1985 San Francisco Giants Trades and Transactions

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

• November 5, 1984

  Released Joe Pittman.

  Released Guy Sularz.

• November 8, 1984

  Randy Lerch granted Free Agency.

  Steve Nicosia granted Free Agency.

  Gene Richards granted Free Agency.

• November 20, 1984

  Signed Mike Woodard as a free agent.

• December 3, 1984

  Drafted Doug Gwosdz from the San Diego Padres in the 1984 rule 5 draft.

  Mike Trujillo drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1984 rule 5 draft.

• December 25, 1984

  Signed Ricky Adams as a free agent.

• Before 1985 Season

  Signed Roy Howell as a free agent.

• January 3, 1985

  Drafted Kevin Ritz in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 26, 1985

  Traded Gary Lavelle to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Jack McKnight (minors), Augie Schmidt (minors) and Jim Gott.

• February 1, 1985

  Traded Jack Clark to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received David Green, Dave LaPoint, Gary Rajsich and José Uribe.

• March 19, 1985

  Released Roy Howell.

• March 24, 1985

  Traded Dusty Baker to the Oakland Athletics. Received Ed Puikunas (minors) and Dan Winters (minors).

• April 1, 1985

  Released Mark Calvert.

• April 5, 1985

  Traded Alejandro Sánchez to the Detroit Tigers. Received Roger Mason.

• April 6, 1985

  Signed Vida Blue as a free agent.

• April 9, 1985

  Released Alan Fowlkes.

  Traded Kelvin Torve to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Tommy Alexander (minors).

• April 10, 1985

  Signed Jack Lazorko as a free agent.

• April 11, 1985

  Signed Tack Wilson as a free agent.

• April 15, 1985

  Signed Chuck Hensley as a free agent.

• April 17, 1985

  Traded John Rabb to the Atlanta Braves. Received Alex Treviño.

• April 30, 1985

  Released Jeff Cornell.

• May 3, 1985

  Signed Ron Roenicke as a free agent.

• May 7, 1985

  Traded Johnnie LeMaster to the Cleveland Indians. Received Mike Jeffcoat and Luis Quiñones.

• June 3, 1985

  Drafted Will Clark in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeff Brantley in the 6th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1985.

  Drafted Trevor Wilson in the 8th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1985.

  Drafted Joe Kmak in the 10th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1985.

  Drafted Randy McCament in the 15th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dennis Cook in the 18th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 1985.

• June 13, 1985

  Jack Lazorko player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• June 25, 1985

  Released Bob Lacey.

• June 28, 1985

  Released Duane Kuiper.

• July 22, 1985

  Gary Rajsich player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• July 31, 1985

  Purchased Rick Lancellotti from the New York Mets.

• August 1, 1985

  Traded Bill Laskey and Scot Thompson to the Montreal Expos. Received Dan Driessen.

• October 7, 1985

  Traded Eric King, Dave LaPoint and Matt Nokes to the Detroit Tigers. Received a player to be named later, Juan Berenguer and Bob Melvin. The Detroit Tigers sent Scott Medvin (December 11, 1985) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

• October 15, 1985

  Doug Gwosdz granted Free Agency.

  Randy Kutcher granted Free Agency.

  Rick Lancellotti granted Free Agency.

• October 24, 1985

  Traded Alonzo Powell and George Riley to the Montreal Expos. Received Bill Laskey.

• November 11, 1985

  Traded Colin Ward to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Bob Buchanan. Trade was voided and players returned on January 30, 1986.

• November 12, 1985

  Signed Andrés Santana as an amateur free agent.

  Vida Blue granted Free Agency.

• December 4, 1985

  Traded David Green to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received a player to be named later. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Hector Quinones (minors) (December 11, 1985) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

• December 11, 1985

  Traded Alex Treviño to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Candy Maldonado.

  Traded Manny Trillo to the Chicago Cubs. Received Dave Owen.

• December 12, 1985

  Signed Brad Gulden as a free agent.

  Signed Randy Johnson as a free agent.

• December 17, 1985

  Signed Vida Blue as a free agent.

• December 18, 1985

  Traded Rob Deer to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Dean Freeland (minors) and Eric Pilkington (minors).

• December 20, 1985

  Released Joel Youngblood.

• January 14, 1986

  Drafted Paul McClellan in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• January 23, 1986

  Fran Mullins player rights sold to the Cleveland Indians.

• January 27, 1986

  Signed Jon Perlman as a free agent.

• February 3, 1986

  Signed Chris Jones as a free agent.

  Signed Randy Kutcher as a free agent.

  Signed Mike LaCoss as a free agent.

  Signed Rick Waits as a free agent.

• February 7, 1986

  Signed Rick Lancellotti as a free agent.

• March 20, 1986

  Signed Joel Youngblood as a free agent.

• March 24, 1986

  Released Dave Owen.

• March 26, 1986

  Traded Steve Stanicek to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Rob DeWolf (minors).

• April 1, 1986

  Released Ron Roenicke.