1988 New York Yankees season

The New York Yankees' 1988 season was the 86th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 85-76, finishing in fifth place, 3.5 games behind the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Lou Piniella and Billy Martin, with the latter managing the team for the fifth and final time. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

1988 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)Lou Piniella, Bob Quinn
Manager(s)Billy Martin, Lou Piniella
Local televisionWPIX
(Phil Rizzuto, Bill White)
SportsChannel NY
(Ken Harrelson, Bobby Murcer, Mickey Mantle)
Local radioWABC (AM)
(Hank Greenwald, Tommy Hutton)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 8973 0.549 — 53–28 36–45
Detroit Tigers 8874 0.543 1 50–31 38–43
Milwaukee Brewers 8775 0.537 2 47–34 40–41
Toronto Blue Jays 8775 0.537 2 45–36 42–39
New York Yankees 8576 0.528 3½ 46–34 39–42
Cleveland Indians 7884 0.481 11 44–37 34–47
Baltimore Orioles 54107 0.335 34½ 34–46 20–61

Record vs. opponents
1988 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
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 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CDon Slaught9732291.283943
1BDon Mattingly144599186.3111888
2BWillie Randolph11040493.230234
3BMike Pagliarulo12544496.2161567
SSRafael Santana148480115.240438
LFRickey Henderson140554169.305650
CFClaudell Washington126455140.3081164
RFDave Winfield149559180.32225107
DHJack Clark150496120.2422793

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Claudell Washington126455140.3081164

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tommy John35176.1984.4981
Rick Rhoden3019712124.2994
John Candelaria251571373.38121

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Lee Guetterman2040.2124.6515

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dave Righetti6054253.5270
Hipólito Peña161103.1410

Awards and records
  • Rickey Henderson, Yankees Single Season Record, Stolen Bases in a Season (93 in 1988)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Bucky Dent
AA Albany-Colonie Yankees Eastern League Tommy Jones and Stump Merrill
A Prince William Cannons Carolina League Wally Moon and Gene Tenace
A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Buck Showalter
A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Gary Allenson
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Brian Butterfield

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Albany-Colonie, Oneonta, GCL Yankees[16]

References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sakatle01.shtml
  2. Rafael Santana page at Baseball Reference
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bordiri01.shtml
  4. Steve Trout page at Baseball Reference
  5. John Candelaria page at Baseball Reference
  6. Hipólito Peña page at Baseball Reference
  7. Rick Cerone page at Baseball Reference
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/roystje01.shtml
  9. Chris Chambliss page at Baseball Reference
  10. Andy Cook page at Baseball Reference
  11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/seminfr01.shtml
  12. Deion Sanders page at Baseball Reference
  13. "Luis Aguayo". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
  14. Ken Phelps page at Baseball Reference
  15. Dale Mohorcic page at Baseball Reference
  16. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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