1996 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 1995

  Mike Henneman granted Free Agency.

  Milt Thompson granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 1995

  John Cangelosi granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 1995

  Pat Borders granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 1995

  Signed Donaldo Méndez as an amateur free agent.

• December 7, 1995

  Signed John Cangelosi as a free agent.

• December 14, 1995

  Signed Craig Biggio as a free agent.

• December 20, 1995

  Traded Raúl Chávez and Dave Veres to the Montreal Expos. Received Sean Berry.

• December 21, 1995

  Craig Shipley granted Free Agency.

• December 28, 1995

  Signed Mike Brumley as a free agent.

  Signed Jerry Goff as a free agent.

  Signed John Johnstone as a free agent.

• January 5, 1996

  Signed Anthony Young as a free agent.

• January 10, 1996

  Signed Bill Spiers as a free agent.

• March 28, 1996

  Released Matt Williams.

• April 24, 1996

  Signed Xavier Hernandez as a free agent.

• May 17, 1996

  Purchased Randy Knorr from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• June 3, 1996

  Released Greg Swindell.

• June 4, 1996

  Drafted Mark Johnson in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed August 30, 1996.

  Drafted Brian Dallimore in the 9th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1996.

  Drafted Wade Miller in the 20th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1996.

  Drafted Roy Oswalt in the 23rd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed May 18, 1997.

  Drafted Paul Phillips in the 25th round of the 1996 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Tom Shearn in the 29th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1996.

• July 6, 1996

  Signed Rodrigo Rosario as an amateur free agent.

• July 23, 1996

  Traded Rich Loiselle to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Danny Darwin.

  Signed Terry Clark as a free agent.

• July 25, 1996

  Dean Hartgraves selected by the Atlanta Braves off waivers.

• July 27, 1996

  Traded Rick Wilkins and cash to the San Francisco Giants. Received Kirt Manwaring.

• August 26, 1996

  Traded players to be named later to the Detroit Tigers. Received Gregg Olson. The Houston Astros sent Kevin Gallaher (minors) (August 27, 1996) and Pedro Santana (August 27, 1996) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

• September 11, 1996

  Received Andújar Cedeño from the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.

• September 30, 1996

  John Johnstone granted Free Agency.

• October 4, 1996

  Anthony Young granted Free Agency.

• October 8, 1996

  Terry Clark granted Free Agency.

• October 14, 1996

  Dave Hajek selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.

• October 15, 1996

  Jeff Ball granted Free Agency.

  Jerry Goff granted Free Agency.

  Chris Hatcher granted Free Agency.

  Ray Holbert granted Free Agency.

  Bronswell Patrick granted Free Agency.

  Ken Ramos granted Free Agency.

  Mike Simms granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 1996

  Kirt Manwaring granted Free Agency.

  Gregg Olson granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 1996

  Xavier Hernandez granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 1996

  Danny Darwin granted Free Agency.

• November 14, 1996

  Bill Spiers granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 1996

  Signed Ken Ramos as a free agent.

• November 18, 1996

  John Cangelosi granted Free Agency.

  Doug Drabek granted Free Agency.

• November 22, 1996

  Signed Blas Minor as a free agent.

  Signed Bronswell Patrick as a free agent.

• December 2, 1996

  Signed Sid Fernandez as a free agent.

  Signed Pat Listach as a free agent.

  Signed Bill Spiers as a free agent.

• December 4, 1996

  Signed Thomas Howard as a free agent.

• December 9, 1996

  Drafted Ramón García from the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1996 rule 5 draft.

  Edgar Ramos drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1996 rule 5 draft.

  Jamie Walker drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1996 rule 5 draft.

  Alejandro Freire selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 1996 minor league draft.

  Héctor Mercado selected by the Florida Marlins in the 1996 minor league draft.

• December 10, 1996

  Traded Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones, Orlando Miller and cash to the Detroit Tigers. Received Brad Ausmus, José Lima, Trever Miller, C.J. Nitkowski and Daryle Ward.

• December 19, 1996

  Signed Luis Gonzalez as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Magnante as a free agent.

• December 20, 1996

  Randy Knorr granted Free Agency.

  Derrick May granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Tabaka granted Free Agency.

• December 23, 1996

  Signed Randy Knorr as a free agent.

• December 30, 1996

  Signed Russ Springer as a free agent.

• January 9, 1997

  Released Jim Dougherty.

• January 25, 1997

  Signed Luis Rivera as a free agent.

• February 4, 1997

  Signed Tommy Greene as a free agent.

• February 5, 1997

  Signed Tommy Gregg as a free agent.

• March 14, 1997

  Signed J.R. Phillips as a free agent.

• March 15, 1997

  Traded Sean Runyan to the San Diego Padres. Received Luis López.

• March 20, 1997

  Released Tommy Gregg.

• March 21, 1997

  Released Bry Nelson.

• March 31, 1997

  Traded Luis López to the New York Mets. Received Tim Bogar.