1997 Transactions
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Trades/Waiver Claims
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November - PEDRO!
- 11/24 - Purchased Jimmy Hurst from Detroit Tigers.
- 11/18 - Traded Carl Pavano and a PTBNL to Montreal Expos in exchange for Pedro Martinez; (Montreal Expos received Tony Armas as the PTBNL on December 18).
- 11/06 - Traded Mark Brandenburg, Bill Haselman and Aaron Sele to Texas Rangers in exchange for Damon Buford and Jim Leyritz.
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October
- 10/15 - Lost Vaughn Eshelman to Oakland Athletics on waivers.
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September
- 09/25 - Claimed B.J. Waszgis from Baltimore Orioles on waivers.
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August
- 08/13 - Traded Mike Stanley and Randy Brown to New York Yankees in exchange for Tony Armas and a PTBNL; Boston Red Sox received Jim Mecir (September 29).
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July
- 07/31 Traded Heathcliff Slocumb to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek.
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May
- 05/12 - Traded Ricky Trlicek to New York Mets in exchange for Toby Borland.
- 05/01 - Sold Johnny Ruffin to Kintetsu Buffaloes (Japan Pacific).
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March
- 03/26 - Sold Tim Spehr to Kansas City Royals.
- 03/25 - Purchased Carlos Valdez from San Francisco Giants.
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January
- 01/27 - Traded Jose Canseco to Oakland Athletics in exchange for John Wasdin and cash.
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Major League Free Agent Signings
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December
- 12/23 - Darren Lewis signed as a free agent.
- 12/09 - Dennis Eckersley signed as a free agent.
- 12/03 - Jim Corsi signed as a free agent.
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November
- 11/21 - Mike Benjamin signed as a free agent. Sun-Woo Kim signed as a non-drafted free agent.
- 11/17 - Bret Saberhagen signed as a free agent.
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October
- 10/28 - Brian Shouse signed as a free agent.
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August
- 08/30 - Curtis Pride signed as a free agent.
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June
- 06/30 - Pete Walker signed as a free agent.
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May
- 05/08 - Rusty Meacham signed as a free agent.
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March
- 03/06 - Tim Spehr signed as a free agent.
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February
- 02/15 - Mike Williams signed as a free agent.
- 02/10 - Gary Bennett signed as a free agent.
- 02/08 - Scott Leius signed as a free agent.
- 02/03 - Jim Corsi signed as a free agent.
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January
- 01/31 - Mike Benjamin signed as a free agent.
- 01/23 - Ken Grundt signed as a free agent.
- 01/22 - Steve Avery signed as a free agent.
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Granted Free Agency
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October
- 10/31 - Granted Free Agency Bret Saberhagen
- 10/30 - Granted Free Agency Chris Hammond
- 10/29 - Granted Free Agency Travis Harper
- 10/27 - Granted Free Agency Mike Benjamin
- 10/17 - Granted Free Agency Toby Borland and Pete Walker
- 10/07 - Granted Free Agency Jesus Tavarez
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June
- 06/18 - Granted Free Agency Rudy Pemberton
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Minor League Promotions
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Demotions/Releases
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September
- 09/28 - Wil Cordero released.
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June
- 06/27 - Pat Mahomes released.
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March
- 03/29 - Scott Leius released.
- 03/26 - Chris Donnels released.
- 03/26 - Greg Hansell released.
- 03/26 - Mike Maddux released.
- 03/14 - Mike Williams released.
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February
- 02/03 - Roberto Mejia released.
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Minor League Transactions
- 1997 Minor League Transactions
- 1997 Amateur Draft - June 3, 1997
- 1997 International Free Agent Signings
- 1997 Rule 5
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