1988 Detroit Tigers season

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1988  Detroit Tigers
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Tiger Stadium
City Detroit, Michigan
Owners Tom Monaghan
General managers Bill Lajoie
Managers Sparky Anderson
Television WDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
PASS
(Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)
Radio WJR
(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
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The Detroit Tigers' 1988 season was a season in American baseball. The Tigers, fresh off of losing the American League pennant to Minnesota Twins, were attempting to repeat as American League East champions after winning the division on the final day of the previous season. The Tigers hit five grand slams, the most in MLB in 1988. [1]

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 89730.549—53–2836–45
Detroit Tigers 88740.543150–3138–43
Milwaukee Brewers 87750.537247–3440–41
Toronto Blue Jays 87750.537245–3642–39
New York Yankees 85760.5283½46–3439–42
Cleveland Indians 78840.4811144–3734–47
Baltimore Orioles 541070.33534½34–4620–61

Record vs. opponents

1988 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —4–95–74–74–95–80–124–93–93–104–87–56–65–8
Boston 9–4—8–47–58–56–76–610–37–59–43–96–68–42–11
California 7–54–8—9–48–45–75–83–94–96–64–96–78–56–6
Chicago 7–45–74–9—3–93–97–66–64–93–95–89–48–57–5
Cleveland 9–45–84–89–3—4–96–69–45–76–74–85–76–66–7
Detroit 8–57–67–59–39–4—8–45–81–118–54–89–38–45–8
Kansas City 12–06–68–56–76–64–8—3–97–66–68–57–57–64–8
Milwaukee 9–43–109–36–64–98–59–3—7–56–73–98–48–47–6
Minnesota 9–35–79–49–47–511–16–75–7—3–95–88–57–67–5
New York 10–34–96–69–37–65–86–67–69–3—6–65–75–66–7
Oakland 8–49–39–48–58–48–45–89–38–56–6—9–48–59–3
Seattle 5–76–67–64–97–53–95–74–85–87–54–9—6–75–7
Texas 6–64–85–85–86–64–86–74–86–76–55–87–6—6–6
Toronto 8–511–26–65–77–68–58–46–75–77–63–97–56–6—

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster

1988 Detroit Tigers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Matt Nokes 12238296.2511653
1B Ray Knight 10529965.217333
2B Lou Whitaker 115403111.2751255
3B Tom Brookens 136441107.243538
SS Alan Trammell 128466145.3111569
LF Pat Sheridan 12734788.2541147
CF Gary Pettis 12945896.210336
RF Chet Lemon 144512135.2641764
DH Darrell Evans 14443791.2082264

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Luis Salazar 130452122.2701262
Dave Bergman 11628985.294535
Mike Heath 8621954.247518
Jim Walewander 8817537.21106
Larry Herndon 7617439.224420
Dwayne Murphy 4914436.250419
Fred Lynn 279020.222719
Jim Morrison 247416.21606
Torey Lovullo 12218.38112
Iván DeJesús 7173.17600
Scott Lusader 16161.06313
Billy Bean 10112.18200
Billy Beane 661.16701
Chris Bando 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jack Morris 34235.015133.94168
Doyle Alexander 34229.014114.32126
Walt Terrell 29206.17163.9784
Frank Tanana 32203.014114.21127
Jeff Robinson 24172.01362.98114
Steve Searcy 28.0025.635

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Eric King 2368.2413.4145
Ted Power 418.2115.7913

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Mike Henneman 6596221.8758
Willie Hernández 6365103.0659
Paul Gibson 404202.9350
Don Heinkel 210013.9630
Mike Trujillo 60005.115
Mark Huismann 51005.066

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Pat Corrales
AA Glens Falls Tigers Eastern League John Wockenfuss
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Johnny Lipon
A Fayetteville Generals South Atlantic League Leon Roberts
Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Rick Magnante

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References

  1. ↑ "Team Batting Event Finder: 1988, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ Dickie Noles at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Mark Huismann at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Billy Beane at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Mark Lee at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Fred Lynn at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Rico Brogna at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Dave Haas at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997


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