| Year: | 1988 |
| Conference: | Big East Conference |
| Teams: | 4 |
| Format: | Double-elimination |
| Ballpark: | Muzzy Field |
| City: | Bristol, CT |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Joe Russo |
| Coachcount: | 3rd |
| Mvp: | Mike Weinberg |
| Mvpteam: | St. John's |
The 1988 Big East baseball tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, Connecticut. This was the fourth Big East baseball tournament, and was won by the . As a result, St. John's earned the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was the Redmen's third tournament championship in the first four.[1]
The 1988 Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament. The top two teams from each division, based on conference winning percentage only, earned berths in the tournament. Each division winner played the opposite division's runner up in the first round.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 6 | |||||
| 9 | 9 | |||||
| 8 | 10 | |||||
| 7 | 11 | |||||
| 16 | 2 | |||||
| 12 | 6 | |||||
| 4 | 13 | |||||
| 3 | 14 | |||||
The following players were named to the All-Tournament team.
| Position | Player | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1B | Rick Petrone | Villanova | |
| 2B | Wally Heckel | St. John's | |
| 3B | Gary Scott | Villanova | |
| SS | Kerry Cahill | St. John's | |
| C | Brian McNamee | St. John's | |
| OF | Robert Lambraia | St. John's | |
| OF | Dana Brown | Seton Hall | |
| OF | Mike Weinberg | St. John's | |
| DH | Tom Dobson | St. John's | |
| P | Tom Singer | St. John's |
Mike Weinberg was the winner of the 1988 Jack Kaiser Award. Weinberg was an outfielder for St. John's.