1985 Major League Free Agents

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Notes players granted free agency or released between Oct 1 and Dec 31 of 1985. Signings are for signings within six months of becoming a free agent. Free Agents are listed below the signings.

Free Agent Signings

Free Agent Signings
Rk	Name	Date	To Team	From Team	Age	WAR3	Yrs	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO
1	Bert Roberge	1986-05-09	Montreal Expos	MON	31	0.8	5	104	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	12	8	3.63	1.243	125	0	9	190.2	167	9	70	99
2	Lary Sorensen	1986-05-05	Philadelphia Phillies	CHC	30	2.7	9	68	52	2	3	0	0	0	1	.058	.093	.077	.170	90	99	4.12	1.356	311	230	3	1672.0	1880	139	387	539
3	Tommy John	1986-05-02	New York Yankees	OAK	43	2.7	22	452	900	43	141	5	54	0	33	.157	.187	.188	.375	259	207	3.23	1.263	669	615	3	4212.0	4190	265	1129	2055
4	Iván de Jesús	1986-05-01	New York Yankees	STL	33	1.5	12	1348	4571	593	1162	21	323	194	464	.254	.324	.327	.651
5	U L Washington	1986-04-24	Pittsburgh Pirates	MON	32	1.9	9	825	2652	343	673	27	245	126	244	.254	.315	.347	.662
6	César Cedeño	1986-04-10	Los Angeles Dodgers	STL	35	2.7	16	1969	7232	1079	2069	199	970	549	657	.286	.347	.445	.792
7	Al Holland	1986-04-10	New York Yankees	CAL	33	6.5	8	341	72	4	6	0	3	1	4	.083	.132	.139	.270	33	30	2.72	1.184	356	10	78	599.0	495	49	214	471
8	Chris Welsh	1986-04-04	Cincinnati Reds	TEX	31	0.3	4	73	101	8	21	0	14	0	6	.208	.252	.248	.500	16	22	4.34	1.449	98	51	0	398.1	428	43	149	152
9	Phil Niekro HOF	1986-04-03	Cleveland Indians	NYY	47	8.9	22	741	1536	80	260	7	109	0	17	.169	.183	.212	.395	300	250	3.23	1.244	804	658	29	5055.0	4640	436	1648	3197
10	Duane Walker	1986-04-03	Houston Astros	TEX	29	1.3	4	368	839	94	193	24	96	25	101	.230	.312	.371	.683
11	Ron Musselman	1986-03-31	Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	31	0.5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					4	2	3.73	1.511	48	4	1	89.1	95	6	40	47
12	Mike Kinnunen	1986-03-23	Baltimore Orioles	KCR	28		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	5.11	1.541	21	0	0	24.2	29	1	9	8
13	Joel Youngblood	1986-03-20	San Francisco Giants	SFG	34	2.7	10	1083	3143	399	843	69	354	57	286	.268	.333	.398	.731
14	Ken Forsch	1986-03-18	California Angels	CAL	39	4.2	15	421	383	16	52	0	17	1	16	.136	.170	.151	.322	114	112	3.32	1.243	511	241	50	2110.1	2047	151	576	1034
15	John Montefusco	1986-03-17	New York Yankees	NYY	36	2.3	12	278	455	23	44	4	18	1	27	.097	.152	.147	.300	90	83	3.55	1.282	294	244	5	1640.0	1595	133	508	1078
16	Tim Corcoran	1986-03-04	New York Mets	PHI	33	1.1	8	503	1043	119	283	12	128	4	128	.271	.349	.358	.707
17	Omar Moreno	1986-02-28	Atlanta Braves	KCR	33	1.8	11	1264	4633	653	1173	33	359	470	366	.253	.308	.343	.651
18	Bryan Clark	1986-02-25	Chicago White Sox	CLE	29	0.3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					18	23	4.23	1.548	158	37	4	478.2	500	37	241	243
19	Bob Owchinko	1986-02-25	Montreal Expos	CHW	31	0.9	9	161	158	8	21	0	5	0	12	.133	.194	.152	.346	36	60	4.30	1.462	272	101	7	875.2	920	87	360	484
20	Luis DeLeón	1986-02-20	Baltimore Orioles	SDP	27	0.4	5	197	35	4	4	0	0	0	2	.114	.162	.143	.305	17	17	3.02	1.059	195	0	31	309.2	260	37	68	233
21	Harry Spilman	1986-02-18	Detroit Tigers	HOU	31	-1.2	8	319	496	62	112	11	67	0	46	.226	.292	.325	.616
22	David Palmer	1986-02-13	Atlanta Braves	MON	28	1.7	6	123	170	9	20	1	6	0	3	.118	.133	.159	.292	38	26	3.26	1.285	122	86	2	576.2	532	35	209	370
23	Tim Tolman	1986-02-10	Detroit Tigers	HOU	30	-0.5	5	107	150	14	26	5	21	0	11	.173	.233	.327	.560
24	Dickie Noles	1986-02-08	Cleveland Indians	TEX	29	0.2	7	151	166	9	24	0	11	0	5	.145	.169	.175	.343	29	46	4.51	1.440	197	93	7	735.2	779	54	280	389
25	Al Cowens	1986-02-07	Seattle Mariners	SEA	34	0.2	12	1556	5452	699	1479	108	711	119	386	.271	.321	.406	.726
26	Rick Lancellotti	1986-02-07	San Francisco Giants	SFG	29		1	17	39	2	7	0	4	0	2	.179	.220	.231	.450
27	Jack Lazorko	1986-02-07	Detroit Tigers	SEA	30	0.7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	1	4.05	1.500	30	1	2	60.0	60	8	30	31
28	Jim Dwyer	1986-02-05	Baltimore Orioles	BAL	36	2.4	13	949	1968	286	504	48	237	20	276	.256	.346	.386	.732
29	Milt Wilcox	1986-02-05	Seattle Mariners	DET	36	1.5	15	82	62	3	11	0	5	0	2	.177	.203	.210	.413	119	105	4.03	1.356	381	273	6	1961.0	1917	193	742	1111
30	Chris Jones	1986-02-03	San Francisco Giants	HOU	28	-0.1	1	31	25	0	5	0	1	0	3	.200	.286	.200	.486
31	Mike LaCoss	1986-02-03	San Francisco Giants	KCR	30	-1.8	8	224	264	12	29	0	4	0	6	.110	.132	.129	.261	51	54	4.20	1.500	244	132	6	974.2	1045	52	417	401
32	Rick Waits	1986-02-03	San Francisco Giants	MIL	34	0.2	12	13	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	79	92	4.25	1.459	317	190	8	1427.0	1514	110	568	659
33	Matt Keough	1986-02-01	Chicago Cubs	STL	30	-1.3	8	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	53	80	4.19	1.432	186	168	0	1126.0	1132	123	480	546
34	Lenn Sakata	1986-02-01	Oakland Athletics	BAL	32	1.2	9	528	1210	154	272	23	100	30	92	.225	.282	.323	.605
35	Bill Campbell	1986-01-31	Detroit Tigers	STL	37	-0.8	13	256	25	2	4	0	2	0	3	.160	.250	.160	.410	80	62	3.49	1.328	659	9	123	1163.2	1075	75	470	823
36	Bob Stoddard	1986-01-29	Oakland Athletics	DET	29	1.2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					16	24	4.11	1.332	84	43	1	370.0	366	52	127	183
37	Juan Beníquez	1986-01-28	Baltimore Orioles	CAL	36	4.6	14	1264	3995	533	1090	64	385	102	285	.273	.324	.376	.699
38	Dane Iorg	1986-01-28	San Diego Padres	KCR	36	-0.7	9	653	1541	139	431	12	205	5	105	.280	.322	.382	.704
39	Darrell Porter	1986-01-28	Texas Rangers	STL	34	7.5	15	1629	5254	725	1297	169	776	38	853	.247	.353	.405	.758
40	Jon Perlman	1986-01-27	San Francisco Giants	CHC	29	-0.4	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	11.42	2.077	6	0	0	8.2	10	3	8	4
41	Rod Craig	1986-01-26	Chicago White Sox	NYM	28		3	135	357	46	92	3	27	7	22	.258	.304	.364	.669
42	Wallace Johnson	1986-01-22	Montreal Expos	MON	29	-0.3	4	74	100	10	20	0	10	6	12	.200	.286	.260	.546
43	Mark Ryal	1986-01-21	California Angels	CHW	25	-0.2	2	18	46	4	6	0	3	0	4	.130	.200	.196	.396
44	Dave Kingman	1986-01-20	Oakland Athletics	OAK	37	2.2	15	1797	6116	831	1457	407	1116	82	575	.238	.306	.482	.788
45	Tony Pérez HOF	1986-01-20	Cincinnati Reds	CIN	44	1.4	22	2700	9578	1258	2681	377	1623	49	900	.280	.341	.466	.807
46	Nick Capra	1986-01-18	Chicago White Sox	TEX	28	-0.2	3	29	25	5	5	1	1	2	3	.200	.310	.320	.630
47	Jerry Dybzinski	1986-01-18	Seattle Mariners	PIT	30	0.4	6	468	909	108	213	3	93	32	70	.234	.293	.290	.584
48	Steve Fireovid	1986-01-18	Seattle Mariners	CHW	29	0.2	4	15	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	1	2.86	1.500	18	4	0	44.0	55	2	11	17
49	Pete Ladd	1986-01-18	Seattle Mariners	MIL	29	0.1	5	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	17	4.24	1.313	153	1	33	216.1	206	30	78	156
50	Richie Hebner	1986-01-17	Chicago Cubs	CHC	38	0.5	18	1908	6144	865	1694	203	890	38	687	.276	.352	.438	.790
51	Derek Botelho	1986-01-16	Cincinnati Reds	CHC	29	0.0	2	11	14	2	2	0	0	0	1	.143	.200	.143	.343	3	4	4.90	1.588	19	11	0	68.0	77	12	31	35
52	Mickey Mahler	1986-01-16	Texas Rangers	DET	33	0.9	7	76	90	7	13	0	4	0	4	.144	.181	.189	.370	14	30	4.79	1.515	91	53	1	342.0	357	37	161	234
53	Juan Bonilla	1986-01-15	Baltimore Orioles	NYY	30	0.8	4	304	1123	106	292	5	80	7	86	.260	.314	.321	.635
54	Steve Christmas	1986-01-15	Chicago Cubs	CHW	28	0.0	2	21	28	1	5	1	5	0	1	.179	.200	.321	.521
55	Victor Rodriguez	1986-01-13	St. Louis Cardinals	SDP	24	0.1	1	11	17	4	7	0	2	0	0	.412	.412	.588	1.000
56	Rod Allen	1986-01-08	Baltimore Orioles	BAL	26	-0.2	2	26	39	7	10	0	3	1	2	.256	.310	.282	.592
57	Tony Bernazard	1986-01-08	Cleveland Indians	CLE	29	2.8	7	779	2619	362	672	44	269	85	320	.257	.337	.372	.709
58	Tom Brookens	1986-01-08	Detroit Tigers	DET	32	5.8	7	829	2377	282	581	45	275	63	159	.244	.291	.372	.663
59	Jamie Easterly	1986-01-08	Cleveland Indians	CLE	33	3.0	11	94	62	2	10	0	3	0	1	.161	.175	.210	.384	22	30	4.53	1.609	292	36	14	562.0	610	41	294	319
60	Carlton Fisk HOF	1986-01-08	Chicago White Sox	CHW	38	9.1	16	1702	6064	961	1666	267	914	113	597	.275	.347	.471	.818
61	Kirk Gibson	1986-01-08	Detroit Tigers	DET	29	12.1	7	646	2282	349	632	98	334	106	241	.277	.348	.478	.826
62	Donnie Moore	1986-01-08	California Angels	CAL	32	5.3	10	258	57	3	16	0	11	0	3	.281	.317	.386	.703	32	31	3.74	1.350	326	4	59	522.1	562	37	143	324
63	Joe Niekro	1986-01-08	New York Yankees	NYY	41	5.5	19	646	973	55	152	1	72	1	38	.156	.188	.188	.376	204	180	3.44	1.298	645	447	16	3300.0	3156	244	1126	1597
64	Butch Wynegar	1986-01-08	New York Yankees	NYY	30	8.8	10	1182	3989	467	1029	57	464	10	579	.258	.352	.349	.701
65	Dickie Thon	1986-01-07	Houston Astros	HOU	28	8.4	7	543	1801	234	496	29	171	92	133	.275	.325	.397	.722
66	Bob Long	1986-01-00	Atlanta Braves	SEA	31	0.4	2	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	1	2	4.50	1.379	33	3	0	58.0	53	9	27	37
67	Doug Gwosdz	1986-00-00	New York Mets	SFG	26	-0.6	4
68	Curt Brown	1985-12-27	Montreal Expos	NYY	26	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					2	2	4.96	1.561	23	0	0	32.2	43	2	8	17
69	Danny Darwin	1985-12-22	Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	30	7.7	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					61	68	3.62	1.289	256	119	17	1055.2	1005	89	356	669
70	Brian Snyder	1985-12-22	San Diego Padres	SEA	28	-0.6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	2	6.37	1.783	15	6	1	35.1	44	2	19	23
71	Vida Blue	1985-12-17	San Francisco Giants	SFG	36	-0.4	16	245	469	34	49	3	12	0	43	.104	.184	.141	.325	199	151	3.26	1.227	474	445	2	3186.2	2802	244	1108	2075
72	Tom Candiotti	1985-12-12	Cleveland Indians	MIL	29	0.9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					6	6	3.99	1.432	18	14	0	88.0	100	9	26	44
73	Brian Giles	1985-12-12	Chicago White Sox	MIL	26	0.6	4	233	603	59	137	6	38	25	55	.227	.292	.292	.584
74	Brad Gulden	1985-12-12	San Francisco Giants	HOU	30	0.4	6	165	413	43	85	5	42	2	43	.206	.283	.286	.568
75	Randy Johnson	1985-12-12	San Francisco Giants	ATL	30	2.4	3
76	Steve Yeager	1985-12-11	Seattle Mariners	LAD	37	1.9	14	1219	3454	347	789	100	398	14	330	.228	.299	.358	.657
77	Tom Paciorek	1985-12-10	Texas Rangers	NYM	39	0.3	16	1277	3848	471	1084	79	469	54	241	.282	.327	.417	.743
78	Rusty Kuntz	1985-12-08	Oakland Athletics	DET	31	-1.0	7	277	441	75	104	5	38	5	60	.236	.328	.322	.650
79	Hal McRae	1985-12-08	Kansas City Royals	KCR	40	3.2	17	1954	6908	913	2011	183	1051	109	625	.291	.353	.457	.810
80	Garry Maddox	1985-12-06	Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	36	0.4	14	1743	6324	776	1799	117	753	248	321	.284	.320	.413	.733
81	Ralph Citarella	1985-12-05	Oakland Athletics	PHI	28	0.7	2	16	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	1	2.97	1.140	16	2	0	33.1	28	0	10	19
82	Don Cooper	1985-12-05	Oakland Athletics	NYY	30	-0.1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					1	6	5.27	1.652	44	3	0	85.1	95	14	46	47
83	Don Sutton HOF	1985-12-05	California Angels	CAL	41	7.5	20	595	1331	63	193	0	63	1	59	.145	.184	.158	.342	295	228	3.17	1.133	689	672	5	4796.1	4210	396	1223	3315
84	Dave Beard	1985-12-04	Atlanta Braves	CHC	26	-3.1	6	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					19	18	4.69	1.432	170	2	30	270.1	265	35	122	184
85	Bruce Bochte	1985-12-04	Oakland Athletics	OAK	35	3.0	11	1413	4826	586	1374	94	615	40	588	.285	.361	.401	.761
86	Lynn Jones	1985-12-02	Kansas City Royals	KCR	33	-1.3	7	460	900	108	233	7	90	13	67	.259	.312	.329	.641
87	Jamie Quirk	1985-11-27	Kansas City Royals	KCR	31	-0.2	11	454	969	76	239	15	99	3	46	.247	.283	.351	.634
88	Bobby Grich	1985-11-26	California Angels	CAL	37	9.0	16	1910	6577	991	1749	215	834	103	1048	.266	.371	.424	.795
89	Doug Flynn	1985-11-21	Detroit Tigers	DET	35	-1.7	11	1309	3853	288	918	7	284	20	151	.238	.266	.294	.560
90	Ron Tingley	1985-11-19	Atlanta Braves	SEA	27		1	8	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200
91	Marty Bystrom	1985-11-13	New York Yankees	NYY	27	-0.2	6	69	112	6	18	0	5	0	4	.161	.188	.188	.376	29	26	4.26	1.407	84	79	0	435.0	454	28	158	258
92	Dave Tomlin	1985-11-12	Montreal Expos	PIT	37	-0.1	12	402	34	6	5	0	1	0	5	.147	.256	.147	.403	25	12	3.79	1.439	402	1	12	501.0	530	31	191	272

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