1987 Cincinnati Reds Trades and Transactions

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

• November 11, 1986

  Released Pete Rose.

  Released Dave Van Gorder.

  Released Chris Welsh.

• November 12, 1986

  Dave Concepción granted Free Agency.

  John Denny granted Free Agency.

  Joe Price granted Free Agency.

• December 1, 1986

  Traded Mike Smith to the Montreal Expos. Received Bill Cutshall (minors).

• December 5, 1986

  Signed Dave Concepción as a free agent.

• Before 1987 Season

  Signed Bill Scherrer as a free agent.

• January 8, 1987

  Traded Eddie Milner to the San Francisco Giants. Received Timber Mead (minors), Mike Villa (minors) and Frank Williams.

• February 17, 1987

  Traded Wade Rowdon to the Chicago Cubs. Received Guy Hoffman.

• March 16, 1987

  Signed Rosario Rodríguez as an amateur free agent.

• March 20, 1987

  Traded Derek Botelho to the Kansas City Royals. Received Pete Carey (minors) and Eddie Tanner (minors).

• March 23, 1987

  Signed Terry Francona as a free agent.

• March 29, 1987

  Released Max Venable.

• April 1, 1987

  Released Chuck Carr.

• April 9, 1987

  Signed Max Venable as a free agent.

• April 18, 1987

  Signed Jerry Reuss as a free agent.

• May 19, 1987

  Released Sal Butera.

• June 2, 1987

  Drafted Jack Armstrong in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Freddie Benavides in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Reggie Sanders in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed May 20, 1988.

  Drafted Jimmy Kremers in the 8th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bill Risley in the 14th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1987.

  Drafted Butch Henry in the 15th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 1987.

  Drafted Milt Hill in the 28th round of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tim Costo in the 41st round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Glenn Sutko in the 45th round of the 1987 amateur draft.

• June 14, 1987

  Released Jerry Reuss.

• June 19, 1987

  Signed Dave Collins as a free agent.

• July 13, 1987

  Signed Jim Wohlford as a free agent.

• August 18, 1987

  Signed Tom Hume as a free agent.

• August 26, 1987

  Traded Bill Gullickson to the New York Yankees. Received Dennis Rasmussen.

• August 31, 1987

  Traded a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Pat Perry. The Cincinnati Reds sent Scott Terry (September 3, 1987) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• October 15, 1987

  Max Venable granted Free Agency.

• October 21, 1987

  Released Ron Oester.

• October 27, 1987

  Released Tom Hume.

  Released Bill Scherrer.

• November 2, 1987

  Terry Francona granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 1987

  Traded Ted Power and Kurt Stillwell to the Kansas City Royals. Received Danny Jackson and Angel Salazar.

• November 9, 1987

  Dave Collins granted Free Agency.

• December 8, 1987

  Signed Dave Collins as a free agent.

  Traded Dave Parker to the Oakland Athletics. Received Tim Birtsas and José Rijo.

• January 5, 1988

  Signed Ron Roenicke as a free agent.

• January 18, 1988

  Signed Lary Sorensen as a free agent.

• January 19, 1988

  Traded Carl Willis to the Chicago White Sox. Received Darrell Pruitt (minors).

• January 29, 1988

  Signed Ron Oester as a free agent.

• February 10, 1988

  Signed Eddie Milner as a free agent.

• February 15, 1988

  Traded Jeff Montgomery to the Kansas City Royals. Received Van Snider.

• March 28, 1988

  Released Angel Salazar.

  Released Lary Sorensen.

• March 29, 1988

  Released Guy Hoffman.

• April 1, 1988

  Traded Bill Landrum to the Chicago Cubs. Received Luis Quiñones.