| Date | Transaction | |||
| 1/28/02 | Signed free-agent RHP Bill Simas to a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring Training. | |||
| 1/25/02 | Signed INF Shane Halter to a two-year contract. | |||
| 1/24/02 | Claimed INF Oscar Salazar off waivers from the Oakland Athletics; designated OF Endy Chavez for assignment; named Dick Egan major league scout. | |||
| 1/22/02 | Signed P Jeff Weaver to a four-year contract. | |||
| 1/18/02 | Agreed to terms with P Jeff Weaver on a one-year contract. | |||
| 1/16/02 | Re-signed RHP Danny Patterson to a three-year contract; re-signed INF/OF Robert Fick to a one-year contract. | |||
| 1/15/02 | Named Scott Reid vice president/assistant to the general manager. | |||
| 1/8/02 | Named John Westhoff vice president, legal counsel; named Scott Bream assistant general manager; promoted Ricky Bennett from assistant to baseball operations to assistant director, minor leagues/scouting; named Charles Jones vice president, suite sales and services. | |||
| 1/3/02 | Named Willie Horton and Al Kaline special assistants to president Dave Dombrowski. | |||
| 1/2/02 | Re-signed P Brian Moehler to a one-year contract; sent OF Chris Wakefield outright to Toledo of the International League (AAA). | |||
