Worst Baseball Trades....??
DirtyHarry
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The Baltimore Sun is running a lot of different articles about Orioles history, as the O's celebrate their 50th season. They printed what they thought was the "all time" bad trade the club made.
I recall Glenn Davis being a major bomb, but I didn't recall who they traded to get him from the Astros, where he was averaging 29 HR's a year over 5 years. The O's got him in 1991, and he ended up playing 185 games over the next 3 seasons, hitting a total of 24 HR's, then never again played in the majors! He earned $7 million a year in 92 and 93.
They traded:
Curt Schilling - 2 time 20 game winner, 6 seasons 15+ victories.
Steve Finley - 7- 20+ HR seasons, 5 times 100+ runs scored.
Pete Harnisch - won 95 games post-trade, inc 2-16 win yrs.
Any other bad deals come to mind??
I recall Glenn Davis being a major bomb, but I didn't recall who they traded to get him from the Astros, where he was averaging 29 HR's a year over 5 years. The O's got him in 1991, and he ended up playing 185 games over the next 3 seasons, hitting a total of 24 HR's, then never again played in the majors! He earned $7 million a year in 92 and 93.
They traded:
Curt Schilling - 2 time 20 game winner, 6 seasons 15+ victories.
Steve Finley - 7- 20+ HR seasons, 5 times 100+ runs scored.
Pete Harnisch - won 95 games post-trade, inc 2-16 win yrs.
Any other bad deals come to mind??
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Jeff Bagwell for Larry Anderson
Ryne Sandberg, Larry Bowa and Keith Moreland for Ivan Dejesus (I think Bowa was in that trade)
Jay Buhner for Ken Phelps (thanks for the reminder Mr. Costanza)
A's send Mark McGwire to Cardinals for pitchers T.J. Mathews, Eric Ludwick and Blake Stein
Tigers send John Smoltz to Braves for Doyle Alexander
Padres send Fred McGriff to Braves for OF Melvin Nieves and pitchers Donnie Elliott and Vince Moore
Mariners send Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek to Red Sox for Heathcliff Slocumb
Blue Jays send David Cone to Yankees for pitchers Marty Janzsen, Jason Jarvis and Mike Gordon
CU turns its lonely eyes to you
What's the you say, Mrs Robinson
Vargha bucks have left and gone away?
hey hey hey
hey hey hey
Orlando Cepeda for Ray Sadecki
Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio
and for you basketball fans one of the worst trades ever
Joe Barry Carroll for Robert Parrish and the rights to Kevin McHale
Yankee Collector 1958-60
Retired complete 1960 Topps set
White Sox trade Sammy Sosa to the Cubs for George Bell
Giants trade Gaylord Perry to the Indians for Sam McDowell
Frank Robby for Milt pappas
couple of yankees trades that sent mcgriff to toronto for i forget who and the one that sent mcgee to the cards for some jimoke
Rafael Palmeiro traded by the Chicago Cubs with Drew Hall and Jamie Moyer to the Texas Rangers for Mitch Williams, Paul Kilgus, Steve Wilson, Curtis Wilkerson, Luis Benitez (minors), and Pablo Delgado (minors).
Also --
Willie McGee was traded by the New York Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob Sykes
And another Sosa deal --
Sammy Sosa traded by the Texas Rangers with Wilson Alvarez and Scott Fletcher to the Chicago White Sox for Harold Baines and Fred Manrique.
CU turns its lonely eyes to you
What's the you say, Mrs Robinson
Vargha bucks have left and gone away?
hey hey hey
hey hey hey
especially since they have seen such success after trading him to NY
CU turns its lonely eyes to you
What's the you say, Mrs Robinson
Vargha bucks have left and gone away?
hey hey hey
hey hey hey
Other trades:
Padres trade Ozzie Smith to the Cardinals for Gary Templeton
Fergie Jenkins trade
Ryne Sandberg trade
Julio Franco trade
the list goes on and on...
Bobby Abreu traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the Philadelphia Phillies for Kevin Stocker.
CU turns its lonely eyes to you
What's the you say, Mrs Robinson
Vargha bucks have left and gone away?
hey hey hey
hey hey hey
9- Phil Esposito for a bunch of goofballs
8- Sosa for G. Bell
7- W. Chamberlain to the 76ers for 3 ding-dongs (I was trying to write these down)
6- Colts trade #1 pick (Elway) to Broncos for 3 nobodies
5- Frank Robinson to Reds for Pappas and others
4- Kareeem to Lakers nothing
3- Parrish to Celtics for has beens
2- Nolan Ryan to Angels f/Fregosi and others
1- Herschell Walker to Minnesota for 5 players and 7(!!) draft picks