1987 Boston Red Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• November 12, 1986

  Tony Armas granted Free Agency.

  Rich Gedman granted Free Agency.

  Glenn Hoffman granted Free Agency.

  Joe Sambito granted Free Agency.

  Tom Seaver granted Free Agency.

  Dave Stapleton granted Free Agency.

  Sammy Stewart granted Free Agency.

• December 5, 1986

  Signed Joe Sambito as a free agent.

• December 20, 1986

  Signed Glenn Hoffman as a free agent.

• March 30, 1987

  Released Tim Lollar.

• April 2, 1987

  Released Jim Corsi.

• May 2, 1987

  Signed Rich Gedman as a free agent.

• June 2, 1987

  Drafted Reggie Harris in the 1st round (26th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 29, 1987.

  Drafted Bob Zupcic in the 1st round (32nd pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1987.

  Drafted Jim Byrd in the 8th round of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeff Plympton in the 10th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1987.

  Drafted Phil Plantier in the 11th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1987.

  Drafted Desi Wilson in the 15th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jayhawk Owens in the 25th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Stan Spencer in the 26th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• July 23, 1987

  Released Bill Buckner.

• August 21, 1987

  Traded Glenn Hoffman to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received a player to be named later. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Billy Bartels (minors) (December 8, 1987) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

• September 1, 1987

  Traded Don Baylor to the Minnesota Twins. Received a player to be named later. The Minnesota Twins sent Enrique Rios (minors) (December 18, 1987) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

  Traded Dave Henderson to the San Francisco Giants. Received a player to be named later. The San Francisco Giants sent Randy Kutcher (December 9, 1987) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

• October 7, 1987

  Signed Don Florence as an amateur free agent.

• October 15, 1987

  Signed Alex Delgado as an amateur free agent.

  Dave Sax granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 1987

  Steve Crawford granted Free Agency.

  Joe Sambito granted Free Agency.

• December 7, 1987

  Drafted John Trautwein from the Montreal Expos in the 1987 rule 5 draft.

• December 8, 1987

  Todd Pratt selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 1987 minor league draft.

  Traded Al Nipper and Calvin Schiraldi to the Chicago Cubs. Received Lee Smith.

• December 14, 1987

  Traded Marc Sullivan to the Houston Astros. Received Randy Randle (minors).

• January 5, 1988

  Signed Dennis Lamp as a free agent.

• January 18, 1988

  Signed Mike Smithson as a free agent.

• March 10, 1988

  Signed Glenn Hoffman as a free agent.

• March 28, 1988

  The Cleveland Indians returned Todd Pratt (earlier draft pick).