1990 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions

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

• November 13, 1989

  Kevin Bass granted Free Agency.

  Bob Forsch granted Free Agency.

  Greg Gross granted Free Agency.

  Rick Rhoden granted Free Agency.

  Dan Schatzeder granted Free Agency.

  Harry Spilman granted Free Agency.

• December 4, 1989

  Drafted William Brennan from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Albert Hall from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Xavier Hernandez from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

  Chuck Jackson drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1989

  Signed Bill Gullickson as a free agent.

  Signed Ken Oberkfell as a free agent.

• December 19, 1989

  Signed Dan Schatzeder as a free agent.

  Signed Harry Spilman as a free agent.

• January 10, 1990

  Signed Raúl Chávez as an amateur free agent.

• January 26, 1990

  Signed Terry Clark as a free agent.

• February 1, 1990

  Signed Brian Fisher as a free agent.

  Signed Mark Thurmond as a free agent.

• February 12, 1990

  Signed Jim Olander as a free agent.

• February 13, 1990

  Signed Roberto Petagine as an amateur free agent.

• March 13, 1990

  Traded a player to be named later and Dave Silvestri to the New York Yankees. Received Orlando Miller. The Houston Astros sent Daven Bond (minors) (June 11, 1990) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• March 30, 1990

  Traded Lou Frazier to the Detroit Tigers. Received Doug Strange.

• April 1, 1990

  Traded Terry Wells to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Franklin Stubbs.

• April 3, 1990

  Released Roger Mason.

• April 14, 1990

  Signed Jerry Reuss as a free agent.

• April 28, 1990

  Traded Charlie Kerfeld to the Atlanta Braves. Received a player to be named later and Kevin Dean (minors). The Atlanta Braves sent Lee Johnson (minors) (October 29, 1990) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• May 1, 1990

  Sent Mark Thurmond to the San Francisco Giants as part of a conditional deal.

• May 14, 1990

  Released Jerry Reuss.

• May 25, 1990

  Released Doug Strange.

• May 28, 1990

  Released Steve Lombardozzi.

• May 31, 1990

  Sent Jim Olander to the Milwaukee Brewers as part of a conditional deal.

• June 4, 1990

  Drafted Brian Williams in the 1st round (31st pick) of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed July 16, 1990.

  Drafted Chris Hatcher in the 3rd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1990.

  Drafted Brian Boehringer in the 10th round of the 1990 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jeff Ball in the 12th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 1990.

  Drafted Ray Montgomery in the 13th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1990.

  Drafted Jim Dougherty in the 26th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed March 20, 1991.

  Drafted Bret Hemphill in the 29th round of the 1990 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Travis Driskill in the 76th round of the 1990 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Danny Young in the 83rd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed May 10, 1991.

• June 8, 1990

  Received Rich Gedman from the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.

• June 13, 1990

  Louie Meadows granted Free Agency.

• July 27, 1990

  Released Alex Treviño.

• August 21, 1990

  Signed Bobby Abreu as an amateur free agent.

• August 28, 1990

  Released Brian Fisher.

• August 30, 1990

  Traded Larry Andersen to the Boston Red Sox. Received Jeff Bagwell.

  Traded Bill Doran to the Cincinnati Reds. Received players to be named later. The Cincinnati Reds sent Terry McGriff (September 7, 1990), Keith Kaiser (minors) (September 7, 1990) and Butch Henry (September 7, 1990) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• September 10, 1990

  Traded Dan Schatzeder to the New York Mets. Received Nick Davis (minors) and Steve Larose (minors).

• October 4, 1990

  Released Bill Gullickson.

• October 12, 1990

  William Brennan granted Free Agency.

• October 15, 1990

  José Tolentino granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 1990

  Juan Agosto granted Free Agency.

  Rich Gedman granted Free Agency.

  Terry Puhl granted Free Agency.

  Franklin Stubbs granted Free Agency.

  Glenn Wilson granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 1990

  Danny Darwin granted Free Agency.

• December 3, 1990

  Drafted Dean Wilkins from the Chicago Cubs in the 1990 rule 5 draft.

• December 7, 1990

  Dave Smith granted Free Agency.

• January 5, 1991

  Signed Mike Capel as a free agent.

• January 10, 1991

  Traded Glenn Davis to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Steve Finley, Pete Harnisch and Curt Schilling.

• January 22, 1991

  Signed Jay Baller as a free agent.

• February 6, 1991

  Signed Don Carman as a free agent.

• March 6, 1991

  Signed Mark McLemore as a free agent.

  Signed José Tolentino as a free agent.

• March 19, 1991

  Signed Jim Corsi as a free agent.

  Signed Jimmy Jones as a free agent.

• March 29, 1991

  Signed Dwayne Henry as a free agent.

• March 30, 1991

  Signed Melvin Mora as an amateur free agent.