1988 Cleveland Indians season explained

Cleveland Indians
Season:	1988
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City:	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners:	Richard Jacobs
General Managers:	Hank Peters
Managers:	Doc Edwards
Television:	WUAB Jack Corrigan, Steve Lamar
Radio:	WWWE Herb Score, Paul Olden

The 1988 Cleveland Indians season was the 88th season for the franchise. The team, managed by Doc Edwards, finished sixth in the American League East.

Despite its mediocre season, the team had a significant legacy in Major League Baseball in the 21st century. Twenty-five years later, five of the 30 MLB managers at the start of the were alumni of the 1988 Indians:^[1]

Bud Black, pitcher – San Diego Padres
Terry Francona, first baseman/outfielder – Cleveland Indians
John Farrell, pitcher – Boston Red Sox
Charlie Manuel, hitting coach – Philadelphia Phillies
Ron Washington, utility infielder – Texas Rangers

The team also had players who became MLB Broadcasters, coaches, and front office executives:

Scott Bailes, pitcher- fill-in broadcaster for the Cleveland Indians
Tom Candiotti, pitcher- radio color analyst for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Rod Nichols, pitcher- former Philadelphia Phillies bullpen coach, current Iowa Cubs pitching coach
Rick Rodriguez, pitcher- former Oakland Athletics bullpen coach, current Sacramento River Cats
Greg Swindell, pitcher- former Arizona Diamondbacks pregame and postgame analyst. In 2011, Swindell served as the color commentator for the Little League Southwest Region tournament
Chris Bando, catcher- former Milwaukee Brewers bench and 3rd base coach from 1996 to 1998
Jay Bell, infielder- former Arizona Diamondbacks bench and hitting coach, former Pittsburgh Pirates hitting coach, former Cincinnati Reds bench coach
Brook Jacoby, infielder- former Cincinnati Reds hitting coach and current Toronto Blue Jays hitting coach
Willie Upshaw, infielder- former San Francisco Giants 1st base coach
Joe Carter, outfielder- former Toronto Blue Jays and Chicago Cubs TV analyst
Dave Clark, outfielder- former Pittsburgh Pirates hitting coach, former Houston Astros interim manager, 3rd base coach, and 1st base coach, and currently the Detroit Tigers third base coach
Cory Snyder, outfielder- hitting coach for the Jackson Generals, a Double-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners
Pat Tabler, outfielder- Toronto Blue Jays TV color analyst
Rod Allen, outfielder- former Arizona Diamondbacks broadcaster, current Detroit Tigers television analyst
Dan Firova, catcher- current Washington Nationals bullpen coach
Doug Jones, closer- current pitching coach of the Boise Hawks, the short-season A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies

Offseason

January 15, 1988: Rick Rodriguez was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[2]
January 19, 1988: John Moses was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[3]
January 19, 1988: Greg Harris was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[4]
February 3, 1988: Doug Piatt was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.^[5]
February 9, 1988: Dan Schatzeder was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[6]
February 22, 1988: Chris Codiroli was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[7]
February 28, 1988: Terry Francona was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[8]
March 17, 1988: Mark Huismann was released by the Indians.^[9]
March 24, 1988: Greg Harris was released by the Indians.^[4]
March 25, 1988: Willie Upshaw was purchased by the Indians from the Toronto Blue Jays.^[10]
March 29, 1988: John Moses was released by the Indians.^[3]

Regular season

Notable transactions

May 11, 1988: Dan Firova was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[11]
June 2, 1988: Houston Jiménez was signed as a free agent by the Indians.^[12]
June 3, 1988: Pat Tabler was traded by the Indians to the Kansas City Royals for Bud Black.^[13]
June 22, 1988: Dan Schatzeder was released by the Cleveland Indians.
September 6, 1988: Chris Codiroli was released by the Indians.

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Starters
	Name	Position
14		2B
20		1B
10		DH
30		CF
27		LF
26		3B
28		RF
16		SS
6		C
49		P

^[14]

Roster

1988 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

(Third Base)
(Bullpen)
(Hitting)
(First Base)
(Pitching)

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
align=left		133	434	44	114	11	0	5	50	.263	5
align=left		5	11	1	1	1	0	0	0	.091	0
align=left		32	72	6	9	1	0	1	8	.125	0
align=left		73	211	23	46	5	1	2	21	.218	4
align=left		157	621	85	168	36	6	27	98	.271	27
align=left		66	176	12	48	8	0	4	14	.273	6
align=left		63	156	11	41	4	1	3	18	.263	0
align=left		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0
align=left		152	613	88	186	23	6	10	54	.303	25
align=left		62	212	24	66	8	0	1	12	.311	0
align=left		150	515	69	144	32	4	6	71	.280	7
align=left		152	552	59	133	25	0	9	49	.241	2
align=left		9	21	1	1	0	0	0	1	.048	0
align=left		7	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	.111	0
align=left		75	225	31	58	8	0	18	43	.258	0
align=left		4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
align=left		16	51	10	13	0	0	6	8	.255	0
align=left		22	46	7	12	1	0	0	5	.261	0
align=left		142	511	71	139	24	3	26	75	.272	5
align=left		41	143	16	32	5	1	1	17	.224	1
align=left		9	24	1	4	0	0	1	2	.167	0
align=left		149	493	58	121	22	3	11	50	.245	12
align=left		69	223	30	57	14	2	2	21	.256	3
align=left		10	21	3	4	0	0	0	1	.190	0
align=left		11	31	7	7	2	0	1	3	.226	0
align=left		51	130	9	30	5	1	0	7	.231	0
Team Totals	162	5505	666	1435	235	28	134	629	.261	97

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
align=left		9	14	4.90	37	21	0	145.0	149	89	79	46	53
align=left		2	3	5.03	16	7	1	59.0	59	35	33	23	44
align=left		14	8	3.28	31	31	0	216.2	225	86	79	53	137
align=left		0	4	9.31	14	2	1	19.1	32	22	20	10	12
align=left		1	0	4.54	21	0	1	33.2	35	20	17	21	17
align=left		14	10	4.24	31	30	0	210.1	216	106	99	67	92
align=left		3	4	4.40	38	0	1	59.1	65	33	29	19	20
align=left		2	3	3.14	28	0	1	57.1	62	22	20	17	30
align=left		3	4	2.27	51	0	37	83.1	69	26	21	16	72
align=left		0	0	0.00	3	0	0	2.2	2	0	0	1	0
align=left		1	0	5.18	17	0	1	24.1	32	16	14	6	17
align=left		1	7	5.06	11	10	0	69.1	73	41	39	23	31
align=left		0	2	5.49	10	0	0	19.2	25	12	12	11	10
align=left		1	2	7.09	10	5	0	33.0	43	28	26	17	9
align=left		0	2	9.56	15	0	3	16.0	26	19	17	2	10
align=left		18	14	3.20	33	33	0	242.0	234	97	86	45	180
align=left		0	1	7.27	3	1	0	8.2	8	7	7	10	7
align=left		9	6	4.62	23	22	0	134.1	146	72	69	55	71
Team Totals	78	84	4.16	162	162	46	1434.0	1501	731	663	442	812

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

References

1988 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
1988 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

Web site: Five managers with connections to 1988 Indians, an unbelievable story . Scott . Miller . . April 30, 2013 . April 30, 2013.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rodriri01.shtml Rick Rodriguez
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mosesjo01.shtml John Moses
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/harrigr01.shtml Greg Harris
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/piattdo01.shtml Doug Piatt
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schatda01.shtml Dan Schatzeder
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/codirch01.shtml Chris Codiroli
https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/francte01.shtml Terry Francona
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huismma01.shtml Mark Huismann
https://www.baseball-reference.com/u/upshawi01.shtml Willie Upshaw
https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/firovda01.shtml Dan Firova
https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jimenho01.shtml Houston Jiménez
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blackbu02.shtml Bud Black
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX198804040.shtml 1988 Opening Day Lineup
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007