Saturday 2/2/1981 :
     Free agent P  Sparky Lyle has been signed to a contract of
     $700,000 per year, for 3 years.

 
 Sunday 2/3/1981 :
     Free agent P  Danny Frisella has been signed to a contract of
     $5,000,000 per year, for 2 years.

 
 Friday 2/8/1981 :
     Free agent P  Dave Hamilton has been signed to a contract of
     $13,500,000 per year, for 4 years.

 
 Thursday 2/14/1981 :
     Free agent SS Bruce Christensen has been signed to a contract of
     $750,000 per year, for 2 years.

 
 Wednesday 2/20/1981 :
     Free agent P  Burt Hooton has been signed to a contract of
     $650,000 per year, for 2 years.

 
 Monday 4/22/1981 :
     Free agent Manny Sanguillen has been signed to a contract of
     $319,200 per year, for 1 years.

 
 Monday 5/20/1981 :
     Free agent Mike Ivie has been signed to a contract of
     $380,000 per year, for 1 years.
     Free agent Don Baylor has been signed to a contract of
     $684,000 per year, for 1 years.

 
 Monday 5/27/1981 :
  Trade with Atlanta :
   We get :
     1B Eddie Murray
     CF Mitchell Page
   Atlanta gets :
     1B Kent Hrbek
     RF Rich Coggins
 
    Eddie Murray was promoted from AAA  to the active roster.
    Mitchell Page was promoted from AAA  to the active roster.
  Trade with New York (A) :
   We get :
     RF Jeff Burroughs
   New York (A) gets :
     3B Tim Wallach
     P  Jerry Augustine
     RF Mitchell Page
 
    Jeff Burroughs was promoted from AAA  to the active roster.

 
 Monday 6/24/1981 :
    Thurman Munson has been signed to a contract extension,
     $2,250,000 per year, for 2 years.

 
 Monday 7/15/1981 :
    Frank Snook has been signed to a contract extension,
     $3,790,000 per year, for 3 years.