1988 Toronto Blue Jays
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkExhibition Stadium
CityToronto
Record87–75 (.537)
Divisional place4th
OwnersLabatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managersPat Gillick
ManagersJimy Williams
TelevisionCFTO-TV
(Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)
The Sports Network
(Fergie Olver, Buck Martinez)
RadioCJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 1988 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 12th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing in fourth (tie-breaker went to Milwaukee) in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. This was their last full season at Exhibition Stadium before moving to their new home in June of the following year.

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1988 season.[1]

October 1987

October 6 Player rights to Tom Filer sold to the Milwaukee Brewers.
October 15 Odell Jones granted free agency.
José Segura granted free agency.
October 23 Released Charlie Moore.

November 1987

November 9 Garth Iorg granted free agency.
November 22 Craig McMurtry granted free agency.

December 1987

December 7 Joe Johnson drafted by the California Angels in the 1987 MLB Rule 5 draft.

January 1988

January 22 Juan Beníquez granted free agency.
January 25 Re-signed free agent Juan Beníquez to a one-year, $400,000 contract.
January 26 Signed amateur free agent Graeme Lloyd to a contract.

February 1988

February 22 Signed free agent Mark Ross from the Pittsburgh Pirates to a contract.

March 1988

March 24 Signed free agent Sal Butera from the Minnesota Twins to a one-year, $100,000 contract.
March 25 Player rights of Willie Upshaw sold to the Cleveland Indians.

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 —


Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1988 regular season.[3]

April 1988

April 7 Signed free agent Doug Bair from the Philadelphia Phillies to a contract.
Signed free agent Frank Wills from the Cleveland Indians to a contract.

May 1988

May 31 Released Juan Beníquez.

1988 Draft

Roster

1988 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1988 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 4 @ Royals 5 – 3 Key (1-0) Saberhagen (0-1) Henke (1) 40,648 1-0
2 April 6 @ Royals 11 – 4 Flanagan (1-0) Leibrandt (0-1) 18,938 2-0
3 April 7 @ Royals 7 – 4 Gubicza (1-0) Clancy (0-1) 29,070 2-1
4 April 8 @ Twins 6 – 3 Blyleven (1-0) Stieb (0-1) Reardon (1) 53,067 2-2
5 April 9 @ Twins 10 – 0 Key (2-0) Lea (0-1) Ward (1) 49,451 3-2
6 April 10 @ Twins 4 – 2 Viola (1-1) Stottlemyre (0-1) Reardon (2) 40,086 3-3
7 April 11 Yankees 17 – 9 Wells (1-0) Rhoden (1-1) 45,185 4-3
8 April 12 Yankees 12 – 3 Candelaria (1-0) Clancy (0-2) 24,116 4-4
9 April 13 Yankees 5 – 1 Dotson (2-0) Stieb (0-2) 24,105 4-5
10 April 14 Yankees 7 – 3 Leiter (2-0) Key (2-1) 24,524 4-6
-- April 15 Twins Postponed (cold weather) Rescheduled for August 4
11 April 16 Twins 3 – 2 Berenguer (1-2) Wells (1-1) Reardon (4) 26,095 4-7
12 April 17 Twins 2 – 0 Flanagan (2-0) Straker (0-1) Henke (2) 37,532 5-7
13 April 19 Royals 12 – 3 Clancy (1-2) Saberhagen (1-2) 21,231 6-7
14 April 20 Royals 3 – 0 Stieb (1-2) Leibrandt (1-3) Henke (3) 20,202 7-7
15 April 22 @ Yankees 6 – 4 (12) Wells (2-1) Stoddard (1-1) Henke (4) 33,314 8-7
16 April 23 @ Yankees 3 – 2 Cerutti (1-0) Candelaria (1-2) Henke (5) 24,046 9-7
17 April 24 @ Yankees 5 – 3 Hudson (2-0) Eichhorn (0-1) 52,073 9-8
18 April 26 Athletics 6 – 1 Davis (2-1) Stieb (1-3) Eckersley (9) 21,280 9-9
19 April 27 Athletics 5 – 3 Young (1-0) Flanagan (2-1) Honeycutt (2) 20,236 9-10
20 April 28 Athletics 6 – 2 Stewart (6-0) Stottlemyre (0-2) Honeycutt (3) 21,178 9-11
21 April 29 Angels 9 – 5 Harvey (1-0) Wells (2-2) 23,483 9-12
22 April 30 Angels 6 – 1 Finley (2-3) Cerutti (1-1) 29,091 9-13
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
23 May 1 Angels 6 – 4 Stieb (2-3) Witt (1-3) Henke (6) 36,115 10-13
24 May 2 @ Mariners 7 – 5 Trout (3-2) Flanagan (2-2) Solano (2) 13,197 10-14
25 May 3 @ Mariners 9 – 2 Stottlemyre (1-2) Campbell (2-3) Ward (2) 9,970 11-14
26 May 4 @ Athletics 3 – 2 Welch (4-2) Clancy (1-3) Eckersley (11) 21,401 11-15
27 May 5 @ Athletics 8 – 5 Plunk (3-1) Núñez (0-1) 16,998 11-16
28 May 6 @ Angels 3 – 2 Stieb (3-3) Witt (1-4) Henke (7) 29,237 12-16
29 May 7 @ Angels 9 – 4 Flanagan (3-2) Fraser (3-2) Wells (1) 32,630 13-16
30 May 8 @ Angels 8 – 1 McCaskill (2-3) Stottlemyre (1-3) 29,026 13-17
31 May 10 Mariners 4 – 2 Langston (3-3) Clancy (1-4) 28,290 13-18
32 May 11 Mariners 9 – 3 Stieb (4-3) Moore (2-4) 27,575 14-18
33 May 12 Mariners 8 – 2 Flanagan (4-2) Swift (2-1) 30,334 15-18
34 May 13 @ White Sox 4 – 1 Pérez (3-0) Stottlemyre (1-4) 10,583 15-19
35 May 14 @ White Sox 7 – 5 LaPoint (4-2) Cerutti (1-2) Long (2) 23,532 15-20
36 May 15 @ White Sox 6 – 5 (11) Thigpen (1-3) Eichhorn (0-2) 13,948 15-21
37 May 16 @ White Sox 5 – 1 Stieb (5-3) Horton (3-6) 8,310 16-21
38 May 17 Rangers 7 – 6 (14) Mohorcic (2-0) Eichhorn (0-3) 25,170 16-22
39 May 18 Rangers 4 – 0 Hayward (3-0) Stottlemyre (1-5) 25,029 16-23
40 May 20 @ Brewers 3 – 1 Clancy (2-4) Wegman (4-5) Wells (2) 19,539 17-23
41 May 21 @ Brewers 4 – 0 Stieb (6-3) Bosio (6-4) Henke (8) 38,124 18-23
42 May 22 @ Brewers 7 – 1 Birkbeck (2-3) Flanagan (4-3) 37,658 18-24
43 May 23 @ Brewers 9 – 7 Jones (2-0) Stottlemyre (1-6) Plesac (9) 10,523 18-25
44 May 24 @ Rangers 13 – 2 Cerutti (2-2) Hayward (3-1) Henke (9) 26,408 19-25
45 May 25 @ Rangers 5 – 1 Russell (3-0) Clancy (2-5) Mohorcic (4) 13,528 19-26
46 May 26 @ Rangers 8 – 7 Williams (1-1) Henke (0-1) 13,035 19-27
47 May 27 White Sox 4 – 3 Ward (1-0) Thigpen (1-5) 31,454 20-27
48 May 28 White Sox 3 – 2 Pérez (5-1) Stottlemyre (1-7) Thigpen (8) 42,420 20-28
49 May 29 White Sox 4 – 2 Cerutti (3-2) LaPoint (4-4) Wells (3) 42,057 21-28
50 May 30 Brewers 4 – 1 Higuera (4-3) Clancy (2-6) Plesac (11) 27,275 21-29
51 May 31 Brewers 9 – 0 Stieb (7-3) Bosio (6-6) 28,446 22-29
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
52 June 1 Brewers 7 – 2 Flanagan (5-3) Birkbeck (2-5) Ward (3) 31,012 23-29
53 June 2 @ Red Sox 5 – 4 Wells (3-2) Hurst (6-3) Eichhorn (1) 32,144 24-29
54 June 3 @ Red Sox 6 – 3 Stottlemyre (2-7) Boyd (5-4) Henke (10) 32,292 25-29
55 June 4 @ Red Sox 10 – 2 Clancy (3-6) Clemens (8-3) Ward (4) 33,067 26-29
56 June 5 @ Red Sox 12 – 4 Ward (2-0) Smithson (1-2) 33,756 27-29
57 June 6 @ Indians 6 – 3 Farrell (6-3) Flanagan (5-4) Jones (13) 9,550 27-30
58 June 7 @ Indians 5 – 3 Bailes (6-4) Wells (3-3) 21,696 27-31
59 June 8 @ Indians 4 – 2 Yett (5-3) Clancy (3-7) Jones (14) 10,571 27-32
60 June 10 Red Sox 3 – 0 Stieb (8-3) Sellers (0-6) Henke (11) 35,201 28-32
61 June 11 Red Sox 4 – 3 (10) Ward (3-0) Lamp (1-2) 40,461 29-32
62 June 12 Red Sox 8 – 2 Boyd (6-5) Cerutti (3-3) 40,123 29-33
63 June 13 Indians 8 – 6 Black (3-1) Clancy (3-8) Jones (15) 31,133 29-34
64 June 14 Indians 3 – 2 Ward (4-0) Candiotti (6-6) 31,433 30-34
65 June 15 Indians 15 – 3 Stieb (9-3) Swindell (10-4) 45,472 31-34
66 June 16 @ Tigers 13 – 5 Flanagan (6-4) Morris (6-8) 22,927 32-34
67 June 17 @ Tigers 12 – 5 Hernández (4-2) Wells (3-4) 36,274 32-35
68 June 18 @ Tigers 6 – 1 Terrell (3-3) Clancy (3-9) 42,186 32-36
69 June 19 @ Tigers 6 – 4 Ward (5-0) Henneman (1-2) Henke (12) 35,639 33-36
70 June 20 Orioles 5 – 2 Stieb (10-3) Boddicker (3-10) Henke (13) 28,301 34-36
71 June 21 Orioles 4 – 2 Peraza (1-2) Flanagan (6-5) Niedenfuer (7) 28,259 34-37
72 June 22 Orioles 4 – 2 Cerutti (4-3) Ballard (3-4) Ward (5) 28,395 35-37
73 June 23 Orioles 5 – 2 Clancy (4-9) Tibbs (2-4) Wells (4) 28,259 36-37
74 June 24 Tigers 6 – 3 Stottlemyre (3-7) Terrell (3-4) Henke (14) 40,533 37-37
75 June 25 Tigers 7 – 2 Alexander (7-4) Stieb (10-4) 45,091 37-38
76 June 26 Tigers 4 – 1 Flanagan (7-5) Robinson (8-3) Henke (15) 45,278 38-38
77 June 27 @ Orioles 6 – 2 Ballard (4-4) Cerutti (4-4) 17,212 38-39
78 June 28 @ Orioles 7 – 0 Tibbs li (3-4) Clancy (4-10) Thurmond (1) 16,241 38-40
79 June 29 @ Orioles 4 – 2 Key (3-1) Schmidt (3-3) Henke (16) 18,059 39-40
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
80 July 1 Athletics 2 – 1 Stewart (11-6) Stieb (10-5) Eckersley (24) 35,243 39-41
81 July 2 Athletics 11 – 3 Young (6-5) Flanagan (7-6) Nelson (3) 33,511 39-42
82 July 3 Athletics 9 – 8 (16) Burns (1-0) Cerutti (4-5) 32,329 39-43
83 July 4 Angels 11 – 6 Cliburn (3-0) Clancy (4-11) 30,584 39-44
84 July 5 Angels 4 – 1 Key (4-1) Witt (6-9) Ward (6) 32,284 40-44
85 July 6 Angels 5 – 4 (10) Harvey (3-2) Wells (3-5) Moore (2) 31,312 40-45
86 July 8 Mariners 3 – 2 Flanagan (8-6) Swift (6-6) Ward (7) 30,247 41-45
87 July 9 Mariners 9 – 3 Bankhead (4-3) Stottlemyre (3-8) 31,373 41-46
88 July 10 Mariners 5 – 0 Key (5-1) Moore (4-9) 35,323 42-46
89 July 14 @ Athletics 7 – 1 Flanagan (9-6) Welch (10-6) 20,639 43-46
90 July 15 @ Athletics 1 – 0 Key (6-1) Stewart (12-8) 26,476 44-46
91 July 16 @ Athletics 4 – 1 Davis (7-4) Stieb (10-6) Eckersley (27) 33,287 44-47
92 July 17 @ Athletics 9 – 6 Ward (6-0) Young (6-7) Henke (17) 31,695 45-47
93 July 18 @ Angels 12 – 2 Musselman (1-0) Finley (5-9) Clancy (1) 24,241 46-47
94 July 19 @ Angels 7 – 6 Henke (1-1) Harvey (4-3) 24,131 47-47
95 July 20 @ Angels 7 – 6 Minton (3-1) Cerutti (4-6) Moore (4) 25,598 47-48
96 July 21 @ Mariners 6 – 2 Bankhead (5-4) Stieb (10-7) Schooler (7) 9,024 47-49
97 July 22 @ Mariners 10 – 9 (10) Schooler (2-3) Henke (1-2) 10,506 47-50
98 July 23 @ Mariners 5 – 2 Musselman (2-0) Trout (4-6) 17,979 48-50
99 July 24 @ Mariners 6 – 0 Flanagan (10-6) Langston (7-9) 10,487 49-50
100 July 25 @ Twins 5 – 4 Winn (1-0) Henke (1-3) 31,936 49-51
101 July 26 @ Twins 6 – 3 Portugal (1-1) Ward (6-1) Reardon (26) 42,185 49-52
102 July 27 @ Twins 4 – 1 Cerutti (5-6) Viola (16-3) Henke (18) 51,687 50-52
103 July 29 Yankees 7 – 1 Musselman (3-0) Dotson (8-4) 42,453 51-52
104 July 30 Yankees 3 – 1 Candelaria (12-6) Flanagan (10-7) Righetti (15) 45,457 51-53
105 July 31 Yankees 6 – 3 Rhoden (7-6) Key (6-2) Righetti (16) 41,401 51-54
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
106 August 1 Twins 3 – 1 Stieb (11-7) Viola (16-4) Henke (19) 33,206 52-54
107 August 2 Twins 11 – 1 Clancy (5-11) Lea (6-5) 30,327 53-54
108 August 3 Twins 8 – 3 Atherton (6-5) Musselman (3-1) Reardon (27) 31,340 53-55
109 August 4 Twins 2 – 1 Anderson (9-7) Flanagan (10-8) 21,140 53-56
110 August 5 Royals 7 – 6 Ward (7-1) Power (5-5) Henke (20) 31,357 54-56
111 August 6 Royals 11 – 1 Gubicza (14-6) Stieb (11-8) 34,411 54-57
112 August 7 Royals 5 – 1 Bannister (9-9) Clancy (5-12) 37,304 54-58
113 August 8 Royals 5 – 1 Musselman (4-1) Saberhagen (12-11) Henke (21) 32,234 55-58
114 August 9 @ Yankees 6 – 3 Flanagan (11-8) Candelaria (12-7) Ward (8) 30,089 56-58
115 August 10 @ Yankees 5 – 0 Key (7-2) Rhoden (7-8) Henke (22) 28,026 57-58
116 August 11 @ Yankees 6 – 5 (11) Ward (8-1) Righetti (3-3) 30,347 58-58
117 August 12 @ Royals 3 – 2 Clancy (6-12) Bannister (9-10) Henke (23) 31,858 59-58
118 August 13 @ Royals 2 – 0 Musselman (5-1) Saberhagen (12-12) Ward (9) 40,204 60-58
119 August 14 @ Royals 6 – 0 Aquino (1-0) Flanagan (11-9) 27,262 60-59
120 August 16 @ White Sox 5 – 4 McDowell (5-8) Key (7-3) Thigpen (26) 15,706 60-60
121 August 17 @ White Sox 5 – 1 Reuss (9-7) Clancy (6-13) Rosenberg (1) 14,367 60-61
122 August 19 Brewers 7 – 4 (10) Nieves (5-5) Ward (8-2) Plesac (29) 34,178 60-62
123 August 20 Brewers 8 – 1 Higuera (10-8) Flanagan (11-10) 38,315 60-63
124 August 21 Brewers 8 – 4 Key (8-3) August (7-6) 38,424 61-63
125 August 22 White Sox 6 – 3 Stieb (12-8) Reuss (9-8) 30,501 62-63
126 August 23 White Sox 7 – 2 Clancy (7-13) Pérez (11-8) Ward (10) 28,443 63-63
127 August 24 White Sox 6 – 4 Long (5-9) Musselman (5-2) Thigpen (27) 33,385 63-64
128 August 26 @ Rangers 5 – 1 Kilgus (11-11) Flanagan (11-11) Williams (17) 13,642 63-65
129 August 27 @ Rangers 5 – 3 Hough (11-14) Key (8-4) Williams (18) 21,578 63-66
130 August 28 @ Rangers 6 – 5 (11) Henke (2-3) McMurtry (2-2) 10,166 64-66
131 August 29 @ Brewers 6 – 1 Clancy (8-13) Filer (5-8) 10,207 65-66
132 August 30 @ Brewers 6 – 2 Higuera (12-8) Musselman (5-3) 11,876 65-67
133 August 31 @ Brewers 4 – 2 August (8-6) Flanagan (11-12) Crim (8) 11,993 65-68
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
134 September 1 Rangers 5 – 1 Key (9-4) Hough (11-15) 30,294 66-68
135 September 2 Rangers 7 – 6 Henke (3-3) Vande Berg (1-2) 30,181 67-68
136 September 3 Rangers 7 – 4 Castillo (1-0) Russell (10-7) Ward (11) 33,463 68-68
137 September 4 Rangers 9 – 7 Cerutti (6-6) Williams (2-5) 34,400 69-68
138 September 5 @ Tigers 5 – 4 (10) Stottlemyre (4-8) Hernández (5-4) Ward (12) 21,913 70-68
139 September 6 @ Tigers 7 – 3 Key (10-4) Alexander (11-11) Ward (13) 18,299 71-68
140 September 7 @ Tigers 4 – 3 Henneman (8-4) Cerutti (6-7) 21,614 71-69
141 September 9 @ Orioles 8 – 1 Clancy (9-13) Bautista (6-13) 14,750 72-69
142 September 10 @ Orioles 7 – 4 Ballard (8-11) Musselman (5-4) Williamson (2) 21,945 72-70
143 September 11 @ Orioles 4 – 2 Schmidt (8-4) Flanagan (11-13) Thurmond (3) 19,364 72-71
144 September 12 Tigers 6 – 5 Huismann (1-0) Henke (3-4) Hernández (9) 31,354 72-72
145 September 13 Tigers 9 – 1 Stieb (13-8) Power (5-7) 32,141 73-72
146 September 14 Tigers 3 – 2 Ward (9-2) Terrell (7-14) 32,469 74-72
147 September 15 Indians 3 – 0 Musselman (6-4) Walker (0-1) Henke (24) 28,544 75-72
148 September 16 Indians 4 – 3 (10) Henke (4-4) Gordon (2-4) 30,276 76-72
149 September 17 Indians 12 – 3 Swindell (17-13) Key (10-5) Dedmon (1) 32,067 76-73
150 September 18 Indians 4 – 0 Stieb (14-8) Nichols (1-5) 34,422 77-73
151 September 19 Red Sox 5 – 4 Clancy (10-13) Lamp (6-5) Ward (14) 28,455 78-73
152 September 20 Red Sox 13 – 2 Clemens (17-11) Musselman (6-5) 30,352 78-74
153 September 21 Red Sox 1 – 0 Flanagan (12-13) Gardner (8-5) Ward (15) 30,344 79-74
154 September 23 @ Indians 4 – 2 Key (11-5) Swindell (17-14) Henke (25) 7,995 80-74
155 September 24 @ Indians 1 – 0 Stieb (15-8) Nichols (1-6) 8,157 81-74
156 September 25 @ Indians 4 – 3 Bailes (9-14) Ward (9-3) 7,915 81-75
157 September 26 @ Red Sox 11 – 1 Musselman (7-5) Gardner (8-6) 33,953 82-75
158 September 27 @ Red Sox 15 – 9 Flanagan (13-13) Smithson (9-6) 34,442 83-75
159 September 28 @ Red Sox 1 – 0 Key (12-5) Hurst (18-6) 34,873 84-75
160 September 30 Orioles 4 – 0 Stieb (16-8) Ballard (8-12) 32,374 85-75
October
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
161 October 1 Orioles 7 – 3 Clancy (11-13) Tibbs (4-15) Cerutti (1) 32,637 86-75
162 October 2 Orioles 9 – 3 Musselman (8-5) Schilling (0-3) 34,046 87-75

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 Ernie Whitt 127 398 100 .251 16 70
1B Fred McGriff 154 536 151 .282 34 82
2B Manuel Lee 116 381 111 .291 2 38
3B Kelly Gruber 158 569 158 .278 16 81
SS Tony Fernández 154 648 186 .287 5 70
LF George Bell 156 614 165 .269 24 97
CF Lloyd Moseby 128 472 113 .239 10 42
RF Jesse Barfield 137 468 114 .244 18 56
DH Rance Mulliniks 119 337 101 .300 12 48

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
Nelson Liriano 99 276 73 .264 3 23
Rick Leach 87 199 55 .276 0 23
Cecil Fielder 74 174 40 .230 9 23
Pat Borders 56 154 42 .273 5 21
Sil Campusano 73 132 41 .218 2 12
Sal Butera 23 60 14 .233 1 6
Juan Beníquez 27 58 17 .293 1 8
Rob Ducey 27 54 17 .315 0 6
Alexis Infante 19 15 3 .200 0 0
Lou Thornton 11 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 Flanagan 34 211.0 13 13 4.18 99
Dave Stieb 32 207.1 16 8 3.04 147
Jim Clancy 36 196.1 11 13 4.49 118
Jimmy Key 21 131.1 12 5 3.29 65
Todd Stottlemyre 28 98.0 4 8 5.69 67
Jeff Musselman 15 85.0 8 5 3.18 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
John Cerutti 46 123.2 6 7 3.13 65
José Núñez 13 29.1 0 1 3.07 18

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
Tom Henke 52 4 4 25 2.91 66
Duane Ward 64 9 3 15 3.30 91
David Wells 41 3 5 4 4.62 56
Mark Eichhorn 37 0 3 1 4.19 28
Tony Castillo 14 1 0 0 3.00 14
Frank Wills 10 0 0 0 5.23 19
Doug Bair 10 0 0 0 4.05 8
Mark Ross 3 0 0 0 4.91 4

Awards and records

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Bob Bailor
AA Knoxville Blue Jays Southern League Barry Foote
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Doug Ault
A Myrtle Beach Blue Jays South Atlantic League Richie Hebner
A-Short Season St. Catharines Blue Jays New York–Penn League Eddie Dennis
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Rocket Wheeler

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References

  1. ^ "1988 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  2. ^ SI.com - Statitudes - Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers - Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
  3. ^ "1988 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  4. ^ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  5. ^ 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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