Matt Whiteside Trades and Transactions

The Matt Whiteside trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Matt Whiteside has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"He'll (Matt Whiteside) be Texas' closer whenever Tom Henke turns into the next Jeff Reardon (You know, the great closer who suddenly becomes inconsistent bordering on scary). It took him only 45 Double-A and Triple-A innings to get 29 saves...and 43 strikeouts." - Columnist Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly ("These rookies ready to go", 03/24-30/1993)

Please consider sponsoring this page which is available.

Baseball Almanac started in 2000. Five years ago we averaged 255,048 hits per day, in 2011 we are averaging more than 1,800,000 hits per day. We rely on YOUR support and banner advertising (which we do our best to keep to a minimum). Please help us keep growing for another ten years.

How do you put your sponsorship here today for one full year (less than $3 per month and it REALLY does help us)? Simply click the PayPal button below, INCLUDE the player's name AND your message, and we will email you back usually within 24 hours:

Matt Whiteside

Matt Whiteside Autograph on a 1996 Fleer (#266)

Matt Whiteside Autograph on a 1996 Fleer (#266)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards Videos /
Birth Name:   Matthew Christopher Whiteside
Nickname:   Matt or Whitey
Born On:   08-08-1967  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Charleston, Missouri
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Undetermined
College:   Arkansas State University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   205
First Game:   08-05-1992 (Age 24)
Last Game:   05-07-2005
Draft:   1990 : 25th Round (661st)
Matt Whiteside

Trades & Transactions

06-04-1990: Selected by Texas Rangers in the 25th round — free-agent draft.
10-30-1996: Granted free agency.
11-22-1996: Signed by Texas Rangers.
03-23-1998: Released by Texas Rangers.
03-27-1998: Signed by Philadelphia Phillies.
10-16-1998: Granted free agency.
11-16-1998: Signed by San Diego Padres.
10-08-1999: Granted free agency.
10-25-1999: Signed by San Diego Padres.
10-02-2000: Granted free agency.
01-27-2001: Signed by Atlanta Braves.
07-05-2001: Released by Atlanta Braves.
01-16-2002: Signed by Colorado Rockies.
10-15-2002: Granted free agency.
07-11-2003: Sold by Yokohama Bay Stars (Japan Central) to Colorado Rockies.
10-15-2003: Granted free agency.
01-12-2004: Signed by Atlanta Braves.
10-15-2004: Granted free agency.
11-03-2004: Signed by Toronto Blue Jays.
10-03-2005: Granted free agency.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Matt Whiteside trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook