1986 Seattle Mariners Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 1985

  Jack Lazorko granted Free Agency.

  Released Jim Lewis.

  Released Bob Long.

  Released Brian Snyder.

  Released Dave Tobik.

• December 11, 1985

  Traded Ed Vande Berg to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Steve Yeager.

• December 12, 1985

  Traded Darnell Coles to the Detroit Tigers. Received Rich Monteleone.

• December 20, 1985

  Released Salomé Barojas.

  Released Al Cowens.

• January 14, 1986

  Drafted Eric Fox in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed January 31, 1986.

  Drafted Jonathan Hurst in the 9th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 18, 1986

  Signed Jerry Dybzinski as a free agent.

  Signed Steve Fireovid as a free agent.

  Signed Lorenzo Gray as a free agent.

  Signed Pete Ladd as a free agent.

• February 5, 1986

  Signed Milt Wilcox as a free agent.

• February 7, 1986

  Signed Al Cowens as a free agent.

• February 18, 1986

  Signed Ross Jones as a free agent.

• March 20, 1986

  Released Donnie Scott.

  Released Frank Wills.

• March 25, 1986

  Released Al Chambers.

• March 31, 1986

  Released Jerry Dybzinski.

• April 1, 1986

  Released Jack Perconte.

• April 2, 1986

  Signed Jack O'Connor as a free agent.

• April 11, 1986

  Signed Jerry Reed as a free agent.

• May 21, 1986

  Traded Terry Bell to the Kansas City Royals. Received Mark Huismann.

• June 2, 1986

  Drafted Pat Lennon in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Greg Briley in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 9, 1986.

  Drafted Erik Hanson in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1986.

  Drafted Jerry Goff in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rich DeLucia in the 6th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1986.

  Drafted Jim Bowie in the 12th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 1986.

  Drafted Jamie McAndrew in the 23rd round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Paul Carey in the 27th round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 6, 1986

  Signed Tim Fortugno as an amateur free agent.

• June 12, 1986

  Released Al Cowens.

• June 14, 1986

  Released Milt Wilcox.

• June 25, 1986

  Released Gorman Thomas.

• June 26, 1986

  Traded a player to be named later to the Chicago White Sox. Received Scott Bradley. The Seattle Mariners sent Iván Calderón (July 1, 1986) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• July 12, 1986

  Signed Ken Forsch as a free agent.

• July 21, 1986

  Released Barry Bonnell.

• August 17, 1986

  Traded Dave Henderson and Spike Owen to the Boston Red Sox. Received players to be named later and Rey Quiñones. The Boston Red Sox sent Mike Brown (August 22, 1986), Mike Trujillo (August 22, 1986) and John Christensen (September 25, 1986) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.

• September 5, 1986

  Purchased Pat Rice from Salt Lake City (PCL).

• October 15, 1986

  Steve Fireovid granted Free Agency.

  Paul Mirabella granted Free Agency.

  Jack O'Connor granted Free Agency.

• November 12, 1986

  Jim Beattie granted Free Agency.

  Steve Yeager granted Free Agency.

• December 5, 1986

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

• December 8, 1986

  Drafted Stan Clarke from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1986 rule 5 draft.

• December 9, 1986

  Drafted Jeff Nelson from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1986 minor league draft.

• December 10, 1986

  Traded Rick Luecken and Danny Tartabull to the Kansas City Royals. Received Scott Bankhead, Mike Kingery and Steve Shields.

  Traded Matt Young to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Mike Watters (minors) and Dennis Powell.

• December 17, 1986

  Traded Ricky Nelson to the New York Mets. Received Doug Gwosdz.

• December 20, 1986

  Released Roy Thomas.

• December 23, 1986

  Signed Dave Stapleton as a free agent.

• Before 1987 Season

  Bobby Castillo received from the Oakland Athletics in an unknown transaction.

• January 15, 1987

  Signed Jim Weaver as a free agent.

• March 25, 1987

  Released Bobby Castillo.

• March 31, 1987

  Released Pete Ladd.

  Released Dave Stapleton.