The Transactions for the 1983 Oakland Athletics (original) (raw)
The Transactions for the 1983 Oakland Athletics
January 11, 1983
Amateur Free-Agent Draft
7th round Jerry Goff (did not sign) 8th round Steve Howard
January 17, 1983
Sold Brian Kingman to Boston Red Sox.
January 18, 1983
Bill Almon signed as a free agent.
January 25, 1983
Rich Wortham signed as a free agent.
February 2, 1983
Rick Peters signed as a free agent.
February 14, 1983
Thad Bosley signed as a free agent.
March 25, 1983
Returned German Rivera to Los Angeles Dodgers.
March 28, 1983
Sold Keith Comstock to Detroit Tigers.
Bob Owchinko released.
Al Woods released.
March 30, 1983
Sold Thad Bosley to Chicago Cubs.
June 6, 1983
Amateur Free-Agent Draft
6th round John Leister (did not sign) 7th round Jose Tolentino 9th round Terry Steinbach (signed June 11, 1983) 10th round Brian Dorsett 11th round Greg Cadaret (signed June 11, 1983) 23rd round Gary Wayne (did not sign) 1st round (7th pick) secondary phase Rob Nelson 3rd round secondary phase Luis Medina (did not sign)
June 15, 1983
Jimmy Sexton released.
Traded Matt Keough to New York Yankees in exchange for Ben Callahan, Marshall Brant and cash.
July 6, 1983
Traded Jerry King to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Mark Smith.
July 22, 1983
Traded Kelvin Moore to New York Mets in exchange for Scott Dye.
August 23, 1983
Ed Farmer signed as a free agent.
September 2, 1983
Traded Steve Baker to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for 2 players to be named later; Oakland Athletics received Tom Dozier and Jim Strichek (September 16, 1983).
October 15, 1983
Granted Free Agency
October 28, 1983
Joe Rudi released.
November 7, 1983
Granted Free Agency
November 14, 1983
Bruce Bochte signed as a free agent.
November 21, 1983
Traded Dave Beard and Bob Kearney to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Bill Caudill and Darrel Akerfelds.
November 26, 1983
Les Straker signed as a free agent.
December 2, 1983
Marshall Brant released.
December 5, 1983
Major League Draft
Selected Jeff Bettendorf from New York Mets.
December 6, 1983
Traded Luis Quinones to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Jim Essian.
December 7, 1983
Traded Rusty McNealy and cash to Montreal Expos in exchange for Ray Burris.
December 8, 1983
Traded Wayne Gross to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Tim Stoddard.
December 13, 1983
Joe Morgan signed as a free agent.