1988 Texas Rangers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 1987

  Traded Don Slaught to the New York Yankees. Received a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Brad Arnsberg (November 10, 1987) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• November 9, 1987

  Tom Paciorek granted Free Agency.

• November 12, 1987

  Signed DeWayne Vaughn as a free agent.

  Signed José Oliva as an amateur free agent.

• December 1, 1987

  Signed Tony Fossas as a free agent.

• December 8, 1987

  Signed Craig McMurtry as a free agent.

• December 12, 1987

  Traded Tom Duggan (minors) and Kirk Killingsworth (minors) to the Oakland Athletics. Received José Tolentino.

• December 13, 1987

  Signed Bárbaro Garbey as a free agent.

• December 21, 1987

  Released Greg Harris.

  Released Darrell Porter.

• December 23, 1987

  Traded Javier Ortiz to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Scott May.

• January 19, 1988

  Signed Steve Kemp as a free agent.

  Released Steve Howe.

• February 2, 1988

  Signed Ed Vande Berg as a free agent.

  Released Larry McWilliams.

• March 17, 1988

  Traded Dave Meier and Greg Tabor to the Chicago Cubs. Received Ray Hayward.

• March 25, 1988

  Traded Mike Loynd to the Houston Astros. Received Robbie Wine.

• March 29, 1988

  Released Ed Vande Berg.

• April 4, 1988

  Signed Guy Hoffman as a free agent.

• April 6, 1988

  Traded Dave Sax to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Bill Merrifield (minors).

• April 8, 1988

  Signed Ed Vande Berg as a free agent.

• May 17, 1988

  Signed Tito Landrum as a free agent.

• May 25, 1988

  Released Steve Kemp.

• June 1, 1988

  Drafted Monty Fariss in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft.

  Drafted Darren Oliver in the 3rd round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1988.

  Drafted Rob Maurer in the 6th round of the 1988 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeff Frye in the 30th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1988.

  Drafted Tom Urbani in the 34th round of the 1988 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Shannon Penn in the 58th round of the 1988 amateur draft.

• June 9, 1988

  Signed Steve Kemp as a free agent.

• June 13, 1988

  Released José Tolentino.

• June 20, 1988

  Kevin Mmahat player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• July 9, 1988

  Released Larry Parrish.

• July 21, 1988

  Signed Jim Sundberg as a free agent.

• July 27, 1988

  Signed Iván Rodríguez as an amateur free agent.

• August 30, 1988

  Traded Dale Mohorcic to the New York Yankees. Received Cecilio Guante.

• September 1, 1988

  Traded Tom O'Malley to the Montreal Expos. Received a player to be named later. The Montreal Expos sent Jack Daugherty (September 13, 1988) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• October 11, 1988

  Released Guy Hoffman.

• October 15, 1988

  Tony Fossas granted Free Agency.

  Tito Landrum granted Free Agency.

  Larry See granted Free Agency.

  James Steels granted Free Agency.

  DeWayne Vaughn granted Free Agency.

• October 22, 1988

  Billy Taylor granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 1988

  Scott Fletcher granted Free Agency.

  Cecilio Guante granted Free Agency.

  Jim Sundberg granted Free Agency.

  Ed Vande Berg granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 1988

  Signed Paul Wilmet as a free agent.

• November 30, 1988

  Signed Scott Fletcher as a free agent.

• December 5, 1988

  Drafted Darrel Akerfelds from the Cleveland Indians in the 1988 rule 5 draft.

  Efrain Valdez drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1988 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Bob Brower to the New York Yankees. Received Bob Meacham.

  Traded Luis Benitez (minors), Pablo Delgado (minors), Paul Kilgus, Curt Wilkerson, Mitch Williams and Steve Wilson to the Chicago Cubs. Received Drew Hall, Jamie Moyer and Rafael Palmeiro.

• December 6, 1988

  Traded Jerry Browne, Oddibe McDowell and Pete O'Brien to the Cleveland Indians. Received Julio Franco.

• December 7, 1988

  Signed Nolan Ryan as a free agent.

• December 19, 1988

  Traded Scott Anderson to the Montreal Expos. Received Mike Berger (minors).

• December 21, 1988

  Signed Ed Vande Berg as a free agent.

• January 1, 1989

  Tack Wilson received from the California Angels in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• January 6, 1989

  Signed Cecilio Guante as a free agent.

  Signed Jim Sundberg as a free agent.

• January 9, 1989

  Signed Buddy Bell as a free agent.

• January 23, 1989

  Signed Rick Leach as a free agent.

• February 25, 1989

  Signed Jeff Stone as a free agent.

• March 30, 1989

  Traded Dwayne Henry to the Atlanta Braves. Received Dave Miller (minors) and cash.