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1988 Boston Red Sox season

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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.

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
Record89–73 (.549)
OwnersJean Yawkey,
Haywood Sullivan
Quick facts Boston Red Sox, League ...
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 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

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Record by month[6]
MonthRecordCumulativeAL EastRef.
WonLostWonLostPositionGB
April1461462nd1[7]
May111625224th7[8]
June141239343rd6[9]
July21960433rd1+1⁄2[10]
August131673592nd2[11]
September161289711st+3[12]
October0289731st+1[13]
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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

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 8973 .549 — 53‍–‍28 36‍–‍45
Detroit Tigers 8874 .543 1 50‍–‍31 38‍–‍43
Milwaukee Brewers 8775 .537 2 47‍–‍34 40‍–‍41
Toronto Blue Jays 8775 .537 2 45‍–‍36 42‍–‍39
New York Yankees 8576 .528 3½ 46‍–‍34 39‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians 7884 .481 11 44‍–‍37 34‍–‍47
Baltimore Orioles 54107 .335 34½ 34‍–‍46 20‍–‍61
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Record vs. opponents

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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—
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Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

  5Brady AndersonCF
17Marty Barrett2B
26Wade Boggs    3B
14Jim RiceLF
39Mike Greenwell    RF
24Dwight Evans1B
30Sam HornDH
10Rich GedmanC
  7Spike OwenSS
21Roger ClemensP

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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

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Past games legend
Red Sox Win
(#bfb)		 Red Sox Loss
(#fbb)		 Game postponed
(#bbb)		 All-Star Game
(#bbcaff)		 Clinched Division
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Bold denotes a Red Sox pitcher
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1988 Regular Season Game Log (89–73) (Home: 53–28; Road: 36–45)
April (14–6) (Home: 8–4; Road: 6–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordStreak
1April 4Tigers3–5 (10)Morris (1–0)Smith (0–1)Henneman (1)34,7810–1L1
2April 6Tigers6–5Lamp (1–0)Hernández (0–1)Smith (1)16,9651–1W1
3April 7Tigers6–11Tanana (1–0)Ellsworth (0–1)13,8071–2L1
4April 8@ Rangers4–0Boyd (1–0)Jeffcoat (0–1)18,4702–2W1
5April 9@ Rangers2–1Clemens (1–0)Hough (1–1)Smith (2)27,5273–2W2
6April 10@ Rangers1–4Kilgus (1–0)Sellers (0–1)Williams (2)14,0243–3L1
—April 11BrewersPostponed (Cold); Makeup: July 29
7April 12Brewers3–1Hurst (1–0)Bosio (1–1)Smith (3)12,0454–3W1
8April 13Brewers6–3Boyd (2–0)Nieves (0–2)Smith (4)14,1145–3W2
9April 14Brewers2–0Clemens (2–0)Wegman (0–2)15,6936–3W3
10April 15Rangers2–3 (10)Hough (2–1)Gardner (0–1)12,3696–4L1
11April 16Rangers0–2Kilgus (2–0)Ellsworth (0–2)Williams (4)25,9366–5L2
12April 17Rangers15–2Hurst (2–0)Jeffcoat (0–2)32,2437–5W1
13April 18Rangers4–3Smith (1–1)Williams (0–1)33,9768–5W2
14April 19@ Tigers7–3Clemens (3–0)Morris (2–2)11,9209–5W3
—April 20@ TigersPostponed (Rain); Makeup: August 5
15April 21@ Tigers12–3Ellsworth (1–2)Robinson (1–2)13,86210–5W4
—April 22@ BrewersPostponed (Rain); Makeup: April 25
—April 23@ BrewersPostponed (Rain); Makeup: August 9
16April 24@ Brewers4–0Clemens (4–0)Higuera (2–1)16,37911–5W5
17April 25@ Brewers5–1Hurst (3–0)Wegman (1–3)11,10912–5W6
—April 26@ White SoxPostponed (Rain); Makeup: July 8
—April 27@ White SoxPostponed (Rain); Makeup: July 9
18April 28@ White Sox0–6LaPoint (3–1)Boyd (2–1)8,20412–6L1
19April 29Twins6–5Smith (2–1)Berenguer (3–3)32,02213–6W1
20April 30Twins8–3Hurst (4–0)Lea (0–3)Gardner (1)32,70814–6W2
May (11–16) (Home: 6–8; Road: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordStreak
21May 1Twins0–2Viola (3–1)Sellers (0–2)31,12414–7L1
22May 2Royals0–2Bannister (4–1)Ellsworth (1–3)Garber (4)20,40014–8L2
23May 3Royals3–9Saberhagen (4–2)Boyd (2–2)21,60214–9L3
24May 4White Sox2–6McDowell (2–2)Clemens (4–1)21,19114–10L4
25May 5White Sox16–3Hurst (5–0)Horton (3–4)24,13515–10W1
26May 6@ Twins0–5Viola (4–1)Sellers (0–3)29,76715–11L1
27May 7@ Twins2–5Blyleven (2–3)Ellsworth (1–4)33,41615–12L2
28May 8@ Twins10–6Boyd (3–2)Mason (0–1)28,89616–12W1
29May 9@ Royals2–0Clemens (5–1)Gubicza (3–4)24,80617–12W2
30May 10@ Royals2–7Bannister (5–2)Hurst (5–1)21,64517–13L1
31May 13Mariners14–8Boyd (4–2)Campbell (2–5)Gardner (2)29,58218–13W1
32May 14Mariners3–0Clemens (6–1)Bankhead (0–1)33,84619–13W2
33May 15Mariners7–11Jackson (1–1)Smith (2–2)33,10919–14L1
34May 16Athletics0–3Davis (4–1)Sellers (0–4)Eckersley (14)24,64219–15L2
35May 17Athletics7–12Ontiveros (2–1)Ellsworth (1–5)Honeycutt (4)28,40719–16L3
36May 18Athletics4–1Boyd (5–2)Stewart (8–2)Smith (5)24,68320–16W1
37May 20Angels2–4 (10)Buice (1–2)Clemens (6–2)Harvey (2)31,03220–17L1
38May 21Angels8–4Hurst (6–1)Krawczyk (0–1)Smith (6)32,18021–17W1
39May 22Angels12–4Stanley (1–0)Fraser (4–3)32,67822–17W2
40May 23@ Mariners3–14Swift (4–1)Boyd (5–3)15,51122–18L1
41May 24@ Mariners1–14Campbell (3–5)Smithson (0–1)9,47322–19L2
42May 25@ Mariners4–0Clemens (7–2)Langston (4–4)17,96823–19W1
43May 27@ Athletics2–3Young (4–2)Hurst (6–2)Eckersley (15)32,72323–20L1
44May 28@ Athletics5–7Honeycutt (1–0)Lamp (1–1)Eckersley (16)43,17723–21L2
45May 29@ Athletics4–5Nelson (3–2)Sellers (0–5)Plunk (2)43,42723–22L3
46May 30@ Angels5–2Clemens (8–2)Petry (2–4)46,59824–22W1
47May 31@ Angels4–3Smithson (1–1)Fraser (4–4)24,00525–22W2
June (14–12) (Home: 7–6; Road: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordStreak
48June 2Blue Jays4–5Wells (3–2)Hurst (6–3)Eichhorn (1)32,14425–23L1
49June 3Blue Jays3–6Stottlemyre (2–7)Boyd (5–4)Henke (10)32,29225–24L2
50June 4Blue Jays2–10Clancy (3–5)Clemens (8–3)Ward (4)33,06725–25L3
51June 5Blue Jays4–12Ward (2–0)Smithson (1–2)33,75625–26L4
52June 6@ Yankees3–2Hurst (7–3)Allen (2–1)Smith (7)37,24426–26W1
53June 7@ Yankees3–4Hudson (5–2)Boyd (5–5)Guante (6)37,08126–27L1
54June 8@ Yankees4–3Clemens (9–3)John (4–2)Smith (8)42,80427–27W1
55June 10@ Blue Jays0–3Stieb (8–3)Sellers (0–6)Henke (11)35,20127–28L1
56June 11@ Blue Jays3–4 (10)Ward (3–0)Lamp (1–2)40,46127–29L2
57June 12@ Blue Jays8–2Boyd (6–5)Cerutti (3–3)40,12328–29W1
58June 13Yankees6–12Dotson (7–1)Clemens (9–4)Guante (7)34,28828–30L1
59June 14Yankees7–3Smithson (2–2)Allen (2–2)Smith (9)33,36729–30W1
60June 15Yankees8–3Hurst (8–3)Leiter (4–3)33,87030–30W2
61June 16@ Orioles4–8Ballard (3–3)Trautwein (0–1)Williamson (1)24,49930–31L1
62June 17@ Orioles2–3 (11)Schmidt (3–2)Lamp (1–3)34,34030–32L2
63June 18@ Orioles5–0Clemens (10–4)Bautista (2–6)32,17531–32W1
64June 19@ Orioles15–7Gardner (1–1)Noles (0–2)31,04632–32W2
65June 20@ Indians14–7Hurst (9–3)Swindell (10–5)19,87033–32W3
66June 21@ Indians10–6Stanley (2–0)Rodriguez (0–1)Smith (10)26,68134–32W4
67June 22@ Indians1–3Farrell (8–4)Boyd (6–6)Jones (17)18,84334–33L1
68June 24Orioles2–6Bautista (3–6)Clemens (10–5)35,33334–34L2
69June 25Orioles10–3Stanley (3–0)Williamson (1–5)34,57335–34W1
70June 26Orioles10–1Smithson (3–2)Peraza (1–3)34,37436–34W2
71June 27Indians9–5Lamp (2–3)Farrell (8–5)33,31837–34W3
72June 28Indians6–1Gardner (2–1)Bailes (6–7)34,66138–34W4
73June 29Indians5–1Clemens (11–5)Candiotti (7–7)Smith (11)35,03539–34W5
July (21–9) (Home: 15–0; Road: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordStreak
74July 1@ Royals7–8Montgomery (1–1)Ellsworth (1–6)Farr (6)25,97039–35L1
75July 2@ Royals1–3Leibrandt (4–10)Boyd (6–7)Farr (7)37,09839–36L2
76July 3@ Royals2–3Montgomery (2–1)Smith (2–3)Farr (8)36,22039–37L3
77July 4@ Royals9–2Clemens (12–5)Power (4–2)40,80440–37W1
78July 5@ Twins4–6Berenguer (8–3)Smith (2–4)Reardon (23)44,09140–38L1
79July 6@ Twins1–8Viola (14–2)Hurst (9–4)41,02740–39L2
80July 7@ Twins4–3Boyd (7–7)Lea (5–4)Stanley (1)32,72441–39W1
81July 8@ White Sox5–6John Davis (2–2)Smithson (3–3)Thigpen (16)–41–40L1
82July 8@ White Sox10–7Lamp (3–3)Long (3–4)18,96342–40W1
83July 9@ White Sox7–8Pérez (8–5)Bolton (0–1)Thigpen (17)–42–41L1
84July 9@ White Sox8–2 (10)Smith (3–4)Horton (4–7)23,69943–41W1
85July 10@ White Sox1–4LaPoint (7–9)Curry (0–1)Thigpen (18)15,16343–42L1
ASGJuly 12AL @ NL2–1Viola (1–0)Gooden (0–1)Eckersley (1)39,071—N/A
—July 14RoyalsPostponed (Rain); Makeup: July 15
86July 15Royals3–1Clemens (13–5)Saberhagen (10–8)–44–42W1
87July 15Royals7–4Smithson (4–3)Leibrandt (5–11)Smith (12)35,41245–42W2
88July 16Royals7–6Smith (4–4)Farr (2–2)34,46646–42W3
89July 17Royals10–8Gardner (3–1)Power (4–4)34,18147–42W4
90July 18Twins6–5Lamp (4–3)Blyleven (7–9)Smith (13)33,39748–42W5
91July 19Twins5–0Smithson (5–3)Anderson (6–7)32,03649–42W6
92July 20Twins9–7 (10)Bolton (1–1)Atherton (5–5)35,31350–42W6
93July 21White Sox6–1Boyd (8–7)McDowell (4–8)Stanley (2)32,04951–42W7
94July 22White Sox4–3Gardner (4–1)John Davis (2–3)Smith (14)33,47752–42W8
95July 23White Sox11–5Smithson (6–3)LaPoint (7–11)35,12953–42W9
96July 24White Sox3–2Hurst (10–4)Long (4–5)Smith (15)33,39454–42W10
97July 25@ Rangers2–0Clemens (14–5)Hough (9–11)34,17555–42W11
98July 26@ Rangers8–9McMurtry (2–0)Bolton (1–2)Williams (14)20,45655–43L1
99July 27@ Rangers10–7Stanley (4–0)Williams (1–4)Smith (16)17,63956–43W1
100July 29Brewers6–4Hurst (11–4)Wegman (10–8)Smith (17)–57–43W2
101July 29Brewers5–4Lamp (5–3)Bosio (6–13)Stanley (3)35,16958–43W3
102July 30Brewers3–2Clemens (15–5)Higuera (7–7)33,96459–43W4
103July 31Brewers5–0Boddicker (7–12)August (5–5)33,52760–43W5
August (13–16) (Home: 9–5; Road: 4–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordStreak
104August 2Rangers7–2Gardner (5–1)Russell (8–4)35,46261–43W6
105August 3Rangers5–4Lamp (6–3)Witt (3–7)Smith (18)34,38062–43W7
106August 4@ Tigers6–11Terrell (6–8)Clemens (15–6)40,98062–44L1
107August 5@ Tigers1–3Morris (9–11)Stanley (4–1)Henneman (17)–62–45L2
108August 5@ Tigers2–3King (2–1)Boddicker (7–13)Henneman (18)44,33462–46L3
109August 6@ Tigers2–4Alexander (11–6)Gardner (5–2)44,83862–47L4
110August 7@ Tigers3–0 (10)Hurst (12–4)Robinson (13–5)41,62363–47W1
111August 9@ Brewers2–3Crim (5–5)Clemens (15–7)–63–48L1
112August 9@ Brewers5–1Boddicker (8–13)Wegman (10–9)Stanley (4)20,81664–48W1
113August 10@ Brewers3–8Higuera (8–8)Smithson (6–4)19.73964–49L1
114August 11@ Brewers0–4August (7–5)Gardner (5–3)32,35164–50L2
115August 12Tigers9–4Hurst (13–4)Alexander (11–7)Stanley (5)34,73265–50W1
116August 13Tigers16–4Boddicker (9–13)Robinson (13–6)Bolton (1)33,60166–50W2
117August 14Tigers6–18King (3–1)Clemens (15–8)33,75766–51L1
118August 16Mariners0–7Bankhead (6–7)Gardner (5–4)33,92466–52L2
119August 17Mariners7–2Hurst (14–4)Swift (6–10)31,54867–52W1
120August 18Mariners1–6Langston (9–10)Boddicker (9–14)33,94467–53L1
121August 19Athletics7–6Stanley (5–1)Stewart (15–11)33,99368–53W1
122August 20Athletics7–5Sellers (1–6)Burns (5–1)Smith (19)34,37269–53W2
123August 21Athletics4–5Honeycutt (3–2)Stanley (5–2)Eckersley (35)33,28269–54L1
124August 22Angels6–2Hurst (15–4)Clark (5–2)33,82870–54W1
125August 23Angels10–2Boddicker (10–14)Finley (7–12)34,31371–54W2
126August 24Angels3–4Witt (10–12)Clemens (15–9)Harvey (13)32,52271–55L1
127August 26@ Mariners5–3Boyd (9–7)Bankhead (7–8)Smith (20)16,10972–55W1
128August 27@ Mariners6–8Wilkinson (2–2)Bolton (1–3)Schooler (10)19,70672–56L1
129August 28@ Mariners7–2Hurst (16–4)Moore (7–14)17,04773–56W1
130August 29@ Athletics1–3Welch (15–7)Boddicker (10–15)Eckersley (36)40,42373–57L1
131August 30@ Athletics0–1Stewart (16–11)Clemens (15–10)35,22073–58L2
132August 31@ Athletics2–7Davis (14–4)Smithson (6–5)37,15173–59L3
September (16–12) (Home: 8–5; Road: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordStreak
133September 1@ Angels4–2Gardner (6–4)Clark (6–3)Smith (21)27,77174–59W1
134September 2@ Angels2–3Finley (9–12)Hurst (16–5)Harvey (14)29,32574–60L1
135September 3@ Angels1–2Witt (12–12)Lamp (6–4)33,37674–61L2
136September 4@ Angels6–5 (10)Stanley (6–2)Harvey (6–5)Smith (22)30,22475–61W1
137September 5@ Orioles4–1Smithson (7–5)Schmidt (7–4)Smith (23)19,61476–61W2
138September 6@ Orioles6–1Gardner (7–4)Tibbs (4–13)19,12477–61W3
139September 7@ Orioles3–4Thurmond (1–6)Stanley (6–3)35,56977–62L1
140September 9Indians7–4Boddicker (11–15)Yett (8–5)Smith (24)33,34978–62W1
141September 10Indians6–0Clemens (16–10)Black (4–4)34,09979–62W2
142September 11Indians2–4Candiotti (12–8)Stanley (6–4)Jones (32)33,15479–63L1
143September 12Orioles6–1Hurst (17–5)Schilling (0–1)32,61980–63W1
144September 13Orioles6–4Smithson (8–5)Harnisch (0–1)Smith (25)32,84281–63W2
145September 14Orioles4–3Boddicker (12–15)Bautista (6–14)Smith (26)32,74582–63W3
146September 15Yankees3–5Rhoden (11–10)Clemens (16–11)Righetti (22)35,32082–64L1
147September 16Yankees7–4Gardner (8–4)Shields (4–5)Smith (27)35,22683–64W1
148September 17Yankees3–1Hurst (18–5)Hudson (6–6)35,05184–64W2
149September 18Yankees9–4Smithson (9–5)Guidry (1–3)Smith (28)35,14685–64W3
150September 19@ Blue Jays4–5Clancy (10–13)Lamp (6–5)Ward (14)28,45585–65L1
151September 20@ Blue Jays13–2Clemens (17–11)Musselman (6–5)30,35286–65W1
152September 21@ Blue Jays0–1Flanagan (12–13)Gardner (8–5)Ward (15)30,34486–66L1
153September 23@ Yankees10–9Lamp (7–5)Mohorcic (4–8)Smith (29)51,51187–66W1
154September 24@ Yankees4–5Guetterman (1–1)Smith (4–5)51,39287–67L1
155September 25@ Yankees6–0Clemens (18–11)Rhoden (12–11)54,77488–67W1
156September 26Blue Jays1–11Musselman (7–5)Gardner (8–6)33,95388–68L1
157September 27Blue Jays9–15Flanagan (13–13)Smithson (9–6)34,44288–69L2
158September 28Blue Jays0–1Key (12–5)Hurst (18–6)34,87388–70L3
159September 29@ Indians12–0Boddicker (13–15)Nichols (1–7)5,87989–70W1
160September 30@ Indians2–4 [b]Yett (9–6)Clemens (18–12)Jones (36)15,49789–71L1
October (0–2) (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveCrowdRecordStreak
161October 1@ Indians0–1Farrell (14–10)Sellers (1–7)Jones (37)14,97289–72L2
162October 2@ Indians5–6Candiotti (14–8)Lamp (7–6)Black (1)10,45689–73L3
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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

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CRich Gedman9529969.231939
1BTodd Benzinger120405103.2541370
2BMarty Barrett150612173.283165
3BWade Boggs155584214.366558
SSJody Reed10933899.293128
LFMike Greenwell158590192.32522119
CFEllis Burks144540159.2941892
RFDwight Evans149559164.29321111
DHJim Rice135485128.2641572
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

More information Player, G ...
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Rick Cerone8426471.269327
Spike Owen8925764.249518
Larry Parrish5215841.259726
Brady Anderson4114834.230012
Kevin Romine577815.19216
Ed Romero317518.24005
Sam Horn24619.14828
Pat Dodson17458.17811
John Marzano10294.13801
Randy Kutcher19122.16700
Carlos Quintana562.33302
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Roger Clemens35264.018122.93291
Bruce Hurst33216.21863.66166
Oil Can Boyd23129.2975.3471
Mike Boddicker1589.0732.6356
Steve Ellsworth836.0166.7516
Steve Curry311.0018.184
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Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Wes Gardner36149.2863.50106
Mike Smithson31126.2965.9773
Jeff Sellers1885.2174.8370
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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

More information Player, G ...
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Lee Smith6445292.8096
Bob Stanley576453.1957
Dennis Lamp467603.4849
Tom Bolton281314.7521
John Trautwein90109.008
Zach Crouch30006.750
Mike Rochford20000.001
Rob Woodward100013.500
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ALCS

Main article: 1988 American League Championship Series

Game 1

More information Team, R ...
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 000 100 010 260
Boston 000 000 100 160
W: Rick Honeycutt (1–0)   L: Bruce Hurst (0–1)  S: Dennis Eckersley (1)
HR: OAK – José Canseco (1)
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Game 2

More information Team, R ...
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oakland 000 000 301 4101
Boston 000 002 100 341
W: Gene Nelson (1–0)   L: Lee Smith (0–1)  S: Dennis Eckersley (2)
HR: OAK – José Canseco (2)   BOS – Rich Gedman (1)
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Game 3

More information Team, R ...
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 320 000 100 6120
Oakland 042 010 12X 10151
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)
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Game 4

More information Team, R ...
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 000 001 000 140
Oakland 101 000 02X 4101
W: Dave Stewart (1–0)   L: Bruce Hurst (0–2)  S: Dennis Eckersley (4)
HR: OAK – José Canseco (3)
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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.

More information Level, Team ...
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
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Arizona League team affiliation shared with the Seattle Mariners[23]
Source:[2][24]

Notes

  1. [a]
    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. [b]
    Though the Red Sox lost, they clinched the division title when the Milwaukee Brewers lost 7–1 to the Oakland Athletics.[22]

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