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1988 American League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings East Division Team W L WL% GB BostonRS BOS 89 73 .549 -- Detroit DET 88 74 .543 1.0 Milwkee MIL 87 75 .537 2.0 Toronto TOR 87 75 .537 2.0 NewYorkY NYY 85 76 .528 3.5 Clvlnd CLE 78 84 .481 11.0 Bltmore BAL 54 107 .335 34.5 West Division Team W L WL% GB Oakland OAK 104 58 .642 -- Minnesta MIN 91 71 .562 13.0 KansasCy KCR 84 77 .522 19.5 Califrna CAL 75 87 .463 29.0 ChicagoW CHW 71 90 .441 32.5 Texas TEX 70 91 .435 33.5 Seattle SEA 68 93 .422 35.5 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL | East | West Postseason World Series (4-1):   Los Angeles Dodgers over Oakland Athletics AL Championship Series (4-0):   Oakland Athletics over Boston Red Sox BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1988 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
  Other: New Debuts - Final Year - Born this year - Died this year - Transactions - Amateur Draft -
League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 BOS  5.02   813  162  5545  1569  310  39  124  623   728  .283  .355  .420   65   36 113  5.63  4.41
 OAK  4.94   800  162  5602  1474  251  22  156  580   926  .263  .332  .399  129   54 109  4.47  5.41
 NYY  4.80   772  161  5592  1469  272  12  148  588   935  .263  .333  .395  146   39 105  4.73  4.86
 TOR  4.71   763  162  5557  1491  271  47  158  521   935  .268  .331  .419  107   36 110  4.58  4.84
 MIN  4.69   759  162  5510  1508  294  31  151  528   832  .274  .337  .421  107   63 110  4.96  4.41
 CAL  4.41   714  162  5582  1458  258  31  124  469   819  .261  .318  .385   86   52 100  4.11  4.70
 KCR  4.37   704  161  5469  1419  275  40  121  486   944  .259  .320  .391  137   54  98  4.49  4.26
 DET  4.34   703  162  5433  1358  213  28  143  588   841  .250  .323  .378   87   42  99  4.05  4.63
 MIL  4.21   682  162  5488  1409  258  26  113  439   911  .257  .312  .375  159   55  92  4.37  4.05
 SEA  4.12   664  161  5436  1397  271  27  148  461   787  .257  .315  .398   95   61  97  4.47  3.78
 CLE  4.11   666  162  5505  1435  235  28  134  416   866  .261  .313  .387   97   50  94  4.36  3.86
 TEX  3.96   637  161  5479  1378  227  39  112  542  1022  .252  .319  .368  130   57  91  4.15  3.76
 CHW  3.92   631  161  5449  1327  224  35  132  446   908  .244  .301  .370   98   46  88  3.84  4.00
 BAL  3.42   550  161  5358  1275  199  20  137  504   869  .238  .303  .359   69   44  88  3.58  3.26
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.36  9858 2262 77005 19967 3558 425 1901 7191 12323  .259  .324  .391 1512  689

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 OAK  3.83   620  162  3.44  1489  1376   8.5   553  3.4  116   983   22     4     9  64 111  3.63  4.02
 MIL  3.80   616  162  3.45  1449  1355   8.4   437  2.7  125   832   30     6     8  51 115  3.83  3.78
 KCR  4.02   648  161  3.65  1428  1415   8.8   465  2.9  102   886   29     9    12  32 110  4.13  3.93
 DET  4.06   658  162  3.71  1445  1361   8.4   497  3.1  150   890   34     6     8  36 104  3.74  4.38
 TOR  4.20   680  162  3.80  1449  1404   8.7   528  3.3  143   904   16     7    17  47 103  4.25  4.15
 MIN  4.15   672  162  3.93  1431  1457   9.0   453  2.8  146   897   18     4     9  52 103  4.37  3.93
 BOS  4.25   689  162  3.97  1426  1415   8.7   493  3.0  143  1085   26    10    14  37 104  4.44  4.06
 TEX  4.57   735  161  4.05  1438  1310   8.1   654  4.1  129   912   41     8    11  31 101  4.54  4.59
 CHW  4.70   757  161  4.12  1439  1467   9.1   533  3.3  138   754   11     2     9  43  96  4.60  4.80
 SEA  4.62   744  161  4.15  1428  1385   8.6   558  3.5  144   981   28     8    11  28 100  5.00  4.24
 CLE  4.51   731  162  4.16  1434  1501   9.3   442  2.7  120   812   35     7    10  46  98  4.43  4.59
 NYY  4.65   748  161  4.26  1456  1512   9.4   487  3.0  157   861   16     4     5  43  93  4.31  4.98
 CAL  4.76   771  162  4.32  1455  1503   9.3   568  3.5  135   817   26     6     9  33  89  4.54  4.98
 BAL  4.90   789  161  4.54  1416  1506   9.4   523  3.2  153   709   20     2     7  26  86  4.43  5.37
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.36  9858 2262  3.97 20183 19967   8.9  7191  3.2 1901 12323  352         139 569

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Est. Payroll Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------
 OAK  105  151  .983   .709  2,287,335  28,239  100-62  54-27 50-31  97  96 28.0 28.8   1   5  36   $9,690,000 LaRussa
 MIN   83  155  .986   .698  3,030,672  37,416   90-72  47-34 44-37 103 102 28.5 30.0   2   5  24  $12,462,666 Kelly
 BOS   93  123  .984   .692  2,464,851  30,430   93-69  53-28 36-45 105 104 28.8 28.7   1   3  29  $13,896,092 McNamara and Morgan
 DET  109  129  .982   .717  2,081,162  25,693   86-76  50-31 38-43  97  97 32.0 31.1   0   2  22  $12,869,571 Anderson
 MIL  120  146  .981   .715  1,923,238  23,744   89-73  47-34 40-41 101 100 28.4 27.0   2   2  19   $8,402,000 Trebelhorn
 TOR  110  170  .982   .706  2,595,175  32,039   90-72  45-36 42-39 100  99 27.4 28.9   0   1  33  $12,241,225 Williams
 NYY  134  161  .978   .695  2,633,701  32,921   83-78  46-34 39-42  99 100 30.5 32.3   1   3  49  $19,441,152 Martin and Piniella
 KCR  124  147  .980   .694  2,350,181  29,377   87-74  44-36 40-41 101 101 29.6 29.0   1   3  34  $14,556,562 Wathan
 CLE  124  131  .980   .691  1,411,610  17,427   74-88  44-37 34-47 102 103 28.1 27.0   0   1  12   $8,936,500 Edwards
 CAL  135  175  .979   .692  2,340,925  28,900   75-87  35-46 40-41  97  97 29.5 27.4   0   1  36  $11,947,388 Rojas and Stubing
 CHW  154  177  .976   .697  1,115,749  13,775   67-94  40-41 31-49 100 100 27.2 26.6   1   1  15   $6,390,000 Fregosi
 TEX  129  145  .979   .714  1,581,901  19,530   70-91  38-43 32-48 102 103 26.7 28.0   0   1  18   $5,342,131 Valentine
 SEA  123  168  .980   .697  1,022,398  12,622   72-89  37-44 31-49 104 105 27.0 26.4   0   1  16   $7,342,450 Williams and Snyder
 BAL  118  172  .981   .696  1,660,738  20,759   55-106 34-46 20-61  97  98 27.7 27.3   2   1  18  $13,532,075 Ripken and Robinson
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Jose Canseco OAK .307/.391/.569 Cy Young Award Frank Viola MIN 24-7  2.64 193 SO Rookie of the Year Walt Weiss OAK .250/.312/.321 Manager of the Year Tony LaRussa Rolaids Relief Dennis Eckersley OAK 4-2 (45 sv) 2.35 70 SO ALCS MVP Dennis Eckersley OAK 0-0  0.00

Gold Glove Winners Pitcher Mark Langston Catcher Bob Boone First Base Don Mattingly Second Base Harold Reynolds Third Base Gary Gaetti Shortstop Tony Fernandez Outfield Gary Pettis, Kirby Puckett, and Devon White Silver Slugger Winners Catcher Carlton Fisk First Base George Brett Second Base Julio Franco Third Base Wade Boggs Shortstop Alan Trammell Outfield Jose Canseco, Mike Greenwell, and Kirby Puckett

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Boggs-BOS .366 Puckett-MIN .356 Greenwell-BOS .325 Winfield-NYY .322 Molitor-MIL .312	On-base % Boggs-BOS .476 Greenwell-BOS .416 Davis-SEA .412 Winfield-NYY .398 Henderson-NYY .394	Slugging % Canseco-OAK .569 McGriff-TOR .552 Gaetti-MIN .551 Puckett-MIN .545 Greenwell-BOS .531	OPS Boggs-BOS .965 Canseco-OAK .959 Greenwell-BOS .946 McGriff-TOR .928 Winfield-NYY .927
Games Yount-MIL 162 Murray-BAL 161 Ripken-BAL 161 Baines-CHW 158 Canseco-OAK 158 Davis-CAL 158 Greenwell-BOS 158 Gruber-TOR 158 Joyner-CAL 158 Puckett-MIN 158 Reynolds-SEA 158	At Bats Puckett-MIN 657 Fernandez-TOR 648 Carter-CLE 621 Yount-MIL 621 Sierra-TEX 615	Plate Appearances (approx.) Boggs-BOS 719 Canseco-OAK 705 Fernandez-TOR 704 Yount-MIL 696 Greenwell-BOS 693	Runs Boggs-BOS 128 Canseco-OAK 120 Henderson-NYY 118 Molitor-MIL 115 Puckett-MIN 109
Hits Puckett-MIN 234 Boggs-BOS 214 Greenwell-BOS 192 Molitor-MIL 190 Yount-MIL 190	Total Bases Puckett-MIN 358 Canseco-OAK 347 Greenwell-BOS 313 Brett-KCR 300 Carter-CLE 297	Doubles Boggs-BOS 45 Brett-KCR 42 Puckett-MIN 42 Ray-CAL 42 Fernandez-TOR 41	Triples Reynolds-SEA 11 Wilson-KCR 11 Yount-MIL 11 Greenwell-BOS 8 Evans-BOS 7 Guillen-CHW 7 Moseby-TOR 7 Ray-CAL 7
Home Runs Canseco-OAK 42 McGriff-TOR 34 McGwire-OAK 32 Gaetti-MIN 28 Murray-BAL 28	RBI Canseco-OAK 124 Puckett-MIN 121 Greenwell-BOS 119 Evans-BOS 111 Winfield-NYY 107	Bases on Balls Boggs-BOS 125 Clark-NYY 113 Ripken-BAL 102 Davis-SEA 95 Greenwell-BOS 87	Strikeouts Deer-MIL 153 Incaviglia-TEX 153 McGriff-TOR 149 Jackson-KCR 146 Clark-NYY 141
Stolen Bases Henderson-NYY 93 Pettis-DET 44 Molitor-MIL 41 Canseco-OAK 40 Reynolds-SEA 35 Wilson-KCR 35	Singles Puckett-MIN 163 Boggs-BOS 158 Franco-CLE 147 Barrett-BOS 143 Molitor-MIL 137	Adjusted OPS+ Canseco-OAK 170 Boggs-BOS 166 Winfield-NYY 159 Greenwell-BOS 159 McGriff-TOR 157	Runs Created Boggs-BOS 140 Canseco-OAK 136 Greenwell-BOS 134 Puckett-MIN 126 Brett-KCR 119
Adjusted Batting Runs Boggs-BOS 65 Canseco-OAK 58 Greenwell-BOS 51 Winfield-NYY 46 Puckett-MIN 43	Batting Wins Boggs-BOS 6.4 Canseco-OAK 5.7 Greenwell-BOS 5.0 Winfield-NYY 4.5 Puckett-MIN 4.3	Extra-Base Hits Canseco-OAK 76 McGriff-TOR 73 Puckett-MIN 71 Brett-KCR 69 Carter-CLE 69 Greenwell-BOS 69	Times on Base Boggs-BOS 342 Greenwell-BOS 288 Canseco-OAK 275 Brett-KCR 265 Molitor-MIL 263
Offensive Win% Boggs-BOS .797 Greenwell-BOS .767 Canseco-OAK .744 Winfield-NYY .732 Hrbek-MIN .725	Hit By Pitch Larkin-MIN 15 Downing-CAL 14 Baylor-OAK 12 Fletcher-TEX 12 Canseco-OAK 10	Sac. Hits Barrett-BOS 20 Gantner-MIL 18 Manrique-CHW 16 Fletcher-TEX 15 Lyons-CHW 15	Sac. Flies Davis-CAL 10 Ripken-BAL 10 Puckett-MIN 9 Barrett-BOS 8 Bell-TOR 8 Hall-CLE 8 Mattingly-NYY 8 O'Brien-TEX 8 Ray-CAL 8 Sierra-TEX 8
Intentional Walks Boggs-BOS 18 Greenwell-BOS 18 Brock-MIL 16 Brett-KCR 15 Baines-CHW 14 Bush-MIN 14 Davis-CAL 14 Joyner-CAL 14 Mattingly-NYY 14	Grounded into Double Plays Boggs-BOS 23 Baines-CHW 21 Bell-TOR 21 Yount-MIL 21 Gruber-TOR 20 Murray-BAL 20	Caught Stealing Reynolds-SEA 29 Canseco-OAK 16 Guillen-CHW 13 Henderson-NYY 13 Franco-CLE 11	Power/Speed Number Canseco-OAK 41.0 Carter-CLE 27.0 Jackson-KCR 26.0 Burks-BOS 20.9 Sierra-TEX 20.2
At Bats per Strikeout Mattingly-NYY 20.7 Barrett-BOS 17.5 Boggs-BOS 17.2 Lansford-OAK 15.9 Ray-CAL 15.8	At Bats per Home Run Canseco-OAK 14.5 McGriff-TOR 15.8 Gaetti-MIN 16.7 McGwire-OAK 17.2 Phelps-TOT **12.4	Outs Barrett-BOS 486 Sierra-TEX 486 Fernandez-TOR 483 Bell-TOR 480 Reynolds-SEA 479	ERA Anderson-MIN 2.45 Higuera-MIL 2.45 Viola-MIN 2.64 Gubicza-KCR 2.70 Clemens-BOS 2.93
Wins Viola-MIN 24 Stewart-OAK 21 Gubicza-KCR 20 Clemens-BOS 18 Hurst-BOS 18 Swindell-CLE 18	Won-Loss % Viola-MIN .774 Hurst-BOS .750 Gubicza-KCR .714 Key-TOR .706 Davis-OAK .696	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Higuera-MIL 0.999 Clemens-BOS 1.057 Robinson-DET 1.122 Moore-SEA 1.133 Viola-MIN 1.136	Hits Allowed/9IP Robinson-DET 6.33 Higuera-MIL 6.65 Stieb-TOR 6.82 Witt-TEX 6.92 Hough-TEX 7.21
Bases on Balls/9IP Anderson-MIN 1.65 Swindell-CLE 1.67 Alexander-DET 1.81 Bosio-MIL 1.88 Viola-MIN 1.90	Strikeouts/9IP Clemens-BOS 9.92 Langston-SEA 8.09 Witt-TEX 7.64 Higuera-MIL 7.60 Moore-SEA 7.16	Games Crim-MIL 70 Thigpen-CHW 68 Williams-TEX 67 Henneman-DET 65 Smith-BOS 64 Ward-TOR 64	Saves Eckersley-OAK 45 Reardon-MIN 42 Jones-CLE 37 Thigpen-CHW 34 Plesac-MIL 30
Innings Stewart-OAK 275.7 Gubicza-KCR 269.7 Clemens-BOS 264.0 Langston-SEA 261.3 Saberhagen-KCR 260.7	Strikeouts Clemens-BOS 291 Langston-SEA 235 Viola-MIN 193 Higuera-MIL 192 Stewart-OAK 192	Games Started Stewart-OAK 37 Welch-OAK 36 Boddicker-TOT 35 Clemens-BOS 35 Gubicza-KCR 35 Langston-SEA 35 Leibrandt-KCR 35 Saberhagen-KCR 35 Viola-MIN 35	Comp. Games Clemens-BOS 14 Stewart-OAK 14 Witt-TEX 13 Swindell-CLE 12 Witt-CAL 12
Shutouts Clemens-BOS 8 Gubicza-KCR 4 Stieb-TOR 4 Swindell-CLE 4 Kilgus-TEX 3 Langston-SEA 3 Moore-SEA 3	Home Runs Allow. Fraser-CAL 33 Langston-SEA 32 Alexander-DET 30 Dotson-NYY 27 Clancy-TOR 26 Perez-CHW 26	Bases On Balls Allow. Hough-TEX 126 Langston-SEA 110 Stewart-OAK 110 Witt-TEX 101 Davis-OAK 91	Hits Allowed Saberhagen-KCR 271 Witt-CAL 263 Alexander-DET 260 Leibrandt-KCR 244 Blyleven-MIN 240 Stewart-OAK 240
SO to Walk Clemens-BOS 4.69 Swindell-CLE 4.00 Viola-MIN 3.57 Higuera-MIL 3.25 Saberhagen-KCR 2.90	Losses Blyleven-MIN 17 Hough-TEX 16 Saberhagen-KCR 16 Terrell-DET 16 Witt-CAL 16	Earned Runs Allow. Blyleven-MIN 125 Fraser-CAL 117 Witt-CAL 115 Alexander-DET 110 Saberhagen-KCR 110	Wild Pitches Davis-OAK 16 Witt-TEX 16 Stewart-OAK 14 McCaskill-CAL 13 Perez-CHW 13
Hit Batsmen Blyleven-MIN 16 Boddicker-TOT 14 Stieb-TOR 13 Hough-TEX 12 Kilgus-TEX 10 Welch-OAK 10	Batters Faced Stewart-OAK 1156 Gubicza-KCR 1111 Saberhagen-KCR 1089 Witt-CAL 1080 Langston-SEA 1078	Games Finished Thigpen-CHW 59 Reardon-MIN 58 Smith-BOS 57 Eckersley-OAK 53 Henneman-DET 51 Williams-TEX 51	Adjusted ERA+ Anderson-MIN 166 Higuera-MIL 162 Viola-MIN 153 Gubicza-KCR 149 Clemens-BOS 141
Salary Brett-KCR $2,305,000 Rice-BOS $2,214,865 Murray-BAL $2,142,904 Mattingly-NYY $2,000,000 Morris-DET $1,988,000	Oldest Player John-NYY 1943-05-22 (45) Niekro-MIN 1944-11-07 (43) Carlton-MIN 1944-12-22 (43) Evans-DET 1947-05-26 (41) Cruz-NYY 1947-08-08 (40)	Youngest Player Sheffield-MIL 1968-11-18 (19) Gordon-KCR 1967-11-18 (20) de los Santos-KCR 1966-12-29 (21) Schilling-BAL 1966-11-14 (21) Olson-BAL 1966-10-11 (21)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Frank Viola (MIN) C. Terry Steinbach (OAK) 1B. Mark McGwire (OAK) 2B. Paul Molitor (MIL) 3B. Wade Boggs (BOS) SS. Cal Ripken (BAL) LF. Jose Canseco (OAK) CF. Rickey Henderson (NYY) RF. Dave Winfield (NYY)		Doyle Alexander (DET) George Brett* (KCR) Roger Clemens* (BOS) Dennis Eckersley* (OAK) Gary Gaetti* (MIN) Mike Greenwell* (BOS) Mark Gubicza* (KCR) Ozzie Guillen (CHW) Doug Jones* (CLE)		Carney Lansford* (OAK) Tim Laudner* (MIN) Don Mattingly* (NYY) Dan Plesac* (MIL) Kirby Puckett* (MIN) Johnny Ray* (CAL) Jeff Reardon (MIN) Harold Reynolds* (SEA) Jeff Russell* (TEX)		Dave Stieb* (TOR) Kurt Stillwell* (KCR) Alan Trammell (DET)

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