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1984 San Francisco Giants Trades and Transactions
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1983 / 1985)
66-96, Finished 6th in NL West
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Scored 682 runs, Allowed 807 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-93
Manager: Frank Robinson (42-64) and Danny Ozark (24-32)
Ballpark: Candlestick Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,001,545 (11th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 99
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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 20, 1983

Tom Runnells granted Free Agency.

October 27, 1983

Released Chris Smith.

November 7, 1983

Darrell Evans granted Free Agency.

November 20, 1983

Rich Murray granted Free Agency.

December 5, 1983

Drafted Fran Mullins from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1983 rule 5 draft.

December 6, 1983

Traded Champ Summers to the San Diego Padres. Received a player to be named later and Joe Pittman. The San Diego Padres sent Tommy Francis (minors) (December 7, 1983) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

December 20, 1983

Signed Manny Trillo as a free agent.

January 12, 1984

Signed Scot Thompson as a free agent.

January 17, 1984

Drafted Greg Litton in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January).

Drafted Mackey Sasser in the 5th round of the 1984 amateur draft (January).

February 8, 1984

Traded Pat Larkin to the Detroit Tigers. Received Colin Ward.

February 27, 1984

Traded Fred Breining and Max Venable to the Montreal Expos. Received Al Oliver. The San Francisco Giants sent Andy McGaffigan (March 31, 1984) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

March 24, 1984

Traded Dave Bergman to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Alejandro Sanchez.

March 27, 1984

Released Wallace Johnson.

March 28, 1984

Signed Gene Richards as a free agent.

April 1, 1984 (Standings)

Signed Dusty Baker as a free agent.

Released Jim Barr.

April 2, 1984 (Standings)

Signed Bobby Moore as a free agent.

May 11, 1984 (Standings)

Signed Bob Lacey as a free agent.

June 4, 1984 (Standings)

Drafted Alan Cockrell in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft.

Drafted Terry Mulholland in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft.

Drafted Mike Blowers in the 2nd round of the 1984 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

Drafted Tony Perezchica in the 3rd round of the 1984 amateur draft.

Drafted Stu Tate in the 8th round of the 1984 amateur draft.

August 20, 1984 (Standings)

Traded a player to be named later and Al Oliver to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Kelly Downs and George Riley. The San Francisco Giants sent Renie Martin (August 30, 1984) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

August 31, 1984 (Standings)

Traded Tom O'Malley to the Chicago White Sox. Received players to be named later. The Chicago White Sox sent Mike Trujillo (September 7, 1984) and Pat Adams (minors) (September 7, 1984) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

November 5, 1984

Released Joe Pittman.

Released Guy Sularz.

November 8, 1984

Randy Lerch granted Free Agency.

Steve Nicosia granted Free Agency.

Gene Richards granted Free Agency.

November 20, 1984

Signed Mike Woodard as a free agent.

December 3, 1984

Drafted Doug Gwosdz from the San Diego Padres in the 1984 rule 5 draft.

Mike Trujillo drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1984 rule 5 draft.

December 25, 1984

Signed Ricky Adams as a free agent.

1985

Signed Roy Howell as a free agent.

January 3, 1985

Drafted Kevin Ritz in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

January 26, 1985

Traded Gary Lavelle to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Augie Schmidt (minors), Jack McKnight (minors) and Jim Gott.

February 1, 1985

Traded Jack Clark to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received David Green, Dave LaPoint, Gary Rajsich and Jose Uribe.

March 19, 1985

Released Roy Howell.

March 24, 1985

Traded Dusty Baker to the Oakland Athletics. Received Dan Winters (minors) and Ed Puikunas (minors).

April 1, 1985

Released Mark Calvert.

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1983 / 1985 Trades and Transactions