1984 Chicago White Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• November 7, 1983

  Julio Cruz granted Free Agency.

  Jerry Koosman granted Free Agency.

  Dennis Lamp granted Free Agency.

  Aurelio Rodríguez granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 1983

  Signed Joe DeSa as a free agent.

• November 21, 1983

  Traded Fran Mullins to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Steve Christmas.

• November 28, 1983

  Purchased Kelly Paris from the Cincinnati Reds.

• December 2, 1983

  Signed Jerry Koosman as a free agent.

• December 5, 1983

  Signed Bert Roberge as a free agent.

  Traded a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Ron Reed. The Chicago White Sox sent Jerry Koosman (February 15, 1984) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

• December 16, 1983

  Signed Cliff Speck as a free agent.

• January 8, 1984

  Signed Julio Cruz as a free agent.

• January 17, 1984

  Drafted Jeff Richardson in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• January 20, 1984

  Chose Tom Seaver from the New York Mets as a free agent compensation pick.

• January 23, 1984

  Traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians. Received Tom Brennan. The Chicago White Sox sent Craig Smajstrla (July 9, 1985) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• January 30, 1984

  Released Lorenzo Gray.

• February 7, 1984

  Released Fernando Arroyo.

• February 29, 1984

  Signed Fernando Arroyo as a free agent.

• March 1, 1984

  Released Jim Kern.

• March 21, 1984

  Released Kelly Paris.

• March 26, 1984

  Released Kevin Hickey.

  Released Randy Martz.

  Released Steve Mura.

• March 27, 1984

  Signed Norberto Martin as an amateur free agent.

• April 2, 1984

  Signed Kevin Hickey as a free agent.

• May 23, 1984

  Signed Jamie Quirk as a free agent.

• June 4, 1984

  Drafted Tony Menéndez in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft.

  Drafted Adam Peterson in the 5th round of the 1984 amateur draft.

  Drafted Terry Wells in the 8th round of the 1984 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 21, 1984

  Traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians. Received Dan Spillner. The Chicago White Sox sent Jim Siwy (June 26, 1984) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• June 27, 1984

  Traded Salomé Barojas to the Seattle Mariners. Received Jerry Don Gleaton and Gene Nelson.

• July 18, 1984

  Signed Mike York as a free agent.

  Traded players to be named later to the New York Yankees. Received Roy Smalley. The Chicago White Sox sent Doug Drabek (August 13, 1984) and Kevin Hickey (August 13, 1984) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• July 20, 1984

  Purchased Vicente Palacios from Veracruz (Mexican).

• August 31, 1984

  Traded players to be named later to the San Francisco Giants. Received Tom O'Malley. The Chicago White Sox sent Mike Trujillo (September 7, 1984) and Pat Adams (minors) (September 7, 1984) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

• September 24, 1984

  Jamie Quirk player rights sold to the Cleveland Indians.

• October 15, 1984

  Tom Brennan granted Free Agency.

  Dave Stegman granted Free Agency.

• October 19, 1984

  Released Guy Hoffman.

  Released Casey Parsons.

• November 8, 1984

  Greg Luzinski granted Free Agency.

• December 3, 1984

  Drafted Bill Landrum from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1984 rule 5 draft.

• December 5, 1984

  Fernando Arroyo player rights sold to Yucatan (Mexican).

• December 6, 1984

  Traded Kevin Kristan (minors), Todd Simmons (minors) and LaMarr Hoyt to the San Diego Padres. Received Ozzie Guillén, Tim Lollar, Bill Long and Luis Salazar.

• December 7, 1984

  Traded Vance Law to the Montreal Expos. Received Bob James.

  Traded Bert Roberge to the Montreal Expos. Received Bryan Little.

• December 10, 1984

  Released Steve Christmas.

• December 25, 1984

  Signed Mark Gilbert as a free agent.

• December 28, 1984

  Signed Mark Ryal as a free agent.

• January 12, 1985

  Signed Steve Fireovid as a free agent.

• January 14, 1985

  Signed Steve Christmas as a free agent.

  Signed Dave Wehrmeister as a free agent.

• February 19, 1985

  Traded Roy Smalley to the Minnesota Twins. Received Ron Scheer (minors) and Randy Johnson.

• March 23, 1985

  Signed Oscar Gamble as a free agent.

• March 26, 1985

  Released Mike Squires.

• March 30, 1985

  Returned Bill Landrum (earlier draft pick) to the Cincinnati Reds.

  Traded Randy Niemann to the New York Mets. Received Buck Autry (minors) and Ken Reed (minors).

• April 1, 1985

  Released Jerry Dybzinski.

  Released Tom O'Malley.