1988 Toronto Blue Jays season

1988 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 87–75 (.537)
Divisional place 3rd
Other information
Owner(s) Labatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General manager(s) Pat Gillick
Manager(s) Jimy Williams
Local television CFTO-TV
(Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)
The Sports Network
(Fergie Olver, Buck Martinez)
Local radio CJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 1988 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's twelfth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. This was the team's last full season at Exhibition Stadium before moving to their new home in June of the following year.

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 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

Roster

1988 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log

1988 Game Log

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

= Indicates team leader
Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Whitt, ErnieErnie Whitt 127 398 100 .251 16 70
1B McGriff, FredFred McGriff 154 536 151 .282 34 82
2B Lee, ManuelManuel Lee 116 381 111 .291 2 38
3B Gruber, KellyKelly Gruber 158 569 158 .278 16 81
SS Fernández, TonyTony Fernández 154 648 186 .287 5 70
LF Bell, GeorgeGeorge Bell 156 614 165 .269 24 97
CF Moseby, LloydLloyd Moseby 128 472 113 .239 10 42
RF Barfield, JesseJesse Barfield 137 468 114 .244 18 56
DH Mulliniks, RanceRance Mulliniks 119 337 101 .300 12 48

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Liriano, NelsonNelson Liriano 99 276 73 .264 3 23
Leach, RickRick Leach 87 199 55 .276 0 23
Fielder, CecilCecil Fielder 74 174 40 .230 9 23
Borders, PatPat Borders 56 154 42 .273 5 21
Campusano, SilSil Campusano 73 132 41 .218 2 12
Beníquez, JuanJuan Beníquez 27 58 17 .293 1 8
Ducey, RobRob Ducey 27 54 17 .315 0 6
Butera, SalSal Butera 23 60 14 .233 1 6
Infante, AlexisAlexis Infante 19 15 3 .200 0 0
Thornton, LouLou Thornton 11 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Flanagan, MikeMike Flanagan 34 211 13 13 4.18 99
Stieb, DaveDave Stieb 32 207⅓ 16 8 3.04 147
Clancy, JimJim Clancy 36 196⅓ 11 13 4.49 118
Key, JimmyJimmy Key 21 131⅓ 12 5 3.29 65
Stottlemyre, ToddTodd Stottlemyre 28 98 4 8 5.69 67
Musselman, JeffJeff Musselman 15 85 8 5 3.18 39

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Cerutti, JohnJohn Cerutti 46 123⅔ 6 7 3.13 65
Núñez, JoséJosé Núñez 13 29⅓ 0 1 3.07 18

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Henke, TomTom Henke 52 4 4 25 2.91 66
Ward, DuaneDuane Ward 64 9 3 15 3.30 91
Wells, DavidDavid Wells 41 3 5 4 4.62 56
Eichhorn, MarkMark Eichhorn 37 0 3 1 4.19 28
Castillo, TonyTony Castillo 14 1 0 0 3.00 14
Wills, FrankFrank Wills 10 0 0 0 5.23 19
Bair, DougDoug Bair 10 0 0 0 4.05 8
Ross, MarkMark Ross 3 0 0 0 4.91 4

Awards and records

All-Star Game

Farm system

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. ↑ Mark Ross at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Sal Butera at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Willie Upshaw at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ SI.com - Statitudes - Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers - Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
  5. ↑ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  6. ↑ 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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1987 Toronto Blue Jays season		 1988 Toronto Blue Jays Season
1988 		Succeeded by
1989 Toronto Blue Jays season
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