1985 Chicago White Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 6, 1985

  Released Ron Reed.

• April 8, 1985

  Released Mike York.

• May 8, 1985

  Released Tom Dodd.

• June 3, 1985

  Drafted José Mota in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bobby Thigpen in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted John Pawlowski in the 6th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Wayne Edwards in the 10th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tom Drees in the 17th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Randy Velarde in the 19th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1985.

  Drafted Donn Pall in the 23rd round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1985.

• June 26, 1985

  Signed Mike Stanton as a free agent.

• July 9, 1985

  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.

• July 11, 1985

  Traded Tim Lollar to the Boston Red Sox. Received Reid Nichols.

• July 16, 1985

  Traded Tom Paciorek to the New York Mets. Received Dave Cochrane.

• July 17, 1985

  Purchased Bob Owchinko from the Oakland Athletics.

• August 8, 1985

  Signed Steve Rogers as a free agent.

• August 12, 1985

  Released Oscar Gamble.

  Released Mike Stanton.

• September 1, 1985

  Signed Mike Squires as a free agent.

• September 24, 1985

  Released Bob Owchinko.

• October 15, 1985

  Steve Christmas granted Free Agency.

  Steve Fireovid granted Free Agency.

  Mark Gilbert granted Free Agency.

  Mark Ryal granted Free Agency.

  Cliff Speck granted Free Agency.

• November 12, 1985

  Carlton Fisk granted Free Agency.

  Dan Spillner granted Free Agency.

• November 25, 1985

  Traded a player to be named later, Ed Correa and Scott Fletcher to the Texas Rangers. Received Dave Schmidt and Wayne Tolleson. The Chicago White Sox sent José Mota (December 11, 1985) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• December 10, 1985

  Drafted Bobby Bonilla from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1985 rule 5 draft.

• December 11, 1985

  Drafted Roy Johnson from the Montreal Expos in the 1985 minor league draft.

• December 12, 1985

  Signed Brian Giles as a free agent.

  Traded Glenn Braxton (minors), Mike Soper (minors) and Britt Burns to the New York Yankees. Received Joe Cowley and Ron Hassey.

• December 22, 1985

  Signed Matt Winters as a free agent.

• January 8, 1986

  Signed Carlton Fisk as a free agent.

• January 18, 1986

  Signed Nick Capra as a free agent.

• January 26, 1986

  Signed Rod Craig as a free agent.

• February 13, 1986

  Traded Chris Alvarez (minors), Eric Schmidt (minors), Ron Hassey and Matt Winters to the New York Yankees. Received Glenn Braxton (minors), Neil Allen, Scott Bradley and cash.

• February 25, 1986

  Signed Bryan Clark as a free agent.

• April 1, 1986

  Released Rudy Law.