1988 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
OwnersBud Selig
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersTom Trebelhorn
TelevisionWVTV
(Jim Paschke, Mike Hegan)
RadioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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The 1988 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing third in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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 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 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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 B. J. Surhoff 139 493 121 .245 5 38
1B Greg Brock 115 364 77 .212 6 50
2B Jim Gantner 155 539 149 .276 0 47
SS Dale Sveum 129 467 113 .242 9 51
3B Paul Molitor 154 609 190 .312 13 60
LF Jeffrey Leonard 94 374 88 .235 8 44
CF Robin Yount 162 621 190 .306 13 91
RF Rob Deer 135 492 124 .252 23 85
DH Joey Meyer 103 327 86 .263 11 45

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
Glenn Braggs 72 272 71 .261 10 42
Ernest Riles 41 127 32 .252 1 9
Bill Schroeder 41 122 19 .156 5 10
Charlie O'Brien 40 118 26 .220 2 9
Darryl Hamilton 44 103 19 .184 1 11
Jim Adduci 44 94 25 .266 1 15
Billy Jo Robidoux 33 91 23 .253 0 5
Juan Castillo 54 90 20 .222 0 2
Mike Felder 50 81 14 .173 0 5
Gary Sheffield 24 80 19 .238 4 12
Mike Young 8 14 0 .000 0 0
Steve Kiefer 7 10 3 .300 1 1

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
Teddy Higuera 31 227.1 16 9 2.45 192
Bill Wegman 32 199.0 13 13 4.12 84
Don August 24 148.1 13 7 3.09 66
Mike Birkbeck 23 124.0 10 8 4.72 64
Tom Filer 19 101.2 5 8 4.43 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
Chris Bosio 38 182.0 7 15 3.36 84
Juan Nieves 25 110.1 7 5 4.08 73

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
Dan Plesac 50 1 2 30 2.41 52
Chuck Crim 70 7 6 9 2.91 58
Paul Mirabella 38 2 2 4 1.65 33
Odell Jones 28 5 0 1 4.35 48
Mark Clear 25 1 0 0 2.79 26
Dave Stapleton 6 0 0 0 5.93 6
Mark Knudson 5 0 0 0 1.13 7

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of six minor league affiliates in 1988.[9] The AZL Brewers won the Arizona League championship.[10]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Denver Zephyrs American Association Duffy Dyer
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Dave Machemer
Class A Stockton Ports California League Dave Huppert
Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Gomer Hodge
Rookie AZL Brewers Arizona League Alex Taveras
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Dusty Rhodes

Notes

  1. ^ "Bryan Clutterbuck: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Bill Mooneyham at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ "Ronn Reynolds Stats".
  4. ^ SI.com – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
  5. ^ a b Washingtonpost.com: The 1988 Orioles: And the Losing Goes On
  6. ^ Pat Listach at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Mike Ignasiak at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Ernest Riles at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ "1988 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  10. ^ "1988 Arizona League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved December 9, 2020.

References

External links

1988 MLB season by team
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