1987 Los Angeles Dodgers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 1986

  Released Joe Beckwith.

• November 12, 1986

  Enos Cabell granted Free Agency.

  Released Bill Russell.

• December 5, 1986

  Signed Brad Wellman as a free agent.

• December 9, 1986

  Drafted Mike Hartley from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1986 minor league draft.

  Jeff Nelson selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 1986 minor league draft.

  Drafted Jeff Schaefer from the California Angels in the 1986 minor league draft.

• December 10, 1986

  Traded Greg Brock to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Tim Crews and Tim Leary.

  Traded Mike Watters (minors) and Dennis Powell to the Seattle Mariners. Received Matt Young.

• December 17, 1986

  Released Jack Fimple.

  Released Ed Vande Berg.

• February 11, 1987

  Signed Jack Perconte as a free agent.

• February 26, 1987

  Signed Jaime Cocanower as a free agent.

• April 10, 1987

  Signed Mickey Hatcher as a free agent.

  Released Jerry Reuss.

• April 13, 1987

  Signed Pete Ladd as a free agent.

• May 5, 1987

  Traded Balvino Gálvez to the Detroit Tigers. Received Orlando Mercado.

• May 22, 1987

  Traded Tom Niedenfuer to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Brad Havens and John Shelby.

• May 29, 1987

  Released Bill Madlock.

• June 2, 1987

  Drafted Chris Nichting in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed August 26, 1987.

  Drafted Darrin Fletcher in the 6th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1987.

  Drafted Tony Barron in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1987.

  Drafted Rafael Bournigal in the 19th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1987.

  Drafted Jose Munoz in the 20th round of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dennis Springer in the 21st round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1987.

  Drafted Zak Shinall in the 29th round of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jim Poole in the 34th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mike James in the 43rd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed May 21, 1988.

  Drafted Doug Simons in the 45th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 12, 1987

  Signed Danny Heep as a free agent.

• June 19, 1987

  Traded a player to be named later to the Houston Astros. Received Phil Garner. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Jeff Edwards (minors) (June 26, 1987) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• June 23, 1987

  Traded Tim Meeks (minors) to the Oakland Athletics. Received Bill Krueger.

• June 25, 1987

  Traded Larry See to the Texas Rangers. Received José Mota.

• July 10, 1987

  Signed Tito Landrum as a free agent.

• July 20, 1987

  Signed Julio Cruz as a free agent.

• August 13, 1987

  Signed Ron Davis as a free agent.

• August 21, 1987

  Traded a player to be named later to the Boston Red Sox. Received Glenn Hoffman. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Billy Bartels (minors) (December 8, 1987) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

• August 29, 1987

  Traded Rick Honeycutt to the Oakland Athletics. Received a player to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Tim Belcher (September 3, 1987) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.

• September 22, 1987

  Traded Juan Guzmán to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Mike Sharperson.

• October 15, 1987

  Jeff Schaefer granted Free Agency.

  Brad Wellman granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 1987

  Phil Garner granted Free Agency.

  Ken Landreaux granted Free Agency.

• November 12, 1987

  Released Bill Krueger.

  Released Orlando Mercado.

• November 21, 1987

  Signed Pedro Astacio as an amateur free agent.

• December 5, 1987

  Signed Tony Arnold as a free agent.

  Signed Chuck Hensley as a free agent.

• December 7, 1987

  John Wetteland drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1987 rule 5 draft.

• December 11, 1987

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Bob Welch and Matt Young to the Oakland Athletics and Jack Savage to the New York Mets. Received Alfredo Griffin and Jay Howell from the Oakland Athletics and Jesse Orosco from the New York Mets. In addition, the Oakland Athletics sent Kevin Tapani and Wally Whitehurst to the New York Mets.

• December 15, 1987

  Signed Mike Davis as a free agent.

• December 16, 1987

  Released Glenn Hoffman.

• December 23, 1987

  Traded Scott May to the Texas Rangers. Received Javier Ortiz.

• January 1, 1988

  Signed Bill Krueger as a free agent.

• January 5, 1988

  Signed Don Sutton as a free agent.

• January 29, 1988

  Signed Kirk Gibson as a free agent.

• March 19, 1988

  Released Ron Davis.

• March 29, 1988

  The Detroit Tigers returned John Wetteland (earlier draft pick).

• March 30, 1988

  Signed Rick Dempsey as a free agent.

• April 1, 1988

  Traded Craig Shipley to the New York Mets. Received John Gibbons.