1988 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Bob Lurie
General manager(s)Al Rosen
Manager(s)Roger Craig
Local televisionKTVU
(Duane Kuiper, Steve Physioc)
GiantsVision
(Joe Morgan, Duane Kuiper)
Local radioKNBR
(Ron Fairly, Wayne Hagin)
KIQI
(Tito Fuentes, Edgard Martinez)
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The 1988 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 106th season in Major League Baseball, their 31st season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 29th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with an 83-79 record, 11½ games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 94 67 0.584 — 45–36 49–31
Cincinnati Reds 87 74 0.540 7 45–35 42–39
San Diego Padres 83 78 0.516 11 47–34 36–44
San Francisco Giants 83 79 0.512 11½ 45–36 38–43
Houston Astros 82 80 0.506 12½ 44–37 38–43
Atlanta Braves 54 106 0.338 39½ 28–51 26–55

Record vs. opponents

1988 National League Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 5–7 5–13 5–13 4–14 4–8 4–8 6–6 5–5 8–10 5–13 3–9
Chicago 7–5 — 6–6 7–5 4–8–1 9–9 9–9 8–10 7–11 8–4 5–7 7–11
Cincinnati 13–5 6–6 — 9–9 7–11 5–7 4–7 9–3 7–5 10–8 11–7 6–6
Houston 13–5 5–7 9–9 — 9–9 6–6 5–7 8–4 8–4 6–12 7–11 6–6
Los Angeles 14–4 8–4–1 11–7 9–9 — 8–4 1–10 11–1 6–6 7–11 12–6 7–5
Montreal 8–4 9–9 7–5 6–6 4–8 — 6–12 9–9–1 8–10 4–8 7–5 13–5
New York 8–4 9–9 7–4 7–5 10–1 12–6 — 10–8 12–6 7–5 4–8 14–4
Philadelphia 6-6 10–8 3–9 4–8 1–11 9–9–1 8–10 — 7–11 4–7 7–5 6–12
Pittsburgh 5–5 11–7 5–7 4–8 6–6 10–8 6–12 11–7 — 8–4 8–4 11–7
San Diego 10–8 4–8 8–10 12–6 11–7 8–4 5–7 7–4 4–8 — 8–10 6–6
San Francisco 13–5 7–5 7–11 11–7 6–12 5–7 8–4 5–7 4–8 10–8 — 7–5
St. Louis 9–3 11–7 6–6 6–6 5–7 5–13 4–14 12–6 7–11 6–6 5–7 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1988 San Francisco Giants
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 Melvin 92 273 64 .234 8 27
1B Will Clark 150 529 163 .308 35 91
2B Robby Thompson 138 477 126 .264 7 48
SS José Uribe 141 493 124 .252 3 35
3B Kevin Mitchell 148 505 127 .251 19 80
LF Mike Aldrete 139 389 104 .267 3 50
CF Brett Butler 157 568 163 .287 6 43
RF Candy Maldonado 142 499 127 .255 12 68

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
Bob Brenly 73 206 39 .189 5 22
Ernest Riles 79 187 55 .294 3 28
Chris Speier 82 171 37 .216 3 18
Jeffrey Leonard 44 160 41 .256 2 20
Matt Williams 52 156 32 .205 8 19
Joel Youngblood 83 123 31 .252 0 16
Kirt Manwaring 40 116 29 .250 1 15
Donell Nixon 59 78 27 .346 0 6
Harry Spilman 40 40 7 .175 1 3
Francisco Meléndez 23 26 5 .192 0 3
Phil Garner 15 13 2 .154 0 1
Charlie Hayes 7 11 1 .091 0 0
Tony Perezchica 7 8 1 .125 0 1
Rusty Tillman 4 4 1 .250 1 3
Ángel Escobar 3 3 1 .333 0 0
Jessie Reid 2 2 0 .000 0 0
Mark Wasinger 3 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
Rick Reuschel 36 245.0 19 11 3.12 92
Kelly Downs 27 168.0 13 9 3.32 118
Mike Krukow 20 124.2 7 4 3.54 75
Mike LaCoss 19 114.1 7 7 3.62 70
Dave Dravecky 7 37.0 2 2 3.16 19
Trevor Wilson 4 22.0 0 2 4.09 15
Dennis Cook 4 22.0 2 1 2.86 13

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
Don Robinson 51 176.2 10 5 2.45 122
Atlee Hammaker 43 144.2 9 9 3.73 65
Terry Mulholland 9 46.0 2 1 3.72 18
Jeff Brantley 9 20.2 0 1 5.66 11

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
Scott Garrelts 65 5 9 13 3.58 86
Craig Lefferts 64 3 8 11 2.92 58
Joe Price 38 1 6 4 3.94 49
Randy Bockus 20 1 1 0 4.78 18
Roger Samuels 15 1 2 0 3.47 22
Larry Sorenson 12 0 0 2 4.86 9
Ron Davis 9 1 1 0 4.67 15

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Firebirds Pacific Coast League Wendell Kim
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Jack Mull
A San Jose Giants California League Duane Espy
A Clinton Giants Midwest League Bill Evers
A-Short Season Everett Giants Northwest League Joe Strain
Rookie Pocatello Giants Pioneer League Jack Hiatt

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References

  1. ^ Brett Butler at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Joel Youngblood at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Phil Ouellette at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Atlee Hammaker at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ "1988 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  6. ^ Steve Decker at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Ernest Riles at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Mark Wasinger at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ 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

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