1987 Philadelphia Phillies Trades and Transactions

1986 Season 1988 Season

Record: 80-82-0, Finished 4th in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

Managers: John Felske (29-32) and Lee Elia (51-50)

General Manager: Bill Giles

Scouting Director: Jack Pastore

Ballpark: Veterans Stadium

Attendance: 2,100,110 (5th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104
One-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104

Pythagorean W-L: 76-86, 702 Runs, 749 Runs Allowed

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Transactions

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

November 12, 1986

Tom Hume granted Free Agency.

Released Dave Rucker.
November 16, 1986

Rocky Childress player rights sold to the Houston Astros.
December 8, 1986

Released Jeff Bittiger.
December 9, 1986

José Cecena selected by the Texas Rangers in the 1986 minor league draft.
December 11, 1986

Traded Jeff Knox (minors) and Charles Hudson to the New York Yankees. Received Tommy Barrett and Mike Easler.
December 17, 1986

Signed Jeff Grotewold as an amateur free agent.
December 26, 1986

Signed Tom Hume as a free agent.
March 13, 1987

Signed Lance Parrish as a free agent.
March 22, 1987

Francisco Meléndez player rights sold to the San Francisco Giants.
March 26, 1987

Traded Gary Redus to the Chicago White Sox. Received Joe Cowley and cash.
April 2, 1987

Traded Ronn Reynolds to the Houston Astros. Received Jeff Calhoun.
May 4, 1987

Signed Dar Smith as a free agent.
June 2, 1987

Drafted Kim Batiste in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1987.

Drafted Ricky Trlicek in the 4th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1987.

Drafted Doug Lindsey in the 6th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1987.

Drafted Donnie Elliott in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed May 30, 1988.

Drafted Jim Vatcher in the 20th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1987.

Drafted Toby Borland in the 27th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed August 14, 1987.

Drafted Greg McCarthy in the 36th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1987.

Drafted Andy Carter in the 37th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1987.
June 10, 1987

Traded Mike Easler to the New York Yankees. Received Keith Hughes and Shane Turner.
June 23, 1987

Signed Doug Bair as a free agent.
June 24, 1987

Traded Dan Schatzeder and cash to the Minnesota Twins. Received Tom Schwarz (minors) and Danny Clay.
August 10, 1987

Released Tom Hume.
October 15, 1987

Dar Smith granted Free Agency.

Kevin Ward granted Free Agency.

Released Ron Roenicke.
November 6, 1987

Released Ken Dowell.
December 8, 1987

Signed Bob Dernier as a free agent.
December 9, 1987

Traded Dave Brundage (minors), Mike Jackson and Glenn Wilson to the Seattle Mariners. Received Phil Bradley and Tim Fortugno.
December 18, 1987

Signed David Palmer as a free agent.
February 5, 1988

Traded Freddie Toliver to the Minnesota Twins. Received Chris Calvert (minors).
February 10, 1988

Signed Bill Dawley as a free agent.
March 21, 1988

Traded Vladimir Perez (minors) and Shawn Barton to the New York Mets. Received Bill Almon.

Traded Keith Hughes, Rick Schu and Jeff Stone to the Baltimore Orioles. Received a player to be named later and Mike Young. The Baltimore Orioles sent Frank Bellino (minors) (June 14, 1988) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
March 26, 1988

Released Doug Bair.
March 29, 1988

Released Garland Kiser.
April 1, 1988

Signed Greg Harris as a free agent.