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1988 Cleveland Indians season

Field	Value
name	Cleveland Indians
season	1988
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
city	Cleveland, Ohio
owners	Richard Jacobs
general_managers	Hank Peters
managers	Doc Edwards
television	WUAB
Jack Corrigan, Steve Lamar
radio	WWWE
Herb Score, Paul Olden

Jack Corrigan, Steve Lamar Herb Score, Paul Olden |}}

The 1988 Cleveland Indians season was the 88th season for the franchise. The team, managed by Doc Edwards, finished sixth in the American League East.

Despite its mediocre season, the team had a significant legacy in Major League Baseball in the 21st century. Twenty-five years later, five of the 30 MLB managers at the start of the were alumni of the 1988 Indians:

Bud Black, pitcher – San Diego Padres
Terry Francona, first baseman/outfielder – Cleveland Indians
John Farrell, pitcher – Boston Red Sox
Charlie Manuel, hitting coach – Philadelphia Phillies
Ron Washington, utility infielder – Texas Rangers

The team also had players who became MLB Broadcasters, coaches, and front office executives:

Scott Bailes, pitcher- fill-in broadcaster for the Cleveland Indians
Tom Candiotti, pitcher- radio color analyst for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Rod Nichols, pitcher- former Philadelphia Phillies bullpen coach, current Iowa Cubs pitching coach
Rick Rodriguez, pitcher- former Oakland Athletics bullpen coach, current Sacramento River Cats
Greg Swindell, pitcher- former Arizona Diamondbacks pregame and postgame analyst. In 2011, Swindell served as the color commentator for the Little League Southwest Region tournament
Chris Bando, catcher- former Milwaukee Brewers bench and 3rd base coach from 1996 to 1998
Jay Bell, infielder- former Arizona Diamondbacks bench and hitting coach, former Pittsburgh Pirates hitting coach, former Cincinnati Reds bench coach
Brook Jacoby, infielder- former Cincinnati Reds hitting coach and current Toronto Blue Jays hitting coach
Willie Upshaw, infielder- former San Francisco Giants 1st base coach
Joe Carter, outfielder- former Toronto Blue Jays and Chicago Cubs TV analyst
Dave Clark, outfielder- former Pittsburgh Pirates hitting coach, former Houston Astros interim manager, 3rd base coach, and 1st base coach, and currently the Detroit Tigers third base coach
Cory Snyder, outfielder- hitting coach for the Jackson Generals, a Double-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners
Pat Tabler, outfielder- Toronto Blue Jays TV color analyst
Rod Allen, outfielder- former Arizona Diamondbacks broadcaster, current Detroit Tigers television analyst
Dan Firova, catcher- current Washington Nationals bullpen coach
Doug Jones, closer- current pitching coach of the Boise Hawks, the short-season A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies

Offseason

January 15, 1988: Rick Rodriguez was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
January 19, 1988: John Moses was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
January 19, 1988: Greg Harris was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
February 3, 1988: Doug Piatt was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.
February 9, 1988: Dan Schatzeder was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
February 22, 1988: Chris Codiroli was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
February 28, 1988: Terry Francona was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
March 17, 1988: Mark Huismann was released by the Indians.
March 24, 1988: Greg Harris was released by the Indians.
March 25, 1988: Willie Upshaw was purchased by the Indians from the Toronto Blue Jays.
March 29, 1988: John Moses was released by the Indians.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 11, 1988: Dan Firova was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
June 2, 1988: Houston Jiménez was signed as a free agent by the Indians.
June 3, 1988: Pat Tabler was traded by the Indians to the Kansas City Royals for Bud Black.
June 22, 1988: Dan Schatzeder was released by the Cleveland Indians.
September 6, 1988: Chris Codiroli was released by the Indians.

Opening Day Lineup

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14	Julio Franco	2B
20	Willie Upshaw	1B
10	Pat Tabler	DH
30	Joe Carter	CF
27	Mel Hall	LF
26	Brook Jacoby	3B
28	Cory Snyder	RF
16	Jay Bell	SS
6	Andy Allanson	C
49	Tom Candiotti	P

Roster

1988 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
	133	434	44	114	11	0	5	50	.263	5
	5	11	1	1	1	0	0	0	.091	0
	32	72	6	9	1	0	1	8	.125	0
	73	211	23	46	5	1	2	21	.218	4
	157	621	85	168	36	6	27	98	.271	27
	66	176	12	48	8	0	4	14	.273	6
	63	156	11	41	4	1	3	18	.263	0
	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
	152	613	88	186	23	6	10	54	.303	25
	62	212	24	66	8	0	1	12	.311	0
	150	515	69	144	32	4	6	71	.280	7
	152	552	59	133	25	0	9	49	.241	2
	9	21	1	1	0	0	0	1	.048	0
	7	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	.111	0
	75	225	31	58	8	0	18	43	.258	0
	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	16	51	10	13	0	0	6	8	.255	0
	22	46	7	12	1	0	0	5	.261	0
	142	511	71	139	24	3	26	75	.272	5
	41	143	16	32	5	1	1	17	.224	1
	9	24	1	4	0	0	1	2	.167	0
	149	493	58	121	22	3	11	50	.245	12
	69	223	30	57	14	2	2	21	.256	3
	10	21	3	4	0	0	0	1	.190	0
	11	31	7	7	2	0	1	3	.226	0
	51	130	9	30	5	1	0	7	.231	0
Team Totals	162	5505	666	1435	235	28	134	629	.261	97

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
	9	14	4.90	37	21	0	145.0	149	89	79	46	53
	2	3	5.03	16	7	1	59.0	59	35	33	23	44
	14	8	3.28	31	31	0	216.2	225	86	79	53	137
	0	4	9.31	14	2	1	19.1	32	22	20	10	12
	1	0	4.54	21	0	1	33.2	35	20	17	21	17
	14	10	4.24	31	30	0	210.1	216	106	99	67	92
	3	4	4.40	38	0	1	59.1	65	33	29	19	20
	2	3	3.14	28	0	1	57.1	62	22	20	17	30
	3	4	2.27	51	0	37	83.1	69	26	21	16	72
	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	2.2	2	0	0	1	0
	1	0	5.18	17	0	1	24.1	32	16	14	6	17
	1	7	5.06	11	10	0	69.1	73	41	39	23	31
	0	2	5.49	10	0	0	19.2	25	12	12	11	10
	1	2	7.09	10	5	0	33.0	43	28	26	17	9
	0	2	9.56	15	0	3	16.0	26	19	17	2	10
	18	14	3.20	33	33	0	242.0	234	97	86	45	180
	0	1	7.27	3	1	0	8.2	8	7	7	10	7
	9	6	4.62	23	22	0	134.1	146	72	69	55	71
Team Totals	78	84	4.16	162	162	46	1434.0	1501	731	663	442	812

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

References

1988 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
1988 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac

References

Miller, Scott. (April 30, 2013). "Five managers with connections to 1988 Indians, an unbelievable story". [[CBSSports.com]].
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rodriri01.shtml Rick Rodriguez] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mosesjo01.shtml John Moses] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harrigr01.shtml Greg Harris] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/piattdo01.shtml Doug Piatt] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schatda01.shtml Dan Schatzeder] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/codirch01.shtml Chris Codiroli] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/francte01.shtml Terry Francona] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huismma01.shtml Mark Huismann] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/u/upshawi01.shtml Willie Upshaw] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/firovda01.shtml Dan Firova] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jimenho01.shtml Houston Jiménez] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blackbu02.shtml Bud Black] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX198804040.shtml 1988 Opening Day Lineup] at ''Baseball-Reference''
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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