1985 Pittsburgh Pirates Trades and Transactions

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

• November 8, 1984

  Lee Lacy granted Free Agency.

  Milt May granted Free Agency.

• December 3, 1984

  Drafted Junior Ortiz from the New York Mets in the 1984 rule 5 draft.

• December 12, 1984

  Traded Brian Harper and John Tudor to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Steve Barnard (minors) and George Hendrick.

• December 20, 1984

  Traded Dale Berra, Jay Buhner and Alfonso Pulido to the New York Yankees. Received Tim Foli, Steve Kemp and cash.

• January 3, 1985

  Drafted Greg Vaughn in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Derek Lee in the 9th round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 15, 1985

  Signed Juan Eichelberger as a free agent.

• January 22, 1985

  Signed Sixto Lezcano as a free agent.

• February 22, 1985

  Signed Orlando Merced as an amateur free agent.

• February 28, 1985

  Signed Rick Reuschel as a free agent.

• March 1, 1985

  Signed Scott Loucks as a free agent.

• April 7, 1985

  Released Juan Eichelberger.

• April 8, 1985

  Signed Bill Almon as a free agent.

• April 11, 1985

  Signed Jerry Dybzinski as a free agent.

  Signed John Henry Johnson as a free agent.

• April 20, 1985

  Traded Kent Tekulve to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Frankie Griffin (minors) and Al Holland.

• April 27, 1985

  Traded Steve Herz (minors) to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Mike Diaz.

• May 30, 1985

  Traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians. Received Johnnie LeMaster. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Scott Bailes (July 3, 1985) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• June 3, 1985

  Drafted Tommy Hinzo in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Barry Bonds in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1985.

  Drafted Brett Gideon in the 6th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tommy Gregg in the 7th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1985.

  Drafted Bill Sampen in the 12th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tommy Shields in the 36th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 17, 1985

  Released Tim Foli.

• July 26, 1985

  Released John Henry Johnson.

• August 2, 1985

  Traded John Candelaria, George Hendrick and Al Holland to the California Angels. Received a player to be named later, Mike Brown and Pat Clements. The California Angels sent Bob Kipper (August 16, 1985) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• August 12, 1985

  Doug Frobel player rights sold to the Montreal Expos.

• August 31, 1985

  Traded Bill Madlock to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received players to be named later. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent R.J. Reynolds (September 3, 1985), Cecil Espy (September 9, 1985) and Sid Bream (September 9, 1985) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• September 14, 1985

  Rod Scurry player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• October 4, 1985

  Released Jerry Dybzinski.

  Released Mitchell Page.

  Released Eddie Vargas.

• October 15, 1985

  Dave Tomlin granted Free Agency.

• December 10, 1985

  Bobby Bonilla drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1985 rule 5 draft.

  Bip Roberts drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1985 rule 5 draft.

• December 15, 1985

  Purchased Matías Carrillo from Poza Rica (Mexican).

• January 14, 1986

  Drafted Moisés Alou in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 23, 1986.

  Drafted Archi Cianfrocco in the 11th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 13, 1986

  Signed Ed Farmer as a free agent.

• April, 1986

  Traded Chris Green to the California Angels. Received Kevin Davis (minors).