The Boston Red Sox were 89-73 in 1988. They finished 1st in the AL East. They lost in the 1988 ALCS against the Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 0.
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Red Sox score bizarre run on sacrifice fly without tagging up from 3rd base
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Charles McAdoo homers and Blue Jays win 2-1 to hand the Red Sox their 3rd straight loss
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Max Muncy's tiebreaking RBI lifts A's past Red Sox for their first series win since mid-June
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Boston fails to post 2nd win streak of 10-plus in a season for 1st time, falls to A's 7-3
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Red Sox bid for 2nd win streak of 10 or more games ends in 7-3 loss to Athletics
1988 Batting Stats
See stats| G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | 162 | 5,545 | 813 | 1,569 | 310 | 39 | 124 | 760 | 623 | 45 | 728 | 65 | 36 | .283 | .357 | .420 |
Team Rank | 7th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 7th | 11th | 1st | 1st | 5th | 1st | 26th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd |
1988 Pitching Stats
See stats| G | W | L | ERA | SO | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | 162 | 89 | 73 | 3.97 | 1,085 | 10 | 37 | 1426.1 | 1,415 | 629 | 689 | 143 | 493 | 37 |
Team Rank | 5th | 5th | 17th | 2nd | 4th | 17th | 25th | 16th | 17th | 16th | 20th | 15th | 17th |
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Caminero hits a three-run homer as Rays rally with an eight-run eighth and beat the Athletics 10-6
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| NL East | W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
71 | 48 | .597 | ||
64 | 56 | .533 | 7.5 | |
60 | 59 | .504 | 11.0 | |
59 | 61 | .492 | 12.5 | |
53 | 67 | .442 | 18.5 | |
| NL Central | W | L | PCT | GB |
74 | 45 | .622 | ||
69 | 50 | .580 | 5.0 | |
59 | 60 | .496 | 15.0 | |
58 | 62 | .483 | 16.5 | |
56 | 61 | .479 | 17.0 | |
| NL West | W | L | PCT | GB |
71 | 48 | .597 | ||
64 | 56 | .533 | 7.5 | |
63 | 57 | .525 | 8.5 | |
49 | 70 | .412 | 22.0 | |
46 | 73 | .387 | 25.0 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
72 | 46 | .610 | ||
66 | 52 | .559 | 6.0 | |
64 | 54 | .542 | 8.0 | |
57 | 62 | .479 | 15.5 | |
57 | 63 | .475 | 16.0 | |
| AL Central | W | L | PCT | GB |
61 | 56 | .521 | ||
59 | 61 | .492 | 3.5 | |
58 | 60 | .492 | 3.5 | |
58 | 61 | .487 | 4.0 | |
49 | 71 | .408 | 13.5 | |
| AL West | W | L | PCT | GB |
61 | 59 | .508 | ||
60 | 59 | .504 | 0.5 | |
56 | 63 | .471 | 4.5 | |
47 | 72 | .395 | 13.5 | |
45 | 74 | .378 | 15.5 |
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