1984 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 7, 1983

  Don Hood granted Free Agency.

  Jerry Martin granted Free Agency.

  Amos Otis granted Free Agency.

• November 11, 1983

  Signed José Núñez as an amateur free agent.

• December 5, 1983

  Drafted Orlando Sánchez from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1983 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1983

  Signed Lynn Jones as a free agent.

• December 8, 1983

  Traded John Serritella (minors), Joe Szekely (minors) and Jose Torres (minors) to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Joe Beckwith.

  Traded Duane Dewey (minors) and Mike Armstrong to the New York Yankees. Received Steve Balboni and Roger Erickson.

• December 9, 1983

  Signed Don Werner as a free agent.

• December 15, 1983

  Traded Ron Johnson to the Montreal Expos. Received Tom Dixon.

• December 20, 1983

  Traded Willie Aikens to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Jorge Orta.

• January 17, 1984

  Drafted Steve Carter in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Eric Hetzel in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• March 31, 1984

  Traded Derek Botelho and Don Werner to the Chicago Cubs. Received Alan Hargesheimer.

• April 1, 1984

  Traded Tom Edens to the New York Mets. Received Tucker Ashford.

• May 10, 1984

  Purchased Dane Iorg from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• May 17, 1984

  Orlando Sánchez player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.

• May 19, 1984

  Tucker Ashford player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.

• June 4, 1984

  Drafted Scott Bankhead in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft.

  Drafted Luis de los Santos in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1984.

  Drafted Chito Martínez in the 6th round of the 1984 amateur draft.

  Drafted Kevin Koslofski in the 20th round of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1984.

• August 16, 1984

  Signed Bucky Dent as a free agent.

• September 1, 1984

  Traded James Miner (minors) to the Houston Astros. Received Luis Pujols.

• September 4, 1984

  Released Mark Ryal.

• October 10, 1984

  Released Bucky Dent.

  Released Leon Roberts.

• October 19, 1984

  Luis Pujols granted Free Agency.

• November 8, 1984

  Greg Pryor granted Free Agency.

• December 20, 1984

  Signed Greg Pryor as a free agent.

• December 25, 1984

  Signed Mike Griffin as a free agent.

• January 3, 1985

  Drafted Kevin Brown in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Andy Mota in the 6th round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Blas Minor in the 11th round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 7, 1985

  Traded U L Washington to the Montreal Expos. Received Kenny Baker (minors) and Mike Kinnunen.

• January 18, 1985

  As part of a 4-team trade, traded Don Slaught to the Texas Rangers and Frank Wills to the New York Mets. Received Jim Sundberg from the Milwaukee Brewers. In addition, the New York Mets sent Tim Leary to the Milwaukee Brewers; and the Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Danny Darwin to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Texas Rangers sent Bill Hance (minors) (January 30, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

• January 29, 1985

  Signed Renie Martin as a free agent.

• February 7, 1985

  Signed Pat Putnam as a free agent.

• February 19, 1985

  Signed Mike LaCoss as a free agent.

• February 25, 1985

  Signed Jamie Quirk as a free agent.

• March 19, 1985

  Traded Keith Creel to the Cleveland Indians. Received a player to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Dwight Taylor (October 3, 1985) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.