1988 San Francisco Giants Trades and Transactions

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

• November 9, 1987

  Chili Davis granted Free Agency.

  Atlee Hammaker granted Free Agency.

  Dave Henderson granted Free Agency.

  Mike LaCoss granted Free Agency.

  Eddie Milner granted Free Agency.

  Joe Price granted Free Agency.

  Joel Youngblood granted Free Agency.

• November 24, 1987

  Signed Mike LaCoss as a free agent.

• December 1, 1987

  Signed Brett Butler as a free agent.

  Signed Joel Youngblood as a free agent.

• December 9, 1987

  Traded a player to be named later to the Boston Red Sox. Received Dave Henderson. The San Francisco Giants sent Randy Kutcher (December 9, 1987) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

• December 14, 1987

  Signed Joe Price as a free agent.

• December 21, 1987

  Released Phil Ouellette.

• January 8, 1988

  Signed Atlee Hammaker as a free agent.

• January 28, 1988

  Signed Phil Garner as a free agent.

• March 19, 1988

  Traded Rod Scurry to the Seattle Mariners. Received a player to be named later. The Seattle Mariners sent Donell Nixon (June 23, 1988) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

• March 23, 1988

  Traded Charlie Corbell (minors) to the Oakland Athletics. Received Rod Beck.

• March 29, 1988

  Released Jon Perlman.

• April 28, 1988

  Signed Larry Carter as a free agent.

• May 11, 1988

  Signed Ron Davis as a free agent.

• June 1, 1988

  Drafted Royce Clayton in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 1988.

  Drafted Ted Wood in the 1st round (29th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1988.

  Drafted Eddie Tucker in the 5th round of the 1988 amateur draft.

  Drafted Kevin Rogers in the 9th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1988.

  Drafted Steve Decker in the 21st round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1988.

  Drafted John Patterson in the 23rd round of the 1988 amateur draft.

  Drafted Reggie Williams in the 25th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1988.

• June 8, 1988

  Traded Jeffrey Leonard to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Ernie Riles.

• June 24, 1988

  Signed Steve Reed as an amateur free agent.

• July 5, 1988

  Signed Lary Sorensen as a free agent.

• July 15, 1988

  Released Mark Wasinger.

• August 11, 1988

  Released Harry Spilman.

• August 16, 1988

  Traded Alan Cockrell to the Minnesota Twins. Received Karl Best.

• October 15, 1988

  Randy Bockus granted Free Agency.

  Roger Mason granted Free Agency.

  Rusty Tillman granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 1988

  Signed Ed Jurak as a free agent.

• November 4, 1988

  Ron Davis granted Free Agency.

  Phil Garner granted Free Agency.

  Lary Sorensen granted Free Agency.

  Joel Youngblood granted Free Agency.

• November 8, 1988

  Signed Bill Bathe as a free agent.

• November 20, 1988

  Traded Ángel Escobar to the Montreal Expos. Received Wilfredo Tejada.

• December 7, 1988

  Signed Lary Sorensen as a free agent.

• December 8, 1988

  Traded Mike Aldrete to the Montreal Expos. Received Tracy Jones.

• December 21, 1988

  Released Bob Brenly.

• January, 1989

  Signed George Wright as a free agent.

• January 17, 1989

  Signed James Steels as a free agent.

• January 24, 1989

  Traded Bob Melvin to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Terry Kennedy.

• January 25, 1989

  Signed Mike Laga as a free agent.

• February 27, 1989

  Signed Ernie Camacho as a free agent.

• March 26, 1989

  Traded Francisco Meléndez to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Ken Gerhart.