2001 San Diego Padres Trades and Transactions

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

• November 3, 2000

  Buddy Carlyle player rights sold to Hanshin Tigers (Japan Central).

• November 5, 2000

  Signed Matt Miller as a free agent.

• November 20, 2000

  Signed Bryan Corey as a free agent.

  Signed Domingo Guzmán as a free agent.

  Signed Keith Luuloa as a free agent.

  Signed Ron Mahay as a free agent.

• November 22, 2000

  Selected Jason Middlebrook off waivers from the New York Mets.

• November 30, 2000

  Signed Charlie Greene as a free agent.

• December 1, 2000

  Signed Scott Karl as a free agent.

  Traded a player to be named later and Brandon Kolb to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received a player to be named later and Santiago Pérez. The San Diego Padres sent Will Cunnane (December 20, 2000) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Chad Green (minors) (December 20, 2000) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• December 7, 2000

  Signed Tony Gwynn as a free agent.

  Signed Ed Sprague as a free agent.

• December 10, 2000

  Signed Ernie Young as a free agent.

• December 11, 2000

  Drafted Donaldo Méndez from the Houston Astros in the 2000 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Jason Pearson from the Cincinnati Reds in the 2000 minor league draft.

  Traded Donne Wall to the New York Mets. Received Bubba Trammell.

• December 13, 2000

  Signed Alex Arias as a free agent.

• December 15, 2000

  Signed Adam Riggs as a free agent.

• December 19, 2000

  Signed Ben Rivera as a free agent.

• December 22, 2000

  Signed Kevin Witt as a free agent.

• January 5, 2001

  Signed Kevin Jarvis as a free agent.

  Signed Dave Magadan as a free agent.

• January 12, 2001

  Released Heathcliff Slocumb.

• January 17, 2001

  Signed Jeremy Powell as a free agent.

• January 24, 2001

  Signed Stan Spencer as a free agent.

• January 29, 2001

  Signed Rick Wilkins as a free agent.

• February 8, 2001

  Signed David Lundquist as a free agent.

• February 15, 2001

  Signed Bobby Jones as a free agent.

• February 25, 2001

  Signed Rudy Seánez as a free agent.

• March 14, 2001

  Released Ben Rivera.

  Released Rubén Rivera.

• March 19, 2001

  Signed Rickey Henderson as a free agent.

• March 24, 2001

  Traded Carlos Almánzar to the New York Yankees. Received David Lee.

• March 26, 2001

  Released Nate Bland.

• March 28, 2001

  Released Greg LaRocca.

  Released Ed Sprague.

  Traded Omar Ortiz (minors), Matt Clement and Eric Owens to the Florida Marlins. Received César Crespo and Mark Kotsay.

• April 11, 2001

  Selected Jimmy Osting off waivers from the Colorado Rockies.

• April 20, 2001

  Kevin Nicholson selected by the Colorado Rockies off waivers.

• April 23, 2001

  Signed Jim Crowell as a free agent.

• May 11, 2001

  Selected José Núñez off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• May 15, 2001

  Released Ron Mahay.

• June 1, 2001

  Released Dave Maurer.

• June 5, 2001

  Drafted Josh Barfield in the 4th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 2001.

  Drafted David Pauley in the 8th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 2001.

  Drafted Jason Bartlett in the 13th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 2001.

  Drafted Drew Macias in the 22nd round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Irving Falu in the 32nd round of the 2001 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 7, 2001

  Jeremy Powell player rights sold to Kintetsu Buffaloes (Japan Pacific).

• June 12, 2001

  Released Ramón Ramírez.

• June 22, 2001

  Released Chris Gomez.

• June 23, 2001

  Traded Jay Witasick to the New York Yankees. Received D'Angelo Jimenez.

• July 2, 2001

  Released Jim Crowell.

• July 10, 2001

  Traded Shawn Garrett (minors) and Shawn Camp to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Emil Brown.

• July 23, 2001

  Signed Chuck McElroy as a free agent.

• July 24, 2001

  Released Charlie Greene.

• July 30, 2001

  Traded Sterling Hitchcock to the New York Yankees. Received Darren Blakely (minors) and Brett Jodie.

• August 2, 2001

  Traded Woody Williams to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Ray Lankford and cash.

• August 31, 2001

  Traded Rudy Seánez to the Atlanta Braves. Received a player to be named later. The Atlanta Braves sent Winston Abreu (September 6, 2001) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• September 21, 2001

  Signed Jon Knott as an amateur free agent.

• October 8, 2001

  Rodney Myers granted Free Agency.

  Adam Riggs granted Free Agency.

• October 11, 2001

  Released Rick Wilkins.

• October 15, 2001

  Emil Brown granted Free Agency.

  Bryan Corey granted Free Agency.

  Rodrigo López granted Free Agency.

  David Lundquist granted Free Agency.

  Julius Matos granted Free Agency.

  Matt Miller granted Free Agency.

  Jimmy Osting granted Free Agency.

  Santiago Pérez granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Witt granted Free Agency.

  Ernie Young granted Free Agency.

• October 16, 2001

  Carlton Loewer granted Free Agency.

• October 18, 2001

  Mike Colangelo granted Free Agency.

• October 22, 2001

  Signed David Lundquist as a free agent.

• November 5, 2001

  Tony Gwynn granted Free Agency.

  Rickey Henderson granted Free Agency.

  Dave Magadan granted Free Agency.

  Chuck McElroy granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 2001

  Signed Brandon Villafuerte as a free agent.

• November 16, 2001

  Released David Lee.

• November 18, 2001

  Signed Dusty Wathan as a free agent.

• November 20, 2001

  Signed Jason Kershner as a free agent.

• November 28, 2001

  Signed Jason Boyd as a free agent.

• December 6, 2001

  Signed Julius Matos as a free agent.

• December 11, 2001

  Traded Alex Arias, Ben Davis and Wascar Serrano to the Seattle Mariners. Received Tom Lampkin, Brett Tomko, Ramón Vázquez and cash.

• December 13, 2001

  Graham Koonce drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2001 rule 5 draft.

• December 18, 2001

  Signed Matt DeWitt as a free agent.

  Traded Kevin Reese to the New York Yankees. Received Bernie Castro.

• December 27, 2001

  Signed Alan Embree as a free agent.

• January 2, 2002

  Signed Matt Walbeck as a free agent.

• January 4, 2002

  Brett Jodie selected by the New York Yankees off waivers.

• January 18, 2002

  Signed Ron Gant as a free agent.

• January 23, 2002

  Signed Steve Reed as a free agent.

• January 30, 2002

  Signed Deivi Cruz as a free agent.

• February 4, 2002

  Signed Brad Clontz as a free agent.

• February 14, 2002

  Signed Kevin Pickford as a free agent.

• February 24, 2002

  Signed Trent Hubbard as a free agent.

• March 8, 2002

  Signed Rodney Myers as a free agent.

• March 16, 2002

  Signed Mark Sweeney as a free agent.

• March 19, 2002

  Traded Winston Abreu to the Chicago Cubs. Received Keto Anderson (minors).

• March 24, 2002

  Traded Dusty Wathan to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Kevin Barker.

  Traded Damian Jackson and Matt Walbeck to the Detroit Tigers. Received Rich Gomez (minors) and Javier Cardona.

• March 26, 2002

  Released Brad Clontz.