1988 Philadelphia Phillies Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• June 1, 1988

  Drafted Pat Combs in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1988.

  Drafted Tim Mauser in the 3rd round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1988.

  Drafted Mickey Morandini in the 5th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1988.

  Drafted Scott Hatteberg in the 12th round of the 1988 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Tom Marsh in the 16th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1988.

  Drafted Paul Fletcher in the 40th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1988.

  Drafted Steve Cooke in the 53rd round of the 1988 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jeff Patterson in the 58th round of the 1988 amateur draft.

• June 16, 1988

  Released Bill Almon.

• June 25, 1988

  Signed Bill Scherrer as a free agent.

• July 15, 1988

  Signed Jackie Gutiérrez as a free agent.

  Traded Luis Aguayo to the New York Yankees. Received Amalio Carreño.

• July 28, 1988

  Purchased Salomé Barojas from Mexico City Reds (Mexican).

• July 30, 1988

  Purchased Al Pardo from the New York Mets.

• August 1, 1988

  Released Bill Scherrer.

• August 18, 1988

  Signed Bob Wells as an amateur free agent.

• August 24, 1988

  Traded Mike Young to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Alex Madrid.

• September 1, 1988

  Traded Travis Chambers (minors) to the Montreal Expos. Received Bob Sebra.

• September 4, 1988

  Signed Joe Millette as an amateur free agent.

• September 29, 1988

  Released Salomé Barojas.

• October 3, 1988

  Traded Lance Parrish to the California Angels. Received David Holdridge.

• October 7, 1988

  Released Bill Dawley.

  Released Jackie Gutiérrez.

• October 13, 1988

  Released David Palmer.

• October 15, 1988

  Jeff Calhoun granted Free Agency.

• October 24, 1988

  Traded Shane Rawley and cash to the Minnesota Twins. Received Eric Bullock, Tom Herr and Tom Nieto.

• November 4, 1988

  Greg Gross granted Free Agency.

  Greg Harris granted Free Agency.

  Tom Herr granted Free Agency.

  Mike Schmidt granted Free Agency.

• November 11, 1988

  Signed Mark Ryal as a free agent.

• November 17, 1988

  Signed Tom Herr as a free agent.

  Signed Joe Redfield as a free agent.

• December 2, 1988

  Signed Randy O'Neal as a free agent.

• December 5, 1988

  Drafted Jeff Tabaka from the Montreal Expos in the 1988 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1988

  Traded Kevin Gross to the Montreal Expos. Received Jeff Parrett and Floyd Youmans.

• December 7, 1988

  Signed Greg Harris as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Schmidt as a free agent.

  Released Kent Tekulve.

• December 8, 1988

  Traded Phil Bradley to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Gordon Dillard and Ken Howell.

• December 16, 1988

  Traded Milt Thompson to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Curt Ford and Steve Lake.

• Before 1989 Season

  Jim Adduci received from the Milwaukee Brewers in an unknown transaction.

• January 11, 1989

  Signed Steve Stanicek as a free agent.

• January 27, 1989

  Purchased Dickie Thon from the San Diego Padres.

• January 30, 1989

  Signed Larry McWilliams as a free agent.

• February 16, 1989

  Signed Steve Ontiveros as a free agent.

• March 3, 1989

  Released Julio Machado.

• March 23, 1989

  Released Ricky Trlicek.

• March 25, 1989

  John Russell player rights sold to the Atlanta Braves.

• March 28, 1989

  Traded Tim Sossamon (minors) to the Montreal Expos. Received Víctor Rosario.

• March 30, 1989

  Released Tim Fortugno.