released Bill Landrum.