1988 Toronto Blue Jays season
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1988 Toronto Blue Jays | |
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Record | 87–75 (.537) |
Divisional place | 3rd |
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Owner(s) | Labatt Breweries, Imperial Trust, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce |
General manager(s) | Pat Gillick |
Manager(s) | Jimy Williams |
Local television | CFTO-TV (Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver) The Sports Network (Fergie Olver, Buck Martinez) |
Local radio | CJCL (AM) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek) |
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The 1988 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 12th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. This was the team's last full season at Exhibition Stadium before moving to their new home in June of the following year.
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Offseason[edit]
- February 22, 1988: Mark Ross was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[1]
- March 24, 1988: Sal Butera was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[2]
- March 25, 1988: Willie Upshaw was purchased from the Blue Jays by the Cleveland Indians.[3]
Regular season[edit]
- April 4, 1988: George Bell set a major league record for the most home runs hit on Opening Day, with three.[4] Bell accomplished this in a game versus the Kansas City Royals.
- September 24 and 30, 1988: Dave Stieb had two consecutive no-hitters broken up in the ninth inning with two outs and two strikes.
Season standings[edit]
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | — | 53–28 | 36–45 |
Detroit Tigers | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | 1 | 50–31 | 38–43 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 2 | 47–34 | 40–41 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 87 | 75 | 0.537 | 2 | 45–36 | 42–39 |
New York Yankees | 85 | 76 | 0.528 | 3½ | 46–34 | 39–42 |
Cleveland Indians | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 11 | 44–37 | 34–47 |
Baltimore Orioles | 54 | 107 | 0.335 | 34½ | 34–46 | 20–61 |
Record vs. opponents[edit]
1988 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | ||||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Notable transactions[edit]
- June 1, 1988: David Weathers was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1988.
Roster[edit]
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Player stats[edit]
Batting[edit]
Starters by position[edit]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
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Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Ernie Whitt | 127 | 398 | 100 | .251 | 16 | 70 |
1B | Fred McGriff | 154 | 536 | 151 | .282 | 34 | 82 |
2B | Manuel Lee | 116 | 381 | 111 | .291 | 2 | 38 |
3B | Kelly Gruber | 158 | 569 | 158 | .278 | 16 | 81 |
SS | Tony Fernández | 154 | 648 | 186 | .287 | 5 | 70 |
LF | George Bell | 156 | 614 | 165 | .269 | 24 | 97 |
CF | Lloyd Moseby | 128 | 472 | 113 | .239 | 10 | 42 |
RF | Jesse Barfield | 137 | 468 | 114 | .244 | 18 | 56 |
DH | Rance Mulliniks | 119 | 337 | 101 | .300 | 12 | 48 |
Other batters[edit]
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Nelson Liriano | 99 | 276 | 73 | .264 | 3 | 23 |
Rick Leach | 87 | 199 | 55 | .276 | 0 | 23 |
Cecil Fielder | 74 | 174 | 40 | .230 | 9 | 23 |
Pat Borders | 56 | 154 | 42 | .273 | 5 | 21 |
Sil Campusano | 73 | 132 | 41 | .218 | 2 | 12 |
Juan Beníquez | 27 | 58 | 17 | .293 | 1 | 8 |
Rob Ducey | 27 | 54 | 17 | .315 | 0 | 6 |
Sal Butera | 23 | 60 | 14 | .233 | 1 | 6 |
Alexis Infante | 19 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Lou Thornton | 11 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching[edit]
Starting pitchers[edit]
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mike Flanagan | 34 | 211 | 13 | 13 | 4.18 | 99 |
Dave Stieb | 32 | 207⅓ | 16 | 8 | 3.04 | 147 |
Jim Clancy | 36 | 196⅓ | 11 | 13 | 4.49 | 118 |
Jimmy Key | 21 | 131⅓ | 12 | 5 | 3.29 | 65 |
Todd Stottlemyre | 28 | 98 | 4 | 8 | 5.69 | 67 |
Jeff Musselman | 15 | 85 | 8 | 5 | 3.18 | 39 |
Other pitchers[edit]
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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John Cerutti | 46 | 123⅔ | 6 | 7 | 3.13 | 65 |
José Núñez | 13 | 29⅓ | 0 | 1 | 3.07 | 18 |
Relief pitchers[edit]
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Tom Henke | 52 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 2.91 | 66 |
Duane Ward | 64 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 3.30 | 91 |
David Wells | 41 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4.62 | 56 |
Mark Eichhorn | 37 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4.19 | 28 |
Tony Castillo | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 14 |
Frank Wills | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.23 | 19 |
Doug Bair | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.05 | 8 |
Mark Ross | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 4 |
Awards and records[edit]
- George Bell, Most Home Runs hit on Opening Day (3)
- Tony Fernández, Gold Glove Award
- Dave Stieb, Pitcher[5]
Farm system[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Mark Ross at Baseball Reference
- ^ Sal Butera at Baseball Reference
- ^ Willie Upshaw at Baseball Reference
- ^ SI.com - Statitudes - Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers - Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
- ^ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links[edit]
- 1988 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
- 1988 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac
Preceded by 1987 Toronto Blue Jays season |
1988 Toronto Blue Jays Season 1988 |
Succeeded by 1989 Toronto Blue Jays season |