# Worst baseball trades ever

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-baseball-trades-ever/64457>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 5, 2001, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-baseball-trades-ever/64457 "2001-05-05T19:03:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-baseball-trades-ever/64457/41 "2001-05-19T22:24:12Z")

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> \*Originally posted by jsc1953 \*  
> \*\*The Giants got bit a couple of times in the mid-60’s, as any long-suffering fan (is there any other kind?) can tell you:
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> Orlando Cepeda for Ray (who?) Sadecki. Orlando went on to an MVP year with St Louis.
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> Gaylord Perry for “Sudden” Sam McDowell. Perry only had another 200 or so wins left in him after the trade. McDowell flamed out in a year. \*\*

I remember. They seemed to a a knack for bad trades. Plus, they traded Gearge Foster for some guy named Duffy. And who did they get for Dave Kingman?

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-baseball-trades-ever/64457/42 "2001-05-20T15:45:52Z")

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> \*Originally posted by kevja \*  
> Plus, they traded Gearge Foster for some guy named Duffy. \*\*

Be fair now. The Giants picked up Vern Geishert in the Foster deal, too, not just Frank Duffy.

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**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-baseball-trades-ever/64457/43 "2001-05-20T18:19:21Z")

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Then the Giants sent Duffy to Cleveland with Gaylord Perry for Sam McDowell.

My beloved Tribe has pulled some whoppers over the years:

Rocky Colavito to the Tigers for Harvey Kuenn;

Graig Nettles to the Yankees for the immortal Charlie Spikes.

The Colavito trade was about the most pointless trade in history. The Indians insane GM Frank Lane admitted that he traded Colavito, the AL Home Run Champ for the AL Batting Champ Kuenn just for the hell of it.

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