1989 Philadelphia Phillies Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 2, 1989

  Signed Dwayne Murphy as a free agent.

• June 1, 1989

  Traded Shane Turner to the Baltimore Orioles. Received John Posey (minors).

• June 2, 1989

  Traded Chris James to the San Diego Padres. Received John Kruk and Randy Ready.

• June 5, 1989

  Drafted Steve Parris in the 5th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1989.

  Drafted Matt Whisenant in the 18th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed May 8, 1990.

  Drafted Steve Bieser in the 32nd round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1989.

• June 18, 1989

  Traded a player to be named later and Steve Bedrosian to the San Francisco Giants. Received Dennis Cook, Charlie Hayes and Terry Mulholland. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Rick Parker (August 7, 1989) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

  Traded Juan Samuel to the New York Mets. Received a player to be named later, Lenny Dykstra and Roger McDowell. The New York Mets sent Tom Edens (July 27, 1989) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

• July 13, 1989

  Traded Bob Sebra to the Cincinnati Reds. Received a player to be named later. The Cincinnati Reds sent Jeff Gray (September 6, 1989) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

• July 14, 1989

  Signed Ron Blazier as an amateur free agent.

• July 29, 1989

  Purchased Bob Ayrault from Reno (California).

• August 7, 1989

  Greg Harris selected by the Boston Red Sox off waivers.

• August 9, 1989

  Signed Mike Farmer as an amateur free agent.

• September 2, 1989

  Traded Larry McWilliams to the Kansas City Royals. Received a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Jeff Hulse (minors) (October 21, 1989) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

• October 4, 1989

  Released Randy O'Neal.

• October 11, 1989

  Released Al Pardo.

  Released Steve Stanicek.

• October 15, 1989

  Jim Adduci granted Free Agency.

  Eric Bullock granted Free Agency.

  Tom Edens granted Free Agency.

  Jim Olander granted Free Agency.

  Mark Ryal granted Free Agency.

• October 22, 1989

  Joe Redfield granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 1989

  Bob Dernier granted Free Agency.

  Steve Lake granted Free Agency.

• November 20, 1989

  Released Mike Maddux.

  Released Dwayne Murphy.

• December 1, 1989

  Signed Carmelo Martínez as a free agent.

• December 4, 1989

  Drafted Sil Campusano from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

  Gordon Dillard drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Dave Hollins from the San Diego Padres in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1989

  Signed Steve Lake as a free agent.

• December 14, 1989

  Signed Rod Booker as a free agent.

• March 30, 1990

  Released Jeff Gray.

• March 31, 1990

  Purchased Darrel Akerfelds from the Texas Rangers.

  Traded Steve Jeltz to the Kansas City Royals. Received José de Jesús.