1988 Detroit Tigers season explained

Detroit Tigers
Season:	1988
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Tiger Stadium
City:	Detroit, Michigan
Owners:	Tom Monaghan
General Managers:	Bill Lajoie
Managers:	Sparky Anderson
Television:	WDIV-TV (George Kell, Al Kaline) PASS (Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)
Radio:	WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)

The Detroit Tigers' 1988 season was a season in American baseball. The Tigers, fresh off of losing the American League pennant to Minnesota Twins, were attempting to repeat as American League East champions after winning the division on the final day of the previous season. The Tigers hit five grand slams, the most in MLB in 1988.^[1]

Offseason

October 23, 1987: Dickie Noles was returned by the Tigers to the Chicago Cubs as part of an earlier agreement (Noles was loaned to the Tigers on September 22).^[2]
March 23, 1988: Mark Huismann was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.^[3]
March 24, 1988: Balvino Gálvez was traded by the Tigers to the Minnesota Twins for Billy Beane.^[4]

August 31, 1988: Rey Palacios and Mark Lee were traded by the Tigers to the Kansas City Royals for Ted Power^[5]
August 31, 1988: The Tigers sent Chris Hoiles and players to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles for Fred Lynn^[6]

June 1, 1988: 1988 Major League Baseball draft
- Rico Brogna was drafted by the Tigers in the 1st round (26th pick). Player signed June 18, 1988.^[7]
- Dave Haas was drafted by the Tigers in the 15th round.^[8]

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	122	382	96	.251	16	53
1B	105	299	65	.217	3	33
2B	115	403	111	.275	12	55
3B	136	441	107	.243	5	38
SS	128	466	145	.311	15	69
LF	127	347	88	.254	11	47
CF	129	458	96	.210	3	36
RF	144	512	135	.264	17	64
DH	144	437	91	.208	22	64

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
130	452	122	.270	12	62
116	289	85	.294	5	35
86	219	54	.247	5	18
88	175	37	.211	0	6
76	174	39	.224	4	20
49	144	36	.250	4	19
27	90	20	.222	7	19
24	74	16	.216	0	6
12	21	8	.381	1	2
7	17	3	.176	0	0
16	16	1	.063	1	3
10	11	2	.182	0	0
6	6	1	.167	0	1
1	0	0	----	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	235.0	15	13	3.94	168
34	229.0	14	11	4.32	126
29	206.1	7	16	3.97	84
32	203.0	14	11	4.21	127
24	172.0	13	6	2.98	114
2	8.0	0	2	5.63	5

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
23	68.2	4	1	3.41	45
4	18.2	1	1	5.79	13

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
65	9	6	22	1.87	58
63	6	5	10	3.06	59
40	4	2	0	2.93	50
21	0	0	1	3.96	30
6	0	0	0	5.11	5
5	1	0	0	5.06	6