1988 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1988 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1988

World Series Champions

Los Angeles Dodgers

Runner Up

Oakland Athletics

Most Valuable Players

AL: Jose Canseco NL: Kirk Gibson

Cy Young Winners

AL: Frank Viola NL: Orel Hershiser

Rookies of the Year

AL: Walt Weiss NL: Chris Sabo

Managers of the Year

AL: Tony La Russa NL: Tom Lasorda

#1 Draft Pick

Andy Benes (San Diego Padres)

All-Star Game

Cincinnati,Ohio

Teams

Players

972

Attendance

52,998,904

Payroll

$294,880,320

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1988 Major League Baseball Standings

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American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	5	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	--	813	689	124	Lost ALCS (Athletics)	2,464,851	7	$ 15,544,592	3	Lou Gorman	John McNamara, Joe Morgan	Fenway Park
2	4	6	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	1.0	703	658	45	dnq	2,081,162	12	$ 15,597,071	2	Bill Lajoie	Sparky Anderson	Tiger Stadium
3	5	8	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	2.0	763	680	83	dnq	2,595,175	6	$ 11,673,725	5	Pat Gillick	Jimy Williams	Exhibition Stadium
4	6	9	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	2.0	682	616	66	dnq	1,923,238	16	$ 10,214,000	9	Harry Dalton	Tom Trebelhorn	County Stadium
5	7	11	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	161	85	76	.528	3.5	772	748	24	dnq	2,633,701	5	$ 18,909,152	1	Lou Piniella, Bob Quinn	Lou Piniella, Billy Martin	Yankee Stadium I
6	9	17	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	78	84	.481	11.0	666	731	-65	dnq	1,411,610	23	$ 7,819,500	11	Hank Peters	Doc Edwards	Cleveland Stadium
7	14	26	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	161	54	107	.335	34.5	550	789	-239	dnq	1,660,738	19	$ 9,995,404	10	Roland Hemond	Frank Robinson, Cal Ripken	Memorial Stadium
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	104	58	.642	--	800	620	180	Lost World Series (Dodgers)	2,287,335	10	$ 11,380,183	7	Sandy Alderson	Tony La Russa	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
2	2	4	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	13.0	759	672	87	dnq	3,030,672	2	$ 12,154,800	4	Andy MacPhail	Tom Kelly	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
3	8	12	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	161	84	77	.522	19.5	704	648	56	dnq	2,350,181	8	$ 11,558,873	6	John Schuerholz	John Wathan	Royals Stadium
4	10	20	California Angels	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	29.0	714	771	-57	dnq	2,340,925	9	$ 10,932,388	8	Mike Port	Cookie Rojas, Moose Stubing	Anaheim Stadium
5	11	21	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	161	71	90	.441	32.5	631	757	-126	dnq	1,115,749	24	$ 5,906,952	14	Larry Himes	Jim Fregosi	Comiskey Park
6	12	22	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	161	70	91	.435	33.5	637	735	-98	dnq	1,581,901	20	$ 6,008,000	13	Tom Grieve	Bobby Valentine	Arlington Stadium
7	13	23	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	161	68	93	.422	35.5	664	744	-80	dnq	1,022,398	25	$ 6,545,950	12	Dick Balderson	Jim Snyder, Dick Williams	The Kingdome
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	160	100	60	.625	--	703	532	171	Lost NLCS (Dodgers)	3,055,445	1	$ 15,502,714	1	Frank Cashen	Davey Johnson	Shea Stadium
2	4	10	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	160	85	75	.531	15.0	651	616	35	dnq	1,866,713	17	$ 7,627,500	12	Syd Thrift	Jim Leyland	Three Rivers Stadium
3	8	16	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	20.0	628	592	36	dnq	1,478,659	22	$ 8,852,333	10	Bill Stoneman	Buck Rodgers	Olympic Stadium
4	9	18	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	24.0	660	694	-34	dnq	2,089,034	11	$ 12,339,833	6	Jim Frey	Don Zimmer	Wrigley Field
5	10	19	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	25.0	578	633	-55	dnq	2,892,799	4	$ 14,000,000	3	Dal Maxvill	Whitey Herzog	Busch Stadium II
6	11	24	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	161	65	96	.404	35.5	597	734	-137	dnq	1,990,041	14	$ 12,998,000	5	Woody Woodward	Lee Elia, John Vukovich	Veterans Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	3	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	161	94	67	.584	--	628	544	84	Won World Series (Athletics)	2,980,262	3	$ 15,462,515	2	Fred Claire	Tom Lasorda	Dodger Stadium
2	3	7	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	161	87	74	.540	7.0	641	596	45	dnq	2,072,528	13	$ 8,368,833	11	Murray Cook	Pete Rose, Tommy Helms	Riverfront Stadium
3	5	13	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	161	83	78	.516	11.0	594	583	11	dnq	1,506,896	21	$ 9,878,168	9	Jack McKeon	Jack McKeon, Larry Bowa	Jack Murphy Stadium
4	6	14	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	11.5	670	626	44	dnq	1,785,297	18	$ 12,188,000	7	Al Rosen	Roger Craig	Candlestick Park
5	7	15	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	82	80	.506	12.5	617	631	-14	dnq	1,933,505	15	$ 13,454,667	4	Bill Wood	Hal Lanier	Astrodome
6	12	25	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	160	54	106	.338	39.5	555	741	-186	dnq	848,089	26	$ 9,967,167	8	Bobby Cox	Russ Nixon, Chuck Tanner	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
26 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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