1988 Season

The 1988 season in brief

The best record in the 1988 standings belonged to the Oakland Athletics, who finished 104-58. The Baltimore Orioles finished at the bottom of the 1988 table at 54-107. In the 1988 standings, the American League East went to the Boston Red Sox by the narrowest of margins over the Detroit Tigers, 89-73 to 88-74, nobody in the National League West came near the Los Angeles Dodgers's 94-67, the Oakland Athletics won the American League West going away, 104-58 against 91-71 for the Minnesota Twins, and the National League East was not close, the New York Mets finishing 100-60 to the Pittsburgh Pirates's 85-75. In the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 1. The other series results were the Oakland Athletics over the Boston Red Sox in the AL Championship Series (4-0) and the Los Angeles Dodgers over the New York Mets in the NL Championship Series (4-3). On the home run tile, Jose Canseco sat first with 42, ahead of Darryl Strawberry with 39. Among qualified hitters, Wade Boggs had the top batting average, .366, with Kirby Puckett next at .356. Wade Boggs cleared the 502-plate-appearance line that 1988's 162 team games set. Wade Boggs topped several batting tiles at once: batting average, OPS, and runs. For the complete tables behind these tiles, see the 1988 leaders page.