1987 Detroit Tigers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 12, 1986

  Jack Morris granted Free Agency.

  Lance Parrish granted Free Agency.

  Released Larry Herndon.

• December 8, 1986

  Signed Larry Herndon as a free agent.

• December 19, 1986

  Signed Jack Morris as a free agent.

• December 20, 1986

  Released Darrell Evans.

• January 27, 1987

  Traded Chuck Cary and Randy O'Neal to the Atlanta Braves. Received Freddy Tiburcio (minors) and Terry Harper.

• February 2, 1987

  Signed Nate Snell as a free agent.

• February 4, 1987

  Signed Bill Laskey as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Stenhouse as a free agent.

• February 24, 1987

  Signed Darrell Evans as a free agent.

• March 23, 1987

  Released Brian Harper.

• March 24, 1987

  Traded Dario Guzman (minors) to the Texas Rangers. Received Orlando Mercado.

• May 5, 1987

  Traded Orlando Mercado to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Balvino Gálvez.

• June 2, 1987

  Drafted Steve Pegues in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1987.

  Drafted Travis Fryman in the 1st round (30th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1987.

  Drafted Rob Richie in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Riccardo Ingram in the 4th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed May 22, 1988.

  Drafted Torey Lovullo in the 5th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1987.

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

  Drafted Mike Schwabe in the 21st round of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rusty Meacham in the 33rd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed May 11, 1988.

• June 4, 1987

  Signed Bill Madlock as a free agent.

• June 7, 1987

  Signed Rudy Pemberton as an amateur free agent.

• June 18, 1987

  Purchased Ron Meridith from the Texas Rangers.

• June 22, 1987

  Traded Bryan Kelly to the Seattle Mariners. Received Karl Best.

• June 26, 1987

  Traded Terry Harper to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Pete Rice (minors) and Shawn Holman.

• June 30, 1987

  John Pacella player rights sold to Yokohama Bay Stars (Japan Central).

• August 7, 1987

  Traded a player to be named later and Darnell Coles to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Jim Morrison. The Detroit Tigers sent Morris Madden (August 12, 1987) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• August 12, 1987

  Traded John Smoltz to the Atlanta Braves. Received Doyle Alexander.

• September 7, 1987

  Signed John Kiely as an amateur free agent.

• September 21, 1987

  Traded player to be named later to the Chicago Cubs. Received Dickie Noles. Dickie Noles returned to original team on October 23, 1987.

• October 5, 1987

  Traded Bruce Fields to the Seattle Mariners. Received Stan Clarke.

• October 15, 1987

  Tim Tolman granted Free Agency.

• October 16, 1987

  Released Johnny Grubb.

  Released Dwight Lowry.

  Released Nate Snell.

• November 9, 1987

  Mike Heath granted Free Agency.

  Bill Madlock granted Free Agency.

  Jack Morris granted Free Agency.

  Frank Tanana granted Free Agency.

  Released Larry Herndon.

• November 15, 1987

  Bill Laskey granted Free Agency.

• December 1, 1987

  Signed Mike Heath as a free agent.

• December 5, 1987

  Traded Dan Petry to the California Angels. Received Gary Pettis.

• December 7, 1987

  Drafted John Wetteland from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1987 rule 5 draft.

• December 8, 1987

  Signed Dave Beard as a free agent.

• December 14, 1987

  Signed Larry Herndon as a free agent.

• December 29, 1987

  Signed Jack Morris as a free agent.

• December 30, 1987

  Signed Mike Brown as a free agent.

• January 22, 1988

  Tom Brookens granted Free Agency.

  Kirk Gibson granted Free Agency.

• February 9, 1988

  Signed Tom Brookens as a free agent.

• February 17, 1988

  Signed Frank Tanana as a free agent.

• February 20, 1988

  Signed Luis Salazar as a free agent.

• February 24, 1988

  Traded Doug Baker to the Minnesota Twins. Received Julius McDougal (minors).

• February 27, 1988

  Traded Mark Thurmond to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Ray Knight.

• March 23, 1988

  Signed Mark Huismann as a free agent.

• March 24, 1988

  Traded Balvino Gálvez to the Minnesota Twins. Received Billy Beane.

• March 28, 1988

  Traded Karl Best to the Minnesota Twins. Received Don Schulze.

• March 29, 1988

  Returned John Wetteland (earlier draft pick) to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• March 31, 1988

  Signed Mike Trujillo as a free agent.