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| Wednesday, April 8th , 1981 |
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| Cleveland Indians: RP Frank Schuster was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cleveland Indians: RP Stephen Foran was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cleveland Indians: LF Leroy Stanton was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cleveland Indians: CF Bill Sharp was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cleveland Indians: C Luis Camilo was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cleveland Indians: LF Tom Grieve was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cleveland Indians: RP Jim Colborn was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cleveland Indians: RP Santiago Guzman was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cleveland Indians: Placed RP Randy Moffitt on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 04/05/1981. |
| Cleveland Indians: RF Randy Beach was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Mets: RP Chip Lang was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Mets: RP Steve Kline was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Mets: RP Dan McGinn was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Mets: RP Robert Bartlett was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Atlanta Braves: RP Barry Lersch was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Mets: LF Orlando Gonzalez was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Atlanta Braves: RP Nino Espinosa was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Mets: 1B Bruce Miller was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Mets: RP Hal Baird was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| California Angels: RP Donald Kreke was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| California Angels: CF Douglas McCracken was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Oakland Athletics: Placed RP Ernie McAnally on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 04/05/1981. |
| Atlanta Braves: RP Mark Lemongello was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| California Angels: LF Gene Gentile was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Oakland Athletics: RP Danny Frisella was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| California Angels: RP Pete Duncan was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Oakland Athletics: RP Bill Hepler was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Atlanta Braves: RP Sid Monge was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Oakland Athletics: C Bill Fahey was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| San Francisco Giants: RP Ray Bare was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| San Diego Padres: 2B John Kniss was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| San Francisco Giants: RF Warren Cromartie was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| California Angels: RP Al Wihtol was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Yankees: RP Sparky Lyle was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Oakland Athletics: RP Carl Cavanaugh was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Atlanta Braves: RP Jim Officer was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| San Francisco Giants: RP Dan Larson was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Yankees: RP Miguel Fuentes was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Oakland Athletics: RP Bruce MacPherson was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Yankees: C Juan Lebron was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| San Diego Padres: RP Steve Finch was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Atlanta Braves: SS Luis Gomez was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| California Angels: LF Henry Cruz was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Yankees: 1B John Doherty was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| California Angels: 1B Greg Jackson was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| San Francisco Giants: Placed RP Frank Kenyon on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 04/05/1981. |
| San Francisco Giants: C Bill Nahorodny was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Oakland Athletics: RP Bobby Castillo was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Yankees: LF Brock Davis was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Atlanta Braves: C Bill Stearns was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| California Angels: RP Jim Duckworth was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| San Diego Padres: 1B Dan Monzon was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| San Francisco Giants: 1B Jim Holt was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| San Diego Padres: 2B Sergio Ferrer was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Atlanta Braves: LF Ronald McNeely was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| San Diego Padres: 2B Rob Picciolo was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Oakland Athletics: SS Billy Smith was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| San Diego Padres: C Terry Mappin was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Atlanta Braves: 2B Mike Edwards was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Yankees: LF Greg Jemison was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| San Diego Padres: CF Joel Green was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Atlanta Braves: RP Tom Bradley was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Yankees: RP Dick Bosman was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Oakland Athletics: 1B Steve Hovley was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| San Diego Padres: 3B Keith Lieppman was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Atlanta Braves: 3B Tucker Ashford was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Yankees: SS Randall Thomas was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| San Diego Padres: 1B Bob Beall was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Yankees: 3B Phil Mankowski was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Oakland Athletics: CF Harry Saferight was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Yankees: RP Pete Broberg was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Atlanta Braves: RF Steve Wilkins was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| San Diego Padres: RP Steve Shea was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Oakland Athletics: RP Steve Burke was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| San Diego Padres: RP Phil Hennigan was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Yankees: CF Morris Nettles was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Oakland Athletics: LF Tony Muser was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Oakland Athletics: RP Warren Bogle was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| San Diego Padres: RP Ron Keller was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Chicago Cubs: Placed SS Johnnie LeMaster on the restricted list. |
| Texas Rangers: 1B Dave Marshall was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Texas Rangers: RP Gary Beare was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Texas Rangers: RP Bruce Taylor was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Texas Rangers: RF Anthony McLin was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Texas Rangers: RP Alan Foster was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Kansas City Royals: RP Bill Travers was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Kansas City Royals: RP Joe McIntosh was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Kansas City Royals: RP Rick Kavanagh was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Kansas City Royals: RP Kenneth Collins was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Kansas City Royals: RP Ade Kenary was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Kansas City Royals: SS Warren Allen was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Detroit Tigers: RP Sam Hinds was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Kansas City Royals: 3B Eugeniuo Cotes was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Kansas City Royals: CF Stephen Cook was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Chicago Cubs: RP Bob Lacey was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Chicago Cubs: SP Steve Mura was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Kansas City Royals: 3B Rob Sperring was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Minnesota Twins: RP Rich Troedson was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Detroit Tigers: RP Bill Lee was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Minnesota Twins: 3B Frank Vazquez was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Detroit Tigers: RP Butch Metzger was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Kansas City Royals: RP Les Rohr was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Minnesota Twins: RP Wayne Milam was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Detroit Tigers: RP Dave Lemanczyk was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Chicago Cubs: RP Larry Andersen was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Minnesota Twins: LF Dan Thomas was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Detroit Tigers: SS Ivan De Jesus was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Chicago Cubs: RP Fred Cambria was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Minnesota Twins: 1B Pat Bourque was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Detroit Tigers: 3B Kevin Bell was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Chicago Cubs: RP Chuck Hockenbery was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Minnesota Twins: RP Dave Johnson was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Minnesota Twins: LF Roger Freed was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Chicago Cubs: 1B Dave Bergman was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Minnesota Twins: C Larry Eubanks was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Chicago Cubs: CF Sam Mejias was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Minnesota Twins: CF Ernest DiStasi was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Chicago Cubs: RP Sandy Vance was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Minnesota Twins: RP Greg Garrett was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Chicago Cubs: RP John Verhoeven was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Minnesota Twins: RF Gil Flores was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Seattle Mariners: 1B Doug Ault was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Minnesota Twins: 1B Mike Krizmanich was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Seattle Mariners: RP Kip Young was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Minnesota Twins: 1B Gary Holman was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Seattle Mariners: 1B Jim Breazeale was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Minnesota Twins: RP Al Fitzmorris was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Seattle Mariners: RP Gene Pentz was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Seattle Mariners: RP Ken Clay was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Seattle Mariners: CF Butch Harris was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Seattle Mariners: 1B Kenneth Bennett was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Seattle Mariners: LF Steve Greenberg was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Seattle Mariners: RP Tom Murphy was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Philadelphia Phillies: 3B Frank Duffy was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Philadelphia Phillies: RF Wayne Pechek was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Philadelphia Phillies: RF Dell Alston was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Philadelphia Phillies: RP Rob Dressler was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Philadelphia Phillies: RF Vernon Wilkins was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Philadelphia Phillies: 1B Thomas Smith was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Philadelphia Phillies: 3B Martin Serrano was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Boston Red Sox: 2B Doug Flynn was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Boston Red Sox: RP Rawly Eastwick was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Boston Red Sox: RP Stan Thomas was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Boston Red Sox: 1B Tom Hutton was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Los Angeles Dodgers: RP Don Stratton was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Los Angeles Dodgers: RP John Urrea was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Los Angeles Dodgers: RP Vern Geishert was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Los Angeles Dodgers: RP Bill VanBommel was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Los Angeles Dodgers: RP Bob Reynolds was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Los Angeles Dodgers: CF Eric Attaway was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Los Angeles Dodgers: SS Tom Sohns was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Milwaukee Brewers: RP Jim Kremmel was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Milwaukee Brewers: LF Tom Poquette was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Milwaukee Brewers: 1B Ron Dunn was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Toronto Blue Jays: RP Larry Kiser was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Milwaukee Brewers: RP Ronald DeJean was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Houston Astros: RP Everett Meggitt was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Toronto Blue Jays: 3B Calvin Meier was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Milwaukee Brewers: CF Joe Wallis was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Houston Astros: RP Jody Norris was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Milwaukee Brewers: SS Paul Stevens was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Toronto Blue Jays: RP Stephen Broege was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Milwaukee Brewers: LF Bruce Boisclair was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Toronto Blue Jays: RP Tom Dixon was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Houston Astros: CF Gary Rahe was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Milwaukee Brewers: 2B Mick Kelleher was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cincinnati Reds: RP Stan Perzanowski was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Houston Astros: RP Dick Pole was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Toronto Blue Jays: 1B Danny Goodwin was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cincinnati Reds: RP Randy Lerch was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Milwaukee Brewers: RP Hal Haydel was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Houston Astros: 2B Mike Champion was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Houston Astros: RP Frank Riccelli was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cincinnati Reds: RP Ben Grzybek was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Houston Astros: RF John Scott was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cincinnati Reds: RP Dan Neumeier was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Houston Astros: 3B Julio Gonzalez was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cincinnati Reds: CF Jared Martin was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Houston Astros: C Jerry Keller was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cincinnati Reds: RP Clyde Wright was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cincinnati Reds: RP Mike Strahler was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cincinnati Reds: RF Alejandro Rodriguez was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cincinnati Reds: 2B Andres Forbes was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cincinnati Reds: 2B Thomas McClendon was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cincinnati Reds: 3B Luis Gonzalez was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Baltimore Orioles: RP Kevin Kobel was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Baltimore Orioles: RP David Kaster was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Baltimore Orioles: RP Michael Whalin was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Baltimore Orioles: LF Dick Sharon was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Baltimore Orioles: RP Fred Holdsworth was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Baltimore Orioles: RP John Morlan was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| St. Louis Cardinals: RP Larry Dierks was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| St. Louis Cardinals: 3B Gregory Rogers was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| St. Louis Cardinals: C Mike Colbern was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| St. Louis Cardinals: 1B Ray Fosse was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| St. Louis Cardinals: RP Jim Roland was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Chicago White Sox: CF Alfred Nichols was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Chicago White Sox: 1B Lee May was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Chicago White Sox: RF Steve Brye was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Chicago White Sox: RP Bob Myrick was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Chicago White Sox: 2B Leo Foster was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Chicago White Sox: RP Mike Wegener was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Chicago White Sox: LF Paul Herring was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Montreal Expos: 3B Butch Hobson was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Montreal Expos: RP Thomas Tyler was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Montreal Expos: 3B Vic Harris was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Montreal Expos: LF Philip Convertino was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Montreal Expos: 1B Jack Pierce was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Montreal Expos: C George Mitterwald was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Montreal Expos: CF Garry Smith was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Montreal Expos: RP Fernando Arroyo was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Cleveland Indians: Transferred RF Dave Collins to the 60-day IL. |
| Milwaukee Brewers: Transferred C Jamie Quirk to the 60-day IL. |
| Montreal Expos: Transferred LF Dusty Baker to the 60-day IL. |
| Cleveland Indians: Activated RF Dave Collins from the 60-day injured list. |
| Cleveland Indians: Sent RF Dave Collins to Triple A North Platte for injury rehab. |
| Cleveland Indians: 2B Junior Kennedy was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| New York Yankees: SS Fred Stanley was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Seattle Mariners: SS Felipe Zayas was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. |
| Pittsburgh Pirates: SP Eddie Solomon was designated for assignment and placed on waivers. |
| Monday, April 6th , 1981 |
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| Kansas City Royals: Signed free agent SS Bill Russell to a 1-year contract worth a total of $160,000. |
| Sunday, April 5th , 1981 |
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| Oakland Athletics: Placed 2B Rich Dauer on the 15-day injured list. |
| Saturday, April 4th , 1981 |
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| Texas Rangers: Placed SP Dickie Noles on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 04/02/1981. |
| Chicago Cubs: Placed SP Woodie Fryman on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 04/03/1981. |
| Los Angeles Dodgers: Placed SP Don Sutton on the 60-day injured list. |
| Friday, April 3rd , 1981 |
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| Atlanta Braves: Activated RP Barry Lersch from the injured list. |
| Texas Rangers: Placed SP Shane Rawley on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 04/01/1981. |
| Cincinnati Reds: Placed SS Dave Concepcion on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 04/02/1981. |
| Thursday, April 2nd , 1981 |
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| Boston Red Sox: Placed RP Monty Montgomery on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 04/01/1981. |
| Seattle Mariners: Placed RP Mark Littell on the 60-day injured list. |
| Chicago White Sox: Placed RP Mike Burns on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 03/31/1981. |
| Wednesday, April 1st , 1981 |
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| New York Yankees: Placed RP Danny Coombs on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 03/31/1981. |
| Monday, March 30th , 1981 |
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| Cleveland Indians: Placed 1B Pedro Garcia on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 03/29/1981. |
| Sunday, March 29th , 1981 |
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| Montreal Expos: Placed RP Dave Freisleben on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 03/28/1981. |
| Toronto Blue Jays: Placed LF Gary Matthews on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 03/28/1981. |
| Pittsburgh Pirates: Placed LF Reggie Walton on the 15-day injured list. |
| Saturday, March 28th , 1981 |
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| Los Angeles Dodgers: Placed LF Don Baylor on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 03/27/1981. |
| Friday, March 27th , 1981 |
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| Cleveland Indians: Placed RP Doug Rau on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 03/26/1981. |
| Thursday, March 26th , 1981 |
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| San Diego Padres: Placed RP Skip Pitlock on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 03/25/1981. |
| Wednesday, March 25th , 1981 |
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| Cincinnati Reds: Signed free agent SP Luis Tiant to a 1-year contract worth a total of $670,000. |
| Chicago Cubs: Signed free agent C Bob Boone to a 1-year contract worth a total of $228,000. |
| San Diego Padres: Placed CL Tippy Martinez on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 03/24/1981. |
| Baltimore Orioles: Placed RP Al Hrabosky on the 60-day injured list. |
| Tuesday, March 24th , 1981 |
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| New York Yankees: Placed RP Phil Niekro on the 60-day injured list. |
| Minnesota Twins: Placed SP Bill Bonham on the 60-day injured list. |
| Baltimore Orioles: Placed 3B Dan Meyer on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 03/23/1981. |
| Monday, March 23rd , 1981 |
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| California Angels: Placed RP Mike Barlow on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 03/22/1981. |
| Sunday, March 22nd , 1981 |
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| San Francisco Giants: Signed free agent LF Leon Roberts to a 1-year contract worth a total of $168,000. |
| Thursday, March 19th , 1981 |
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| Atlanta Braves: Placed RP Barry Lersch on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 03/18/1981. |
| Oakland Athletics: Placed RP Bo McLaughlin on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 03/18/1981. |
| Wednesday, March 18th , 1981 |
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| Atlanta Braves: Signed free agent SP Bruce Von Hoff to a 1-year contract worth a total of $112,000. |
| Cincinnati Reds: Signed free agent SP Dave Frost to a 1-year contract worth a total of $134,000. |
| Friday, March 13th , 1981 |
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| Cleveland Indians: Placed 3B Hector Cruz on the 15-day injured list. |
| Tuesday, March 3rd , 1981 |
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| Chicago White Sox: SS Orlando Ramirez was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Monday, March 2nd , 1981 |
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| Chicago White Sox: Claimed SS Mario Mendoza off waivers from Boston. |
| Friday, February 27th , 1981 |
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| Boston Red Sox: SS Mario Mendoza was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Monday, February 23rd , 1981 |
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| Cleveland Indians: Placed RP Tom Johnson on the 60-day injured list. |
| Cleveland Indians: Placed RF Dave Collins on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 02/20/1981. |
| Milwaukee Brewers: Placed C Jamie Quirk on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 02/20/1981. |
| Montreal Expos: Placed LF Dusty Baker on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to 02/20/1981. |
| Milwaukee Brewers: Signed free agent CF Jose Ortiz to a 1-year contract worth a total of $850,000. |
| Pittsburgh Pirates: Signed free agent SS Frank Taveras to a 1-year contract worth a total of $180,000. |
| Tuesday, February 17th , 1981 |
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| Detroit Tigers: Signed free agent RP Jim Kern to a 1-year contract worth a total of $580,000. |
| Friday, February 13th , 1981 |
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| New York Yankees: Signed free agent RF Pat Kelly to a 1-year contract worth a total of $770,000. |
| New York Yankees: RP Mark Fidrych was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Wednesday, February 11th , 1981 |
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| New York Yankees: Signed free agent RP Hal Kurtz to a 1-year contract worth a total of $320,000. |
| New York Yankees: RP Aurelio Lopez was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Sunday, February 8th , 1981 |
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| Cincinnati Reds: Signed free agent RP Tony Pierce to a 1-year contract worth a total of $620,000. |
| Friday, February 6th , 1981 |
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| The Montreal Expos traded 32-year old RHP Bill Kouns to the Houston Astros, getting 24-year old 2B Tim Krauss in return. |
| Thursday, February 5th , 1981 |
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| The Detroit Tigers traded 35-year old RF Rick Monday to the Texas Rangers, getting 25-year old minor league RHP Bob Veselic and 24-year old RHP Charlie Lea in return. |
| Wednesday, February 4th , 1981 |
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| St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent RP Ron Law to a 1-year contract worth a total of $126,000. |
| Tuesday, February 3rd , 1981 |
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| Boston Red Sox: Signed free agent SP Ken Forsch to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,300,000. |
| Detroit Tigers: Signed free agent RP Dave Downs to a 1-year contract worth a total of $164,000. |
| Boston Red Sox: RP Ron Diorio was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Monday, February 2nd , 1981 |
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| Milwaukee Brewers: Signed free agent RP Tom Burgmeier to a 1-year contract worth a total of $630,000. |
| Saturday, January 31st , 1981 |
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| Los Angeles Dodgers: Signed free agent RP Jim Ollom to a 1-year contract worth a total of $226,000. |
| Thursday, January 29th , 1981 |
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| Houston Astros: Signed free agent RP Pete Cimino to a 1-year contract worth a total of $302,000. |
| Cincinnati Reds: Signed free agent RP Rusty Gerhardt to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,300,000. |
| Tuesday, January 27th , 1981 |
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| Houston Astros: Signed free agent RP Norm McRae to a 1-year contract worth a total of $334,000. |
| Monday, January 26th , 1981 |
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| San Diego Padres: Signed free agent RF Bobby Murcer to a 4-year contract worth a total of $5,120,000. |
| St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent SP Doyle Alexander to a 2-year contract worth a total of $2,000,000. |
| The Cleveland Indians traded 24-year old RHP Mike LaCoss to the Toronto Blue Jays, getting 30-year old RHP Elias Sosa in return. |
| Saturday, January 24th , 1981 |
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| Cincinnati Reds: Signed free agent CF Jerry Mumphrey to a 4-year contract worth a total of $7,920,000. |
| Friday, January 23rd , 1981 |
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| Texas Rangers: Signed free agent CF Omar Moreno to a 3-year contract worth a total of $3,780,000. |
| Wednesday, January 21st , 1981 |
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| Kansas City Royals: Signed free agent RP Billy Rohr to a 1-year contract worth a total of $342,000. |
| Milwaukee Brewers: Signed free agent LF Bill Buckner to a 2-year contract worth a total of $892,000. |
| St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent SP Dick Drago to a 1-year contract worth a total of $140,000. |
| Kansas City Royals: Signed free agent RP Bill Gogolewski to a 1-year contract worth a total of $158,000. |
| Tuesday, January 20th , 1981 |
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| Cleveland Indians: Signed free agent LF Dave Collins to a 3-year contract worth a total of $1,488,000. |
| Boston Red Sox: RP Paul Carlander was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Monday, January 19th , 1981 |
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| New York Yankees: Signed free agent LF Ben Oglivie to a 6-year contract worth a total of $10,720,000. |
| New York Yankees: RP Bob Dean was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Sunday, January 18th , 1981 |
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| The Atlanta Braves traded 23-year old minor league SS Onix Concepcion and 23-year old RHP Mike Sullivan to the St. Louis Cardinals, getting 32-year old RHP Doc Medich (retaining 25%) in return. |
| Saturday, January 17th , 1981 |
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| Texas Rangers: Signed free agent SP Bill Zepp to a 1-year contract worth a total of $120,000. |
| The Texas Rangers traded 23-year old RHP Jim Baker to the Detroit Tigers, getting 36-year old 3B Graig Nettles and 23-year old RF Kirk Gibson in return. |
| Friday, January 16th , 1981 |
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| Detroit Tigers: Signed free agent C Carlton Fisk to a 5-year contract worth a total of $10,920,000. |
| Wednesday, January 14th , 1981 |
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| Cincinnati Reds: Signed free agent 1B Dan Driessen to a 3-year contract worth a total of $2,430,000. |
| Chicago White Sox: SS Julio Valdez was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Tuesday, January 13th , 1981 |
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| Baltimore Orioles: Signed free agent RP Bill Castro to a 1-year contract worth a total of $124,000. |
| Monday, January 12th , 1981 |
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| Chicago White Sox: SS Gary Weiss was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Sunday, January 11th , 1981 |
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| The California Angels traded 33-year old 3B Elliott Maddox and 22-year old minor league LF R.J. Reynolds to the Baltimore Orioles, getting 23-year old minor league C Wes Clements in return. |
| Saturday, January 10th , 1981 |
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| Kansas City Royals: Signed free agent RP Bill Campbell to a 1-year contract worth a total of $404,000. |
| Friday, January 9th , 1981 |
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| Chicago Cubs: Signed free agent RP Masanori Murakami to a 1-year contract worth a total of $290,000. |
| Seattle Mariners: Signed free agent RP Bill Champion to a 1-year contract worth a total of $134,000. |
| Seattle Mariners: RP Mike Chris was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Seattle Mariners: RP Byron McLaughlin was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster. |
| Thursday, January 8th , 1981 |
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| Oakland Athletics: Signed free agent RP Joe Bonikowski to a 1-year contract worth a total of $132,000. |
| Wednesday, January 7th , 1981 |
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| Oakland Athletics: Signed free agent RP Ron Cook to a 1-year contract worth a total of $130,000. |
| Philadelphia Phillies: Signed free agent C Joe Ferguson to a 1-year contract worth a total of $980,000. |
| Atlanta Braves: Signed free agent SP Jim Willoughby to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,160,000. |
| Tuesday, January 6th , 1981 |
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| Oakland Athletics: Signed free agent 1B John Mayberry Sr. to a 4-year contract worth a total of $6,480,000. |
| Philadelphia Phillies: Signed free agent SP Geoff Zahn to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,180,000. |
| Montreal Expos: Signed free agent RF Jerry Turner to a 1-year contract worth a total of $860,000. |
| Monday, January 5th , 1981 |
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| San Francisco Giants: Signed free agent 3B Darrell Evans to a 4-year contract worth a total of $5,360,000. |
| Minnesota Twins: Signed free agent RF Johnny Grubb to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,048,000. |
| Sunday, January 4th , 1981 |
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| Toronto Blue Jays: Signed free agent SP Tom Underwood to a 3-year contract worth a total of $2,190,000. |
| Saturday, January 3rd , 1981 |
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| The Cincinnati Reds traded 29-year old RHP Mardie Cornejo and 22-year old SS Rafael Ramirez to the Minnesota Twins, getting 24-year old LHP Charlie Leibrandt in return. |
| Friday, January 2nd , 1981 |
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| The Boston Red Sox traded 19-year old minor league RHP Mitchell Johnson and 24-year old minor league RHP Fred Howard to the Texas Rangers, getting 30-year old 2B Manny Trillo in return. |
| Thursday, January 1st , 1981 |
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| Chicago Cubs: Signed free agent RP Mark Ballinger to a 1-year contract worth a total of $126,000. |
| Los Angeles Dodgers: Signed free agent RP Terry Forster to a 1-year contract worth a total of $130,000. |
