1986 San Francisco Giants Trades and Transactions

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

• 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 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.

  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.

• May 1, 1986

  Released Dan Driessen.

• June 2, 1986

  Drafted Matt Williams in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Kirt Manwaring in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1986.

  Drafted Jack Armstrong in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jim McNamara in the 5th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Russ Swan in the 9th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jim Pena in the 16th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

  Drafted Craig Colbert in the 20th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1986.

  Drafted Mark Leonard in the 29th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

• June 13, 1986

  Signed Harry Spilman as a free agent.

• July 4, 1986

  Signed Steve Carlton as a free agent.

• August 7, 1986

  Released Steve Carlton.

• September 13, 1986

  Signed Juan Guerrero as an amateur free agent.

• October 15, 1986

  Brad Wellman granted Free Agency.

  Tack Wilson granted Free Agency.

• October 16, 1986

  Released Brad Gulden.

  Released Chuck Hensley.

• October 21, 1986

  Released Mike Jeffcoat.

• November 10, 1986

  Released Rick Lancellotti.

  Released Bill Laskey.

  Released Luis Quiñones.

• November 12, 1986

  Vida Blue granted Free Agency.

  Mike LaCoss granted Free Agency.

  Harry Spilman granted Free Agency.

• November 24, 1986

  Signed Keith Comstock as a free agent.

• December 9, 1986

  Signed Mike LaCoss as a free agent.

  Signed Harry Spilman as a free agent.

• December 12, 1986

  Signed Chris Speier as a free agent.

• December 19, 1986

  Released Juan Berenguer.

  Released Jim Gott.

  Released Atlee Hammaker.

• January 8, 1987

  Traded Timber Mead (minors), Mike Villa (minors) and Frank Williams to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Eddie Milner.

• February 4, 1987

  Signed Atlee Hammaker as a free agent.

• February 5, 1987

  Signed Joe Price as a free agent.

• February 6, 1987

  Signed Roger Samuels as a free agent.

• February 19, 1987

  Signed Ray Fontenot as a free agent.

• March 18, 1987

  Released Ray Fontenot.

• March 22, 1987

  Purchased Francisco Meléndez from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• March 31, 1987

  Traded Dave Blakley (minors) and Dan Gladden to the Minnesota Twins. Received a player to be named later, Jose Dominguez (minors) and Ray Velasquez (minors). The Minnesota Twins sent Bryan Hickerson (June 15, 1987) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.