1986 Pittsburgh Pirates Trades and Transactions

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

• 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).

• April 3, 1986

  Traded Marvell Wynne to the San Diego Padres. Received Bob Patterson.

• April 4, 1986

  Released Johnnie LeMaster.

  Released Sixto Lezcano.

  Traded Jason Thompson to the Montreal Expos. Received players to be named later. The Montreal Expos sent Ben Abner (minors) (April 7, 1986) and Ronnie Giddens (minors) (April 7, 1986) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• April 24, 1986

  Signed U L Washington as a free agent.

• May 1, 1986

  Released Ravelo Manzanillo.

• May 8, 1986

  Released Steve Kemp.

• June 2, 1986

  Drafted Jeff King in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed July 10, 1986.

  Drafted Mike Walker in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Scott Ruskin in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Archi Cianfrocco in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Tom Goodwin in the 6th round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Tony Longmire in the 8th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Stan Belinda in the 10th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1986.

  Drafted Keith Shepherd in the 11th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 1986.

  Drafted Tommy Shields in the 15th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeff Banister in the 25th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rick Reed in the 26th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed July 2, 1986.

  Drafted Mike Mordecai in the 33rd round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• July 13, 1986

  Signed Willie Smith as an amateur free agent.

• July 23, 1986

  Released Lee Mazzilli.

  Traded José DeLeón to the Chicago White Sox. Received Bobby Bonilla.

• July 30, 1986

  Signed Julio Peguero as an amateur free agent.

• September 30, 1986

  Traded Jeff Zaske to the Texas Rangers. Received Randy Kramer.

• October 11, 1986

  Signed Mike York as a free agent.

• October 15, 1986

  Trench Davis granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 1986

  Released U L Washington.

• November 12, 1986

  Released Ray Krawczyk.

• November 26, 1986

  Traded Pat Clements, Cecilio Guante and Rick Rhoden to the New York Yankees. Received Doug Drabek, Logan Easley and Brian Fisher.

• December 4, 1986

  Signed Butch Davis as a free agent.

  Signed Vicente Palacios as a free agent.

  Signed Mark Ross as a free agent.

• December 5, 1986

  Traded Rick Renteria to the Seattle Mariners. Received a player to be named later. The Seattle Mariners sent Bob Siegel (minors) (December 10, 1986) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• December 8, 1986

  Cecil Espy drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1986 rule 5 draft.

  Vicente Palacios drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1986 rule 5 draft.

• December 10, 1986

  Signed Houston Jiménez as a free agent.

• December 20, 1986

  Released Lee Tunnell.

• January 9, 1987

  Signed Carlos García as an amateur free agent.

• January 20, 1987

  Signed U L Washington as a free agent.

• February 6, 1987

  Signed Lee Tunnell as a free agent.

• February 9, 1987

  Signed Onix Concepción as a free agent.

• March 22, 1987

  Purchased Dann Bilardello from the Montreal Expos.

• March 27, 1987

  Traded Jim Winn to the Chicago White Sox. Received John Cangelosi.

• March 31, 1987

  Released Mike Brown.

• April 1, 1987

  Traded Tony Peña to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Mike Dunne, Mike LaValliere and Andy Van Slyke.