1988 San Francisco Giants season

1988 San Francisco Giants
1988 San Francisco Giants
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Candlestick Park
City	San Francisco, California
Owners	Bob Lurie
General managers	Al Rosen
Managers	Roger Craig
Television	KTVU; (Duane Kuiper, Steve Physioc); GiantsVision; (Joe Morgan, Duane Kuiper)
Radio	KNBR; (Ron Fairly, Wayne Hagin); KIQI; (Tito Fuentes, Edgard Martinez)
	Seasons
	Seasons

The 1988 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 106th season in Major League Baseball, their 31st season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 29th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with an 83–79 record, 11½ games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

December 1, 1987: Brett Butler was signed as a free agent with the Giants.[1]
December 1, 1987: Joel Youngblood was signed as a free agent by the Giants.[2]
December 21, 1987: Phil Ouellette was released by the Giants.[3]
January 8, 1988: Atlee Hammaker was signed as a free agent by the Giants.[4]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	94	67	0.584	—	45–36	49–31
Cincinnati Reds	87	74	0.540	7	45–35	42–39
San Diego Padres	83	78	0.516	11	47–34	36–44
San Francisco Giants	83	79	0.512	11½	45–36	38–43
Houston Astros	82	80	0.506	12½	44–37	38–43
Atlanta Braves	54	106	0.338	39½	28–51	26–55

Record vs. opponents

1988 National League record 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

June 1, 1988: Steve Decker was drafted by the Giants in the 21st round of the 1988 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 6, 1988.[6]
June 8, 1988: Jeffrey Leonard was traded by the Giants to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ernest Riles.[7]
July 15, 1988: Mark Wasinger was released by the Giants.[8]

Roster

1988 San Francisco Giants

Roster

Pitchers

31 Randy Bockus

49 Jeff Brantley

31 Dennis Cook

33 Ron Davis

37 Kelly Downs

43 Dave Dravecky

50 Scott Garrelts

14 Atlee Hammaker

39 Mike Krukow

29 Mike LaCoss

32 Craig Lefferts

45 Terry Mulholland

47 Joe Price

48 Rick Reuschel

40 Don Robinson

58 Roger Samuels

19 Lary Sorensen

41 Trevor Wilson

Catchers

15 Bob Brenly

17 Kirt Manwaring

7 Bob Melvin

Infielders

22 Will Clark

54 Ángel Escobar

20 Phil Garner

18 Francisco Meléndez

7 Kevin Mitchell

16 Tony Perezchica

1 Ernest Riles

35 Chris Speier

16 Harry Spilman

6 Robby Thompson

23 José Uribe

33 Mark Wasinger

10 Matt Williams

Outfielders

25 Mike Aldrete

2 Brett Butler

26 Charlie Hayes

00 Jeffrey Leonard

21 Candy Maldonado

30 Donell Nixon

30 Rusty Tillman

8 Joel Youngblood

Other batters

26 Jessie Reid

Manager

33 Roger Craig

Coaches

12 Dusty Baker (First Base)

42 Bill Fahey

5 Bob Lillis

28 José Morales (Hitting)

34 Norm Sherry

Game log

Regular season Game log

1988 regular season game log: 83–79 (Home: 45–36; Away: 38–43)

April: 11–12 (Home: 6–8; Away: 5–4)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	April 4	1:13 p.m. PDT	@ Dodgers	W 5–1	Dravecky (1–0)	Valenzuela (0–1)	—	2:24	48,484	1–0	W1
2	April 5	7:05 p.m. PDT	@ Dodgers	L 0–5	Hershiser (1–0)	Downs (0–1)	—	2:29	37,472	1–1	L1
3	April 7		Padres
4	April 8		Padres
5	April 9		Padres
6	April 10		Padres
7	April 11		Reds
8	April 12		Reds
9	April 13		Reds
10	April 15		@ Padres
11	April 16		@ Padres
12	April 17		@ Padres
13	April 18		@ Reds
14	April 19		@ Reds
15	April 20		@ Reds
16	April 21		@ Reds
—	April 22		Dodgers	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 26)
17	April 23	12:25 p.m. PDT	Dodgers	L 3–10	Hershiser (4–0)	Krukow (1–1)	—	2:57	33,271	9–8	L2
18	April 24	1:05 p.m. PDT	Dodgers	L 0–4	Valenzuela (2–2)	LaCoss (1–2)	Howell (1)	2:50	39,092	9–9	L3
19	April 26		Pirates
20	April 27		Pirates
21	April 28		Pirates
22	April 29		Cubs
23	April 30		Cubs

May: 14–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Streak
24	May 1	Cubs
25	May 2	Cardinals
26	May 3	Cardinals
27	May 4	Cardinals
28	May 6	@ Cubs
29	May 7	@ Cubs
30	May 8	@ Cubs
31	May 9	@ Pirates
32	May 10	@ Pirates
33	May 11	@ Cardinals
34	May 12	@ Cardinals
35	May 13	Mets	W 3–2	—	2:39	25,275	17–18	W1
36	May 14	Mets	W 3–2		2:20	36,020	18–18	W2
37	May 15	Mets	W 5–1	—	2:45	43,484	19–18	W3
38	May 16	Phillies
39	May 17	Phillies
40	May 18	Phillies
41	May 20	Expos
42	May 21	Expos
43	May 22	Expos
44	May 24	@ Mets	W 4–2		2:34	36,816	23–21	W2
45	May 25	@ Mets	L 3–6		2:46	22,118	23–22	L1
46	May 26	@ Mets	W 5–2		2:47	40,586	24–22	W1
47	May 27	@ Phillies
48	May 28	@ Phillies
49	May 29	@ Phillies
50	May 30	@ Expos
51	May 31	@ Expos

June: 14–11 (Home: 6–6; Away: 8–5)

#	Date	Opponent
52	June 1	@ Expos
53	June 3	Astros
54	June 4	Astros
55	June 5	Astros
56	June 7	Braves
57	June 8	Braves
58	June 9	Braves
59	June 10	Reds
60	June 11	Reds
61	June 12	Reds
62	June 13	@ Padres
63	June 14	@ Padres
64	June 15	@ Padres
65	June 17	@ Reds
66	June 18	@ Reds
67	June 19	@ Reds
68	June 20	Padres
69	June 21	Padres
70	June 22	Padres
71	June 24	@ Astros
72	June 25	@ Astros
73	June 26	@ Astros
74	June 27	@ Braves
75	June 28	@ Braves
76	June 29	@ Braves

July: 17–11 (Home: 13–4; Away: 4–7)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Streak
77	July 1		Pirates
78	July 2		Pirates
79	July 3		Pirates
80	July 4		Cubs
81	July 5		Cubs
82	July 6		Cubs
83	July 8		Cardinals
84	July 9		Cardinals
85	July 10		Cardinals
59th All-Star Game in Cincinnati, Ohio
86	July 14		@ Pirates
87	July 15		@ Pirates
88	July 16		@ Pirates
89	July 17		@ Pirates
90	July 18		@ Cubs
91	July 19		@ Cubs
92	July 20		@ Cubs
93	July 21		@ Cardinals
94	July 22		@ Cardinals
95	July 23		@ Cardinals
96	July 24		@ Cardinals
97	July 25	5:17 p.m. PDT	Dodgers	W 3–1	Downs (10–8)	Valenzuela (5–8)	—	2:50	29,947	51–46	W3
98	July 26 (1)	5:35 p.m. PDT	Dodgers	L 3–7	Hershiser (14–5)	Mulholland (2–1)	Howell (13)	2:57	—	51–47	L1
99	July 26 (2)	9:10 p.m. PDT	Dodgers	L 5–6 (11)	Holton (6–2)	Garrelts (2–1)	—	4:13	49,209	51–48	L2
100	July 27	7:35 p.m. PDT	Dodgers	W 2–1 (10)	Price (1–4)	Leary (10–7)	—	2:51	34,168	52–48	W1
101	July 29		Braves
102	July 30		Braves
103	July 31		Braves
104	July 31		Braves

August: 14–15 (Home: 7–5; Away: 7–10)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Streak
105	August 1		Astros
106	August 2		Astros
107	August 3		Astros
108	August 5		@ Braves
109	August 6		@ Braves
110	August 7		@ Braves
111	August 8		@ Braves
112	August 9		@ Astros
113	August 10		@ Astros
114	August 11		@ Astros
115	August 12	7:38 p.m. PDT	@ Dodgers	L 3–7	Leary (12–8)	Reuschel (15–6)	Peña (9)	3:19	48,744	61–54	L1
116	August 13	7:10 p.m. PDT	@ Dodgers	L 1–2 (11)	Peña (5–5)	Price (1–5)	—	4:12	47,649	61–55	L2
117	August 14	1:08 p.m. PDT	@ Dodgers	W 15–4	Downs (12–9)	Hershiser (16–7)	Brantley (1)	3:17	45,502	62–55	W1
118	August 15	7:35 p.m. PDT	@ Dodgers	L 0–1	Belcher (9–4)	Robinson (4–3)	Orosco (7)	2:37	49,307	62–56	L1
119	August 16		Mets	L 6–13			—	2:54	29,134	62–57	L2
120	August 17		Mets	W 4–0			—	2:17	24,730	63–57	W1
121	August 18		Mets	W 4–1				2:47	32,132	64–57	W2
122	August 19		Phillies
123	August 20		Phillies
124	August 21		Phillies
125	August 22		Expos
126	August 23		Expos
127	August 24		Expos
128	August 26		@ Mets	L 0–3				2:38	47,478	68–60	L3
129	August 27		@ Mets	L 1–2				1:55	45,115	68–61	L4
130	August 28		@ Mets	W 7–4			—	3:29	46,571	69–61	W1
131	August 29		@ Phillies
132	August 30		@ Phillies
133	August 31		@ Phillies

September: 12–15 (Home: 5–8; Away: 7–7)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Streak
134	September 2		@ Expos
135	September 3		@ Expos
136	September 4		@ Expos
137	September 5		Padres
138	September 6		Padres
139	September 7		Braves
140	September 8		Braves
141	September 9		Astros
142	September 10		Astros
143	September 11		Astros
144	September 12		@ Padres
145	September 13		@ Padres
146	September 14		@ Padres
147	September 16		@ Astros
148	September 17		@ Astros
149	September 18		@ Astros
150	September 19		@ Braves
151	September 20		@ Braves
152	September 21		@ Reds
153	September 22		@ Reds
154	September 23	7:39 p.m. PDT	Dodgers	L 0–3	Hershiser (23–8)	Hammaker (8–9)	—	2:38	22,341	79–75	L3
155	September 24	1:05 p.m. PDT	Dodgers	L 3–7	Horton (1–0)	Wilson (0–2)	Orosco (9)	3:03	34,214	79–76	L4
156	September 25	1:00 p.m. PDT	Dodgers	W 2–0	Cook (2–0)	Belcher (11–6)	—	2:25	40,743	80–76	W1
157	September 26		Reds
158	September 27		Reds
159	September 28		Reds
160	September 30	7:35 p.m. PDT	@ Dodgers	L 4–6	Holton (7–3)	Cook (2–1)	Peña (12)	2:56	42,580	82–78	L1

October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)

#	Date	Time (PT)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Streak
161	October 1	1:07 p.m. PDT	@ Dodgers	L 1–2	Belcher (12–6)	Reuschel (19–11)	Valenzuela (1)	2:09	33,951	82–79	L2
162	October 2	1:09 p.m. PDT	@ Dodgers	W 1–0	Robinson (10–5)	Leary (17–11)	—	2:31	44,055	83–79	W1

Legend: = Win = Loss; = Postponement
Bold = Giants team member

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent	1st	2nd	4th	5th	6th
1	April 4	@ LAD	Butler (CF)	Aldrete (LF)		Mitchell (3B)
2	April 5	@ LAD	Butler (CF)	Aldrete (LF)		Mitchell (3B)
17	April 23	LAD	Butler (CF)	Mitchell (3B)		Aldrete (RF)
18	April 24	LAD	Butler (CF)	Mitchell (3B)
97	July 25	LAD	Butler (CF)			Mitchell (3B)	Aldrete (LF)
98	July 26	LAD	Butler (CF)			Aldrete (LF)	Mitchell (3B)
99	July 26	LAD	Butler (CF)			Aldrete (LF)
100	July 27	LAD	Butler (CF)			Aldrete (LF)	Mitchell (3B)
115	August 12	@ LAD	Butler (CF)		Mitchell (LF)
116	August 13	@ LAD	Butler (CF)		Mitchell (LF)	Aldrete (RF)
117	August 14	@ LAD	Butler (CF)		Mitchell (LF)	Aldrete (RF)
118	August 15	@ LAD	Butler (CF)		Mitchell (LF)	Aldrete (RF)
154	September 23	LAD	Butler (CF)		Mitchell (LF)	Aldrete (RF)
155	September 24	LAD	Butler (CF)		Mitchell (LF)
156	September 25	LAD	Butler (CF)		Aldrete (RF)
160	September 30	@ LAD	Butler (CF)		Mitchell (LF)
161	October 1	@ LAD	Riles (2B)	Aldrete (CF)		Mitchell (LF)
162	October 2	@ LAD	Riles (2B)	Aldrete (CF)	Mitchell (LF)

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East


New York Mets	8	4	0.667	45	38



Division Total	8	4	0.667	45	38
NL West



Los Angeles Dodgers	6	12	0.333	51	67

San Francisco Giants
Division Total	6	12	0.333	51	67
Season Total	14	16	0.467	96	105

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
Total

Home
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Away
Total

Game umpires

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent	HP	1B	2B	3B
1	April 4	@ LAD	John Kibler	Jim Quick	Eric Gregg	Dave Pallone
2	April 5	@ LAD	Jim Quick	Eric Gregg	Dave Pallone	John Kibler
17	April 23	LAD	Lee Weyer	Ed Montague	John McSherry	Fred Brocklander
18	April 24	LAD	Ed Montague	John McSherry	Fred Brocklander	Lee Weyer
97	July 25	LAD	Doug Harvey	Jerry Crawford	Greg Bonin	Bob Davidson
98	July 26	LAD	Jerry Crawford	Greg Bonin	Bob Davidson	Doug Harvey
99	July 26	LAD	Greg Bonin	Bob Davidson	Doug Harvey	Jerry Crawford
100	July 27	LAD	Bob Davidson	Doug Harvey	Jerry Crawford	Greg Bonin
115	August 12	@ LAD	Tom Hallion	Paul Runge	Charlie Williams	Joe West
116	August 13	@ LAD	Paul Runge	Charlie Williams	Joe West	Tom Hallion
117	August 14	@ LAD	Charlie Williams	Joe West	Tom Hallion	Paul Runge
118	August 15	@ LAD	Joe West	Tom Hallion	Paul Runge	Charlie Williams
154	September 23	LAD	Charlie Williams	Joe West	Bob Engel	Paul Runge
155	September 24	LAD	Joe West	Paul Runge	Bob Engel	Charlie Williams
156	September 25	LAD	Paul Runge	Bob Engel	Charlie Williams	Joe West
160	September 30	@ LAD	Greg Bonin	John Kibler	Doug Harvey	Jim Quick
161	October 1	@ LAD	John Kibler	Doug Harvey	Jim Quick	Greg Bonin
162	October 2	@ LAD	Doug Harvey	Jim Quick	Greg Bonin	John Kibler

Player stats

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
C	Bob Melvin	92	273	64	.234	8	27
1B	Will Clark	150	529	163	.308	35	91
2B	Robby Thompson	138	477	126	.264	7	48
SS	José Uribe	141	493	124	.252	3	35
3B	Kevin Mitchell	148	505	127	.251	19	80
LF	Mike Aldrete	139	389	104	.267	3	50
CF	Brett Butler	157	568	163	.287	6	43
RF	Candy Maldonado	142	499	127	.255	12	68

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
Bob Brenly	73	206	39	.189	5	22
Ernest Riles	79	187	55	.294	3	28
Chris Speier	82	171	37	.216	3	18
Jeffrey Leonard	44	160	41	.256	2	20
Matt Williams	52	156	32	.205	8	19
Joel Youngblood	83	123	31	.252	0	16
Kirt Manwaring	40	116	29	.250	1	15
Donell Nixon	59	78	27	.346	0	6
Harry Spilman	40	40	7	.175	1	3
Francisco Meléndez	23	26	5	.192	0	3
Phil Garner	15	13	2	.154	0	1
Charlie Hayes	7	11	1	.091	0	0
Tony Perezchica	7	8	1	.125	0	1
Rusty Tillman	4	4	1	.250	1	3
Ángel Escobar	3	3	1	.333	0	0
Jessie Reid	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Mark Wasinger	3	2	0	.000	0	0

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 Reuschel	36	245.0	19	11	3.12	92
Kelly Downs	27	168.0	13	9	3.32	118
Mike Krukow	20	124.2	7	4	3.54	75
Mike LaCoss	19	114.1	7	7	3.62	70
Dave Dravecky	7	37.0	2	2	3.16	19
Trevor Wilson	4	22.0	0	2	4.09	15
Dennis Cook	4	22.0	2	1	2.86	13

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
Don Robinson	51	176.2	10	5	2.45	122
Atlee Hammaker	43	144.2	9	9	3.73	65
Terry Mulholland	9	46.0	2	1	3.72	18
Jeff Brantley	9	20.2	0	1	5.66	11

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
Scott Garrelts	65	5	9	13	3.58	86
Craig Lefferts	64	3	8	11	2.92	58
Joe Price	38	1	6	4	3.94	49
Randy Bockus	20	1	1	0	4.78	18
Roger Samuels	15	1	2	0	3.47	22
Larry Sorenson	12	0	0	2	4.86	9
Ron Davis	9	1	1	0	4.67	15

Award winners

Will Clark, National League Leader, Runs Batted In (109)
José Uribe SS, Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Phoenix Firebirds	Pacific Coast League	Wendell Kim
AA	Shreveport Captains	Texas League	Jack Mull
A	San Jose Giants	California League	Duane Espy
A	Clinton Giants	Midwest League	Bill Evers
A-Short Season	Everett Giants	Northwest League	Joe Strain
Rookie	Pocatello Giants	Pioneer League	Jack Hiatt

[9]

References

Brett Butler at Baseball Reference
Joel Youngblood at Baseball Reference
Phil Ouellette at Baseball Reference
Atlee Hammaker at Baseball Reference
"1988 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
Steve Decker at Baseball Reference
Ernest Riles at Baseball Reference
Mark Wasinger at Baseball Reference
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

1988 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
1988 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac

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[1] Brett Butler at Baseball Reference

[2] Joel Youngblood at Baseball Reference

[3] Phil Ouellette at Baseball Reference

[4] Atlee Hammaker at Baseball Reference

[5] "1988 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".

[6] Steve Decker at Baseball Reference

[7] Ernest Riles at Baseball Reference

[8] Mark Wasinger at Baseball Reference

[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