1984 Oakland Athletics Trades and Transactions

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

• November 7, 1983

  Tom Underwood granted Free Agency.

• November 14, 1983

  Signed Bruce Bochte as a free agent.

• November 21, 1983

  Traded Dave Beard and Bob Kearney to the Seattle Mariners. Received Darrel Akerfelds and Bill Caudill.

• November 26, 1983

  Signed Les Straker as a free agent.

• December 2, 1983

  Released Marshall Brant.

• December 5, 1983

  Drafted Jeff Bettendorf from the New York Mets in the 1983 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1983

  Traded Luis Quiñones to the Cleveland Indians. Received Jim Essian.

• December 7, 1983

  Traded Rusty McNealy and cash to the Montreal Expos. Received Ray Burris.

• December 8, 1983

  Traded Wayne Gross to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Tim Stoddard.

• December 13, 1983

  Signed Joe Morgan as a free agent.

• January 3, 1984

  Signed Félix José as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Luis Polonia as an amateur free agent.

• January 16, 1984

  Released Jack Daugherty.

• January 17, 1984

  Drafted Tim Fortugno in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Darren Reed in the 10th round of the 1984 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 23, 1984

  Signed Lary Sorensen as a free agent.

• February 8, 1984

  Chose Tim Belcher from the New York Yankees as a free agent compensation pick.

• March 26, 1984

  Released Ed Farmer.

  Traded Tim Stoddard to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later and Stan Kyles (minors). The Chicago Cubs sent Stan Boderick (minors) (March 31, 1984) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

• March 29, 1984

  Signed Dave Kingman as a free agent.

  Released Mitchell Page.

• April 7, 1984

  Signed Mark Wagner as a free agent.

• May 9, 1984

  Sent Jeff Bettendorf to the New York Mets as part of a conditional deal.

• June 4, 1984

  Drafted Mark McGwire in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed July 20, 1984.

  Drafted Todd Burns in the 7th round of the 1984 amateur draft.

  Drafted Joe Strong in the 15th round of the 1984 amateur draft.

  Drafted John Fishel in the 19th round of the 1984 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 9, 1984

  Chuck Hensley player rights sold to the Milwaukee Brewers.

• July 3, 1984

  Signed Mike Torrez as a free agent.

• July 15, 1984

  Traded a player to be named later to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later and Chuck Rainey. The Oakland Athletics sent Davey Lopes (August 31, 1984) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade. The Chicago Cubs sent Damon Farmar (minors) (March 18, 1985) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

• August 9, 1984

  Released Mike Torrez.

• October 15, 1984

  Gorman Heimueller granted Free Agency.

  Mike Woodard granted Free Agency.

• October 16, 1984

  Released Lary Sorensen.

• October 19, 1984

  Released Jeff Jones.

• October 22, 1984

  Released Garry Hancock.

• November 8, 1984

  Bill Almon granted Free Agency.

  Dave Kingman granted Free Agency.

  Dan Meyer granted Free Agency.

  Mark Wagner granted Free Agency.

• December 5, 1984

  Traded Bert Bradley, Rickey Henderson and cash to the New York Yankees. Received Tim Birtsas, Jay Howell, Stan Javier, Eric Plunk and José Rijo.

• December 7, 1984

  Traded a player to be named later, Eric Barry (minors) and Ray Burris to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Don Sutton. The Oakland Athletics sent Ed Myers (minors) (March 25, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

• December 8, 1984

  Traded Bill Caudill to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Dave Collins, Alfredo Griffin and cash.

• December 12, 1984

  Released Les Straker.

• December 19, 1984

  Signed Dave Kingman as a free agent.

• December 20, 1984

  Bruce Bochte granted Free Agency.

• December 22, 1984

  Jeff Burroughs player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• December 24, 1984

  Signed Bruce Bochte as a free agent.

• January 15, 1985

  Signed Dan Meyer as a free agent.

• February 5, 1985

  Signed Rob Picciolo as a free agent.

• March 11, 1985

  Signed Steve Mura as a free agent.

• March 24, 1985

  Traded Ed Puikunas (minors) and Dan Winters (minors) to the San Francisco Giants. Received Dusty Baker.

• March 31, 1985

  Signed Steve Henderson as a free agent.

  Released Jim Essian.