| Monday, December 11th , 1961 | 2B Ed Howard was added to the secondary (40-man) roster. | CF Ed Moore was added to the secondary (40-man) roster. | RP Abe Kelley was added to the secondary (40-man) roster. | Saturday, November 18th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Frank Brown to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Joe Gantt to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, November 15th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Earl Jaeger to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, November 1st , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Larry Smith to a minor league contract. | Thursday, October 26th , 1961 | Signed Pitching Coach Gene Stanley to a 2-year, $9,500 per year contract. | Monday, October 23rd , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Dick Ellis to a minor league contract. | Sunday, October 8th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Les Frandsen to a minor league contract. | Thursday, September 28th , 1961 | Released SP Norm Stover. | Wednesday, September 20th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Fred Oien to a minor league contract. | Released 3B George Rico. | Saturday, September 9th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Bill Slappy to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, September 5th , 1961 | Placed SP Norm Stover on the C-O-W League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 09/04/1961. | Promoted SP Paul Wierman from Class C Mobile to Class B Salem. | Wednesday, August 30th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Fritz Richards to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, August 8th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Dean Crawford to a minor league contract. | Monday, August 7th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Tom White to a minor league contract. | Thursday, July 27th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP John Tobin to a minor league contract. | Sunday, July 16th , 1961 | Released RP Mack Cook. | Thursday, July 6th , 1961 | Placed 3B Hy Fry on the C-O-W League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/05/1961. | Monday, June 19th , 1961 | Placed SP Jerry Smith on the Lone Star Association 10-day injured list, retroactive to 06/18/1961. | Promoted 2B Ed Howard from Double A Houston to Triple A Salt Lake City. | Promoted SP Harry Stout from Class A Scranton to Double A Houston. | Demoted 1B George Rico from Triple A Salt Lake City to Double A Houston. | Promoted RP Ty Abbott from Class B Salem to Class A Scranton. | Promoted RF Lew Stevenson from Class B Salem to Class A Scranton. | Promoted 2B Mike Forst from Class B Salem to Class A Scranton. | Promoted LF Dick DiFilippo from Class B Salem to Class A Scranton. | Promoted SP Ken Dahl from Class C Mobile to Class B Salem. | Demoted 2B Gustavus Turner from Class A Scranton to Class B Salem. | Demoted LF Hy Fry from Class A Scranton to Class B Salem. | Promoted SS Billy Young from Class C Mobile to Class B Salem. | Drafted SP John Mullins in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 7, 7th overall pick). | Drafted CF Ed Bogan in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 7, 23rd overall pick). | Drafted SP George Dunnigan in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 7, 39th overall pick). | Drafted SS Carlos Hernandez in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 7, 55th overall pick). | Drafted SP Dave Napier in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 7, 71st overall pick). | Drafted 2B Bill Ryan in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 6, Pick 7, 87th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Hi Berry in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 7, Pick 7, 103rd overall pick). | Drafted SP Hans Armstrong in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 8, Pick 7, 119th overall pick). | Drafted 1B Andy Fisher in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 9, Pick 7, 135th overall pick). | Drafted SP Len Sykes in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 10, Pick 7, 151st overall pick). | Drafted RP Jim Mathis in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 11, Pick 7, 167th overall pick). | Drafted SP Sig Hotchkiss in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 12, Pick 7, 183rd overall pick). | Drafted SS Bud Thurman in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 13, Pick 7, 199th overall pick). | Drafted RF Bunny Cormack in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 14, Pick 7, 215th overall pick). | Drafted SP Red LaRouche in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 15, Pick 7, 231st overall pick). | Drafted 2B Paul Bowman in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 16, Pick 7, 247th overall pick). | Drafted SP Fred Daniels in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 17, Pick 7, 263rd overall pick). | Drafted RF Hec Sprague in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 18, Pick 7, 279th overall pick). | Drafted SP Chuck Patterson in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 19, Pick 7, 295th overall pick). | Drafted RF Steve Menden in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 20, Pick 7, 311st overall pick). | Promoted 3B Joe Peduzzi from Class A Scranton to Double A Houston. | Promoted 2B Gustavus Turner from Class B Salem to Class A Scranton. | Demoted CF Cleo Evans from Double A Houston to Class A Scranton. | Demoted LF Dick DiFilippo from Class A Scranton to Class B Salem. | Released SP Red LaRouche. | Released SP Hans Armstrong. | Released SP Chuck Patterson. | Released SP Len Sykes. | Released RP Orlando Pacheco. | Released SP Fred Daniels. | Released SP Sig Hotchkiss. | Wednesday, June 14th , 1961 | Placed RF Bob Zeltser on the Middle Atlantic League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 06/13/1961. | Saturday, June 3rd , 1961 | Placed RF Vern Reynolds on the 60-day injured list. | Wednesday, May 31st , 1961 | Placed 2B Mike Forst on the C-O-W League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 05/30/1961. | Friday, May 12th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Moxie Martin to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, May 9th , 1961 | Released RF Don Berry. | Placed LF Tony Boyd on the C-O-W League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 05/08/1961. | Monday, May 8th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Ray Taylor to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Coop Bancroft to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, April 25th , 1961 | Activated RF Don Hall from the injured list. | RF Don Berry was designated for assignment and placed on waivers (from active). | Monday, April 24th , 1961 | Signed free agent CL Felix Solano to a minor league contract. | Saturday, April 8th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Mack Cook to a minor league contract. | Friday, March 24th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Paul Layton to a minor league contract. | Sunday, January 15th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP John Ladd to a minor league contract. | Monday, January 9th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Bill Williams to a minor league contract. | | |