1988 American League
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Central
Team W L WPct GB
Baltimore 95 65 .594 --
Minnesota 90 70 .563 5
Tampa Bay 83 77 .519 12
Cleveland (A) 50 110 .313 45
East
Team W L WPct GB
New York (A) 97 63 .606 --
Detroit 94 66 .588 3
Boston (A) 93 67 .581 4
Indianapolis 54 106 .338 43
West
Team W L WPct GB
Toronto 86 74 .538 --
Seattle 77 83 .481 9
Kansas City 74 86 .463 12
Oakland 64 96 .400 22
Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-2) New York (N) Giants over Baltimore Orioles
AL League Series (4-1) Baltimore Orioles over New York (A) Yankees
AL Divisional Series (4-2) Baltimore Orioles over Detroit Tigers
AL Divisional Series (4-0) New York (A) Yankees over Toronto Blue Jays
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
NYA 5.2 836 160 5598 1548 371 31 141 553 828 .277 .342 .429 .771
BOS 5.2 836 160 5562 1543 431 34 152 487 944 .277 .336 .449 .785
DET 5.1 813 160 5625 1554 380 42 137 495 819 .276 .335 .432 .767
KCR 5.0 796 160 5510 1459 303 29 171 584 1030 .265 .335 .423 .759
MIN 5.0 792 160 5662 1573 288 38 155 498 988 .278 .336 .424 .760
BAL 4.9 786 160 5562 1560 299 42 128 592 836 .280 .350 .418 .768
TAM 4.6 729 160 5563 1432 315 33 159 491 902 .257 .318 .412 .729
TOR 4.4 697 160 5466 1381 320 26 96 504 930 .253 .316 .373 .689
OAK 4.0 645 160 5561 1430 270 52 78 466 837 .257 .315 .366 .681
SEM 3.9 628 160 5412 1275 283 44 122 508 1096 .236 .301 .372 .673
CLE 3.3 524 160 5499 1298 283 34 69 407 965 .236 .289 .338 .626
IND 3.1 501 160 5368 1121 245 30 98 417 1092 .209 .266 .320 .586
Totals 4.5 8583 1920 66388 17174 3788 435 1506 6002 11267 .259 .320 .397 .717
Average   715 160 5532 1431 316 36 126 500 939  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
DET 4.1 649 160 3.74 1442.0 1353 8.5 543 3.4 951 5.9 48
TAM 4.1 660 160 3.84 1431.0 1464 9.2 434 2.7 819 5.1 51
SEM 4.2 668 160 3.74 1439.7 1311 8.2 481 3.0 1122 7.0 49
BAL 4.2 679 160 3.89 1433.3 1440 9.0 467 2.9 1064 6.7 51
NYA 4.3 684 160 3.93 1451.3 1377 8.6 548 3.4 935 5.8 57
MIN 4.4 699 160 3.95 1442.3 1334 8.3 627 3.9 1027 6.4 46
TOR 4.4 704 160 4.08 1434.7 1414 8.8 456 2.9 936 5.9 53
BOS 4.5 723 160 4.07 1425.0 1400 8.8 478 3.0 900 5.6 47
IND 4.6 742 160 4.28 1441.3 1462 9.1 441 2.8 645 4.0 29
OAK 5.1 815 160 4.86 1424.3 1468 9.2 659 4.1 920 5.8 35
KCR 5.2 835 160 4.86 1412.0 1604 10.0 495 3.1 675 4.2 40
CLE 5.3 842 160 4.99 1409.0 1556 9.7 575 3.6 784 4.9 33
Totals 4.5 8700 1920 4.18 17186.0 17183 8.9 6204 3.2 10778 5.6 539
Average   725 160   1432 1432   517   898   45
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
BOS 91 69 2 5 13 0 2 2 12 0.93 0.91 2,277,839   Brian Rodgers
NYA 95 65 2 4 6 0 0 0 5 1.05 1.05 1,627,931   Jason Spiegel
BAL 91 69 4 3 13 1 1 1 4 0.94 0.86 2,323,644   Matt Ida II
DET 96 64 -2 3 13 1 0 4 18 1.04 1.20 1,761,825   Pie Traynor
MIN 89 71 1 3 10 1 2 1 6 1.01 0.82 1,591,767   Chris Kelsey
KCR 77 83 -3 2 11 7 0 0 5 0.96 1.06 2,324,273   Ricky Sanford
TAM 87 73 -4 2 12 0 2 2 6 1.00 0.91 2,067,646   Alex Baxter
CLE 47 113 3 1 6 1 0 0 4 1.07 1.12 2,128,941   Rocco McGillicutti
IND 52 108 2 1 8 0 0 1 14 1.13 1.14 2,285,913  
SEM 75 85 2 1 3 0 0 0 3 1.04 1.04 2,211,670   Peter Fletcher
OAK 63 97 1 0 8 1 0 0 6 0.98 0.98 1,642,616   Mike Kolb
TOR 79 81 7 0 8 0 0 0 1 0.99 0.74 2,169,486   Chuck Glidden
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
NYA 291 144.29 99.22 47.45 5.70 3.40 7.75 6.04 6.42 18.16
BAL 285 148.56 93.40 42.99 7.08 2.63 8.30 4.11 9.84 11.05
DET 282 133.29 104.02 44.66 6.83 3.38 7.65 6.08 8.26 12.46
BOS 279 163.89 80.74 34.32 9.10 2.19 4.36 2.34 8.03 8.33
MIN 270 135.41 92.80 41.74 9.24 3.89 3.22 5.03 6.03 14.36
TOR 258 117.14 91.92 48.89 6.30 3.89 6.78 6.22 8.51 17.21
TAM 249 111.65 98.78 38.53 9.29 2.92 6.01 3.46 7.23 9.62
SEM 231 80.45 102.97 47.55 4.32 1.99 5.43 9.42 11.08 15.32
KCR 222 144.72 53.44 23.80 5.91 2.29 5.12 2.52 2.34 5.63
OAK 192 96.47 59.70 35.78 7.14 2.58 7.86 4.76 4.97 8.47
IND 162 35.63 82.88 43.46 6.93 1.91 7.61 4.79 8.68 13.54
CLE 150 49.62 64.02 36.31 9.35 3.75 4.35 4.24 5.13 9.52
League Award Winners
Silver Slugger: Tim Raines OAK .335, 13 HR, 79 RBI
Platinum Arm: Randy Johnson MIN 15-8, 2.60, 242.7 IP, 238 K
Bronze Rookie: Mark McGwire MIN .253, 47 HR, 110 RBI
 
Gold Glove Winners
 
P Jose Mesa TAM .972, 8 PO, 27 A, 1 E
C Don Slaught BOS .987, 775 PO, 66 A, 11 E
41.6% (42-101) Runners Thrown Out
1B Steve Kemp KCR .993, 1720 PO, 117 A, 13 E
2B Willie Randolph IND .982, 274 PO, 587 A, 16 E
3B Ken Caminiti MIN .947, 102 PO, 307 A, 23 E
SS Steve Jeltz IND .981, 204 PO, 586 A, 15 E
LF Ruppert Jones IND 1.000, 276 PO, 9 A, 0 E
CF Leo Sutherland IND 1.000, 337 PO, 3 A, 0 E
RF Randy Bush TAM .986, 271 PO, 13 A, 4 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
SlaughtBOS.346
Raines .335
BriggsBAL.324
MolitorBOS.322
O'MalleyTAM.319
On-Base Pct
Raines .431
BackmanNYA.399
DavisBAL.398
SlaughtBOS.397
McGriffNYA.394
Slugging Pct
ClarkKCR.587
McGwireMIN.552
McGriffNYA.550
MurrayDET.539
MolitorBOS.533
OPS
ClarkKCR.978
McGriffNYA.944
Raines .941
McGwireMIN.932
MolitorBOS.901
XR
ClarkKCR120.2
Raines 117.1
McGwireMIN114.5
McGriffNYA110.4
MurrayDET110.1
Games
BondsSEM157
HouseholderBAL157
MattinglyOAK157
McGriffNYA157
MurrayDET157
At-Bats
KempKCR632
FordKCR615
MarshallTAM611
SnyderDET606
ThonBOS598
Runs
ClarkKCR121
OquendoNYA111
Raines 108
BondsSEM102
McGriffNYA100
Hits
KempKCR198
SlaughtBOS194
Raines 191
MolitorBOS189
O'MalleyTAM189
Total Bases
MurrayDET319
McGriffNYA315
ClarkKCR314
MolitorBOS313
FordKCR309
Singles
SlaughtBOS144
BrownIND140
KempKCR136
CaminitiMIN135
O'MalleyTAM135
Doubles
McGriffNYA51
MolitorBOS49
DunstonNYA48
ThonBOS48
BackmanNYA47
Triples
ArmasMIN11
ReynoldsTAM11
SmithBAL11
Raines 10
SandbergOAK10
Homeruns
ClarkKCR47
McGwireMIN47
MurrayDET37
FordKCR36
ParrishIND36
RBIs
McGriffNYA121
HornerBAL118
ClarkKCR111
McGwireMIN110
MurrayDET110
Stolen Bases
HallTOR69
JohnsonDET60
SmithBAL60
Raines 55
RobertsBAL54
Caught Stealing
JohnsonDET32
Raines 26
HallTOR21
RobertsBAL21
SmithBAL20
Walks
ClarkKCR113
McGwireMIN106
BondsSEM105
DavisBAL96
Raines 95
Strikeouts
HostetlerKCR164
LuzinskiKCR164
SnyderDET163
CansecoSEM159
ParrishIND157
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
JohnsonMIN2.60
McCullersSEM2.62
WittDET2.69
DennyTAM2.78
DayleyBOS2.84
Wins
BrownDET 20
TewksburyNYA 18
DemolaBAL 17
KobelNYA 16
DayleyBOS 15
Losses
PalmerCLE 18
JimenezIND 17
LeachIND 17
ReedCLE 17
FulghamIND 16
Winning Pct
FernandezNYA.737
TewksburyNYA.720
PerezTAM.714
O'NealTAM.688
DayleyBOS.682
Saves
OlsonNYA 42
OroscoBAL 42
CharltonTOR 38
RuckerTAM 37
HumeMIN 33
Games Pitched
HalickiIND 102
WelchNYA 84
HarveySEM 83
SchoolerSEM 74
HenryNYA 73
Games Started
LandrumKCR 38
McCullersSEM 38
SchillingSEM 37
BrownDET 36
DemolaBAL 36
Complete Games
SchillingSEM 12
HoytTAM 8
BrownDET 6
FernandezNYA 5
HershiserBOS 5
Shutouts
FernandezNYA 4
OjedaBOS 3
SchillingSEM 3
EckersleyBOS 2
GuzmanOAK 2
Innings Pitched
SchillingSEM279.3
BrownDET263.7
JohnsonMIN242.7
DemolaBAL240.3
BurkettIND234.3
Hits Allowed
TewksburyNYA 259
ReedCLE 256
BrownDET 255
SchillingSEM 247
HoytTAM 235
Homeruns Allowed
DemolaBAL 29
SutcliffeOAK 29
HurstTOR 28
KobelNYA 27
HalickiIND 26
Strikeouts
JohnsonMIN 238
WittDET 229
DemolaBAL 212
Beard  197
SchillingSEM 190
Walks Allowed
JohnsonMIN 126
WittDET 105
DavisNYA 102
DeleonTOR 91
SutcliffeOAK 90
Walks per 9IP
EckersleyBOS1.1
HoytTAM1.2
SaberhagenTOR1.4
DemolaBAL1.5
BoggsBAL1.6
Hits per 9IP
JohnsonMIN6.0
WittDET6.2
McCullersSEM6.8
MyersNYA7.1
DayleyBOS7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP
Beard 9.2
WittDET9.1
JohnsonMIN8.8
DayleyBOS8.4
CaudillSEM8.1
WHiP
McCullersSEM1.01
BurkettIND1.04
DemolaBAL1.10
SaberhagenTOR1.10
DayleyBOS1.11
OAVG
JohnsonMIN.189
WittDET.192
McCullersSEM.206
DayleyBOS.212
MyersNYA.217
OOBP
McCullersSEM.259
DemolaBAL.270
DayleyBOS.270
SaberhagenTOR.271
BurkettIND.272
OSLG
JohnsonMIN.296
WittDET.308
DennyTAM.316
DayleyBOS.319
BurkettIND.327
OOPS
DayleyBOS.590
JohnsonMIN.591
WittDET.593
McCullersSEM.597
BurkettIND.599
   
League All-Stars
Kevin Brown De Wayne Buice John Burkett
Ken Caminiti Jack Clark Eric Davis
Ken Dayley Bob Horner Steve Kemp
Charlie Lea Lee Mazzilli Fred McGriff
Jose Mesa Paul Molitor Eddie Murray
Gregg Olson Tom O'Malley Jesse Orosco
Tim Raines Jim Rice Dave Roberts
Don Slaught Bob Tewksbury Dickie Thon
Bobby Witt  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Jack Clark KCR $ 27,000,110  
2.    Lou Whitaker SEM $ 18,000,000  
3.    Larry Parrish IND $ 15,500,000  
4.    Lee Mazzilli SEM $ 12,200,000  
5.    John Denny TAM $ 12,000,010  
6.    Paul Molitor BOS $ 9,170,000  
7.    Tony Armas MIN $ 9,090,765  
8.    Cecil Cooper MIN $ 9,000,001  
9.    Eddie Murray DET $ 9,000,000  
10.    Dennis Eckersley BOS $ 8,500,000  
11.    Mike Griffin IND $ 8,250,000  
12.    Ken Dayley BOS $ 8,120,000  
13.    Ken Landreaux TOR $ 8,000,000  
14.    Bo McLaughlin CLE $ 7,590,000  
15.    Bob Horner BAL $ 7,200,000  
16.    Tim Raines MIN $ 7,000,000  
17.    Dickie Thon BOS $ 6,690,000  
18.    Jack Perconte DET $ 6,250,000  
19.    Kent Hrbek TOR $ 6,000,000  
  Ryne Sandberg OAK $ 6,000,000  
21.    La Marr Hoyt TAM $ 5,750,000  
  Paul Householder BAL $ 5,750,000  
  Dan Ford KCR $ 5,750,000  
24.    Chili Davis BAL $ 5,428,571  
25.    Biff Pocoroba BAL $ 5,000,000  
  Dave Stapleton BOS $ 5,000,000