1988 Milwaukee Brewers season

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1988  Milwaukee Brewers
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Milwaukee County Stadium
City Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Record87–75 (.537)
Divisional place3rd
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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 8973.549—53‍–‍2836‍–‍45
Detroit Tigers 8874.543150‍–‍3138‍–‍43
Milwaukee Brewers 8775.537247‍–‍3440‍–‍41
Toronto Blue Jays 8775.537245‍–‍3642‍–‍39
New York Yankees 8576.5283½46‍–‍3439‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians 7884.4811144‍–‍3734‍–‍47
Baltimore Orioles 54107.33534½34‍–‍4620‍–‍61

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

Roster

1988 Milwaukee Brewers
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 B. J. Surhoff 139493121.245538
1B Greg Brock 11536477.212650
2B Jim Gantner 155539149.276047
SS Dale Sveum 129467113.242951
3B Paul Molitor 154609190.3121360
LF Jeffrey Leonard 9437488.235844
CF Robin Yount 162621190.3061391
RF Rob Deer 135492124.2522385
DH Joey Meyer 10332786.2631145

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Glenn Braggs 7227271.2611042
Ernest Riles 4112732.25219
Bill Schroeder 4112219.156510
Charlie O'Brien 4011826.22029
Darryl Hamilton 4410319.184111
Jim Adduci 449425.266115
Billy Jo Robidoux 339123.25305
Juan Castillo 549020.22202
Mike Felder 508114.17305
Gary Sheffield 248019.238412
Mike Young 8140.00000
Steve Kiefer 7103.30011

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Teddy Higuera 31227.11692.45192
Bill Wegman 32199.013134.1284
Don August 24148.11373.0966
Mike Birkbeck 23124.01084.7264
Tom Filer 19101.2584.4339

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Chris Bosio 38182.07153.3684
Juan Nieves 25110.1754.0873

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dan Plesac 5012302.4152
Chuck Crim 707692.9158
Paul Mirabella 382241.6533
Odell Jones 285014.3548
Mark Clear 251002.7926
Dave Stapleton 60005.936
Mark Knudson 50001.137

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of six minor league affiliates in 1988. [9] The AZL Brewers won the Arizona League championship. [10]

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Triple-A Denver Zephyrs American Association Duffy Dyer
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Dave Machemer
Class A Stockton Ports California League Dave Huppert
Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Gomer Hodge
Rookie AZL Brewers Arizona League Alex Taveras
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Dusty Rhodes

Notes

  1. ↑ "Bryan Clutterbuck: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  2. ↑ Bill Mooneyham at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ "Ronn Reynolds Stats".
  4. ↑ SI.com – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
  5. 1 2 Washingtonpost.com: The 1988 Orioles: And the Losing Goes On
  6. ↑ Pat Listach at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Mike Ignasiak at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ Ernest Riles at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ "1988 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  10. ↑ "1988 Arizona League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved December 9, 2020.

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