1988 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
OwnersBud Selig
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersTom Trebelhorn
TelevisionWVTV
(Jim Paschke, Mike Hegan)
RadioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
Seasons

The 1988 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing third in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses.

Offseason

  • November 11, 1987: Bryan Clutterbuck was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers. [1]
  • November 11, 1987: Bill Mooneyham was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.[2]
  • January 19, 1988: Ronn Reynolds was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.[3]

Regular season

  • April 4, 1988: The largest margin of victory in a shutout win on Opening Day was the Brewers' 12-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles in 1988.[4]
  • April 19, 1988: The Orioles tied the 1904 Washington Senators and the 1920 Detroit Tigers for most losses to start the season with 13 losses after being beaten by the Brewers, 9-5, in Milwaukee.[5]
  • April 20, 1988: On a cold, wet night, 7,284 witnessed baseball history at Milwaukee's County Stadium. Baltimore became the first team in the 120-odd years of major league baseball to start the season 0-14 as the Brewers won, 8-6.[5]
  • June 12, 1988: Robin Yount had 6 RBIs in a game against the Baltimore Orioles.

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 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CB. J. Surhoff139493121.245538
1BGreg Brock11536477.212650
2BJim Gantner155539149.276047
SSDale Sveum129467113.242951
3BPaul Molitor154609190.3121360
LFJeffrey Leonard9437488.235844
CFRobin Yount162621190.3061391
RFRob Deer135492124.2522385
DHJoey Meyer10332786.2631145

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
Glenn Braggs7227271.2611042
Ernest Riles4112732.25219
Bill Schroeder4112219.156510
Charlie O'Brien4011826.22029
Darryl Hamilton4410319.184111
Jim Adduci449425.266115
Billy Jo Robidoux339123.25305
Juan Castillo549020.22202
Mike Felder508114.17305
Gary Sheffield248019.238412
Mike Young8140.00000
Steve Kiefer7103.30011

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
Teddy Higuera31227.11692.45192
Bill Wegman32199.013134.1284
Don August24148.11373.0966
Mike Birkbeck23124.01084.7264
Tom Filer19101.2584.4339

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
Chris Bosio38182.07153.3684
Juan Nieves25110.1754.0873

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
Dan Plesac5012302.4152
Chuck Crim707692.9158
Paul Mirabella382241.6533
Odell Jones285014.3548
Mark Clear251002.7926
Dave Stapleton60005.936
Mark Knudson50001.137

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of six minor league affiliates in 1988.[9] The AZL Brewers won the Arizona League championship.[10]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Denver Zephyrs American Association Duffy Dyer
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Dave Machemer
Class A Stockton Ports California League Dave Huppert
Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Gomer Hodge
Rookie AZL Brewers Arizona League Alex Taveras
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Dusty Rhodes

Notes

  1. ↑ "Bryan Clutterbuck: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  2. ↑ Bill Mooneyham at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ "Ronn Reynolds Stats".
  4. ↑ SI.com – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
  5. 1 2 Washingtonpost.com: The 1988 Orioles: And the Losing Goes On
  6. ↑ Pat Listach at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Mike Ignasiak at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ Ernest Riles at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ "1988 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  10. ↑ "1988 Arizona League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved December 9, 2020.

References

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