1988 Oakland Athletics season

1988 Oakland Athletics
1988 AL West Champions 1988 AL Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (since 1968)
Oakland, California (since 1968)
Results
Record	104–58 (.642)
Other information
Owner(s)	Walter A. Haas, Jr.
General manager(s)	Sandy Alderson
Manager(s)	Tony La Russa
Local television	KPIX/KICU-TV (Monte Moore, Ray Fosse)
Local radio	KSFO (Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse) KNTA (Amaury Pi-Gonzalez, Evilio Mendoza)
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The Oakland Athletics' 1988 season involved the A's winning their first American League West title since 1981, with a record of 104 wins and 58 losses. In 1988, the elephant was restored as the symbol of the Athletics and currently adorns the left sleeve of home and road uniforms. The elephant was retired as team mascot in 1963 by then-owner Charles O. Finley in favor of a Missouri mule. The A's defeated the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS, but lost the World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games, including a dramatic, classic walk-off home run by the Dodgers' Kirk Gibson in game one.

1988 was the first of 3 straight years the A's would represent the AL in the World Series

Offseason

October 12, 1987: Brian Harper was released by the Athletics.^[1]
October 12, 1987: Jerry Willard was released by the Athletics.^[2]
December 6, 1987: Ron Hassey was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[3]
December 7, 1987: Gary Lavelle was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[4]
December 8, 1987: José Rijo and Tim Birtsas were traded by the Athletics to the Cincinnati Reds for Dave Parker.^[5]
December 11, 1987: Alfredo Griffin and Jay Howell were traded by the Athletics to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Kevin Tapani and Wally Whitehurst were traded by the Athletics to the New York Mets as part of a three-team trade. Bob Welch and Matt Young were traded by the Dodgers to the Athletics. Jesse Orosco was traded by the Mets to the Dodgers. Jack Savage was traded by the Dodgers to the Mets.^[6]
December 21, 1987: Dave Henderson was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[7]
December 21, 1987: Rick Rodriguez was released by the Athletics.^[8]
January 11, 1988: Glenn Hubbard was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[9]
January 29, 1988: Rich Bordi was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[10]
February 9, 1988: Don Baylor was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[11]
March 9, 1988: Tony Phillips was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[12]
March 28, 1988: Mickey Tettleton was released by the Athletics.^[13]

Regular season

José Canseco led the American League with 42 Home Runs, 124 RBIs and a .569 slugging percentage. Canseco became the first member of the Athletics to have three straight 100 RBI seasons.

July 3, 1988: José Canseco had 3 home runs and 6 RBIs in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	104	58	0.642	—	54–27	50–31
Minnesota Twins	91	71	0.562	13	47–34	44–37
Kansas City Royals	84	77	0.522	19½	44–36	40–41
California Angels	75	87	0.463	29	35–46	40–41
Chicago White Sox	71	90	0.441	32½	40–41	31–49
Texas Rangers	70	91	0.435	33½	38–43	32–48
Seattle Mariners	68	93	0.422	35½	37–44	31–49

Record vs. opponents

1988 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	4–9	5–7	4–7	4–9	5–8	0–12	4–9	3–9	3–10	4–8	7–5	6–6	5–8
Boston	9–4	—	8–4	7–5	8–5	6–7	6–6	10–3	7–5	9–4	3–9	6–6	8–4	2–11
California	7–5	4–8	—	9–4	8–4	5–7	5–8	3–9	4–9	6–6	4–9	6–7	8–5	6–6
Chicago	7–4	5–7	4–9	—	3–9	3–9	7–6	6–6	4–9	3–9	5–8	9–4	8–5	7–5
Cleveland	9–4	5–8	4–8	9–3	—	4–9	6–6	9–4	5–7	6–7	4–8	5–7	6–6	6–7
Detroit	8–5	7–6	7–5	9–3	9–4	—	8–4	5–8	1–11	8–5	4–8	9–3	8–4	5–8
Kansas City	12–0	6–6	8–5	6–7	6–6	4–8	—	3–9	7–6	6–6	8–5	7–5	7–6	4–8
Milwaukee	9–4	3–10	9–3	6–6	4–9	8–5	9–3	—	7–5	6–7	3–9	8–4	8–4	7–6
Minnesota	9–3	5–7	9–4	9–4	7–5	11–1	6–7	5–7	—	3–9	5–8	8–5	7–6	7–5
New York	10–3	4–9	6–6	9–3	7–6	5–8	6–6	7–6	9–3	—	6–6	5–7	5–6	6–7
Oakland	8–4	9–3	9–4	8–5	8–4	8–4	5–8	9–3	8–5	6–6	—	9–4	8–5	9–3
Seattle	5–7	6–6	7–6	4–9	7–5	3–9	5–7	4–8	5–8	7–5	4–9	—	6–7	5–7
Texas	6–6	4–8	5–8	5–8	6–6	4–8	6–7	4–8	6–7	6–5	5–8	7–6	—	6–6
Toronto	8–5	11–2	6–6	5–7	7–6	8–5	8–4	6–7	5–7	7–6	3–9	7–5	6–6	—

Notable Transactions

June 1, 1988: Darren Lewis was drafted by the Athletics in the 18th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1988.^[14]

Roster

1988 Oakland Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

46 Rich Bordi

54 Todd Burns

32 Greg Cadaret

41 Jim Corsi

14 Storm Davis

43 Dennis Eckersley

40 Rick Honeycutt

19 Gene Nelson

53 Steve Ontiveros

38 Dave Otto

51 Eric Plunk

52 Jeff Shaver

34 Dave Stewart

35 Bob Welch

29 Curt Young

Catchers

24 Ron Hassey

3 Orlando Mercado

11 Matt Sinatro

36 Terry Steinbach

Infielders

30 Lance Blankenship

9 Mike Gallego

17 Glenn Hubbard

27 Ed Jurak

4 Carney Lansford

25 Mark McGwire

2 Tony Phillips

7 Walt Weiss

Outfielders

33 José Canseco

42 Dave Henderson

28 Stan Javier

21 Doug Jennings

6 Félix José

39 Dave Parker

22 Luis Polonia

Other batters

12 Don Baylor

Manager

10 Tony La Russa

Coaches

18 Dave Duncan

15 Rene Lachemann

5 Jim Lefebvre

8 Dave McKay

-- Mike Paul

-- Bob Watson

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
RF	José Canseco	158	610	187	.307	42	124
CF	Dave Henderson	146	507	154	.304	24	94
3B	Carney Lansford	150	556	155	.279	7	57
1B	Mark McGwire	155	550	143	.260	32	99
C	Ron Hassey	107	323	83	.257	7	45
2B	Glenn Hubbard	105	294	75	.255	3	33
SS	Walt Weiss	147	452	113	.250	3	39
DH	Don Baylor	92	264	58	.220	7	34
LF	Luis Polonia	84	288	84	.292	2	27

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Stan Javier	125	397	102	.257	2	35
Dave Parker	101	377	97	.257	12	55

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Welch	36	36	244.2	17	9	3.64	158
Dave Stewart	37	37	275.2	21	12	3.23	192

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

ALCS

Main article: 1988 American League Championship Series

Game 1

October 5, Fenway Park

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)

Game 2

October 6, Fenway Park

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)

Game 3

October 8, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

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)

Game 4

October 9, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

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)

World Series

Main article: 1988 World Series

NL Los Angeles Dodgers (4) vs. AL Oakland Athletics (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance	Time of Game
1	A's – 4, Dodgers – 5	October 15	Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)	55,983	3:04
2	A's – 0, Dodgers – 6	October 16	Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles)	56,051	2:30
3	Dodgers – 1, A's – 2	October 18	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland)	49,316	3:21
4	Dodgers – 4, A's – 3	October 19	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland)	49,317	3:05
5	Dodgers – 5, A's – 2	October 20	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland)	49,317	2:51

Awards and honors

José Canseco – American League Leader Home Runs (42)
José Canseco – American League Leader RBIs (124)
José Canseco – American League Leader Slugging Percentage (.569)
Terry Steinbach, All-Star Game MVP

All-Star Game

Terry Steinbach, Catcher, Starter
Mark McGwire, First Base, Starter
José Canseco, Outfield, Starter
Dennis Eckersley, Relief Pitcher, Reserve
Carney Lansford, Third Base, Reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Tigers	Pacific Coast League	Brad Fischer
AA	Huntsville Stars	Southern League	Tommie Reynolds
A	Modesto A's	California League	Jeff Newman
A	Madison Muskies	Midwest League	Jim Nettles
A-Short Season	Southern Oregon A's	Northwest League	Lenn Sakata
Rookie	AZL Athletics	Arizona League	Dave Hudgens

References

1988 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
1988 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

American League champions

American League West champions

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

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; Hohokam Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owners: John J. Fisher & Lewis Wolff
President: Michael Crowley
Executive vice president: Billy Beane
General manager: David Forst
Manager: Bob Melvin

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

AL West Division
Championships (16)

AL Wild Card (2)

2001
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Minors

AAA: Nashville Sounds
AA: Midland RockHounds
A Adv.: Stockton Ports
A: Beloit Snappers
Short A: Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: AZL Athletics; DSL Athletics

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