1988 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1988  Los Angeles Dodgers
World Series Champions
National League Champions
National League West Champions
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Dodger Stadium
City Los Angeles
Record94–67 (.584)
Divisional place1st
Owners Peter O'Malley
General managers Fred Claire
Managers Tommy Lasorda
Television KTTV–TV 11
(Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Don Drysdale)
Z Channel
(Rick Monday, Tony Hernandez)
Radio KABC–AM 790
(Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Don Drysdale)
KWKW–AM 1330
(Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas)
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The 1988 season was a memorable one for the Los Angeles Dodgers as a squad that was picked to finish fourth wound up winning the World Series, beating the heavily favored New York Mets and Oakland Athletics along the way. Kirk Gibson carried the Dodger offense, winning the National League Most Valuable Player Award. Orel Hershiser dominated on the mound, throwing a record 59 consecutive scoreless innings on his way to winning the Cy Young Award.

Contents

Offseason

With the sub-par 1987 performance fresh in their minds, General Manager Fred Claire and Field Manager Tom Lasorda knew what needed to be fixed. They started the off-season by allowing poor performers such as Glenn Hoffman, Ken Landreaux and Phil Garner explore the free agent market. On December 11, 1987, Claire pulled the trigger on a trade that helped solidify the Dodgers' defense and bullpen, despite giving up one of the top pitchers of the National League in 1987 in Bob Welch. The Dodgers acquired shortstop Alfredo Griffin and relief pitchers Jay Howell and Jesse Orosco in a three-team trade ironically with the Athletics and Mets, the two teams they would eventually defeat in the '88 postseason. In an attempt to boost the offense for the upcoming season, the Dodgers signed Mike Davis on December 15, 1987. The biggest move of the off-season was still to come.

On January 29, 1988, the Dodgers signed free agent slugger Kirk Gibson from the Detroit Tigers. Gibson, who was a 9-year veteran at the time of the signing, was known for his power at the plate and speed on the basepaths, but was also brought in to be a clubhouse leader. To help solidify their roster the Dodgers went on to sign 21-year veteran pitcher Don Sutton and 20-year veteran catcher Rick Dempsey. Dempsey, known for his fiery personality, joined Gibson as the veteran clubhouse leaders.

It was Gibson, however, who would make the biggest impact. Preparing for his first spring training game as a Dodger on March 3, 1988, Gibson began his pregame warm-ups in the outfield. Taking off his hat to wipe sweat from his head, Gibson noticed people laughing. He soon realized that someone (it turned out to be reliever Jesse Orosco) had greased the inside of his cap with eyeblack and he had unknowingly wiped it all over himself in full view of the fans who were in attendance. Gibson immediately left the field in anger and left the Dodgers' spring training complex, missing the game. The next day, manager Tommy Lasorda held a team meeting where Orosco apologized. The message was made clear, however: Gibson came to the Dodgers to win and was serious about it. [2]

Key players from the 1987 team were also brought back. These players included right fielder Mike Marshall, center fielder John Shelby, catcher Mike Scioscia, Second Baseman Steve Sax, Utilityman Mickey Hatcher, and pitchers Orel Hershiser, Fernando Valenzuela, and Tim Leary.

Regular season

Season standings

NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 94670.584—45–3649–31
Cincinnati Reds 87740.540745–3542–39
San Diego Padres 83780.5161147–3436–44
San Francisco Giants 83790.51211½45–3638–43
Houston Astros 82800.50612½44–3738–43
Atlanta Braves 541060.33839½28–5126–55

Record vs. opponents

1988 National League record

Sources:
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Atlanta —5–75–135–134–144–84–86–65–58–105–133–9
Chicago 7–5—6–67–54–8–19–99–98–107–118–45–77–11
Cincinnati 13–56–6—9–97–115–74–79–37–510–811–76–6
Houston 13–55–79–9—9–96–65–78–48–46–127–116–6
Los Angeles 14–48–4–111–79–9—8–41–1011–16–67–1112–67–5
Montreal 8–49–97–56–64–8—6–129–9–18–104–87–513–5
New York 8–49–97–47–510–112–6—10–812–67–54–814–4
Philadelphia 6-610–83–94–81–119–9–18–10—7–114–77–56–12
Pittsburgh 5–511–75–74–86–610–86–1211–7—8–48–411–7
San Diego 10–84–88–1012–611–78–45–77–44–8—8–106–6
San Francisco 13–57–57–1111–76–125–78–45–74–810–8—7–5
St. Louis 9–311–76–66–65–75–134–1412–67–116–65–7—

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
3 Steve Sax 2B
7 Alfredo Griffin SS
23 Kirk Gibson LF
28 Pedro Guerrero 3B
5 Mike Marshall 1B
31 John Shelby CF
37 Mike Davis RF
14 Mike Scioscia C
34 Fernando Valenzuela P

[3]

Roster

1988 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster
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Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Starting 9

Notable transactions

Season summary

April

The Dodgers started the 1988 season at home against the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers opening day pitcher was Valenzuela. The opening day lineup featured Sax, Griffin, Gibson, Marshall, Shelby, Davis, Scioscia and third baseman Pedro Guerrero. The first pitch of the season, to Sax by Giants pitcher Dave Dravecky, was hit into the left field seats at Dodger Stadium. However, Valenzuela would then give up the lead and the Dodgers would eventually lose the game 5–1. The team would go on to win their next five games and finish April with a 13–7 record which included a four-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves. Hershiser finished the month of April with a 5–0 record.

May

The Dodgers went 14-13 during the month of May. As it had always been, May was one of the toughest months for the Dodgers. On May 21, 1988, Griffin was hit by a pitch from Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden on the hand. Griffin would miss over two months with a broken hand. This heated up the Dodger-Met rivalry which would last the remainder of the season. In fact, the next day, May 22, 1988, Mets starting pitcher David Cone hit Pedro Guerrero in the head in the 6th inning. As a show of disgust at what the Dodgers felt was headhunting by the Mets pitchers, Guerrero proceeded to stand up, throw his bat in Cone's direction and charge the mound. A benches clearing mêlée ensued and Guerrero and Lasorda were ejected from the game. Because Griffin had to be placed on the disabled list with a broken hand the Dodgers were left with a hole at shortstop, though they had a solid replacement in the form of veteran Dave Anderson. At times during May, the lead over the Astros neared five games. By the end of the month the Dodgers' lead in the NL West Division was only a half of a game over the Houston Astros.

June

The Dodgers had a solid month of June compiling a record of 17–9 over the month. Hershiser continued his successful year by finishing the month of June with a record of 12–3. Much of the Dodgers' success to this point in the season could be attributed to solid starting pitching from Hershiser, Leary and the emerging rookie Tim Belcher. However, the best pitchers of the Dodgers' pitching staff were those who came out of the bullpen. Orosco, Howell, Brian Holton and Alejandro Peña were all enjoying successful seasons. After a slow start in April, Gibson was now hitting .288 with 15 HR's, 40 RBI, 53 runs scored and 15 SB's.

August

The summer success continued for the Dodgers as they completed August with a 17–12 record. Don Sutton was released August 10 after GM Fred Claire discovered Sutton had informally discussed a possible front office job with the Houston Astros. Sutton was 3–6 with a 3.92 ERA at the time. Sutton did not sign with another team. His 233 career wins with the Dodgers remains the team record.

Dramatic summer moments

Many who have followed the Dodgers have pointed to a few moments during the months of July and August that got the season going in the right direction, keep the successes going and exemplified what the 1988 Dodgers were all about.

September/October

Hershiser would begin a scoreless inning streak in September that he would eventually take to over 59 innings and pass Dodger legend Don Drysdale for the record for most consecutive scoreless innings. Hershiser would throw complete game shutouts against the Braves on September 5, the Reds on September 10, the Braves again on September 14, the Astros on September 19 and the Giants on September 23 to take him within 9 innings of Drysdale's record. Before Hershiser would get a chance to break the record the Dodgers needed to clinch the National League West Championship. Their chance came in San Diego on September 26. The San Diego Padres would take a 2–0 lead in the first inning, but the Dodgers would score 3 runs and win the game 3–2, clinching the division. Hershiser would get his next start on September 28 and he would pitch 10 scoreless innings against the Padres to break Drysdale's record.

Game log

Regular season Game log

1988 regular season game log: 94–67–1 (Home: 45–36; Away: 49–31–1) [8]
April: 13–7 (Home: 6–5; Away: 7–2)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox
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1 April 41:13 p.m. PDT Giants L 1–5 Dravecky (1–0) Valenzuela (0–1)–2:2448,4840–1 L1
2 April 57:05 p.m. PDT Giants W 5–0 Hershiser (1–0) Downs (0–1)–2:2937,4721–1 W1
3 April 74:41 p.m. PDT @ Braves W 5–2 Peña (1–0) Assenmaacher (0–1) Orosco (1)3:115,2572–1 W2
4 April 84:41 p.m. PDT @ Braves W 6–3 Leary (1–0) Coffman (0–1) Belcher (1)2:2710,7233–1 W3
5 April 94:41 p.m. PDT @ Braves W 11–3 Valenzuela (1–1) Glavine (0–1)–2:3716,6034–1 W4
6 April 1011:07 a.m. PDT @ Braves W 3–1 Hershiser (2–0) Mahler (0–1) Orosco (2)2:2414,1715–1 W5
7 April 127:25 p.m. PDT @ Padres L 3–5 Hawkins (1–1) Sutton (0–1) Davis (1)3:0252,3955–2 L1
8 April 137:05 p.m. PDT @ Padres W 4–3 Howell (1–0) Show (0–2) Orosco (3)2:5116,8386–2 W1
9 April 141:05 p.m. PDT @ Padres L 0–2 Jones (1–1) Valenzuela (1–2) McCullers (2)2:4524,0966–3 L1
10 April 157:08 pm PDT Braves W 3–2 Hershiser (3–0) Glavine (0–2)–2:2741,2227–3 W1
11 April 161:05 pm PDT Braves W 7–4 Belcher (1–0) Mahler (0–2) Peña (2)2:4027,1148–3 W2
12 April 171:05 pm PDT Braves L 1–3 Smith (1–2) Sutton (0–2)–2:2146,4848–4 L1
13 April 187:08 p.m. PDT Padres W 6–0 Leary (2–0) Show (0–3)–3:0024,3579–4 W1
–April 19 Padres Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: June 17)
–April 20 Padres Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: June 19)
–April 21 Padres Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: September 21)
–April 22@ Giants Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: July 26)
14 April 2312:25 p.m. PDT @ Giants W 10–3 Hershiser (4–0) Krukow (1–1)–2:5733,27110–4 W2
15 April 241:05 p.m. PDT @ Giants W 4–0 Valenzuela (2–2) LaCoss (1–2) Howell (1)2:5039,09211–4 W3
16 April 267:07 p.m. PDT Cubs L 3–7 Maddux (4–1) Leary (2–1)–2:3934,27911–5 L1
17 April 277:07 p.m. PDT Cubs W 4–0 Sutton (1–2) Moyer (1–2) Peña (3)2:4229,46212–5 W1
18 April 287:05 p.m. PDT Cubs L 1–5 Schiraldi (1–2) Belcher (1–1) DiPino (1)3:0529,50912–6 L1
19 April 297:05 p.m. PDT Cardinals W 6–4 Hershiser (5–0) Cox (2–3) Howell (2)2:4044,30113–6 W1
20 April 307:05 p.m. PDT Cardinals L 2–5 O'Neal (2–1) Valenzuela (2–3) McWilliams (1)2:4247,42513–7 L1
May: 14–13 (Home: 6–7; Away: 8–6)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox
Streak
21 May 11:05 p.m. PDT Cardinals L 0–9 Tudor (1–0) Leary (2–2) Terry (1)2:4746,17613–8 L2
22 May 27:08 p.m. PDT Pirates W 6–3 Orosco (1–0) Drabek (3–2)–3:1626,82114–8 W1
23 May 37:05 p.m. PDT Pirates W 14–6 Belcher (2–1) Dunne (1–1)–3:0326,94315–8 W2
24 May 47:05 p.m. PDT Pirates W 8–5 Hershiser (6–0) Palacios (0–2)–3:1230,42316–8 W3
25 May 65:35 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals W 10–2 Valenzuela (3–3) O'Neal (2–2)–2:2549,19417–8 W4
26 May 75:05 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals L 1–2 Worrell (1–2) Orosco (1–1)–2:2846,15917–9 L1
27 May 811:15 a.m. PDT @ Cardinals W 12–6 Sutton (2–2) DeLeón (2–3)–2:4640,09818–9 W1
–May 9@ Cubs Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: July 14)
28 May 1011:20 a.m. PDT @ Cubs W 6–5 (14) Holton (1–0) Lancaster (1–3) Hershiser (1)4:2712,98519–9 W2
29 May 114:05 p.m. PDT @ Pirates L 1–2 (11) Medvin (1–0) Peña (1–1)–3:4626,36719–10 L1
30 May 124:05 p.m. PDT @ Pirates L 4–7 Smiley (3–2) Hershiser (6–1)–2:2911,07219–11 L2
31 May 137:05 p.m. PDT Phillies L 1–2 Gross (3–1) Leary (2–3) Tekulve (2)2:5638,01519–12 L3
32 May 147:05 p.m. PDT Phillies W 3–2 Sutton (3–2) Ruffin (3–3) Howell (3)2:5847,37920–12 W1
33 May 151:05 p.m. PDT Phillies W 9–2 Belcher (3–1) Palmer (0–3)–3:0741,04521–12 W2
34 May 177:10 p.m. PDT Expos L 5–6 Heaton (1–2) Valenzuela (3–4) Burke (5)2:5034,30921–13 L1
35 May 187:05 p.m. PDT Expos L 0–3 Dopson (1–1) Hershiser (6–2) Burke (6)2:5527,77521–14 L2
36 May 197:05 p.m. PDT Expos W 2–0 Leary (3–3) Martínez (3–6)–2:3625,28322–14 W1
37 May 207:05 p.m. PDT Mets L 2–5 Fernandez (2–3) Sutton (3–3) Myers (6)3:2844,86722–15 L1
38 May 217:05 p.m. PDT Mets L 0–4 Gooden (8–0) Belcher (3–12)2:4847,01722–16 L2
39 May 221:08 p.m. PDT Mets L 2–5 Cone (6–0) Valenzuela (3–5) McDowell (5)3:1644,82622–17 L3
40 May 242:55 p.m. PDT @ Phillies W 2–1 (12) Peña (2–1) Harris (0–1) Orosco (4)3:4617,75923–17 W1
41 May 254:35 p.m. PDT @ Phillies W 4–0 Leary (4–3) Palmer (0–4) | –2:2824,44424–17 W2
42 May 264:37 p.m. PDT @ Phillies W 10–8 Howell (2–0) Bedrosian (0–1)–3:1419,36125–17 W3
43 May 274:35 p.m. PDT @ Expos W 5–2 Orosco (2–1) McClure (1–2) Peña (3)3:1618,11326–17 W4
44 May 2810:35 a.m. PDT @ Expos L 2–3 (10) Parrett (4–1) Howell (2–1)–2:5815,32026–18 L1
45 May 2910:35 a.m. PDT @ Expos W 2–1 Hershiser (7–2) Dopson (1–2)–2:2435,31127–18 W1
46 May 305:05 p.m. PDT @ Mets L 2–3 Darling (6–3) Leary (4–4) Myers (8)2:5042,09627–19 L1
47 May 314:40 p.m. PDT @ Mets L 4–5 (11) Myers (3–0) Peña (2–2)3:3435,56427–20 L2
June: 17–11 (Home: 9–6; Away: 8–5)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox
Streak
48 June 15:02 p.m. PDT @ Mets W 4–3 Holton (2–0) Fernandez (2–5) Howell (4)3:2929,65928–20 W1
49 June 37:35 p.m. PDT Reds W 13–5 Crews (1–0) Rasmussen (2–6)–3:2845,24229–20 W2
50 June 412:28 p.m. PDT Reds L 2–5 Rijo (6–1) Hershiser (7–3)–3:1032,55029–21 L1
51 June 51:06 p.m. PDT Reds W 5–4 Leary (5–4) Soto (3–5) Howell (5)2:4738,98230–21 W1
52 June 65:13 p.m. PDT Astros L 4–10 Knepper (7–1) Peña (2–3) Andersen (2)3:3219,32730–22 L1
53 June 77:35 p.m. PDT Astros L 2–5 Darwin (3–4) Belcher (3–3)–3:0125,50930–23 L2
54 June 87:40 p.m. PDT Astros W 11–1 Valenzuela (4–5) Scott (6–2)2:2333,73731–23 W1
55 June 91:05 p.m. PDT Astros W 4–2 Hershiser (8–3) Ryan (5–4) Howell (6)2:5325,95932–23 W2
56 June 107:05 p.m. PDT @ Padres L 3–4 McCullers (1–4) Howell (2–2)–2:4619,85932–24 L1
57 June 117:05 p.m. PDT @ Padres L 1–2 Rasmussen (3–6) Sutton (3–4)–2:0726,06832–25 L2
58 June 121:05 p.m. PDT @ Padres L 2–5 Whitson (6–5) Belcher (3–4) Davis (9)2:1421,53332–26 L3
59 June 144:40 p.m. PDT @ Braves W 5–4 Valenzuela (5–5) Smith (1–7) Howell (7)2:4611,13633–26 W1
60 June 154:40 p.m. PDT @ Braves W 7–5 Hershiser (9–3) Glavine (3–7) Peña (4)2:5010,15434–26 W2
61 June 162:40 p.m. PDT @ Braves L 2–9 Smith (3–3) K. Howell (0–1)–2:279,66634–27 L1
62 (1)June 174:08 p.m. PDT Padres L 4–7 Whitson (7–5) Leary (5–5) Davis (11)2:36–34–28 L2
63 (2)June 177:20 p.m. PDT Padres L 3–4 Rasmussen (4–6) Holton (2–1) McCullers (6)3:0733,64934–29 L3
64 June 181:09 p.m. PDT Padres W 3–0 Belcher (4–4) Show (5–7) Howell (8)2:4437,74335–29 W1
65 (1)June 191:06 p.m. PDT Padres W 12–2 Hershiser (10–3) Jones (5–6)–2:17–36–29 W2
66 (2)June 193:59 p.m. PDT Padres W 5–4 (1) Crews (2–0) Davis (2–4)–3:2837,04537–29 W3
67 June 207:38 p.m. PDT Braves W 7–3 Hillegas (1–0) Glavine (3–8) Peña (5)2:4343,26838–29 W4
68 June 217:35 p.m. PDT Braves W 2–1 Leary (6–5) Smith (3–4)–2:0918,48539–29 W5
69 June 227:35 p.m. PDT Braves L 1–4 Mahler (8–6) Sutton (3–5)–2:2927,87839–30 L1
70 June 244:35 p.m. PDT @ Reds W 5–3 Hershiser (11–3) Robinson (3–6) Belcher (2)2:5233,78140–30 W1
71 June 254:06 p.m. PDT @ Reds W 6–4 Holton (3–1) Rijo (8–3) Orosco (5)2:5935,47041–30 W2
72 June 2611:15 a.m. PDT @ Reds W 9–6 Belcher (5–4) Franco (1–5) Holton (1)3:0529,52042–30 W3
73 June 275:35 p.m. PDT @ Astros W 4–0 Hillegas (2–0) Andújar (0–3) Peña (6)2:4727,18543–30 W4
74 June 285:35 p.m. PDT @ Astros L 3–4 Knepper (8–1) Holton (3–2) Agosto (1)2:3428,83843–31 L1
75 June 2911:35 a.m. PDT @ Astros W 2–0 Hershiser (12–3) Ryan (5–6)–2:3227,67844–31 W1
July: 16–12–1 (Home: 5–7; Away: 11–5–1)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox
Streak
76 July 17:37 p.m. PDT Cubs L 2–9 Moyer (5–7) Valenzuela (5–6)–3:0942,76344–32 L1
77 July 27:07 p.m. PDT Cubs W 8–1 Leary (7–5) Pico (3–3)–2:5544,16645–32 W1
78 July 31:05 p.m. PDT Cubs L 1–2 Sufcliffe (7–5) Hillegas (2–1) Lancaster (4)2:4443,20945–33 L1
79 July 45:10 p.m. PDT Cardinals W 5–3 Peña (3–3) Tudor (4–3) Belcher (3)2:4844,85546–33 W1
80 July 57:35 p.m. PDT Cardinals W 6–3 Hershiser (13–3) Cox (2–4) Belcher (4)2:2432,49547–33 W2
81 July 67:37 p.m. PDT Cardinals W 7–3 Crews (3–0) Worrell (4–5)–2:4537,21048–33 W3
82 July 87:35 p.m. PDT Pirates L 3–4 Drabek (6–5) Leary (7–6) Gott (11)3:1540,69048–34 L1
83 July 97:05 p.m. PDT Pirates L 2–8 Dunne (6–7) Hillegas (2–2)–3:1446,66248–35 L2
84 July 101:08 p.m. PDT Pirates L 2–7 Walk (10–4) Hershiser (13–4)–2:2443,01448–36 L3
59th All-Star Game in Cincinnati, OH
85 (1)July 1410:05 a.m. PDT @ Cubs W 1–0 Leary (8–6) Sufcliffe (7–7) Peña (7)2:49–49–36 W1
86 (2)July 141:59 p.m. PDT @ Cubs W 6–3 Holton (4–2) Schiraldi (4–8) Howell (9)2:4934,03150–36 W2
87 July 151:05 p.m. PDT @ Cubs W 3–2 (10) Peña (4–3) Nipper (1–3) Orosco (6)2:4932,17951–36 W3
88 July 1610:20 a.m. PDT @ Cubs T 2–2 (9)–––2:2232,84351–36–1 T1
89 (1)July 1710:20 a.m. PDT @ Cubs W 4–1 Belcher (6–4) Pico (3–5) Peña (8)2:52–52–36–1 W1
90 (2)July 171:47 p.m. PDT @ Cubs W 5–2 Holton (5–2) Lancaster (4–5) Howell (10)2:4235,13853–36–1 W2
91 July 185:35 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals W 1–0 Leary (9–6) Worrell (4–7)–2:3429,35854–36–1 W3
92 July 195:35 p.m. PDT @ Cardinals L 2–3 DeLeón (6–7) Brennan (0–1) Worrell (17)2:4734,60654–37–1 L1
93 July 2010:35 a.m. PDT @ Cardinals L 7–8 Costello (3–0) Valenzuela (5–7) Worrell (18)3:2031,84554–38–1 L2
94 July 214:35 p.m. PDT @ Pirates L 2–3 Drabek (8–5) Hershiser (13–5) Gott (15)2:4227,51054–39–1 L3
95 July 224:35 p.m. PDT @ Pirates W 4–2 Belcher (7–4) Dunne (6–8) Howell (11)3:0644,88855–39–1 W1
96 July 234:37 p.m. PDT @ Pirates W 6–2 Leary (10–6) Smiley (9–6)–2:4635,81756–39–1 W2
97 July 2410:36 a.m. PDT @ Pirates W 2–1 Hillegas (3–2) Fisher (6–7) Howell (12)3:0035,67757–39–1 W3
98 July 255:17 p.m. PDT @ Giants L 1–3 Downs (10–8) Valenzuela (5–8)–2:5029,94757–40–1 L1
99 (1)July 265:35 p.m. PDT @ Giants W 7–3 Hershiser (14–5) Mulholland (2–1) Howell (13)2:57–58–40–1 W1
100 (2)July 269:10 p.m. PDT @ Giants W 6–5 (11) Holton (6–2) Garrelts (2–1)–4:1349,20959–40–1 W2
101 July 277:35 p.m. PDT @ Giants L 1–2 (10) Price (1–4) Leary (10–7)–2:5134,16859–41–1 L1
102 July 297:37 p.m. PDT Astros L 1–3 Scott (10–3) Hillegas (3–3)–2:1748,26859–42–1 L2
103 July 3012:22 p.m. PDT Astros L 6–14 Darwin (4–9) Holton (6–3)–3:1235,83559–43–1 L3
104 July 311:05 p.m. PDT Astros W 6–1 Hershiser (15–5) Deshaies (7–8)–2:2844,81160–43–1 W1
August: 17–12 (Home: 10–6; Away: 7–6)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox
Streak
105 August 15:14 p.m. PDT Reds L 3–4 Jackson (14–5) Peña (4–4) Murphy (2)2:5845,49860–44–1 L1
106 August 27:00 p.m. PDT Reds W 2–0 Leary (11–7) Rijo (11–6)–2:2044,09161–44–1 W1
107 August 37:36 p.m. PDT Reds L 4–7 (11) Franco (3–5) Peña (4–5) Murphy (3)3:1241,53561–45–1 L1
108 August 55:35 p.m. PDT @ Astros L 4–6 Deshaies (8–8) Hershiser (15–6) Smith (20)2:5943,42661–46–1 L1
109 August 65:35 p.m. PDT @ Astros W 5–3 Belcher (8–4) Ryan (8–9) Howell (14)2:4843,52162–46–1 W1
110 August 711:35 a.m. PDT @ Astros L 2–4 Knepper (12–3) Leary (11–8) Agosto (3)2:4840,33962–47–1 L1
111 August 85:35 p.m. PDT @ Astros L 0–10 Scott (12–3) Hillegas (3–4)–2:5339,78662–48–1 L2
112 August 95:09 p.m. PDT @ Reds L 0–6 Jackson (15–5) Sutton (3–6)–2:1732,82462–49–1 L3
113 August 104:36 p.m. PDT @ Reds W 8–5 Hershiser (16–6) Rijo (11–8)–3:0630,80963–49–1 W1
114 August 114:35 p.m. PDT @ Reds L 8–9 (10) Franco (4–5) Howell (2–3)–3:5130,69563–50–1 L1
115 August 127:38 p.m. PDT Giants W 7–3 Leary (12–8) Reuschel (15–6) Peña (9)3:1948,74464–50–1 W1
116 August 137:10 p.m. PDT Giants W 2–1 (11) Peña (5–5) Price (1–5)–4:1247,64965–50–1 W2
117 August 141:08 p.m. PDT Giants L 4–15 Downs (12–9) Hershiser (16–7) Brantley (1)3:1745,50265–51–1 L1
118 August 157:35 p.m. PDT Giants W 1–0 Belcher (9–4) Robinson (4–3) Orosco (7)2:3749,30666–51–1 W1
119 August 167:30 p.m. PDT Phillies W 7–5 Leary (13–8) Carman (9–7) Howell (15)2:5032,48267–51–1 W2
120 August 177:38 pm PDT Phillies W 7–2 Tudor (7–5) Maddux (3–3)–2:3642,70168–51–1 W3
121 August 181:05 pm PDT Phillies W 2–1 Howell (3–3) Gross (11–9) Orosco (8)3:2334,46769–51–1 W4
122 August 197:37 p.m. PDT Expos W 2–0 Hershiser (17–7) Martínez (14–9)–2:1536,21770–51–1 W5
123 August 207:35 p.m. PDT Expos W 4–3 Howell (4–3) Hesketh (3–2)–2:4146,74371–51–1 W6
124 August 211:05 p.m. PDT Expos W 4–0 Leary (14–8) Heaton (3–9)–2:1839,50572–51–1 W7
125 August 227:35 p.m. PDT Mets L 1–7 Gooden (15–6) Tudur (7–6)–2:4349,34272–52–1 L1
126 August 237:38 p.m. PDT Mets L 1–5 Cone (13–3) Martínez (0–1) Myers (18)3:0745,51272–53–1 L2
127 August 247:38 p.m. PDT Mets L 1–2 Leach (6–1) Hershiser (17–8) McDowell (14)2:4047,11572–54–1 L3
128 August 264:35 p.m. PDT @ Phillies W 7–2 Belcher (10–4) Freeman (0–2)–2:5327,53373–54–1 W1
129 August 274:06 p.m. PDT @ Phillies W 4–2 Leary (15–8) Carman (9–9) Howell (16)3:0327,32474–54–1 W2
130 August 2810:35 a.m. PDT @ Phillies W 5–0 Tudor (8–6) Gross (11–11)–2:5428,57075–54–1 W3
131 August 294:35 p.m. PDT @ Expos W 2–1 Martínez (1–1) Martínez (15–10) Howell (17)2:3716,00276–54–1 W4
132 August 304:35 p.m. PDT @ Expos W 4–2 Hershiser (18–8) Holman (2–6)–2:2321,45477–54–1 W5
133 August 314:35 p.m. PDT @ Expos L 3–4 Parrett (11–3) Peña (5–6)–2:4112,06877–55–1 L1
September: 16–11 (Home: 6–5; Away: 7–2)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox
Streak
134 September 24:35 p.m. PDT @ Mets L 0–8 Darling (15–9) Leary (14–9)–2:2844,88977–56–1 L2
135 September 311:30 a.m. PDT @ Mets L 1–2 Gooden (16–6) Tudor (8–7) Myers (21)2:4243,89677–57–1 L3
–September 4@ Mets Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: No rescheduling)
136 September 54:40 p.m. PDT @ Braves W 3–0 Hershiser (19–8) Mahler (9–13)–2:2410,76878–57–1 W1
137 September 611:42 a.m. PDT @ Braves L 1–2 Assenmaacher (7–6) Orosco (2–2) Sutter (13)2:467,24578–58–1 L1
138 September 77:38 p.m. PDT Astros W 4–1 Leary (15–9) Scott (13–6) Howell (18)3:0335,87479–58–1 W1
139 September 87:38 p.m. PDT Astros L 1–2 Ryan (11–11) Tudor (8–8)–2:4036,50479–59–1 L1
140 September 97:39 p.m. PDT Reds L 2–5 Jackson (21–6) Martínez (1–2)–2:5342,55779–60–1 L2
141 September 107:05 p.m. PDT Reds W 5–0 Hershiser (20–8) Charlton (1–4)–2:3142,39380–60–1 W1
142 September 111:05 p.m. PDT Reds W 5–3 Crews (4–0) Franco (5–6)–2:5540,63581–60–1 W2
143 September 127:35 p.m. PDT Braves W 5–4 Leary (17–9) Glavine (6–16) Peña (10)2:2424,57882–60–1 W3
144 September 137:38 p.m. PDT Braves W 2–0 Tudor (9–8) Smoltz (2–5) Howell (19)2:3722,75883–60–1 W4
145 September 147:37 p.m. PDT Braves W 1–0 Hershiser (21–8) Mahler (9–15)–2:1542,43484–60–1 W5
146 September 167:02 p.m. PDT @ Reds L 0–1 Browning (16–5) Belcher (10–5)–1:5116,59184–61–1 L1
147 September 174:06 p.m. PDT @ Reds W 4–3 Orosco (3–2) Murphy (0–6) Howell (20)3:0931,32885–61–1 W1
148 September 1810:00 a.m. PDT @ Reds W 2–0 Tudor (10–8) Williams (3–2) Peña (11)2:3924,15686–61–1 W2
149 September 195:35 p.m. PDT @ Astros W 1–0 Hershiser (22–8) Darwin (7–12)–2:2016,17387–61–1 W3
150 September 202:00 p.m. PDT @ Astros W 6–0 Belcher (11–5) Forsch (10–6)–2:2812,29188–61–1 W4
151 (1)September 215:05 p.m. PDT Padres L 3–9 Rasmussen (15–9) Martínez (1–3)–2:44–88–62–1 L1
152 (2)September 218:25 p.m. PDT Padres W 6–5 (10) Howell (5–3) Davis (5–10)–3:2931,12089–62–1 W1
153 September 227:35 p.m. PDT Padres L 4–5 Show (15–11) Peña (5–7)–2:4530,07489–63–1 L1
154 September 237:39 p.m. PDT @ Giants W 3–0 Hershiser (23–8) Hammaker (8–9)–2:3822,34190–63–1 W1
155 September 241:05 p.m. PDT @ Giants W 7–3 Horton (1–0) Wilson (0–2) Orosco (9)3:0334,21491–63–1 W2
156 September 251:00 p.m. PDT @ Giants L 0–2 Cook (2–0) Belcher (11–6)–2:2540,74391–64–1 L1
157 September 267:07 p.m PDT @ Padres W 3–2 Peña (6–7) Rasmussen (15–10) Howell (21)2:5318,55292–64–1 W1
158 September 277:05 p.m. PDT @ Padres L 4–8 Show (16–11) Leary (17–10)–2:3913,32592–65–1 L1
159 September 287:10 p.m. PDT @ Padres L 1–2 (16) Leiper (3–0) Horton (1–1)–4:2422,59692–66–1 L2
160 September 307:35 p.m. PDT Giants W 6–4 Holton (7–3) Cook (2–1) Peña (12)2:5642,58093–66–1 W1
October: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–0)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox
Streak
161 October 11:07 p.m. PDT Giants W 2–1 Belcher (12–6) Reuschel (19–11) Valenzuela (1)2:0933,95194–66–1 W2
162 October 21:09 p.m. PDT Giants L 0–1 Robinson (10–5) Leary (17–11)–2:3144,05594–67–1 L1
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Dodgers team member

Postseason Game log

1988 Postseason Game Log: 8–4 (Home: 4–2; Away: 4–2)
NL Championship Series: vs. New York Mets 4–3 (Home: 2–2; Away: 2–1)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox
Streak
1 October 45:28 p.m. PDT Mets L 2–3 Myers (1–0) Howell (0–1)–2:4555,582NY 1–0 L1
2 October 57:08 p.m. PDT Mets W 6–3 Belcher (1–0) Cone (0–1) Peña (1)3:1055,780Tied 1–1 W1
–October 7@ Mets Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: October 8)
3 October 89:20 a.m. PDT @ Mets L 4–8 Myers (2–0) Peña (0–1)–3:4444,672NY 2–1 L1
4 October 95:22 p.m. PDT @ Mets W 5–4 (12) Peña (1–1) McDowell (0-1) Hershiser (1)4:2954,014Tied 2–2 W1
5 October 109:00 a.m. PDT @ Mets W 7–4 Belcher (2–0) Fernandez (0–1) Holton (1)3:0752,069LA 3–2 W2
6 October 115:22 p.m. PDT Mets L 1–5 Cone (1–1) Leary (0–1)–3:1655,885Tied 3–3 L1
7 October 125:22 p.m. PDT Mets W 6–0 Hershiser (1–0) Darling (0–1)–2:5155,693LA 4–3 W1
World Series: vs. Oakland Athletics 4–1 (Home: 2–0; Away: 2–1)
#DateTime (PT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox
Streak
1 October 155:30 p.m. PDT Athletics W 5–4 Peña (1–0) Eckersley (0–1)–3:0455,983LA 1–0 W1
2 October 165:25 p.m. PDT Athletics W 6–0 Hershiser (1–0) Davis (0–1)–2:3056,051LA 2–0 W2
3 October 185:30 p.m. PDT @ Athletics L 1–2 Honeycutt (1–0) Howell (0–1)–3:2149,316LA 2–1 L1
4 October 195:25 p.m. PDT @ Athletics W 4–3 Belcher (1–0) Stewart (0–1) Howell (1)3:0549,317LA 3–1 W1
5 October 205:39 p.m. PDT @ Athletics W 5–2 Hershiser (2–0) Davis (0–2)–2:5149,317LA 4–1 W2
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Dodgers team member

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

PosPlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
C Mike Scioscia 13040829105.2573350
1B Franklin Stubbs 1152423054.22383411
2B Steve Sax 16063270175.27755742
3B Jeff Hamilton 1113093473.2366330
SS Alfredo Griffin 953163963.1991277
LF Kirk Gibson 150542106157.290257631
CF John Shelby 14049465130.263106416
RF Mike Marshall 14454263150.27720824

Other batters

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

PlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
Dave Anderson 1162853171.2492204
Mike Davis 1082812955.1962177
Pedro Guerrero 592152464.2985352
Mickey Hatcher 881912256.2931250
Tracy Woodson 651731543.2493151
Rick Dempsey 771672542.2517301
Danny Heep 951491436.2420112
Mike Sharperson 4659816.271040
Mike Devereaux 304345.116020
José González 372472.083003
Chris Gwynn 121112.182000
Gilberto Reyes 5911.111000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

PlayerGGSIPWLERABBSOCG
Orel Hershiser 3534267.02382.267317815
Tim Leary 3535228.217112.91561809
Tim Belcher 3627179.21262.91511524
Fernando Valenzuela 2322142.1584.2476643
Don Sutton 161687.1363.9230440
Shawn Hillegas 111056.2344.1317300
John Tudor 9952.1432.4110321
Bill Krueger 112.10011.57210

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ramón Martínez 935.2133.7923
Ken Howell 412.2016.3912
William Brennan 49.1016.757

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLSVERABBSO
Jay Howell 5065.053212.082170
Alejandro Peña 6094.167121.912783
Jesse Orosco 5553.03292.723043
Brian Holton 4584.27311.702649
Tim Crews 4271.24003.141645
Brad Havens 99.20004.6648
Ricky Horton 129.01105.0028

Playoffs

National League Championship Series

The Dodgers faced the New York Mets in the LCS. The Mets had dominated the Dodgers during the regular season, winning 10 out of 11 meetings and were heavy favorites going into the series. But the Dodgers, led by series MVP Orel Hershiser (who pitched a complete game shutout in game 7) won the series 4 games to 3.

World Series

The Dodgers were again heavy underdogs in the World Series against the Oakland Athletics, led by sluggers Mark McGwire and José Canseco. However, the Dodgers won the series in five games thanks to Kirk Gibson's pinch-hit game winning homer in the first game off of Dennis Eckersley and the continued mastery of series MVP Orel Hershiser.

Awards

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Terry Collins
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Kevin Kennedy
High A Bakersfield Dodgers California League Gary LaRocque
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League John Shoemaker
A-Short Season Salem Dodgers Northwest League Tom Beyers
Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Tim Johnson
Rookie Gulf Coast Dodgers Gulf Coast League Joe Alvarez

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball Draft

The Dodgers drafted 62 players in this draft. Of those, 11 of them would eventually play Major League baseball. The Dodgers lost their second round pick to the Oakland Athletics as compensation for their signing free agent outfielder Mike Davis.

The top pick in the draft was Pitcher Bill Bene out of California State University, Los Angeles. In nine seasons in the Minors he had a record of 18–34 with a 5.45 ERA in 252 games (49 starts). In 2012, he was arrested and sentenced to six months in prison for operating a counterfeit karaoke business and failing to pay federal taxes. [9]

This draft produced two of the Dodgers top players of the 1990s. In the sixth round they selected first baseman Eric Karros from UCLA. The 1992 Rookie of the Year and a 1995 Silver Slugger Award winner, Karros hit .268 with 284 homers and 1,027 RBI in 14 seasons (12 of them with the Dodgers) and is the L.A. Dodgers all-time home run leader.

In the 62nd round with their last pick of the draft the Dodgers selected Mike Piazza from Miami Dade College as a favor to his god-father, manager Tommy Lasorda. Piazza would win the 1993 Rookie of the Year Award and was a 12 time All-Star and 10 time Silver Slugger Award winner in his 16 seasons (mostly with the Dodgers and New York Mets). He hit .308 with 427 home runs and 1,335 RBI.

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References

  1. ↑ "Kirk Gibson Stats".
  2. ↑ "Gibson Returns, Isn't Amused : Orosco Apologizes After Admitting He Blackened Cap". Los Angeles Times . March 5, 1988.
  3. ↑ 1988 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Raúl Mondesí page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Mario Soto page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Don Sutton page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Shawn Hillegas page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ "1988 Los Angeles Dodgers schedule and results". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Ex-Dodgers pitcher Bill Bene gets 6 months in jail for dodging taxes". LA Daily News. September 23, 2012. Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  10. ↑ 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
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