Billy's Transactions - A Visual History
by mrfox on Apr 9, 2008 1:35 PM PDT
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I've been toying with the idea of documenting some of Billy's trades for a while and having found nothing like this elsewhere on-line I thought I'd start posting a few of the "trading routes" that I've pulled together.
I'm just experimenting with a visual way of representing the "blood lines" involved in some of Billy's bigger moves - any feedback welcome...
First up is Mark Mulder's legacy, which is fairly topical as Greg Smith makes his first start in the Majors tonight...
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I like it...
Well-organized and easy to read/interpret. The "service year" flags look a little afterthought-ish, but I don't know what else you could have done with them.
Who first drafted Mulder? Is there a way to squeeze that onto the blue circle?
"There is an HR in Hanrahan." ~ mikeA
by Poppy on Apr 9, 2008 1:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Drafted but not signed by Detroit...
...I've used a colour-coded approach but will investigate adding team abbreviation if possible.
Agree about the year flags but thought it was better to include them than leave them out.
by mrfox on Apr 9, 2008 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I figured you were color-coding, but there are so many blue teams... :\
"Huston, you're hot!'' said first baseman Dan Johnson, dressed as a bottle of mustard.
by Poppy on Apr 9, 2008 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's cool
Cunningham looks a bit like Hatty.
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on Apr 9, 2008 1:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Mark Mulder:
Oakland's all-time greatest draft pick.
"Looks like you brought two too many."
by BWH on Apr 9, 2008 2:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Carter and Anderson
look familiar for some reason
by jeffro on Apr 9, 2008 3:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
They could be twins!
But not the Minnesota kind, I hope.
http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/
by thejd44 on Apr 9, 2008 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess we made out well by not re-signing Damon. haha
Juan Pierre: 44 Million Dollars, Juan Pierre's 3.2 WARP3: Priceless
by Travis Buck Nuckin on Apr 9, 2008 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So AJ Hinch was turned into Gio/DLS/Bad Sweeney?
That's kind of awesome.
http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/
by thejd44 on Apr 9, 2008 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chris Mowday
Seems like he hung 'em up after a one game, two inning stint in the independent league in 2005.
by noava22 on Apr 10, 2008 3:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He did but...
...he'd already been traded to the Cubs (for cash considerations?) by then.
by mrfox on Apr 10, 2008 3:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently...
he's not done.
Here's a very recent pic of him
but yeah. still no idea what we got for him from the Cubs. Most likely a minor league trade.
by noava22 on Apr 10, 2008 5:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is fantastic
I have a friend who is a Card's fan, and I remind him at least once a week that we are always willing to consider more trades with them based on how the last one worked out.
This makes it 100% easier to give him a hard time.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on Apr 10, 2008 9:55 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice!
We might need to seek out this one while any passing Braves fans are distracted though!
by mrfox on Apr 10, 2008 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
I liked the first two a whole lot more.
Good work though -- it really makes as much sense of the madness that anyone can.
Green Hulk Fists
by oaklandSMASH on Apr 10, 2008 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As Joey Devine looks likely to join the party tonight, here's how he got his invitation...
by mrfox on Apr 10, 2008 2:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Jeez
21+ years on that one.
Makes me wonder if there are any longer strings.
Juan Pierre: 44 Million Dollars, Juan Pierre's 3.2 WARP3: Priceless
by Travis Buck Nuckin on Apr 10, 2008 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey bro
love the work, again. Just wanna let you know, Carlos Pena was a 1B, not a C
;)
by noava22 on Apr 11, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
and
Gerald Laird wasn't a compensatory pick, he was our 2nd round pick that year; therefore, nothing begat Laird.
:)
by noava22 on Apr 11, 2008 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Excellent...
...thanks for the updates. Appreciate it.
by mrfox on Apr 12, 2008 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
a 1b that has turned into a 1.000 OPS player
...but I would have traded him also, it took him 5 years to get major league ready.
by mrrickyg on Apr 12, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
nice post
front page material.
A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!
by micdog2001 on Apr 11, 2008 11:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Do any players
go back to Rickey Henderson in anyway? That would be really cool.
Juan Pierre: 44 Million Dollars, Juan Pierre's 3.2 WARP3: Priceless
by Travis Buck Nuckin on Apr 12, 2008 8:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Afraid not...
Rickey was signed multiple times by the A's but only traded away once (otherwise becoming a free agent) - the trade brought Jose Herrera and Steve Karsay in return and their "blood lines" both ended soon afterwards (Herrera became a free agent and Karsay "became" Mike Fetters who went to the Angels as part of a conditional deal (which I believe is usually just a another way of saying $$$s but I could be wrong!)).
by mrfox on Apr 12, 2008 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You forgot '84
The first time we traded him brought Stan Javier, Jay Howell, Jose Rijo, Eric Plunk, and Tim Birtsas.
And we traded for him in '89, sending Greg Cadaret, Luis Polonia, and Plunk (!) to New York.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Apr 13, 2008 7:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok, so...
Javier -> Willie Randolph -> Free Agency (1990)
Howell -> Bob Welch -> Free Agency (1994)
Howell -> Matt Young -> Released (1988)
Birtsas -> Dave Parker -> Free Agency (1989)
Rijo -> Dave Parker -> Free Agency (1989)
and Plunk went back to NYY for Henderson as you mentioned.
by mrfox on Apr 13, 2008 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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