Saturday 3/2/1981 :
  Trade with Cincinnati :
   Cincinnati gets :
     P  Jack Morris
     P  Jon Matlack
     P  Cy Acosta
     P  Bill Castro
     RF Juan Beniquez
   We get :
     CF Jeff Burroughs
     P  Jerry Janeski
     P  Ray Newman
     P  Ken Brett
     P  Enrique Romo
 
     Free agent Test Player has been signed to a contract of
     $0 per year, for 0 years.
  Trade with Cincinnati :
   We get :
     C  Paul Ratliff
   Cincinnati gets :
     DH Test Player
 
  Trade with Atlanta :
   Atlanta gets :
     P  Dave Rozema
   We get :
     LF Jeffrey Leonard
     P  Ron Guidry
     2B Rick Sofield
 

 
 Monday 4/1/1981 :
     Free agent Larry Rothschild has been signed to a contract of
     $357,200 per year, for 1 years.
     Free agent Bill Butler has been signed to a contract of
     $2,736,000 per year, for 1 years.

 
 Monday 5/6/1981 :
    Chet Lemon has been signed to a contract extension,
     $2,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
    Gary Roenicke has been signed to a contract extension,
     $2,500,000 per year, for 5 years.
    Larry Rothschild has been signed to a contract extension,
     $750,000 per year, for 3 years.
    Bill Paschall has been signed to a contract extension,
     $1,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
    Ramon Delos santos has been signed to a contract extension,
     $1,750,000 per year, for 3 years.
    Dave Rosello has been signed to a contract extension,
     $625,000 per year, for 5 years.
     Free agent Test Player has been signed to a contract of
     $0 per year, for 0 years.
  Trade with Oakland :
   Oakland gets :
     DH Test Player
   We get :
     P  Jim Palmer
 

 
 Monday 6/3/1981 :
     Free agent Test Player has been signed to a contract of
     $0 per year, for 0 years.
  Trade with Cincinnati :
   Cincinnati gets :
     DH Test Player
   We get :
     P  Bill Castro
     P  Andy Replogle
     RF Jerry Turner
 

 
 Monday 6/10/1981 :
  Trade with Kansas City :
   Kansas City gets :
     RF Jeff Burroughs
   We get :
     3B Tim Wallach
     P  Jerry Augustine
     RF Mitchell Page
 
    Jim Palmer was put on the DL.
    Mitchell Page was promoted from AAA  to the active roster.
  Trade with New York (N) :
   We get :
     P  Larry Andersen
   New York (N) gets :
     RF Mitchell Page
     P  Enrique Romo
     P  Ken Brett
 

 
 Monday 7/29/1981 :
  Trade with San Diego :
   San Diego gets :
     SS Scott Fletcher
   We get :
     C  Jamie Quirk
 

 
 Monday 8/5/1981 :
    Jerry Janeski has been released.
    Jim Palmer has been released.
     Free agent Fergie Jenkins has been signed to a contract of
     $2,553,600 per year, for 1 years.