logged just two plate appearances in his second post season without getting a hit, Oakland's sweep of the San Francisco Giants in the 1989 World Series made Javier and his father just the third father and son combo to each win a World Series (Julián won with the St. Louis Cardinals in & ). Following the World Series, A's second baseman Tony Phillips signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers. He was replaced by a platoon of Mike Gallego and Lance Blankenship, but the two managed just a .144 batting average, one home run and ten RBIs through the middle of May. In need of an upgrade at second, the A's traded Javier to the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 13, 1990, for Willie Randolph. Los Angeles Dodgers With Kirk Gibson out due to surgery on his torn left hamstring, Javier was immediately inserted into the starting line-up in center field. Upon Gibson's return, Javier settled into a pinch hitter and fourth outfielder role, and immediately became one of the hottest bats in the Dodgers' line-up. Over the remainder of the season, Javier batted .316 with seventeen runs batted in. Most of those RBIs seemed to come in clutch situations, as they did against the Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Montreal Expos and Philadelphia Phillies. In Spring training 1991, the Dodgers experimented with Javier at third base, but the idea was abandoned by the time the season started. His numbers fell off in 1991, as he batted just .205 with one home run and eleven RBIs, but he still had a knack for big hits. On September 29, his pinch hit single in the ninth inning ignited a come-from-behind victory over the San Francisco Giants. Philadelphia Phillies With their record standing at 31–42 just before the midpoint of the 1992 season, the Dodgers went into rebuilding mode. On July 2, Javier was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for minor league pitcher Steve Searcy and a player to be named later. As the Phillies were in Los Angeles facing the Dodgers when the trade was made, Javier merely changed clubhouses, and found himself a uniform. He went three-for-four with a walk and RBI against his former team the day the trade was made. Javier saw more regular action with the Phillies than he had ever seen with any team in his career, as he played in all 74 games that