1988 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1988 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	85–75 (.531)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	Pittsburgh Associates
General manager(s)	Syd Thrift Larry Doughty
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
Local television	KDKA-TV Jim Rooker John Sanders Lanny Frattare Steve Blass KBL Jim Rooker Lanny Frattare Steve Blass
Local radio	KDKA Jim Rooker Lanny Frattare Steve Blass
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The 1988 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 107th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 102nd in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the National League East with a record of 85–75.

Offseason

• January 20, 1988: Dave Hostetler was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[2]
• March 26, 1988: Mackey Sasser and Tim Drummond were traded by the Pirates to the New York Mets for Randy Milligan and Scott Henion (minors).^[3]
• March 30, 1988: Hipólito Peña was traded by the Pirates to the New York Yankees for Orestes Destrade.^[4]
• March 31, 1988: Mike Bielecki was traded by the Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Mike Curtis (minors).^[5]

Regular season

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	—

Game Log

1988 Game Log (85–75)
April (16–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 @ Phillies 5–3 Dunne (1–0) Rawley Robinson (1) 46,394 1–0 2 April 6 @ Phillies 5–6 (14) Maddux Kipper (0–1) — 15,532 1–1 3 April 8 @ Cardinals 4–3 Fisher (1–0) Cox Robinson (2) 51,647 2–1 4 April 9 @ Cardinals 0–3 Mathews Walk (0–1) Worrell 36,542 2–2 5 April 10 @ Cardinals 5–3 (11) Kipper (1–1) Worrell Gott (1) 31,968 3–2 6 April 11 Phillies 5–1 Drabek (1–0) Gross — 54,089 4–2 7 April 13 Phillies 7–0 Fisher (2–0) Ruffin — 9,825 5–2 8 April 14 Phillies 4–2 Walk (1–1) Carman Robinson (3) 6,222 6–2 9 April 15 @ Cubs 0–6 Sutcliffe Smiley (0–1) — 35,084 6–3 10 April 16 @ Cubs 4–0 Drabek (2–0) Maddux — 30,564 7–3 11 April 17 @ Cubs 12–7 Robinson (1–0) Schiraldi — 29,562 8–3 12 April 19 Cardinals 3–0 Fisher (3–0) Cox — 5,048 9–3 13 April 20 Cardinals 8–1 Walk (2–1) Mathews — 15,522 10–3 14 April 21 Cardinals 3–9 O'Neal Smiley (0–2) — 6,833 10–4 15 April 22 Cubs 8–4 Drabek (3–0) Lancaster — 16,250 11–4 16 April 23 Cubs 5–4 Gott (1–0) Gossage — 20,214 12–4 17 April 24 Cubs 4–2 Walk (3–1) Sutcliffe Robinson (4) 19,934 13–4 18 April 26 @ Giants 2–0 Smiley (1–2) Reuschel Gott (2) 11,738 14–4 19 April 27 @ Giants 4–6 Dravecky Drabek (0–1) Price 10,137 14–5 20 April 28 @ Giants 2–1 (10) Robinson (2–0) Lefferts Gott (3) 10,520 15–5 21 April 29 @ Padres 3–6 Hawkins Palacios (0–1) Davis 16,185 15–6 22 April 30 @ Padres 5–1 Walk (4–1) Grant — 24,357 16–6
May(14–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 @ Padres 4–2 Smiley (2–2) Show Gott (4) 21,694 17–6 24 May 2 @ Dodgers 3–6 Orosco Drabek (0–2) — 26,821 17–7 25 May 3 @ Dodgers 6–14 Belcher Dunne (0–1) — 26,943 17–8 26 May 4 @ Dodgers 5–8 Hershiser Palacios (0–2) — 30,423 17–9 27 May 6 Padres 4–1 (12) Jones (1–0) Davis — 25,045 18–9 28 May 7 Padres 2–3 Show Gott (0–1) — 24,555 18–10 29 May 8 Padres 6–2 Drabek (4–2) Jones — 20,756 19–10 30 May 9 Giants 6–8 Robinson Robinson (2–1) Lefferts 6,388 19–11 31 May 10 Giants 6–2 Palacios (1–2) Downs Gott (5) 9,275 20–11 32 May 11 Dodgers 2–1 (11) Medvin (1–0) Pena — 26,367 21–11 33 May 12 Dodgers 7–4 Smiley (3–2) Hershiser — 11,072 22–11 34 May 13 Reds 6–5 Robinson (3–1) Murphy — 31,705 23–11 35 May 14 Reds 3–5 Soto Dunne (0–2) Franco 28,059 23–12 36 May 15 Reds 6–7 (12) Franco Jones (0–1) — 33,789 23–13 37 May 16 @ Astros 2–9 Deshaies Walk (0–2) — 13,570 23–14 38 May 17 @ Astros 2–3 Scott Smiley (0–3) Smith 15,000 23–15 39 May 18 @ Astros 2–4 Ryan Drabek (0–3) Smith 19,259 23–16 40 May 20 Braves 10–3 Dunne (2–2) Glavine — 18,880 24–16 41 May 21 Braves 7–3 Fisher (4–0) Coffman — 21,211 25–16 42 May 22 Braves 4–6 Mahler Walk (0–3) Sutter 32,683 25–17 43 May 23 Astros 0–3 Scott Smiley (0–4) — 7,480 25–18 44 May 24 Astros 5–4 Gott (2–1) Andersen — 8,200 26–18 45 May 25 Astros 4–3 Dunne (3–2) Andújar Robinson (5) 8,108 27–18 46 May 27 @ Reds 3–5 Pacillo Fisher (0–1) Franco 29,445 27–19 47 May 28 @ Reds 5–2 Walk (5–3) Browning Robinson (6) 42,232 28–19 48 May 29 @ Reds 4–2 Smiley (4–4) Rasmussen Gott (6) 30,660 29–19 49 May 30 @ Braves 14–2 Drabek (5–3) Smith — 6,893 30–19 50 May 31 @ Braves 1–11 Glavine Dunne (0–3) — 4,483 30–20
June (13–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 51 June 1 @ Braves 2–14 Mahler Fisher (0–2) — 6,059 30–21 52 June 2 Expos 3–7 Heaton Walk (0–4) Hesketh 11,070 30–22 53 June 3 Expos 2–1 Smiley (5–4) Dopson — 19,162 31–22 54 June 4 Expos 3–7 Martinez Drabek (0–4) McClure 30,669 31–23 55 June 5 Expos 2–3 Smith Dunne (0–4) Parrett 36,305 31–24 56 June 7 Cubs 5–8 Maddux Fisher (0–3) Gossage 9,287 31–25 57 June 8 Cubs 5–1 Walk (6–4) Schiraldi — 22,220 32–25 58 June 9 Cubs 4–3 Gott (3–1) DiPino — 8,200 33–25 59 June 10 Phillies 10–12 Harris Robinson (0–2) Bedrosian 20,001 33–26 60 June 11 Phillies 8–2 Dunne (4–4) Palmer — 19,926 34–26 61 June 12 Phillies 4–5 Gross Fisher (0–4) Bedrosian 36,134 34–27 62 June 13 @ Cubs 8–0 Walk (7–4) Schiraldi — 27,142 35–27 63 June 14 @ Cubs 6–3 Smiley (6–4) Moyer Robinson (7) 28,077 36–27 64 June 15 @ Cubs 4–7 Perry Gott (0–2) Gossage 26,126 36–28 65 June 17 Cardinals 3–7 Magrane Dunne (0–5) — 30,267 36–29 66 June 18 Cardinals 3–6 Tudor Fisher (0–5) Terry 36,682 36–30 67 June 19 Cardinals 3–2 Walk (8–4) McWilliams Gott (7) 27,656 37–30 68 June 20 @ Mets 8–5 Smiley (7–4) Ojeda Robinson (8) 42,413 38–30 69 June 21 @ Mets 0–9 Darling Drabek (0–5) — 45,225 38–31 70 June 22 @ Mets 0–3 Gooden Dunne (0–6) Myers 41,816 38–32 71 June 23 @ Expos 6–4 Robinson (4–2) Parrett Gott (8) 14,839 39–32 72 June 24 @ Expos 5–3 (10) Gott (4–2) McClure Jones (1) 15,781 40–32 73 June 25 @ Expos 5–1 Smiley (8–4) Holman — 17,777 41–32 74 June 26 @ Expos 3–0 (10) Robinson (5–2) Burke — 26,593 42–32 75 June 27 Mets 2–1 Dunne (5–6) Gooden Gott (9) 41,489 43–32 76 June 28 Mets 2–5 Fernandez Fisher (0–6) McDowell 45,011 43–33 77 June 29 Mets 7–8 (11) McDowell Kipper (0–2) — 41,217 43–34
July (15–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 @ Giants 5–2 (10) Robinson (6–2) Hammaker — 39,484 44–34 79 July 2 @ Giants 1–2 LaCoss Rucker (0–1) Garrelts 22,355 44–35 80 July 3 @ Giants 0–4 Downs Dunne (0–7) — 25,463 44–36 81 July 4 @ Padres 3–4 (10) Davis Gott (0–3) — 35,406 44–37 82 July 5 @ Padres 3–2 Walk (9–4) Jones Jones (2) 10,415 45–37 83 July 7 @ Padres 2–0 Smiley (9–4) Hawkins Gott (10) 16,076 46–37 84 July 8 @ Dodgers 4–3 Drabek (6–5) Leary Gott (11) 40,690 47–37 85 July 9 @ Dodgers 8–2 Dunne (6–7) Hillegas — 46,662 48–37 86 July 10 @ Dodgers 7–2 Walk (10–4) Hershiser — 43,014 49–37 87 July 14 Giants 9–2 Fisher (5–6) Reuschel — 28,325 50–37 88 July 15 Giants 8–5 Kipper (2–2) Downs Gott (12) 28,315 51–37 89 July 16 Giants 10–1 Drabek (7–5) LaCoss — 28,997 52–37 90 July 17 Giants 5–4 Robinson (7–2) Price Gott (13) 25,512 53–37 91 July 19 Padres 2–6 Jones Smiley (1–5) — — 53–38 92 July 19 Padres 9–5 Fisher (6–6) Hawkins — 15,847 54–38 93 July 20 Padres 3–2 Walk (11–4) Rasmussen Gott (14) 24,575 55–38 94 July 21 Dodgers 3–2 Drabek (8–5) Hershiser Gott (15) 27,510 56–38 95 July 22 Dodgers 2–4 Belcher Dunne (0–8) Howell 44,888 56–39 96 July 23 Dodgers 2–6 Leary Smiley (0–6) — 35,817 56–40 97 July 24 Dodgers 1–2 Hillegas Fisher (0–7) Howell 35,677 56–41 98 July 25 @ Cardinals 1–5 Tudor Walk (0–5) — 30,763 56–42 99 July 26 @ Cardinals 2–1 Drabek (9–5) Cox Gott (16) 32,735 57–42 100 July 27 @ Cardinals 3–2 (10) Robinson (8–2) Dayley Gott (17) 31,618 58–42 101 July 29 @ Mets 0–1 Ojeda Smiley (0–7) — 49,584 58–43 102 July 30 @ Mets 0–3 Fernandez Fisher (0–8) Myers 50,815 58–44 103 July 31 @ Mets 1–2 Darling Walk (0–6) — 46,917 58–45
August (13–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 @ Mets 7–2 Drabek (10–5) Gooden — 52,231 59–45 105 August 2 Expos 3–2 (10) Gott (5–3) Heaton — 12,296 60–45 106 August 3 Expos 4–6 Perez Smiley (0–8) Burke 16,099 60–46 107 August 4 Expos 2–3 Dopson Fisher (0–9) Burke 17,726 60–47 108 August 5 Mets 2–3 Darling Walk (0–7) Myers 39,925 60–48 109 August 6 Mets 3–5 McClure Gott (0–4) McDowell 48,272 60–49 110 August 7 Mets 2–6 Cone Kipper (0–3) — 44,931 60–50 111 August 8 Mets 1–0 Reed (1–0) Ojeda Gott (18) 38,307 61–50 112 August 9 @ Expos 10–8 Fisher (7–9) Dopson Gott (19) 37,681 62–50 113 August 10 @ Expos 4–5 Martinez Walk (0–8) Burke 29,196 62–51 114 August 11 @ Expos 6–1 Drabek (11–5) Holman Gott (20) 33,599 63–51 115 August 12 @ Phillies 1–9 Gross Dunne (0–9) — — 63–52 116 August 12 @ Phillies 4–6 Bedrosian Kipper (0–4) — 37,673 63–53 117 August 13 @ Phillies 10–4 Robinson (9–2) Harris — 35,432 64–53 118 August 14 @ Phillies 9–8 Gott (6–4) Bedrosian — 36,468 65–53 119 August 15 Braves 3–4 Puleo Walk (0–9) Olwine 12,112 65–54 120 August 16 Braves 4–2 Drabek (12–5) Smith Gott (21) 13,994 66–54 121 August 17 Braves 2–1 LaPoint (1–0) Glavine Gott (22) 33,164 67–54 122 August 19 Astros 1–5 Darwin Dunne (0–10) — 26,352 67–55 123 August 20 Astros 2–1 Smiley (10–8) Ryan Gott (23) 23,183 68–55 124 August 21 Astros 1–2 (14) Agosto Kipper (0–5) — 38,290 68–56 125 August 22 Reds 0–2 Jackson Drabek (0–6) — 17,540 68–57 126 August 23 Reds 2–0 LaPoint (2–0) Charlton Gott (24) 13,406 69–57 127 August 24 Reds 2–6 Browning Dunne (0–11) — 24,660 69–58 128 August 26 @ Astros 0–2 Deshaies Smiley (0–9) — 27,650 69–59 129 August 27 @ Astros 1–3 Meads Walk (0–10) Agosto 25,993 69–60 130 August 28 @ Astros 4–3 Drabek (13–6) Darwin Gott (25) 20,368 70–60 131 August 29 @ Reds 8–1 LaPoint (3–0) Brown — 19,519 71–60 132 August 30 @ Reds 4–6 Jackson Fisher (0–10) Franco 17,429 71–61 133 August 31 @ Reds 1–4 Charlton Gott (0–5) Franco 18,586 71–62
September (14–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 2 @ Braves 1–2 Assenmacher Gott (0–6) — 7,938 71–63 135 September 5 Mets 5–7 Cone Robinson (0–3) Myers 38,876 71–64 136 September 6 Mets 3–2 Smiley (11–9) Ojeda Gott (26) 21,296 72–64 137 September 7 Expos 5–4 Drabek (14–6) Smith Gott (27) 16,494 73–64 138 September 8 Expos 4–5 Perez Robinson (0–4) Hesketh 11,289 73–65 139 September 9 Phillies 5–2 Dunne (7–11) Sebra Gott (28) 15,446 74–65 140 September 10 Phillies 5–1 LaPoint (4–0) Rawley — 27,804 75–65 141 September 11 Phillies 4–7 Freeman Smiley (0–10) — 18,132 75–66 142 September 12 @ Mets 2–3 Myers Robinson (0–5) — 39,576 75–67 143 September 13 @ Mets 1–0 Walk (12–10) Gooden Gott (29) 36,633 76–67 144 September 14 @ Expos 4–1 (12) Fisher (8–10) Burke — 10,886 77–67 145 September 15 @ Expos 4–9 Johnson LaPoint (0–1) McGaffigan 9,494 77–68 146 September 16 @ Phillies 7–5 Robinson (10–5) Harris Gott (30) 17,446 78–68 147 September 17 @ Phillies 7–2 Drabek (15–6) Carman Robinson (9) 14,528 79–68 148 September 18 @ Phillies 5–6 (10) Bedrosian Kramer (0–1) — 21,282 79–69 149 September 19 @ Cardinals 5–4 Robinson (11–5) Dayley Gott (31) 19,683 80–69 150 September 20 @ Cardinals 5–1 Medvin (2–0) Terry Gott (32) 27,441 81–69 151 September 21 @ Cardinals 5–0 Smiley (12–10) DeLeon — 28,350 82–69 152 September 23 Cubs 3–5 (10) Moyer Kipper (0–6) — 19,552 82–70 153 September 24 Cubs 1–2 Gossage Rucker (0–2) DiPino 16,161 82–71 154 September 25 Cubs 7–4 Kramer (1–1) Sutcliffe Gott (33) 23,095 83–71 155 September 26 Cardinals 1–7 DeLeon LaPoint (0–2) — 9,044 83–72 156 September 27 Cardinals 3–2 Smiley (13–10) Hill Gott (34) 8,994 84–72 157 September 28 Cardinals 1–2 Magrane Drabek (0–7) — 21,004 84–73 158 September 30 @ Cubs 10–9 (10) Medvin (3–0) Gossage Fisher (1) 9,805 85–73
October (0–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 159 October 1 @ Cubs 7–9 Blankenship Kramer (0–2) Schiraldi 21,433 85–74 160 October 2 @ Cubs 4–8 Moyer Smiley (0–11) — 22,909 85–75
Legend:           = Win           = Loss Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1988 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 15 Doug Drabek 41 Mike Dunne 54 Brian Fisher 27 Miguel García 35 Jim Gott 50 Barry Jones 16 Bob Kipper 60 Randy Kramer 50 Dave LaPoint 59 Morris Madden 58 Vicente Palacios 34 Rick Reed 49 Jeff Robinson 36,51 Dave Rucker 57 John Smiley 17 Bob Walk	Catchers 12 Mike LaValliere 26 Junior Ortiz 46 Tom Prince  3 Rubén Rodríguez Infielders  6 Rafael Belliard 25 Bobby Bonilla  5 Sid Bream  2 Orestes Destrade 30 Benny Distefano 29 Félix Fermín 28 Denny González 55 Dave Hostetler 13 José Lind 47 Randy Milligan 14 Ken Oberkfell 22 Al Pedrique	Outfielders 24 Barry Bonds 44 John Cangelosi  7 Darnell Coles 14 Mike Diaz 47 Tommy Gregg 19 Gary Redus 23 R. J. Reynolds 18 Andy Van Slyke 11 Glenn Wilson	Manager 10 Jim Leyland Coaches 45 Rich Donnelly (bullpen) 32 Gene Lamont (third base) 39 Milt May (hitting) 31 Ray Miller (pitching) 37 Tommy Sandt (first base)

Opening Day starters

• LF – Barry Bonds

• 2B – José Lind

• CF – Andy Van Slyke

• 3B – Bobby Bonilla

• RF – Darnell Coles

• 1B – Randy Milligan

•  C – Mike LaValliere

• SS – Al Pedrique

•  P – Mike Dunne

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season[6] Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Distefano, B.B. Distefano 16 29 10 0.345 1 6 Van Slyke, A.A. Van Slyke 154 587 169 0.288 25 100 Bonds, B.B. Bonds 144 538 152 0.283 24 58 Ortiz, J.J. Ortiz 49 118 33 0.280 2 18 Fermín, F.F. Fermín 43 87 24 0.276 0 2 Bonilla, B.B. Bonilla 159 584 160 0.274 24 100 Wilson, G.G. Wilson 37 126 34 0.270 2 15 Bream, S.S. Bream 148 462 122 0.264 10 65 Lind, J.J. Lind 154 611 160 0.262 2 49 LaValliere, M.M. LaValliere 120 352 92 0.261 2 47 Cangelosi, J.J. Cangelosi 75 118 30 0.254 0 8 Hostetler, D.D. Hostetler 6 8 2 0.250 0 0 Reynolds, R.R. Reynolds 130 323 80 0.248 6 51 Coles, D.D. Coles 68 211 49 0.232 5 36 Diaz, M.M. Diaz 47 74 17 0.230 0 5 Oberkfell, K.K. Oberkfell 20 54 12 0.222 0 2 Milligan, R.R. Milligan 40 82 18 0.220 3 8 Belliard, R.R. Belliard 122 286 61 0.213 0 11 Gregg, T.T. Gregg 14 15 3 0.200 1 3 Rodríguez, R.R. Rodríguez 2 5 1 0.200 0 1 Redus, G.G. Redus 30 71 14 0.197 2 4 González, D.D. González 24 32 6 0.188 0 1 Robinson, J.J. Robinson 75 16 3 0.188 0 1 Pedrique, A.A. Pedrique 50 128 23 0.180 0 4 Prince, T.T. Prince 29 74 13 0.176 0 6 Drabek, D.D. Drabek 33 76 13 0.171 0 5 Destrade, O.O. Destrade 36 47 7 0.149 1 3 Dunne, M.M. Dunne 34 46 5 0.109 0 3 Walk, B.B. Walk 34 69 6 0.087 0 5 Smiley, J.J. Smiley 34 63 5 0.079 0 1 LaPoint, D.D. LaPoint 8 16 1 0.063 0 0 Fisher, B.B. Fisher 33 42 2 0.048 0 1 Gott, J.J. Gott 67 1 0 0.000 0 0 Jones, B.B. Jones 42 5 0 0.000 0 0 Kipper, B.B. Kipper 50 4 0 0.000 0 0 Kramer, R.R. Kramer 5 2 0 0.000 0 0 Medvin, S.S. Medvin 17 3 0 0.000 0 0 Palacios, V.V. Palacios 7 8 0 0.000 0 0 Reed, R.R. Reed 2 4 0 0.000 0 0 Rucker, D.D. Rucker 31 2 0 0.000 0 0 García, M.M. García 1 0 0 — 0 0 Madden, M.M. Madden 6 0 0 — 0 0

Pitching

Regular Season[7] Player G IP W L ERA SO Madden, M.M. Madden 5 5^2⁄3 0 0 0.00 3 Cangelosi, J.J. Cangelosi 1 2 0 0 0.00 0 Walk, B.B. Walk 32 212^2⁄3 12 10 2.71 81 LaPoint, D.D. LaPoint 8 52 4 2 2.77 19 Reed, R.R. Reed 2 12 1 0 3.00 6 Robinson, J.J. Robinson 75 124^2⁄3 11 5 3.03 87 Jones, B.B. Jones 42 56^1⁄3 1 1 3.04 31 Drabek, D.D. Drabek 33 219^1⁄3 15 7 3.08 127 Smiley, J.J. Smiley 34 205 13 11 3.25 129 Gott, J.J. Gott 67 77^1⁄3 6 6 3.49 76 Kipper, B.B. Kipper 50 65 2 6 3.74 39 Dunne, M.M. Dunne 30 170 7 11 3.92 70 García, M.M. García 1 2 0 0 4.50 2 Fisher, B.B. Fisher 33 146^1⁄3 8 10 4.61 66 Rucker, D.D. Rucker 31 28^1⁄3 0 2 4.76 16 Medvin, S.S. Medvin 17 27^2⁄3 3 0 4.88 16 Kramer, R.R. Kramer 5 10 1 2 5.40 7 Palacios, V.V. Palacios 7 24^1⁄3 1 2 6.66 15

Awards and honors

1988 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Bobby Bonilla, 3B, Starter
• Andy Van Slyke, OF, Reserve
• Bob Walk, P, Reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	American Association	Rocky Bridges
AA	Harrisburg Senators	Eastern League	Dave Trembley
A	Salem Buccaneers	Carolina League	Jay Ward
A	Augusta Pirates	South Atlantic League	Jeff Cox and Woody Huyke
A-Short Season	Watertown Pirates	New York–Penn League	Stan Cliburn
Rookie	Princeton Pirates	Appalachian League	Jim Thrift
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Julio Garcia

References

1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
2. Dave Hostetler at Baseball Reference
3. Randy Milligan at Baseball Reference
4. Hipólito Peña at Baseball Reference
5. Mike Bielecki at Baseball Reference
6. "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
7. "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

• 1988 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
• 1988 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.