| Saturday, December 30th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Shikato Takeda to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, December 26th , 1961 | Signed free agent 1B Naruhiko Smith to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Teruhi Mori to a minor league contract. | Monday, December 25th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Shuukou Takata to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Released SP Shuukou Takata. | Sunday, December 17th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Atsuya Sakai to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Sessue Yamamoto to a minor league contract. | Monday, December 11th , 1961 | Signed free agent 1B Naruhiko Smith to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, December 6th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Koshi Sugimoto to a minor league contract. | Monday, December 4th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Hiroshi Sakai to a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,880. | Released RP Hiroshi Sakai. | Friday, December 1st , 1961 | Released C Kenji Ouye. | Thursday, November 30th , 1961 | Signed free agent C Kenji Ouye to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, November 28th , 1961 | Signed free agent 1B Naruhiko Smith to a minor league contract. | Thursday, November 23rd , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Shikato Takeda to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Teizo Ozawa to a minor league contract. | Monday, November 20th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Atsuya Sakai to a minor league contract. | Friday, November 10th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Nariakira Sakomura to a minor league contract. | Thursday, November 2nd , 1961 | Signed free agent 2B Michinori Kotani to a minor league contract. | Friday, October 27th , 1961 | Signed Pitching Coach Buck Wright to a 2-year, $3,425 per year contract. | Signed free agent 3B Takuma Shimada to a minor league contract. | Friday, October 20th , 1961 | Signed 1B Coach Ted Evans to a 2-year, $1,055 per year contract. | Signed free agent SP Baku Morita to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, October 18th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Narushi Nagaoka to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Sessue Yamamoto to a minor league contract. | Saturday, October 14th , 1961 | Released 3B Takuma Shimada. | Signed free agent SP Keisei Doi to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Teruhi Mori to a minor league contract. | Thursday, October 5th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Kozo Miyaji to a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,180. | Released RP Kozo Miyaji. | Friday, September 15th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Teruhi Mori to a minor league contract. | Released RP Teruhi Mori. | Saturday, September 9th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Keisei Doi to a minor league contract. | Released SP Keisei Doi. | Thursday, August 17th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Sadao Arai to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,700. | Released RP Shigeto Kawakami. | Monday, August 14th , 1961 | Signed free agent C Kuranosuke Imakake to a minor league contract. | Saturday, July 29th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Teizo Ozawa to a minor league contract. | Released RP Teizo Ozawa. | Sunday, July 23rd , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Robun Wada to a minor league contract. | Thursday, July 20th , 1961 | Signed free agent C Saimei Sato to a minor league contract. | Released C Saimei Sato. | Sunday, June 18th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Choei Teramoto to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Released RP Choei Teramoto. | Friday, June 16th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Mito Miyazaki to a minor league contract. | Friday, June 9th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Takenao Murakami to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Signed free agent RP Tai Shimabukuro to a minor league contract with a $48 signing bonus. | Released C Nagahisa Tamura. | Thursday, June 8th , 1961 | Placed SP Ennosuke Yamamoto on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 06/07/1961. | Placed SS Shigemitsu Fukui on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 06/07/1961. | Signed free agent C Nagahisa Tamura to a minor league contract. | Monday, June 5th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Tai Shimabukuro to a minor league contract with a $48 signing bonus. | Released RP Tai Shimabukuro. | Drafted SP Yoshimatsu Yamamura in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 4, 4th overall pick). | Drafted 2B Gunji Nakashima in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 4, 16th overall pick). | Drafted CL Eisaku Yamaoka in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 4, 28th overall pick). | Drafted SP Mito Miyazaki in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 4, 40th overall pick). | Drafted C Renzo Shimabukuro in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 4, 52nd overall pick). | Monday, May 15th , 1961 | Signed free agent CF Satoshi Hino to a minor league contract. | Sunday, May 14th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Tai Shimabukuro to a minor league contract with a $48 signing bonus. | Signed free agent 3B Chikato Sato to a minor league contract. | Released 3B Chikato Sato. | Friday, May 12th , 1961 | Placed SS Yukio Smith on the 60-day injured list. | Sunday, April 30th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Rihito Iwamura to a minor league contract. | Friday, April 21st , 1961 | Signed free agent 3B Chikato Sato to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Shiroku Smith to a minor league contract. | Sunday, April 16th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Sessue Yamamoto to a minor league contract. | Monday, April 10th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Robun Wada to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Shikato Takeda to a minor league contract. | Thursday, April 6th , 1961 | Released SP Robun Wada. | Wednesday, April 5th , 1961 | Signed free agent CF Toshiyasu Horiuchi to a minor league contract. | Saturday, April 1st , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Okitsugu Tamura to a minor league contract. | Monday, March 27th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Robun Wada to a minor league contract. | Friday, March 17th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Rihito Iwamura to a minor league contract. | Monday, March 13th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Toyo Nakashima to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Hisamitsu Mori to a minor league contract. | Monday, March 6th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Yoshino Ikeda to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, March 1st , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Toyo Nakashima to a minor league contract. | Monday, February 27th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Toyo Nakashima to a minor league contract. | Thursday, February 16th , 1961 | Signed free agent CF Toshiyasu Horiuchi to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Koshi Sugimoto to a minor league contract. | Saturday, February 4th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Shikato Takeda to a minor league contract. | Thursday, February 2nd , 1961 | Signed free agent CF Toshiyasu Horiuchi to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Koshi Sugimoto to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, January 31st , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Rihito Iwamura to a minor league contract. | Monday, January 30th , 1961 | Released SP Robun Wada. | Sunday, January 29th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Robun Wada to a minor league contract. | Monday, January 23rd , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Rihito Iwamura to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Shikato Takeda to a minor league contract. | Thursday, January 19th , 1961 | Signed free agent RP Toyo Nakashima to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Shikato Takeda to a minor league contract. | Saturday, January 14th , 1961 | Signed free agent 3B Ichizo Smith to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, January 11th , 1961 | Signed free agent SP Sessue Yamamoto to a minor league contract. | Saturday, January 7th , 1961 | Signed free agent 3B Toshifumi Shibuya to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Rihito Iwamura to a minor league contract. | Monday, January 2nd , 1961 | Signed free agent 3B Shosei Umeda to a minor league contract. | | |