1996 Pittsburgh Pirates Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 1995

  Don Slaught granted Free Agency.

• November 20, 1995

  Micah Franklin selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.

  Jeff McCurry selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.

• December 14, 1995

  Signed Mike Kingery as a free agent.

• December 21, 1995

  Rick White granted Free Agency.

  Signed Rick White as a free agent.

• December 28, 1995

  Signed Charlie Hayes as a free agent.

• January 4, 1996

  Signed Lance Parrish as a free agent.

• January 8, 1996

  Signed Greg Cadaret as a free agent.

• January 18, 1996

  Signed Francisco Córdova as an amateur free agent.

• January 28, 1996

  Signed Dave Wainhouse as a free agent.

• February 2, 1996

  Signed Dale Sveum as a free agent.

• February 4, 1996

  Signed Danny Darwin as a free agent.

• February 17, 1996

  Signed Zane Smith as a free agent.

• March 26, 1996

  Released Kevin Young.

• April 1, 1996

  Mike Dyer selected by the Montreal Expos off waivers.

• April 4, 1996

  Selected Darrell May off waivers from the Atlanta Braves.

• April 20, 1996

  Signed Matt Williams as a free agent.

• April 27, 1996

  Selected Joe Boever off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• May 2, 1996

  Released Greg Cadaret.

• May 15, 1996

  Traded Jacob Brumfield to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received D.J. Boston (minors).

• May 16, 1996

  Released Brian Shouse.

• June 4, 1996

  Drafted Kris Benson in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed August 11, 1996.

  Drafted Tike Redman in the 5th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1996.

  Drafted Carlos Rivera in the 10th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1996.

  Drafted Mike Gonzalez in the 17th round of the 1996 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Willie Harris in the 28th round of the 1996 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Rob Mackowiak in the 53rd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 1996.

• July 1, 1996

  Lee Hancock granted Free Agency.

• July 6, 1996

  Released Zane Smith.

• July 23, 1996

  Traded Danny Darwin to the Houston Astros. Received Rich Loiselle.

• August 28, 1996

  Traded Denny Neagle to the Atlanta Braves. Received a player to be named later, Corey Pointer (minors) and Ron Wright. The Atlanta Braves sent Jason Schmidt (August 30, 1996) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• August 30, 1996

  Traded Charlie Hayes to the New York Yankees. Received a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Chris Corn (minors) (August 31, 1996) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• August 31, 1996

  Traded Dave Clark to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Carl South (minors).

• September 6, 1996

  Darrell May selected by the California Angels off waivers.

• October 9, 1996

  John Hope granted Free Agency.

• October 12, 1996

  Joe Boever granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 1996

  Rich Aude granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Tolar granted Free Agency.

  Rick White granted Free Agency.

  Matt Williams granted Free Agency.

  John Wehner selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers off waivers.

• October 29, 1996

  Steve Cooke granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 1996

  Traded Dan Miceli to the Detroit Tigers. Received Clint Sodowsky.

• November 14, 1996

  Traded Carlos García, Orlando Merced and Dan Plesac to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received players to be named later, Brandon Cromer (minors), Jose Pett (minors) and José Silva. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Mike Halperin (minors) (December 11, 1996), Abraham Núñez (December 11, 1996) and Craig Wilson (December 11, 1996) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• November 20, 1996

  Signed Steve Cooke as a free agent.

  Nelson Liriano selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers off waivers.

  Marc Pisciotta selected by the Chicago Cubs off waivers.

• December 9, 1996

  Drafted Emil Brown from the Oakland Athletics in the 1996 rule 5 draft.

  Wiki González drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1996 rule 5 draft.

  Jesús Peña selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 1996 minor league draft.

• December 13, 1996

  Traded Jay Bell and Jeff King to the Kansas City Royals. Received Jeff Martin (minors), Jeff Granger, Joe Randa and Jeff Wallace.

• December 19, 1996

  Signed Esteban Beltré as a free agent.

  Signed John Briscoe as a free agent.

  Signed Carlos Crawford as a free agent.

  Signed Manny Martínez as a free agent.

  Signed Keith Mitchell as a free agent.

  Signed Keith Shepherd as a free agent.

• December 20, 1996

  Signed Kevin Elster as a free agent.

• January 7, 1997

  Released Mike Kingery.

• January 30, 1997

  Signed Wes Chamberlain as a free agent.

• March 13, 1997

  Released Steve Parris.

• March 23, 1997

  Released Esteban Beltré.

• March 29, 1997

  Traded Trey Beamon and Angelo Encarnación to the San Diego Padres. Received Hal Garrett (minors) and Mark Smith.

• March 30, 1997

  Purchased Ricardo Rincón from Mexico City Reds (Mexican).

• March 31, 1997

  Signed Kevin Young as a free agent.

  Signed Luis Figueroa as an amateur free agent.