Article: Fisk, Gibson are free agents, arbitrator rules

LOS ANGELES Seven players, including Detroit outfielder Kirk Gibson and White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk, were declared free agents Friday by an arbitrator in the 1985 free-agent collusion case.

Arbitrator Tom Roberts, who ruled in September that baseball owners had conspired to restrict movement of free agents, said all 62 free agents in the 1985 class could file for individual damages.

The ruling does not apply to Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson, who was a free agent in 1986. Another arbitrator, George Nicolau, is expected to make a decision this spring on collusion charges involving '86 free agents, including outfielder Tim Raines of Montreal and catcher Lance Parrish of Philadelphia.

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