1986 Chicago White Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 15, 1986

  Signed Bill Dawley as a free agent.

• April 30, 1986

  Juan Agosto player rights sold to the Minnesota Twins.

• May 7, 1986

  Signed Jack Perconte as a free agent.

• May 20, 1986

  Signed Dave Rozema as a free agent.

• May 27, 1986

  Released Marc Hill.

• June 2, 1986

  Drafted Scott Radinsky in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1986.

  Drafted Matt Merullo in the 7th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mark Davis in the 12th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

• June 20, 1986

  Signed Steve Henderson as a free agent.

• June 26, 1986

  Traded Scott Bradley to the Seattle Mariners. Received a player to be named later. The Seattle Mariners sent Iván Calderón (July 1, 1986) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• June 29, 1986

  Traded Tom Seaver to the Boston Red Sox. Received Steve Lyons.

• July 2, 1986

  Bryan Little player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• July 23, 1986

  Traded Bobby Bonilla to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received José DeLeón.

  Traded Tom Hartley (minors) and Al Jones to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Ray Searage.

• July 30, 1986

  Traded Ron Kittle, Joel Skinner and Wayne Tolleson to the New York Yankees. Received a player to be named later, Ron Hassey and Carlos Martínez. The New York Yankees sent Bill Lindsey (December 24, 1986) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• August 12, 1986

  Signed Steve Carlton as a free agent.

• August 13, 1986

  Signed Craig Grebeck as an amateur free agent.

• August 15, 1986

  Signed George Foster as a free agent.

• August 20, 1986

  Signed Matt Sinatro as a free agent.

• September 2, 1986

  Released Steve Henderson.

• September 3, 1986

  Traded Kurt Walker (minors) to the Minnesota Twins. Received Pete Filson.

• September 7, 1986

  Released George Foster.

• October, 1986

  Released Joe DeSa.

• October 2, 1986

  Signed Marc Hill as a free agent.

• October 8, 1986

  Released Marc Hill.

• October 15, 1986

  Nick Capra granted Free Agency.

  Rod Craig granted Free Agency.

  Jerry Don Gleaton granted Free Agency.

  Matt Sinatro granted Free Agency.

• November 12, 1986

  Steve Carlton granted Free Agency.

• November 14, 1986

  Signed Pat Keedy as a free agent.

• November 20, 1986

  Released Vicente Palacios.

• December 8, 1986

  Drafted Bob Gibson from the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1986 rule 5 draft.

• December 11, 1986

  Traded a player to be named later and Gene Nelson to the Oakland Athletics. Received Donnie Hill. The Chicago White Sox sent Bruce Tanner (December 18, 1986) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

• December 18, 1986

  Signed Clemente Álvarez as an amateur free agent.

• December 19, 1986

  Released Luis Salazar.

• December 20, 1986

  Released Jack Perconte.

  Released Dave Schmidt.

• December 22, 1986

  Traded Bill Dawley to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Fred Manrique.

• January 5, 1987

  Signed Ralph Citarella as a free agent.

  Traded Pete Filson and Randy Velarde to the New York Yankees. Received Mike Soper (minors) and Scott Nielsen.

• January 21, 1987

  Signed Jerry Royster as a free agent.

• March 11, 1987

  Signed Kevin Hickey as a free agent.

• March 23, 1987

  Released Julio Cruz.

• March 26, 1987

  Traded Joe Cowley and cash to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Gary Redus.

• March 27, 1987

  Traded John Cangelosi to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Jim Winn.

• March 30, 1987

  Released Bob Gibson.

  Released Reid Nichols.