1987 Milwaukee Brewers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 12, 1986

  Rick Cerone granted Free Agency.

  Charlie Moore granted Free Agency.

  Ben Oglivie granted Free Agency.

• December, 1986

  Purchased Narciso Elvira from Leon (Mexican).

• December 8, 1986

  Bob Gibson drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1986 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Vicente Palacios from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1986 rule 5 draft.

• December 10, 1986

  Traded Tim Crews and Tim Leary to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Greg Brock.

• December 23, 1986

  Released Jaime Cocanower.

• Before 1987 Season

  Signed Dave Schuler as a free agent.

• January 20, 1987

  Traded Dion James to the Atlanta Braves. Received Brad Komminsk.

• January 28, 1987

  Signed Dave Nilsson as an amateur free agent.

• February 14, 1987

  Signed Paul Mirabella as a free agent.

• March 4, 1987

  Signed Ángel Miranda as an amateur free agent.

• April 3, 1987

  Returned Vicente Palacios (earlier draft pick) to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• April 19, 1987

  Jim Adduci player rights sold to the San Francisco Giants.

• April 21, 1987

  Dave Schuler player rights sold to the San Francisco Giants.

• April 26, 1987

  The San Francisco Giants returned Jim Adduci following previous purchase.

• April 28, 1987

  Signed Len Barker as a free agent.

• May 6, 1987

  Signed Donnie Scott as a free agent.

• June 2, 1987

  Drafted Bill Spiers in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1987.

  Drafted Jaime Navarro in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1987.

  Drafted Steve Sparks in the 5th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1987.

  Drafted Charlie Montoyo in the 6th round of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Frank Bolick in the 9th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1987.

  Drafted Troy O'Leary in the 13th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed August 13, 1987.

  Drafted Brian Turang in the 20th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mark Kiefer in the 21st round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed May 18, 1988.

  Drafted Jeromy Burnitz in the 24th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Chris Haney in the 25th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 4, 1987

  Released Jim Adduci.

• June 11, 1987

  Signed Gibson Alba as a free agent.

• June 15, 1987

  Released Jim Morris.

• June 22, 1987

  Signed Roy Lee Jackson as a free agent.

• June 29, 1987

  Traded Russ McGinnis to the Oakland Athletics. Received Bill Mooneyham.

• June 30, 1987

  Received Curt Brown from the Montreal Expos as part of a conditional deal.

• July 2, 1987

  Traded a player to be named later to the Oakland Athletics. Received Eric Broersma (minors). The Milwaukee Brewers sent Curt Brown (August 5, 1987) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

• July 16, 1987

  Purchased Skeeter Barnes from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• July 30, 1987

  Signed Ray Burris as a free agent.

• October 6, 1987

  Purchased Tom Filer from the Toronto Blue Jays.

• October 15, 1987

  Skeeter Barnes granted Free Agency.

  Bryan Clutterbuck granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 1987

  Mark Clear granted Free Agency.

  Rick Manning granted Free Agency.

  Paul Molitor granted Free Agency.

  Bill Mooneyham granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 1987

  Signed Odell Jones as a free agent.

• November 11, 1987

  Signed Bryan Clutterbuck as a free agent.

  Signed Bill Mooneyham as a free agent.

• December 8, 1987

  Gibson Alba selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1987 minor league draft.

  Drafted Matías Carrillo from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1987 minor league draft.

• December 14, 1987

  Signed Mark Clear as a free agent.

• January 5, 1988

  Signed Paul Molitor as a free agent.

• January 12, 1988

  Released Cecil Cooper.

• January 18, 1988

  Signed Jim Adduci as a free agent.

• January 19, 1988

  Signed Ronn Reynolds as a free agent.