1989 Detroit Tigers Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 23, 1989

  Signed Gary Ward as a free agent.

• May 19, 1989

  Purchased Rick Schu from the Baltimore Orioles.

  Released Chris Brown.

• May 23, 1989

  Signed Brad Havens as a free agent.

• June 5, 1989

  Drafted Greg Gohr in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1989.

  Drafted Paul Carey in the 4th round of the 1989 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Doug Mirabelli in the 6th round of the 1989 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted John DeSilva in the 8th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1989.

  Drafted John Doherty in the 19th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1989.

  Drafted Iván Cruz in the 28th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1989.

  Drafted Mark Ettles in the 33rd round of the 1989 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Garcia in the 55th round of the 1989 amateur draft.

  Drafted Scott Klingenbeck in the 57th round of the 1989 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 16, 1989

  Traded Pat Sheridan to the San Francisco Giants. Received Tracy Jones.

• June 19, 1989

  Purchased Matt Sinatro from the Houston Astros.

• June 24, 1989

  Signed Danny Bautista as an amateur free agent.

• July 5, 1989

  Signed José Lima as an amateur free agent.

• July 13, 1989

  Released David Palmer.

• July 17, 1989

  Traded Billy Bean to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Steve Green (minors) and Domingo Michel (minors).

• July 28, 1989

  Traded Keith Moreland to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Brian Dubois.

• August 5, 1989

  Matt Sinatro player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• August 6, 1989

  Mike Trujillo player rights sold to the New York Mets.

• August 17, 1989

  Signed Keith Atherton as a free agent.

• October 4, 1989

  Released Dave Beard.

• October 15, 1989

  Keith Atherton granted Free Agency.

  Randy Bockus granted Free Agency.

  Jeff Datz granted Free Agency.

  Brad Havens granted Free Agency.

  Al Pedrique granted Free Agency.

  Ramón Peña granted Free Agency.

  Jim Walewander granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 1989

  Charles Hudson granted Free Agency.

  Fred Lynn granted Free Agency.

  Gary Pettis granted Free Agency.

  Frank Tanana granted Free Agency.

• November 20, 1989

  Signed Frank Tanana as a free agent.

• November 21, 1989

  Released Frank Williams.

• December 4, 1989

  Drafted Johnny Paredes from the Montreal Expos in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Steve Wapnick from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

• December 5, 1989

  Signed Tony Phillips as a free agent.

• December 6, 1989

  Traded Pat Austin (minors), Marcos Betances (minors) and Bill Henderson (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Matt Kinzer and Jim Lindeman.

• December 7, 1989

  Signed Lloyd Moseby as a free agent.

• December 8, 1989

  Released Rick Schu.

• December 20, 1989

  Released Willie Hernández.

• January 10, 1990

  Traded Mike Brumley to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Larry Sheets.

• January 15, 1990

  Signed Cecil Fielder as a free agent.

  Signed Ed Romero as a free agent.

• January 22, 1990

  Signed Dan Petry as a free agent.

• February 20, 1990

  Signed Felipe Lira as an amateur free agent.

• March 30, 1990

  Traded Doug Strange to the Houston Astros. Received Lou Frazier.