1988 Oakland Athletics Trades and Transactions

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

• November 9, 1987

  Joaquín Andújar granted Free Agency.

  Mike Davis granted Free Agency.

  Moose Haas granted Free Agency.

  Steve Henderson granted Free Agency.

  Gary Lavelle granted Free Agency.

  Dwayne Murphy granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 1987

  Signed Ed Jurak as a free agent.

• December 7, 1987

  Drafted Doug Jennings from the California Angels in the 1987 rule 5 draft.

  Signed Gary Lavelle as a free agent.

• December 8, 1987

  Traded Tim Birtsas and José Rijo to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Dave Parker.

• December 9, 1987

  Signed Ron Hassey as a free agent.

  Signed Ross Jones as a free agent.

• December 11, 1987

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Alfredo Griffin and Jay Howell to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Kevin Tapani and Wally Whitehurst to the New York Mets. Received Bob Welch and Matt Young from the Los Angeles Dodgers. In addition, the New York Mets sent Jesse Orosco to the Los Angeles Dodgers; and the Los Angeles Dodgers sent Jack Savage to the New York Mets.

• December 12, 1987

  Traded José Tolentino to the Texas Rangers. Received Tom Duggan (minors) and Kirk Killingsworth (minors).

• December 15, 1987

  Signed Marcos Armas as an amateur free agent.

  Bill Caudill granted Free Agency.

  Reggie Jackson granted Free Agency.

• December 21, 1987

  Signed Dave Henderson as a free agent.

  Released Tony Bernazard.

  Released Tony Phillips.

  Released Rick Rodriguez.

• December 23, 1987

  Signed Brian Snyder as a free agent.

• January 5, 1988

  Signed Matt Sinatro as a free agent.

• January 11, 1988

  Signed Glenn Hubbard as a free agent.

• January 14, 1988

  Signed Orlando Mercado as a free agent.

• January 29, 1988

  Signed Rich Bordi as a free agent.

• February 9, 1988

  Signed Don Baylor as a free agent.

• February 18, 1988

  Signed Johnny Guzman as an amateur free agent.

• March 9, 1988

  Signed Tony Phillips as a free agent.

• March 10, 1988

  Signed Manny Martínez as an amateur free agent.

• March 23, 1988

  Traded Rod Beck to the San Francisco Giants. Received Charlie Corbell (minors).

• March 28, 1988

  Released Mickey Tettleton.

• March 31, 1988

  Traded a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins. Received Joe Klink. The Oakland Athletics sent Russ Kibler (minors) (June 25, 1988) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• May 22, 1988

  Signed Bryan Clark as a free agent.

• June 1, 1988

  Drafted Stan Royer in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft.

  Drafted Joe Slusarski in the 2nd round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed October 1, 1988.

  Drafted John Briscoe in the 3rd round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1988.

  Drafted Joe Grahe in the 5th round of the 1988 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Ron Witmeyer in the 7th round of the 1988 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rod Correia in the 15th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1988.

  Drafted Darren Lewis in the 18th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1988.

  Drafted Bronswell Patrick in the 23rd round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1988.

• October 15, 1988

  Ed Jurak granted Free Agency.

  Orlando Mercado granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 1988

  Don Baylor granted Free Agency.

  Dave Henderson granted Free Agency.

  Rick Honeycutt granted Free Agency.

• November 11, 1988

  Signed Kevin Ward as a free agent.

• November 21, 1988

  Released Matt Young.

• November 28, 1988

  Signed Mike Moore as a free agent.

• November 30, 1988

  Signed Billy Beane as a free agent.

• December 1, 1988

  Signed Dave Henderson as a free agent.

• December 5, 1988

  Drafted José Mota from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1988 rule 5 draft.

• December 15, 1988

  Signed Dick Scott as a free agent.

• December 21, 1988

  Signed Rick Honeycutt as a free agent.

  Released Steve Ontiveros.

• January, 1989

  Signed Bill Dawley as a free agent.

• January 13, 1989

  Signed Chris Bando as a free agent.

• January 19, 1989

  Signed Matt Young as a free agent.

• February 23, 1989

  Signed Dwayne Hosey as a free agent.

• March 22, 1989

  Signed Donnie Hill as a free agent.

• March 29, 1989

  Signed Eric Fox as a free agent.