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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1988 / 1990)
87-75, Finished 2nd in AL East
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Scored 708 runs, Allowed 686 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79
Manager: Frank Robinson (87-75)
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,535,208 (4th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97; one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98
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1988 / 1990 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 3, 1988
Released Don Aase.
Released Doug Sisk.
October 15, 1988
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.
May 19, 1989 (Standings)
Sold Rick Schu to the Detroit Tigers.
June 1, 1989 (Standings)
Traded John Posey (minors) to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Shane Turner.
June 5, 1989 (Standings)
Drafted Ben McDonald in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed August 19, 1989.
Drafted Mike Lansing in the 9th round of the 1989 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Chad Mottola in the 10th round of the 1989 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Brad Pennington in the 12th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1989.
Drafted Mike Oquist in the 13th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1989.
Drafted Gregg Zaun in the 17th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed August 25, 1989.
Drafted Brian Bark in the 28th round of the 1989 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted John Burke in the 34th round of the 1989 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Keith Kessinger in the 36th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Drafted Brian Sackinsky in the 39th round of the 1989 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 22, 1989 (Standings)
Traded Mike Smith to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Tony Chance (minors).
July 20, 1989 (Standings)
Traded John Habyan to the New York Yankees. Received Stan Jefferson.
July 28, 1989 (Standings)
Traded Brian Dubois to the Detroit Tigers. Received Keith Moreland.
August 5, 1989 (Standings)
Signed Jamie Quirk as a free agent.
August 10, 1989 (Standings)
Signed Jose Mercedes as an amateur free agent.
October 3, 1989 (Standings)
Released Mark Huismann.
October 18, 1989
Released Mike Raczka.
November 2, 1989
Released Jamie Quirk.
November 13, 1989
Keith Moreland granted Free Agency.
Dave Schmidt granted Free Agency.
Mark Thurmond granted Free Agency.
November 30, 1989
Released Jim Traber.
December 4, 1989
Drafted Marty Brown from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1989 rule 5 draft.
December 5, 1989
Signed Jay Aldrich as a free agent.
Signed Jeff McKnight as a free agent.
Traded Cesar Mejia (minors) and Keith Hughes to the New York Mets. Received Joaquin Contreras (minors) and John Mitchell.
December 20, 1989
Released Butch Davis.
1990
Signed Rob Woodward as a free agent.
January 10, 1990
Traded Larry Sheets to the Detroit Tigers. Received Mike Brumley.
January 12, 1990
Signed Joe Price as a free agent.
February 20, 1990
Signed Sam Horn as a free agent.
February 22, 1990
Signed Danny Boone as a free agent.
April 1, 1990
Signed Armando Benitez as an amateur free agent.
