1985 Texas Rangers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 7, 1984

  Traded Dave Hostetler to the Montreal Expos. Received Chris Welsh.

• November 26, 1984

  Released Marv Foley.

• December 3, 1984

  Drafted Mitch Williams from the San Diego Padres in the 1984 rule 5 draft.

• December 5, 1984

  Signed Cliff Johnson as a free agent.

• December 10, 1984

  Purchased Efrain Valdez from the San Diego Padres.

• December 11, 1984

  Traded players to be named later to the Chicago Cubs. Received Dickie Noles. The Texas Rangers sent Tim Henry (minors) (December 11, 1984) and Jorge Gomez (minors) (December 11, 1984) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• December 19, 1984

  Signed Luis Pujols as a free agent.

• December 20, 1984

  Signed Burt Hooton as a free agent.

  Odell Jones granted Free Agency.

• December 27, 1984

  Signed Dave Rozema as a free agent.

• January 3, 1985

  Drafted Rafael Bournigal in the 11th round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 18, 1985

  As part of a 4-team trade, traded a player to be named later and Danny Darwin to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Don Slaught from the Kansas City Royals. In addition, the New York Mets sent Tim Leary to the Milwaukee Brewers; ; and the Kansas City Royals sent Frank Wills to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Bill Hance (minors) (January 30, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

• January 24, 1985

  The Toronto Blue Jays chose Tom Henke as a free agent compensation pick.

• February 11, 1985

  Signed Bill Earley as a free agent.

• February 13, 1985

  Purchased Greg Harris from the San Diego Padres.

• February 27, 1985

  Traded a player to be named later and Billy Sample to the New York Yankees. Received Toby Harrah. The Texas Rangers sent Eric Dersin (minors) (July 14, 1985) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• April 1, 1985

  Released Jim Anderson.

  Released Ned Yost.

• April 4, 1985

  Signed Glenn Brummer as a free agent.

  Released Mickey Rivers.

  Traded Kevin Buckley to the Cleveland Indians. Received a player to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Jeff Moronko (April 29, 1985) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

  Traded Donnie Scott to the Seattle Mariners. Received Orlando Mercado.

• April 6, 1985

  Returned Mitch Williams (earlier draft pick) to the San Diego Padres.

  Released Dar Smith.

  Traded Randy Asadoor to the San Diego Padres. Received Mitch Williams.

• May, 1985

  Signed Jim Anderson as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• May 7, 1985

  Signed Dale Murray as a free agent.

• May 17, 1985

  Signed Geno Petralli as a free agent.

• May 19, 1985

  Signed Dale Mohorcic as a free agent.

• June 3, 1985

  Drafted Bobby Witt in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1985.

  Drafted Steve Wilson in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1985.

  Drafted Chad Kreuter in the 5th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1985.

  Drafted Kevin Reimer in the 11th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1985.

  Drafted Mike Stanley in the 16th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1985.

  Drafted Gary Mielke in the 26th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted John Hudek in the 30th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 20, 1985

  Traded Frank Tanana to the Detroit Tigers. Received Duane James (minors).

• July 10, 1985

  Signed Ellis Valentine as a free agent.

• July 19, 1985

  Traded Buddy Bell to the Cincinnati Reds. Received a player to be named later and Duane Walker. The Cincinnati Reds sent Jeff Russell (July 23, 1985) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• July 30, 1985

  Signed Sammy Sosa as an amateur free agent.

• August 28, 1985

  Traded Cliff Johnson to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received players to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Matt Williams (August 29, 1985), Jeff Mays (minors) (August 29, 1985) and Greg Ferlenda (minors) (November 14, 1985) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• September 13, 1985

  Traded Dave Stewart to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Rich Surhoff.

• October 15, 1985

  Nick Capra granted Free Agency.

  Bill Earley granted Free Agency.

  Tony Fossas granted Free Agency.

  Dale Mohorcic granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 1985

  Traded Jim Anderson and Bob Sebra to the Montreal Expos. Received Pete Incaviglia.

• November 9, 1985

  Released Chris Welsh.

• November 12, 1985

  Alan Bannister granted Free Agency.

  Bill Stein granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 1985

  Released Glenn Brummer.

• November 25, 1985

  Traded Dave Schmidt and Wayne Tolleson to the Chicago White Sox. Received a player to be named later, Ed Correa and Scott Fletcher. The Chicago White Sox sent José Mota (December 11, 1985) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• December 10, 1985

  Signed Tom Paciorek as a free agent.

• December 20, 1985

  Released Dickie Noles.

  Released Ellis Valentine.

  Released Duane Walker.

• January 16, 1986

  Signed Mickey Mahler as a free agent.

• January 17, 1986

  Signed Duane Walker as a free agent.

• January 28, 1986

  Signed Darrell Porter as a free agent.

• February 18, 1986

  Signed Dale Mohorcic as a free agent.

• March 27, 1986

  Signed Dave Owen as a free agent.

  Released Burt Hooton.

  Released Duane Walker.