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The Detroit Tigers' 1988 season was a season in American baseball. The Tigers, fresh off of losing the American League pennant to Minnesota Twins, were attempting to repeat as American League East champions after winning the division on the final day of the previous season. The Tigers hit five grand slams, the most in MLB in 1988.[1]
1988 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | Tom Monaghan | |
General managers | Bill Lajoie | |
Managers | Sparky Anderson | |
Television | WDIV-TV (George Kell, Al Kaline) PASS (Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup) | |
Radio | WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey) | |
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Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 89 | 73 | .549 | — | 53–28 | 36–45 |
Detroit Tigers | 88 | 74 | .543 | 1 | 50–31 | 38–43 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 87 | 75 | .537 | 2 | 47–34 | 40–41 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 87 | 75 | .537 | 2 | 45–36 | 42–39 |
New York Yankees | 85 | 76 | .528 | 3½ | 46–34 | 39–42 |
Cleveland Indians | 78 | 84 | .481 | 11 | 44–37 | 34–47 |
Baltimore Orioles | 54 | 107 | .335 | 34½ | 34–46 | 20–61 |
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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 | — |
1988 Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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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 |
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C | Matt Nokes | 122 | 382 | 96 | .251 | 16 | 53 |
1B | Ray Knight | 105 | 299 | 65 | .217 | 3 | 33 |
2B | Lou Whitaker | 115 | 403 | 111 | .275 | 12 | 55 |
3B | Tom Brookens | 136 | 441 | 107 | .243 | 5 | 38 |
SS | Alan Trammell | 128 | 466 | 145 | .311 | 15 | 69 |
LF | Pat Sheridan | 127 | 347 | 88 | .254 | 11 | 47 |
CF | Gary Pettis | 129 | 458 | 96 | .210 | 3 | 36 |
RF | Chet Lemon | 144 | 512 | 135 | .264 | 17 | 64 |
DH | Darrell Evans | 144 | 437 | 91 | .208 | 22 | 64 |
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 |
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Luis Salazar | 130 | 452 | 122 | .270 | 12 | 62 |
Dave Bergman | 116 | 289 | 85 | .294 | 5 | 35 |
Mike Heath | 86 | 219 | 54 | .247 | 5 | 18 |
Jim Walewander | 88 | 175 | 37 | .211 | 0 | 6 |
Larry Herndon | 76 | 174 | 39 | .224 | 4 | 20 |
Dwayne Murphy | 49 | 144 | 36 | .250 | 4 | 19 |
Fred Lynn | 27 | 90 | 20 | .222 | 7 | 19 |
Jim Morrison | 24 | 74 | 16 | .216 | 0 | 6 |
Torey Lovullo | 12 | 21 | 8 | .381 | 1 | 2 |
Iván DeJesús | 7 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 0 | 0 |
Scott Lusader | 16 | 16 | 1 | .063 | 1 | 3 |
Billy Bean | 10 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Beane | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Chris Bando | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jack Morris | 34 | 235.0 | 15 | 13 | 3.94 | 168 |
Doyle Alexander | 34 | 229.0 | 14 | 11 | 4.32 | 126 |
Walt Terrell | 29 | 206.1 | 7 | 16 | 3.97 | 84 |
Frank Tanana | 32 | 203.0 | 14 | 11 | 4.21 | 127 |
Jeff Robinson | 24 | 172.0 | 13 | 6 | 2.98 | 114 |
Steve Searcy | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.63 | 5 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Mike Henneman | 65 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 1.87 | 58 |
Willie Hernández | 63 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 3.06 | 59 |
Paul Gibson | 40 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.93 | 50 |
Don Heinkel | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.96 | 30 |
Mike Trujillo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.11 | 5 |
Mark Huismann | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 6 |
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