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After a 10-6 season as a rookie for Oakland in 1985, Birtsas spent most of 1986 disabled or in the minors. Originally drafted by the Yankees, he was part of the trade package that pried Rickey Henderson from the A's in 1984, and was sent to Cincinnati with Jose Rijo for Dave Parker in December 1987. (ME)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » December 5, 1984: The A's send base-stealing OF Rickey Henderson and P Bert Bradley to the Yankees in exchange for pitchers Jay Howell and Jose Rijo, OF Stan Javier, and minor leaguers Tim Birtsas and Eric Plunk. On the same day, the Yankees trade C Rick Cerone to the Braves for P Brian Fisher. » December 8, 1987: Cincinnati trades OF Dave Parker to the A's for pitchers Jose Rijo and Tim Birtsas, the Braves trade SS Rafael Ramirez to the Astros for a pair of minor leaguers, and in the day's biggest (and most lopsided) deal, the Cubs send dominating reliever Lee Smith to the Red Sox for pitchers Al Nipper and Calvin Schiraldi.