1989 Oakland Athletics Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 6, 1989

  Signed Mike Norris as a free agent.

  Traded Matt Sinatro to the Houston Astros. Received Troy Afenir.

• May 27, 1989

  Signed Jamie Quirk as a free agent.

• June 3, 1989

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded José Mota to the San Diego Padres. Received Peter Kuld (minors) from the Cleveland Indians. In addition, the San Diego Padres sent a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians. The San Diego Padres sent Brian Brooks (minors) (June 11, 1989) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• June 5, 1989

  Drafted Scott Lydy in the 2nd round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1989.

  Drafted Steve Chitren in the 6th round of the 1989 amateur draft.

  Drafted Craig Paquette in the 8th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1989.

  Drafted Kurt Abbott in the 15th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1989.

  Drafted Matt Mieske in the 20th round of the 1989 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dana Allison in the 21st round of the 1989 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Mohler in the 42nd round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed August 18, 1989.

• June 21, 1989

  Traded Greg Cadaret, Eric Plunk and Luis Polonia to the New York Yankees. Received Rickey Henderson.

• June 22, 1989

  Signed Joe Bitker as a free agent.

• July 24, 1989

  Released Jamie Quirk.

• July 27, 1989

  Released Bill Dawley.

• July 28, 1989

  Signed Matt Grott as an amateur free agent.

• July 31, 1989

  Released Glenn Hubbard.

• August 9, 1989

  Released Donnie Hill.

• August 30, 1989

  Traded Scott Holcomb (minors) to the New York Yankees. Received Ken Phelps.

• October 15, 1989

  Bryan Clark granted Free Agency.

  Dick Scott granted Free Agency.

  Brian Snyder granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Ward granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 1989

  Chris Bando granted Free Agency.

  Storm Davis granted Free Agency.

  Rickey Henderson granted Free Agency.

  Dave Parker granted Free Agency.

  Ken Phelps granted Free Agency.

  Tony Phillips granted Free Agency.

  Matt Young granted Free Agency.

• November 28, 1989

  Signed Rickey Henderson as a free agent.

• December 1, 1989

  Signed Ramón Fermín as an amateur free agent.

• December 4, 1989

  Drafted Reggie Harris from the Boston Red Sox in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

• December 8, 1989

  Signed Ken Phelps as a free agent.

• December 13, 1989

  Signed Jamie Quirk as a free agent.

  Signed Scott Sanderson as a free agent.

• January 15, 1990

  Signed Fausto Cruz as an amateur free agent.

• January 16, 1990

  Signed Dave Leiper as a free agent.

• January 22, 1990

  Signed Kevin Ward as a free agent.