1994 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 1993

  Kevin Bass granted Free Agency.

• November 27, 1993

  Traded Xavier Hernandez to the New York Yankees. Received Domingo Jean and Andy Stankiewicz.

• December 2, 1993

  Traded Doug Jones and Jeff Juden to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Mitch Williams.

• December 7, 1993

  Signed Kevin Bass as a free agent.

• December 10, 1993

  Traded Eric Anthony to the Seattle Mariners. Received Mike Felder and Mike Hampton.

• January 26, 1994

  Signed Sid Bream as a free agent.

• February 11, 1994

  Signed Bob MacDonald as a free agent.

• March 2, 1994

  Signed Craig McMurtry as a free agent.

• March 4, 1994

  Signed Mark Petkovsek as a free agent.

• March 28, 1994

  Traded Al Osuna to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Jimmy Daspit (minors).

• April 1, 1994

  Released Bob MacDonald.

  Released Danny Young.

• April 6, 1994

  Selected Ken Ramos off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.

• April 19, 1994

  Traded Ed Taubensee to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Marty Lister (minors) and Ross Powell.

• May 2, 1994

  Signed Mike Simms as a free agent.

• May 31, 1994

  Released Mitch Williams.

• June 2, 1994

  Drafted Ramón Castro in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1994.

  Drafted Scott Elarton in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1994.

  Drafted Russ Johnson in the 1st round (30th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed August 30, 1994.

  Drafted Óscar Robles in the 3rd round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1994.

  Drafted Tony Mounce in the 7th round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1994.

  Drafted John Halama in the 23rd round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1994.

  Drafted Julio Lugo in the 43rd round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed May 17, 1995.

  Drafted Jay Spurgeon in the 46th round of the 1994 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Paul Hoover in the 64th round of the 1994 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Johnny Estrada in the 71st round of the 1994 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• July 2, 1994

  Signed Pedro Santana as an amateur free agent.

• July 31, 1994

  Traded Tom Edens to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Milt Thompson.

• August 8, 1994

  Signed Scott Lewis as a free agent.

• October 15, 1994

  Jim Bruske granted Free Agency.

  Scott Lewis granted Free Agency.

  Mark Petkovsek granted Free Agency.

  Mike Simms granted Free Agency.

• October 18, 1994

  Sid Bream granted Free Agency.

• October 19, 1994

  Mike Felder granted Free Agency.

• October 26, 1994

  Kevin Bass granted Free Agency.

  Milt Thompson granted Free Agency.

• November 18, 1994

  Signed Mike Simms as a free agent.

• November 28, 1994

  Traded Pete Harnisch to the New York Mets. Received players to be named later. The New York Mets sent Andy Beckerman (minors) (December 6, 1994) and Juan Castillo (April 12, 1995) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• December 5, 1994

  Chuck Smith drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1994 rule 5 draft.

• December 20, 1994

  Signed Milt Thompson as a free agent.

• December 28, 1994

  Traded a player to be named later, Ken Caminiti, Andújar Cedeño, Steve Finley, Roberto Petagine and Brian Williams to the San Diego Padres. Received Derek Bell, Doug Brocail, Ricky Gutiérrez, Pedro Martínez, Phil Plantier and Craig Shipley. The Houston Astros sent Sean Fesh (minors) (May 1, 1995) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• January 18, 1995

  Signed Bronswell Patrick as a free agent.

• February 1, 1995

  Signed Mike Brumley as a free agent.

• February 8, 1995

  Signed Jerry Goff as a free agent.

• February 21, 1995

  Signed Tom Martin as a free agent.

• March 23, 1995

  Signed John Cangelosi as a free agent.