1988 Oakland Athletics season

1988 Oakland Athletics
1988 AL West Champions
1988 AL Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 104–58 (.642)
Other information
Owner(s) Walter A. Haas, Jr.
General manager(s) Sandy Alderson
Manager(s) Tony La Russa
Local television KPIX/KICU-TV
(Monte Moore, Ray Fosse)
Local radio KSFO
(Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse)
KNTA
(Amaury Pi-Gonzalez, Evilio Mendoza)
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The Oakland Athletics' 1988 season involved the A's winning their first American League West title since 1981, with a record of 104 wins and 58 losses. In 1988, the elephant was restored as the symbol of the Athletics and currently adorns the left sleeve of home and road uniforms. The elephant was retired as team mascot in 1963 by then-owner Charles O. Finley in favor of a Missouri mule. The A's defeated the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS, but lost the World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games, including a dramatic, classic walk-off home run by the Dodgers' Kirk Gibson in game one.

1988 was the first of 3 straight years the A's would represent the AL in the World Series.

Offseason

Regular season

José Canseco led the American League with 42 Home Runs, 124 RBIs and a .569 slugging percentage. Canseco became the first member of the Athletics to have three straight 100 RBI seasons. He also had 40 stolen bases and became the first major leaguer ever to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in the same season.

  • July 3, 1988: José Canseco had 3 home runs and 6 RBIs in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 10458 0.642 — 54–27 50–31
Minnesota Twins 9171 0.562 13 47–34 44–37
Kansas City Royals 8477 0.522 19½ 44–36 40–41
California Angels 7587 0.463 29 35–46 40–41
Chicago White Sox 7190 0.441 32½ 40–41 31–49
Texas Rangers 7091 0.435 33½ 38–43 32–48
Seattle Mariners 6893 0.422 35½ 37–44 31–49

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 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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
RFJosé Canseco158610187.30742124
CFDave Henderson146507154.3042494
3BCarney Lansford150556155.279757
1BMark McGwire155550143.2603299
CRon Hassey10732383.257745
2BGlenn Hubbard10529475.255333
SSWalt Weiss147452113.250339
DHDon Baylor9226458.220734
LFLuis Polonia8428884.292227

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Stan Javier125397102.257235
Dave Parker10137797.2571255

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G GS IP W L ERA SO
Bob Welch3636244.21793.64158
Dave Stewart3737275.221123.23192

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO

ALCS

Game 1

October 5, Fenway Park

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 000 100 100 260
Boston 000 000 100 160
W: Rick Honeycutt (1-0)   L: Bruce Hurst (0-1)  S: Dennis Eckersley (1)
HR: OAK – José Canseco (1)

Game 2

October 6, Fenway Park

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 000 000 301 4101
Boston 000 002 100 341
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

October 8, Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 320 000 100 6120
Oakland 042 010 12X 10151
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

October 9, Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 000 001 000 140
Oakland 101 000 02X 4101
W: Dave Stewart (1-0)   L: Bruce Hurst (0-2)  S: Dennis Eckersley (4)
HR: OAK – José Canseco (3)

World Series

NL Los Angeles Dodgers (4) vs. AL Oakland Athletics (1)

Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1A's – 4, Dodgers – 5October 15Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)55,9833:04
2A's – 0, Dodgers – 6October 16Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)56,0512:30
3Dodgers – 1, A's – 2October 18Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland)49,3163:21
4Dodgers – 4, A's – 3October 19Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland)49,3173:05
5Dodgers – 5, A's – 2October 20Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland)49,3172:51

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Tigers Pacific Coast League Brad Fischer
AA Huntsville Stars Southern League Tommie Reynolds
A Modesto A's California League Jeff Newman
A Madison Muskies Midwest League Jim Nettles
A-Short Season Southern Oregon A's Northwest League Lenn Sakata
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Dave Hudgens

References

  1. ↑ "Brian Harper Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. ↑ "Jerry Willard Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. ↑ "Ron Hassey Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. ↑ "Gary Lavelle Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  5. ↑ "Dave Parker Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  6. ↑ "Jesse Orosco Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. ↑ "Dave Henderson Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  8. ↑ "Rick Rodriguez Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  9. ↑ "Glenn Hubbard Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  10. ↑ "Rich Bordi Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  11. ↑ "Don Baylor Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  12. ↑ "Tony Phillips Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  13. ↑ "Mickey Tettleton page at Baseball Reference". baseball-reference.com.
  14. ↑ "Darren Lewis Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  • 1988 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1988 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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