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1986 Chicago Cubs Trades and Transactions
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1985 / 1987)
70-90, Finished 5th in NL East
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Scored 680 runs, Allowed 781 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-90
Manager: Jim Frey (23-33), John Vukovich (1-1) and Gene Michael (46-56)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,859,102 (5th of 12)
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  multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 108;   one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 107
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1985 / 1987 Trades and Transactions

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

October 8, 1985

Released Jon Perlman.

October 22, 1985

Dave Hostetler granted Free Agency.

November 9, 1985

Signed Ced Landrum as an amateur free agent.

November 12, 1985

Richie Hebner granted Free Agency.

November 13, 1985

Released Dave Beard.

December 11, 1985

Traded Dave Owen to the San Francisco Giants. Received Manny Trillo.

December 16, 1985

Traded a player to be named later and Billy Hatcher to the Houston Astros. Received Jerry Mumphrey. The Chicago Cubs sent Steve Engel (July 24, 1986) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

December 20, 1985

Released Derek Botelho.

Released Lary Sorensen.

January 13, 1986

Traded Larry Whitford (minors) and Rich Rembielak (minors) to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Mike Martin.

January 14, 1986

Drafted Shawn Boskie in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 9, 1986.

Drafted Jerome Walton in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 12, 1986.

Drafted Ray Lankford in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

Drafted Derek Lee in the 5th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

Drafted Ken Ramos in the 6th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

January 15, 1986

Signed Steve Christmas as a free agent.

January 17, 1986

Signed Richie Hebner as a free agent.

Traded Gary Jones (minors) and John Cox (minors) to the Oakland Athletics. Received Bob Bathe (minors) and Phil Stephenson.

January 26, 1986

Signed Lary Sorensen as a free agent.

February 1, 1986

Signed Matt Keough as a free agent.

March 26, 1986

Released Lary Sorensen.

March 31, 1986

Released Reggie Patterson.

Released Gary Woods.

April 1, 1986 (Standings)

Released Richie Hebner.

April 7, 1986 (Standings)

Released Warren Brusstar.

May 2, 1986 (Standings)

Signed Terry Francona as a free agent.

May 6, 1986 (Standings)

Released Dick Ruthven.

June 2, 1986 (Standings)

Drafted Derrick May in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1986.

Drafted Pat Gomez in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft.

Drafted Joe Girardi in the 5th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1986.

Drafted Jim Bullinger in the 9th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1986.

Drafted Rick Wilkins in the 23rd round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed May 28, 1987.

June 14, 1986 (Standings)

Released Matt Keough.

June 30, 1986 (Standings)

Traded Dave Lenderman (minors) and Dave Liddell to the New York Mets. Received Ed Lynch.

July 15, 1986 (Standings)

Released Steve Lake.

July 21, 1986 (Standings)

Traded Davey Lopes to the Houston Astros. Received Frank DiPino.

July 26, 1986 (Standings)

Traded Ron Meridith to the Texas Rangers. Received a player to be named later and Bryan Dial (minors). The Texas Rangers sent Rick Surhoff (July 28, 1986) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

August 13, 1986 (Standings)

Traded Julius McDougal (minors), Ray Fontenot and George Frazier to the Minnesota Twins. Received Dewayne Coleman (minors) and Ron Davis.

October 18, 1986

Terry Francona granted Free Agency.

November 12, 1986

Chris Speier granted Free Agency.

December 9, 1986

Drafted Heathcliff Slocumb from the New York Mets in the 1986 minor league draft.

December 17, 1986

Traded Joe Hicks (minors) to the Oakland Athletics. Received Bill Bathe.

1987

Signed Dan Rohn as a free agent.

January 30, 1987

Traded Ron Cey to the Oakland Athletics. Received Luis Quinones.

February 17, 1987

Traded Guy Hoffman to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Wade Rowdon.

March 9, 1987

Signed Andre Dawson as a free agent.

March 23, 1987

Released Mike Martin.

March 30, 1987

Traded Thad Bosley and Dave Gumpert to the Kansas City Royals. Received Jim Sundberg.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2009.

1985 / 1987 Trades and Transactions

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