1987 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 12, 1986

  Bob Forsch granted Free Agency.

  Clint Hurdle granted Free Agency.

• December 1, 1986

  Signed Duane Walker as a free agent.

• December 9, 1986

  Mike Hartley selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1986 minor league draft.

• December 17, 1986

  Released Ken Dayley.

• December 19, 1986

  Signed Bob Forsch as a free agent.

• December 22, 1986

  Traded Fred Manrique to the Chicago White Sox. Received Bill Dawley.

• January 19, 1987

  Signed Ken Dayley as a free agent.

  Signed Dave LaPoint as a free agent.

• January 26, 1987

  Signed Skeeter Barnes as a free agent.

• February 20, 1987

  Signed Iván de Jesús as a free agent.

• March 27, 1987

  Released Larry Carter.

• April 1, 1987

  Traded Mike Dunne, Mike LaValliere and Andy Van Slyke to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Tony Peña.

• April 6, 1987

  Purchased Lee Tunnell from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• May 19, 1987

  Paul Wilmet player rights sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• June 2, 1987

  Drafted Cris Carpenter in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeremy Hernandez in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ray Lankford in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1987.

  Drafted Mike Ignasiak in the 4th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Rod Brewer in the 5th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1987.

  Drafted Tim Sherrill in the 18th round of the 1987 amateur draft.

• June 5, 1987

  Iván de Jesús player rights sold to the San Francisco Giants.

• June 9, 1987

  Signed Dan Driessen as a free agent.

• July 4, 1987

  Released Tito Landrum.

• July 11, 1987

  Signed David Green as a free agent.

• July 16, 1987

  Skeeter Barnes player rights sold to the Milwaukee Brewers.

• July 25, 1987

  Traded Joe Boever to the Atlanta Braves. Received Randy O'Neal.

• July 30, 1987

  Traded Dave LaPoint to the Chicago White Sox. Received Bryce Hulstrom (minors).

• August 31, 1987

  Traded Pat Perry to the Cincinnati Reds. Received a player to be named later. The Cincinnati Reds sent Scott Terry (September 3, 1987) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• September 29, 1987

  Signed Doug DeCinces as a free agent.

• October 2, 1987

  Released Ray Soff.

• October 7, 1987

  Released Doug DeCinces.

• October 15, 1987

  Victor Rodriguez granted Free Agency.

  Duane Walker granted Free Agency.

• November 9, 1987

  Jack Clark granted Free Agency.

  Released Dan Driessen.

• December 8, 1987

  Drafted Gibson Alba from the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1987 minor league draft.

• December 21, 1987

  Released Bill Dawley.

  Released Bob Forsch.

• January 4, 1988

  Signed Bob Horner as a free agent.

• January 27, 1988

  Signed Bob Forsch as a free agent.

• February 1, 1988

  Signed Duane Walker as a free agent.

• February 9, 1988

  Traded Ricky Horton, Lance Johnson and cash to the Chicago White Sox. Received José DeLeón.

• February 11, 1988

  Traded Marty Pevey to the Montreal Expos. Received Bob Sudo (minors).

• February 12, 1988

  Signed Larry McWilliams as a free agent.