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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989)
54-107, Finished 7th in AL East
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Scored 550 runs, Allowed 789 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 55-106
Manager: Cal Ripken (0-6) and Frank Robinson (54-101)
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,660,738 (10th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 98; one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 96
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1987 / 1989 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 8, 1987
Released Tony Arnold.
Luis DeLeon granted Free Agency.
Released Mike Hart.
Released Mike Kinnunen.
Released Floyd Rayford.
October 15, 1987
Mike Brown granted Free Agency.
Rex Hudler granted Free Agency.
Francisco Oliveras granted Free Agency.
Kelvin Torve granted Free Agency.
Dave Van Gorder granted Free Agency.
October 24, 1987
Signed Francisco de la Rosa as a free agent.
November 6, 1987
Traded Terry Crowley Jr. (minors) and Rico Rossy to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Joe Orsulak.
December 7, 1987
Drafted Jose Bautista from the New York Mets in the 1987 rule 5 draft.
December 8, 1987
Traded a player to be named later and Blaine Beatty to the New York Mets. Received Doug Sisk. The Baltimore Orioles sent Greg Talamantez (minors) (December 11, 1987) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.
December 9, 1987
Traded Ken Dixon to the Seattle Mariners. Received Mike Morgan.
December 18, 1987
Signed Kevin Hickey as a free agent.
December 21, 1987
Released Ron Washington.
January 27, 1988
Signed Bill Scherrer as a free agent.
February, 1988
Signed Max Venable as a free agent.
February 4, 1988
Signed Manny Alexander as an amateur free agent.
February 6, 1988
Signed Cesar Devarez as an amateur free agent.
February 16, 1988
Traded Doug Cinnella (minors), Rick Carriger (minors) and John Hoover to the Montreal Expos. Received Al Cardwood (minors) and Jay Tibbs.
February 27, 1988
Traded Ray Knight to the Detroit Tigers. Received Mark Thurmond.
March, 1988
Released Max Venable.
March 21, 1988
Traded a player to be named later and Mike Young to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Keith Hughes, Rick Schu and Jeff Stone. The Baltimore Orioles sent Frank Bellino (minors) (June 14, 1988) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
March 23, 1988
Released Jackie Gutierrez.
March 28, 1988
Released Chris Bushing.
March 29, 1988
Traded Nick Ramirez (minors) and Tom Michno (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Wade Rowdon.
April 2, 1988 (Standings)
Signed Dickie Noles as a free agent.
April 5, 1988 (Standings)
Signed Mickey Tettleton as a free agent.
April 12, 1988 (Standings)
Signed Tito Landrum as a free agent.
May 2, 1988 (Standings)
Released Scott McGregor.
Released Bill Scherrer.
May 3, 1988 (Standings)
Signed Butch Davis as a free agent.
May 10, 1988 (Standings)
Released Tito Landrum.
June 1, 1988 (Standings)
Drafted Gregg Olson in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 1988.
Drafted Ricky Gutierrez in the 1st round (28th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1988.
Drafted Arthur Rhodes in the 2nd round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1988.
Drafted Stacy Jones in the 3rd round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1988.
Drafted Tom Martin in the 6th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed August 8, 1988.
Drafted Pete Rose in the 12th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed September 1, 1988.
Drafted Brian Barnes in the 25th round of the 1988 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Joey Hamilton in the 28th round of the 1988 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 13, 1988 (Standings)
Released Mark Leiter.
July 29, 1988 (Standings)
Traded Mike Boddicker to the Boston Red Sox. Received Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling.
August 16, 1988 (Standings)
Traded Dave Smith (minors) and Kevin Rice (minors) to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Tim Pyznarski.
August 29, 1988 (Standings)
Traded Jim Dwyer to the Minnesota Twins. Received a player to be named later. The Minnesota Twins sent Doug Kline (minors) (August 31, 1988) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.
August 31, 1988 (Standings)
Traded Fred Lynn to the Detroit Tigers. Received players to be named later and Chris Hoiles. The Detroit Tigers sent Cesar Mejia (minors) (September 9, 1988) and Robinson Garces (minors) (September 9, 1988) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.
October 3, 1988 (Standings)
Released Don Aase.
Released Doug Sisk.
October 15, 1988 (Standings)
Butch Davis granted Free Agency.
Mike Griffin granted Free Agency.
November 4, 1988
Tom Niedenfuer granted Free Agency.
November 9, 1988
Traded Pete Blohm (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Randy Milligan.
November 14, 1988
Released Wade Rowdon.
Traded a player to be named later to the Montreal Expos. Received Mike Smith. The Baltimore Orioles sent Doug Kline (minors) (December 7, 1988) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.
November 15, 1988
Traded Gerry Holtz (minors) and Tom Magrann to the Cleveland Indians. Received Don Lovell (minors) and John Githens (minors).
November 17, 1988
Released Dickie Noles.
November 21, 1988
Signed Butch Davis as a free agent.
Signed Tim Hulett as a free agent.
November 23, 1988
Signed Jeff Schwarz as a free agent.
November 28, 1988
Signed Mickey Weston as a free agent.
December 4, 1988
Traded Eddie Murray to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Juan Bell, Brian Holton and Ken Howell.
December 5, 1988
Drafted Mike Smith from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1988 rule 5 draft.
Released Jeff Stone.
December 8, 1988
Traded Gordon Dillard and Ken Howell to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Phil Bradley.
January 24, 1989
Traded Terry Kennedy to the San Francisco Giants. Received Bob Melvin.
March 1, 1989
Signed Mark Huismann as a free agent.
March 12, 1989
Traded Mike Morgan to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Mike Devereaux.
March 26, 1989
Traded Ken Gerhart to the San Francisco Giants. Received Francisco Melendez.
March 31, 1989
Traded Carl Nichols to the Houston Astros. Received Victor Hithe (minors) and Dave Johnson.
