1990 Boston Red Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• November 13, 1989

  Oil Can Boyd granted Free Agency.

  Nick Esasky granted Free Agency.

  Greg Harris granted Free Agency.

  Dennis Lamp granted Free Agency.

  Joe Price granted Free Agency.

  Mike Smithson granted Free Agency.

  Released Jim Rice.

• November 27, 1989

  Signed Tony Peña as a free agent.

• December 4, 1989

  Reggie Harris drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

• December 5, 1989

  Eddie Zambrano selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 1989 minor league draft.

• December 6, 1989

  Signed Dennis Lamp as a free agent.

  Signed Jeff Reardon as a free agent.

• December 13, 1989

  Signed Billy Jo Robidoux as a free agent.

  Signed Jeff Stone as a free agent.

• December 19, 1989

  Released Rick Cerone.

• December 20, 1989

  Released Sam Horn.

  Released Bob Stanley.

• Before 1990 Season

  Released Rob Woodward.

• February 5, 1990

  Signed Jim Pankovits as a free agent.

• February 6, 1990

  Signed Mike Dalton as a free agent.

• February 15, 1990

  Signed Bill Buckner as a free agent.

  Signed Greg Harris as a free agent.

• April 7, 1990

  Signed Jeff Gray as a free agent.

• May 3, 1990

  Signed Jerry Reed as a free agent.

• May 4, 1990

  Traded Lee Smith to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Tom Brunansky.

• June 4, 1990

  Drafted Frankie Rodriguez in the 2nd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1991.

  Drafted Walt McKeel in the 3rd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1990.

  Drafted Gar Finnvold in the 6th round of the 1990 amateur draft.

  Drafted Erik Plantenberg in the 16th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1990.

  Drafted Les Norman in the 26th round of the 1990 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 5, 1990

  Released Bill Buckner.

• June 8, 1990

  Sent Rich Gedman to the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal.

• July 27, 1990

  Traded a player to be named later, Ed Perozo (minors) and Greg Hansell to the New York Mets. Received Mike Marshall. The Boston Red Sox sent Paul Williams (minors) (November 19, 1990) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• July 31, 1990

  Signed Joe Hesketh as a free agent.

• August 2, 1990

  Purchased Wayne Housie from Salinas (California).

• August 12, 1990

  Released Jerry Reed.

• August 23, 1990

  Signed Cecilio Guante as a free agent.

• August 30, 1990

  Traded Jeff Bagwell to the Houston Astros. Received Larry Andersen.

• October 5, 1990

  Tom Brunansky granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 1990

  Mike Dalton granted Free Agency.

  Rick Lancellotti granted Free Agency.

• October 24, 1990

  Released Dwight Evans.

• November 5, 1990

  Mike Boddicker granted Free Agency.

  Danny Heep granted Free Agency.

• November 20, 1990

  Released Jeff Stone.

• December 4, 1990

  Signed Matt Young as a free agent.

  Released Billy Jo Robidoux.

• December 7, 1990

  Larry Andersen granted Free Agency.

• December 14, 1990

  Released Marty Barrett.

• December 15, 1990

  Signed Jack Clark as a free agent.

  Traded Wes Gardner to the San Diego Padres. Received Steve Hendricks (minors) and Brad Hoyer (minors).

• December 19, 1990

  Signed Tom Brunansky as a free agent.

  Signed Danny Darwin as a free agent.

• January 23, 1991

  Signed Mike Brumley as a free agent.

  Signed Tony Fossas as a free agent.

• February 1, 1991

  Signed John Moses as a free agent.

• February 7, 1991

  Signed Tommy Barrett as a free agent.

• March 31, 1991

  Released John Moses.

• April 1, 1991

  Traded Rob Murphy to the Seattle Mariners. Received Mike Gardiner.