1997 MLB Transactions

Through 2010-12-31Rows 913

The 1997 season’s official transaction log: 913 trades, signings and releases involving major-league clubs, listed newest first.

Transactions913

Trades312

Signings457

Releases144

1997 transaction log913

Official MLB transactions involving major-league clubs during the 1997 season
Date	Type	Player	From	To	Details
Dec 30, 1997	Signed as free agent	Bry Nelson	—	Chicago Cubs	Free agent signing
Dec 29, 1997	Signed as free agent	Matt Mieske	—	Chicago Cubs	Free agent signing
Dec 29, 1997	Signed	Ronny Paulino	—	Pittsburgh Pirates	Amateur free agent signing
Dec 29, 1997	Signed as free agent	Roberto Rivera	—	Houston Astros	Free agent signing
Dec 29, 1997	Signed as free agent	Stan Spencer	—	San Diego Padres	Free agent signing
Dec 27, 1997	Signed as free agent	Gary Bennett	—	Philadelphia Phillies	Free agent signing
Dec 27, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rico Rossy	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Dec 27, 1997	Signed as free agent	Kevin Tolar	—	Pittsburgh Pirates	Free agent signing
Dec 26, 1997	Signed as free agent	Alex Arias	—	Philadelphia Phillies	Free agent signing
Dec 26, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jim Tatum	—	New York Mets	Free agent signing
Dec 24, 1997	Signed as free agent	P. J. Forbes	—	Baltimore Orioles	Free agent signing
Dec 24, 1997	Signed	Micheal Nakamura	—	Minnesota Twins	Amateur free agent signing
Dec 24, 1997	Signed as free agent	Steve Reed	—	San Francisco Giants	Free agent signing
Dec 23, 1997	Signed as free agent	Greg Colbrunn	—	Colorado Rockies	Free agent signing
Dec 23, 1997	Signed as free agent	Scott Cooper	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Dec 23, 1997	Signed as free agent	Brent Gates	—	Minnesota Twins	Free agent signing
Dec 23, 1997	Signed as free agent	Darren Lewis	—	Boston Red Sox	Free agent signing
Dec 23, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mark Lewis	—	Philadelphia Phillies	Free agent signing
Dec 23, 1997	Signed as free agent	Craig Paquette	—	New York Mets	Free agent signing
Dec 23, 1997	Signed as free agent	Roger Pavlik	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Dec 23, 1997	Trade	Doug Glanville	Chicago Cubs	Philadelphia Phillies	Trade
Dec 23, 1997	Trade	Mickey Morandini	Philadelphia Phillies	Chicago Cubs	Trade
Dec 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rob Butler	—	Houston Astros	Free agent signing
Dec 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Steve Cooke	—	Cincinnati Reds	Free agent signing
Dec 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Chip Hale	—	Anaheim Angels	Free agent signing
Dec 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Joe Hall	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Dec 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Darren Holmes	—	New York Yankees	Free agent signing
Dec 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Wayne Kirby	—	St. Louis Cardinals	Free agent signing
Dec 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Randy Knorr	—	Florida Marlins	Free agent signing
Dec 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Izzy Molina	—	Oakland Athletics	Free agent signing
Dec 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Hal Morris	—	Kansas City Royals	Free agent signing
Dec 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Joe Oliver	—	Detroit Tigers	Free agent signing
Dec 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Bob Scanlan	—	Houston Astros	Free agent signing
Dec 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Andy Tomberlin	—	Detroit Tigers	Free agent signing
Dec 22, 1997	Trade	Carl Everett	New York Mets	Houston Astros	Trade
Dec 22, 1997	Trade	John Hudek	Houston Astros	New York Mets	Trade
Dec 21, 1997	Signed as free agent	Matt Mantei	—	Florida Marlins	Free agent signing
Dec 21, 1997	Signed as free agent	Kevin Millar	—	Florida Marlins	Free agent signing
Dec 21, 1997	Signed as free agent	John Roskos	—	Florida Marlins	Free agent signing
Dec 21, 1997	Released	Brian Williams	Baltimore Orioles	—	Release
Dec 20, 1997	Signed as free agent	Chris Brock	—	San Francisco Giants	Free agent signing
Dec 19, 1997	Signed as free agent	Scott Aldred	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Free agent signing
Dec 19, 1997	Signed as free agent	Harold Baines	—	Baltimore Orioles	Free agent signing
Dec 19, 1997	Signed as free agent	Dave Eiland	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Free agent signing
Dec 19, 1997	Signed as free agent	Cecil Fielder	—	Anaheim Angels	Free agent signing
Dec 19, 1997	Signed as free agent	Shawn Gilbert	—	New York Mets	Free agent signing
Dec 19, 1997	Signed as free agent	Nelson Liriano	—	Colorado Rockies	Free agent signing
Dec 19, 1997	Signed as free agent	Torey Lovullo	—	Cleveland Indians	Free agent signing
Dec 19, 1997	Signed as free agent	Sherman Obando	—	Colorado Rockies	Free agent signing
Dec 19, 1997	Signed as free agent	Erik Plantenberg	—	San Francisco Giants	Free agent signing
Dec 19, 1997	Signed as free agent	Ricky Trlicek	—	New York Mets	Free agent signing
Dec 19, 1997	Signed as free agent	Brad Woodall	—	Milwaukee Brewers	Free agent signing
Dec 19, 1997	Trade	Trevor Schaffer	Chicago Cubs	Toronto Blue Jays	Trade
Dec 19, 1997	Trade	Benji Gil	Texas Rangers	Chicago White Sox	Trade
Dec 19, 1997	Trade	Al Levine	Chicago White Sox	Texas Rangers	Trade
Dec 19, 1997	Trade	Larry Thomas	Chicago White Sox	Texas Rangers	Trade
Dec 19, 1997	Trade	Kurt Abbott	Florida Marlins	Oakland Athletics	Trade
Dec 19, 1997	Trade	Eric Ludwick	Oakland Athletics	Florida Marlins	Trade
Dec 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Steve Bieser	—	Pittsburgh Pirates	Free agent signing
Dec 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Scott Brow	—	Arizona Diamondbacks	Free agent signing
Dec 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Terry Burrows	—	Pittsburgh Pirates	Free agent signing
Dec 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rheal Cormier	—	Cleveland Indians	Free agent signing
Dec 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Micah Franklin	—	Chicago Cubs	Free agent signing
Dec 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Greg Hansell	—	Arizona Diamondbacks	Free agent signing
Dec 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Barry Manuel	—	Arizona Diamondbacks	Free agent signing
Dec 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Josias Manzanillo	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Free agent signing
Dec 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jeff McCurry	—	Pittsburgh Pirates	Free agent signing
Dec 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rusty Meacham	—	St. Louis Cardinals	Free agent signing
Dec 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Scott Pose	—	New York Yankees	Free agent signing
Dec 18, 1997	Trade	Steve Hacker	Atlanta Braves	Minnesota Twins	Trade
Dec 18, 1997	Trade	Tony Armas	Boston Red Sox	Montreal Expos	Trade
Dec 18, 1997	Trade	Dennis Cook	Florida Marlins	New York Mets	Trade
Dec 18, 1997	Trade	Fletcher Bates	New York Mets	Florida Marlins	Trade
Dec 18, 1997	Trade	Scott Comer	New York Mets	Florida Marlins	Trade
Dec 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Hensley Meulens	—	Arizona Diamondbacks	Free agent signing
Dec 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Luis Ortiz	—	Kansas City Royals	Free agent signing
Dec 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Tim Scott	—	Los Angeles Dodgers	Free agent signing
Dec 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Simms	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Dec 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Eddie Zosky	—	Milwaukee Brewers	Free agent signing
Dec 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Israel Alcantara	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Free agent signing
Dec 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Blowers	—	Oakland Athletics	Free agent signing
Dec 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Pat Borders	—	Cleveland Indians	Free agent signing
Dec 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Terry Clark	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Dec 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Tony Fossas	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Dec 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Gil Heredia	—	Oakland Athletics	Free agent signing
Dec 16, 1997	Signed	Runelvys Hernandez	—	Kansas City Royals	Amateur free agent signing
Dec 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Pat Listach	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Dec 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Scott McClain	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Free agent signing
Dec 16, 1997	Released	Roberto Mejia	St. Louis Cardinals	—	Release
Dec 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Kent Mercker	—	St. Louis Cardinals	Free agent signing
Dec 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Morgan	—	Minnesota Twins	Free agent signing
Dec 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Warren Newson	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Dec 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Billy Ripken	—	Detroit Tigers	Free agent signing
Dec 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Pete Smith	—	San Diego Padres	Free agent signing
Dec 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Randy Veres	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Dec 16, 1997	Trade	Mark Johnson	Houston Astros	Florida Marlins	Trade
Dec 15, 1997	Signed as free agent	Billy Brewer	—	Philadelphia Phillies	Free agent signing
Dec 15, 1997	Signed as free agent	Norm Charlton	—	Baltimore Orioles	Free agent signing
Dec 15, 1997	Released	Steve Cooke	Pittsburgh Pirates	—	Release
Dec 15, 1997	Released	Brent Gates	Seattle Mariners	—	Release
Dec 15, 1997	Released	Pat Lennon	Oakland Athletics	—	Release
Dec 15, 1997	Signed as free agent	Dean Palmer	—	Kansas City Royals	Free agent signing
Dec 15, 1997	Signed as free agent	Lou Pote	—	Anaheim Angels	Free agent signing
Dec 15, 1997	Released	Brandon Puffer	Anaheim Angels	—	Release
Dec 15, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rudy Seanez	—	Atlanta Braves	Free agent signing
Dec 15, 1997	Released	Lee Tinsley	Seattle Mariners	—	Release
Dec 15, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rick Wilkins	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Dec 15, 1997	Signed as free agent	Tom Wilson	—	Arizona Diamondbacks	Free agent signing
Dec 15, 1997	Trade	Kevin Brown	Florida Marlins	San Diego Padres	Trade
Dec 15, 1997	Trade	Steve Hoff	San Diego Padres	Florida Marlins	Trade
Dec 15, 1997	Trade	Derrek Lee	San Diego Padres	Florida Marlins	Trade
Dec 15, 1997	Trade	Rafael Medina	San Diego Padres	Florida Marlins	Trade
Dec 15, 1997	Trade	Hector Mercado	Philadelphia Phillies	New York Mets	Trade
Dec 15, 1997	Trade	Mike Welch	New York Mets	Philadelphia Phillies	Trade
Dec 12, 1997	Released	Alex Arias	Florida Marlins	—	Release
Dec 12, 1997	Signed as free agent	Joe Carter	—	Baltimore Orioles	Free agent signing
Dec 12, 1997	Released	Kevin Jarvis	Detroit Tigers	—	Release
Dec 12, 1997	Signed as free agent	Bip Roberts	—	Detroit Tigers	Free agent signing
Dec 12, 1997	Signed as free agent	David Segui	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Dec 12, 1997	Trade	Henry Rodriguez	Montreal Expos	Chicago Cubs	Trade
Dec 12, 1997	Trade	Miguel Batista	Chicago Cubs	Montreal Expos	Trade
Dec 12, 1997	Trade	Rich Becker	Minnesota Twins	New York Mets	Trade
Dec 12, 1997	Trade	Alex Ochoa	New York Mets	Minnesota Twins	Trade
Dec 11, 1997	Signed as free agent	Frank Castillo	—	Detroit Tigers	Free agent signing
Dec 11, 1997	Signed as free agent	Doug Drabek	—	Baltimore Orioles	Free agent signing
Dec 11, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jose Herrera	—	Toronto Blue Jays	Free agent signing
Dec 11, 1997	Signed as free agent	Otis Nixon	—	Minnesota Twins	Free agent signing
Dec 11, 1997	Signed as free agent	Omar Olivares	—	Anaheim Angels	Free agent signing
Dec 11, 1997	Trade	Sandy Martinez	Toronto Blue Jays	Chicago Cubs	Trade
Dec 11, 1997	Trade	Gerald Williams	Milwaukee Brewers	Atlanta Braves	Trade
Dec 11, 1997	Trade	Chad Fox	Atlanta Braves	Milwaukee Brewers	Trade
Dec 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Chili Davis	—	New York Yankees	Free agent signing
Dec 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Alex Delgado	—	Toronto Blue Jays	Free agent signing
Dec 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Chad Kreuter	—	Chicago White Sox	Free agent signing
Dec 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Charlie O'Brien	—	Chicago White Sox	Free agent signing
Dec 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Marc Ronan	—	Houston Astros	Free agent signing
Dec 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jeff Tabaka	—	Pittsburgh Pirates	Free agent signing
Dec 10, 1997	Trade	Mark Hutton	Colorado Rockies	Cincinnati Reds	Trade
Dec 10, 1997	Trade	Curtis Goodwin	Cincinnati Reds	Colorado Rockies	Trade
Dec 10, 1997	Trade	Terry Jones	Colorado Rockies	Montreal Expos	Trade
Dec 10, 1997	Trade	Dave Veres	Montreal Expos	Colorado Rockies	Trade
Dec 10, 1997	Trade	Mark Hamlin	Montreal Expos	Colorado Rockies	Trade
Dec 9, 1997	Signed as free agent	Luis Alicea	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Dec 9, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jeff Blauser	—	Chicago Cubs	Free agent signing
Dec 9, 1997	Signed as free agent	Wade Boggs	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Free agent signing
Dec 9, 1997	Signed as free agent	Tom Candiotti	—	Oakland Athletics	Free agent signing
Dec 9, 1997	Signed as free agent	Dennis Eckersley	—	Boston Red Sox	Free agent signing
Dec 9, 1997	Signed as free agent	Luis Gonzalez	—	Detroit Tigers	Free agent signing
Dec 9, 1997	Signed as free agent	Orel Hershiser	—	San Francisco Giants	Free agent signing
Dec 9, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mark Holzemer	—	Oakland Athletics	Free agent signing
Dec 9, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jack Howell	—	Houston Astros	Free agent signing
Dec 9, 1997	Signed as free agent	Roberto Kelly	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Dec 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mark Dalesandro	—	Toronto Blue Jays	Free agent signing
Dec 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Kevin Elster	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Dec 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Tony Fernandez	—	Toronto Blue Jays	Free agent signing
Dec 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Dwight Gooden	—	Cleveland Indians	Free agent signing
Dec 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Denny Harriger	—	Detroit Tigers	Free agent signing
Dec 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Kenny Lofton	—	Cleveland Indians	Free agent signing
Dec 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	John Marzano	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Dec 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Paul Sorrento	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Free agent signing
Dec 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Stanley	—	Toronto Blue Jays	Free agent signing
Dec 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Pedro Swann	—	Detroit Tigers	Free agent signing
Dec 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jose Vizcaino	—	Los Angeles Dodgers	Free agent signing
Dec 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Williams	—	Pittsburgh Pirates	Free agent signing
Dec 8, 1997	Trade	Marquis Grissom	Cleveland Indians	Milwaukee Brewers	Trade
Dec 8, 1997	Trade	Jeff Juden	Cleveland Indians	Milwaukee Brewers	Trade
Dec 8, 1997	Trade	Mike Fetters	Milwaukee Brewers	Cleveland Indians	Trade
Dec 8, 1997	Trade	Ben McDonald	Milwaukee Brewers	Cleveland Indians	Trade
Dec 8, 1997	Trade	Ron Villone	Milwaukee Brewers	Cleveland Indians	Trade
Dec 8, 1997	Trade	Mike Fetters	Cleveland Indians	Oakland Athletics	Trade
Dec 8, 1997	Trade	Steve Karsay	Oakland Athletics	Cleveland Indians	Trade
Dec 7, 1997	Signed as free agent	Brady Anderson	—	Baltimore Orioles	Free agent signing
Dec 7, 1997	Signed as free agent	Scott Bailes	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Dec 7, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rich DeLucia	—	Anaheim Angels	Free agent signing
Dec 7, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rich Rodriguez	—	San Francisco Giants	Free agent signing
Dec 6, 1997	Signed as free agent	Willie Blair	—	Arizona Diamondbacks	Free agent signing
Dec 6, 1997	Signed as free agent	Danny Darwin	—	San Francisco Giants	Free agent signing
Dec 6, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Fyhrie	—	New York Mets	Free agent signing
Dec 6, 1997	Signed as free agent	Gary Gaetti	—	St. Louis Cardinals	Free agent signing
Dec 6, 1997	Signed as free agent	Todd Haney	—	New York Mets	Free agent signing
Dec 6, 1997	Signed as free agent	Darrin Jackson	—	Milwaukee Brewers	Free agent signing
Dec 6, 1997	Signed as free agent	Paul Molitor	—	Minnesota Twins	Free agent signing
Dec 6, 1997	Signed as free agent	Juan Samuel	—	Toronto Blue Jays	Free agent signing
Dec 5, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rich Batchelor	—	Cleveland Indians	Free agent signing
Dec 5, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rafael Belliard	—	Atlanta Braves	Free agent signing
Dec 5, 1997	Signed as free agent	Esteban Beltre	—	Minnesota Twins	Free agent signing
Dec 5, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jim Dougherty	—	Oakland Athletics	Free agent signing
Dec 5, 1997	Signed as free agent	Scott Kamieniecki	—	Baltimore Orioles	Free agent signing
Dec 5, 1997	Signed as free agent	Willie McGee	—	St. Louis Cardinals	Free agent signing
Dec 5, 1997	Signed as free agent	Steve Scarsone	—	Anaheim Angels	Free agent signing
Dec 5, 1997	Signed as free agent	Chris Turner	—	Minnesota Twins	Free agent signing
Dec 5, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jack Voigt	—	Oakland Athletics	Free agent signing
Dec 4, 1997	Signed as free agent	Frank Bolick	—	Anaheim Angels	Free agent signing
Dec 4, 1997	Signed as free agent	Greg Cadaret	—	Anaheim Angels	Free agent signing
Dec 4, 1997	Signed as free agent	David Howard	—	St. Louis Cardinals	Free agent signing
Dec 4, 1997	Signed as free agent	Darryl Kile	—	Colorado Rockies	Free agent signing
Dec 4, 1997	Signed as free agent	Dave Martinez	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Free agent signing
Dec 4, 1997	Signed as free agent	Hipolito Pichardo	—	Kansas City Royals	Free agent signing
Dec 4, 1997	Signed as free agent	Alan Zinter	—	Chicago Cubs	Free agent signing
Dec 3, 1997	Signed as free agent	Wilson Alvarez	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Free agent signing
Dec 3, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jim Corsi	—	Boston Red Sox	Free agent signing
Dec 3, 1997	Signed as free agent	Trent Hubbard	—	Los Angeles Dodgers	Free agent signing
Dec 3, 1997	Signed as free agent	Ken Huckaby	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Dec 2, 1997	Signed as free agent	Joe Siddall	—	Detroit Tigers	Free agent signing
Dec 2, 1997	Signed as free agent	Doug Strange	—	Pittsburgh Pirates	Free agent signing
Dec 1, 1997	Signed as free agent	Matt Miller	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing with first major-league team
Dec 1, 1997	Released	Jack Voigt	Milwaukee Brewers	—	Release
Dec 1, 1997	Signed as free agent	Derrick White	—	Chicago Cubs	Free agent signing
Dec 1, 1997	Trade	Unnamed	Arizona Diamondbacks	Cleveland Indians	$
Dec 1, 1997	Trade	Matt Williams	Cleveland Indians	Arizona Diamondbacks	Trade
Dec 1, 1997	Trade	Travis Fryman	Arizona Diamondbacks	Cleveland Indians	Trade
Dec 1, 1997	Trade	Tom Martin	Arizona Diamondbacks	Cleveland Indians	Trade
Nov 27, 1997	Signed as free agent	Craig Grebeck	—	Toronto Blue Jays	Free agent signing
Nov 27, 1997	Signed as free agent	Ricardo Jordan	—	Cincinnati Reds	Free agent signing
Nov 27, 1997	Signed as free agent	Pat Kelly	—	Toronto Blue Jays	Free agent signing
Nov 26, 1997	Released	Jeff Darwin	Chicago White Sox	—	Release
Nov 26, 1997	Signed as free agent	Darrin Fletcher	—	Toronto Blue Jays	Free agent signing
Nov 26, 1997	Signed as free agent	Doug Henry	—	Houston Astros	Free agent signing
Nov 26, 1997	Signed as free agent	Stan Javier	—	San Francisco Giants	Free agent signing
Nov 26, 1997	Signed as free agent	Randy Myers	—	Toronto Blue Jays	Free agent signing
Nov 26, 1997	Signed as free agent	Kirt Ojala	—	Arizona Diamondbacks	Free agent signing
Nov 26, 1997	Signed as free agent	J. R. Phillips	—	Houston Astros	Free agent signing
Nov 26, 1997	Signed as free agent	Chad Zerbe	—	San Francisco Giants	Free agent signing
Nov 26, 1997	Trade	David Newhan	Oakland Athletics	San Diego Padres	Trade
Nov 26, 1997	Trade	Don Wengert	Oakland Athletics	San Diego Padres	Trade
Nov 26, 1997	Trade	Doug Bochtler	San Diego Padres	Oakland Athletics	Trade
Nov 26, 1997	Trade	Jorge Velandia	San Diego Padres	Oakland Athletics	Trade
Nov 25, 1997	Released	Rich Batchelor	San Diego Padres	—	Release
Nov 25, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Macfarlane	—	Kansas City Royals	Free agent signing
Nov 25, 1997	Signed as free agent	Greg Myers	—	San Diego Padres	Free agent signing
Nov 25, 1997	Signed as free agent	Steve Schrenk	—	St. Louis Cardinals	Free agent signing
Nov 25, 1997	Signed as free agent	Bill Spiers	—	Houston Astros	Free agent signing
Nov 25, 1997	Signed as free agent	Dale Sveum	—	New York Yankees	Free agent signing
Nov 25, 1997	Signed as free agent	Shannon Withem	—	Toronto Blue Jays	Free agent signing
Nov 24, 1997	Signed as free agent	Dave Clark	—	Houston Astros	Free agent signing
Nov 24, 1997	Signed as free agent	Reid Cornelius	—	Arizona Diamondbacks	Free agent signing
Nov 24, 1997	Signed as free agent	Steve Decker	—	Pittsburgh Pirates	Free agent signing
Nov 24, 1997	Signed as free agent	Larry Luebbers	—	St. Louis Cardinals	Free agent signing
Nov 24, 1997	Signed as free agent	John Olerud	—	New York Mets	Free agent signing
Nov 24, 1997	Signed as free agent	Lenny Webster	—	Baltimore Orioles	Free agent signing
Nov 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Damon Berryhill	—	Oakland Athletics	Free agent signing
Nov 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Raul Gonzalez	—	Kansas City Royals	Free agent signing
Nov 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Scott Klingenbeck	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Nov 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Shane Mack	—	Oakland Athletics	Free agent signing
Nov 21, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Benjamin	—	Boston Red Sox	Free agent signing
Nov 21, 1997	Signed	Sun-Woo Kim	—	Boston Red Sox	Amateur free agent signing
Nov 21, 1997	Signed as free agent	Brent Mayne	—	San Francisco Giants	Free agent signing
Nov 20, 1997	Signed as free agent	Andres Galarraga	—	Atlanta Braves	Free agent signing
Nov 20, 1997	Signed as free agent	Creighton Gubanich	—	San Diego Padres	Free agent signing
Nov 20, 1997	Released	Bob Natal	Florida Marlins	—	Release
Nov 20, 1997	Signed as free agent	Scott Sheldon	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Nov 20, 1997	Released	John Wehner	Florida Marlins	—	Release
Nov 20, 1997	Trade	Phil Nevin	Detroit Tigers	Anaheim Angels	Trade
Nov 20, 1997	Trade	Matt Walbeck	Detroit Tigers	Anaheim Angels	Trade
Nov 20, 1997	Trade	Nick Skuse	Anaheim Angels	Detroit Tigers	Trade
Nov 20, 1997	Trade	Jeff Conine	Florida Marlins	Kansas City Royals	Trade
Nov 20, 1997	Trade	Blaine Mull	Kansas City Royals	Florida Marlins	Trade
Nov 20, 1997	Trade	Rick Greene	Detroit Tigers	Milwaukee Brewers	Trade
Nov 20, 1997	Trade	Mike Myers	Detroit Tigers	Milwaukee Brewers	Trade
Nov 20, 1997	Trade	Santiago Perez	Detroit Tigers	Milwaukee Brewers	Trade
Nov 20, 1997	Trade	Bryce Florie	Milwaukee Brewers	Detroit Tigers	Trade
Nov 20, 1997	Trade	Ed Vosberg	Florida Marlins	San Diego Padres	Trade
Nov 20, 1997	Trade	Chris Clark	San Diego Padres	Florida Marlins	Trade
Nov 19, 1997	Signed as free agent	Chris Jones	—	Arizona Diamondbacks	Free agent signing
Nov 19, 1997	Trade	Ryan Balfe	Detroit Tigers	San Diego Padres	Trade
Nov 19, 1997	Trade	Dan Miceli	Detroit Tigers	San Diego Padres	Trade
Nov 19, 1997	Trade	Donne Wall	Detroit Tigers	San Diego Padres	Trade
Nov 19, 1997	Trade	Trey Beamon	San Diego Padres	Detroit Tigers	Trade
Nov 19, 1997	Trade	Tim Worrell	San Diego Padres	Detroit Tigers	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Joey Cora	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Nov 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Roberto Hernandez	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Free agent signing
Nov 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jeff Huson	—	Colorado Rockies	Free agent signing
Nov 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Doug Jones	—	Milwaukee Brewers	Free agent signing
Nov 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Tim Laker	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Free agent signing
Nov 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jeff Reed	—	Colorado Rockies	Free agent signing
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Scott Brosius	Oakland Athletics	New York Yankees	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Scott Winchester	Arizona Diamondbacks	Cincinnati Reds	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Dmitri Young	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Cincinnati Reds	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Travis Fryman	Detroit Tigers	Arizona Diamondbacks	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Matt Drews	Arizona Diamondbacks	Detroit Tigers	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Gabe Alvarez	Arizona Diamondbacks	Detroit Tigers	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Joe Randa	Arizona Diamondbacks	Detroit Tigers	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Devon White	Florida Marlins	Arizona Diamondbacks	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Jesus Martinez	Arizona Diamondbacks	Florida Marlins	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Harvey Pulliam	Colorado Rockies	Arizona Diamondbacks	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Chuck McElroy	Arizona Diamondbacks	Colorado Rockies	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Robb Nen	Florida Marlins	San Francisco Giants	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Joe Fontenot	San Francisco Giants	Florida Marlins	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Mick Pageler	San Francisco Giants	Florida Marlins	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Mike Villano	San Francisco Giants	Florida Marlins	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Carl Pavano	Boston Red Sox	Montreal Expos	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Pedro Martinez	Montreal Expos	Boston Red Sox	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Mark Hamlin	Colorado Rockies	Montreal Expos	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	John Nicholson	Colorado Rockies	Montreal Expos	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Jake Westbrook	Colorado Rockies	Montreal Expos	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Mike Lansing	Montreal Expos	Colorado Rockies	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Bobby Abreu	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Philadelphia Phillies	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Kevin Stocker	Philadelphia Phillies	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Brian Boehringer	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	San Diego Padres	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	Andy Sheets	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	San Diego Padres	Trade
Nov 18, 1997	Trade	John Flaherty	San Diego Padres	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Trade
Nov 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jay Bell	—	Arizona Diamondbacks	Free agent signing
Nov 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Johnny Ruffin	—	Milwaukee Brewers	Free agent signing
Nov 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Bret Saberhagen	—	Boston Red Sox	Free agent signing
Nov 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Walt Weiss	—	Atlanta Braves	Free agent signing
Nov 15, 1997	Signed as free agent	Ken Hill	—	Anaheim Angels	Free agent signing
Nov 14, 1997	Signed as free agent	Alex Cabrera	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Free agent signing
Nov 14, 1997	Signed as free agent	Dave Wainhouse	—	Colorado Rockies	Free agent signing
Nov 13, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jalal Leach	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Nov 12, 1997	Signed as free agent	Paul Assenmacher	—	Cleveland Indians	Free agent signing
Nov 12, 1997	Signed as free agent	Carlos Hernandez	—	San Diego Padres	Free agent signing
Nov 12, 1997	Signed as free agent	Dave Magadan	—	Oakland Athletics	Free agent signing
Nov 12, 1997	Signed as free agent	Alan Newman	—	San Diego Padres	Free agent signing
Nov 12, 1997	Signed as free agent	Luis Sojo	—	New York Yankees	Free agent signing
Nov 11, 1997	Signed as free agent	Luis Andujar	—	Toronto Blue Jays	Free agent signing
Nov 11, 1997	Trade	Manuel Barrios	Houston Astros	Florida Marlins	Trade
Nov 11, 1997	Trade	Oscar Henriquez	Houston Astros	Florida Marlins	Trade
Nov 11, 1997	Trade	Moises Alou	Florida Marlins	Houston Astros	Trade
Nov 11, 1997	Trade	Felix Rodriguez	Cincinnati Reds	Arizona Diamondbacks	Trade
Nov 11, 1997	Trade	Mike Kelly	Cincinnati Reds	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Trade
Nov 11, 1997	Trade	Melvin Nieves	Detroit Tigers	Cincinnati Reds	Trade
Nov 11, 1997	Trade	Paul Bako	Cincinnati Reds	Detroit Tigers	Trade
Nov 11, 1997	Trade	Donne Wall	Cincinnati Reds	Detroit Tigers	Trade
Nov 11, 1997	Trade	Unnamed	New York Yankees	San Francisco Giants	$
Nov 11, 1997	Trade	Charlie Hayes	New York Yankees	San Francisco Giants	Trade
Nov 11, 1997	Trade	Alberto Castillo	San Francisco Giants	New York Yankees	Trade
Nov 11, 1997	Trade	Chris Singleton	San Francisco Giants	New York Yankees	Trade
Nov 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Robert Ellis	—	Detroit Tigers	Free agent signing
Nov 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Chris Michalak	—	Arizona Diamondbacks	Free agent signing
Nov 10, 1997	Trade	Dmitri Young	St. Louis Cardinals	Cincinnati Reds	Trade
Nov 10, 1997	Trade	Jeff Brantley	Cincinnati Reds	St. Louis Cardinals	Trade
Nov 9, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jon Shave	—	Minnesota Twins	Free agent signing
Nov 7, 1997	Signed as free agent	Archie Corbin	—	San Diego Padres	Free agent signing
Nov 7, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rickey Cradle	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Nov 7, 1997	Signed as free agent	Carlos Reyes	—	San Diego Padres	Free agent signing
Nov 7, 1997	Signed	Eddie Rogers	—	Baltimore Orioles	Amateur free agent signing
Nov 7, 1997	Signed	Phil Stockman	—	Arizona Diamondbacks	Amateur free agent signing
Nov 7, 1997	Trade	Unnamed	New York Yankees	Oakland Athletics	$
Nov 7, 1997	Trade	Kenny Rogers	New York Yankees	Oakland Athletics	Trade
Nov 6, 1997	Signed	Jung Bong	—	Atlanta Braves	Amateur free agent signing
Nov 6, 1997	Trade	Damon Buford	Texas Rangers	Boston Red Sox	Trade
Nov 6, 1997	Trade	Jim Leyritz	Texas Rangers	Boston Red Sox	Trade
Nov 6, 1997	Trade	Mark Brandenburg	Boston Red Sox	Texas Rangers	Trade
Nov 6, 1997	Trade	Bill Haselman	Boston Red Sox	Texas Rangers	Trade
Nov 6, 1997	Trade	Aaron Sele	Boston Red Sox	Texas Rangers	Trade
Nov 5, 1997	Signed as free agent	Bronswell Patrick	—	Milwaukee Brewers	Free agent signing
Nov 4, 1997	Signed as free agent	Hansel Izquierdo	—	Chicago White Sox	Free agent signing
Nov 2, 1997	Signed as free agent	Toby Borland	—	Cincinnati Reds	Free agent signing
Nov 1, 1997	Signed	Fernando Rodney	—	Detroit Tigers	Amateur free agent signing
Oct 31, 1997	Signed as free agent	Bobby Chouinard	—	Milwaukee Brewers	Free agent signing
Oct 31, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rafael Roque	—	Milwaukee Brewers	Free agent signing
Oct 31, 1997	Trade	Rob Sasser	Anaheim Angels	Texas Rangers	Trade
Oct 31, 1997	Trade	Everett Stull	Montreal Expos	Baltimore Orioles	Trade
Oct 31, 1997	Trade	Matt Perisho	Anaheim Angels	Texas Rangers	Trade
Oct 31, 1997	Trade	Mike Bell	Texas Rangers	Anaheim Angels	Trade
Oct 28, 1997	Signed	Luis Maza	—	Minnesota Twins	Amateur free agent signing
Oct 28, 1997	Signed as free agent	Brian Shouse	—	Boston Red Sox	Free agent signing
Oct 27, 1997	Signed as free agent	Steve Parris	—	Cincinnati Reds	Free agent signing
Oct 27, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jason Wood	—	Oakland Athletics	Free agent signing
Oct 23, 1997	Released	James Lofton	Cincinnati Reds	—	Release
Oct 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Andrew Lorraine	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Oct 16, 1997	Released	Andrew Lorraine	Oakland Athletics	—	Release
Oct 15, 1997	Signed	Luis Terrero	—	Arizona Diamondbacks	Amateur free agent signing
Oct 15, 1997	Released	Eddie Williams	Pittsburgh Pirates	—	Release
Oct 10, 1997	Released	Billy Brewer	Philadelphia Phillies	—	Release
Oct 10, 1997	Released	Takashi Kashiwada	New York Mets	—	Release
Oct 10, 1997	Released	Scott Ruffcorn	Philadelphia Phillies	—	Release
Oct 10, 1997	Released	Pete Schourek	Cincinnati Reds	—	Release
Oct 9, 1997	Trade	Joe Mays	Seattle Mariners	Minnesota Twins	Trade
Oct 9, 1997	Trade	Jeromy Palki	Seattle Mariners	Minnesota Twins	Trade
Oct 8, 1997	Released	Tommy Greene	Houston Astros	—	Release
Oct 6, 1997	Released	Steve Ontiveros	Anaheim Angels	—	Release
Oct 1, 1997	Trade	Marc Lewis	Atlanta Braves	Minnesota Twins	Trade
Sep 29, 1997	Trade	Jim Mecir	New York Yankees	Boston Red Sox	Trade
Sep 28, 1997	Released	Wil Cordero	Boston Red Sox	—	Release
Sep 25, 1997	Signed	Bernie Castro	—	New York Yankees	Amateur free agent signing
Sep 25, 1997	Released	Lee Smith	Montreal Expos	—	Release
Sep 10, 1997	Released	Micah Franklin	St. Louis Cardinals	—	Release
Sep 9, 1997	Released	Scott Klingenbeck	Cincinnati Reds	—	Release
Sep 8, 1997	Trade	Donnie Schmidt	Colorado Rockies	Seattle Mariners	Trade
Sep 8, 1997	Trade	Brian Raabe	Seattle Mariners	Colorado Rockies	Trade
Sep 5, 1997	Trade	Greg Myers	Minnesota Twins	Atlanta Braves	Trade
Sep 4, 1997	Trade	Mick Fieldbinder	Milwaukee Brewers	Minnesota Twins	Trade
Sep 3, 1997	Released	Chip Hale	Los Angeles Dodgers	—	Release
Sep 2, 1997	Released	Steve Decker	Seattle Mariners	—	Release
Sep 2, 1997	Released	Tim Unroe	Milwaukee Brewers	—	Release
Sep 2, 1997	Signed as free agent	Paul Wagner	—	Milwaukee Brewers	Free agent signing
Sep 2, 1997	Trade	Mark Seaver	Baltimore Orioles	Oakland Athletics	Trade
Sep 2, 1997	Trade	Chad Fonville	Los Angeles Dodgers	Chicago White Sox	Trade
Sep 1, 1997	Signed as free agent	John Johnstone	—	San Francisco Giants	Free agent signing
Aug 31, 1997	Signed	Bart Miadich	—	Boston Red Sox	Amateur free agent signing
Aug 31, 1997	Trade	Donnie Moore	Milwaukee Brewers	New York Mets	Trade
Aug 31, 1997	Trade	Pete Harnisch	New York Mets	Milwaukee Brewers	Trade
Aug 30, 1997	Signed as free agent	Curtis Pride	—	Boston Red Sox	Free agent signing
Aug 30, 1997	Released	Bill Swift	Baltimore Orioles	—	Release
Aug 30, 1997	Trade	Bip Roberts	Kansas City Royals	Cleveland Indians	Trade
Aug 30, 1997	Trade	Roland de la Maza	Cleveland Indians	Kansas City Royals	Trade
Aug 30, 1997	Trade	Darrin Jackson	Minnesota Twins	Milwaukee Brewers	Trade
Aug 27, 1997	Trade	Darren Lewis	Chicago White Sox	Los Angeles Dodgers	Trade
Aug 26, 1997	Signed as free agent	Bill Swift	—	Baltimore Orioles	Free agent signing
Aug 26, 1997	Released	Randy Veres	Kansas City Royals	—	Release
Aug 26, 1997	Released	Paul Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	—	Release
Aug 25, 1997	Released	Larry Casian	Kansas City Royals	—	Release
Aug 25, 1997	Signed as free agent	Angel Miranda	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Aug 23, 1997	Trade	Angelo Encarnacion	San Diego Padres	Anaheim Angels	Trade
Aug 23, 1997	Trade	Aaron Guiel	Anaheim Angels	San Diego Padres	Trade
Aug 22, 1997	Released	Mike Perez	Kansas City Royals	—	Release
Aug 20, 1997	Released	Erik Hiljus	St. Louis Cardinals	—	Release
Aug 20, 1997	Signed as free agent	Eddie Murray	—	Los Angeles Dodgers	Free agent signing
Aug 20, 1997	Released	Bill Swift	Colorado Rockies	—	Release
Aug 20, 1997	Trade	Roberto Kelly	Minnesota Twins	Seattle Mariners	Trade
Aug 19, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Maddux	—	San Diego Padres	Free agent signing
Aug 19, 1997	Signed as free agent	William VanLandingham	—	San Francisco Giants	Free agent signing
Aug 19, 1997	Trade	George Arias	Anaheim Angels	San Diego Padres	Trade
Aug 19, 1997	Trade	Pedro Astacio	Los Angeles Dodgers	Colorado Rockies	Trade
Aug 19, 1997	Trade	Eric Young	Colorado Rockies	Los Angeles Dodgers	Trade
Aug 18, 1997	Trade	Juan Bautista	Baltimore Orioles	Chicago White Sox	Trade
Aug 16, 1997	Trade	Frisco Parotte	New York Yankees	Chicago Cubs	Trade
Aug 16, 1997	Trade	Rey Sanchez	Chicago Cubs	New York Yankees	Trade
Aug 15, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rene Arocha	—	New York Yankees	Free agent signing
Aug 15, 1997	Released	Pete Incaviglia	New York Yankees	—	Release
Aug 15, 1997	Released	Mark Whiten	New York Yankees	—	Release
Aug 15, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rick Wilkins	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Aug 15, 1997	Trade	Julien Tucker	Houston Astros	Chicago White Sox	Trade
Aug 15, 1997	Trade	Tony Peña	Chicago White Sox	Houston Astros	Trade
Aug 14, 1997	Signed	Angel Berroa	—	Oakland Athletics	Amateur free agent signing
Aug 14, 1997	Released	Angel Miranda	Cleveland Indians	—	Release
Aug 14, 1997	Released	Eddie Murray	Anaheim Angels	—	Release
Aug 14, 1997	Signed	Jorge Piedra	—	Los Angeles Dodgers	Amateur free agent signing
Aug 14, 1997	Trade	Manny Alexander	New York Mets	Chicago Cubs	Trade
Aug 14, 1997	Trade	Greg Colbrunn	Minnesota Twins	Atlanta Braves	Trade
Aug 13, 1997	Signed	Brandon Duckworth	—	Philadelphia Phillies	Amateur free agent signing
Aug 13, 1997	Released	Julio Franco	Cleveland Indians	—	Release
Aug 13, 1997	Signed as free agent	Julio Franco	—	Milwaukee Brewers	Free agent signing
Aug 13, 1997	Signed as free agent	Terry Shumpert	—	Colorado Rockies	Free agent signing
Aug 13, 1997	Trade	Tony Armas	New York Yankees	Boston Red Sox	Trade
Aug 13, 1997	Trade	Mike Stanley	Boston Red Sox	New York Yankees	Trade
Aug 13, 1997	Trade	Randy Brown	Boston Red Sox	New York Yankees	Trade
Aug 13, 1997	Trade	Rickey Henderson	San Diego Padres	Anaheim Angels	Trade
Aug 13, 1997	Trade	Ryan Hancock	Anaheim Angels	San Diego Padres	Trade
Aug 13, 1997	Trade	Stevenson Agosto	Anaheim Angels	San Diego Padres	Trade
Aug 12, 1997	Trade	Rick Helling	Florida Marlins	Texas Rangers	Trade
Aug 12, 1997	Trade	Ed Vosberg	Texas Rangers	Florida Marlins	Trade
Aug 12, 1997	Trade	Bobby Cripps	Los Angeles Dodgers	Toronto Blue Jays	Trade
Aug 12, 1997	Trade	Otis Nixon	Toronto Blue Jays	Los Angeles Dodgers	Trade
Aug 11, 1997	Trade	Mark Clark	New York Mets	Chicago Cubs	Trade
Aug 9, 1997	Trade	Eddie Williams	Los Angeles Dodgers	Pittsburgh Pirates	Trade
Aug 9, 1997	Trade	Hal Garrett	Pittsburgh Pirates	Los Angeles Dodgers	Trade
Aug 8, 1997	Released	William VanLandingham	San Francisco Giants	—	Release
Aug 8, 1997	Trade	Lance Johnson	New York Mets	Chicago Cubs	Trade
Aug 8, 1997	Trade	Brian McRae	Chicago Cubs	New York Mets	Trade
Aug 8, 1997	Trade	Mel Rojas	Chicago Cubs	New York Mets	Trade
Aug 8, 1997	Trade	Turk Wendell	Chicago Cubs	New York Mets	Trade
Aug 7, 1997	Signed as free agent	Lou Pote	—	St. Louis Cardinals	Free agent signing
Aug 6, 1997	Released	Rene Arocha	San Francisco Giants	—	Release
Aug 6, 1997	Released	Derrick May	Philadelphia Phillies	—	Release
Aug 5, 1997	Released	Terry Shumpert	San Diego Padres	—	Release
Aug 5, 1997	Trade	Creighton Gubanich	Milwaukee Brewers	Colorado Rockies	Trade
Aug 2, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jose Bautista	—	St. Louis Cardinals	Free agent signing
Aug 1, 1997	Released	Rick Wilkins	San Francisco Giants	—	Release
Jul 31, 1997	Signed as free agent	Trevor Wilson	—	Anaheim Angels	Free agent signing
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Mike Johnson	Baltimore Orioles	Montreal Expos	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Lorenzo Barcelo	San Francisco Giants	Chicago White Sox	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Mike Caruso	San Francisco Giants	Chicago White Sox	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Keith Foulke	San Francisco Giants	Chicago White Sox	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Bob Howry	San Francisco Giants	Chicago White Sox	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Brian Manning	San Francisco Giants	Chicago White Sox	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Ken Vining	San Francisco Giants	Chicago White Sox	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Wilson Alvarez	Chicago White Sox	San Francisco Giants	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Danny Darwin	Chicago White Sox	San Francisco Giants	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Roberto Hernandez	Chicago White Sox	San Francisco Giants	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Jeff Juden	Montreal Expos	Cleveland Indians	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Steve Kline	Cleveland Indians	Montreal Expos	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Eric Ludwick	St. Louis Cardinals	Oakland Athletics	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	T. J. Mathews	St. Louis Cardinals	Oakland Athletics	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Blake Stein	St. Louis Cardinals	Oakland Athletics	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Mark McGwire	Oakland Athletics	St. Louis Cardinals	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Heathcliff Slocumb	Boston Red Sox	Seattle Mariners	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Derek Lowe	Seattle Mariners	Boston Red Sox	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Jason Varitek	Seattle Mariners	Boston Red Sox	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Paul Spoljaric	Toronto Blue Jays	Seattle Mariners	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Mike Timlin	Toronto Blue Jays	Seattle Mariners	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Jose Cruz	Seattle Mariners	Toronto Blue Jays	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Jim Crowell	Cleveland Indians	Cincinnati Reds	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Danny Graves	Cleveland Indians	Cincinnati Reds	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Damian Jackson	Cleveland Indians	Cincinnati Reds	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Scott Winchester	Cleveland Indians	Cincinnati Reds	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	Jeff Branson	Cincinnati Reds	Cleveland Indians	Trade
Jul 31, 1997	Trade	John Smiley	Cincinnati Reds	Cleveland Indians	Trade
Jul 30, 1997	Released	Jason Simontacchi	Kansas City Royals	—	Release
Jul 29, 1997	Released	Mike Gallego	St. Louis Cardinals	—	Release
Jul 29, 1997	Trade	Harold Baines	Chicago White Sox	Baltimore Orioles	Trade
Jul 29, 1997	Trade	Jim Leyritz	Anaheim Angels	Texas Rangers	Trade
Jul 29, 1997	Trade	Ken Hill	Texas Rangers	Anaheim Angels	Trade
Jul 29, 1997	Trade	Chad Hartvigson	San Francisco Giants	Texas Rangers	Trade
Jul 29, 1997	Trade	Cory Bailey	Texas Rangers	San Francisco Giants	Trade
Jul 29, 1997	Trade	Unnamed	New York Yankees	Toronto Blue Jays	$
Jul 29, 1997	Trade	Mariano Duncan	New York Yankees	Toronto Blue Jays	Trade
Jul 29, 1997	Trade	Angel Ramirez	Toronto Blue Jays	New York Yankees	Trade
Jul 29, 1997	Trade	Matt Whisenant	Florida Marlins	Kansas City Royals	Trade
Jul 29, 1997	Trade	Matt Treanor	Kansas City Royals	Florida Marlins	Trade
Jul 29, 1997	Trade	Jason Grimsley	Milwaukee Brewers	Kansas City Royals	Trade
Jul 29, 1997	Trade	Jamie Brewington	Kansas City Royals	Milwaukee Brewers	Trade
Jul 28, 1997	Released	Kevin Gross	Anaheim Angels	—	Release
Jul 27, 1997	Signed as free agent	Josias Manzanillo	—	Houston Astros	Free agent signing
Jul 27, 1997	Trade	Craig Counsell	Colorado Rockies	Florida Marlins	Trade
Jul 27, 1997	Trade	Mark Hutton	Florida Marlins	Colorado Rockies	Trade
Jul 26, 1997	Signed as free agent	Marcus Jensen	—	Detroit Tigers	Free agent signing
Jul 25, 1997	Signed as free agent	Pete Incaviglia	—	New York Yankees	Free agent signing
Jul 25, 1997	Signed as free agent	Pat Listach	—	Cleveland Indians	Free agent signing
Jul 25, 1997	Released	Jeff Sparks	Cincinnati Reds	—	Release
Jul 25, 1997	Trade	Tom Goodwin	Kansas City Royals	Texas Rangers	Trade
Jul 25, 1997	Trade	Dean Palmer	Texas Rangers	Kansas City Royals	Trade
Jul 24, 1997	Signed as free agent	Blas Minor	—	Milwaukee Brewers	Free agent signing
Jul 24, 1997	Released	Terry Pendleton	Cincinnati Reds	—	Release
Jul 23, 1997	Released	Mike Maddux	Seattle Mariners	—	Release
Jul 21, 1997	Released	Jose Bautista	Detroit Tigers	—	Release
Jul 21, 1997	Signed as free agent	Bobby Munoz	—	Los Angeles Dodgers	Free agent signing
Jul 21, 1997	Trade	Darren Daulton	Philadelphia Phillies	Florida Marlins	Trade
Jul 21, 1997	Trade	Billy McMillon	Florida Marlins	Philadelphia Phillies	Trade
Jul 19, 1997	Signed as free agent	Terry Burrows	—	Oakland Athletics	Free agent signing
Jul 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Luis Ortiz	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Jul 18, 1997	Trade	Dean Crow	Seattle Mariners	Detroit Tigers	Trade
Jul 18, 1997	Trade	Scott Sanders	Seattle Mariners	Detroit Tigers	Trade
Jul 18, 1997	Trade	Carlos Villalobos	Seattle Mariners	Detroit Tigers	Trade
Jul 18, 1997	Trade	Felipe Lira	Detroit Tigers	Seattle Mariners	Trade
Jul 18, 1997	Trade	Omar Olivares	Detroit Tigers	Seattle Mariners	Trade
Jul 18, 1997	Trade	Brandon Leese	San Francisco Giants	Florida Marlins	Trade
Jul 18, 1997	Trade	Bobby Rector	San Francisco Giants	Florida Marlins	Trade
Jul 18, 1997	Trade	Pat Rapp	Florida Marlins	San Francisco Giants	Trade
Jul 17, 1997	Released	Josias Manzanillo	Seattle Mariners	—	Release
Jul 16, 1997	Trade	Marcus Jensen	San Francisco Giants	Detroit Tigers	Trade
Jul 16, 1997	Trade	Brian Johnson	Detroit Tigers	San Francisco Giants	Trade
Jul 16, 1997	Trade	Earl Johnson	San Diego Padres	Detroit Tigers	Trade
Jul 16, 1997	Trade	Dave Hajek	Detroit Tigers	San Diego Padres	Trade
Jul 15, 1997	Released	Terry Burrows	San Diego Padres	—	Release
Jul 15, 1997	Released	Bobby Munoz	San Diego Padres	—	Release
Jul 15, 1997	Released	Fernando Valenzuela	St. Louis Cardinals	—	Release
Jul 15, 1997	Trade	Frank Castillo	Chicago Cubs	Colorado Rockies	Trade
Jul 15, 1997	Trade	Matt Pool	Colorado Rockies	Chicago Cubs	Trade
Jul 15, 1997	Trade	Jon Nunnally	Kansas City Royals	Cincinnati Reds	Trade
Jul 15, 1997	Trade	Chris Stynes	Kansas City Royals	Cincinnati Reds	Trade
Jul 15, 1997	Trade	Hector Carrasco	Cincinnati Reds	Kansas City Royals	Trade
Jul 15, 1997	Trade	Scott Service	Cincinnati Reds	Kansas City Royals	Trade
Jul 14, 1997	Released	Alvaro Espinoza	Seattle Mariners	—	Release
Jul 14, 1997	Released	Pete Incaviglia	Baltimore Orioles	—	Release
Jul 12, 1997	Signed	Carlos Zambrano	—	Chicago Cubs	Amateur free agent signing
Jul 10, 1997	Signed	Yhency Brazoban	—	New York Yankees	Amateur free agent signing
Jul 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Greg Cadaret	—	Anaheim Angels	Free agent signing
Jul 4, 1997	Signed	Juan Cruz	—	Chicago Cubs	Amateur free agent signing
Jul 4, 1997	Signed	Alex Herrera	—	Cleveland Indians	Amateur free agent signing
Jul 3, 1997	Released	Greg Cadaret	Cleveland Indians	—	Release
Jul 3, 1997	Signed	Aquilino Lopez	—	Seattle Mariners	Amateur free agent signing
Jul 3, 1997	Signed as free agent	Angel Miranda	—	Cleveland Indians	Free agent signing
Jul 2, 1997	Signed	Jose Castillo	—	Pittsburgh Pirates	Amateur free agent signing
Jul 1, 1997	Released	Pat Listach	Houston Astros	—	Release
Jun 30, 1997	Signed as free agent	Doug Johns	—	Baltimore Orioles	Free agent signing
Jun 30, 1997	Signed as free agent	Pete Walker	—	Boston Red Sox	Free agent signing
Jun 27, 1997	Released	Pat Mahomes	Boston Red Sox	—	Release
Jun 27, 1997	Trade	Jimmy Haynes	Baltimore Orioles	Oakland Athletics	Trade
Jun 27, 1997	Trade	Geronimo Berroa	Oakland Athletics	Baltimore Orioles	Trade
Jun 23, 1997	Signed	Santiago Ramirez	—	Houston Astros	Amateur free agent signing
Jun 23, 1997	Signed as free agent	Gary Thurman	—	Montreal Expos	Free agent signing
Jun 23, 1997	Trade	Gil Heredia	Montreal Expos	Chicago Cubs	Trade
Jun 23, 1997	Trade	Saul Bustos	Chicago Cubs	Montreal Expos	Trade
Jun 23, 1997	Trade	Dave Jefferson	Chicago Cubs	Montreal Expos	Trade
Jun 20, 1997	Signed as free agent	Hansel Izquierdo	—	Chicago White Sox	Free agent signing
Jun 20, 1997	Signed as free agent	Richie Lewis	—	Cincinnati Reds	Free agent signing
Jun 20, 1997	Signed as free agent	Todd Van Poppel	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Jun 19, 1997	Released	Richie Lewis	Oakland Athletics	—	Release
Jun 19, 1997	Trade	Tony Phillips	Milwaukee Brewers	Oakland Athletics	Trade
Jun 19, 1997	Trade	Creighton Gubanich	Oakland Athletics	Milwaukee Brewers	Trade
Jun 17, 1997	Released	Angel Miranda	Milwaukee Brewers	—	Release
Jun 16, 1997	Released	Ruben Sierra	Toronto Blue Jays	—	Release
Jun 14, 1997	Signed	Jason Childers	—	Milwaukee Brewers	Amateur free agent signing
Jun 13, 1997	Trade	Rich Batchelor	St. Louis Cardinals	San Diego Padres	Trade
Jun 13, 1997	Trade	Danny Jackson	St. Louis Cardinals	San Diego Padres	Trade
Jun 13, 1997	Trade	Mark Sweeney	St. Louis Cardinals	San Diego Padres	Trade
Jun 13, 1997	Trade	Scott Livingstone	San Diego Padres	St. Louis Cardinals	Trade
Jun 13, 1997	Trade	Phil Plantier	San Diego Padres	St. Louis Cardinals	Trade
Jun 13, 1997	Trade	Fernando Valenzuela	San Diego Padres	St. Louis Cardinals	Trade
Jun 12, 1997	Signed as free agent	Brent Cookson	—	Arizona Diamondbacks	Free agent signing
Jun 12, 1997	Released	Mike Devereaux	Texas Rangers	—	Release
Jun 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Tim Spehr	—	Atlanta Braves	Free agent signing
Jun 10, 1997	Trade	Paul Menhart	Seattle Mariners	San Diego Padres	Trade
Jun 10, 1997	Trade	Andres Berumen	San Diego Padres	Seattle Mariners	Trade
Jun 9, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jim Converse	—	New York Yankees	Free agent signing
Jun 9, 1997	Trade	Vernon Maxwell	San Diego Padres	New York Yankees	Trade
Jun 9, 1997	Trade	Chad Curtis	Cleveland Indians	New York Yankees	Trade
Jun 9, 1997	Trade	David Weathers	New York Yankees	Cleveland Indians	Trade
Jun 6, 1997	Released	Todd Van Poppel	Kansas City Royals	—	Release
Jun 5, 1997	Signed as free agent	Kevin Gross	—	Anaheim Angels	Free agent signing
Jun 5, 1997	Trade	Ryan Thompson	Cleveland Indians	Toronto Blue Jays	Trade
Jun 5, 1997	Trade	Jeff Manto	Toronto Blue Jays	Cleveland Indians	Trade
Jun 3, 1997	Released	Hansel Izquierdo	Florida Marlins	—	Release
Jun 3, 1997	Released	Kevin Mitchell	Cleveland Indians	—	Release
Jun 2, 1997	Released	Jim Converse	Kansas City Royals	—	Release
Jun 2, 1997	Released	Gary Thurman	New York Mets	—	Release
Jun 1, 1997	Signed as free agent	Chuck Carr	—	Houston Astros	Free agent signing
Jun 1, 1997	Signed as free agent	Bobby Munoz	—	San Diego Padres	Free agent signing
Jun 1, 1997	Signed	Luis Rodriguez	—	Minnesota Twins	Amateur free agent signing
May 30, 1997	Signed as free agent	Steve Mintz	—	San Diego Padres	Free agent signing
May 30, 1997	Signed	Francisco Santos	—	San Francisco Giants	Amateur free agent signing
May 29, 1997	Released	Doug Johns	Kansas City Royals	—	Release
May 29, 1997	Signed as free agent	Bob Scanlan	—	San Diego Padres	Free agent signing
May 29, 1997	Trade	Hideki Irabu	San Diego Padres	New York Yankees	Trade
May 27, 1997	Signed as free agent	Billy Brewer	—	Philadelphia Phillies	Free agent signing
May 27, 1997	Signed as free agent	Tim Scott	—	Colorado Rockies	Free agent signing
May 27, 1997	Released	Don Slaught	San Diego Padres	—	Release
May 27, 1997	Released	Tim Spehr	Kansas City Royals	—	Release
May 25, 1997	Signed as free agent	Gregg Olson	—	Kansas City Royals	Free agent signing
May 25, 1997	Trade	Andy Zwirchitz	New York Mets	Atlanta Braves	Trade
May 24, 1997	Released	Dennis Martinez	Seattle Mariners	—	Release
May 23, 1997	Trade	Travis Thurmond	Anaheim Angels	San Francisco Giants	Trade
May 22, 1997	Released	Billy Brewer	Oakland Athletics	—	Release
May 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Humberto Cota	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Free agent signing
May 22, 1997	Released	Luis Pineda	Texas Rangers	—	Release
May 20, 1997	Signed as free agent	Scott Leius	—	Chicago White Sox	Free agent signing
May 20, 1997	Released	Torey Lovullo	Montreal Expos	—	Release
May 20, 1997	Signed as free agent	Torey Lovullo	—	Cleveland Indians	Free agent signing
May 20, 1997	Signed as free agent	Steve Scarsone	—	San Diego Padres	Free agent signing
May 20, 1997	Released	Chad Zerbe	Arizona Diamondbacks	—	Release
May 18, 1997	Released	Tim Scott	San Diego Padres	—	Release
May 18, 1997	Trade	Chuck McElroy	Anaheim Angels	Chicago White Sox	Trade
May 18, 1997	Trade	Jorge Fabregas	Anaheim Angels	Chicago White Sox	Trade
May 18, 1997	Trade	Tony Phillips	Chicago White Sox	Anaheim Angels	Trade
May 18, 1997	Trade	Chad Kreuter	Chicago White Sox	Anaheim Angels	Trade
May 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Giovanni Carrara	—	Cincinnati Reds	Free agent signing
May 16, 1997	Signed	Victor Alvarez	—	Los Angeles Dodgers	Amateur free agent signing
May 16, 1997	Released	Gregg Olson	Minnesota Twins	—	Release
May 14, 1997	Released	Giovanni Carrara	Baltimore Orioles	—	Release
May 14, 1997	Released	Steve Scarsone	St. Louis Cardinals	—	Release
May 12, 1997	Signed as free agent	Ricky Bones	—	Milwaukee Brewers	Free agent signing
May 12, 1997	Signed as free agent	Brad Thomas	—	Minnesota Twins	Free agent signing
May 12, 1997	Released	Mitch Williams	Kansas City Royals	—	Release
May 12, 1997	Trade	Ricky Trlicek	Boston Red Sox	New York Mets	Trade
May 12, 1997	Trade	Toby Borland	New York Mets	Boston Red Sox	Trade
May 11, 1997	Signed as free agent	Ruben Sierra	—	Toronto Blue Jays	Free agent signing
May 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Pete LaForest	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Free agent signing
May 9, 1997	Released	Ruben Sierra	Cincinnati Reds	—	Release
May 9, 1997	Released	Brad Thomas	Los Angeles Dodgers	—	Release
May 9, 1997	Trade	Jose Cabrera	Cleveland Indians	Houston Astros	Trade
May 9, 1997	Trade	Alvin Morman	Houston Astros	Cleveland Indians	Trade
May 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rusty Meacham	—	Boston Red Sox	Free agent signing
May 6, 1997	Released	Ricky Bones	Cincinnati Reds	—	Release
May 6, 1997	Signed as free agent	Steve Parris	—	Cincinnati Reds	Free agent signing
May 3, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rene Gonzales	—	Colorado Rockies	Free agent signing
May 2, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Perez	—	Kansas City Royals	Free agent signing
May 1, 1997	Signed as free agent	Bryan Eversgerd	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Apr 30, 1997	Released	Kevin Gross	Texas Rangers	—	Release
Apr 30, 1997	Signed as free agent	Brad Pennington	—	Kansas City Royals	Free agent signing
Apr 30, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Williams	—	Kansas City Royals	Free agent signing
Apr 30, 1997	Trade	Wes Chamberlain	Pittsburgh Pirates	New York Mets	Trade
Apr 30, 1997	Trade	Ramon Espinosa	Pittsburgh Pirates	New York Mets	Trade
Apr 30, 1997	Trade	John Carter	New York Mets	Pittsburgh Pirates	Trade
Apr 30, 1997	Trade	Erick Ojeda	New York Mets	Pittsburgh Pirates	Trade
Apr 28, 1997	Signed as free agent	Eric Anthony	—	Los Angeles Dodgers	Free agent signing
Apr 25, 1997	Released	Eric Anthony	Texas Rangers	—	Release
Apr 24, 1997	Signed as free agent	Darrin Jackson	—	Minnesota Twins	Free agent signing
Apr 23, 1997	Trade	Jeff Huson	Colorado Rockies	Milwaukee Brewers	Trade
Apr 22, 1997	Released	Rene Gonzales	San Diego Padres	—	Release
Apr 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Turner Ward	—	Pittsburgh Pirates	Free agent signing
Apr 22, 1997	Trade	Unnamed	New York Yankees	San Diego Padres	$3 million
Apr 22, 1997	Trade	Homer Bush	San Diego Padres	New York Yankees	Trade
Apr 22, 1997	Trade	Gordie Amerson	San Diego Padres	New York Yankees	Trade
Apr 22, 1997	Trade	Rafael Medina	New York Yankees	San Diego Padres	Trade
Apr 22, 1997	Trade	Ruben Rivera	New York Yankees	San Diego Padres	Trade
Apr 21, 1997	Signed	Rolando Arrojo	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Amateur free agent signing
Apr 21, 1997	Signed as free agent	Ryan Thompson	—	Cleveland Indians	Free agent signing
Apr 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Clemente Alvarez	—	Chicago White Sox	Free agent signing
Apr 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Kevin Tolar	—	New York Mets	Free agent signing
Apr 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Hensley Meulens	—	Montreal Expos	Free agent signing
Apr 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Todd Van Poppel	—	Kansas City Royals	Free agent signing
Apr 16, 1997	Released	Vince Coleman	Detroit Tigers	—	Release
Apr 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Alex Diaz	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Apr 15, 1997	Signed	Carlos Hernandez	—	Houston Astros	Amateur free agent signing
Apr 14, 1997	Trade	Rich DeLucia	San Francisco Giants	Anaheim Angels	Trade
Apr 13, 1997	Released	Alex Diaz	New York Mets	—	Release
Apr 11, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Maddux	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Apr 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Carlos Reyes	—	Oakland Athletics	Free agent signing
Apr 9, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jose Bautista	—	Detroit Tigers	Free agent signing
Apr 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Steve Decker	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Apr 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Lou Frazier	—	Baltimore Orioles	Free agent signing
Apr 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Bob Hamelin	—	Detroit Tigers	Free agent signing
Apr 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Brent Mayne	—	Oakland Athletics	Free agent signing
Apr 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Chris Michalak	—	Arizona Diamondbacks	Free agent signing
Apr 8, 1997	Released	Carlos Reyes	New York Yankees	—	Release
Apr 7, 1997	Signed as free agent	Darrin Winston	—	Philadelphia Phillies	Free agent signing
Apr 3, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jason Grimsley	—	Milwaukee Brewers	Free agent signing
Apr 2, 1997	Signed as free agent	Alvaro Espinoza	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Apr 1, 1997	Released	Brent Cookson	Texas Rangers	—	Release
Apr 1, 1997	Released	Chris Michalak	Oakland Athletics	—	Release
Mar 31, 1997	Released	Jim Abbott	Anaheim Angels	—	Release
Mar 31, 1997	Signed as free agent	Reid Cornelius	—	Florida Marlins	Free agent signing
Mar 31, 1997	Signed	Luis Figueroa	—	Pittsburgh Pirates	Amateur free agent signing
Mar 31, 1997	Signed as free agent	Greg Hansell	—	Milwaukee Brewers	Free agent signing
Mar 31, 1997	Released	Darrin Jackson	San Francisco Giants	—	Release
Mar 31, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rico Rossy	—	Montreal Expos	Free agent signing
Mar 31, 1997	Released	Darrin Winston	New York Mets	—	Release
Mar 31, 1997	Signed as free agent	Kevin Young	—	Pittsburgh Pirates	Free agent signing
Mar 31, 1997	Trade	Tim Bogar	New York Mets	Houston Astros	Trade
Mar 31, 1997	Trade	Luis Lopez	Houston Astros	New York Mets	Trade
Mar 31, 1997	Trade	Curt Lyons	Cincinnati Reds	Chicago Cubs	Trade
Mar 31, 1997	Trade	Jay Peterson	Chicago Cubs	Cincinnati Reds	Trade
Mar 31, 1997	Trade	Ozzie Timmons	Chicago Cubs	Cincinnati Reds	Trade
Mar 30, 1997	Signed as free agent	Bry Nelson	—	Chicago Cubs	Free agent signing
Mar 29, 1997	Released	Scott Leius	Boston Red Sox	—	Release
Mar 29, 1997	Trade	Trey Beamon	Pittsburgh Pirates	San Diego Padres	Trade
Mar 29, 1997	Trade	Angelo Encarnacion	Pittsburgh Pirates	San Diego Padres	Trade
Mar 29, 1997	Trade	Hal Garrett	San Diego Padres	Pittsburgh Pirates	Trade
Mar 29, 1997	Trade	Mark Smith	San Diego Padres	Pittsburgh Pirates	Trade
Mar 28, 1997	Released	Lou Frazier	Seattle Mariners	—	Release
Mar 28, 1997	Released	Brent Mayne	Seattle Mariners	—	Release
Mar 28, 1997	Released	Rusty Meacham	Seattle Mariners	—	Release
Mar 28, 1997	Released	Lou Pote	Montreal Expos	—	Release
Mar 28, 1997	Released	Rico Rossy	New York Mets	—	Release
Mar 28, 1997	Released	Rich Sauveur	Los Angeles Dodgers	—	Release
Mar 28, 1997	Released	Kevin Tolar	Chicago Cubs	—	Release
Mar 27, 1997	Signed as free agent	Eric Anthony	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Mar 27, 1997	Released	Jose Bautista	Detroit Tigers	—	Release
Mar 27, 1997	Trade	Keith Johns	St. Louis Cardinals	Milwaukee Brewers	Trade
Mar 27, 1997	Trade	Jermaine Dye	Atlanta Braves	Kansas City Royals	Trade
Mar 27, 1997	Trade	Jamie Walker	Atlanta Braves	Kansas City Royals	Trade
Mar 27, 1997	Trade	Keith Lockhart	Kansas City Royals	Atlanta Braves	Trade
Mar 27, 1997	Trade	Michael Tucker	Kansas City Royals	Atlanta Braves	Trade
Mar 26, 1997	Released	Eric Anthony	Minnesota Twins	—	Release
Mar 26, 1997	Released	Steve Decker	Colorado Rockies	—	Release
Mar 26, 1997	Released	Chris Donnels	Boston Red Sox	—	Release
Mar 26, 1997	Released	Alvaro Espinoza	New York Mets	—	Release
Mar 26, 1997	Released	Bob Hamelin	Kansas City Royals	—	Release
Mar 26, 1997	Released	Greg Hansell	Boston Red Sox	—	Release
Mar 26, 1997	Released	Graham Koonce	Detroit Tigers	—	Release
Mar 26, 1997	Released	Mike Maddux	Boston Red Sox	—	Release
Mar 26, 1997	Released	Bob Scanlan	Kansas City Royals	—	Release
Mar 26, 1997	Released	Ryan Thompson	Kansas City Royals	—	Release
Mar 26, 1997	Released	Todd Van Poppel	Anaheim Angels	—	Release
Mar 26, 1997	Trade	Dustin Hermanson	Florida Marlins	Montreal Expos	Trade
Mar 26, 1997	Trade	Joe Orsulak	Florida Marlins	Montreal Expos	Trade
Mar 26, 1997	Trade	Cliff Floyd	Montreal Expos	Florida Marlins	Trade
Mar 25, 1997	Released	Jarrod Patterson	New York Mets	—	Release
Mar 25, 1997	Released	Mike Porzio	Baltimore Orioles	—	Release
Mar 25, 1997	Trade	Marquis Grissom	Atlanta Braves	Cleveland Indians	Trade
Mar 25, 1997	Trade	David Justice	Atlanta Braves	Cleveland Indians	Trade
Mar 25, 1997	Trade	Alan Embree	Cleveland Indians	Atlanta Braves	Trade
Mar 25, 1997	Trade	Kenny Lofton	Cleveland Indians	Atlanta Braves	Trade
Mar 23, 1997	Released	Esteban Beltre	Pittsburgh Pirates	—	Release
Mar 22, 1997	Released	Bryan Eversgerd	San Diego Padres	—	Release
Mar 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Tommy Gregg	—	Atlanta Braves	Free agent signing
Mar 22, 1997	Trade	Hector Ramirez	New York Mets	Baltimore Orioles	Trade
Mar 22, 1997	Trade	Manny Alexander	Baltimore Orioles	New York Mets	Trade
Mar 22, 1997	Trade	Scott McClain	Baltimore Orioles	New York Mets	Trade
Mar 22, 1997	Trade	Jody Reed	San Diego Padres	Detroit Tigers	Trade
Mar 22, 1997	Trade	Mike Darr	Detroit Tigers	San Diego Padres	Trade
Mar 22, 1997	Trade	Matt Skrmetta	Detroit Tigers	San Diego Padres	Trade
Mar 21, 1997	Released	Mike Butcher	Texas Rangers	—	Release
Mar 21, 1997	Released	Bry Nelson	Houston Astros	—	Release
Mar 21, 1997	Signed as free agent	John Wehner	—	Florida Marlins	Free agent signing
Mar 20, 1997	Released	Tommy Gregg	Houston Astros	—	Release
Mar 20, 1997	Released	Jason Grimsley	Detroit Tigers	—	Release
Mar 20, 1997	Released	Hensley Meulens	Atlanta Braves	—	Release
Mar 19, 1997	Trade	Ray Brown	Cincinnati Reds	San Diego Padres	Trade
Mar 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Billy Brewer	—	Oakland Athletics	Free agent signing
Mar 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Julio Manon	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Free agent signing
Mar 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Kevin Gross	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Mar 17, 1997	Released	John Wehner	Los Angeles Dodgers	—	Release
Mar 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Brent Gates	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Mar 15, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Butcher	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Mar 15, 1997	Signed as free agent	Brent Cookson	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Mar 15, 1997	Trade	Joey Eischen	San Diego Padres	Cincinnati Reds	Trade
Mar 15, 1997	Trade	Luis Lopez	San Diego Padres	Houston Astros	Trade
Mar 15, 1997	Trade	Sean Runyan	Houston Astros	San Diego Padres	Trade
Mar 14, 1997	Signed as free agent	J. R. Phillips	—	Houston Astros	Free agent signing
Mar 14, 1997	Released	Mike Williams	Boston Red Sox	—	Release
Mar 13, 1997	Released	Milt Cuyler	Montreal Expos	—	Release
Mar 13, 1997	Released	Steve Parris	Pittsburgh Pirates	—	Release
Mar 13, 1997	Signed as free agent	Derrick White	—	Anaheim Angels	Free agent signing
Mar 13, 1997	Trade	Antonio Fernandez	San Diego Padres	Milwaukee Brewers	Trade
Mar 13, 1997	Trade	Brian Tollberg	Milwaukee Brewers	San Diego Padres	Trade
Mar 11, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jim Dougherty	—	New York Mets	Free agent signing
Mar 11, 1997	Released	Brent Gates	Oakland Athletics	—	Release
Mar 11, 1997	Signed	Bill Ortega	—	St. Louis Cardinals	Amateur free agent signing
Mar 11, 1997	Signed as free agent	Luis Polonia	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Free agent signing
Mar 10, 1997	Released	Billy Brewer	Cincinnati Reds	—	Release
Mar 7, 1997	Released	Steve Mintz	Milwaukee Brewers	—	Release
Mar 6, 1997	Signed as free agent	Tim Spehr	—	Boston Red Sox	Free agent signing
Mar 4, 1997	Released	Doug Linton	Kansas City Royals	—	Release
Mar 2, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Porzio	—	Baltimore Orioles	Free agent signing
Mar 2, 1997	Signed as free agent	Randy Veres	—	Kansas City Royals	Free agent signing
Feb 28, 1997	Signed as free agent	Shawn Wooten	—	Anaheim Angels	Free agent signing
Feb 25, 1997	Signed as free agent	Danny Tartabull	—	Philadelphia Phillies	Free agent signing
Feb 24, 1997	Signed as free agent	Larry Luebbers	—	Atlanta Braves	Free agent signing
Feb 21, 1997	Signed as free agent	Darron Cox	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Free agent signing
Feb 21, 1997	Signed	Alexis Gomez	—	Kansas City Royals	Amateur free agent signing
Feb 20, 1997	Signed as free agent	Dennis Martinez	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Feb 18, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Harkey	—	Los Angeles Dodgers	Free agent signing
Feb 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jeff Manto	—	Toronto Blue Jays	Free agent signing
Feb 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Deion Sanders	—	Cincinnati Reds	Free agent signing
Feb 15, 1997	Signed as free agent	Brady Clark	—	Cincinnati Reds	Free agent signing
Feb 15, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Williams	—	Boston Red Sox	Free agent signing
Feb 14, 1997	Signed as free agent	Roberto Mejia	—	St. Louis Cardinals	Free agent signing
Feb 12, 1997	Trade	Rene Arocha	St. Louis Cardinals	San Francisco Giants	Trade
Feb 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Gary Bennett	—	Boston Red Sox	Free agent signing
Feb 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Nate Minchey	—	Colorado Rockies	Free agent signing
Feb 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Scott Leius	—	Boston Red Sox	Free agent signing
Feb 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Joe Oliver	—	Cincinnati Reds	Free agent signing
Feb 7, 1997	Signed as free agent	Danny Darwin	—	Chicago White Sox	Free agent signing
Feb 7, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mark Davis	—	Arizona Diamondbacks	Free agent signing
Feb 7, 1997	Signed as free agent	Stan Spencer	—	San Diego Padres	Free agent signing
Feb 6, 1997	Signed as free agent	Carlos Reyes	—	New York Yankees	Free agent signing
Feb 6, 1997	Signed	Jose Valverde	—	Arizona Diamondbacks	Amateur free agent signing
Feb 5, 1997	Signed as free agent	Tommy Gregg	—	Houston Astros	Free agent signing
Feb 4, 1997	Signed as free agent	Tommy Greene	—	Houston Astros	Free agent signing
Feb 4, 1997	Released	Juan Moreno	Oakland Athletics	—	Release
Feb 4, 1997	Signed as free agent	Doug Strange	—	Montreal Expos	Free agent signing
Feb 4, 1997	Signed	Wilson Valdez	—	Montreal Expos	Amateur free agent signing
Feb 4, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rick White	—	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Free agent signing
Feb 3, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jim Corsi	—	Boston Red Sox	Free agent signing
Feb 3, 1997	Released	Roberto Mejia	Boston Red Sox	—	Release
Feb 3, 1997	Signed as free agent	Todd Williams	—	Cincinnati Reds	Free agent signing
Feb 1, 1997	Signed as free agent	Tom Wilson	—	New York Yankees	Free agent signing
Jan 31, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Benjamin	—	Boston Red Sox	Free agent signing
Jan 31, 1997	Signed as free agent	Greg Cadaret	—	Cleveland Indians	Free agent signing
Jan 31, 1997	Trade	Gene Schall	Philadelphia Phillies	Chicago White Sox	Trade
Jan 31, 1997	Trade	Mike Robertson	Chicago White Sox	Philadelphia Phillies	Trade
Jan 30, 1997	Signed as free agent	Wes Chamberlain	—	Pittsburgh Pirates	Free agent signing
Jan 30, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jeff Reboulet	—	Baltimore Orioles	Free agent signing
Jan 30, 1997	Signed as free agent	Tim Scott	—	San Diego Padres	Free agent signing
Jan 30, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jack Voigt	—	Milwaukee Brewers	Free agent signing
Jan 29, 1997	Signed as free agent	Dave Clark	—	Chicago Cubs	Free agent signing
Jan 29, 1997	Signed as free agent	Chad Kreuter	—	Chicago White Sox	Free agent signing
Jan 29, 1997	Signed as free agent	Derrick May	—	Philadelphia Phillies	Free agent signing
Jan 29, 1997	Signed as free agent	Hector Ortiz	—	Kansas City Royals	Free agent signing
Jan 28, 1997	Signed as free agent	Chad Zerbe	—	Arizona Diamondbacks	Free agent signing
Jan 28, 1997	Trade	Yamil Benitez	Montreal Expos	Kansas City Royals	Trade
Jan 28, 1997	Trade	Melvin Bunch	Kansas City Royals	Montreal Expos	Trade
Jan 27, 1997	Released	Jorge Campillo	Atlanta Braves	—	Release
Jan 27, 1997	Released	Humberto Cota	Atlanta Braves	—	Release
Jan 27, 1997	Signed as free agent	Terry Pendleton	—	Cincinnati Reds	Free agent signing
Jan 27, 1997	Trade	Unnamed	Oakland Athletics	Boston Red Sox	$
Jan 27, 1997	Trade	Jose Canseco	Boston Red Sox	Oakland Athletics	Trade
Jan 27, 1997	Trade	John Wasdin	Oakland Athletics	Boston Red Sox	Trade
Jan 26, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Misuraca	—	Milwaukee Brewers	Free agent signing
Jan 25, 1997	Signed as free agent	Luis Rivera	—	Houston Astros	Free agent signing
Jan 24, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Blowers	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Jan 24, 1997	Signed as free agent	Greg Colbrunn	—	Minnesota Twins	Free agent signing
Jan 24, 1997	Signed as free agent	Darnell Coles	—	Colorado Rockies	Free agent signing
Jan 24, 1997	Signed as free agent	Eric Gunderson	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Jan 23, 1997	Signed as free agent	Kevin Baez	—	Minnesota Twins	Free agent signing
Jan 23, 1997	Signed as free agent	Ken Grundt	—	Boston Red Sox	Free agent signing
Jan 23, 1997	Signed as free agent	Dave Magadan	—	Oakland Athletics	Free agent signing
Jan 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Steve Avery	—	Boston Red Sox	Free agent signing
Jan 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jose Bautista	—	Detroit Tigers	Free agent signing
Jan 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rob Ducey	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Jan 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Dave Hansen	—	Chicago Cubs	Free agent signing
Jan 22, 1997	Signed as free agent	Scott Kamieniecki	—	Baltimore Orioles	Free agent signing
Jan 21, 1997	Signed as free agent	Lee Smith	—	Montreal Expos	Free agent signing
Jan 21, 1997	Signed as free agent	Brian Williams	—	Baltimore Orioles	Free agent signing
Jan 20, 1997	Signed as free agent	Steve Ontiveros	—	Anaheim Angels	Free agent signing
Jan 20, 1997	Signed	Mike Rivera	—	Detroit Tigers	Amateur free agent signing
Jan 19, 1997	Signed as free agent	Luis Alicea	—	Anaheim Angels	Free agent signing
Jan 19, 1997	Signed	Grant Balfour	—	Minnesota Twins	Amateur free agent signing
Jan 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jason Grimsley	—	Detroit Tigers	Free agent signing
Jan 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Aaron Ledesma	—	Baltimore Orioles	Free agent signing
Jan 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Derek Lilliquist	—	Kansas City Royals	Free agent signing
Jan 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Phil Plantier	—	San Diego Padres	Free agent signing
Jan 17, 1997	Signed as free agent	Robby Thompson	—	Cleveland Indians	Free agent signing
Jan 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jim Bullinger	—	Montreal Expos	Free agent signing
Jan 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Russ Morman	—	Florida Marlins	Free agent signing
Jan 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Bob Natal	—	Florida Marlins	Free agent signing
Jan 16, 1997	Signed	Humberto Quintero	—	Chicago White Sox	Amateur free agent signing
Jan 16, 1997	Signed as free agent	Ryan Thompson	—	Kansas City Royals	Free agent signing
Jan 16, 1997	Released	Todd Williams	Oakland Athletics	—	Release
Jan 15, 1997	Signed as free agent	Domingo Cedeno	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Jan 15, 1997	Signed	Juan Uribe	—	Colorado Rockies	Amateur free agent signing
Jan 14, 1997	Signed as free agent	Doug Drabek	—	Chicago White Sox	Free agent signing
Jan 14, 1997	Signed as free agent	P. J. Forbes	—	Baltimore Orioles	Free agent signing
Jan 14, 1997	Signed as free agent	Brian Hunter	—	Cincinnati Reds	Free agent signing
Jan 14, 1997	Signed as free agent	Steve Schrenk	—	Baltimore Orioles	Free agent signing
Jan 14, 1997	Signed as free agent	Rudy Seanez	—	New York Mets	Free agent signing
Jan 14, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mitch Williams	—	Kansas City Royals	Free agent signing
Jan 13, 1997	Signed	Jorge De Paula	—	Colorado Rockies	Amateur free agent signing
Jan 13, 1997	Signed as free agent	Gil Heredia	—	Montreal Expos	Free agent signing
Jan 13, 1997	Signed as free agent	Steve Scarsone	—	St. Louis Cardinals	Free agent signing
Jan 12, 1997	Signed as free agent	Pete Smith	—	San Diego Padres	Free agent signing
Jan 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Paul Abbott	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Jan 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Harold Baines	—	Chicago White Sox	Free agent signing
Jan 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Darryl Hamilton	—	San Francisco Giants	Free agent signing
Jan 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Brent Mayne	—	Seattle Mariners	Free agent signing
Jan 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Roger McDowell	—	Chicago White Sox	Free agent signing
Jan 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Tony Peña	—	Chicago White Sox	Free agent signing
Jan 10, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jeff Tabaka	—	Cincinnati Reds	Free agent signing
Jan 9, 1997	Signed as free agent	Vince Coleman	—	Detroit Tigers	Free agent signing
Jan 9, 1997	Released	Jim Dougherty	Houston Astros	—	Release
Jan 9, 1997	Signed as free agent	Luis Sojo	—	New York Yankees	Free agent signing
Jan 9, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mark Whiten	—	New York Yankees	Free agent signing
Jan 9, 1997	Trade	Mark Smith	Baltimore Orioles	San Diego Padres	Trade
Jan 9, 1997	Trade	Leroy McKinnis	San Diego Padres	Baltimore Orioles	Trade
Jan 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Jeff Barry	—	Colorado Rockies	Free agent signing
Jan 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Doug Henry	—	San Francisco Giants	Free agent signing
Jan 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	John Hope	—	Colorado Rockies	Free agent signing
Jan 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Tom Quinlan	—	Colorado Rockies	Free agent signing
Jan 8, 1997	Signed as free agent	Ben VanRyn	—	Chicago Cubs	Free agent signing
Jan 7, 1997	Released	Mike Kingery	Pittsburgh Pirates	—	Release
Jan 7, 1997	Released	Jason Thompson	San Diego Padres	—	Release
Jan 7, 1997	Signed as free agent	Fernando Valenzuela	—	San Diego Padres	Free agent signing
Jan 6, 1997	Signed as free agent	Damon Berryhill	—	San Francisco Giants	Free agent signing
Jan 6, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Devereaux	—	Texas Rangers	Free agent signing
Jan 6, 1997	Signed as free agent	Richie Lewis	—	Oakland Athletics	Free agent signing
Jan 6, 1997	Signed as free agent	Dave Valle	—	Oakland Athletics	Free agent signing
Jan 3, 1997	Signed as free agent	Willie Banks	—	New York Yankees	Free agent signing
Jan 3, 1997	Signed as free agent	Mike Busch	—	Cleveland Indians	Free agent signing
Jan 2, 1997	Signed as free agent	Donn Pall	—	Florida Marlins	Free agent signing
Jan 1, 1997	Signed as free agent	Casey Candaele	—	Cleveland Indians	Free agent signing

Every row is mapped onto the same trade / signing / release vocabulary the modern feed uses, with the era’s own type description kept on each row. Club names are the names of the day (the Boston Braves years, the Brooklyn Dodgers years), and each links to the franchise it is today. Some dates are only partially known or flagged approximate by the source; they are shown exactly as published, never completed to a fake precise day.

By team, 1997

Baltimore Orioles 1997 transactionsBoston Red Sox 1997 transactionsNew York Yankees 1997 transactionsTampa Bay Rays 1997 transactionsToronto Blue Jays 1997 transactionsChicago White Sox 1997 transactionsCleveland Guardians 1997 transactionsDetroit Tigers 1997 transactionsKansas City Royals 1997 transactionsMinnesota Twins 1997 transactionsHouston Astros 1997 transactionsLos Angeles Angels 1997 transactionsAthletics 1997 transactionsSeattle Mariners 1997 transactionsTexas Rangers 1997 transactionsAtlanta Braves 1997 transactionsMiami Marlins 1997 transactionsNew York Mets 1997 transactionsPhiladelphia Phillies 1997 transactionsWashington Nationals 1997 transactionsChicago Cubs 1997 transactionsCincinnati Reds 1997 transactionsMilwaukee Brewers 1997 transactionsPittsburgh Pirates 1997 transactionsSt. Louis Cardinals 1997 transactionsArizona Diamondbacks 1997 transactionsColorado Rockies 1997 transactionsLos Angeles Dodgers 1997 transactionsSan Diego Padres 1997 transactionsSan Francisco Giants 1997 transactions

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