The Transactions for the 1988 Minnesota Twins (original) (raw)
The Transactions for the 1988 Minnesota Twins
January, 1988
Vic Rodriguez signed as a free agent.
January 4, 1988
Brian Harper signed as a free agent.
January 5, 1988
Sal Butera signed as a free agent.
January 7, 1988
Gary Gaetti signed as a free agent.
January 18, 1988
Kelvin Torve signed as a free agent.
January 22, 1988
Granted Free Agency
January 29, 1988
Steve Carlton signed as a free agent.
February 3, 1988
Tim Laudner signed as a free agent.
February 4, 1988
Charlie Lea signed as a free agent.
February 5, 1988
Traded Chris Calvert to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Freddie Toliver.
February 9, 1988
Joe Niekro signed as a free agent.
February 24, 1988
Traded Julius McDougal to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Doug Baker.
March, 1988
Bryan Clark released.
March 18, 1988
Sal Butera released.
March 24, 1988
Traded Billy Beane to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Balvino Galvez.
March 28, 1988
Traded Don Schulze to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Karl Best.
March 31, 1988
Bernardo Brito signed as a free agent.
Traded Joe Klink to Oakland Athletics in exchange for a player to be named later; Minnesota Twins received Russ Kibler (June 25, 1988).
April 4, 1988
Tippy Martinez signed as a free agent.
April 5, 1988
John Moses signed as a free agent.
Jim Winn signed as a free agent.
April 6, 1988
Tom Gilles signed as a free agent.
April 10, 1988
Mike Mason signed as a free agent.
April 21, 1988
Tippy Martinez released.
April 22, 1988
Traded Tom Brunansky to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Tom Herr.
April 28, 1988
Steve Carlton released.
May 4, 1988
Joe Niekro released.
May 28, 1988
John Christensen signed as a free agent.
June 1, 1988
Amateur Free-Agent Draft
2nd round Alan Newman (signed June 4, 1988) 4th round Steve Dunn 6th round Pat Mahomes (signed June 6, 1988) 9th round Doug Simons 11th round J.T. Bruett 37th round Aaron Sele (did not sign)
June 27, 1988
Dan Schatzeder signed as a free agent.
July 20, 1988
Mike Misuraca signed as a non-drafted free agent.
August 16, 1988
Traded Karl Best to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Alan Cockrell.
August 29, 1988
Traded a player to be named later to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Jim Dwyer; Baltimore Orioles received Doug Kline (August 31, 1988).
October 15, 1988
Granted Free Agency
October 24, 1988
Traded Tom Herr, Eric Bullock and Tom Nieto to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Shane Rawley and cash.
November 3, 1988
Traded Bert Blyleven and Kevin Trudeau to California Angels in exchange for Mike Cook, Rob Wassenaar and Paul Sorrento.
November 4, 1988
Granted Free Agency
Randy Bush Jim Dwyer Tim Laudner Charlie Lea Dan Schatzeder
November 23, 1988
Manny Hernandez signed as a free agent.
November 30, 1988
Greg Olson signed as a free agent.
December 4, 1988
Traded Mark Portugal to Houston Astros in exchange for a player to be named later; Minnesota Twins received Todd McClure (December 7, 1988).
December 5, 1988
Major League Draft
Selected Gary Wayne from Montreal Expos.
December 6, 1988
Minor League Draft
Lost Tom Gilles to Toronto Blue Jays.
Jim Dwyer signed as a free agent.
December 7, 1988
Traded Jeff Bumgarner, Steve Gasser and Toby Nivens to New York Mets in exchange for Wally Backman and Mike Santiago.
December 12, 1988
Randy Bush signed as a free agent.
December 19, 1988
Tim Laudner signed as a free agent.
December 21, 1988
John Christensen released.
December 30, 1988
Orlando Mercado signed as a free agent.