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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1983 / 1985)
67-94, Finished 7th in AL East
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Scored 641 runs, Allowed 734 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-90
Manager: Rene Lachemann (67-94)
Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,608,509 (9th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97; one-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 93
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1983 / 1985 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 24, 1983
Traded Steve Lake to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Chicago Cubs sent Rich Buonantony (minors) (October 24, 1983) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
November 4, 1983
Signed Ray Searage as a free agent.
November 7, 1983
Rob Picciolo granted Free Agency.
Ted Simmons granted Free Agency.
December 5, 1983
Drafted Jamie Nelson from the Seattle Mariners in the 1983 rule 5 draft.
December 8, 1983
Traded Dan Scarpetta (minors) and Ned Yost to the Texas Rangers. Received Jim Sundberg.
December 20, 1983
Traded Jim Slaton to the California Angels. Received Bobby Clark.
January 10, 1984
Signed Dave Huppert as a free agent.
January 16, 1984
Signed Ted Simmons as a free agent.
January 17, 1984
Released Don Money.
February 19, 1984
Traded Billy Max (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Kelvin Moore.
March 28, 1984
Released Bobby Moore.
April 18, 1984 (Standings)
Signed Paul Hartzell as a free agent.
April 25, 1984 (Standings)
Signed Juan Eichelberger as a free agent.
May 9, 1984 (Standings)
Released Paul Hartzell.
June 4, 1984 (Standings)
Drafted Greg Vaughn in the 4th round of the 1984 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted John Jaha in the 14th round of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed September 3, 1984.
June 9, 1984 (Standings)
Signed Paul Hartzell as a free agent.
Purchased Chuck Hensley from the Oakland Athletics.
June 27, 1984 (Standings)
Released Ty Van Burkleo.
July 2, 1984 (Standings)
Released Chuck Hensley.
July 3, 1984 (Standings)
Released Danny Boone.
August 8, 1984 (Standings)
Signed Jim Kern as a free agent.
August 31, 1984 (Standings)
Released Juan Eichelberger.
October 1, 1984 (Standings)
Released Roy Howell.
October 2, 1984 (Standings)
Traded Jim Koontz (minors), Rich Buonantony (minors) and Ron Koenigsfield (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Jim Adduci and Paul Householder.
October 15, 1984 (Standings)
Doug Jones granted Free Agency.
Jack Lazorko granted Free Agency.
November 8, 1984
Jerry Augustine granted Free Agency.
Rollie Fingers granted Free Agency.
Jim Kern granted Free Agency.
November 12, 1984
Purchased Brad Lesley from the Cincinnati Reds.
November 13, 1984
Signed Mike Martin as a free agent.
December 2, 1984
Sold Jamie Nelson to the Chicago Cubs.
December 3, 1984
Drafted Brian Giles from the New York Mets in the 1984 rule 5 draft.
Willie Lozado drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1984 rule 5 draft.
December 7, 1984
Traded Don Sutton to the Oakland Athletics. Received a player to be named later, Eric Barry (minors) and Ray Burris. The Oakland Athletics sent Ed Myers (minors) (March 25, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
January 3, 1985
Drafted Randy Veres in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1985 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed June 2, 1985.
Drafted Steve Carter in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Chris Howard in the 8th round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Jim Bowie in the 16th round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
January 8, 1985
Signed Jim Kern as a free agent.
January 11, 1985
Released Mike Caldwell.
January 16, 1985
Signed Rollie Fingers as a free agent.
January 18, 1985
As part of a 4-team trade, traded Jim Sundberg to the Kansas City Royals. Received a player to be named later and Danny Darwin from the Texas Rangers and Tim Leary from the New York Mets. In addition, the Kansas City Royals sent Don Slaught to the Texas Rangers; and the Kansas City Royals sent Frank Wills to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent Bill Nance (minors) (January 30, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
March 22, 1985
The Chicago Cubs returned Jamie Nelson following previous purchase.
March 30, 1985
Released Tom Tellmann.
