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1988 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

FieldValue
nameNew York Yankees
season1988
leagueAmerican League
divisionEast
ballparkYankee Stadium
cityNew York City
ownersGeorge Steinbrenner
general_managersLou Piniella, Bob Quinn
managersBilly Martin, Lou Piniella
television**WPIX**
(Phil Rizzuto, Bill White)
**SportsChannel NY**
(Ken Harrelson, Bobby Murcer, Mickey Mantle)
radio**WABC (AM)**
(Hank Greenwald, Tommy Hutton)

(Phil Rizzuto, Bill White) SportsChannel NY (Ken Harrelson, Bobby Murcer, Mickey Mantle) (Hank Greenwald, Tommy Hutton) |}}

The 1988 New York Yankees season was the 86th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 85–76, finishing in fifth place, 3.5 games behind the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Lou Piniella and Billy Martin, with the latter managing the team for the fifth and final time. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason

  • November 2, 1987: Lenn Sakata was released by the New York Yankees.
  • December 11, 1987: Darren Reed, Phil Lombardi, and Steve Frey were traded by the Yankees to the New York Mets for Rafael Santana and Victor Garcia (minors).
  • December 18, 1987: Rich Bordi was released by the New York Yankees.
  • December 22, 1987: Steve Trout and Henry Cotto were traded by the Yankees to the Seattle Mariners for Lee Guetterman, Clay Parker, and Wade Taylor.
  • January 15, 1988: John Candelaria was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

  • March 30, 1988: Orestes Destrade was traded by the Yankees to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Hipólito Peña.
  • April 4, 1988: Rick Cerone was released by the Yankees.
  • April 4, 1988: Jerry Royster was released by the New York Yankees.
  • May 7, 1988: Chris Chambliss was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
  • May 10, 1988: Chris Chambliss was released by the Yankees.
  • June 1, 1988: 1988 Major League Baseball draft
    • Andy Cook was drafted by the Yankees in the 11th round.
    • Frank Seminara was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 12th round.
    • Deion Sanders was drafted by the Yankees in the 30th round. Player signed June 22, 1988.
  • July 15, 1988: Luis Aguayo was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Yankees for Amalio Carreno.
  • July 21, 1988: Jay Buhner, Rich Balabon (minors), and a player to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the Seattle Mariners for Ken Phelps. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Troy Evers (minors) to the Mariners on October 12.
  • August 30, 1988: Cecilio Guante was traded by the Yankees to the Texas Rangers for Dale Mohorcic.

Roster

1988 New York Yankees
**Roster**
**Pitchers**

Game log

Regular season

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 || April 5 || 1:10pm EDT || Twins || W 8–0 || || || || || 55,802 || 1–0 || W1 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2 || April 6 || 1:10pm EDT || Twins || W 5–3 || || || || || 32,756 || 2–0 || W2 || |- style="background:#bbb;" |–|| April 7 || || Twins || colspan="9"|Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 5) |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || April 8 || 7:35pm EDT || Brewers || W 6–4 || || || || || 20,927 || 3–0 || W3 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 || April 9 || 7:36pm EDT || Brewers || W 4–1 || || || || || 27,021 || 4–0 || W4 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 5 || April 10 || 1:36pm EDT || Brewers || W 7–6 || || || || || 36,214 || 5–0 || W5 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 || April 11 || 1:45pm EDT || @ Blue Jays || L 9–17 || || || || || 45,185 || 5–1 || L1 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 7 || April 12 || 7:36pm EDT || @ Blue Jays || W 12–3 || || || || || 24,116 || 6–1 || W1 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 || April 13 || 7:35pm EDT || @ Blue Jays || W 5–1 || || || || || 24,105 || 7–1 || W2 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 || April 14 || 12:36pm EDT || @ Blue Jays || W 7–3 || || || || || 24,524 || 8–1 || W3 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 || April 15 || 2:35pm EDT || @ Brewers || W 7–1 || || || || || 55,887 || 9–1 || W4 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || April 16 || 4:08pm EDT || @ Brewers || L 2–9 || || || || || 24,972 || 9–2 || L1 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 || April 17 || 2:30pm EDT || @ Brewers || L 3–6 || || || || || 22,199 || 9–3 || L2 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 13 || April 18 || 8:09pm EDT || @ Twins || W 18–5 || || || || || 30,442 || 10–3 || W1 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 14 || April 19 || 8:05pm EDT || @ Twins || W 7–6 || || || || || 23,724 || 11–3 || W2 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 15 || April 20 || 8:05pm EDT || @ Twins || W 7–6 (10) || || || || || 22,369 || 12–3 || W3 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 || April 22 || 7:39pm EDT || Blue Jays || L 4–6 (12) || || || || || 33,314 || 12–4 || L1 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 || April 23 || 7:38pm EDT || Blue Jays || L 2–3 || || || || || 24,046 || 12–5 || L2 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 || April 24 || 1:38pm EDT || Blue Jays || W 5–3 || || || || || 52,073 || 13–5 || W1 ||

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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Yankees team member

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CDon Slaught9732291.283943
1BDon Mattingly144599186.3111888
2BWillie Randolph11040493.230234
3BMike Pagliarulo12544496.2161567
SSRafael Santana148480115.240438
LFRickey Henderson140554169.305650
CFClaudell Washington126455140.3081164
RFDave Winfield149559180.32225107
DHJack Clark150496120.2422793

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Joel Skinner8825157.227423
Gary Ward9123152.225424
Luis Aguayo5014035.25038
Bob Meacham4711525.21707
Randy Velarde4811520.174512
Ken Phelps4510724.2241022
José Cruz388016.20017
Roberto Kelly387719.24717
Jay Buhner256913.188313
Wayne Tolleson215915.25405
Hal Morris15202.10000
Bob Geren10101.10000
Álvaro Espinoza330.00000
Chris Chambliss110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Rick Rhoden30197.012124.2994
Tommy John35176.1984.4981
Richard Dotson32171.01295.0077
John Candelaria25157.01373.38121
Al Leiter1457.1443.9260
Ron Guidry1256.0234.1832
Dave Eiland312.2006.397

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Charles Hudson28106.1664.4958
Scott Nielsen719.2126.864
Pat Clements68.1006.483

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dave Righetti6054253.5270
Cecilio Guante5656112.8861
Neil Allen415303.8461
Steve Shields395504.3755
Tim Stoddard282236.3833
Lee Guetterman201204.6515
Hipólito Peña161103.1410
Dale Mohorcic132212.7819

Awards and records

  • Rickey Henderson, Yankees Single Season Record, Stolen Bases in a Season (93 in 1988)

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Albany-Colonie, Oneonta, GCL Yankees

References

References

  1. "Lenn Sakata Stats".
  2. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/santara01.shtml Rafael Santana page at Baseball Reference]
  3. "Rich Bordi Stats".
  4. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/troutst01.shtml Steve Trout page at Baseball Reference]
  5. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/candejo01.shtml John Candelaria page at Baseball Reference]
  6. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/penahi01.shtml Hipólito Peña page at Baseball Reference]
  7. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/ceronri01.shtml Rick Cerone page at Baseball Reference]
  8. "Jerry Royster Stats".
  9. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chambch01.shtml Chris Chambliss page at Baseball Reference]
  10. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cookan01.shtml Andy Cook page at Baseball Reference]
  11. "Frank Seminara Stats".
  12. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sandede02.shtml Deion Sanders page at Baseball Reference]
  13. "Luis Aguayo". Baseball Reference.
  14. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/phelpke01.shtml Ken Phelps page at Baseball Reference]
  15. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/guantce01.shtml Dale Mohorcic page at Baseball Reference]
  16. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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