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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989)
65-96, Finished 6th in NL East
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Scored 597 runs, Allowed 734 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-96
Manager: Lee Elia (60-92) and John Vukovich (5-4)
Ballpark: Veterans Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,990,041 (6th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 103; one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 102
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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 15, 1987
Released Ron Roenicke.
Daryl Smith granted Free Agency.
Kevin Ward granted Free Agency.
November 6, 1987
Released Ken Dowell.
December 8, 1987
Signed Bob Dernier as a free agent.
December 9, 1987
Traded Dave Brundage (minors), Mike Jackson and Glenn Wilson to the Seattle Mariners. Received Phil Bradley and Tim Fortugno.
December 18, 1987
Signed David Palmer as a free agent.
February 5, 1988
Traded Freddie Toliver to the Minnesota Twins. Received Chris Calvert (minors).
February 10, 1988
Signed Bill Dawley as a free agent.
March 21, 1988
Traded Keith Hughes, Rick Schu and Jeff Stone to the Baltimore Orioles. Received a player to be named later and Mike Young. The Baltimore Orioles sent Frank Bellino (minors) (June 14, 1988) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
Traded Vladimir Perez (minors) and Shawn Barton to the New York Mets. Received Bill Almon.
March 26, 1988
Released Doug Bair.
March 29, 1988
Released Garland Kiser.
April 1, 1988 (Standings)
Signed Greg Harris as a free agent.
June 1, 1988 (Standings)
Drafted Pat Combs in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1988.
Drafted Tim Mauser in the 3rd round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1988.
Drafted Mickey Morandini in the 5th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1988.
Drafted Scott Hatteberg in the 12th round of the 1988 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Tom Marsh in the 16th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1988.
Drafted Paul Fletcher in the 40th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1988.
Drafted Steve Cooke in the 53rd round of the 1988 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Jeff Patterson in the 58th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
June 16, 1988 (Standings)
Released Bill Almon.
June 25, 1988 (Standings)
Signed Bill Scherrer as a free agent.
July 15, 1988 (Standings)
Signed Jackie Gutierrez as a free agent.
Traded Luis Aguayo to the New York Yankees. Received Amalio Carreno.
July 28, 1988 (Standings)
Purchased Salome Barojas from Mexico City Reds (Mexican).
July 30, 1988 (Standings)
Purchased Al Pardo from the New York Mets.
August 1, 1988 (Standings)
Released Bill Scherrer.
August 18, 1988 (Standings)
Signed Bob Wells as an amateur free agent.
August 24, 1988 (Standings)
Traded Mike Young to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Alex Madrid.
September 1, 1988 (Standings)
Traded Travis Chambers (minors) to the Montreal Expos. Received Bob Sebra.
September 4, 1988 (Standings)
Signed Joe Millette as an amateur free agent.
September 29, 1988 (Standings)
Released Salome Barojas.
October 3, 1988 (Standings)
Traded Lance Parrish to the California Angels. Received David Holdridge.
October 7, 1988 (Standings)
Released Bill Dawley.
Released Jackie Gutierrez.
October 13, 1988 (Standings)
Released David Palmer.
October 15, 1988 (Standings)
Jeff Calhoun granted Free Agency.
October 24, 1988
Traded Shane Rawley and cash to the Minnesota Twins. Received Eric Bullock, Tom Herr and Tom Nieto.
November 4, 1988
Greg Gross granted Free Agency.
Greg Harris granted Free Agency.
Tom Herr granted Free Agency.
Mike Schmidt granted Free Agency.
November 11, 1988
Signed Mark Ryal as a free agent.
November 17, 1988
Signed Tom Herr as a free agent.
Signed Joe Redfield as a free agent.
December 2, 1988
Signed Randy O'Neal as a free agent.
December 5, 1988
Drafted Jeff Tabaka from the Montreal Expos in the 1988 rule 5 draft.
December 6, 1988
Traded Kevin Gross to the Montreal Expos. Received Jeff Parrett and Floyd Youmans.
December 7, 1988
Signed Greg Harris as a free agent.
Signed Mike Schmidt as a free agent.
Released Kent Tekulve.
December 8, 1988
Traded Phil Bradley to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Gordon Dillard and Ken Howell.
December 16, 1988
Traded Milt Thompson to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Curt Ford and Steve Lake.
1989
Jim Adduci received from the Milwaukee Brewers in an unknown transaction.
January 11, 1989
Signed Steve Stanicek as a free agent.
January 27, 1989
Purchased Dickie Thon from the San Diego Padres.
January 30, 1989
Signed Larry McWilliams as a free agent.
February 16, 1989
Signed Steve Ontiveros as a free agent.
March 3, 1989
Released Julio Machado.
March 23, 1989
Released Ricky Trlicek.
March 25, 1989
Sold John Russell to the Atlanta Braves.
March 28, 1989
Traded Tim Sossamon (minors) to the Montreal Expos. Received Victor Rosario.
March 30, 1989
Released Tim Fortugno.
