1987 Atlanta Braves Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

• November 12, 1986

  Doyle Alexander granted Free Agency.

  Chris Chambliss granted Free Agency.

  Bob Horner granted Free Agency.

  David Palmer granted Free Agency.

  Billy Sample granted Free Agency.

• November 15, 1986

  Signed Ben Rivera as an amateur free agent.

• November 17, 1986

  Signed Trench Davis as a free agent.

  Signed Chuck Hensley as a free agent.

  Signed Al Pardo as a free agent.

• December 8, 1986

  Drafted Joe Redfield from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1986 rule 5 draft.

• December 19, 1986

  Signed David Palmer as a free agent.

• December 20, 1986

  Signed Jeff Bittiger as a free agent.

• January 20, 1987

  Traded Brad Komminsk to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Dion James.

• January 23, 1987

  Signed Gary Roenicke as a free agent.

• January 27, 1987

  Traded Freddy Tiburcio (minors) and Terry Harper to the Detroit Tigers. Received Chuck Cary and Randy O'Neal.

• February 2, 1987

  Traded Craig McMurtry to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Dámaso García and Luis Leal.

• February 22, 1987

  Signed John Rabb as a free agent.

• April 1, 1987

  Signed Graig Nettles as a free agent.

• April 2, 1987

  Traded Joe Redfield to the California Angels. Received Stan Cliburn.

• April 3, 1987

  Signed John Mizerock as a free agent.

• April 4, 1987

  Released Jeff Bittiger.

• April 5, 1987

  Signed Mike Fischlin as a free agent.

• April 8, 1987

  Signed Mike Brown as a free agent.

• May 5, 1987

  Signed Doyle Alexander as a free agent.

• May 15, 1987

  Released Mike Brown.

• May 18, 1987

  Signed Larry McWilliams as a free agent.

• June 2, 1987

  Drafted Derek Lilliquist in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed August 4, 1987.

  Drafted Keith Mitchell in the 4th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 1987.

  Drafted Brian Hunter in the 8th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1987.

  Drafted Mike Stanton in the 13th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1987.

  Drafted David Nied in the 14th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed August 16, 1987.

• June 8, 1987

  Released Al Pardo.

• June 10, 1987

  Signed Dale Polley as an amateur free agent.

• July 25, 1987

  Released Larry McWilliams.

  Traded Randy O'Neal to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Joe Boever.

• August 12, 1987

  Traded Doyle Alexander to the Detroit Tigers. Received John Smoltz.

• August 31, 1987

  Traded Gene Garber to the Kansas City Royals. Received a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Terry Bell (September 3, 1987) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.

• September 23, 1987

  Signed Phil Niekro as a free agent.

• October, 1987

  Released Chuck Hensley.

• October 15, 1987

  Juan Eichelberger granted Free Agency.

  Darryl Motley granted Free Agency.

  John Rabb granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 1987

  Signed Javy López as an amateur free agent.

• November 9, 1987

  Ken Griffey granted Free Agency.

  Glenn Hubbard granted Free Agency.

  Graig Nettles granted Free Agency.

  David Palmer granted Free Agency.

• November 11, 1987

  Traded a player to be named later to the New York Mets. Received Terry Blocker. The Atlanta Braves sent Kevin Brown (December 8, 1987) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• November 13, 1987

  Signed Ken Griffey as a free agent.

• December 6, 1987

  Signed Graig Nettles as a free agent.

• December 8, 1987

  Traded Rafael Ramírez and cash to the Houston Astros. Received Mike Stoker (minors) and Ed Whited.

• January 27, 1988

  Signed Juan Eichelberger as a free agent.

• March 12, 1988

  Signed Lonnie Smith as a free agent.

• March 24, 1988

  Graig Nettles player rights sold to the Montreal Expos.

• March 28, 1988

  Traded Jeff Dedmon to the Cleveland Indians. Received a player to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Tommy Kurczewski (minors) (June 22, 1988) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.