1986 Oakland Athletics Trades and Transactions

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

• November 12, 1985

  Bruce Bochte granted Free Agency.

  Tommy John granted Free Agency.

  Steve McCatty granted Free Agency.

  Mike Norris granted Free Agency.

  Rob Picciolo granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 1985

  Traded Dave Collins to the Detroit Tigers. Received Bárbaro Garbey.

• December 4, 1985

  Signed Bruce Bochte as a free agent.

• December 5, 1985

  Signed Ralph Citarella as a free agent.

  Signed Don Cooper as a free agent.

• December 8, 1985

  Signed Rusty Kuntz as a free agent.

• December 9, 1985

  Signed Ray Smith as a free agent.

• December 10, 1985

  Traded Tim Conroy and Mike Heath to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Joaquín Andújar.

• December 20, 1985

  Released Dave Kingman.

  Released Steve Mura.

  Released Mike Warren.

• January 13, 1986

  Traded Tom Romano to the Montreal Expos. Received Mike Fuentes.

• January 14, 1986

  Drafted Dave Veres in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 25, 1986.

• January 17, 1986

  Traded Bob Bathe (minors) and Phil Stephenson to the Chicago Cubs. Received John Cox (minors) and Gary Jones (minors).

• January 20, 1986

  Signed Dave Kingman as a free agent.

• January 29, 1986

  Signed Bob Stoddard as a free agent.

• February 1, 1986

  Signed Lenn Sakata as a free agent.

• March 15, 1986

  Mike Fuentes sent to the Houston Astros in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• March 21, 1986

  Released Bárbaro Garbey.

• March 30, 1986

  Traded Mike Fulmer (minors), Pete Kendrick (minors), Steve Kiefer and Charlie O'Brien to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Moose Haas.

• April 4, 1986

  Signed Jerry Willard as a free agent.

• April 7, 1986

  Signed Ron Roenicke as a free agent.

• April 18, 1986

  Traded Kevin Russ (minors) and Bob Stoddard to the San Diego Padres. Received Rusty Tillman.

• May 6, 1986

  Signed Jorge Brito as an amateur free agent.

• May 9, 1986

  Ron Roenicke player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

• May 12, 1986

  Signed Wayne Gross as a free agent.

• May 19, 1986

  Signed Doug Bair as a free agent.

• May 20, 1986

  Traded Keith Atherton to the Minnesota Twins. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Minnesota Twins sent Eric Broersma (minors) (May 23, 1986) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

• May 23, 1986

  Signed Dave Stewart as a free agent.

• May 27, 1986

  Released Ralph Citarella.

• May 29, 1986

  Signed Fernando Arroyo as a free agent.

  Released Steve Henderson.

• June 1, 1986

  Purchased Dave Von Ohlen from Miami (Florida State).

• June 2, 1986

  Drafted Scott Hemond in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed August 6, 1986.

  Drafted Bret Barberie in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Kevin Tapani in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1986.

  Drafted Lance Blankenship in the 10th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rod Beck in the 13th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 1986.

  Drafted Dann Howitt in the 18th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1986.

• June 13, 1986

  Signed Bobby Castillo as a free agent.

• July 10, 1986

  Signed Ozzie Canseco as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Bordick as an amateur free agent.

• July 18, 1986

  Released Rick Langford.

• July 27, 1986

  Released Rick Peters.

• October 15, 1986

  Fernando Arroyo granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 1986

  Doug Bair granted Free Agency.

  Dusty Baker granted Free Agency.

  Bruce Bochte granted Free Agency.

• November 12, 1986

  Dave Kingman granted Free Agency.

  Lenn Sakata granted Free Agency.

• December 8, 1986

  Drafted Cliff Young from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1986 rule 5 draft.

  Released Wayne Gross.

• December 11, 1986

  Traded Donnie Hill to the Chicago White Sox. Received a player to be named later and Gene Nelson. The Chicago White Sox sent Bruce Tanner (December 18, 1986) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

• December 17, 1986

  Traded Bill Bathe to the Chicago Cubs. Received Joe Hicks (minors).

• December 22, 1986

  Signed Carlos Diaz as a free agent.

• December 24, 1986

  Signed Reggie Jackson as a free agent.

• Before 1987 Season

  Bobby Castillo sent to the Seattle Mariners in an unknown transaction.

• January 7, 1987

  Released Joe Strong.

• January 20, 1987

  Signed Vida Blue as a free agent.

• January 22, 1987

  Signed Luis Quiñones as a free agent.

  Jim Eppard player rights sold to the California Angels.

• January 30, 1987

  Traded Luis Quiñones to the Chicago Cubs. Received Ron Cey.

• February 6, 1987

  Signed Johnnie LeMaster as a free agent.

• February 23, 1987

  Traded Jeff Kaiser to the Cleveland Indians. Received Curt Wardle.

• March 20, 1987

  Released Rusty Tillman.

• March 22, 1987

  Released Carlos Diaz.

• April 1, 1987

  Signed Matt Sinatro as a free agent.