February 2nd in 1990s Baseball
Happy 1990s Birthday to Scott Erickson, who went 8-4 for the Twins after being called up in 1990 and spent 15 years in the bigs, including winning a ring with Minnesota in 1991.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Pat Tabler, who hit .489 with the bases loaded during is career, which began with the Cubs in 1981 and wrapped up with Toronto in 1992. Pat earned an All-Star not with Cleveland in 1987.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Paul Kilgus, who was a 43rd-round draft pick and spent parts of six seasons in the bigs with five teams.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Pat Clements, who won 5 games as a rookie for the Angels in 1985 and 17 overall between ’85 and 1992.
Happy 1990s Birthday to Melvin Mora, who debuted with the Mets in 1999 and spent 13 years in the big leagues, winning a Silver Slugger in 2004 and earning two All-Star nods.
2/2/99
The Reds trade Damian Jackson, minor leaguer Josh Harris, and Reggie Sanders to the Padres for Mark Sweeney and Greg Vaughn.
Vaughn mashes 45 homers in his lone season in Cincinnati and signs with the Rays for 2000.
2/2/90
Unable to come to terms on a multi-year deal he Reds and Tom Browning agree on a one-year contract worth $2.125 million. Browning goes 1-9 and leads the N.L. in starts or the third consecutive year. He also wins a ring.
2/2/90
The Angels agree to terms with Bob McClure moments before they were scheduled to go into the arbitration room. McClure gets a ne-year deal worth $825,000 but develops tenonitis in his elbow and misses much of the year.
2/2/93
The Reds sign Randy Milligan as a free agent. He hits .274 in 83 games before being dealt to Cleveland and wraps up his career with the Expos in 1994.
2/2/93
Padres pitcher Andy Benes quadruples his salary to $2.05 million after winning his arbitration case. Benes wins 15 games in 1993 and makes the All-Sta team for he first time.
2/2/93
Darrin Jackson also wins his arbitration case against the Padres resulting in a salary of $2.1 million for 1993.
2/2/93
Mark Lemke loses his arbitration case with Atlanta and settles for a one-year deal worth $550,000.
2/2/96
The Mariners sign Norm Charlton to a one-year free agent deal worth $2.2 million with two option years. He goes 4-7 with 20 saves in 1996.
2/2/98
The Cubs sign Terry Mulholland as a free agent.
He goes 6-5 with 3 saves in 70 games and pitches until 2006.
2/2/99
The Expos sign Mike Maddux as a free agent.
He appears in four games before being released and signing with the Dodgers.
2/2/99
Jack McDowell undergoes exploratory arthroscopic shoulder surgery.
He returns to the mound in July and goes 0-4 for the Angels in his final big-league season.
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