1988 New York Yankees season

1988 New York Yankees
1988 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901) Eastern Division (since 1969); ;
Location
	Yankee Stadium (since 1976); New York City (since 1903);
Other information
Owner(s)	George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)	Lou Piniella, Bob Quinn
Manager(s)	Billy Martin, Lou Piniella
Local television	WPIX; (Phil Rizzuto, Bill White); SportsChannel NY; (Ken Harrelson, Bobby Murcer, Mickey Mantle)
Local radio	WABC (AM); (Hank Greenwald, Tommy Hutton)
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The New York Yankees' 1988 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.^[1]
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).^[2]
December 18, 1987: Rich Bordi was released by the New York Yankees.^[3]
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.^[4]
January 15, 1988: John Candelaria was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.^[5]

Regular season[]

Opening Day starters[]

Season standings[]

v t AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	89	73	0.549	—	53–28	36–45
Detroit Tigers	88	74	0.543	1	50–31	38–43
Milwaukee Brewers	87	75	0.537	2	47–34	40–41
Toronto Blue Jays	87	75	0.537	2	45–36	42–39
New York Yankees	85	76	0.528	3½	46–34	39–42
Cleveland Indians	78	84	0.481	11	44–37	34–47
Baltimore Orioles	54	107	0.335	34½	34–46	20–61

Record vs. opponents[]

1988 American League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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[]

March 30, 1988: Orestes Destrade was traded by the Yankees to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Hipólito Peña.^[6]
April 4, 1988: Rick Cerone was released by the Yankees.^[7]
April 4, 1988: Jerry Royster was released by the New York Yankees.^[8]
May 7, 1988: Chris Chambliss was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.^[9]
May 10, 1988: Chris Chambliss was released by the Yankees.^[9]
June 1, 1988: 1988 Major League Baseball Draft
- Andy Cook was drafted by the Yankees in the 11th round.^[10]
- Frank Seminara was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 12th round.^[11]
- Deion Sanders was drafted by the Yankees in the 30th round. Player signed June 22, 1988.^[12]
July 15, 1988: Luis Aguayo was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Yankees for Amalio Carreno.^[13]
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.^[14]
August 30, 1988: Cecilio Guante was traded by the Yankees to the Texas Rangers for Dale Mohorcic.^[15]

Roster[]

1988 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

27 Neil Allen
45 John Candelaria
38 Pat Clements
36 Richard Dotson
52 Dave Eiland
51 Cecilio Guante
35 Lee Guetterman
49 Ron Guidry
41 Charles Hudson
25 Tommy John
28 Al Leiter
54 Dale Mohorcic
47 Scott Nielsen
46,60 Hipólito Peña
26 Rick Rhoden
19 Dave Righetti
33,40 Steve Shields
43 Tim Stoddard

Catchers

57,58 Bob Geren
12 Joel Skinner
11 Don Slaught

Infielders

29 Luis Aguayo
47 Álvaro Espinoza
23 Don Mattingly
20 Bob Meacham
13 Mike Pagliarulo
21 Ken Phelps
30 Willie Randolph
17 Rafael Santana
2 Wayne Tolleson
29,46 Randy Velarde

Outfielders

54 Jay Buhner
24 Rickey Henderson
39 Roberto Kelly
62 Hal Morris
22 Gary Ward
18 Claudell Washington
31 Dave Winfield

Other batters

50 Chris Chambliss
6,21,33 Jack Clark
21 José Cruz

Manager

1 Billy Martin
14 Lou Piniella

Coaches

6,40 Clete Boyer
50 Chris Chambliss
55,34 Mike Ferraro
42 Art Fowler
40 Clyde King
48 Gene Michael
48 George Mitterwald
44 Jeff Torborg
42 Stan Williams

Player stats[]

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
C	Don Slaught	97	322	91	.283	9	43
1B	Don Mattingly	144	599	186	.311	18	88
2B	Willie Randolph	110	404	93	.230	2	34
3B	Mike Pagliarulo	125	444	96	.216	15	67
SS	Rafael Santana	148	480	115	.240	4	38
LF	Rickey Henderson	140	554	169	.305	6	50
CF	Claudell Washington	126	455	140	.308	11	64
RF	Dave Winfield	149	559	180	.322	25	107
DH	Jack Clark	150	496	120	.242	27	93

Other batters[]

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Joel Skinner	88	251	57	.227	4	23
Gary Ward	91	231	52	.225	4	24
Luis Aguayo	50	140	35	.250	3	8
Bob Meacham	47	115	25	.217	0	7
Randy Velarde	48	115	20	.174	5	12
Ken Phelps	45	107	24	.224	10	22
José Cruz	38	80	16	.200	1	7
Roberto Kelly	38	77	19	.247	1	7
Jay Buhner	25	69	13	.188	3	13
Wayne Tolleson	21	59	15	.254	0	5
Hal Morris	15	20	2	.100	0	0
Bob Geren	10	10	1	.100	0	0
Álvaro Espinoza	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Chris Chambliss	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rick Rhoden	30	197	12	12	4.29	94
Tommy John	35	176.1	9	8	4.49	81
Richard Dotson	32	171	12	9	5.00	77
John Candelaria	25	157	13	7	3.38	121
Al Leiter	14	57.1	4	4	3.92	60
Ron Guidry	12	56	2	3	4.18	32
Dave Eiland	3	12.2	0	0	6.39	7

Other pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Charles Hudson	28	106.1	6	6	4.49	58
Scott Nielsen	7	19.2	1	2	6.86	4
Pat Clements	6	8.1	0	0	6.48	3

Relief pitchers[]

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Dave Righetti	60	5	4	25	3.52	70
Cecilio Guante	56	5	6	11	2.88	61
Neil Allen	41	5	3	0	3.84	61
Steve Shields	39	5	5	0	4.37	55
Tim Stoddard	28	2	2	3	6.38	33
Lee Guetterman	20	1	2	0	4.65	15
Hipólito Peña	16	1	1	0	3.14	10
Dale Mohorcic	13	2	2	1	2.78	19

Awards and records[]

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

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Bucky Dent
AA	Albany-Colonie Yankees	Eastern League	Tommy Jones and Stump Merrill
A	Prince William Cannons	Carolina League	Wally Moon and Gene Tenace
A	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	Florida State League	Buck Showalter
A-Short Season	Oneonta Yankees	New York–Penn League	Gary Allenson
Rookie	GCL Yankees	Gulf Coast League	Brian Butterfield

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Albany-Colonie, Oneonta, GCL Yankees^[16]

References[]

^ "Lenn Sakata Stats".
^ Rafael Santana page at Baseball Reference
^ "Rich Bordi Stats".
^ Steve Trout page at Baseball Reference
^ John Candelaria page at Baseball Reference
^ Hipólito Peña page at Baseball Reference
^ Rick Cerone page at Baseball Reference
^ "Jerry Royster Stats".
^ ^a ^b Chris Chambliss page at Baseball Reference
^ Andy Cook page at Baseball Reference
^ "Frank Seminara Stats".
^ Deion Sanders page at Baseball Reference
^ "Luis Aguayo". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
^ Ken Phelps page at Baseball Reference
^ Dale Mohorcic page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links[]

[1] "Lenn Sakata Stats".

[2] Rafael Santana page at Baseball Reference

[3] "Rich Bordi Stats".

[4] Steve Trout page at Baseball Reference

[5] John Candelaria page at Baseball Reference

[6] Hipólito Peña page at Baseball Reference

[7] Rick Cerone page at Baseball Reference

[8] "Jerry Royster Stats".

[chambliss-9] Chris Chambliss page at Baseball Reference

[10] Andy Cook page at Baseball Reference

[11] "Frank Seminara Stats".

[12] Deion Sanders page at Baseball Reference

[13] "Luis Aguayo". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.

[14] Ken Phelps page at Baseball Reference

[15] 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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1988 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1976) New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)	Lou Piniella, Bob Quinn
Manager(s)	Billy Martin, Lou Piniella
Local television	WPIX (Phil Rizzuto, Bill White) SportsChannel NY (Ken Harrelson, Bobby Murcer, Mickey Mantle)
Local radio	WABC (AM) (Hank Greenwald, Tommy Hutton)
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