1988 Detroit Tigers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 9, 1987

  Mike Heath granted Free Agency.

  Bill Madlock granted Free Agency.

  Jack Morris granted Free Agency.

  Frank Tanana granted Free Agency.

  Released Larry Herndon.

• November 15, 1987

  Bill Laskey granted Free Agency.

• December 1, 1987

  Signed Mike Heath as a free agent.

• December 5, 1987

  Traded Dan Petry to the California Angels. Received Gary Pettis.

• December 7, 1987

  Drafted John Wetteland from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1987 rule 5 draft.

• December 8, 1987

  Signed Dave Beard as a free agent.

• December 14, 1987

  Signed Larry Herndon as a free agent.

• December 29, 1987

  Signed Jack Morris as a free agent.

• December 30, 1987

  Signed Mike Brown as a free agent.

• January 22, 1988

  Tom Brookens granted Free Agency.

  Kirk Gibson granted Free Agency.

• February 9, 1988

  Signed Tom Brookens as a free agent.

• February 17, 1988

  Signed Frank Tanana as a free agent.

• February 20, 1988

  Signed Luis Salazar as a free agent.

• February 24, 1988

  Traded Doug Baker to the Minnesota Twins. Received Julius McDougal (minors).

• February 27, 1988

  Traded Mark Thurmond to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Ray Knight.

• March 23, 1988

  Signed Mark Huismann as a free agent.

• March 24, 1988

  Traded Balvino Gálvez to the Minnesota Twins. Received Billy Beane.

• March 28, 1988

  Traded Karl Best to the Minnesota Twins. Received Don Schulze.

• March 29, 1988

  Returned John Wetteland (earlier draft pick) to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• March 31, 1988

  Signed Mike Trujillo as a free agent.

• June 1, 1988

  Drafted Rico Brogna in the 1st round (26th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1988.

  Drafted Scott Livingstone in the 2nd round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1988.

  Drafted Kurt Knudsen in the 9th round of the 1988 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dave Haas in the 15th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1988.

  Drafted Rich Rowland in the 17th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1988.

• June 5, 1988

  Signed Dwayne Murphy as a free agent.

• June 6, 1988

  Released Jim Morrison.

• June 22, 1988

  Signed Iván de Jesús as a free agent.

• July 14, 1988

  Mike Brown player rights sold to the California Angels.

• August 28, 1988

  Signed Shawn Hare as an amateur free agent.

• August 31, 1988

  Traded players to be named later and Chris Hoiles to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Fred Lynn. The Detroit Tigers sent Cesar Mejia (minors) (September 9, 1988) and Robinson Garces (minors) (September 9, 1988) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

  Traded Mark Lee and Rey Palacios to the Kansas City Royals. Received Ted Power.

• September 2, 1988

  Signed Chris Bando as a free agent.

• October 7, 1988

  Released Chris Bando.

• October 15, 1988

  Billy Beane granted Free Agency.

  Stan Clarke granted Free Agency.

  Don Heinkel granted Free Agency.

  Don Schulze granted Free Agency.

• October 24, 1988

  Doyle Alexander granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 1988

  Traded Walt Terrell to the San Diego Padres. Received Chris Brown and Keith Moreland.

• November 4, 1988

  Dave Bergman granted Free Agency.

  Darrell Evans granted Free Agency.

  Ted Power granted Free Agency.

  Released Larry Herndon.

• November 14, 1988

  Signed Jeff Datz as a free agent.

• November 16, 1988

  Released Ray Knight.

• November 30, 1988

  Signed Randy Bockus as a free agent.

• December 4, 1988

  Signed Larry See as a free agent.

• December 5, 1988

  Signed Al Pedrique as a free agent.

• December 7, 1988

  Signed Dave Bergman as a free agent.

  Signed Ted Power as a free agent.

• January 13, 1989

  Signed Doyle Alexander as a free agent.

• January 16, 1989

  Signed Frank Williams as a free agent.

• February 22, 1989

  Released Mark Huismann.

• February 25, 1989

  Signed David Palmer as a free agent.

• March 23, 1989

  Traded Tom Brookens to the New York Yankees. Received Charles Hudson.

  Traded Luis Salazar to the San Diego Padres. Received Mike Brumley.

  Traded Eric King to the Chicago White Sox. Received Ken Williams.

• March 25, 1989

  Released Ted Power.

• March 27, 1989

  Released Dwayne Murphy.

• April 1, 1989

  Signed Ed Núñez as a free agent.