1985 Minnesota Twins Trades and Transactions

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

• November 6, 1984

  Released Keith Comstock.

• November 8, 1984

  Bobby Castillo granted Free Agency.

  Pat Putnam granted Free Agency.

  Chris Speier granted Free Agency.

• November 30, 1984

  Signed Mark Funderburk as a free agent.

• December 3, 1984

  Drafted Mark Salas from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1984 rule 5 draft.

  Jim Weaver drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1984 rule 5 draft.

• December 7, 1984

  Traded Ray Smith to the San Diego Padres. Received Floyd Chiffer.

• December 8, 1984

  Signed Al Woods as a free agent.

• December 31, 1984

  Signed Dennis Burtt as a free agent.

• January 3, 1985

  Drafted Mike Benjamin in the 7th round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 9, 1985

  Traded Jack O'Connor to the Montreal Expos. Received Mike Stenhouse.

• January 10, 1985

  Signed Les Straker as a free agent.

• February 19, 1985

  Traded Ron Scheer (minors) and Randy Johnson to the Chicago White Sox. Received Roy Smalley.

• March 27, 1985

  Traded Brad Havens to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Mark Brown.

• March 28, 1985

  Released Darrell Brown.

• April 4, 1985

  Released Lenny Faedo.

• May 22, 1985

  The Detroit Tigers returned Jim Weaver (earlier draft pick).

• June 3, 1985

  Drafted Shawn Gilbert in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Paul Abbott in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1985.

  Drafted Lenny Webster in the 21st round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed August 19, 1985.

• August 1, 1985

  Traded a player to be named later, Jay Bell, Curt Wardle and Jim Weaver to the Cleveland Indians. Received Bert Blyleven. The Minnesota Twins sent Rich Yett (September 17, 1985) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• August 12, 1985

  Signed Steve Howe as a free agent.

• September 17, 1985

  Released Steve Howe.

• October 11, 1985

  Released John Castino.

• October 15, 1985

  Len Whitehouse granted Free Agency.

• December 12, 1985

  Traded Mike Stenhouse to the Boston Red Sox. Received Charlie Mitchell.

• December 20, 1985

  Released Ed Hodge.

  Released Rick Lysander.

  Released Dave Meier.

• January 7, 1986

  Traded Bryan Oelkers and Ken Schrom to the Cleveland Indians. Received Ramón Romero and Roy Smith.

• January 14, 1986

  Drafted Jarvis Brown in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 23, 1986.

  Drafted Mike Dyer in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 15, 1986.

  Drafted Mike Schwabe in the 8th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 16, 1986

  Traded Dave Engle to the Detroit Tigers. Received Chris Pittaro and Alejandro Sánchez.

  Traded Pat Crosby (minors) and Tim Teufel to the New York Mets. Received Billy Beane, Joe Klink and Bill Latham.

• March 23, 1986

  Signed Roy Lee Jackson as a free agent.

• March 31, 1986

  Traded Mike Hart to the Baltimore Orioles. Received a player to be named later, Ben Bianchi (minors) and Steve Padia (minors). The Baltimore Orioles sent Jeff Hubbard (minors) (April 23, 1986) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.