Baseball AL -- Named Minnesota Twins owner Carl Pohlad to the executive council.
Baltimore Orioles -- Traded C Bob Melvin (.250, 1 HR, 23 RBI) to the Kansas City Royals for former Oriole P Storm Davis (3-9, 4.96 ERA).
Cincinnati Reds -- Traded P John Wetteland (1-0 in 6 games with the Los Angeles Dodgers) and minor-league P Bill Risley to the Montreal Expos for OF Dave Martinez (.295, 7 HRs, 42 RBI), P Scott Ruskin (4-4, 4.24 ERA) and minor-league IF Willie Greene.
Florida Marlins -- Reached a 1-year player development agreement with Erie of the Class A New York-Penn League for 1992. Named Fredi Gonzalez manager of Erie.
Kansas City Royals -- Traded P Bret Saberhagen (13-8, 3.07) and IF Bill Pecota (.286, 6, 45) to the New York Mets for OF Kevin McReynolds (.259, 16, 74), IF Gregg Jefferies (.272, 9, 62) and IF-OF Keith Miller (.280, 4, 23). Assigned 2B Domingo Mota to Class A Baseball City.
Los Angeles Dodgers -- Traded OF Chris Gwynn (.252, 5 HRs, 22 RBI) and minor-league IF-OF Domingo Mota to the Kansas City Royals for 1B-OF Todd Benzinger (.187 after being acquired from the Cincinnati Reds on July 11).
Minnesota Twins -- Extended the contract of manager Tom Kelly for 2 years. Named Joel Lepel, Brad Wietzel and Scott Groot scouts.
New York Mets -- Traded IF Jeff Gardner (.162) to the San Diego Padres for P Steve Rosenberg (1-1, 6.94).
Philadelphia Phillies -- Traded P Bruce Ruffin (4-7, 3.78) to the Milwaukee Brewers for IF Dale Sveum (.241, 4 HRs, 43 RBI).
San Francisco Giants -- Traded OF Kevin Mitchell (.256, 27, 69) and P Mike Remlinger (2-1, 4.37) to the Seattle Mariners for P Bill Swift (1-2, 1.99), P Mike Jackson (7-7, 3.25) and P Dave Burba (2-2, 3.68). Designated P Rafael Novoa for assignment.
Toronto Blue Jays -- Signed IF Kent Anderson, 1B Julian Yan and former Baltimore Orioles OF Butch Davis to minor-league contracts. Named Joe Siers Midwest scouting supervisor.
Basketball
NBA -- Fined Dallas coach Richie Adubato $3,000 for making disparaging remarks about the officiating in the Mavericks' 104-101 loss to the Seattle SuperSonics on Saturday night.
Seattle SuperSonics -- Placed G Quintin Dailey (Cardinal Gibbons) on waivers.
WBL -- Awarded a franchise to Jacksonville, Fla. for the 1992 season.
Colleges
Blue-Gray All-Star Football Classic -- Named Michigan State's George Perles and Fresno State's Jim Sweeney coaches for the North and Vanderbilt's Gerry Dinardo and Virginia Tech's Frank Beamer coaches for the South.
Football
Detroit Lions -- Signed C David Little.
New York Giants -- Placed QB Jeff Hostetler on IR, ending his season. Signed QB Mike Perez. Assigned LB Anthony Moss to the practice squad.
Hockey
Buffalo Sabres -- Fired coach Rick Dudley and replaced him with John Muckler.
New York Rangers -- Signed C Mark Messier to a reported 5-year, $13 million contract.
Washington Capitals -- Returned G Jim Hrivnak to Baltimore (AHL).
Tennis
USTA -- Named Tom Gorman and Marty Riessen men's and women's coaches for the 1992 Olympic Games. Announced that Steve DeVoe will become director of professional tennis Jan. 1.