1985 Los Angeles Dodgers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 8, 1984

  Burt Hooton granted Free Agency.

• December 2, 1984

  Signed Tom Brennan as a free agent.

• January 3, 1985

  Drafted John Wetteland in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed May 25, 1985.

  Drafted Greg Briley in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 4, 1985

  Traded Pat Zachry to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Al Oliver.

• February 11, 1985

  Signed Bobby Castillo as a free agent.

• February 20, 1985

  Signed Jay Johnstone as a free agent.

• March 16, 1985

  Signed Juan Guzmán as an amateur free agent.

• April 30, 1985

  Signed Mike Ramsey as a free agent.

• June 2, 1985

  Released Mike Ramsey.

• June 3, 1985

  Drafted Chris Gwynn in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Devereaux in the 5th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jack Savage in the 8th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Huff in the 16th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

• July 3, 1985

  Released Steve Howe.

• July 9, 1985

  Traded Al Oliver to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Len Matuszek.

• July 10, 1985

  Traded a player to be named later and Rafael Montalvo to the Houston Astros. Received Enos Cabell. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Germán Rivera (July 15, 1985) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• July 14, 1985

  Signed Henry Rodríguez as an amateur free agent.

• August 31, 1985

  Traded players to be named later to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Bill Madlock. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent R.J. Reynolds (September 3, 1985), Cecil Espy (September 9, 1985) and Sid Bream (September 9, 1985) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• September 26, 1985

  Released Edgar Cáceres.

• October 10, 1985

  Signed Braulio Castillo as an amateur free agent.

• October 15, 1985

  Tom Brennan granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 1985

  Released Jay Johnstone.

• November 12, 1985

  Steve Yeager granted Free Agency.

• November 26, 1985

  Signed Steve Yeager as a free agent.

• December 11, 1985

  Vance Lovelace selected by the California Angels in the 1985 minor league draft.

  Traded Candy Maldonado to the San Francisco Giants. Received Alex Treviño.

  Traded Steve Yeager to the Seattle Mariners. Received Ed Vande Berg.

• January 14, 1986

  Drafted Pedro Borbón in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Darren Lewis in the 6th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 18, 1986

  Signed José Vizcaíno as an amateur free agent.