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1988 Baltimore Orioles (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987/1989)
54-107, Finished 7th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 550 runs, Allowed 789 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 55-106
Managed by Cal Ripken and Frank Robinson

Ballpark: Memorial Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,660,738 (10th of 14)
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Batting - 97, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 96
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1988 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1987/1989) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

November 6, 1987

Traded Rico Rossy and Terry Crowley Jr. (minors) 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 John Hoover, Doug Cinnella (minors), and Rick Carriger (minors) to the Montreal Expos. Received Jay Tibbs and Al Cardwood (minors).

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 Rick Schu, Jeff Stone, and Keith Hughes. 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 Tom Magrann and Gerry Holtz (minors) 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 Ken Howell and Gordon Dillard 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 Dave Johnson and Victor Hithe (minors).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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