1981 San Francisco Giants Trades and Transactions

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

• December 8, 1980

  Drafted George Bjorkman from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Chris Bourjos and Bob Knepper to the Houston Astros. Received Enos Cabell.

• December 9, 1980

  DeWayne Buice selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 1980 minor league draft.

  Bob Kearney selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 1980 minor league draft.

• December 12, 1980

  Traded Craig Landis (minors) and John Montefusco to the Atlanta Braves. Received Doyle Alexander.

  Traded Phil Nastu and Joe Strain to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later, Jesús Figueroa and Jerry Martin. The Chicago Cubs sent Mike Turgeon (minors) (August 11, 1981) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

• December 24, 1980

  Signed Mike Sadek as a free agent.

• February 9, 1981

  Signed Joe Morgan as a free agent.

• March 4, 1981

  Terry Whitfield player rights sold to Seibu Lions (Japan Pacific).

• March 23, 1981

  Purchased Billy Smith from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• March 27, 1981

  Released Nate Snell.

• March 31, 1981

  Released Gorman Heimueller.

• April 7, 1981

  Returned George Bjorkman (earlier draft pick) to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• April 20, 1981

  Traded Mike Ivie to the Houston Astros. Received Dave Bergman and Jeffrey Leonard.

• May 17, 1981

  Signed Phil Ouellette as an amateur free agent.

• June 8, 1981

  Drafted Mark Grant in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft.

  Drafted Kelvin Torve in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dave Leiper in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Matt Nokes in the 20th round of the 1981 amateur draft.

• June 15, 1981

  Signed Dave Roberts as a free agent.

• August 3, 1981

  Released Mike Sadek.

• August 4, 1981

  Released Randy Moffitt.

  Released Bill North.

• November 14, 1981

  Traded Ed Whitson to the Cleveland Indians. Received Duane Kuiper.

• December 7, 1981

  Rich Murray drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1981 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Allen Ripley to the Chicago Cubs. Received Doug Capilla.

• December 9, 1981

  Traded Larry Herndon to the Detroit Tigers. Received Mike Chris and Dan Schatzeder.

• December 11, 1981

  Traded Tom Griffin to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Doe Boyland.

  Traded Jerry Martin to the Kansas City Royals. Received Rich Gale and Bill Laskey.

• January 12, 1982

  Drafted Joel McKeon in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 16, 1982

  Signed Ron Pruitt as a free agent.

• February 18, 1982

  Traded Dennis Littlejohn to the Kansas City Royals. Received Jeff Cornell.

• February 27, 1982

  Signed Reggie Smith as a free agent.

• March 4, 1982

  Traded Enos Cabell and cash to the Detroit Tigers. Received Champ Summers.

• March 29, 1982

  Released Doug Capilla.

• March 30, 1982

  Traded Vida Blue and Bob Tufts to the Kansas City Royals. Received Craig Chamberlain, Atlee Hammaker, Renie Martin and Brad Wellman.

  Traded Doyle Alexander to the New York Yankees. Received Andy McGaffigan and Ted Wilborn.