1987 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• May 18, 1987

  Signed Lonnie Smith as a free agent.

• June 2, 1987

  Drafted Kevin Appier in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Terry Shumpert in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1987.

  Drafted Stu Cole in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Kevin McGehee in the 11th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bobby Moore in the 16th round of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jim Campbell in the 32nd round of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jorge Pedre in the 33rd round of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tim Laker in the 49th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jeff Conine in the 58th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed September 10, 1987.

  Drafted Mark Small in the 59th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bret Barberie in the 65th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Erik Plantenberg in the 66th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 4, 1987

  Traded a player to be named later to the Seattle Mariners. Received Ross Jones. The Kansas City Royals sent Ricky Rojas (minors) (October 19, 1987) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.

• June 13, 1987

  Signed Bob Shirley as a free agent.

• June 17, 1987

  Released Jorge Orta.

• July 4, 1987

  Released Bob Shirley.

• July 14, 1987

  Traded Juan Beníquez to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Luis Aquino.

• July 21, 1987

  Released Hal McRae.

• July 23, 1987

  Purchased Dann Bilardello from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• July 30, 1987

  Traded Buddy Biancalana to the Houston Astros. Received Mel Stottlemyre.

• July 31, 1987

  Traded a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers. Received Dave Owen. The Kansas City Royals sent Rufus Ellis (minors) (October 13, 1987) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• August 10, 1987

  Signed Rich Thompson as a free agent.

• August 31, 1987

  Traded a player to be named later to the Atlanta Braves. Received Gene Garber. The Kansas City Royals sent Terry Bell (September 3, 1987) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.

• October 15, 1987

  Dave Gumpert granted Free Agency.

  Released Ross Jones.

  Released Bob Stoddard.

• October 23, 1987

  Signed Steve Fireovid as a free agent.

• October 26, 1987

  Signed Brad Wellman as a free agent.

• November 6, 1987

  Traded Danny Jackson and Angel Salazar to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Ted Power and Kurt Stillwell.

• November 9, 1987

  Thad Bosley granted Free Agency.

  Gene Garber granted Free Agency.

  Charlie Leibrandt granted Free Agency.

  Jamie Quirk granted Free Agency.

• November 18, 1987

  Signed Bob Buchanan as a free agent.

• December 7, 1987

  Drafted Luis Encarnación from the Cleveland Indians in the 1987 rule 5 draft.

  Signed Gene Garber as a free agent.

• December 10, 1987

  Traded Chuck Mount (minors), John Davis, Greg Hibbard and Melido Perez to the Chicago White Sox. Received Floyd Bannister and Dave Cochrane.

• December 15, 1987

  Released Lonnie Smith.

• December 16, 1987

  Signed Hipólito Pichardo as an amateur free agent.

• December 18, 1987

  Signed Nick Capra as a free agent.

• December 21, 1987

  Released Steve Balboni.

• Before 1988 Season

  Dwight Taylor sent to the Montreal Expos in an unknown transaction.

• January 5, 1988

  Signed Thad Bosley as a free agent.

• January 7, 1988

  Signed Charlie Leibrandt as a free agent.

• January 25, 1988

  Signed Jamie Quirk as a free agent.

• February 3, 1988

  Traded Dave Cochrane to the Seattle Mariners. Received Ken Spratke (minors).

• February 15, 1988

  Traded Van Snider to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Jeff Montgomery.

• February 18, 1988

  Signed Steve Balboni as a free agent.

• March 20, 1988

  Released Tom Gilles.