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Impact waiver-wire deals since the 1987 Doyle Alexander-for-John Smoltz swap.
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| Date |
Trade |
Impact |
| 08/30/87 |
Storm Davis (Padres) for Rob Nelson and Dave Leiper (A's) |
Davis won 42 games over the next three seasons for the pennant-winning A's. |
| 08/16/88 |
Pedro Guerrero (Dodgers) for John Tudor (Cardinals) |
Tudor (4-3, 2.41 ERA) helped Dodgers win NL West; Guerrero hit only 44 home runs in the next five years. |
| 08/31/88 |
Fred Lynn (Orioles) for Chris Hoiles , Cesar Mejia and Robinson Garcia (Tigers) |
Lynn hit .222 with 7 HR and 19 RBI in 27 games as the Tigers fell one game short of the AL East title. Hoiles, a catcher, hit 151 HR from 1989-1998, including 29 in 1993 and 25 in 1996. |
| 08/24/89 |
Francisco Cabrera (Blue Jays) for Tony Castillo and Jim Acker (Braves) |
Cabrera won Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS with a two-out, two-RBI single in the bottom of the ninth. Otherwise he didn't do much. Acker helped the Blue Jays win the AL East with a 2-1 record and 1.59 ERA in 14 games. |
| 08/16/90 |
Zane Smith (Expos) for Moises Alou , Scott Ruskin , and Willie Greene (Pirates) |
Smith keyed the Pirates' NL East pennant run by going 6-2 with a 1.30 ERA. Alou had two 20-plus HR seasons and hit .339 in 1994 before moving on to the Marlins and then Astros. |
| 08/29/90 |
Harold Baines (Rangers) for Scott Chiamparino and Joe Bitker (A's) |
Baines hit .266 with 3 HR and 21 RBI in 32 games, then hit .357 with 3 RBI in ALCS. |
| 08/29/90 |
Willie McGee (Cardinals) for Felix Jose , IF Stan Royer and RHP Daryl Green (A's) |
McGee hit .274, with 15 RBI in 21 games after qualifying and winning the NL batting title the same season. |
| 08/31/90 |
Larry Andersen (Astros) for Jeff Bagwell (Red Sox) |
Andersen posted 1.23 ERA in 15 games, with one save for division-winning Boston. Bagwell has hit nearly 300 HR for Astros. |
| 08/09/91 |
Candy Maldonado (Brewers) for IF William Suero , P Rob Wishnevski (Blue Jays) |
This was a great deal for the Blue Jays, who got a .277 average, 7 HR, and 28 RBI from Maldonado on their way to the 1991 AL East crown and then a 20 HR season from him in 1992, when they won the World Series. |
| 08/28/92 |
David Cone (Mets) for Jeff Kent , Ryan Thompson (Blue Jays) |
Cone went 4-3 with a 2.55 ERA for world champion Jays. Kent didn't blossom until 1997 with the Giants. |
| 08/30/92 |
Jeff Reardon (Red Sox) for Nathan Minchey and Sean Ross (Braves) |
Reardon solidified the Braves' bullpen, going 3-0 with 3 saves and a 1.15 ERA in 14 games. He also tossed three scoreless innings with a win and a save in the NLCS. |
| 08/15/95 |
Vince Coleman (Royals) for Jim Converse (Mariners) |
Coleman hit .290 with 16 SB for the M's, who won the AL West by a game. |
| 08/08/96 |
John Burkett (Marlins) for Ryan Dempster and Rick Helling (Rangers) |
Burkett went 5-2 with 4.06 ERA for Rangers, who won the AL West by 4.5 games. Dempster is an All-Star now with the Marlins. The Rangers got Helling back for Ed Vosberg in another waiver-wire deal on Aug. 12, 1997, and he has won 46 games since the start of 1998. |
| 08/28/96 |
Denny Neagle (Pirates) for Jason Schmidt and Ron Wright (Braves) |
Neagle went 2-3 with a 5.59 ERA in '96 but followed that up with a 36 wins over the next two years. |
| 08/29/96 |
Pete Incaviglia and Todd Zeile (Phillies) for Calvin Maduro and Garrett Stephenson (Orioles) |
This deal helped the O's win the wild card as Zeile hit .239 with 5 HR, 19 RBI and Incaviglia hit .303 with 2 HR, 8 RBI in spot duty. Stephenson is coming into his own now as a member of the Cardinals. |
| 08/24/99 |
Kent Mercker (Cardinals) for Mike Matthews and David Benham (Red Sox) |
Mercker gave the Red Sox a boost in winning the AL wild card, going 2-0 with a 3.51 ERA in five starts. |
| 08/27/99 |
Baines (Orioles) for Jimmy Hamilton (Indians) |
This was made to help the Indians in the playoffs, and Baines did that by hitting .357 with a homer and 4 RBI in the division series loss to Boston. |
| 08/31/99 |
Rod Beck (Cubs) for Mark Guthrie and Cole Liniak (Red Sox) |
Beck was part of the Red Sox wild card team, saving three games and posting a 1.93 ERA in 14 games. |
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