1996 Cleveland Indians Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 1995

  John Farrell granted Free Agency.

  Ken Hill granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 1995

  Álvaro Espinoza granted Free Agency.

  Tony Peña granted Free Agency.

  Billy Ripken granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 1995

  Eddie Murray granted Free Agency.

  Dave Winfield granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 1995

  Released Rubén Amaro Jr..

• November 16, 1995

  Carlos Crawford selected by the Philadelphia Phillies off waivers.

• December 6, 1995

  Signed Casey Candaele as a free agent.

  Signed Tony Peña as a free agent.

  Signed Scott Pose as a free agent.

• December 7, 1995

  Signed Álvaro Espinoza as a free agent.

  Signed Julio Franco as a free agent.

  Signed Eddie Murray as a free agent.

• December 14, 1995

  Signed Jack McDowell as a free agent.

• December 19, 1995

  Signed Eric Helfand as a free agent.

• December 21, 1995

  Paul Sorrento granted Free Agency.

• January 4, 1996

  Signed Mario Díaz as a free agent.

  Signed Steve Dunn as a free agent.

• February 15, 1996

  Traded Jason Grimsley and Pep Harris to the California Angels. Received Brian Anderson.

• February 29, 1996

  Signed Bill Wertz as a free agent.

• March 13, 1996

  Traded Scott Pose to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Joe Lis (minors).

• March 14, 1996

  Selected Nigel Wilson off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

• March 28, 1996

  Released Julius Matos.

• March 31, 1996

  Signed Scott Leius as a free agent.

  Traded Mark Clark to the New York Mets. Received Reid Cornelius and Ryan Thompson.

• April 4, 1996

  Traded Jesse Levis to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received a player to be named later and Scott Nate (minors). The Milwaukee Brewers sent Jared Camp (minors) (June 9, 1996) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• April 6, 1996

  Traded Marc Marini (minors) and Ryan Martindale (minors) to the New York Yankees. Received Tom Wilson.

• April 8, 1996

  Signed John Farrell as a free agent.

• April 30, 1996

  Signed Erik Plantenberg as a free agent.

• May 14, 1996

  Signed Greg Cadaret as a free agent.

  Traded John Farrell to the Detroit Tigers. Received Greg Granger (minors).

• June 4, 1996

  Drafted Paul Rigdon in the 6th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1996.

  Drafted Sean DePaula in the 9th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1996.

  Drafted Joe Horgan in the 11th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1996.

  Drafted John McDonald in the 12th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1996.

  Drafted Mike Bacsik in the 18th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1996.

  Drafted Dan Wright in the 19th round of the 1996 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jamie Brown in the 21st round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed May 15, 1997.

  Drafted David Riske in the 56th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed October 21, 1996.

  Drafted Randy Keisler in the 57th round of the 1996 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 10, 1996

  Traded Bill Wertz to the Seattle Mariners. Received Mike Butcher.

• June 15, 1996

  Signed Greg Swindell as a free agent.

• June 24, 1996

  Wayne Kirby selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers off waivers.

• July 1, 1996

  Signed Geronimo Pena as a free agent.

• July 5, 1996

  Signed Luis González as an amateur free agent.

• July 9, 1996

  Traded Jim Poole and cash to the San Francisco Giants. Received Mark Carreon.

• July 15, 1996

  Signed Víctor Martínez as an amateur free agent.

• July 21, 1996

  Traded Eddie Murray to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Kent Mercker.

• July 29, 1996

  Traded Carlos Baerga and Álvaro Espinoza to the New York Mets. Received Jeff Kent and José Vizcaíno.

• August 31, 1996

  Traded Jeromy Burnitz to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Kevin Seitzer.

• September 30, 1996

  Scott Leius granted Free Agency.

• October 3, 1996

  Greg Swindell granted Free Agency.

• October 10, 1996

  Geronimo Pena granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 1996

  Mike Butcher granted Free Agency.

  Greg Cadaret granted Free Agency.

  Casey Candaele granted Free Agency.

  Reid Cornelius granted Free Agency.

  Erik Plantenberg granted Free Agency.

  Released Tom Wilson.

• October 27, 1996

  Mark Carreon granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 1996

  Albert Belle granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 1996

  Eric Plunk granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 1996

  Kent Mercker granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 1996

  Traded a player to be named later, Jeff Kent, Julián Tavárez and José Vizcaíno to the San Francisco Giants. Received a player to be named later and Matt Williams. The Cleveland Indians sent Joe Roa (December 16, 1996) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade. The San Francisco Giants sent Trent Hubbard (December 16, 1996) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• November 18, 1996

  Dennis Martínez granted Free Agency.

  Tony Peña granted Free Agency.

• November 25, 1996

  Released Nigel Wilson.

• December 10, 1996

  Signed Eric Plunk as a free agent.

• December 12, 1996

  Signed Pat Borders as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Jackson as a free agent.

• December 13, 1996

  Signed Kevin Mitchell as a free agent.

• December 18, 1996

  Signed Chad Curtis as a free agent.

• December 19, 1996

  Signed Terry Clark as a free agent.

  Signed Les Norman as a free agent.

• December 20, 1996

  Ryan Thompson granted Free Agency.

• December 28, 1996

  Signed Tony Fernández as a free agent.

• January 1, 1997

  Signed Casey Candaele as a free agent.

• January 3, 1997

  Signed Mike Busch as a free agent.

• January 17, 1997

  Signed Robby Thompson as a free agent.

• January 22, 1997

  Purchased Sean Mulligan from the San Diego Padres.

• January 31, 1997

  Signed Greg Cadaret as a free agent.

• March 25, 1997

  Traded Alan Embree and Kenny Lofton to the Atlanta Braves. Received Marquis Grissom and David Justice.