| Wednesday, November 22nd , 1961 | Released RP Jack Gaebel. | Thursday, November 16th , 1961 | Released RP John Mack. | Wednesday, November 15th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Sig Davis to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, September 26th , 1961 | Activated RP John Jones from the injured list. | Monday, September 11th , 1961 | Placed RP Fred McKnight on the 60-day injured list. | Sunday, September 3rd , 1961 | Placed 3B Herb Porter on the Dixie League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 09/02/1961. | Placed SP Monte Evans on the Gulf States League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 09/02/1961. | Released RP Joe Ewing. | Saturday, August 19th , 1961 | Placed 2B Bernardo Pimentel on the Gulf States League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 08/18/1961. | Tuesday, August 8th , 1961 | Released 3B Mike Glenn. | Monday, August 7th , 1961 | Placed SP Jake Thornton on the Gulf States League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 08/06/1961. | Signed free agent RP John Mack to a minor league contract. | Sunday, August 6th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Curt Campbell to a minor league contract. | Placed SP Bill Scott on the Gulf States League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 08/05/1961. | Assigned RP Harry Rowland to Class C Beaumont. | Tuesday, July 18th , 1961 | Placed 3B Jesse Walker on the Gulf States League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/17/1961. | Sunday, July 16th , 1961 | Placed C Milt Rush on the Middle Atlantic League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 07/15/1961. | Demoted CF Rip Curry from Double A New Orleans to Class A Allentown. | Monday, July 3rd , 1961 | Placed 2B Joe Anderson on the Dixie League 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/02/1961. | Signed free agent RP Frank Welsh to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, June 28th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Bert Dickson to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, June 27th , 1961 | Placed 1B Otto Funk on the Middle Atlantic League 10-day injured list, retroactive to 06/26/1961. | Monday, June 26th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Don Munson to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Buck Mellon to a minor league contract. | Monday, June 19th , 1961 | Drafted 3B Buster Stevens in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 11, 11th overall pick). | Drafted SP Monte Evans in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 11, 27th overall pick). | Drafted SS Danny Raymond in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 11, 43rd overall pick). | Drafted 2B Fernando Apodaca in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 11, 59th overall pick). | Drafted SP Bill Smith in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 11, 75th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Pinky Henry in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 6, Pick 11, 91st overall pick). | Drafted RP Don Shelton in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 7, Pick 11, 107th overall pick). | Drafted C Jim Davis in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 8, Pick 11, 123rd overall pick). | Drafted SP George Hardy in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 9, Pick 11, 139th overall pick). | Drafted C Bill Johnson in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 10, Pick 11, 155th overall pick). | Drafted RF Dixie Cox in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 11, Pick 11, 171st overall pick). | Drafted SP Dave Barton in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 12, Pick 11, 187th overall pick). | Drafted SP Dick Poole in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 13, Pick 11, 203rd overall pick). | Drafted SP Atsuo Miyaji in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 14, Pick 11, 219th overall pick). | Drafted 1B Marty Hughson in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 15, Pick 11, 235th overall pick). | Drafted SP Paul McAllister in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 16, Pick 11, 251st overall pick). | Drafted RP Taylor Pearson in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 17, Pick 11, 267th overall pick). | Drafted CF Walt Christian in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 18, Pick 11, 283rd overall pick). | Drafted RP Ray Smith in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 19, Pick 11, 299th overall pick). | Drafted RF Chick Arnell in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 20, Pick 11, 315th overall pick). | Promoted C Johnny Nelson from Double A New Orleans to Triple A Louisville. | Promoted 1B Dick Green from Double A New Orleans to Triple A Louisville. | Assigned RP Bill Williamson to Double A New Orleans. | Promoted RF Glenn Johnson from Class A Allentown to Double A New Orleans. | Demoted 2B Sam Gallick from Triple A Louisville to Double A New Orleans. | Promoted SS Ray Rogers from Class A Allentown to Double A New Orleans. | Demoted SP Lee Osborne from Double A New Orleans to Class A Allentown. | Promoted C Milt Rush from Class B Bakersfield to Class A Allentown. | Promoted 3B Jay Dynes from Class B Bakersfield to Class A Allentown. | Demoted SP Vern Adkins from Class A Allentown to Class B Bakersfield. | Demoted RP Walter Long from Triple A Louisville to Class B Bakersfield. | Demoted RP Jim Sherwood from Double A New Orleans to Class B Bakersfield. | Promoted C Jim Davis from Class C Beaumont to Class B Bakersfield. | Promoted 1B Buddy Miller from Class C Beaumont to Class B Bakersfield. | Promoted CF Lloyd Draper from Class C Beaumont to Class B Bakersfield. | Demoted SP Mike Dunlavy from Class B Bakersfield to Class C Beaumont. | Demoted SP Bill Scott from Class B Bakersfield to Class C Beaumont. | Demoted SP Joe Kehrer from Class B Bakersfield to Class C Beaumont. | Released SP Atsuo Miyaji. | Released SP Dave Barton. | Released SP Paul McAllister. | Released RP Ray Smith. | Released SP Dick Poole. | Released RP Bucky Watson. | Released RP Gus Ray. | Released RP Taylor Pearson. | Released CF Walt Christian. | Released SP George Hardy. | Monday, June 12th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Walter Long to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, June 7th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Jim Sherwood to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, May 9th , 1961 | Signed free agent CL Chauncey Puckett to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, April 26th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Stuffy Morgan to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, April 25th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP John Brown to a minor league contract. | Sunday, April 16th , 1961 | Released RP John Mack. | Monday, April 3rd , 1961 | Signed free agent RP John Nixon to a minor league contract. | Thursday, February 16th , 1961 | Released RP Walter Long. | Monday, January 16th , 1961 | Released RP John Mack. | Signed free agent RP John Mack to a minor league contract. | Monday, January 9th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP John Brown to a minor league contract. | Monday, January 2nd , 1961 | Released 3B Wes Murray. | | |