Major Transactions

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Friday, September 29th, 1961

Activated 2B Edgardo Santos from the disabled list.

Wednesday, September 20th, 1961

Recalled SS Marvin Murray from Triple A Brantford.

Wednesday, September 13th, 1961

Placed RF Lorenzo Núñez on waivers.

Monday, September 11th, 1961

Placed RF Lorenzo Núñez on waivers.

Saturday, September 9th, 1961

Activated 3B George O'Eric from the disabled list.

Thursday, September 7th, 1961

Placed RF Lorenzo Núñez on waivers.

Friday, September 1st, 1961

Placed 2B Edgardo Santos on the 13-day disabled list.

Purchased the contract of 3B Russ Schaefer from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled C Miguel Ortíz from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled C Gary Oglethorpe from Double A Harlingen.

Recalled RF Kelly Harris from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled C Roberto Lugo from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled 2B Javier Ríos from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled SP Bill Brown from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled MR Juan Polanco from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled SS Lieh Ching from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled MR Alfonso Navarro from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled CL Augusto López from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled MR Don Bugden from Triple A Brantford.

Sunday, August 27th, 1961

Placed 3B George O'Eric on the 13-day disabled list.

Purchased the contract of SS Jared Yates from Double A Harlingen.

Tuesday, August 15th, 1961

Assigned CF Ángel Martínez to Triple A Brantford.

CF Ángel Martínez was claimed off waivers by St. Louis.

Sunday, August 13th, 1961

Signed James MacDonald to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $52,000.

Saturday, August 12th, 1961

Signed Luis Cervantes to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $18,400.

Thursday, August 10th, 1961

Activated C William Reed from the disabled list.

Recalled 1B Manny Soto from Triple A Brantford.

CF Ángel Martínez was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

Optioned C Gary Oglethorpe to Triple A Brantford.

Signed Luis Morales to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $24,500.

Tuesday, August 8th, 1961

Activated 1B Ralph Baxter from the disabled list.

Optioned 1B Manny Soto to Triple A Brantford.

Monday, August 7th, 1961

Signed Glen McRae to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $7,000.

Wednesday, August 2nd, 1961

Optioned MR Augusto López to Triple A Brantford.

Assigned MR Brody Norman to Triple A Brantford.

Activated MR Won-joon Yi from the disabled list.

Optioned MR Juan Polanco to Triple A Brantford.

Tuesday, August 1st, 1961

Assigned 3B Mark Rankin to Triple A Brantford.

MR Jessie Byer was claimed off waivers from Chicago.

RF Ed Couch was claimed off waivers by Cincinnati.

Friday, July 28th, 1961

Activated MR Charlie Kemp from the 60-day disabled list.

Placed C William Reed on the 13-day disabled list.

Purchased the contract of C Gary Oglethorpe from Double A Harlingen.

Purchased the contract of CF Ángel Martínez from Triple A Brantford.

MR Brody Norman was designated for assignment and placed on waivers (from active).

Optioned 3B Marvin Murray to Triple A Brantford.

Signed Francisco Gonzáles to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $24,400.

Thursday, July 27th, 1961

Recalled RF Matthew Watson from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled SS Marvin Murray from Triple A Brantford.

RF Ed Couch was designated for assignment and placed on waivers (from active).

3B Mark Rankin was designated for assignment and placed on waivers (from active).

Wednesday, July 26th, 1961

Activated CF Cecil MacNeill from the disabled list.

Optioned CF Matthew Watson to Triple A Brantford.

Saturday, July 22nd, 1961

Assigned MR Chris Bergeron to Triple A Brantford.

MR Chris Bergeron was claimed off waivers by Chicago.

Monday, July 17th, 1961

Placed 1B Ralph Baxter on the 13-day disabled list.

Purchased the contract of 3B Mark Rankin from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled RF Matthew Watson from Triple A Brantford.

MR Chris Bergeron was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

Traded 34-year-old center fielder Bobby Martin to the Detroit Bears, getting 34-year-old minor league reliever Bill Pierce in return.

Saturday, July 8th, 1961

Placed MR Won-joon Yi on the 13-day disabled list.

Purchased the contract of MR Chris Bergeron from Triple A Brantford.

Wednesday, July 5th, 1961

Purchased the contract of RF Ed Couch from Triple A Brantford.

Optioned RF Matthew Watson to Triple A Brantford.

Sunday, July 2nd, 1961

Placed CF Cecil MacNeill on the 13-day disabled list.

Recalled RF Matthew Watson from Triple A Brantford.

Friday, June 23rd, 1961

Activated C Shawn Daniel from the disabled list.

Optioned C Miguel Ortíz to Triple A Brantford.

Signed Manol Chanley to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $5,800.

Tuesday, June 20th, 1961

Placed SP William Taylor on the 60-day disabled list.

Recalled CL Augusto López from Triple A Brantford.

Friday, June 16th, 1961

Recalled 1B Manny Soto from Triple A Brantford.

Demoted 1B Jing-bo Yang to Triple A Brantford.

Recalled 1B Jing-bo Yang from Triple A Brantford.

Optioned MR Alfonso Navarro to Triple A Brantford.

Traded 27-year-old first baseman Bob Bell and 20-year-old minor league starting pitcher Bill Yarbrough to the Boston Colonials, getting 33-year-old minor league reliever Juan Polanco in return.

Friday, June 9th, 1961

Purchased the contract of 1B Jing-bo Yang from Triple A Brantford.

Optioned MR Don Bugden to Triple A Brantford.

Traded 30-year-old third baseman Ryan Hood and 20-year-old minor league first baseman Walt Curtis to the Cincinnati Rivermen, getting 37-year-old minor league reliever Brody Norman and 24-year-old minor league left fielder Iván Sánchez in return.

Monday, May 29th, 1961

Activated MR Don Bugden from the 60-day disabled list.

Optioned MR Augusto López to Triple A Brantford.

Tuesday, May 23rd, 1961

Assigned 1B Jing-bo Yang to Triple A Brantford.

Sunday, May 21st, 1961

Placed C Shawn Daniel on the 13-day disabled list.

Recalled C Miguel Ortíz from Triple A Brantford.

Optioned 1B Manny Soto to Triple A Brantford.

Thursday, May 18th, 1961

Purchased the contract of 1B Manny Soto from Triple A Brantford.

1B Jing-bo Yang was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

Assigned RF Ed Couch to Triple A Brantford.

Tuesday, May 16th, 1961

Activated 1B Ralph Baxter from the disabled list.

SS George O'Eric was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

Saturday, May 13th, 1961

Activated RF Bobby Martin from the disabled list.

RF Ed Couch was designated for assignment and placed on waivers (from active).

Saturday, May 6th, 1961

Assigned MR Roy Schmidt to Triple A Brantford.

Monday, May 1st, 1961

Purchased the contract of SP Steven Embling from Triple A Brantford.

MR Roy Schmidt was designated for assignment and placed on waivers (from active).

Sunday, April 30th, 1961

Activated CF Ed Couch from the disabled list.

Demoted RF Kelly Harris to Triple A Brantford.

Wednesday, April 26th, 1961

Placed RF Bobby Martin on the 13-day disabled list.

Purchased the contract of RF Kelly Harris from Triple A Brantford.

Wednesday, April 19th, 1961

Placed 1B Ralph Baxter on the 13-day disabled list.

Purchased the contract of 1B Jing-bo Yang from Triple A Brantford.

Wednesday, April 12th, 1961

Assigned MR Steven Embling to Triple A Brantford.

Tuesday, April 11th, 1961

Assigned RF Kelly Harris to Triple A Brantford.

Monday, April 10th, 1961

Assigned MR Francisco Flores to Triple A Brantford.

Assigned 2B Mark Rankin to Triple A Brantford.

Assigned RF Álex Quiñones to Triple A Brantford.

Assigned LF Wilson Gonzáles to Triple A Brantford.

Assigned 1B Manuel López to Double A Harlingen.

Friday, April 7th, 1961

Purchased the contract of CL Won-joon Yi from Triple A Brantford.

MR Steven Embling was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

Thursday, April 6th, 1961

MR Francisco Flores was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

RF Álex Quiñones was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

LF Wilson Gonzáles was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

1B Manuel López was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

2B Mark Rankin was designated for assignment and placed on waivers (from active).

Optioned MR Tony Aguilar to Triple A Brantford.

Optioned MR Bill Brown to Triple A Brantford.

Optioned C Miguel Ortíz to Triple A Brantford.

Optioned C Roberto Lugo to Triple A Brantford.

Optioned 3B Lieh Ching to Triple A Brantford.

Optioned 3B Javier Ríos to Triple A Brantford.

Optioned 3B Marvin Murray to Triple A Brantford.

Optioned RF Matthew Watson to Triple A Brantford.

Activated RF Lorenzo Núñez from the disabled list.

RF Kelly Harris was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

Wednesday, March 29th, 1961

Placed MR Charlie Kemp on the 60-day disabled list.

Friday, March 24th, 1961

Placed RF Lorenzo Núñez on the 13-day disabled list.

Purchased the contract of RF Kelly Harris from Triple A Brantford.

Sunday, March 19th, 1961

Placed CF Ed Couch on the 13-day disabled list.

Saturday, March 18th, 1961

Recalled C Roberto Lugo from Single A Calabasas.

Wednesday, March 1st, 1961

Recalled 2B Mark Rankin from Triple A Brantford.

Friday, February 17th, 1961

Recalled LF Javier Vázquez from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled SP Steven Embling from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled 2B Mike Stewart from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled SP Francisco Flores from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled SP Tony Aguilar from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled C Miguel Ortíz from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled CF Matthew Watson from Double A Harlingen.

Recalled RF Álex Quiñones from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled LF Wilson Gonzáles from Double A Harlingen.

Recalled 2B Javier Ríos from Double A Harlingen.

Recalled 3B Marvin Murray from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled 1B Manuel López from Triple A Brantford.

Recalled MR Bill Brown from Double A Harlingen.

Sunday, December 18th, 1960

Signed bench coach Dane Dickey to a 4-year, $27,000 per year contract.

Wednesday, November 2nd, 1960

Signed scouting director Carlos Gutiérrez to a 1-year, $6,900 per year contract.

Monday, October 31st, 1960

Recalled MR Charlie Kemp from Triple A Brantford.

Optioned C Miguel Ortíz to Triple A Brantford.

Traded 28-year-old starting pitcher Jerome Newell to the Pittsburgh Keystones, getting 25-year-old catcher William Reed and 21-year-old minor league first baseman Jeffrey Carson in return.

Thursday, October 27th, 1960

Assigned CF Ángel Martínez to Triple A Brantford.

Saturday, October 22nd, 1960

Recalled LF José García from Triple A Brantford.

CF Ángel Martínez was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

Assigned SS Mark Rankin to Triple A Brantford.

Thursday, October 20th, 1960

Activated CF Ángel Martínez from the 60-day disabled list.

Optioned LF José García to Triple A Brantford.

Monday, October 17th, 1960

Activated 2B Edgardo Santos from the 60-day disabled list.

SS Mark Rankin was designated for assignment and placed on waivers (from active).

Thursday, October 13th, 1960

Optioned MR Francisco Flores to Triple A Brantford.

Optioned MR Steven Embling to Triple A Brantford.

Optioned MR Charlie Kemp to Triple A Brantford.

Optioned SS Mike Stewart to Triple A Brantford.

Optioned CF Javier Ríos to Triple A Brantford.

Optioned 3B Marvin Murray to Triple A Brantford.

Optioned LF Javier Vázquez to Triple A Brantford.

Optioned RF Matthew Watson to Triple A Brantford.

Optioned RF Álex Quiñones to Triple A Brantford.

Optioned RF Wilson Gonzáles to Triple A Brantford.

Optioned 1B Manuel López to Triple A Brantford.

Signed Manager Steve Martin to a 3-year contract extension.

Bench Coach Austin Bailey leaves the team, his contract was not renewed.

Scouting Director Neil Wright leaves the team, his contract was not renewed.