1986 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 3, 1986

  The Toronto Blue Jays returned José de Jesús (earlier draft pick).

• April 4, 1986

  Signed Rudy Law as a free agent.

• April 28, 1986

  Signed Carlos Maldonado as an amateur free agent.

• May 13, 1986

  Signed Héctor Wagner as an amateur free agent.

• May 15, 1986

  Signed Onix Concepción as a free agent.

• May 21, 1986

  Traded Mark Huismann to the Seattle Mariners. Received Terry Bell.

• June 2, 1986

  Drafted Mike Butcher in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Harvey Pulliam in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 1986.

  Drafted Bo Jackson in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tom Gordon in the 6th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1986.

  Drafted Greg Hibbard in the 16th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1986.

  Drafted Dennis Moeller in the 17th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Torey Lovullo in the 27th round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted David Howard in the 32nd round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed May 15, 1987.

  Drafted Tom Urbani in the 33rd round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• August 16, 1986

  Signed Jacob Brumfield as a free agent.

• September 23, 1986

  Traded Darryl Motley to the Atlanta Braves. Received Steve Shields.

• October 2, 1986

  Selected Jim Eisenreich off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

• October 15, 1986

  Butch Davis granted Free Agency.

  Mike Griffin granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 1986

  Released Onix Concepción.

• November 12, 1986

  Lynn Jones granted Free Agency.

  Rudy Law granted Free Agency.

  Jamie Quirk granted Free Agency.

  Lonnie Smith granted Free Agency.

• November 14, 1986

  Signed Scotti Madison as a free agent.

• November 15, 1986

  Signed Joe DeSa as a free agent.

  Signed Jerry Don Gleaton as a free agent.

  Signed Jamie Nelson as a free agent.

  Signed Bill Swaggerty as a free agent.

• December 8, 1986

  José Núñez drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1986 rule 5 draft.

  Signed Rudy Law as a free agent.

  Signed Jamie Quirk as a free agent.

• December 10, 1986

  Traded Scott Bankhead, Mike Kingery and Steve Shields to the Seattle Mariners. Received Rick Luecken and Danny Tartabull.

• December 17, 1986

  Traded Jimmy Daniel (minors) and Joe Jarrell (minors) to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Juan Beníquez.

• December 18, 1986

  Released Mike Brewer.

• December 19, 1986

  Released Buddy Biancalana.

  Released Hal McRae.

• December 22, 1986

  Released Steve Balboni.

  Released Alan Hargesheimer.

  Released Dennis Leonard.

  Released Jorge Orta.

• Before 1987 Season

  Signed Mike Fuentes as a free agent.

• January 1, 1987

  Signed Tom Gilles as a free agent.

• January 12, 1987

  Signed Buddy Biancalana as a free agent.

  Signed Hal McRae as a free agent.

  Signed Jorge Orta as a free agent.

• February 6, 1987

  Signed Bob Stoddard as a free agent.

• February 13, 1987

  Signed Matt Winters as a free agent.

• February 25, 1987

  Signed Steve Balboni as a free agent.

• March 20, 1987

  Traded Pete Carey (minors) and Eddie Tanner (minors) to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Derek Botelho.

• March 27, 1987

  Released Rudy Law.

  Traded David Cone and Chris Jelic to the New York Mets. Received Rick Anderson, Mauro Gozzo and Ed Hearn.

• March 30, 1987

  Released Greg Pryor.

  Traded Jim Sundberg to the Chicago Cubs. Received Thad Bosley and Dave Gumpert.

• March 31, 1987

  Signed Larry Owen as a free agent.