1988 Detroit Tigers season

The Detroit Tigers' 1988 season was a season in American baseball. The Tigers, fresh off of losing the American League pennant to Minnesota Twins, were attempting to repeat as American League East champions after winning the division on the final day of the previous season. The Tigers hit five grand slams, the most in MLB in 1988.[1]

1988 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Monaghan
General manager(s)Bill Lajoie
Manager(s)Sparky Anderson
Local televisionWDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
PASS
(Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)
Local radioWJR
(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 8973 0.549 — 53–28 36–45
Detroit Tigers 8874 0.543 1 50–31 38–43
Milwaukee Brewers 8775 0.537 2 47–34 40–41
Toronto Blue Jays 8775 0.537 2 45–36 42–39
New York Yankees 8576 0.528 3½ 46–34 39–42
Cleveland Indians 7884 0.481 11 44–37 34–47
Baltimore Orioles 54107 0.335 34½ 34–46 20–61

Record vs. opponents
1988 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–95–74–74–95–80–124–93–93–104–87–56–65–8
Boston 9–4—8–47–58–56–76–610–37–59–43–96–68–42–11
California 7–54–8—9–48–45–75–83–94–96–64–96–78–56–6
Chicago 7–45–74–9—3–93–97–66–64–93–95–89–48–57–5
Cleveland 9–45–84–89–3—4–96–69–45–76–74–85–76–66–7
Detroit 8–57–67–59–39–4—8–45–81–118–54–89–38–45–8
Kansas City 12–06–68–56–76–64–8—3–97–66–68–57–57–64–8
Milwaukee 9–43–109–36–64–98–59–3—7–56–73–98–48–47–6
Minnesota 9–35–79–49–47–511–16–75–7—3–95–88–57–67–5
New York 10–34–96–69–37–65–86–67–69–3—6–65–75–66–7
Oakland 8–49–39–48–58–48–45–89–38–56–6—9–48–59–3
Seattle 5–76–67–64–97–53–95–74–85–87–54–9—6–75–7
Texas 6–64–85–85–86–64–86–74–86–76–55–87–6—6–6
Toronto 8–511–26–65–77–68–58–46–75–77–63–97–56–6—

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Roster
1988 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CMatt Nokes12238296.2511653
1BRay Knight10529965.217333
2BLou Whitaker115403111.2751255
3BTom Brookens136441107.243538
SSAlan Trammell128466145.3111569
LFPat Sheridan12734788.2541147
CFGary Pettis12945896.210336
RFChet Lemon144512135.2641764
DHDarrell Evans14443791.2082264

Other batters

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
Luis Salazar130452122.2701262
Dave Bergman11628985.294535
Mike Heath8621954.247518
Jim Walewander8817537.21106
Larry Herndon7617439.224420
Dwayne Murphy4914436.250419
Fred Lynn279020.222719
Jim Morrison247416.21606
Torey Lovullo12218.38112
Iván DeJesús7173.17600
Scott Lusader16161.06313
Billy Bean10112.18200
Billy Beane661.16701
Chris Bando100---00

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jack Morris3423515133.94168
Doyle Alexander3422914114.32126
Walt Terrell29206.17163.9784
Frank Tanana3220314114.21127
Jeff Robinson241721362.98114
Steve Searcy28025.635

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Eric King2368.2413.4145
Ted Power418.2115.7913

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mike Henneman6596221.8758
Willie Hernández6365103.0659
Paul Gibson404202.9350
Don Heinkel210013.9630
Mike Trujillo60005.115
Mark Huismann51005.066

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Pat Corrales
AA Glens Falls Tigers Eastern League John Wockenfuss
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Johnny Lipon
A Fayetteville Generals South Atlantic League Leon Roberts
Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Rick Magnante

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References
  1. "Team Batting Event Finder: 1988, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. Dickie Noles at Baseball Reference
  3. Mark Huismann at Baseball Reference
  4. Billy Beane at Baseball Reference
  5. Mark Lee at Baseball Reference
  6. Fred Lynn at Baseball Reference
  7. Rico Brogna at Baseball Reference
  8. Dave Haas at Baseball Reference
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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