1988 Boston Red Sox season
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1988 Boston Red Sox season
| 1988 Boston Red Sox 1988 AL East Champions |
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| Owner(s) | Jean Yawkey, Haywood Sullivan |
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| Manager(s) | John McNamara (W-43; L-42) and Joe Morgan (W-46; L-31) | |
| Local television | WSBK-TV, Ch. 38 (Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery) NESN (Ned Martin, Jerry Remy) |
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| Local radio | WPLM-FM 99.1 (Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione) WRCA (Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez) |
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The 1988 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing first in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses.
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Offseason
- December 8, 1987: Lee Smith was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Boston Red Sox for Al Nipper and Calvin Schiraldi.[1]
- January 5, 1988: Dennis Lamp was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.[2]
Regular season
Season standings
| AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| Boston Red Sox | 89 | 73 | .549 | -- |
| Detroit Tigers | 88 | 74 | .543 | 1.0 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 87 | 75 | .537 | 2.0 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 87 | 75 | .537 | 2.0 |
| New York Yankees | 85 | 76 | .528 | 3.5 |
| Cleveland Indians | 78 | 84 | .481 | 11.0 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 54 | 107 | .335 | 34.5 |
Notable Transactions
- April 15, 1988: Rick Cerone signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.[3]
- July 29, 1988: Curt Schilling was traded by the Boston Red Sox with Brady Anderson to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Boddicker.
Opening Day Line Up
| 5 | Brady Anderson | CF |
| 17 | Marty Barrett | 2B |
| 26 | Wade Boggs | 3B |
| 14 | Jim Rice | LF |
| 39 | Mike Greenwell | RF |
| 24 | Dwight Evans | 1B |
| 30 | Sam Horn | DH |
| 10 | Rich Gedman | C |
| 7 | Spike Owen | SS |
| 21 | Roger Clemens | P |
The Rough Beginning
The team that year was much better than their chaotic 1987 season as evident as the team went 14-6 in April, but the hitting went sour especially Jim Rice as he went from leftfield to designated hitter. Dwight Evans also had problems when he played first base and even Lee Smith had problems including one game in which he give up a game winning home run against the Tigers on opening Day. The Red Sox would have a 11-16 record in May.
The team would have a so-so June with a 14-12 record, but lost Jeff Sellers when he was hit by a line drive in Cleveland and broke his hand. Wes Gardner was taken from the bullpen to become a starter, but the team and its fans were losing patience.
Morgan Magic
At the All-Star break the Red Sox were 43-42, 9 games behind the frint running Detroit Tigers. But management has seen enough as they fire John McNamara and hire 58-year old Joe Morgan as their manager. On July 15th, the Red Sox and Roger Clemens beat Bret Saberhagen's Kansas City Royals 3-1 to begin a 12-game winning streak and launched them to first place over the slumping Yankees and Tigers. The Red Sox would later set an American League record of 25 straight home victories. 30 days after Morgan become Red Sox manger they were 66-50 and 2 games ahead of first.
Staggering But Still Won The East
After a bad road trip to Toronto, the Sox came to Yankee Stadium up by 4, and won 2 out of 3 to just about clinch the A.L. East flag. Unfortunatley, the hitting slump the team had been in for a while reasserted itself, and the Soz lost 3 to Tornoto in Boston, but they crushed the Indians on September 29 to clinch a tie for first. The Yanks and Milwaukee lost the next day, and the division title was Boston's. their 2nd A.L. East title in 3 seasons.
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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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
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| C | Rich Gedman | 95 | 299 | 69 | .231 | 9 | 39 |
| 1B | Todd Benzinger | 120 | 405 | 103 | .254 | 13 | 70 |
| 2B | Marty Barrett | 150 | 612 | 173 | .283 | 1 | 65 |
| 3B | Wade Boggs | 155 | 584 | 214 | .366 | 5 | 58 |
| SS | Jody Reed | 109 | 338 | 99 | .293 | 1 | 28 |
| LF | Mike Greenwell | 158 | 590 | 192 | .325 | 22 | 119 |
| CF | Ellis Burks | 144 | 540 | 159 | .294 | 18 | 92 |
| RF | Dwight Evans | 149 | 559 | 164 | .293 | 21 | 111 |
| DH | Jim Rice | 135 | 485 | 128 | .264 | 15 | 72 |
Other batters
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Pitching
Starting pitchers
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Roger Clemens | 35 | 264 | 18 | 12 | 2.93 | 291 |
Other pitchers
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Relief pitchers
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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ALCS
Main article: 1988 American League Championship Series
Game 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Oakland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| W: Rick Honeycutt (1-0) L: Bruce Hurst (0-1) S: Dennis Eckersley (1) | ||||||||||||
| HR: OAK – José Canseco (1) | ||||||||||||
Game 2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Oakland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| W: Gene Nelson (1-0) L: Lee Smith (0-1) S: Dennis Eckersley (2) | ||||||||||||
| HR: OAK – José Canseco (2) BOS – Rich Gedman (1) | ||||||||||||
Game 3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Boston | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| Oakland | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 10 | 15 | 1 |
| W: Gene Nelson (2-0) L: Mike Boddicker (0-1) S: Dennis Eckersley (3) | ||||||||||||
| HR: OAK – Mark McGwire (1) Carney Lansford (1) Ron Hassey (1) Dave Henderson (1) BOS – Mike Greenwell (1) | ||||||||||||
Game 4
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Oakland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| W: Dave Stewart (1-0) L: Bruce Hurst (0-2) S: Dennis Eckersley (4) | ||||||||||||
| HR: OAK – José Canseco (3) | ||||||||||||
Awards and honors
- Wade Boggs, American League Batting Champion, .366
- Wade Boggs, American League Leader, Runs (128)
- Wade Boggs, American League Leader, Doubles (45)
- Wade Boggs, American League Leader, Walks (125)
- Wade Boggs, Major League Baseball Leader, On-base percentage (.476)
- Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Complete Games (14)
- Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Shutouts (8)
- Wade Boggs, Third Base, Starter
- Roger Clemens, Pitcher, Reserve
- Mike Greenwell, Outfield, Reserve
Farm system
See also: Minor league baseball
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
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| AAA | Pawtucket Red Sox | International League | Ed Nottle |
| AA | New Britain Red Sox | Eastern League | Dave Holt |
| A | Lynchburg Red Sox | Carolina League | Dick Berardino |
| A | Winter Haven Red Sox | Florida State League | Doug Camilli |
| Short-Season A | Elmira Pioneers | New York-Penn League | Bill Limoncelli |
| Rookie | AZL Mariners/Red Sox | Arizona League | Mike Verdi and Myron Pines |
AZL club affiliation shared with Seattle Mariners
References
- ^ Lee Smith Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lampde01.shtml
- ^ Rick Cerone Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- 1988 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
- 1988 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com
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| Preceded by Detroit Tigers 1987 |
AL East Championship Season 1988 |
Succeeded by Toronto Blue Jays 1989 |
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