Phillies: Most impactful trade made with every team

Milwaukee Brewers: Don Money

"On October 31, 1972, the Milwaukee Brewers traded Ken Brett, Jim Lonborg, Ken Sanders and Earl Stephenson to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bill Champion, Don Money and John Vukovich."

The history of Phillies trades with the Milwaukee Brewers/Seattle Pilots organization is short and simple. They’ve made only 16 deals since 1971 and three of those are straight-up contract purchases.

The most notable name on the list of trades is Don Money, the Phillies young infielder who would go on to be an All-Star in Milwaukee.

In his first three full-time seasons with the Phillies, Money had a rollercoaster career. In his first and last season with the team he hit .226 and averaged about 100 hits a season. The season in between those he hit .295 with 14 home runs.

While the prospects were high for Money, the Phillies had to make room for Larry Bowa and Mike Schmidt. Shortly after the 1972 season the Phillies traded Money to Milwaukee along with a young infielder in John Vukovich (who would later return as a beloved player and coach), and pitcher Bill Champion.

Money went on to start 11 seasons for the Brewers with four All-Star game selections. He remains in the organization as a player development instructor and was inducted into the Milwaukee Brewers Walk of Fame in 2005.

Ken Brett would win 13 games for the Phillies in 1973, but was traded to Pittsburgh for Dave Cash. He would play for 10 teams in 14 years and made one All-Star game for the Pirates.

Veteran pitcher Jim Lonborg had won the Cy Young in 1967, but he ended up spending the majority of his long baseball career with the Phillies. In seven seasons Lonborg won 75 games for the Phillies from 1973-79.

Earl Stephenson never played a game for the Phillies, making only 53 appearances for Triple-A Eugene in ’73 before the Expos selected him in the Rule 5 Draft.

A month after the trade, Ken Sanders was traded to Minnesota in a four-player deal for César Tovar.