1988 Chicago Cubs season

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1988 Chicago Cubs
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1876) Eastern Division (Since 1969)
Location
Wrigley Field (Since 1916) Chicago, Illinois (Since 1876)
1988 Information
Owner(s)	Tribune Company
General Manager(s)	Jim Frey
Manager(s)	Don Zimmer
Local television	WGN-TV/Superstation WGN (Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Dewayne Staats)
Local radio	WGN (Harry Caray, Dave Nelson, Dewayne Staats)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference

The Chicago Cubs' 1988 season involved the Cubs sfinishing in fourth place in the National League East with a record of 77-85, 24 games behind the New York Mets. It was also the year that the lights went on at Wrigley Field for the first time ever, when they defeated the Mets, 6-4 on August 9.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 2.2 Roster 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.2 Starting pitchers 3.2.1 Relief pitchers 4 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]
• December 14, 1987: Vance Law was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs. ^[2]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Mets	100	60	.625	--
Pittsburgh Pirates	85	75	.531	15
Montreal Expos	81	81	.500	20
Chicago Cubs	77	85	.475	24
St. Louis Cardinals	76	86	.469	25
Philadelphia Phillies	65	96	.404	35.5

[edit] Roster

1988 Chicago Cubs roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders Outfielders		Manager

[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

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] References

1. ^ Lee Smith Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
2. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lawva01.shtml

• 1988 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

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