1988 New York Yankees
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City
OwnersGeorge Steinbrenner
General managersLou Piniella, Bob Quinn
ManagersBilly Martin, Lou Piniella
TelevisionWPIX
(Phil Rizzuto, Bill White)
SportsChannel NY
(Ken Harrelson, Bobby Murcer, Mickey Mantle)
RadioWABC (AM)
(Hank Greenwald, Tommy Hutton)
Seasons

The 1988 New York Yankees season was the 86th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 85–76, finishing in fifth place, 3.5 games behind the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Lou Piniella and Billy Martin, with the latter managing the team for the fifth and final time. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 8973 0.549 — 53–28 36–45
Detroit Tigers 8874 0.543 1 50–31 38–43
Milwaukee Brewers 8775 0.537 2 47–34 40–41
Toronto Blue Jays 8775 0.537 2 45–36 42–39
New York Yankees 8576 0.528 3½ 46–34 39–42
Cleveland Indians 7884 0.481 11 44–37 34–47
Baltimore Orioles 54107 0.335 34½ 34–46 20–61

Record vs. opponents

1988 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —4–95–74–74–95–80–124–93–93–104–87–56–65–8
Boston 9–4—8–47–58–56–76–610–37–59–43–96–68–42–11
California 7–54–8—9–48–45–75–83–94–96–64–96–78–56–6
Chicago 7–45–74–9—3–93–97–66–64–93–95–89–48–57–5
Cleveland 9–45–84–89–3—4–96–69–45–76–74–85–76–66–7
Detroit 8–57–67–59–39–4—8–45–81–118–54–89–38–45–8
Kansas City 12–06–68–56–76–64–8—3–97–66–68–57–57–64–8
Milwaukee 9–43–109–36–64–98–59–3—7–56–73–98–48–47–6
Minnesota 9–35–79–49–47–511–16–75–7—3–95–88–57–67–5
New York 10–34–96–69–37–65–86–67–69–3—6–65–75–66–7
Oakland 8–49–39–48–58–48–45–89–38–56–6—9–48–59–3
Seattle 5–76–67–64–97–53–95–74–85–87–54–9—6–75–7
Texas 6–64–85–85–86–64–86–74–86–76–55–87–6—6–6
Toronto 8–511–26–65–77–68–58–46–75–77–63–97–56–6—

Notable transactions

Roster

1988 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1988 regular season game log: 85–76 (Home: 46–34; Away: 39–42)
April: 16–7 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–3)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak		GB
1April 51:10 pm EDTTwinsW 8–055,8021–0W1
2April 61:10 pm EDTTwinsW 5–332,7562–0W2
–April 7TwinsPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 5)
3April 87:35 pm EDTBrewersW 6–420,9273–0W3
4April 97:36 pm EDTBrewersW 4–127,0214–0W4
5April 101:36 pm EDTBrewersW 7–636,2145–0W5
6April 111:45 pm EDT@ Blue JaysL 9–1745,1855–1L1
7April 127:36 pm EDT@ Blue JaysW 12–324,1166–1W1
8April 137:35 pm EDT@ Blue JaysW 5–124,1057–1W2
9April 1412:36 pm EDT@ Blue JaysW 7–324,5248–1W3
10April 152:35 pm EDT@ BrewersW 7–155,8879–1W4
11April 164:08 pm EDT@ BrewersL 2–924,9729–2L1
12April 172:30 pm EDT@ BrewersL 3–622,1999–3L2
13April 188:09 pm EDT@ TwinsW 18–530,44210–3W1
14April 198:05 pm EDT@ TwinsW 7–623,72411–3W2
15April 208:05 pm EDT@ TwinsW 7–6 (10)22,36912–3W3
16April 227:39 pm EDTBlue JaysL 4–6 (12)33,31412–4L1
17April 237:38 pm EDTBlue JaysL 2–324,04612–5L2
18April 241:38 pm EDTBlue JaysW 5–352,07313–5W1
May: 17–9 (Home: 7–4; Away: 10–5)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak		GB
June: 12–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–9)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak		GB
July: 15–11 (Home: 8–5; Away: 7–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak		GB
August: 9–20 (Home: 6–11; Away: 3–9)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak		GB
September: 16–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–8)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak		GB
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–2)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak		GB
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Yankees team member

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
CDon Slaught9732291.283943
1BDon Mattingly144599186.3111888
2BWillie Randolph11040493.230234
3BMike Pagliarulo12544496.2161567
SSRafael Santana148480115.240438
LFRickey Henderson140554169.305650
CFClaudell Washington126455140.3081164
RFDave Winfield149559180.32225107
DHJack Clark150496120.2422793

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
Joel Skinner8825157.227423
Gary Ward9123152.225424
Luis Aguayo5014035.25038
Bob Meacham4711525.21707
Randy Velarde4811520.174512
Ken Phelps4510724.2241022
José Cruz388016.20017
Roberto Kelly387719.24717
Jay Buhner256913.188313
Wayne Tolleson215915.25405
Hal Morris15202.10000
Bob Geren10101.10000
Álvaro Espinoza330.00000
Chris Chambliss110.00000

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
Rick Rhoden30197.012124.2994
Tommy John35176.1984.4981
Richard Dotson32171.01295.0077
John Candelaria25157.01373.38121
Al Leiter1457.1443.9260
Ron Guidry1256.0234.1832
Dave Eiland312.2006.397

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
Charles Hudson28106.1664.4958
Scott Nielsen719.2126.864
Pat Clements68.1006.483

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
Dave Righetti6054253.5270
Cecilio Guante5656112.8861
Neil Allen415303.8461
Steve Shields395504.3755
Tim Stoddard282236.3833
Lee Guetterman201204.6515
Hipólito Peña161103.1410
Dale Mohorcic132212.7819

Awards and records

  • Rickey Henderson, Yankees Single Season Record, Stolen Bases in a Season (93 in 1988)

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Bucky Dent
AA Albany-Colonie Yankees Eastern League Tommy Jones and Stump Merrill
A Prince William Cannons Carolina League Wally Moon and Gene Tenace
A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Buck Showalter
A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Gary Allenson
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Brian Butterfield

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Albany-Colonie, Oneonta, GCL Yankees[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Lenn Sakata Stats".
  2. ↑ Rafael Santana page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ "Rich Bordi Stats".
  4. ↑ Steve Trout page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ John Candelaria page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Hipólito Peña page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Rick Cerone page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ "Jerry Royster Stats".
  9. 1 2 Chris Chambliss page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Andy Cook page at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ "Frank Seminara Stats".
  12. ↑ Deion Sanders page at Baseball Reference
  13. ↑ "Luis Aguayo". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on June 14, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
  14. ↑ Ken Phelps page at Baseball Reference
  15. ↑ Dale Mohorcic page at Baseball Reference
  16. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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