Thursday 2/7/1981 :
     Free agent CF Roy White has been signed to a contract of
     $2,000,000 per year, for 1 years.

 
 Monday 2/11/1981 :
     Free agent CF Luis Melendez has been signed to a contract of
     $920,000 per year, for 2 years.

 
 Thursday 2/14/1981 :
     Free agent P  Mark Ballinger has been signed to a contract of
     $3,200,000 per year, for 3 years.

 
 Saturday 3/2/1981 :
  Trade with Detroit :
   We get :
     DH Test Player
   Detroit gets :
     P  Frank Tanana
 
    Test Player has been released.
  Trade with Cincinnati :
   We get :
     P  Rick Reuschel
     LF Mitchell Page
     P  Kent Tekulve
   Cincinnati gets :
     RF Harold Baines
     P  Dennis Lamp
     RF Jerry Turner
 
  Trade with New York (A) :
   We get :
     P  Dave Rozema
   New York (A) gets :
     LF Jeffrey Leonard
     P  Ron Guidry
     2B Rick Sofield
 
     Free agent Ken Holtzman has been signed to a contract of
     $2,280,000 per year, for 1 years.
     Free agent Tom Tischinski has been signed to a contract of
     $212,800 per year, for 1 years.
  Trade with Houston :
   We get :
     P  Joe Beckwith
     2B John Castino
   Houston gets :
     LF Mickey Rivers
 
  Trade with Baltimore :
   We get :
     C  Dale Murphy
   Baltimore gets :
     C  Rick Cerone
     P  Floyd Bannister
 
    Tom Brunansky was sent down from the active roster to AAA Gander Gannets.
    Dale Murphy was promoted from AAA Gander Gannets to the active roster.
    Hector Cruz was sent down from the active roster to AAA Gander Gannets.
    Tom Brunansky was promoted from AAA Gander Gannets to the active roster.
    Dennis Martinez has been signed to a contract extension,
     $12,500,000 per year, for 6 years.
    Eddie Murray has been signed to a contract extension,
     $5,500,000 per year, for 6 years.
  Trade with Kansas City :
   Kansas City gets :
     1B Eddie Murray
     CF Mitchell Page
   We get :
     1B Kent Hrbek
     RF Rich Coggins
 

 
 Monday 6/24/1981 :
  Trade with Philadelphia :
   We get :
     3B Jim Gantner
     C  Steve Nicosia
   Philadelphia gets :
     2B Glenn Hubbard
     RF Mike Marshall
 
    Jim Shellenback has been released.
    Al Bumbry has been released.
    Steve Luebber has been released.