1988 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1988 Los Angeles Dodgers 1988 World Series Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1890) Western Division (Since 1969)
Location
Dodger Stadium (Since 1962) Los Angeles, California (Since 1958)
1988 Information
Owner(s)	Peter O'Malley
General Manager(s)	Fred Claire
Manager(s)	Tommy Lasorda
Local television	KTTV (11) (Vin Scully, Don Drysdale, Ross Porter) Z Channel (Rick Monday, Tony Hernandez)
Local radio	KABC (Vin Scully, Don Drysdale, Ross Porter) KWKW (Jaime Jarrin, Rene Cardenas)

The 1988 season was a memorable one for the Dodgers as a squad that was picked to finish fourth wound up winning the World Series, beating the heavily favored New York Mets and Oakland Athletics on the way. Kirk Gibson carried the Dodger offense, winning the National League Most Valuable Player Award. Orel Hershiser dominated on the mound, throwing a record 59 consecutive scoreless innings on his way to winning the Cy Young Award.

Contents 1 Season standings 2 1988 Roster 3 Starting Pitchers stats 4 Relief Pitchers stats 5 Batting Stats 6 1988 Playoffs 6.1 National League Championship Series 6.1.1 Game 1 6.1.2 Game 2 6.1.3 Game 3 6.1.4 Game 4 6.1.5 Game 5 6.1.6 Game 6 6.1.7 Game 7 6.2 1988 World Series 6.2.1 Game 1 6.2.2 Game 2 6.2.3 Game 3 6.2.4 Game 4 6.2.5 Game 5 7 1988 Awards 8 1988 Transactions 9 1988 Minor League Teams 10 External links

[edit] Season standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	94	67	--	.584
Cincinnati Reds	87	74	7.0	.540
San Diego Padres	83	78	11.0	.516
San Francisco Giants	73	79	11.5	.512
Houston Astros	82	80	12.5	.506
Atlanta Braves	54	106	39.5	.338

[edit] 1988 Roster

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Steve Sax	Second Baseman
Alfredo Griffin	Shortstop
Kirk Gibson	Leftfielder
Pedro Guerrero	Third Baseman
Mike Marshall	First Baseman
John Shelby	Centerfielder
Mike Davis	Rightfielder
Mike Scioscia	Catcher
Fernando Valenzuela	Starting Pitcher

1988 Los Angeles Dodgers roster v • d • e
Roster
Starting Pitchers 49 Tim Belcher 55 Orel Hershiser 57 Shawn Hillegas 41 Bill Krueger 54 Tim Leary 48 Ramon Martinez 30 John Tudor 34 Fernando Valenzuela 20 Don Sutton Relief Pitchers 46 William Brennan 52 Tim Crews 41 Brad Havens 51 Brian Holton 29 Ricky Horton 50 Jay Howell (CL) 43 Ken Howell 47 Jesse Orosco 26 Alejandro Peña		Catchers 17 Rick Dempsey 15 Gilberto Reyes 14 Mike Scioscia Infielders 10 Dave Anderson  7 Alfredo Griffin 28 Pedro Guerrero 33 Jeff Hamilton  3 Steve Sax 27 Mike Sharperson 22 Franklin Stubbs 21 Tracy Woodson		Outfielders 37 Mike Davis 40 Mike Devereaux 23 Kirk Gibson 38 Jose Gonzalez 45 Chris Gwynn  9 Mickey Hatcher 12 Danny Heep  5 Mike Marshall 31 John Shelby		Manager  2 Tommy Lasorda Coaches  8 Joey Amalfitano (third base) 58 Mark Cresse (bullpen) 13 Joe Ferguson (first base) 35 Ben Hines (hitting) 11 Manny Mota 16 Ron Perranoski (pitching) 18 Bill Russell (bench)

[edit] Starting Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Orel Hershiser	35	34	267.0	23-8	2.26	73	178	15
Tim Leary	35	35	228.7	17-11	2.91	56	180	9
Tim Belcher	36	17	179.7	12-6	2.91	51	152	4
Fernando Valenzuela	23	22	142.3	5-8	4.24	76	64	3
Don Sutton	16	16	87.3	3-6	3.92	30	44	0
Shawn Hillegas	11	10	56.7	3-4	4.13	17	30	0
John Tudor	9	9	52.3	4-3	2.41	10	32	1
Ramon Martinez	9	6	35.7	1-3	3.79	22	23	0
Bill Krueger	1	1	2.3	0-0	11.57	2	1	0

[edit] Relief Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV
Jay Howell	50	0	65.0	5-3	2.08	21	70	21
Alejandro Pena	60	0	94.3	6-7	1.91	27	83	12
Jesse Orosco	55	0	53.0	3-2	2.72	30	43	9
Brian Holton	45	0	84.7	7-3	1.70	26	49	1
Tim Crews	42	0	71.7	4-0	3.14	16	45	0
Ken Howell	4	1	12.7	0-1	6.39	4	12	0
Brad Havens	9	0	9.7	0-0	4.66	4	8	0
William Brennan	4	2	9.3	0-1	6.75	6	7	0
Ricky Horton	12	0	9.0	1-1	5.00	2	8	0

[edit] Batting Stats

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
Mike Scioscia	C	130	408	.257	29	105	3	35	0
Rick Dempsey	C	77	167	.251	25	42	7	30	1
Gilberto Reyes	C	5	9	.111	1	1	0	0	0
Franklin Stubbs	1B/OF	115	242	.223	30	54	8	34	11
Steve Sax	2B	160	632	.277	70	175	5	57	42
Alfredo Griffin	SS	95	316	.199	39	63	1	27	7
Jeff Hamilton	3B/SS/1B	111	309	.236	34	73	6	33	0
Dave Anderson	SS/3B/2B	116	285	.249	31	71	2	20	4
Pedro Guerrero	3B/1B/OF	59	215	.298	24	64	5	35	2
Tracy Woodson	1B/3B	65	173	.249	15	43	3	15	1
Mike Sharperson	2B/3B/SS	46	59	.271	8	16	0	4	0
Mike Marshall	RF	144	542	.277	63	150	20	82	4
John Shelby	CF	140	494	.263	65	130	10	64	16
Kirk Gibson	LF	150	542	.290	106	157	25	76	31
Mike Davis	1B/3B/OF	108	281	.196	29	55	2	17	7
Mickey Hatcher	OF/1B/3B	88	191	.293	22	56	1	25	0
Danny Heep	OF	95	149	.242	14	36	0	11	2
Mike Devereaux	OF	30	43	.116	4	5	0	2	0
Jose Gonzalez	OF	37	24	.083	7	2	0	0	3
Chris Gwynn	OF/2B/3B/SS	12	11	.182	1	2	0	0	0

[edit] 1988 Playoffs

[edit] National League Championship Series

The Dodgers faced the New York Mets in the LCS. The Mets had dominated the Dodgers during the regular season, winning 10 out of 11 meetings and were heavy favorites going into the series. But the Dodgers, led by series MVP Orel Hershiser (who pitched a complete game shutout in game 7) won the series 4 games to 3.

[edit] Game 1

October 4: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	8	1
Los Angeles	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0
WP: Randy Myers (1-0)  LP: Jay Howell (0-1)
HR: NYM – None.; LA – None.

[edit] Game 2

October 5: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	0
Los Angeles	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	6	7	0
WP: Tim Belcher (1-0)  LP: David Cone (0-1)  SV: Alejandro Pena (1)
HR: NYM – Keith Hernandez (1); LA – None.

[edit] Game 3

October 8: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	2
New York	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	X	8	9	2
WP: Randy Myers (2-0)  LP: Alejandro Pena (0-1)
HR: LA – None.; NYM – None.

[edit] Game 4

October 9: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Los Angeles	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	7	1
New York	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	2
WP: Alejandro Pena (1-1)  LP: Roger McDowell (0-1)   SV: Orel Hershiser (1)
HR: LA – Mike Scioscia (1), Kirk Gibson (1); NYM – Darryl Strawberry (1), Kevin McReynolds (1)

[edit] Game 5

October 10: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	7	12	0
New York	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	4	9	1
WP: Tim Belcher (2-0)  LP: Sid Fernandez (0-1)  SV: Brian Holton (1)
HR: LA – Kirk Gibson (2); NYM – Lenny Dykstra (1)

[edit] Game 6

October 11: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	11	0
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	2
WP: David Cone (1-1)  LP: Tim Leary (0-1)
HR: NYM – Kevin McReynolds (2); LA – None.

[edit] Game 7

October 12: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Los Angeles	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	6	10	0
WP: Orel Hershiser (1-0)  LP: Ron Darling (0-1)
HR: NYM – None.; LA – None.

[edit] 1988 World Series

The Dodgers were again heavy underdogs in the World Series against the Oakland Athletics, led by sluggers Mark McGwire and José Canseco. However, the Dodgers won the series in five games thanks to Kirk Gibson's pinch-hit game winning homer in the first game off of Dennis Eckersley and the continued mastery of series MVP Orel Hershiser.

[edit] Game 1

October 15: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0
Los Angeles	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	7	0
WP: Alejandro Pena (1-0)  LP: Dennis Eckersley (0-1)
HR: OAK – José Canseco (1).; LA – Mickey Hatcher (1), Kirk Gibson (1).

[edit] Game 2

October 16: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Los Angeles	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	X	6	10	1
WP: Orel Hershiser (1-0)  LP: Storm Davis (0-1)
HR: OAK – None.; LA – Mike Davis (1).

[edit] Game 3

October 18: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	1
Oakland	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0
WP: Rick Honeycutt (1-0)  LP: Jay Howell (0-1)
HR: LA – None.; OAK – Mark McGwire (1).

[edit] Game 4

October 19: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	8	1
Oakland	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	9	2
WP: Tim Belcher (1-0)  LP: Dave Stewart (0-1)  SV: Jay Howell (1)
HR: LA – None.; OAK – none.

[edit] Game 5

October 20: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	8	0
Oakland	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	0
WP: Orel Hershiser (2-0)  LP: Storm Davis (0-2)
HR: LA – Mickey Hatcher (2), Mike Davis (2).; OAK – none.

[edit] 1988 Awards

1988 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Orel Hershiser reserve National League Most Valuable Player Award Kirk Gibson Cy Young Award Orel Hershiser Manager of the Year Award Tommy Lasorda National League Championship MVP Orel Hershiser World Series Most Valuable Player Orel Hershiser Gold Glove Award Orel Hershiser Comeback Player of the Year Award Tim Leary Baseball Digest Rookie All-Star Tim Belcher TSN Manager of the Year Award Tommy Lasorda

TSN Executive of the Year Award Fred Claire TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award Tim Belcher TSN Pitcher of the Year Award Orel Hershiser Silver Slugger Award Tim Leary Kirk Gibson TSN Major League Player of the Year Award Orel Hershiser TSN National League All-Star Orel Hershiser NL Pitcher of the Month Orel Hershiser (April 1988) Orel Hershiser (September 1988) NL Player of the Week Kal Daniels (Apr. 4-10) Tim Leary (July 18-24) Orel Hershiser (Sep. 26-Oct.2)

[edit] 1988 Transactions

• December 11: Acquired Alfredo Griffin, Jay Howell and Jesse Orosco in a three-team deal with the Oakland Athletics and New York Mets for Bob Welch, Jack Savage and Matt Young
• April 1: Acquired John Gibbons from the New York Mets for Craig Shipley
• August 16: Acquired John Tudor from the St. Louis Cardinals for Pedro Guerrero
• August 31: Acquired Ricky Horton from the Chicago White Sox for Shawn Hillegas
• October 3: Acquired Jim Neidlinger from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bill Krueger

[edit] 1988 Minor League Teams

• AAA: Albuquerque Dukes (managed by Terry Collins) - Pacific Coast League
• AA: San Antonio Missions (managed by Kevin Kennedy) - Texas League
• A: Bakersfield Dodgers (managed by Gary LaRocque) - California League
• A: Vero Beach Dodgers (managed by John Shoemaker) - Florida State League
• A: Salem Dodgers (managed by Tom Beyers) - Northwest League
• Rookie: Great Falls Dodgers (managed by Tim Johnson) - Pioneer League - LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
• Rookie: Gulf Coast Dodgers (managed by Jose Alvarez) - Gulf Coast League

[edit] External links

• 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site
• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

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 San Francisco Giants 1987	NL West Division Championship Season 1988	Succeeded by San Francisco Giants 1989
Preceded by St. Louis Cardinals 1987	National League Championship Season 1988	Succeeded by San Francisco Giants 1989
Preceded by Minnesota Twins 1987	World Series Champions Los Angeles Dodgers 1988	Succeeded by Oakland Athletics 1989

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v • d • e Los Angeles Dodgers 1988 World Series roster 3 Steve Sax | 5 Mike Marshall | 7 Alfredo Griffin | 9 Mickey Hatcher | 10 Dave Anderson | 12 Danny Heep | 14 Mike Scioscia | 17 Rick Dempsey | 21 Tracy Woodson | 22 Franklin Stubbs | 23 Kirk Gibson | 26 Alejandro Peña | 30 John Tudor | 31 John Shelby | 33 Jeff Hamilton | 37 Mike Davis | 38 José González | 49 Tim Belcher | 50 Jay Howell | 51 Brian Holton | 54 Tim Leary | 55 Orel Hershiser Manager 2 Tommy Lasorda