The Transactions for the 1996 Detroit Tigers (original) (raw)
The Transactions for the 1996 Detroit Tigers
January 2, 1996
Eddie Williams signed as a free agent.
January 10, 1996
Brian Williams signed as a free agent.
January 15, 1996
Bob Scanlan signed as a free agent.
January 23, 1996
Traded Henry Santos to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Duane Singleton.
January 24, 1996
Alan Trammell signed as a free agent.
March 11, 1996
Traded Matt Brunson to Florida Marlins in exchange for Randy Veres.
March 13, 1996
Claimed Kimera Bartee from Baltimore Orioles on waivers.
Returned Jon Ratliff to Chicago Cubs.
March 22, 1996
Traded Phil Plantier to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Fausto Cruz and Ramon Fermin.
Traded Sean Bergman, Cade Gaspar and Todd Steverson to San Diego Padres in exchange for Raul Casanova, Richie Lewis and Melvin Nieves.
March 25, 1996
Lost John Doherty to Boston Red Sox on waivers.
March 27, 1996
Ricky Trlicek released.
March 31, 1996
Curtis Pride signed as a free agent.
April 26, 1996
Mike Walker signed as a free agent.
Traded Yuri Sanchez to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Gregg Olson.
April 27, 1996
Lost Joe Boever to Pittsburgh Pirates on waivers.
May 14, 1996
Traded Greg Granger to Cleveland Indians in exchange for John Farrell.
May 28, 1996
Lost Scott Aldred to Minnesota Twins on waivers.
May 31, 1996
Traded Danny Bautista to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Anton French.
June 4, 1996
Amateur Free-Agent Draft
1st round (6th pick) Seth Greisinger (signed August 26, 1996) 2nd round Matt Miller (signed August 7, 1996) 4th round Kris Keller (signed June 29, 1996) 5th round Robert Fick (signed July 5, 1996) 15th round Chris Wakeland (signed June 11, 1996)
June 7, 1996
Traded Micah Franklin and Brian Maxcy to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Miguel Inzunza and Tom Urbani.
June 18, 1996
Traded John Flaherty and Chris Gomez to San Diego Padres in exchange for Brad Ausmus, Andujar Cedeno and Russ Spear.
July 31, 1996
Traded Chad Curtis to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for John Cummings and Joey Eischen.
Traded Greg Gohr to California Angels in exchange for Damion Easley.
Traded Cecil Fielder to New York Yankees in exchange for Ruben Sierra and Matt Drews.
August 6, 1996
Claimed Todd Van Poppel from Oakland Athletics on waivers.
August 8, 1996
Lost Bob Scanlan to Kansas City Royals on waivers.
August 21, 1996
Mark Parent released.
August 26, 1996
Traded Gregg Olson to Houston Astros in exchange for 2 players to be named later; Detroit Tigers received Kevin Gallaher and Pedro Santana (August 27, 1996).
September 11, 1996
Sent Andujar Cedeno to Houston Astros for future considerations.
September 18, 1996
Claimed Fernando Hernandez from San Diego Padres on waivers.
October 3, 1996
Claimed Glenn Dishman from Philadelphia Phillies on waivers.
October 14, 1996
Claimed Dave Hajek from Houston Astros on waivers.
October 15, 1996
Granted Free Agency
Kevin Baez Mike Christopher Tom Urbani Randy Veres Mike Walker Eddie Williams
October 28, 1996
Traded Ruben Sierra to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Ben Bailey and Decomba Conner.
November 1, 1996
Traded Clint Sodowsky to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Dan Miceli.
November 8, 1996
Phil Hiatt released.
November 12, 1996
Lost Todd Van Poppel to Anaheim Angels on waivers.
November 20, 1996
Fausto Cruz released.
Richie Lewis released.
Shannon Penn released.
Tim Pugh signed as a free agent.
Duane Singleton released.
Brian Williams released.
November 25, 1996
Denny Harriger signed as a free agent.
November 26, 1996
Marino Santana signed as a free agent.
December 9, 1996
Major League Draft
Selected Jeff Berblinger from St. Louis Cardinals. Lost Tarrik Brock to Seattle Mariners. Lost Frank Catalanotto to Oakland Athletics.
Minor League Draft
Selected Alejandro Freire from Houston Astros. Selected Jose Macias from Montreal Expos. Lost Jeff McCurry to Colorado Rockies.
Traded Jeff Berblinger to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Deivi Cruz and Juan Hernaiz.
December 10, 1996
Traded Brad Ausmus, Jose Lima, Trever Miller, C.J. Nitkowski and Daryle Ward to Houston Astros in exchange for Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones, Orlando Miller and cash.
December 11, 1996
Traded Brent Stentz to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Matt Walbeck.
Traded Anton French to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Roberto Duran.
December 14, 1996
Joe Hall signed as a free agent.
December 15, 1996
Ray Holbert signed as a free agent.
December 16, 1996
Traded Mark Lewis to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Jesse Ibarra.
Traded Joey Eischen and Cam Smith to San Diego Padres in exchange for Willie Blair and Brian Johnson.