1988 California Angels
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAnaheim Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
OwnersGene Autry
General managersMike Port
ManagersCookie Rojas, Moose Stubing
TelevisionKTLA
(Joe Torre, Bob Starr)
Z Channel
(Joe Torre, Joel Meyers)
RadioKMPC
(Ken Brett, Al Conin)
XPRS
(Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
← 1987 Seasons 1989 →

The 1988 California Angels season involved the Angels finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses. The Angels closed out the year by losing twelve games in a row, longest in team history; when they lost on Opening Day the next year, it unofficially served as a thirteen-game streak. This record was broken 34 years later.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

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 record

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

Roster

1988 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Bob Boone 122 352 104 .295 5 39
1B Wally Joyner 158 597 176 .295 13 85
2B Johnny Ray 153 602 184 .306 6 83
SS Dick Schofield 158 527 126 .239 6 34
3B Jack Howell 154 500 127 .254 16 63
LF Tony Armas 120 368 100 .272 13 49
CF Devon White 122 455 118 .259 11 51
RF Chili Davis 158 600 161 .268 21 93
DH Brian Downing 135 484 117 .242 25 64

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
Mark McLemore 77 233 56 .240 2 16
Darrell Miller 70 140 31 .221 2 7
George Hendrick 69 127 31 .244 3 19
Jim Eppard 56 113 32 .283 0 14
Gus Polidor 54 81 12 .148 0 4
Chico Walker 33 78 12 .154 0 2
Thad Bosley 35 75 21 .280 0 7
Butch Wynegar 27 55 14 .255 1 8
Mike Brown 18 50 11 .220 0 3
Dante Bichette 21 46 12 .261 0 8
Bill Buckner 19 43 9 .209 0 9
Junior Noboa 21 16 1 .063 0 0
Domingo Ramos 10 15 2 .133 0 0
Doug Davis 6 12 0 .000 0 0
Brian Dorsett 7 11 1 .091 0 2
Joe Redfield 1 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Witt 34 249.2 13 16 4.15 133
Willie Fraser 34 194.2 12 13 5.41 86
Chuck Finley 31 194.1 9 15 4.17 111
Kirk McCaskill 23 146.1 8 6 4.31 98
Dan Petry 22 139.2 3 9 4.38 64
Terry Clark 15 94.0 6 6 5.07 39

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jack Lazorko 10 37.2 0 1 3.35 19

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bryan Harvey 50 7 5 17 2.13 67
Greg Minton 44 4 5 7 2.85 46
Stew Cliburn 40 4 2 0 4.07 42
Sherman Corbett 34 2 1 1 4.14 28
DeWayne Buice 32 2 4 3 5.88 38
Donnie Moore 27 5 2 4 4.91 22
Ray Krawczyk 14 0 1 1 4.81 17
Frank DiMichele 4 0 0 0 9.64 1
Rich Monteleone 3 0 0 0 0.00 3
Mike Cook 3 0 1 0 4.91 2
Vance Lovelace 3 0 0 0 13.50 0
Urbano Lugo 1 0 0 0 9.00 1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Edmonton Trappers Pacific Coast League Tom Kotchman
AA Midland Angels Texas League Mako Oliveras
A Palm Springs Angels California League Bill Lachemann
A Quad Cities Angels Midwest League Eddie Rodríguez
A-Short Season Bend Bucks Northwest League Don Long

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References

  1. ^ "LEADING OFF: Angels skid at 11, Mets at Padres, Ray slumps". Associated Press. June 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "Doug DeCinces Stats".
  3. ^ "Don Sutton Stats".
  4. ^ Chili Davis Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ "Greg Minton Stats".
  6. ^ 1988 California Angels Roster by Baseball Almanac
  7. ^ Bill Buckner Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ^ Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
Preceded by1987 California Angels seasons 1988 Succeeded by1989


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