| 1981 Trades | |||||
| 1 | To Homestead: | Matt Keough and Rich Dauer | 1 | To Oakland: | Homestead's 3rd rd pick in '81 and 2nd rd pick in '82 |
| 2 | To Sacramento: | Jerry Remy | 2 | To River City: | Houston's 3rd rd pick in '81 |
| 3 | To Reading: | Shane Rawley & Oakland's 5th rd pick in '81 | 3 | To Oakland: | Reading's 3rd rd pick in '81 |
| 4 | To Durham: | Bobby Grich | 4 | To Baltimore: | Lloyd Moseby |
| 5 | To St Louis: | Jim Palmer | 5 | To Durham: | Joel Youngblood and Jim Bibby |
| 6 | To Durham: | Steve Kemp | 6 | To California: | Homestead's 1st rd pick in '81 |
| 7 | To Sioux Falls: | Bill Buckner & Bismarck's 6th rd pick in '81 | 7 | To Kansas City: | Sioux Falls' 2nd rd pick in '82 |
| 8 | To California: | Dave Kingman | 8 | To Bismarck: | California's 2nd rd pick in '81 |
| 9 | To Durham: | Al Bumbry & Sioux Falls' 2nd rd pick in '81 | 9 | To St Louis: | Durham's 2nd rd pick in '81 & Sioux Falls' 3rd rd pick in '81 |
| 10 | To Baltimore: | Richard Dotson | 10 | To Durham: | Ron Davis & John Mayberry |
| 11 | To Reading: | Oakland's 6th rd pick in '81 and 2nd rd pick in '82 | 11 | To Oakland: | Reading's 2nd rd pick in '81 |
| 12 | To California: | Charlie Moore | 12 | To Sacramento: | California's 3rd rd pick in '81 |
| 13 | To Durham: | Homestead's 4th rd pick in '81 | 13 | To New York: | Durham's 3rd rd pick in '82 |
| 14 | To Philadelphia: | Doug Corbett | 14 | To Bismarck: | Philadelphia's 9th rd pick in '81 and 2nd rd pick in '82. |
| 15 | To Niagara Falls: | Dave Collins & Reading's 6th rd pick in '82 | 15 | To Reading: | Niagara Falls' 2nd rd pick in '82 |
| 16 | To Sioux Falls: | Joe Morgan | 16 | To Hollywood: | Rob Wilfong and Sioux Falls' 3rd and 4th rd picks in '82 |
| 17 | To Durham: | Rod Carew | 17 | To Minneapolis: | Willie Upshaw |
| 18 | To Minneapolis: | Ron Guidry & Homestead's 3rd rd pick in '81 | 18 | To Homestead: | Steve Rogers |
| 19 | To Durham: | Ron Guidry | 19 | To Minneapolis: | Durham's 1st rd pick in '82 |
| 20 | To Minneapolis: | Tony Armas, Rick Mahler, Steve Yeager & Tim Blackwell | 20 | To Kansas City: | Ken Griffey, Alan Ashby, Larry Milbourne & Steve Renko |