1988 Philadelphia Phillies | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | Eastern Division | |
Ballpark | Veterans Stadium | |
City | Philadelphia | |
Owners | Bill Giles | |
General managers | Woody Woodward, Lee Thomas | |
Managers | Lee Elia | |
Television | WTAF (Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler) PRISM (Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler, Garry Maddox) | |
Radio | WCAU (Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler, Garry Maddox) | |
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The 1988 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished sixth in the National League East with a record of 65 wins and 96 losses.
The Phillies were scheduled to play the Cubs in the first night game at Wrigley Field on August 8, 1988. The game began before an announced crowd of 39,008. The Cubs were leading 3 to 1 and coming to bat in the bottom of the fourth when the rain delay began. The umpires called the game after waiting two hours, ten minutes. [3] The Cubs' first official night game came the following night against the Mets.
Montreal Expos pitcher Pascual Pérez threw a five-inning rain-shortened no-hitter against the Phillies on September 24, 1988. It was the first no-hitter in Veterans Stadium history. Perez allowed one walk, and another Phillies baserunner reached on an error. Umpire Harry Wendelstedt waved off the game after a 90-minute rain delay after the game was stopped by a steady rain with one out in the top of the sixth. [4] However, due to a statistical rule change in 1991, no-hitters must last at least nine innings to count. As a result of the retroactive application of the new rule, this game and thirty-five others are no longer considered no-hitters.
NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Mets | 100 | 60 | 0.625 | — | 56–24 | 44–36 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 85 | 75 | 0.531 | 15 | 43–38 | 42–37 |
Montreal Expos | 81 | 81 | 0.500 | 20 | 43–38 | 38–43 |
Chicago Cubs | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 24 | 39–42 | 38–43 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 25 | 41–40 | 35–46 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 65 | 96 | 0.404 | 35½ | 38–42 | 27–54 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 5–13 | 5–13 | 4–14 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–5 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 3–9 | |||||
Chicago | 7–5 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–8–1 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 7–11 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 13–5 | 6–6 | — | 9–9 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 4–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 6–6 | |||||
Houston | 13–5 | 5–7 | 9–9 | — | 9–9 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 6–6 | |||||
Los Angeles | 14–4 | 8–4–1 | 11–7 | 9–9 | — | 8–4 | 1–10 | 11–1 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 7–5 | |||||
Montreal | 8–4 | 9–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 4–8 | — | 6–12 | 9–9–1 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 13–5 | |||||
New York | 8–4 | 9–9 | 7–4 | 7–5 | 10–1 | 12–6 | — | 10–8 | 12–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 14–4 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6-6 | 10–8 | 3–9 | 4–8 | 1–11 | 9–9–1 | 8–10 | — | 7–11 | 4–7 | 7–5 | 6–12 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 5–5 | 11–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 11–7 | — | 8–4 | 8–4 | 11–7 | |||||
San Diego | 10–8 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 12–6 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–4 | 4–8 | — | 8–10 | 6–6 | |||||
San Francisco | 13–5 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 10–8 | — | 7–5 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–3 | 11–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 5–13 | 4–14 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — |
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October (1–1)
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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 | Lance Parrish | 123 | 424 | 91 | .215 | 15 | 60 |
1B | Von Hayes | 104 | 367 | 100 | .272 | 6 | 45 |
2B | Juan Samuel | 157 | 629 | 153 | .243 | 12 | 67 |
SS | Steve Jeltz | 148 | 379 | 71 | .187 | 0 | 27 |
3B | Mike Schmidt | 108 | 390 | 97 | .249 | 12 | 62 |
LF | Phil Bradley | 154 | 569 | 150 | .264 | 11 | 56 |
CF | Milt Thompson | 122 | 378 | 109 | .288 | 2 | 33 |
RF | Chris James | 150 | 566 | 137 | .242 | 19 | 66 |
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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Ricky Jordan | 69 | 273 | 84 | .308 | 11 | 43 |
Bob Dernier | 68 | 166 | 48 | .289 | 1 | 10 |
Mike Young | 75 | 146 | 33 | .226 | 1 | 14 |
Darren Daulton | 58 | 144 | 30 | .208 | 1 | 12 |
Greg Gross | 98 | 133 | 27 | .203 | 0 | 5 |
Ron Jones | 33 | 124 | 36 | .290 | 8 | 26 |
Luis Aguayo | 49 | 97 | 24 | .247 | 3 | 5 |
Jackie Gutiérrez | 33 | 77 | 19 | .247 | 0 | 9 |
Tom Barrett | 36 | 54 | 11 | .204 | 0 | 3 |
John Russell | 22 | 49 | 12 | .245 | 2 | 4 |
Keith Miller | 47 | 48 | 8 | .167 | 0 | 6 |
Shane Turner | 18 | 35 | 6 | .171 | 0 | 1 |
Bill Almon | 20 | 26 | 3 | .115 | 0 | 1 |
Al Pardo | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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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Kevin Gross | 33 | 231.2 | 12 | 14 | 3.69 | 162 |
Don Carman | 36 | 201.1 | 10 | 14 | 4.29 | 116 |
Shane Rawley | 32 | 198.0 | 8 | 16 | 4.18 | 87 |
David Palmer | 22 | 129.0 | 7 | 9 | 4.47 | 85 |
Marvin Freeman | 11 | 51.2 | 2 | 3 | 6.10 | 37 |
Bob Sebra | 3 | 11.1 | 1 | 2 | 7.94 | 7 |
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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Bruce Ruffin | 55 | 144.1 | 6 | 10 | 4.43 | 81 |
Mike Maddux | 25 | 88.2 | 4 | 3 | 3.76 | 59 |
Alex Madrid | 5 | 16.1 | 1 | 1 | 2.76 | 2 |
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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Steve Bedrosian | 57 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 3.75 | 61 |
Kent Tekulve | 70 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3.60 | 43 |
Greg Harris | 66 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2.36 | 71 |
Wally Ritchie | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 8 |
Danny Clay | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 12 |
Todd Frohwirth | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8.25 | 11 |
Bill Dawley | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13.50 | 3 |
Bill Scherrer | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 |
Salomé Barojas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 1 |
Brad Moore | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Scott Service | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 6 |
Jeff Calhoun | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 1 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spartanburg [9]
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