1990 Baltimore Orioles Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• Before 1990 Season

  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 Benítez as an amateur free agent.

• April 3, 1990

  Released Mike Brumley.

• April 16, 1990

  Signed Donell Nixon as a free agent.

• April 27, 1990

  Released Jeff Schwarz.

• May 2, 1990

  Selected Brad Komminsk off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.

• May 4, 1990

  Signed Greg Walker as a free agent.

• May 7, 1990

  Stan Jefferson selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

• June 4, 1990

  Drafted Mike Mussina in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed July 28, 1990.

  Drafted Erik Schullstrom in the 2nd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1990.

  Drafted Bobby Chouinard in the 5th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1990.

  Drafted Damon Buford in the 10th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed July 12, 1990.

  Drafted Scott McClain in the 22nd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1990.

  Drafted Robin Jennings in the 30th round of the 1990 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jim Dedrick in the 33rd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1990.

• June 25, 1990

  Traded Jay Tibbs to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received a player to be named later. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Dorn Taylor (September 5, 1990) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

• June 28, 1990

  Signed John O'Donoghue as an amateur free agent.

• July 3, 1990

  Released Greg Walker.

• July 30, 1990

  Traded Phil Bradley to the Chicago White Sox. Received Ron Kittle.

• August 1, 1990

  Selected Dave Gallagher off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.

• August 3, 1990

  Signed Matt Kinzer as a free agent.

• August 8, 1990

  Jay Aldrich player rights sold to the San Francisco Giants.

• August 14, 1990

  Released Matt Kinzer.

• August 29, 1990

  Selected Brian Dubois off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• September 20, 1990

  Donell Nixon granted Free Agency.

• October 4, 1990

  Eric Bell granted Free Agency.

• October 5, 1990

  Brad Komminsk granted Free Agency.

• October 10, 1990

  Released Dorn Taylor.

• October 15, 1990

  Brian Holton granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 1990

  Joe Price granted Free Agency.

  Mickey Tettleton granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 1990

  Signed Chito Martínez as a free agent.

• December 3, 1990

  Released Mike Smith.

• December 4, 1990

  Traded Dave Gallagher to the California Angels. Received Mike Hook (minors) and Dave Martinez (minors).

• December 6, 1990

  Signed Dwight Evans as a free agent.

• December 12, 1990

  Signed Todd Frohwirth as a free agent.

• December 14, 1990

  Traded Mickey Weston to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Paul Kilgus.

• December 15, 1990

  Ron Kittle granted Free Agency.

• December 19, 1990

  Signed Mickey Tettleton as a free agent.

• January 1, 1991

  Signed Roy Smith as a free agent.

• January 10, 1991

  Traded Steve Finley, Pete Harnisch and Curt Schilling to the Houston Astros. Received Glenn Davis.

• January 11, 1991

  Traded Mickey Tettleton to the Detroit Tigers. Received Jeff Robinson.

• January 15, 1991

  Traded Rene Gonzales to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Rob Blumberg (minors).

• February 7, 1991

  Signed Benny Distefano as a free agent.

• February 19, 1991

  Signed Dennis Powell as a free agent.

• March 18, 1991

  Purchased Paul Carey from Miami (Florida State).

• March 21, 1991

  Traded a player to be named later to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Tommy Shields. The Baltimore Orioles sent Tony Beasley (minors) (September 5, 1991) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• March 31, 1991

  Traded Pete Rose Jr. to the Chicago White Sox. Received Joe Borowski.