Jim Hendry Trade History

[TheBenjamin]

Date Traded Received
07/31/2002 Darren Lewis Chad Hermansen
08/22/2002 Tom Gordon Ross Rohlicek and 2 PTBNL: Travis Anderson and Mike Nannini
08/25/2002 Jeff Fassero 2 PTBNL: Jared Nlasdell and Jason Karnuth
09/04/2002 Bill Mueller and cash Jeff Verplancke
11/13/2002 Dave Noyce and Gary Johnson Damian Miller
11/26/2002 PTBNL: Ryan Gripp Paul Bako
12/04/2002 Todd Hundley and Chad Hermansen Mark Grudzielanek and Eric Karros
12/16/2002 Derek Thompson Cash
05/02/2003 Nate Teut Cash
05/09/2003 Alan Benes PTBNL
05/29/2003 Derrin Ebert Chris Donnels
06/20/2003 Mark Bellhorn Jose Hernandez
07/06/2003 Chris Donnels Cash
07/23/2003 Jose Hernandez, Matt Bruback and a PTBNL: Bobby Hill Aramis Ramirez, Kenny Lofton and cash
07/30/2003 Jason Fransz and cash Doug Glanville
08/17/2003 Ray Sadler Randall Simon
08/19/2003 Enmanuel Ramires Tony Womack
08/22/2003 Tom Evans Cash
08/25/2003 Phil Norton John Koronka
11/25/2003 Hee-Seop Choi Derreck Lee
12/15/2003 Damian Miller and cash Michael Barrett
12/19/2003 Wilton Chavez Jose Macias
03/25/2004 Juan Cruz and Steve Smyth Andy Pratt and Richard Lewis
04/01/2004 Santiago Perez PTBNL
04/01/2004 PTBNL Kevin Tolar
04/03/2004 Todd Dunwoody PTBNL
04/29/2004 Felix Sanchez Joe Connolly and a PTBNL: Eric Eckenstahler
05/31/2004 Damian Jackson Travis Dawkins
07/02/2004 Jimmy Anderson Andrew Shipman
07/21/2004 Ricky Gutierrez PTBNL
07/31/2004 Brendan Harris, Alex Gonzalez and Francis Beltran (Expos), Justin Jones (Twins) Nomar Garciaparra and Matt Murton (Red Sox)
08/31/2004 PTBNL Mike DiFelice
08/31/2004 Cash and a PTBNL: Andy Pratt Ben Grieve
01/10/2005 PTBNL Steve Randolph
02/02/2005 Sammy Sosa and cash Jerry Hairston, Mike Fontenot and Dave Crouthers
02/09/2005 Kyle Farnsworth Roberto Novoa, Scott Moore and Bo Flowers
03/26/2005 Travis Ezi Mark Johnson
03/29/2005 Ronald Bay Cliff Bartosh
03/30/2005 Cody Ransom Cash
04/01/2005 Danny Klassen PTBNL
05/16/2005 Mike Moriarty PTBNL
05/28/2005 LaTroy Hawkins and cash Jerome Williams and David Aardsma
07/18/2005 Jason Dubois Jody Gerut
07/31/2005 Jody Gerut and cash Matt Lawton
08/09/2005 Mike Remlinger and cash Olivio Astacio
08/27/2005 Matt Lawton Justin Berg
08/29/2005 Todd Hollandsworth Todd Blackford and Angelo Burrows
11/16/2005 Jon Leicester Cash
12/01/2005 Jermaine Van Buren Cash
12/07/2005 Sergio Mitre, Ricky Nolasco and Renyel Pinto Juan Pierre
01/09/2006 Corey Patterson Nate Spears and Carlos Perez
01/25/2006 Cash Angel Pagan
03/28/2006 Todd Wellemeyer Zach McCormack and Lincoln Holdzkom
03/31/2006 John Koronka and cash (Rangers) Freddie Bynum (A's)
05/31/2006 Jerry Hairston Phil Nevin and cash
06/26/2006 Mark Watson PTBNL
07/22/2006 Scott Williamson Fabian Jimenez Angulo and Joel Santo
07/31/2006 Todd Walker Jose Ceda
07/31/2006 Greg Maddux Cesar Izturis
08/20/2006 Neifi Perez Chris Robinson
08/31/2006 Phil Nevin and cash PTBNL: Adam Harben
11/16/2006 David Aardsma and Carlos Vasquez Neal Cotts
12/06/2006 Freddie Bynum PTBNL: Kevin Hart
12/07/2006 Josh Hamilton Cash
02/13/2007 Jae Kuk Ryu Andrew Lopez and Greg Reinhard
03/29/2007 Tomas Perez PTBNL
06/20/2007 Michael Barrett and cash Rob Bowen and Kyler Burke
07/04/2007 John Nelson PTBNL
07/15/2007 Bo Hart PTBNL
07/16/2007 Rob Bowen and Jerry Blevins Jason Kendall and cash
07/19/2007 Cesar Izturis Cash
08/23/2007 PTBNL: Clay Rapada Craig Monroe and cash
08/30/2007 Buck Coats PTBNL: Marcus Mateo
08/31/2007 Rocky Cherry and Scott Moore Steve Trachsel
11/12/2007 Jacque Jones Omar Infante
11/13/2007 Craig Monroe PTBNL
12/04/2007 Will Ohman and Omar Infante Jose Ascanio
01/05/2008 Angel Pagan Ryan Meyers and Corey Coles

[TheBenjamin]

sorry for teh jumbled paste job, it was in a spread sheet form.

but if you can make it out, you can see that he has made some really good trades. I have nothing but faith in him

[TheBenjamin]

Bolded who we sent so its easier to read

[Fukudome's Homie]

11/25/2003 Hee-Seop Choi Derreck Lee


I know he's made his fair share of deals that didn't turn out that well like all GMs, but it's trades like this that have made me decide to change my tune and put my faith in Hendry.

[cubsfan162512]

got it off MLBTR didn't you? good post though...really interesting to see all the trades that we rocked (D-Lee, A-Ram)

[TrueBlueCubFan]

got it off MLBTR didn't you? good post though...really interesting to see all the trades that we rocked (D-Lee, A-Ram)

I think you can add Jose Ceda for Todd Walker & Cotts for Aardsma to that list.

[LeeEila's/rant]

Great Post !!! Tons of info !! Thanks Ben .

In glancing through it , I would hope he stays away from pitching changes , it doesn't look like he did well with them in the past

[SKIPPER 11]

12/07/06 - Josh Hamilton for cash, I knew we had this guy at one time. I said this in an earlier post and someone said we didnt.

We also got Randall Simon in 03. That part of the trade or maybe it was a trade by itself always is forgotten.

[TheBenjamin]

We had Hamilton, but not really. The Reds bought our Rule 5 pick before we made it, so while he was ours, he was ours for about a second

[SKIPPER 11]

maybe the Pirates just dumped Simon and we picked him up

[SKIPPER 11]

There is really only a couple that would be considered bad -

1. Maddux- but we did him a favor

2. Latroy Hawkins- but he needed a change in scenery and has never been the same

3. Pagan- i dont know the two guys we got for him, Pagan was a decent 4rth OF

4. Juan Cruz

[TheBenjamin]

maybe the Pirates just dumped Simon and we picked him up

08/17/2003 Ray Sadler for Randall Simon

[SKIPPER 11]

I see it now- it was actually after we acquired Glanville

[TheBenjamin]

:D easy to miss with such a long list filled with trades we forgot long ago

[Fukudome's Homie]

maybe the Pirates just dumped Simon and we picked him up

Pretty sure we traded for him, seems like it was after the deadline too. And not too long after the sausage beating incident. Sorry for any dirty thoughts caused by the wording of that last sentence.

[Fukudome's Homie]

Guess I should have just kept reading since Benjamin pointed it out already.

[TheBenjamin]

:D its cool

I liked Simon. Not a main player, but had some key moments

[InfinitePulse]

Especially when he batted the sausage racer...

[TheBenjamin]

update the list people

HARDEN is now a Cub :D

[SkullKey]

:D its cool

I liked Simon. Not a main player, but had some key moments

Simon is of the type of player that - if I were a Field manager - I would try to have in my 23 - 25 spots. Along with an exceptional pinch runner / base stealer (Otis Nixon) and a superb switch-hitting pinch-hitter I take a Randall Simon. Why?

The guy was an exceptionally high ratio fly-ball hitter and actually made contact more than any other hitter in the game when he played. I would have had this guy on the bench just (but not exclusively) for those "man on 3rd and 1, or less, out" situations that come up a surprising amount of times. Those are often critical situations and scoring that man from 3rd can win many ball-games and Simon - I am convinced - would have driven very many. Just get the ball in the air and fairly deep - nobody was better. I think a guy like Simon might mean 2 or 3 extra wins for a team over the course of a season. That's a lot.

Randall Simon: an extreme situational hitter.

[DLee25]

Wow the lofton ramirez trade was such a steal lol

[TheBenjamin]

more then a steal.

Hendry has made more good trades then bad

A lot more

[SkullKey]

Can anybody name a better General Manager the Cubs have ever had other than Jim Hendry? He has actually made the Cubs competitive if not favorities so far this century. He's not done in my opinion. I'm thinking long term about Rich Harden. The kid is 25 or so and extremely talented: what a magnificent acquisition. What he means to the future of the Cubs (not to even consider 2008) is tremendous.

[VanMan]

Can anybody name a better General Manager the Cubs have ever had other than Jim Hendry? He has actually made the Cubs competitive if not favorities so far this century. He's not done in my opinion. I'm thinking long term about Rich Harden. The kid is 25 or so and extremely talented: what a magnificent acquisition. What he means to the future of the Cubs (not to even consider 2008) is tremendous.
I think Dallas Green made some pretty good moves leading to and in the 1984 season. I think it was him who traded in 1982 or '83 Ivan DeJesus to Philly for Larry Bowa and a PTBNL. Who was the PTBNL? None other than Heather's crush, Ryno. He also traded for Sutcliffe and Eck during or around 1984, and acquired Sarge and the Penguin. Hendry may be up there with Green, maybe surpassed him with the Harden and Gaudin for Gallagher, EPatt, M&M and that A-ball catcher.

[SKIPPER 11]

I think Dallas Green made some pretty good moves leading to and in the 1984 season. I think it was him who traded in 1982 or '83 Ivan DeJesus to Philly for Larry Bowa and a PTBNL. Who was the PTBNL? None other than Heather's crush, Ryno. He also traded for Sutcliffe and Eck during or around 1984, and acquired Sarge and the Penguin. Hendry may be up there with Green, maybe surpassed him with the Harden and Gaudin for Gallagher, EPatt, M&M and that A-ball catcher.



Dont forget about the DEER - Bobby Dernier- The daily double - Derneir and Sandberg

[LeeEila's/rant]

Can anybody name a better General Manager the Cubs have ever had other than Jim Hendry? He has actually made the Cubs competitive if not favorities so far this century. He's not done in my opinion. I'm thinking long term about Rich Harden. The kid is 25 or so and extremely talented: what a magnificent acquisition. What he means to the future of the Cubs (not to even consider 2008) is tremendous.

So true , this is proof that Andy - The - Clown was holding him down for years !!!!

[TheBenjamin]

After the Tribune Company bought the Chicago Cubs from the Wrigley family in 1981, the company hired Green away from the Phillies after the 1981 season as executive vice president and general manager. His presence was quickly felt in the organization, as his slogan "Building a New Tradition" was a jab at the Cubs' history of losing. He hired a number of coaches and scouts away from the Phillies, such as Lee Elia (Green's first manager and college roommate at Delaware), John Vukovich (who remained on the Cubs' staff throughout Green's tenure), and Gordon Goldsberry (the team's director of player development). Green also made some trades with the Phillies, acquiring players such as Keith Moreland, Dan Larson, and Dickie Noles. His best trade came during that first offseason when Green sent Ivan DeJesus to the Phillies for shortstop Larry Bowa and a minor league infielder named Ryne Sandberg. It proved to be one of the most one-sided trades in baseball history. Bowa was the Cubs starting shortstop for three seasons, and Sandberg blossomed into a star, being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005.

Green continued to build the Cubs during the 1982 and 1983 seasons. After acquiring left fielder Gary Matthews and center fielder Bob Dernier from Philadelphia before the 1984 season, Green's Cubs became serious contenders for the first time in more than a decade. During the 1984 season, Green made a few more moves, most notably acquiring right-handed pitcher Dennis Eckersley from the Boston Red Sox for popular first baseman Bill Buckner in late May, and sending Cubs' prospects Mel Hall and Joe Carter to the Cleveland Indians for relief pitcher George Frazier, backup catcher Ron Hassey and right-handed pitcher Rick Sutcliffe in mid-June. Sutcliffe went 16-1 with the Cubs that season to lead the Cubs to the National League East title--their first postseason appearance of any kind since the 1945 World Series. Because Green neglected to renew waivers on Hall and Carter, the status of the trade was in doubt for a while, and the two did not play for a week. Green's first-year manager Jim Frey (who managed the Kansas City Royals against Green in 1980) won NL Manager of the Year, Sutcliffe won the NL Cy Young Award, and Sandberg won the NL Most Valuable Player Award. Green captured Executive of the Year honors. The Cubs' strong season was enough for Green to win a power struggle within the Cubs front office; he was promoted to team president, replacing Jim Finks, who resigned to take a job with the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League.

The Cubs struggled in 1985 and 1986. It finished last in 1987. In 1987, Green fired manager Gene Michael over Labor Day weekend, blasted his team for quitting in an interview with the Chicago Tribune, and then resigned as general manager and president of the Cubs in October 1987 citing "philosophical differences" with Tribune Company executives.

Green was the first Cubs executive to clash with the City of Chicago over lights in Wrigley Field. Green was a strong proponent of lights from the start of his tenure, but a city ordinance prohibited the Cubs from installing lights in the residential Lakeview neighborhood, where Wrigley Field was located. As Green saw it, the issue wasn't lights or no lights, but Wrigley Field or move to the suburbs. Bluntly stating that "if there are no lights in Wrigley Field, there will be no Wrigley Field," he threatened to move the Cubs to a new stadium in northwest suburban Schaumburg or Arlington Heights. He also seriously considered shutting down Wrigley Field for a year and playing at Comiskey Park as tenants of the White Sox, in hopes that the loss of revenue would temper or eliminate neighborhood opposition. Green's stance changed the context of the debate, as even the staunchest opponents of installing lights did not want to be held responsible for the Cubs leaving town. Shortly before Green's departure, the Chicago City Council and Mayor Harold Washington (who died a week later) approved a change to the ordinance, allowing the Cubs to install lights in 1988.

Green also rebuilt the Cubs' farm system with Goldsberry, developing stars like Shawon Dunston, Greg Maddux, Rafael Palmeiro, Jamie Moyer, and Mark Grace. The Cubs won a division title in 1989.