1988 Boston Red Sox season

1988 Boston Red Sox
American League East champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record89–73 (.549)
Divisional place1st
OwnersJean Yawkey,
Haywood Sullivan
PresidentJohn Harrington[a]
General managerLou Gorman
Managers
TelevisionWSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Ned Martin, Jerry Remy)
RadioWPLM-FM 99.1
WPLM-AM 1390
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
WRCA
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 1988 Boston Red Sox season was the 88th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 89–73 but were then swept by the Oakland Athletics in the ALCS.

The team is best remembered for its change of fortune following its change of manager; after John McNamara was replaced by Joe Morgan, the team won its next 12 games in a stretch nicknamed "Morgan Magic".[3]

Offseason

Regular season

Record by month[6]
Month Record Cumulative AL East Ref.
Won Lost Won Lost Position GB
April 14 6 14 6 2nd 1 [7]
May 11 16 25 22 4th 7 [8]
June 14 12 39 34 3rd 6 [9]
July 21 9 60 43 3rd 1+1⁄2 [10]
August 13 16 73 59 2nd 2 [11]
September 16 12 89 71 1st +3 [12]
October 0 2 89 73 1st +1 [13]

Highlights

A rough beginning

The 1988 team seemed to start much better than their chaotic 1987 predecessors, going 14–6 in April;[6] however, the team went sour thereafter, especially for Jim Rice as he moved from left field to designated hitter. Dwight Evans also had problems when he played first base, and the usually reliable Lee Smith had problems closing, including giving up a game-winning home run to the Detroit Tigers on Opening Day.[14]

Joe Morgan

The Red Sox had an 11–16 record in May,[6] followed by a slightly better June with a 14–12 record,[6] but lost pitcher Jeff Sellers when he was hit by a line drive in Cleveland that broke his hand. Wes Gardner was moved from the bullpen to the rotation, but the team and its fans were losing patience.

"Morgan Magic"

At the All-Star break, the Red Sox were 43–42, nine games behind the Tigers in the AL East standings.[15] Management had seen enough, firing John McNamara and elevating third base coach Joe Morgan to manager.[16]

On July 15, the first game after the All-Star break, the Red Sox and Roger Clemens beat the Kansas City Royals and Bret Saberhagen, 3–1.[17] This began a 12-game winning streak,[17] which launched the Red Sox to first place over the slumping Tigers and New York Yankees. The Red Sox would later set an American League record of 24 straight home victories. Two months after Morgan became manager, the team was 81–63 and in first place by 4+1⁄2 games.[18] The team cooled off in the final two weeks of the season, finishing with nine losses in their final 13 games,[17] but held on to win the AL East, finishing one game ahead of the Tigers, for their second division title in three seasons.

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1988 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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

Opening Day lineup

  5 Brady Anderson CF
17 Marty Barrett 2B
26 Wade Boggs     3B
14 Jim Rice LF
39 Mike Greenwell     RF
24 Dwight Evans 1B
30 Sam Horn DH
10 Rich Gedman C
  7 Spike Owen SS
21 Roger Clemens P

Source:[14]

Alumni game

The team held an old-timers game on May 14, before a scheduled home game against the Seattle Mariners. The alumni game marked the 40th anniversary of the 1948 Red Sox team, which had lost a one-game playoff to the Cleveland Indians.[21] The visiting (non-Red Sox) alumni team, skippered by Lou Boudreau—who had been player-manager of the 1948 Cleveland squad—prevailed by an 8–2 score, led by four RBIs from former Pittsburgh Pirate Manny Sanguillén.[21]

Roster

1988 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Past Games Legend
Red Sox Win
(#bfb) 		Red Sox Loss
(#fbb) 		Game Postponed
(#bbb) 		All-Star Game
(#bbcaff) 		Clinched Division
(#039)
Bold denotes a Red Sox pitcher
1988 Regular Season Game Log (89–73) (Home: 53–28; Road: 36–45)
April (14–6) (Home: 8–4; Road: 6–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Streak
1 April 4 Tigers 3–5 (10) Morris (1–0) Smith (0–1) Henneman (1) 34,781 0–1 L1
2 April 6 Tigers 6–5 Lamp (1–0) Hernández (0–1) Smith (1) 16,965 1–1 W1
3 April 7 Tigers 6–11 Tanana (1–0) Ellsworth (0–1) 13,807 1–2 L1
4 April 8 @ Rangers 4–0 Boyd (1–0) Jeffcoat (0–1) 18,470 2–2 W1
5 April 9 @ Rangers 2–1 Clemens (1–0) Hough (1–1) Smith (2) 27,527 3–2 W2
6 April 10 @ Rangers 1–4 Kilgus (1–0) Sellers (0–1) Williams (2) 14,024 3–3 L1
— April 11 Brewers Postponed (Cold); Makeup: July 29
7 April 12 Brewers 3–1 Hurst (1–0) Bosio (1–1) Smith (3) 12,045 4–3 W1
8 April 13 Brewers 6–3 Boyd (2–0) Nieves (0–2) Smith (4) 14,114 5–3 W2
9 April 14 Brewers 2–0 Clemens (2–0) Wegman (0–2) 15,693 6–3 W3
10 April 15 Rangers 2–3 (10) Hough (2–1) Gardner (0–1) 12,369 6–4 L1
11 April 16 Rangers 0–2 Kilgus (2–0) Ellsworth (0–2) Williams (4) 25,936 6–5 L2
12 April 17 Rangers 15–2 Hurst (2–0) Jeffcoat (0–2) 32,243 7–5 W1
13 April 18 Rangers 4–3 Smith (1–1) Williams (0–1) 33,976 8–5 W2
14 April 19 @ Tigers 7–3 Clemens (3–0) Morris (2–2) 11,920 9–5 W3
— April 20 @ Tigers Postponed (Rain); Makeup: August 5
15 April 21 @ Tigers 12–3 Ellsworth (1–2) Robinson (1–2) 13,862 10–5 W4
— April 22 @ Brewers Postponed (Rain); Makeup: April 25
— April 23 @ Brewers Postponed (Rain); Makeup: August 9
16 April 24 @ Brewers 4–0 Clemens (4–0) Higuera (2–1) 16,379 11–5 W5
17 April 25 @ Brewers 5–1 Hurst (3–0) Wegman (1–3) 11,109 12–5 W6
— April 26 @ White Sox Postponed (Rain); Makeup: July 8
— April 27 @ White Sox Postponed (Rain); Makeup: July 9
18 April 28 @ White Sox 0–6 LaPoint (3–1) Boyd (2–1) 8,204 12–6 L1
19 April 29 Twins 6–5 Smith (2–1) Berenguer (3–3) 32,022 13–6 W1
20 April 30 Twins 8–3 Hurst (4–0) Lea (0–3) Gardner (1) 32,708 14–6 W2
May (11–16) (Home: 6–8; Road: 5–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Streak
21 May 1 Twins 0–2 Viola (3–1) Sellers (0–2) 31,124 14–7 L1
22 May 2 Royals 0–2 Bannister (4–1) Ellsworth (1–3) Garber (4) 20,400 14–8 L2
23 May 3 Royals 3–9 Saberhagen (4–2) Boyd (2–2) 21,602 14–9 L3
24 May 4 White Sox 2–6 McDowell (2–2) Clemens (4–1) 21,191 14–10 L4
25 May 5 White Sox 16–3 Hurst (5–0) Horton (3–4) 24,135 15–10 W1
26 May 6 @ Twins 0–5 Viola (4–1) Sellers (0–3) 29,767 15–11 L1
27 May 7 @ Twins 2–5 Blyleven (2–3) Ellsworth (1–4) 33,416 15–12 L2
28 May 8 @ Twins 10–6 Boyd (3–2) Mason (0–1) 28,896 16–12 W1
29 May 9 @ Royals 2–0 Clemens (5–1) Gubicza (3–4) 24,806 17–12 W2
30 May 10 @ Royals 2–7 Bannister (5–2) Hurst (5–1) 21,645 17–13 L1
31 May 13 Mariners 14–8 Boyd (4–2) Campbell (2–5) Gardner (2) 29,582 18–13 W1
32 May 14 Mariners 3–0 Clemens (6–1) Bankhead (0–1) 33,846 19–13 W2
33 May 15 Mariners 7–11 Jackson (1–1) Smith (2–2) 33,109 19–14 L1
34 May 16 Athletics 0–3 Davis (4–1) Sellers (0–4) Eckersley (14) 24,642 19–15 L2
35 May 17 Athletics 7–12 Ontiveros (2–1) Ellsworth (1–5) Honeycutt (4) 28,407 19–16 L3
36 May 18 Athletics 4–1 Boyd (5–2) Stewart (8–2) Smith (5) 24,683 20–16 W1
37 May 20 Angels 2–4 (10) Buice (1–2) Clemens (6–2) Harvey (2) 31,032 20–17 L1
38 May 21 Angels 8–4 Hurst (6–1) Krawczyk (0–1) Smith (6) 32,180 21–17 W1
39 May 22 Angels 12–4 Stanley (1–0) Fraser (4–3) 32,678 22–17 W2
40 May 23 @ Mariners 3–14 Swift (4–1) Boyd (5–3) 15,511 22–18 L1
41 May 24 @ Mariners 1–14 Campbell (3–5) Smithson (0–1) 9,473 22–19 L2
42 May 25 @ Mariners 4–0 Clemens (7–2) Langston (4–4) 17,968 23–19 W1
43 May 27 @ Athletics 2–3 Young (4–2) Hurst (6–2) Eckersley (15) 32,723 23–20 L1
44 May 28 @ Athletics 5–7 Honeycutt (1–0) Lamp (1–1) Eckersley (16) 43,177 23–21 L2
45 May 29 @ Athletics 4–5 Nelson (3–2) Sellers (0–5) Plunk (2) 43,427 23–22 L3
46 May 30 @ Angels 5–2 Clemens (8–2) Petry (2–4) 46,598 24–22 W1
47 May 31 @ Angels 4–3 Smithson (1–1) Fraser (4–4) 24,005 25–22 W2
June (14–12) (Home: 7–6; Road: 7–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Streak
48 June 2 Blue Jays 4–5 Wells (3–2) Hurst (6–3) Eichhorn (1) 32,144 25–23 L1
49 June 3 Blue Jays 3–6 Stottlemyre (2–7) Boyd (5–4) Henke (10) 32,292 25–24 L2
50 June 4 Blue Jays 2–10 Clancy (3–5) Clemens (8–3) Ward (4) 33,067 25–25 L3
51 June 5 Blue Jays 4–12 Ward (2–0) Smithson (1–2) 33,756 25–26 L4
52 June 6 @ Yankees 3–2 Hurst (7–3) Allen (2–1) Smith (7) 37,244 26–26 W1
53 June 7 @ Yankees 3–4 Hudson (5–2) Boyd (5–5) Guante (6) 37,081 26–27 L1
54 June 8 @ Yankees 4–3 Clemens (9–3) John (4–2) Smith (8) 42,804 27–27 W1
55 June 10 @ Blue Jays 0–3 Stieb (8–3) Sellers (0–6) Henke (11) 35,201 27–28 L1
56 June 11 @ Blue Jays 3–4 (10) Ward (3–0) Lamp (1–2) 40,461 27–29 L2
57 June 12 @ Blue Jays 8–2 Boyd (6–5) Cerutti (3–3) 40,123 28–29 W1
58 June 13 Yankees 6–12 Dotson (7–1) Clemens (9–4) Guante (7) 34,288 28–30 L1
59 June 14 Yankees 7–3 Smithson (2–2) Allen (2–2) Smith (9) 33,367 29–30 W1
60 June 15 Yankees 8–3 Hurst (8–3) Leiter (4–3) 33,870 30–30 W2
61 June 16 @ Orioles 4–8 Ballard (3–3) Trautwein (0–1) Williamson (1) 24,499 30–31 L1
62 June 17 @ Orioles 2–3 (11) Schmidt (3–2) Lamp (1–3) 34,340 30–32 L2
63 June 18 @ Orioles 5–0 Clemens (10–4) Bautista (2–6) 32,175 31–32 W1
64 June 19 @ Orioles 15–7 Gardner (1–1) Noles (0–2) 31,046 32–32 W2
65 June 20 @ Indians 14–7 Hurst (9–3) Swindell (10–5) 19,870 33–32 W3
66 June 21 @ Indians 10–6 Stanley (2–0) Rodriguez (0–1) Smith (10) 26,681 34–32 W4
67 June 22 @ Indians 1–3 Farrell (8–4) Boyd (6–6) Jones (17) 18,843 34–33 L1
68 June 24 Orioles 2–6 Bautista (3–6) Clemens (10–5) 35,333 34–34 L2
69 June 25 Orioles 10–3 Stanley (3–0) Williamson (1–5) 34,573 35–34 W1
70 June 26 Orioles 10–1 Smithson (3–2) Peraza (1–3) 34,374 36–34 W2
71 June 27 Indians 9–5 Lamp (2–3) Farrell (8–5) 33,318 37–34 W3
72 June 28 Indians 6–1 Gardner (2–1) Bailes (6–7) 34,661 38–34 W4
73 June 29 Indians 5–1 Clemens (11–5) Candiotti (7–7) Smith (11) 35,035 39–34 W5
July (21–9) (Home: 15–0; Road: 6–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Streak
74 July 1 @ Royals 7–8 Montgomery (1–1) Ellsworth (1–6) Farr (6) 25,970 39–35 L1
75 July 2 @ Royals 1–3 Leibrandt (4–10) Boyd (6–7) Farr (7) 37,098 39–36 L2
76 July 3 @ Royals 2–3 Montgomery (2–1) Smith (2–3) Farr (8) 36,220 39–37 L3
77 July 4 @ Royals 9–2 Clemens (12–5) Power (4–2) 40,804 40–37 W1
78 July 5 @ Twins 4–6 Berenguer (8–3) Smith (2–4) Reardon (23) 44,091 40–38 L1
79 July 6 @ Twins 1–8 Viola (14–2) Hurst (9–4) 41,027 40–39 L2
80 July 7 @ Twins 4–3 Boyd (7–7) Lea (5–4) Stanley (1) 32,724 41–39 W1
81 July 8 @ White Sox 5–6 John Davis (2–2) Smithson (3–3) Thigpen (16) – 41–40 L1
82 July 8 @ White Sox 10–7 Lamp (3–3) Long (3–4) 18,963 42–40 W1
83 July 9 @ White Sox 7–8 Pérez (8–5) Bolton (0–1) Thigpen (17) – 42–41 L1
84 July 9 @ White Sox 8–2 (10) Smith (3–4) Horton (4–7) 23,699 43–41 W1
85 July 10 @ White Sox 1–4 LaPoint (7–9) Curry (0–1) Thigpen (18) 15,163 43–42 L1
ASG July 12 AL @ NL 2–1 Viola (1–0) Gooden (0–1) Eckersley (1) 39,071 — N/A
— July 14 Royals Postponed (Rain); Makeup: July 15
86 July 15 Royals 3–1 Clemens (13–5) Saberhagen (10–8) – 44–42 W1
87 July 15 Royals 7–4 Smithson (4–3) Leibrandt (5–11) Smith (12) 35,412 45–42 W2
88 July 16 Royals 7–6 Smith (4–4) Farr (2–2) 34,466 46–42 W3
89 July 17 Royals 10–8 Gardner (3–1) Power (4–4) 34,181 47–42 W4
90 July 18 Twins 6–5 Lamp (4–3) Blyleven (7–9) Smith (13) 33,397 48–42 W5
91 July 19 Twins 5–0 Smithson (5–3) Anderson (6–7) 32,036 49–42 W6
92 July 20 Twins 9–7 (10) Bolton (1–1) Atherton (5–5) 35,313 50–42 W6
93 July 21 White Sox 6–1 Boyd (8–7) McDowell (4–8) Stanley (2) 32,049 51–42 W7
94 July 22 White Sox 4–3 Gardner (4–1) John Davis (2–3) Smith (14) 33,477 52–42 W8
95 July 23 White Sox 11–5 Smithson (6–3) LaPoint (7–11) 35,129 53–42 W9
96 July 24 White Sox 3–2 Hurst (10–4) Long (4–5) Smith (15) 33,394 54–42 W10
97 July 25 @ Rangers 2–0 Clemens (14–5) Hough (9–11) 34,175 55–42 W11
98 July 26 @ Rangers 8–9 McMurtry (2–0) Bolton (1–2) Williams (14) 20,456 55–43 L1
99 July 27 @ Rangers 10–7 Stanley (4–0) Williams (1–4) Smith (16) 17,639 56–43 W1
100 July 29 Brewers 6–4 Hurst (11–4) Wegman (10–8) Smith (17) – 57–43 W2
101 July 29 Brewers 5–4 Lamp (5–3) Bosio (6–13) Stanley (3) 35,169 58–43 W3
102 July 30 Brewers 3–2 Clemens (15–5) Higuera (7–7) 33,964 59–43 W4
103 July 31 Brewers 5–0 Boddicker (7–12) August (5–5) 33,527 60–43 W5
August (13–16) (Home: 9–5; Road: 4–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Streak
104 August 2 Rangers 7–2 Gardner (5–1) Russell (8–4) 35,462 61–43 W6
105 August 3 Rangers 5–4 Lamp (6–3) Witt (3–7) Smith (18) 34,380 62–43 W7
106 August 4 @ Tigers 6–11 Terrell (6–8) Clemens (15–6) 40,980 62–44 L1
107 August 5 @ Tigers 1–3 Morris (9–11) Stanley (4–1) Henneman (17) – 62–45 L2
108 August 5 @ Tigers 2–3 King (2–1) Boddicker (7–13) Henneman (18) 44,334 62–46 L3
109 August 6 @ Tigers 2–4 Alexander (11–6) Gardner (5–2) 44,838 62–47 L4
110 August 7 @ Tigers 3–0 (10) Hurst (12–4) Robinson (13–5) 41,623 63–47 W1
111 August 9 @ Brewers 2–3 Crim (5–5) Clemens (15–7) – 63–48 L1
112 August 9 @ Brewers 5–1 Boddicker (8–13) Wegman (10–9) Stanley (4) 20,816 64–48 W1
113 August 10 @ Brewers 3–8 Higuera (8–8) Smithson (6–4) 19.739 64–49 L1
114 August 11 @ Brewers 0–4 August (7–5) Gardner (5–3) 32,351 64–50 L2
115 August 12 Tigers 9–4 Hurst (13–4) Alexander (11–7) Stanley (5) 34,732 65–50 W1
116 August 13 Tigers 16–4 Boddicker (9–13) Robinson (13–6) Bolton (1) 33,601 66–50 W2
117 August 14 Tigers 6–18 King (3–1) Clemens (15–8) 33,757 66–51 L1
118 August 16 Mariners 0–7 Bankhead (6–7) Gardner (5–4) 33,924 66–52 L2
119 August 17 Mariners 7–2 Hurst (14–4) Swift (6–10) 31,548 67–52 W1
120 August 18 Mariners 1–6 Langston (9–10) Boddicker (9–14) 33,944 67–53 L1
121 August 19 Athletics 7–6 Stanley (5–1) Stewart (15–11) 33,993 68–53 W1
122 August 20 Athletics 7–5 Sellers (1–6) Burns (5–1) Smith (19) 34,372 69–53 W2
123 August 21 Athletics 4–5 Honeycutt (3–2) Stanley (5–2) Eckersley (35) 33,282 69–54 L1
124 August 22 Angels 6–2 Hurst (15–4) Clark (5–2) 33,828 70–54 W1
125 August 23 Angels 10–2 Boddicker (10–14) Finley (7–12) 34,313 71–54 W2
126 August 24 Angels 3–4 Witt (10–12) Clemens (15–9) Harvey (13) 32,522 71–55 L1
127 August 26 @ Mariners 5–3 Boyd (9–7) Bankhead (7–8) Smith (20) 16,109 72–55 W1
128 August 27 @ Mariners 6–8 Wilkinson (2–2) Bolton (1–3) Schooler (10) 19,706 72–56 L1
129 August 28 @ Mariners 7–2 Hurst (16–4) Moore (7–14) 17,047 73–56 W1
130 August 29 @ Athletics 1–3 Welch (15–7) Boddicker (10–15) Eckersley (36) 40,423 73–57 L1
131 August 30 @ Athletics 0–1 Stewart (16–11) Clemens (15–10) 35,220 73–58 L2
132 August 31 @ Athletics 2–7 Davis (14–4) Smithson (6–5) 37,151 73–59 L3
September (16–12) (Home: 8–5; Road: 8–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Streak
133 September 1 @ Angels 4–2 Gardner (6–4) Clark (6–3) Smith (21) 27,771 74–59 W1
134 September 2 @ Angels 2–3 Finley (9–12) Hurst (16–5) Harvey (14) 29,325 74–60 L1
135 September 3 @ Angels 1–2 Witt (12–12) Lamp (6–4) 33,376 74–61 L2
136 September 4 @ Angels 6–5 (10) Stanley (6–2) Harvey (6–5) Smith (22) 30,224 75–61 W1
137 September 5 @ Orioles 4–1 Smithson (7–5) Schmidt (7–4) Smith (23) 19,614 76–61 W2
138 September 6 @ Orioles 6–1 Gardner (7–4) Tibbs (4–13) 19,124 77–61 W3
139 September 7 @ Orioles 3–4 Thurmond (1–6) Stanley (6–3) 35,569 77–62 L1
140 September 9 Indians 7–4 Boddicker (11–15) Yett (8–5) Smith (24) 33,349 78–62 W1
141 September 10 Indians 6–0 Clemens (16–10) Black (4–4) 34,099 79–62 W2
142 September 11 Indians 2–4 Candiotti (12–8) Stanley (6–4) Jones (32) 33,154 79–63 L1
143 September 12 Orioles 6–1 Hurst (17–5) Schilling (0–1) 32,619 80–63 W1
144 September 13 Orioles 6–4 Smithson (8–5) Harnisch (0–1) Smith (25) 32,842 81–63 W2
145 September 14 Orioles 4–3 Boddicker (12–15) Bautista (6–14) Smith (26) 32,745 82–63 W3
146 September 15 Yankees 3–5 Rhoden (11–10) Clemens (16–11) Righetti (22) 35,320 82–64 L1
147 September 16 Yankees 7–4 Gardner (8–4) Shields (4–5) Smith (27) 35,226 83–64 W1
148 September 17 Yankees 3–1 Hurst (18–5) Hudson (6–6) 35,051 84–64 W2
149 September 18 Yankees 9–4 Smithson (9–5) Guidry (1–3) Smith (28) 35,146 85–64 W3
150 September 19 @ Blue Jays 4–5 Clancy (10–13) Lamp (6–5) Ward (14) 28,455 85–65 L1
151 September 20 @ Blue Jays 13–2 Clemens (17–11) Musselman (6–5) 30,352 86–65 W1
152 September 21 @ Blue Jays 0–1 Flanagan (12–13) Gardner (8–5) Ward (15) 30,344 86–66 L1
153 September 23 @ Yankees 10–9 Lamp (7–5) Mohorcic (4–8) Smith (29) 51,511 87–66 W1
154 September 24 @ Yankees 4–5 Guetterman (1–1) Smith (4–5) 51,392 87–67 L1
155 September 25 @ Yankees 6–0 Clemens (18–11) Rhoden (12–11) 54,774 88–67 W1
156 September 26 Blue Jays 1–11 Musselman (7–5) Gardner (8–6) 33,953 88–68 L1
157 September 27 Blue Jays 9–15 Flanagan (13–13) Smithson (9–6) 34,442 88–69 L2
158 September 28 Blue Jays 0–1 Key (12–5) Hurst (18–6) 34,873 88–70 L3
159 September 29 @ Indians 12–0 Boddicker (13–15) Nichols (1–7) 5,879 89–70 W1
160 September 30 @ Indians 2–4 [b] Yett (9–6) Clemens (18–12) Jones (36) 15,497 89–71 L1
October (0–2) (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Streak
161 October 1 @ Indians 0–1 Farrell (14–10) Sellers (1–7) Jones (37) 14,972 89–72 L2
162 October 2 @ Indians 5–6 Candiotti (14–8) Lamp (7–6) Black (1) 10,456 89–73 L3

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
C Rich Gedman 95 299 69 .231 9 39
1B Todd Benzinger 120 405 103 .254 13 70
2B Marty Barrett 150 612 173 .283 1 65
3B Wade Boggs 155 584 214 .366 5 58
SS Jody Reed 109 338 99 .293 1 28
LF Mike Greenwell 158 590 192 .325 22 119
CF Ellis Burks 144 540 159 .294 18 92
RF Dwight Evans 149 559 164 .293 21 111
DH Jim Rice 135 485 128 .264 15 72

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
Rick Cerone 84 264 71 .269 3 27
Spike Owen 89 257 64 .249 5 18
Larry Parrish 52 158 41 .259 7 26
Brady Anderson 41 148 34 .230 0 12
Kevin Romine 57 78 15 .192 1 6
Ed Romero 31 75 18 .240 0 5
Sam Horn 24 61 9 .148 2 8
Pat Dodson 17 45 8 .178 1 1
John Marzano 10 29 4 .138 0 1
Randy Kutcher 19 12 2 .167 0 0
Carlos Quintana 5 6 2 .333 0 2

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
Roger Clemens 35 264.0 18 12 2.93 291
Bruce Hurst 33 216.2 18 6 3.66 166
Oil Can Boyd 23 129.2 9 7 5.34 71
Mike Boddicker 15 89.0 7 3 2.63 56
Steve Ellsworth 8 36.0 1 6 6.75 16
Steve Curry 3 11.0 0 1 8.18 4

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
Wes Gardner 36 149.2 8 6 3.50 106
Mike Smithson 31 126.2 9 6 5.97 73
Jeff Sellers 18 85.2 1 7 4.83 70

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
Lee Smith 64 4 5 29 2.80 96
Bob Stanley 57 6 4 5 3.19 57
Dennis Lamp 46 7 6 0 3.48 49
Tom Bolton 28 1 3 1 4.75 21
John Trautwein 9 0 1 0 9.00 8
Zach Crouch 3 0 0 0 6.75 0
Mike Rochford 2 0 0 0 0.00 1
Rob Woodward 1 0 0 0 13.50 0

ALCS

Main article: 1988 American League Championship Series

Game 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 0
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0
W: Rick Honeycutt (1-0)   L: Bruce Hurst (0-1)  S: Dennis Eckersley (1)
HR: OAK – José Canseco (1)

Game 2

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 10 1
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 4 1
W: Gene Nelson (1-0)   L: Lee Smith (0-1)  S: Dennis Eckersley (2)
HR: OAK – José Canseco (2)   BOS – Rich Gedman (1)

Game 3

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 12 0
Oakland 0 4 2 0 1 0 1 2 X 10 15 1
W: Gene Nelson (2-0)   L: Mike Boddicker (0-1)  S: Dennis Eckersley (3)
HR: OAK – Mark McGwire (1)  Carney Lansford (1)  Ron Hassey (1)  Dave Henderson (1)  BOS – Mike Greenwell (1)

Game 4

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0
Oakland 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 X 4 10 1
W: Dave Stewart (1-0)   L: Bruce Hurst (0-2)  S: Dennis Eckersley (4)
HR: OAK – José Canseco (3)

Awards and honors

Awards
Accomplishments

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

The Lynchburg Red Sox replaced the Greensboro Hornets as a Class A affiliate. The Arizona League Red Sox/Mariners (a cooperative team) were added as a Rookie League affiliate.

Level Team League Manager
AAA Pawtucket Red Sox International League Ed Nottle
AA New Britain Red Sox Eastern League Dave Holt
A Lynchburg Red Sox Carolina League Dick Berardino
A Winter Haven Red Sox Florida State League Doug Camilli
A-Short Season Elmira Pioneers New York–Penn League Bill Limoncelli
Rookie AZL Mariners/Red Sox Arizona League Mike Verdi and Myron Pines

Arizona League team affiliation shared with the Seattle Mariners[23]
Source:[2][24]

Notes

  1. ^ The Red Sox list 1987–2001 as Harrington's tenure as president,[1] although the team's 1988 media guide listed Jean Yawkey as president.[2]
  2. ^ Though the Red Sox lost, they clinched the division title when the Milwaukee Brewers lost 7–1 to the Oakland Athletics.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Club Executives" (PDF). Boston Red Sox Media Guide. Boston Red Sox. 2020. pp. 23–24. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 22, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ a b Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  3. ^ Cafardo, Nick (April 24, 2016). "Baseball notes". The Boston Globe. p. C4. Retrieved October 12, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Lee Smith Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ Dennis Lamp Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ a b c d "The 1988 Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  7. ^ "Events of Saturday, April 30, 1988".
  8. ^ "Events of Tuesday, May 31, 1988".
  9. ^ "Events of Thursday, June 30, 1988".
  10. ^ "Events of Sunday, July 31, 1988".
  11. ^ "Events of Wednesday, August 31, 1988".
  12. ^ "Events of Friday, September 30, 1988".
  13. ^ "Events of Sunday, October 2, 1988".
  14. ^ a b "Detroit Tigers 5, Boston Red Sox 3". Retrosheet. April 4, 1988. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  15. ^ "Standings At Close of Play of July 10, 1988". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  16. ^ "John McNamara's short season". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. July 15, 1988. p. E1. Retrieved October 12, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  17. ^ a b c "The 1988 Boston Red Sox Regular Season Game Log". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  18. ^ "Standings At Close of Play of September 13, 1988". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  19. ^ Rick Cerone Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  20. ^ Brady Anderson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  21. ^ a b Sudyk, Bob (May 15, 1988). "Old-Timers game a '48 reminder". Hartford Courant. p. B5. Retrieved May 24, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  22. ^ Associated Press (October 1, 1988). "Red Sox Back Into AL East Championship". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
  23. ^ "1988 AZL Red Sox/Mariners". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  24. ^ Boston Red Sox Media Guide. 1988. p. 123. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
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