1988 Milwaukee Brewers season

1988 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1969)
East Division (since 1972)
Location
Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1970)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1970)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
General manager(s)	Harry Dalton
Manager(s)	Tom Trebelhorn
Local television	WVTV (Mike Hegan, Jim Paschke)
Local radio	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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The 1988 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing 3rd in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses.

Offseason

November 11, 1987: Bill Mooneyham was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[1]
January 19, 1988: Ronn Reynolds was signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.^[2]

Regular season

April 4, 1988: The largest margin of victory in a shutout win on Opening Day was the Brewers' 12-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles in 1988.^[3]
April 19, 1988: The Orioles tied the 1904 Washington Senators and the 1920 Detroit Tigers for most losses to start the season with 13 losses after being beaten by the Brewers, 9-5, in Milwaukee.^[4]
April 20, 1988: On a cold, wet night, 7,284 witnessed baseball history at Milwaukee's County Stadium. Baltimore became the first team in the 120-odd years of major league baseball to start the season 0-14 as the Brewers won, 8-6.^[4]
June 12, 1988: Robin Yount had 6 RBIs in a game against the Baltimore Orioles.

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 Records Sources:
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

June 1, 1988: 1988 Major League Baseball draft
- Pat Listach was drafted by the Brewers in the 5th round. Player signed June 28, 1988.^[5]
- Mike Ignasiak was drafted by the Brewers in the 8th round.^[6]
June 8, 1988: Ernest Riles was traded by the Brewers to the San Francisco Giants for Jeffrey Leonard.^[7]

Roster

1988 Milwaukee Brewers

Roster

Pitchers

38 Don August

40 Mike Birkbeck

29 Chris Bosio

25 Mark Clear

32 Chuck Crim

39 Tom Filer

49 Teddy Higuera

28 Odell Jones

41 Mark Knudson

27 Paul Mirabella

22 Juan Nieves

37 Dan Plesac

43 Dave Stapleton

46 Bill Wegman

Catchers

22 Charlie O'Brien

21 Bill Schroeder

5 B. J. Surhoff

Infielders

9 Greg Brock

3 Juan Castillo

17 Jim Gantner

30 Steve Kiefer

23 Joey Meyer

4 Paul Molitor

1 Ernest Riles

13 Billy Jo Robidoux

1 Gary Sheffield

7 Dale Sveum

Outfielders

14 Jim Adduci

26 Glenn Braggs

45 Rob Deer

16 Mike Felder

18 Darryl Hamilton

00 Jeffrey Leonard

2 Mike Young

19 Robin Yount

Manager

42 Tom Trebelhorn

Coaches

-- Andy Etchebarren

-- Larry Haney

-- Chuck Hartenstein

-- Dave Hilton

-- Tony Muser

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	Surhoff, B. J.B. J. Surhoff	139	493	121	.245	5	38
1B	Brock, GregGreg Brock	115	364	77	.212	6	50
2B	Gantner, JimJim Gantner	155	539	149	.276	0	47
3B	Molitor, PaulPaul Molitor	154	609	190	.312	13	60
CF	Yount, RobinRobin Yount	162	621	190	.306	13	91
DH	Meyer, JoeyJoey 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
Riles, ErnestErnest Riles	41	127	32	.252	1	9
Hamilton, DarrylDarryl Hamilton	44	103	19	.184	1	11
Castillo, JuanJuan Castillo	54	90	20	.222	0	2
Sheffield, GaryGary Sheffield	24	80	19	.238	4	12
Kiefer, SteveSteve 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

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

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
Stapleton, DaveDave Stapleton	6	0	0	0	5.93	6

Farm system

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

Notes

↑ Bill Mooneyham at Baseball-Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reynoro02.shtml
↑ SI.com – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
1 2 Washingtonpost.com: The 1988 Orioles: And the Losing Goes On
↑ Pat Listach at Baseball-Reference
↑ Mike Ignasiak at Baseball-Reference
↑ Ernest Riles at Baseball-Reference

References

1988 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
1988 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

External links

1988 Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Cards

1988 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1988 All-Star Game 1988 World Series

Milwaukee Brewers

Formerly the Seattle Pilots
Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Tempe Diablo Stadium
Sun City Stadium
Compadre Stadium
Maryvale Baseball Park

Culture

Key personnel

Owner: Mark Attanasio
General Manager: David Stearns
Manager: Craig Counsell

Minors

Rivalries

Chicago Cubs

League pennants

American League: 1982
National League: none

Division titles

AL East: 1981 (second half)
1982
NL Central: 2011
AL Wild Card: none
NL Wild Card: 2008

Seasons (49)

1960s	1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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