1988 Milwaukee Brewers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Milwaukee County Stadium | |
City | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States | |
Record | 87–75 (.537) | |
Divisional place | 3rd | |
Owners | Bud Selig | |
General managers | Harry Dalton | |
Managers | Tom Trebelhorn | |
Television | WVTV (Jim Paschke, Mike Hegan) | |
Radio | WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes) | |
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The 1988 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 19th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 20th overall. The Brewers finished third in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. During the franchise's 25-year playoff draught from 1983-2007, 1988 tied with 2007 with 2 games back as the closest the team came to making the playoffs.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 | — |
1988 Milwaukee Brewers | |||||||||
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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 |
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C | B. J. Surhoff | 139 | 493 | 121 | .245 | 5 | 38 |
1B | Greg Brock | 115 | 364 | 77 | .212 | 6 | 50 |
2B | Jim Gantner | 155 | 539 | 149 | .276 | 0 | 47 |
SS | Dale Sveum | 129 | 467 | 113 | .242 | 9 | 51 |
3B | Paul Molitor | 154 | 609 | 190 | .312 | 13 | 60 |
LF | Jeffrey Leonard | 94 | 374 | 88 | .235 | 8 | 44 |
CF | Robin Yount | 162 | 621 | 190 | .306 | 13 | 91 |
RF | Rob Deer | 135 | 492 | 124 | .252 | 23 | 85 |
DH | Joey Meyer | 103 | 327 | 86 | .263 | 11 | 45 |
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 |
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Glenn Braggs | 72 | 272 | 71 | .261 | 10 | 42 |
Ernest Riles | 41 | 127 | 32 | .252 | 1 | 9 |
Bill Schroeder | 41 | 122 | 19 | .156 | 5 | 10 |
Charlie O'Brien | 40 | 118 | 26 | .220 | 2 | 9 |
Darryl Hamilton | 44 | 103 | 19 | .184 | 1 | 11 |
Jim Adduci | 44 | 94 | 25 | .266 | 1 | 15 |
Billy Jo Robidoux | 33 | 91 | 23 | .253 | 0 | 5 |
Juan Castillo | 54 | 90 | 20 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
Mike Felder | 50 | 81 | 14 | .173 | 0 | 5 |
Gary Sheffield | 24 | 80 | 19 | .238 | 4 | 12 |
Mike Young | 8 | 14 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Kiefer | 7 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 1 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Teddy Higuera | 31 | 227.1 | 16 | 9 | 2.45 | 192 |
Bill Wegman | 32 | 199.0 | 13 | 13 | 4.12 | 84 |
Don August | 24 | 148.1 | 13 | 7 | 3.09 | 66 |
Mike Birkbeck | 23 | 124.0 | 10 | 8 | 4.72 | 64 |
Tom Filer | 19 | 101.2 | 5 | 8 | 4.43 | 39 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Chris Bosio | 38 | 182.0 | 7 | 15 | 3.36 | 84 |
Juan Nieves | 25 | 110.1 | 7 | 5 | 4.08 | 73 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Dan Plesac | 50 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 2.41 | 52 |
Chuck Crim | 70 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2.91 | 58 |
Paul Mirabella | 38 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.65 | 33 |
Odell Jones | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4.35 | 48 |
Mark Clear | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.79 | 26 |
Dave Stapleton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.93 | 6 |
Mark Knudson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.13 | 7 |
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