1987 Oakland Athletics Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 3, 1987

  Signed Alejandro Sánchez as a free agent.

  Traded Brian Guinn (minors), Mark Leonette (minors) and Dave Wilder (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Dennis Eckersley and Dan Rohn.

• April 6, 1987

  Returned Cliff Young (earlier draft pick) to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• April 12, 1987

  Signed Jim Corsi as a free agent.

• April 17, 1987

  Signed Steve Henderson as a free agent.

• April 27, 1987

  Signed Dennis Lamp as a free agent.

• April 30, 1987

  Signed Bill Caudill as a free agent.

• May 12, 1987

  Purchased Brian Harper from San Jose (California).

• June 2, 1987

  Drafted Lee Tinsley in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1987.

  Drafted Scott Livingstone in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Scott Chiamparino in the 4th round of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jerry Nielsen in the 11th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Ron Coomer in the 14th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1987.

  Drafted Scott Brosius in the 20th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1987.

• June 22, 1987

  Signed Francisco Matos as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Henry Mercedes as an amateur free agent.

• June 23, 1987

  Traded Bill Krueger to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Tim Meeks (minors).

• June 29, 1987

  Traded Bill Mooneyham to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Russ McGinnis.

• July 2, 1987

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

• July 15, 1987

  Released Ron Cey.

  Traded Darrel Akerfelds and Brian Dorsett to the Cleveland Indians. Received Tony Bernazard.

• July 23, 1987

  Signed Bob Kearney as a free agent.

• July 29, 1987

  Released Johnnie LeMaster.

• August 29, 1987

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

• August 30, 1987

  Traded players to be named later to the San Diego Padres. Received Storm Davis. The Oakland Athletics sent Dave Leiper (August 31, 1987) and Rob Nelson (September 8, 1987) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• August 31, 1987

  Signed Gary Lavelle as a free agent.

• October 12, 1987

  Released Brian Harper.

  Released Matt Sinatro.

  Released Jerry Willard.

• October 15, 1987

  Curt Brown granted Free Agency.

  Chris Codiroli granted Free Agency.

  Bob Kearney granted Free Agency.

  Dave Von Ohlen granted Free Agency.

• October 19, 1987

  Dennis Lamp granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 1987

  Joaquín Andújar granted Free Agency.

  Mike Davis granted Free Agency.

  Moose Haas granted Free Agency.

  Steve Henderson granted Free Agency.

  Gary Lavelle granted Free Agency.

  Dwayne Murphy granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 1987

  Signed Ed Jurak as a free agent.

• December 7, 1987

  Drafted Doug Jennings from the California Angels in the 1987 rule 5 draft.

  Signed Gary Lavelle as a free agent.

• December 8, 1987

  Traded Tim Birtsas and José Rijo to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Dave Parker.

• December 9, 1987

  Signed Ron Hassey as a free agent.

  Signed Ross Jones as a free agent.

• December 11, 1987

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

• December 12, 1987

  Traded José Tolentino to the Texas Rangers. Received Tom Duggan (minors) and Kirk Killingsworth (minors).

• December 15, 1987

  Signed Marcos Armas as an amateur free agent.

  Bill Caudill granted Free Agency.

  Reggie Jackson granted Free Agency.

• December 21, 1987

  Signed Dave Henderson as a free agent.

  Released Tony Bernazard.

  Released Tony Phillips.

  Released Rick Rodriguez.

• December 23, 1987

  Signed Brian Snyder as a free agent.

• January 5, 1988

  Signed Matt Sinatro as a free agent.

• January 11, 1988

  Signed Glenn Hubbard as a free agent.

• January 14, 1988

  Signed Orlando Mercado as a free agent.

• January 29, 1988

  Signed Rich Bordi as a free agent.

• February 9, 1988

  Signed Don Baylor as a free agent.

• February 18, 1988

  Signed Johnny Guzman as an amateur free agent.

• March 9, 1988

  Signed Tony Phillips as a free agent.

• March 10, 1988

  Signed Manny Martínez as an amateur free agent.

• March 23, 1988

  Traded Rod Beck to the San Francisco Giants. Received Charlie Corbell (minors).

• March 28, 1988

  Released Mickey Tettleton.

• March 31, 1988

  Traded a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins. Received Joe Klink. The Oakland Athletics sent Russ Kibler (minors) (June 25, 1988) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.