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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Opening Day starters  




2.2  Season standings  




2.3  Record vs. opponents  




2.4  Notable transactions  




2.5  Roster  






3 Game log  


3.1  Regular season  






4 Player stats  


4.1  Batting  


4.1.1  Starters by position  




4.1.2  Other batters  






4.2  Pitching  


4.2.1  Starting pitchers  




4.2.2  Other pitchers  




4.2.3  Relief pitchers  








5 Awards and records  




6 Farm system  




7 References  




8 External links  













1988 New York Yankees season






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1988 New York Yankees
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City
OwnersGeorge Steinbrenner
General managersLou Piniella, Bob Quinn
ManagersBilly Martin, Lou Piniella
TelevisionWPIX
(Phil Rizzuto, Bill White)
SportsChannel NY
(Ken Harrelson, Bobby Murcer, Mickey Mantle)
RadioWABC (AM)
(Hank Greenwald, Tommy Hutton)
← 1987 Seasons 1989 →

The 1988 New York Yankees season was the 86th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 85–76, finishing in fifth place, 3.5 games behind the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Lou Piniella and Billy Martin, with the latter managing the team for the fifth and final time. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Opening Day starters

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Season standings

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    • AL East
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Boston Red Sox 89 73 .549 — 53‍–‍28 36‍–‍45
    Detroit Tigers 88 74 .543 1 50‍–‍31 38‍–‍43
    Milwaukee Brewers 87 75 .537 2 47‍–‍34 40‍–‍41
    Toronto Blue Jays 87 75 .537 2 45‍–‍36 42‍–‍39
    New York Yankees 85 76 .528 3½ 46‍–‍34 39‍–‍42
    Cleveland Indians 78 84 .481 11 44‍–‍37 34‍–‍47
    Baltimore Orioles 54 107 .335 34½ 34‍–‍46 20‍–‍61

    Record vs. opponents

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    1988 American League record
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    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
    Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
    Baltimore — 4–9 5–7 4–7 4–9 5–8 0–12 4–9 3–9 3–10 4–8 7–5 6–6 5–8
    Boston 9–4 — 8–4 7–5 8–5 6–7 6–6 10–3 7–5 9–4 3–9 6–6 8–4 2–11
    California 7–5 4–8 — 9–4 8–4 5–7 5–8 3–9 4–9 6–6 4–9 6–7 8–5 6–6
    Chicago 7–4 5–7 4–9 — 3–9 3–9 7–6 6–6 4–9 3–9 5–8 9–4 8–5 7–5
    Cleveland 9–4 5–8 4–8 9–3 — 4–9 6–6 9–4 5–7 6–7 4–8 5–7 6–6 6–7
    Detroit 8–5 7–6 7–5 9–3 9–4 — 8–4 5–8 1–11 8–5 4–8 9–3 8–4 5–8
    Kansas City 12–0 6–6 8–5 6–7 6–6 4–8 — 3–9 7–6 6–6 8–5 7–5 7–6 4–8
    Milwaukee 9–4 3–10 9–3 6–6 4–9 8–5 9–3 — 7–5 6–7 3–9 8–4 8–4 7–6
    Minnesota 9–3 5–7 9–4 9–4 7–5 11–1 6–7 5–7 — 3–9 5–8 8–5 7–6 7–5
    New York 10–3 4–9 6–6 9–3 7–6 5–8 6–6 7–6 9–3 — 6–6 5–7 5–6 6–7
    Oakland 8–4 9–3 9–4 8–5 8–4 8–4 5–8 9–3 8–5 6–6 — 9–4 8–5 9–3
    Seattle 5–7 6–6 7–6 4–9 7–5 3–9 5–7 4–8 5–8 7–5 4–9 — 6–7 5–7
    Texas 6–6 4–8 5–8 5–8 6–6 4–8 6–7 4–8 6–7 6–5 5–8 7–6 — 6–6
    Toronto 8–5 11–2 6–6 5–7 7–6 8–5 8–4 6–7 5–7 7–6 3–9 7–5 6–6 —


    Notable transactions

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    Roster

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    1988 New York Yankees
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders

    Other batters

    Manager

    Coaches

    Game log

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    Regular season

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    1988 regular season game log: 85–76 (Home: 46–34; Away: 39–42)

    April: 16–7 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–3)

    # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
    Streak    		 GB
    1 April 5 1:10 pmEDT Twins W 8–0 55,802 1–0 W1
    2 April 6 1:10 pmEDT Twins W 5–3 32,756 2–0 W2
    – April 7 Twins Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 5)
    3 April 8 7:35 pmEDT Brewers W 6–4 20,927 3–0 W3
    4 April 9 7:36 pmEDT Brewers W 4–1 27,021 4–0 W4
    5 April 10 1:36 pmEDT Brewers W 7–6 36,214 5–0 W5
    6 April 11 1:45 pmEDT @ Blue Jays L 9–17 45,185 5–1 L1
    7 April 12 7:36 pmEDT @ Blue Jays W 12–3 24,116 6–1 W1
    8 April 13 7:35 pmEDT @ Blue Jays W 5–1 24,105 7–1 W2
    9 April 14 12:36 pmEDT @ Blue Jays W 7–3 24,524 8–1 W3
    10 April 15 2:35 pmEDT @ Brewers W 7–1 55,887 9–1 W4
    11 April 16 4:08 pmEDT @ Brewers L 2–9 24,972 9–2 L1
    12 April 17 2:30 pmEDT @ Brewers L 3–6 22,199 9–3 L2
    13 April 18 8:09 pmEDT @ Twins W 18–5 30,442 10–3 W1
    14 April 19 8:05 pmEDT @ Twins W 7–6 23,724 11–3 W2
    15 April 20 8:05 pmEDT @ Twins W 7–6 (10) 22,369 12–3 W3
    16 April 22 7:39 pmEDT Blue Jays L 4–6 (12) 33,314 12–4 L1
    17 April 23 7:38 pmEDT Blue Jays L 2–3 24,046 12–5 L2
    18 April 24 1:38 pmEDT Blue Jays W 5–3 52,073 13–5 W1

    May: 17–9 (Home: 7–4; Away: 10–5)

    # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
    Streak    		 GB

    June: 12–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–9)

    # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
    Streak    		 GB

    July: 15–11 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–6)

    # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
    Streak    		 GB

    August: 9–20 (Home: 6–11; Away: 3–9)

    # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
    Streak    		 GB

    September: 16–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–8)

    # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
    Streak    		 GB

    October: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–2)

    # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
    Streak    		 GB
    Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
    Bold = Yankees team member

    Player stats

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    Batting

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    Starters by position

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    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
    C Don Slaught 97 322 91 .283 9 43
    1B Don Mattingly 144 599 186 .311 18 88
    2B Willie Randolph 110 404 93 .230 2 34
    3B Mike Pagliarulo 125 444 96 .216 15 67
    SS Rafael Santana 148 480 115 .240 4 38
    LF Rickey Henderson 140 554 169 .305 6 50
    CF Claudell Washington 126 455 140 .308 11 64
    RF Dave Winfield 149 559 180 .322 25 107
    DH Jack Clark 150 496 120 .242 27 93

    Other batters

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    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
    Joel Skinner 88 251 57 .227 4 23
    Gary Ward 91 231 52 .225 4 24
    Luis Aguayo 50 140 35 .250 3 8
    Bob Meacham 47 115 25 .217 0 7
    Randy Velarde 48 115 20 .174 5 12
    Ken Phelps 45 107 24 .224 10 22
    José Cruz 38 80 16 .200 1 7
    Roberto Kelly 38 77 19 .247 1 7
    Jay Buhner 25 69 13 .188 3 13
    Wayne Tolleson 21 59 15 .254 0 5
    Hal Morris 15 20 2 .100 0 0
    Bob Geren 10 10 1 .100 0 0
    Álvaro Espinoza 3 3 0 .000 0 0
    Chris Chambliss 1 1 0 .000 0 0

    Pitching

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    Starting pitchers

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    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Rick Rhoden 30 197.0 12 12 4.29 94
    Tommy John 35 176.1 9 8 4.49 81
    Richard Dotson 32 171.0 12 9 5.00 77
    John Candelaria 25 157.0 13 7 3.38 121
    Al Leiter 14 57.1 4 4 3.92 60
    Ron Guidry 12 56.0 2 3 4.18 32
    Dave Eiland 3 12.2 0 0 6.39 7

    Other pitchers

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    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Charles Hudson 28 106.1 6 6 4.49 58
    Scott Nielsen 7 19.2 1 2 6.86 4
    Pat Clements 6 8.1 0 0 6.48 3

    Relief pitchers

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    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G W L SV ERA SO
    Dave Righetti 60 5 4 25 3.52 70
    Cecilio Guante 56 5 6 11 2.88 61
    Neil Allen 41 5 3 0 3.84 61
    Steve Shields 39 5 5 0 4.37 55
    Tim Stoddard 28 2 2 3 6.38 33
    Lee Guetterman 20 1 2 0 4.65 15
    Hipólito Peña 16 1 1 0 3.14 10
    Dale Mohorcic 13 2 2 1 2.78 19

    Awards and records

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    Farm system

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    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Columbus Clippers International League Bucky Dent
    AA Albany-Colonie Yankees Eastern League Tommy Jones and Stump Merrill
    A Prince William Cannons Carolina League Wally Moon and Gene Tenace
    A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Buck Showalter
    A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Gary Allenson
    Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Brian Butterfield

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Albany-Colonie, Oneonta, GCL Yankees[16]

    References

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    1. ^ "Lenn Sakata Stats".
  • ^ Rafael Santana page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ "Rich Bordi Stats".
  • ^ Steve Trout page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ John Candelaria page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Hipólito Peña page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Rick Cerone page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ "Jerry Royster Stats".
  • ^ a b Chris Chambliss page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Andy Cook page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ "Frank Seminara Stats".
  • ^ Deion Sanders page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ "Luis Aguayo". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
  • ^ Ken Phelps page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Dale Mohorcic page at Baseball Reference
  • ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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