Other entries in the Trade Series:

Mike: I’ll Take Manhattan: Baseball’s Most Lopsided Trades

A Quick One (Happy Mike)

I'll Take Manhattan: Baseball's Most Lopsided Trades, Revised Edition

I'll Take Manhattan: Baseball's Most Lopsided Trades, Revised Edition (Cont.)

Lee Even Stevens

Studes: The Best and Worst Teams of the Trade

Smoltz for Alexander

OK, I wasn't satisfied with the first go-round. Let's go with something more straightforward. How about we just rank the trades by how well the players performed after the trade (i.e., Total Post WSAB):

#1:

Date: May 2, 1975
Trade: The Cubs sent Burt Hooton to Los Angeles for Geoff Zahn and Eddie Solomon.
Pre Career WS Diff: 31 (favoring LA)
Post Career WS Diff: 13 (Chi)
Pre Year WS Diff: 0
Post Year WS Diff: 15 (LA)
WSAB Pre Career Diff: 21 (LA)
WSAB Post Career Diff: 1 (LA)
WSAB Pre Yr Diff: 1 (LA)
WSAB Post Yr Diff: 10 (LA)
Overall Avg Diff: 11.5
Post Avg Diff: 9.8
Total Post WSAB: 125
WSDiff: 14

Now that's what I'm talking about. Hooton and Zahn were pretty productive pitchers swapped for each other before they turned 30. However, Hooton was the more productive of the two. Solomon had a few decent years later on. Hooton went from 0-2, 8.18 in Chicago to 18-7, 2.82. Zahn and Solomon were a bust in Chicago, but they both turned their careers around, Zahn in Minnesota and Solomon in Pittsburgh.

ToTeam	Last	Pre Career WS	Post Career WS	Pre Year WS	Post Year WS	WSAB Pre Career	WSAB Post Career	WSAB Pre Yr	WSAB Post Yr
LAN	Hooton	39	125	0	17	21	63	1	10
CHN	Solomon	1	34	0	0	0	8	0	0
CHN	Zahn	7	104	0	2	0	54	0	0

#2:

Date: April 7, 1979
Trade: The Dodgers sent Rick Rhoden to Pittsburgh for Jerry Reuss.
Pre Career WS Diff: 45 (favoring LA)
Post Career WS Diff: 6 (Pit)
Pre Year WS Diff: 0
Post Year WS Diff: 7 (LA)
WSAB Pre Career Diff: 21 (LA)
WSAB Post Career Diff: 0
WSAB Pre Yr Diff: 0
WSAB Post Yr Diff: 1 (LA)
Overall Avg Diff: 10.0
Post Avg Diff: 3.5
Total Post WSAB: 112
WSDiff: 6

This one's even better. Both of these pitchers were productive for their new teams for years, who were traded before turning 30. Rhoden was four years younger but was about as productive over the rest of his career.

TranID	Player	ToTeam	Last	Pre Career WS	Post Career WS	Pre Year WS	Post Year WS	WSAB Pre Career	WSAB Post Career	WSAB Pre Yr	WSAB Post Yr
2071	reusj001	LAN	Reuss	88	106	0	7	40	56	0	1
2071	rhodr001	PIT	Rhoden	43	112	0	0	19	56	0	0

#3:

Date: May 26, 1959
Trade: The Yankees sent Jerry Lumpe, Johnny Kucks, and Tom Sturdivant to the Kansas City A's for Ralph Terry and Hector Lopez.
Pre Career WS Diff: 9 (favoring NYY)
Post Career WS Diff: 2 (NYY)
Pre Year WS Diff: 6 (NYY)
Post Year WS Diff: 2 (NYY)
WSAB Pre Career Diff: 4 (NYY)
WSAB Post Career Diff: 9 (NYY)
WSAB Pre Yr Diff: 2 (NYY)
WSAB Post Yr Diff: 7 (NYY)
Overall Avg Diff: 5.1
Post Avg Diff: 5.0
Total Post WSAB: 105
WSDiff: 11

This is odd: one of the Yankee-KC A's deals from the era in which the latter was basically the former's Quad-A team. Lumpe was the reason the trade "worked". He had been a poor defensive player from the left side of the infield. The A's moved him to second and he had relatively productive career. Terry was the most productive player on the Yankee side of the equation after being exiled for seasoning to KC.

ToTeam	Last	Pre Career WS	Post Career WS	Pre Year WS	Post Year WS	WSAB Pre Career	WSAB Post Career	WSAB Pre Yr	WSAB Post Yr
KCA	Kucks	29	8	0	8	8	2	0	2
KCA	Sturdivant	36	30	0	2	18	8	0	0
NYA	Lopez	66	70	6	14	22	15	2	8
NYA	Terry	21	84	1	6	8	42	0	1
KCA	Lumpe	13	114	1	8	0	38	0	0

#4:

Date: December 11, 1935
Trade: The Yankees sent Johnny Allen to Cleveland for Monte Pearson and Steve Sundra.
Pre Career WS Diff: 3 (favoring Clev)
Post Career WS Diff: 9 (NYY)
Pre Year WS Diff: 0
Post Year WS Diff: 5 (Clev)
WSAB Pre Career Diff: 3 (NYY)
WSAB Post Career Diff: 4 (Clev)
WSAB Pre Yr Diff: 0
WSAB Post Yr Diff: 5 (Clev)
Overall Avg Diff: 3.6
Post Avg Diff: 5.8
Total Post WSAB: 102
WSDiff: 13

Allen won 20 games and Pearson won 19 the year after the trade.

ToTeam	Last	Pre Career WS	Post Career WS	Pre Year WS	Post Year WS	WSAB Pre Career	WSAB Post Career	WSAB Pre Yr	WSAB Post Yr
NYA	Sundra	0	47	0	0	0	15	0	0
NYA	Pearson	40	64	0	20	22	34	0	14
CLE	Allen	43	102	0	25	19	53	0	19

#5:

Date: December 6, 1989
Trade: The Mets sent Randy Myers and Kip Gross to Cincinnati for John Franco and Don Brown.
Pre Career WS Diff: 52 (favoring NYM)
Post Career WS Diff: 1 (Cin)
Pre Year WS Diff: 0
Post Year WS Diff: 6 (Cin)
WSAB Pre Career Diff: 37 (NYM)
WSAB Post Career Diff: 7 (Cin)
WSAB Pre Yr Diff: 0
WSAB Post Yr Diff: 6 (Cin)
Overall Avg Diff: 13.6
Post Avg Diff: 5.0
Total Post WSAB: 83
WSDiff: 8

ToTeam	Last	Pre Career WS	Post Career WS	Pre Year WS	Post Year WS	WSAB Pre Career	WSAB Post Career	WSAB Pre Yr	WSAB Post Yr
NYN	Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NYN	Franco	85	97	0	11	55	38	0	6
CIN	Gross	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN	Myers	33	90	0	17	18	45	0	12

#6:

Date: June 5, 1932
Trade: The Red Sox sent Danny MacFayden to the New York Yankees for Ivy Andrews, Hank Johnson, and $50K.
Pre Career WS Diff: 35 (favoring NYY)
Post Career WS Diff: 8 (Bos)
Pre Year WS Diff: 2 (Bos)
Post Year WS Diff: 4 (Bos)
WSAB Pre Career Diff: 28 (NYY)
WSAB Post Career Diff: 3 (Bos)
WSAB Pre Yr Diff: 0
WSAB Post Yr Diff: 5 (Bos)
Overall Avg Diff: 10.6
Post Avg Diff: 5.0
Total Post WSAB: 81
WSDiff: 11

ToTeam	Last	Pre Career WS	Post Career WS	Pre Year WS	Post Year WS	WSAB Pre Career	WSAB Post Career	WSAB Pre Yr	WSAB Post Yr
BOS	Johnson	29	18	1	0	10	4	0	0
BOS	Andrews	5	71	3	10	1	38	1	6
NYA	MacFayden	69	81	2	6	39	39	1	1

#7:

Date: November 18, 1963
Trade: Kansas City sent Jerry Lumpe, Ed Rakow and Dave Wickersham to Detroit for Rocky Colavito, Bob Anderson, and $50K.
Pre Career WS Diff: 87 (favoring KC)
Post Career WS Diff: 1 (Det)
Pre Year WS Diff: 0
Post Year WS Diff: 15 (Det)
WSAB Pre Career Diff: 70 (KC)
WSAB Post Career Diff: 11 (KC)
WSAB Pre Yr Diff: 0
WSAB Post Yr Diff: 4 (Det)
Overall Avg Diff: 23.5
Post Avg Diff: 7.8
Total Post WSAB: 65
WSDiff: 12

What's the deal with Jerry Lumpe? Colavito was the big player here, but he stayed in KC for only one year.

ToTeam	Last	Pre Career WS	Post Career WS	Pre Year WS	Post Year WS	WSAB Pre Career	WSAB Post Career	WSAB Pre Yr	WSAB Post Yr
KCA	Anderson	38	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
KCA	Colavito	189	84	0	22	108	38	0	12
DET	Lumpe	91	36	0	13	30	8	0	3
DET	Rakow	25	8	0	8	9	3	0	3
DET	Wickersham	24	41	0	16	9	16	0	10

#8:

Date: December 20, 1933
Trade: Washington sent Goose Goslin to Detroit for John Stone.
Pre Career WS Diff: 216 (favoring Det)
Post Career WS Diff: 10 (Was)
Pre Year WS Diff: 0
Post Year WS Diff: 8 (Det)
WSAB Pre Career Diff: 142 (Det)
WSAB Post Career Diff: 0
WSAB Pre Yr Diff: 0
WSAB Post Yr Diff: 8 (Det)
Overall Avg Diff: 48.0
Post Avg Diff: 6.5
Total Post WSAB: 64
WSDiff: 10

Gooslin was 32 but had just three full seasons left in his tank. Stone was five years younger but had just four seasons, productive ones, in Washington.

ToTeam	Last	Pre Career WS	Post Career WS	Pre Year WS	Post Year WS	WSAB Pre Career	WSAB Post Career	WSAB Pre Yr	WSAB Post Yr
DET	Goslin	289	66	0	22	168	32	0	12
WAS	Stone	73	76	0	14	26	32	0	4

#9:

Date: December 8, 1948
Trade: Pittsburgh sent Frankie Gustine and Cal McLish to the Cubs for Clyde McCullough and Cliff Chambers.
Pre Career WS Diff: 50 (favoring Chi)
Post Career WS Diff: 2 (Chi)
Pre Year WS Diff: 0
Post Year WS Diff: 19 (Pit)
WSAB Pre Career Diff: 13 (Chi)
WSAB Post Career Diff: 13 (Chi)
WSAB Pre Yr Diff: 0
WSAB Post Yr Diff: 8 (Pit)
Overall Avg Diff: 13.1
Post Avg Diff: 10.5
Total Post WSAB: 55
WSDiff: 15

ToTeam	Last	Pre Career WS	Post Career WS	Pre Year WS	Post Year WS	WSAB Pre Career	WSAB Post Career	WSAB Pre Yr	WSAB Post Yr
CHN	Gustine	99	3	0	3	20	0	0	0
PIT	McCullough	46	36	0	8	7	0	0	0
PIT	Chambers	3	46	0	14	0	21	0	8
CHN	McLish	0	81	0	0	0	34	0	0

#10:

Date: August 28, 1916
Trade: The Cubs sent Mickey Doolan and Heinie Zimmerman to the Giants for Larry Doyle, Herb Hunter, and Merwin Jacobson.
Pre Career WS Diff: 89 (favoring NYG)
Post Career WS Diff: 8 (Chi)
Pre Year WS Diff: 4 (Chi)
Post Year WS Diff: 4 (NYG)
WSAB Pre Career Diff: 5 (Chi)
WSAB Post Career Diff: 0
WSAB Pre Yr Diff: 4 (Chi)
WSAB Post Yr Diff: 1 (NYG)
Overall Avg Diff: 14.4
Post Avg Diff: 3.3
Total Post WSAB: 54
WSDiff: 8

ToTeam	Last	Pre Career WS	Post Career WS	Pre Year WS	Post Year WS	WSAB Pre Career	WSAB Post Career	WSAB Pre Yr	WSAB Post Yr
CHN	Hunter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHN	Jacobson	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
NYG	Doolan	155	6	1	2	46	0	0	0
NYG	Zimmerman	155	59	13	4	77	27	5	2
CHN	Doyle	221	68	18	2	128	27	9	1

#11:

Date: December 10, 1952
Trade: The White Sox sent Chuck Stobbs to Washington for Mike Fornieles.
Pre Career WS Diff: 34 (favoring WAS)
Post Career WS Diff: 9 (Chi)
Pre Year WS Diff: 0
Post Year WS Diff: 1 (WAS)
WSAB Pre Career Diff: 14 (WAS)
WSAB Post Career Diff: 4 (Chi)
WSAB Pre Yr Diff: 0
WSAB Post Yr Diff: 0
Overall Avg Diff: 7.8
Post Avg Diff: 3.5
Total Post WSAB: 54
WSDiff: 13

Stobbs for Fornieles? Now, that's sexy.

ToTeam	Last	Pre Career WS	Post Career WS	Pre Year WS	Post Year WS	WSAB Pre Career	WSAB Post Career	WSAB Pre Yr	WSAB Post Yr
WAS	Stobbs	37	62	0	10	14	25	0	4
CHA	Fornieles	3	71	0	9	0	29	0	4

#12:

Date: July 19, 2000
Trade: Texas sent Esteban Loaiza to Toronto for Darwin Cubillan and Michael Young.
Pre Career WS Diff: 37 (favoring Tor)
Post Career WS Diff: 2 (Tor)
Pre Year WS Diff: 5 (Tor)
Post Year WS Diff: 7 (Tor)
WSAB Pre Career Diff: 8 (Tor)
WSAB Post Career Diff: 2 (Tex)
WSAB Pre Yr Diff: 1 (Tor)
WSAB Post Yr Diff: 5 (Tor)
Overall Avg Diff: 8.4
Post Avg Diff: 4.0
Total Post WSAB: 50
WSDiff: 4

ToTeam	Last	Pre Career WS	Post Career WS	Pre Year WS	Post Year WS	WSAB Pre Career	WSAB Post Career	WSAB Pre Yr	WSAB Post Yr
TEX	Cubillan	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOR	Loaiza	37	42	5	7	8	24	1	5
TEX	Young	0	38	0	0	0	26	0	0

#13:

Date: December 19, 1985
Trade: Cincinnati sent Dann Bilardello, Andy McGaffigan, John Stuper, and Jay Tibbs to Montreal for Bill Gullickson and Sal Butera.
Pre Career WS Diff: 5 (Favoring Cin)
Post Career WS Diff: 1 (Cin)
Pre Year WS Diff: 0
Post Year WS Diff: 2 (Mon)
WSAB Pre Career Diff: 15 (Cin)
WSAB Post Career Diff: 1 (Cin)
WSAB Pre Yr Diff: 0
WSAB Post Yr Diff: 1 (Cin)
Overall Avg Diff: 3.1
Post Avg Diff: 1.3
Total Post WSAB: 49
WSDiff: 2

Catchers Butera and Bilardello was a wash. As for the pitchers, Stuper was done. McGaffigan and Tibbs together were about the same as Gullickson.

ToTeam	Last	Pre Career WS	Post Career WS	Pre Year WS	Post Year WS	WSAB Pre Career	WSAB Post Career	WSAB Pre Yr	WSAB Post Yr
MON	Bilardello	14	8	0	2	0	0	0	0
CIN	Butera	9	6	0	4	0	0	0	0
CIN	Gullickson	63	63	0	16	27	25	0	10
MON	McGaffigan	14	44	0	13	0	23	0	8
MON	Stuper	21	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
MON	Tibbs	18	16	0	7	6	1	0	1

#14:

Date: October 24, 1973 Trade: Kansas City sent Dick Drago to the Red Sox for Marty Pattin. Pre Career WS Diff: 0 Post Career WS Diff: 7 (Bos) Pre Year WS Diff: 0 Post Year WS Diff: 8 (Bos) WSAB Pre Career Diff: 1 (KC) WSAB Post Career Diff: 6 (Bos) WSAB Pre Yr Diff: 0 WSAB Post Yr Diff: 7 (Bos) Overall Avg Diff: 3.6 Post Avg Diff: 7.0 Total Post WSAB: 44 WSDiff: 13

ToTeam	Last	Pre Career WS	Post Career WS	Pre Year WS	Post Year WS	WSAB Pre Career	WSAB Post Career	WSAB Pre Yr	WSAB Post Yr
BOS	Drago	61	60	0	13	31	25	0	7
KCA	Pattin	61	53	0	5	32	19	0	0

#15:

Date: August 29, 1990
Trade: Oakland sent Felix Jose, Daryl Green, and Stan Royer to St. Louis for Willie McGee.
Pre Career WS Diff: 136 (favoring Oak)
Post Career WS Diff: 8 (Oak)
Pre Year WS Diff: 6 (Oak)
Post Year WS Diff: 0
WSAB Pre Career Diff: 62 (Oak)
WSAB Post Career Diff: 4 (StL)
WSAB Pre Yr Diff: 5 (Oak)
WSAB Post Yr Diff: 1 (Oak)
Overall Avg Diff: 27.8
Post Avg Diff: 3.3
Total Post WSAB: 40
WSDiff: 12

ToTeam	Last	Pre Career WS	Post Career WS	Pre Year WS	Post Year WS	WSAB Pre Career	WSAB Post Career	WSAB Pre Yr	WSAB Post Yr
SLN	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SLN	Jose	13	63	12	3	4	22	4	1
OAK	McGee	149	75	18	3	66	18	9	2
SLN	Royer	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0