1988 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco, California
OwnersBob Lurie
General managersAl Rosen
ManagersRoger Craig
TelevisionKTVU
(Duane Kuiper, Steve Physioc)
GiantsVision
(Joe Morgan, Duane Kuiper)
RadioKNBR
(Ron Fairly, Wayne Hagin)
KIQI
(Tito Fuentes, Edgard Martinez)
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

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9467 0.584 — 45–36 49–31
Cincinnati Reds 8774 0.540 7 45–35 42–39
San Diego Padres 8378 0.516 11 47–34 36–44
San Francisco Giants 8379 0.512 11½ 45–36 38–43
Houston Astros 8280 0.506 12½ 44–37 38–43
Atlanta Braves 54106 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 —5–75–135–134–144–84–86–65–58–105–133–9
Chicago 7–5—6–67–54–8–19–99–98–107–118–45–77–11
Cincinnati 13–56–6—9–97–115–74–79–37–510–811–76–6
Houston 13–55–79–9—9–96–65–78–48–46–127–116–6
Los Angeles 14–48–4–111–79–9—8–41–1011–16–67–1112–67–5
Montreal 8–49–97–56–64–8—6–129–9–18–104–87–513–5
New York 8–49–97–47–510–112–6—10–812–67–54–814–4
Philadelphia 6-610–83–94–81–119–9–18–10—7–114–77–56–12
Pittsburgh 5–511–75–74–86–610–86–1211–7—8–48–411–7
San Diego 10–84–88–1012–611–78–45–77–44–8—8–106–6
San Francisco 13–57–57–1111–76–125–78–45–74–810–8—7–5
St. Louis 9–311–76–66–65–75–134–1412–67–116–65–7—

Notable transactions

Roster

1988 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CBob Melvin9227364.234827
1BWill Clark150529163.3083591
2BRobby Thompson138477126.264748
SSJosé Uribe141493124.252335
3BKevin Mitchell148505127.2511980
LFMike Aldrete139389104.267350
CFBrett Butler157568163.287643
RFCandy Maldonado142499127.2551268

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 Brenly7320639.189522
Ernest Riles7918755.294328
Chris Speier8217137.216318
Jeffrey Leonard4416041.256220
Matt Williams5215632.205819
Joel Youngblood8312331.252016
Kirt Manwaring4011629.250115
Donell Nixon597827.34606
Harry Spilman40407.17513
Francisco Meléndez23265.19203
Phil Garner15132.15401
Charlie Hayes7111.09100
Tony Perezchica781.12501
Rusty Tillman441.25013
Ángel Escobar331.33300
Jessie Reid220.00000
Mark Wasinger320.00000

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 Reuschel36245.019113.1292
Kelly Downs27168.01393.32118
Mike Krukow20124.2743.5475
Mike LaCoss19114.1773.6270
Dave Dravecky737.0223.1619
Trevor Wilson422.0024.0915
Dennis Cook422.0212.8613

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 Robinson51176.21052.45122
Atlee Hammaker43144.2993.7365
Terry Mulholland946.0213.7218
Jeff Brantley920.2015.6611

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 Garrelts6559133.5886
Craig Lefferts6438112.9258
Joe Price381643.9449
Randy Bockus201104.7818
Roger Samuels151203.4722
Larry Sorenson120024.869
Ron Davis91104.6715

Award winners

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

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References

  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
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