1988 California Angels season

1988 California Angels
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
West Division (since 1969)
Location
Anaheim Stadium (since 1966)
Anaheim, California (since 1966)
Other information
Owner(s)	Gene Autry
General manager(s)	Mike Port
Manager(s)	Cookie Rojas, Moose Stubing
Local television	KTLA (Joe Torre, Bob Starr) Z Channel (Joe Torre, Joel Meyers)
Local radio	KMPC (Ken Brett, Al Conin) XPRS (Ruben Valentin, Ulpiano Cos Villa)
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The California Angels 1988 season involved the Angels finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses.

Offseason

• September 23, 1987: Doug DeCinces was released by the California Angels.^[1]
• October 30, 1987: Don Sutton was released by the California Angels.^[2]
• December 1, 1987: Chili Davis signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.^[3]
• December 3, 1987: Greg Minton was signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.^[4]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Bob Boone
• Chili Davis
• Brian Downing
• Jack Howell
• Wally Joyner
• Kirk McCaskill
• Mark McLemore
• Johnny Ray
• Dick Schofield
• Devon White ^[5]

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	104	58	0.642	—	54–27	50–31
Minnesota Twins	91	71	0.562	13	47–34	44–37
Kansas City Royals	84	77	0.522	19½	44–36	40–41
California Angels	75	87	0.463	29	35–46	40–41
Chicago White Sox	71	90	0.441	32½	40–41	31–49
Texas Rangers	70	91	0.435	33½	38–43	32–48
Seattle Mariners	68	93	0.422	35½	37–44	31–49

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

• May 9, 1988: Bill Buckner was released by the California Angels.^[6]
• June 1, 1988: Jim Abbott was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed August 3, 1988.^[7]

Roster

1988 California Angels
Roster
Pitchers 41 DeWayne Buice 42 Terry Clark 33 Stew Cliburn 43 Mike Cook 36 Sherman Corbett 48 Frank Dimichele 31 Chuck Finley 27 Willie Fraser 34 Bryan Harvey 43 Ray Krawczyk 17 Jack Lazorko 45 Vance Lovelace 18 Urbano Lugo 15 Kirk McCaskill 38 Greg Minton 44 Rich Monteleone 37 Donnie Moore 46 Dan Petry 39 Mike Witt		Catchers  8 Bob Boone  6 Doug Davis 48 Brian Dorsett 32 Darrell Miller 35 Butch Wynegar Infielders  6 Bill Buckner 16 Jack Howell 21 Wally Joyner 28 Mark McLemore  9 Junior Noboa 14 Gus Polidor  6 Domingo Ramos  3 Johnny Ray  6 Joe Redfield 22 Dick Schofield		Outfielders 20 Tony Armas 11 Dante Bichette  7 Thad Bosley 23 Mike Brown 24 Chili Davis 12 Jim Eppard 25 George Hendrick 10 Chico Walker 30 Devon White Other batters  5 Brian Downing		Manager  2 Cookie Rojas 47 Moose Stubing Coaches  1 Bobby Knoop 51 Marcel Lachemann 50 Jimmie Reese 47 Moose Stubing

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Edmonton Trappers	Pacific Coast League	Tom Kotchman
AA	Midland Angels	Texas League	Mako Oliveras
A	Palm Springs Angels	California League	Bill Lachemann
A	Quad Cities Angels	Midwest League	Eddie Rodríguez
A-Short Season	Bend Bucks	Northwest League	Don Long

^[8]

References

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/decindo01.shtml
2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/suttodo01.shtml
3. Chili Davis Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mintogr01.shtml
5. 1988 California Angels Roster by Baseball Almanac
6. Bill Buckner Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
7. Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

• 1988 California Angels at Baseball Reference
• 1988 California Angels at Baseball Almanac