1985 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

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

• 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 Frank Wills to the New York Mets and Don Slaught to the Texas Rangers. 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.

• April 5, 1985

  Sent Mike Brewer to the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.

• May 6, 1985

  Signed José Álvarez as a free agent.

• May 9, 1985

  Signed Lenny Faedo as a free agent.

  Signed Steve Farr as a free agent.

• May 17, 1985

  Traded John Morris to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Lonnie Smith.

• May 18, 1985

  Released Larry Gura.

• June 3, 1985

  Drafted Brian McRae in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1985.

  Drafted Chris Jelic in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Macfarlane in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1985.

  Drafted Deion Sanders in the 6th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• July 5, 1985

  Released José Álvarez.

• September 3, 1985

  Signed Omar Moreno as a free agent.

• September 17, 1985

  Received Mike Brewer from the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.

• October 15, 1985

  Mike Kinnunen granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 1985

  Released Mike LaCoss.

• November 12, 1985

  Dane Iorg granted Free Agency.

  Lynn Jones granted Free Agency.

  Hal McRae granted Free Agency.

  Jamie Quirk granted Free Agency.

• November 15, 1985

  Released Omar Moreno.

• November 27, 1985

  Signed Jamie Quirk as a free agent.

• December 2, 1985

  Signed Lynn Jones as a free agent.

• December 8, 1985

  Signed Hal McRae as a free agent.

• December 10, 1985

  José de Jesús drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1985 rule 5 draft.

• January 14, 1986

  Drafted Sean Berry in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed March 31, 1986.

• March 28, 1986

  Released Joe Beckwith.

  Released Mike Jones.

  Released Pat Sheridan.

• April 1, 1986

  Released Onix Concepción.

  Traded Tony Ferreira to the New York Mets. Received Angel Salazar.