1985 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions

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

• November 8, 1984

  Mike LaCoss granted Free Agency.

  Vern Ruhle granted Free Agency.

• December 3, 1984

  Manuel Lee drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1984 rule 5 draft.

• January 3, 1985

  Drafted Mel Stottlemyre in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1985 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Jeff Baldwin in the 14th round of the 1985 amateur draft (January).

• April 8, 1985

  Released Joe Sambito.

• May 30, 1985

  Signed Tony Eusebio as an amateur free agent.

• June 3, 1985

  Drafted Cameron Drew in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Blaise Ilsley in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 1985.

  Drafted Mike Simms in the 6th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 1985.

  Drafted Terry Wells in the 8th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted John Fishel in the 9th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeff Reboulet in the 26th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 12, 1985

  Purchased Brad Gulden from the Cincinnati Reds.

• July 10, 1985

  Traded Enos Cabell to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received a player to be named later and Rafael Montalvo. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Germán Rivera (July 15, 1985) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• September 15, 1985

  Traded Joe Niekro to the New York Yankees. Received players to be named later and Jim Deshaies. The New York Yankees sent Neder Horta (minors) (September 24, 1985) and Dody Rather (minors) (January 11, 1986) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• October 15, 1985

  Brad Gulden granted Free Agency.

• November 12, 1985

  Harry Spilman granted Free Agency.

  Dickie Thon granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 1985

  Released Chris Jones.

  Released Mike Richardt.

  Released Tim Tolman.

• December 9, 1985

  Sent Mark Ross to the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.

• December 16, 1985

  Traded Jerry Mumphrey to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later and Billy Hatcher. The Chicago Cubs sent Steve Engel (July 24, 1986) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• January 7, 1986

  Signed Dickie Thon as a free agent.

• March 15, 1986

  Mike Fuentes received from the Oakland Athletics in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• March 31, 1986

  Received Mark Ross from the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.

• April 1, 1986

  Released Bill Dawley.