1987 Cleveland Indians Trades and Transactions

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

• November 7, 1986

  Released Fran Mullins.

• November 12, 1986

  Dickie Noles granted Free Agency.

• November 28, 1986

  Signed Casey Parsons as a free agent.

• December 9, 1986

  Drafted Gibson Alba from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1986 minor league draft.

• December 23, 1986

  Released John Butcher.

• Before 1987 Season

  Signed Kurt Kepshire as a free agent.

• January 19, 1987

  Signed Doug Frobel as a free agent.

• January 26, 1987

  Released Jim Wilson.

• January 27, 1987

  Signed Ed Vande Berg as a free agent.

• February 5, 1987

  Signed Dennis Lamp as a free agent.

• February 6, 1987

  Signed Rick Dempsey as a free agent.

• February 23, 1987

  Traded Curt Wardle to the Oakland Athletics. Received Jeff Kaiser.

• March 18, 1987

  Released Kevin Buckley.

• March 23, 1987

  Released Kurt Kepshire.

  Released Dennis Lamp.

• April 4, 1987

  Signed Steve Carlton as a free agent.

• April 24, 1987

  Signed Mike Armstrong as a free agent.

• April 30, 1987

  Released Dar Smith.

• May 5, 1987

  Traded José Román to the New York Mets. Received Mike Westbrook (minors).

• May 11, 1987

  Traded Don Schulze to the New York Mets. Received Ricky Nelson.

• May 12, 1987

  Traded Dave Gallagher to the Seattle Mariners. Received Mark Huismann.

• June 2, 1987

  Drafted Albert Belle in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed August 27, 1987.

  Drafted Tom Kramer in the 5th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1987.

  Drafted Ever Magallanes in the 10th round of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Steve Olin in the 16th round of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Kevin Bearse in the 22nd round of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Beau Allred in the 25th round of the 1987 amateur draft.

• June 4, 1987

  Signed Sammy Stewart as a free agent.

• June 10, 1987

  Released Gibson Alba.

• June 15, 1987

  Released Chris Beasley.

• July 15, 1987

  Traded Tony Bernazard to the Oakland Athletics. Received Darrel Akerfelds and Brian Dorsett.

• July 31, 1987

  Traded Steve Carlton to the Minnesota Twins. Received a player to be named later. The Minnesota Twins sent Jeff Perry (minors) (August 18, 1987) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• August 8, 1987

  Signed Roy Thomas as a free agent.

• August 9, 1987

  Traded Phil Niekro to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received a player to be named later and Darryl Landrum (minors). The Toronto Blue Jays sent Don Gordon (August 10, 1987) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• October 15, 1987

  Ernie Camacho granted Free Agency.

  Otis Nixon granted Free Agency.

  Casey Parsons granted Free Agency.

  Craig Smajstrla granted Free Agency.

  Roy Thomas granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 1987

  Released Rick Dempsey.

  Released Jamie Easterly.

  Released Sammy Stewart.

• November 9, 1987

  Chris Bando granted Free Agency.

  Brett Butler granted Free Agency.

  Ed Vande Berg granted Free Agency.

• November 30, 1987

  Released Andre Thornton.

• December 7, 1987

  Luis Encarnación drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1987 rule 5 draft.

  Signed Chris Bando as a free agent.

• December 8, 1987

  Drafted Todd Pratt from the Boston Red Sox in the 1987 minor league draft.

• December 28, 1987

  Signed Ron Washington as a free agent.

• Before 1988 Season

  Bryan Oelkers sent to ??? in an unknown transaction.

• January 1, 1988

  Signed Bill Laskey as a free agent.

• January 8, 1988

  Signed Paul Zuvella as a free agent.

• January 15, 1988

  Signed Rick Rodriguez as a free agent.

• January 19, 1988

  Signed Greg Harris as a free agent.

  Signed John Moses as a free agent.

• January 24, 1988

  Signed Roberto Rivera as an amateur free agent.

• February 1, 1988

  Signed Domingo Ramos as a free agent.

• February 3, 1988

  Signed Doug Piatt as an amateur free agent.

• February 9, 1988

  Signed Ron Kittle as a free agent.

  Signed Dan Schatzeder as a free agent.

• February 22, 1988

  Signed Chris Codiroli as a free agent.

• February 28, 1988

  Signed Terry Francona as a free agent.

• March 17, 1988

  Released Mark Huismann.

• March 24, 1988

  Released Greg Harris.

• March 25, 1988

  Purchased Willie Upshaw from the Toronto Blue Jays.

  Released Bernardo Brito.

• March 28, 1988

  Returned Todd Pratt (earlier draft pick) to the Boston Red Sox.

  Traded a player to be named later to the Atlanta Braves. Received Jeff Dedmon. The Cleveland Indians sent Tommy Kurczewski (minors) (June 22, 1988) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.

• March 29, 1988

  Released John Moses.

  Released Frank Wills.

• March 30, 1988

  Traded Junior Noboa to the California Angels. Received Ted Milner (minors).