1988 Boston Red Sox season

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1988 Boston Red Sox 1988 AL East Champions
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901) Eastern Division (Since 1969)
Location
Fenway Park (Since 1912) Boston, Massachusetts (Since 1901)
1988 Information
Owner(s)	JRY Trust, Haywood Sullivan
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)
Local radio	WPLM-FM 99.1 (Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione) WRCA (Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)

The 1988 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing first in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Other batters
- 3.2 Starting pitchers
  - 3.2.1 Other pitchers
    - 3.2.1.1 Relief pitchers
4 ALCS
5 Awards and Honors
6 References

[edit] Offseason

December 8, 1987: Lee Smith was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Boston Red Sox for Al Nipper and Calvin Schiraldi. ^[1]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League East
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
East Division
1st	Boston Red Sox	89	73	.549	--
2nd	Detroit Tigers	88	74	.543	1.0
3rd	Milwaukee Brewers	87	75	.537	2.0
3rd	Toronto Blue Jays	87	75	.537	2.0
5th	New York Yankees	85	76	.528	3.5
6th	Cleveland Indians	78	84	.481	11.0
7th	Baltimore Orioles	54	107	.335	34.5

[edit] Notable Transactions

April 15, 1988: Rick Cerone signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. ^[2]
July 29, 1988: Curt Schilling was traded by the Boston Red Sox with Brady Anderson to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Boddicker.

[edit] Roster

1988 Boston Red Sox roster

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Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated Hitters

14 Jim Rice
30 Sam Horn

Manager

2 John McNamara
35 Joe Morgan

Coaches

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Wade Boggs	155	584	214	.366	5	58
Mike Greenwell	158	590	192	.325	22	119
Ellis Burks	144	540	159	.294	18	92
Dwight Evans	149	559	164	.293	21	111
Jody Reed	109	338	99	.293	1	28
Marty Barrett	150	612	173	.283	1	65
Jim Rice	135	485	128	.264	15	72
Todd Benzinger	120	405	103	.254	13	70
Rich Gedman	95	299	69	.231	9	39

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Roger Clemens	35	264	18	12	2.93	291

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] ALCS

Main article: 1988 American League Championship Series

[edit] Game 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

[edit] Game 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

[edit] Game 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

[edit] Game 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

[edit] 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)

All-Star Game

Wade Boggs, Third Base, Starter
Roger Clemens, Pitcher, Reserve
Mike Greenwell, Outfield, Reserve

[edit] References

v • d • e 1988 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto

AL West	California Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas

NL East	Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco

1988 All-Star Game • 1988 World Series

Preceded by Detroit Tigers 1987	AL East Championship Season 1988	Succeeded by Toronto Blue Jays 1989

v • d • e Boston Red Sox

Boston, Massachusetts

The Franchise	History • Records • Players • Managers • Coaches • Captains • Broadcasters • Seasons

Ballparks	Huntington Avenue Grounds • Fenway Park

Culture	Red Sox Nation • Royal Rooters • Curse of the Bambino • Green Monster • Pesky's Pole • Wally the Green Monster • The Impossible Dream • Fisk Waves it Fair • Bucky Dent's heroics • Buckner's Blunder • The Bloody Sock • "Idiots" Break the Curse • BostonDirtDogs.com "Tessie" • "Dirty Water" • "Sweet Caroline" • "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" • Fever Pitch

The Rivalry	Red Sox-Yankees • Babe Ruth • Roger Clemens • Wade Boggs • Johnny Damon

Important Figures	Harry Frazee • Tom Yawkey • Cy Young • "Nuf Ced" McGreevy • Harry Hooper • Ted Williams • Jimmie Foxx • Bobby Doerr • Joe Cronin • Carl Yastrzemski • Carlton Fisk • Johnny Pesky • Dwight Evans • Jim Rice • Wade Boggs • Bill Buckner • Roger Clemens • Nomar Garciaparra • Pedro Martínez • Jason Varitek • Manny Ramírez • David Ortiz • Curt Schilling • Jonathan Papelbon • Josh Beckett • Daisuke Matsuzaka • Clay Buchholz • Jon Lester

Retired Numbers	1 • 4 • 8 • 9 • 27 • 42

Key Personnel	Owners: John W. Henry and Tom Werner • President and CEO: Larry Lucchino General Manager: Theo Epstein • Manager: Terry Francona

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Minor League Affiliates	Pawtucket Red Sox (AAA) • Portland Sea Dogs (AA) • Lancaster JetHawks (A) • Greenville Drive (A) • Lowell Spinners (A) • Gulf Coast Red Sox (Rookie)

Other Assets	New England Sports Network

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