Thursday 2/7/1981 :
  Trade with Oakland :
   Oakland gets :
     RF Greg Harts
     P  Craig Swan
     P  Pete Falcone
   We get :
     P  Vida Blue
     LF Jim Lyttle
     P  Barry Cort
 

 
 Monday 4/29/1981 :
    Vida Blue has been signed to a contract extension,
     $8,000,000 per year, for 7 years.
    Rowland Office has been signed to a contract extension,
     $3,500,000 per year, for 6 years.

 
 Monday 4/29/1981 :
    Vida Blue has been signed to a contract extension,
     $8,000,000 per year, for 7 years.
    Rowland Office has been signed to a contract extension,
     $3,500,000 per year, for 6 years.
    U.l. Washington has been signed to a contract extension,
     $2,500,000 per year, for 5 years.
    Clint Compton has been released.
    Bruce Ellingsen has been released.
    Bill Travers has been released.
    Ken Frailing has been released.
  Trade with Cincinnati :
   We get :
     P  Cy Acosta
   Cincinnati gets :
     P  Jim Roland
 
    Cy Acosta was promoted from AAA  to the active roster.

 
 Monday 5/27/1981 :
    Lary Sorensen has been signed to a contract extension,
     $4,500,000 per year, for 5 years.

 
 Sunday 10/6/1981 :
    Paul Hartzell was promoted from AAA  to the active roster.