1988 Philadelphia Phillies season

1988 Philadelphia Phillies
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Owner(s) Bill Giles
General manager(s) Woody Woodward, Lee Thomas
Manager(s) Lee Elia
Local television WTAF
(Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler)
PRISM
(Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler, Garry Maddox)
Local radio WCAU
(Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler)
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The 1988 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished sixth in the National League East with a record of 65 wins and 96 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

The Phillies were scheduled to play the Cubs in the first night game at Wrigley Field on August 8, 1988. The game began before an announced crowd of 39,008. The Cubs were leading 3 to 1 and coming to bat in the bottom of the fourth when the rain delay began. The umpires called the game after waiting two hours, ten minutes.[3] The Cubs' first official night game came the following night against the Mets.

Montreal Expos pitcher Pascual Pérez threw a five-inning rain-shortened no-hitter against the Phillies on September 24, 1988. It was the first no-hitter in Veterans Stadium history. Perez allowed one walk, and another Phillies baserunner reached on an error. Umpire Harry Wendelstedt waved off the game after a 90-minute rain delay after the game was stopped by a steady rain with one out in the top of the sixth.[4] However, due to a statistical rule change in 1991, no-hitters must last at least nine innings to count. As a result of the retroactive application of the new rule, this game and thirty-five others are no longer considered no-hitters.

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 100 60 0.625 — 56–24 44–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 85 75 0.531 15 43–38 42–37
Montreal Expos 81 81 0.500 20 43–38 38–43
Chicago Cubs 77 85 0.475 24 39–42 38–43
St. Louis Cardinals 76 86 0.469 25 41–40 35–46
Philadelphia Phillies 65 96 0.404 35½ 38–42 27–54

Record vs. opponents

1988 National League Records

Sources:
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

1988 Game Log

Legend
 Phillies win
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BoldPhillies team member
1988 Game Log[8]
Overall Record: 65–96–1

Roster

1988 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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
LF Bradley, PhilPhil Bradley 154 569 150 .264 11 56
CF Thompson, MiltMilt Thompson 122 378 109 .288 2 33

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
Young, MikeMike Young 75 146 33 .226 1 14
Aguayo, LuisLuis Aguayo 49 97 24 .247 3 5
Gutiérrez, JackieJackie Gutiérrez 33 77 19 .247 0 9
Barrett, TomTom Barrett 36 54 11 .204 0 3
Russell, JohnJohn Russell 22 49 12 .245 2 4
Miller, KeithKeith Miller 47 48 8 .167 0 6
Turner, ShaneShane Turner 18 35 6 .171 0 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
Carman, DonDon Carman 36 201.1 10 19 4.29 116
Palmer, DavidDavid Palmer 22 129 7 9 4.47 85

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
Ruffin, BruceBruce Ruffin 55 144.1 6 10 4.43 81

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
Bedrosian, SteveSteve Bedrosian 57 6 6 28 3.75 61
Harris, GregGreg Harris 66 4 6 1 2.36 71
Ritchie, WallyWally Ritchie 19 0 0 0 3.12 8
Barojas, SaloméSalomé Barojas 6 0 0 0 8.31 1
Calhoun, JeffJeff Calhoun 3 0 0 0 15.43 1

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Maine Phillies International League George Culver
AA Reading Phillies Eastern League Bill Dancy
A Clearwater Phillies Florida State League Granny Hamner
A Spartanburg Phillies South Atlantic League Mel Roberts
A-Short Season Batavia Clippers New York–Penn League Don McCormack
Rookie Martinsville Phillies Appalachian League Roly de Armas

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spartanburg[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Phil Bradley at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Rick Schu at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "Rain halts night debut for Cubs". Toledo Blade. August 9, 1988. p. 17. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
  4. ↑ Bob Ford (September 25, 1988). "Perez Blanks The Phils On 5-inning No-hitter". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  5. ↑ Greg Harris at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Tim Mauser at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ "Luis Aguayo". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
  8. ↑ "1988 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits". Baseball-Reference.com.
  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

References

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