1981 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions

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

• November 5, 1980

  Steve Braun granted Free Agency.

• December 8, 1980

  Drafted George Bell from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Dan Whitmer from the California Angels in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

• December 12, 1980

  Traded Bob Bailor to the New York Mets. Received Roy Lee Jackson.

• December 17, 1980

  Released Bob Davis.

• January 15, 1981

  Purchased Ken Macha from the Montreal Expos.

• January 20, 1981

  Signed Dale Murray as a free agent.

• February 3, 1981

  Signed Bruce Boisclair as a free agent.

  Signed Leroy Stanton as a free agent.

  Signed Oswaldo Peraza as an amateur free agent.

• February 6, 1981

  Traded Don Pisker (minors) to the California Angels. Received Gil Kubski.

• February 17, 1981

  Signed Dave Tomlin as a free agent.

• March 2, 1981

  Signed John Montague as a free agent.

• April 6, 1981

  Released John Montague.

  Released Leroy Stanton.

  Traded a player to be named later and cash to the New York Mets. Received Mark Bomback. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Charlie Puleo (April 14, 1981) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• May 10, 1981

  Traded Gil Kubski to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Buck Martinez.

• June 8, 1981

  Drafted Matt Williams in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Sharperson in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted John Cerutti in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1981 amateur draft.

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

  Drafted Stan Clarke in the 6th round of the 1981 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeff Kaiser in the 7th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Alan Cockrell in the 8th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 10, 1981

  Rick Bosetti player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

• June 15, 1981

  Signed Luis Aquino as an amateur free agent.

• August 8, 1981

  Purchased Juan Berenguer from the Kansas City Royals.

• September 9, 1981

  Signed Ted Cox as a free agent.

• September 10, 1981

  Signed Nino Espinosa as a free agent.

• October 31, 1981

  Signed José Mesa as an amateur free agent.

• November 13, 1981

  Buck Martinez granted Free Agency.

• November 17, 1981

  Traded a player to be named later to the New York Yankees. Received Aurelio Rodríguez. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Mike Lebo (minors) (December 9, 1981) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• November 27, 1981

  Released Danny Ainge.

• December 6, 1981

  Signed Buck Martinez as a free agent.

• December 7, 1981

  Drafted Jim Gott from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1981 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Tony Johnson from the Montreal Expos in the 1981 rule 5 draft.

  Domingo Ramos drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1981 rule 5 draft.

• December 8, 1981

  Drafted Gibson Alba from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1981 minor league draft.

  Signed Alexis Infante as an amateur free agent.

• December 28, 1981

  Traded Paul Mirabella to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later. The Chicago Cubs sent Dave Geisel (March 25, 1982) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.

  Traded a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins. Received Hosken Powell. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Greg Wells (January 18, 1982) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• January 12, 1982

  Drafted Ken Jackson in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 28, 1982

  Released Steve Baker.

• March 25, 1982

  Signed Glenn Adams as a free agent.

  Traded Phil Huffman to the Kansas City Royals. Received Rance Mulliniks.

• March 28, 1982

  Released Juan Berenguer.

  Released Ted Cox.

  Released Nino Espinosa.