1988 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 89-73
Finished 1st in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 2,464,851, Avg. 31,182
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Won Division
American League Championship Series - Lost to Oakland Athletics 4-0
Manager: John McNamara (43-42)
Manager: Joe Morgan (46-31)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1988 Boston Red Sox Roster
1988 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1988 season with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses, finishing first in the AL's East Division.

The Red Sox scored 813 runs, best in the league. Boston gave up 689 runs. Mike Greenwell led the team with 22 home runs, while Jim Rice, Ellis Burks and Dwight Evans each walloped 20 or more as well. Mike Greenwell accounted for 119 RBI. Wade Boggs paced all regular hitters by hitting .366. Roger Clemens and Bruce Hurst topped the squad with 18 wins each, and Roger Clemens recorded a 2.93 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

John McNamara and Joe Morgan coached the team. The 1988 Boston Red Sox qualified for the playoffs as a division winner.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Bruce Hurst	18	6	.750	3.66	33	32	0	7	1	0	216.7	222	98	88	21	65	1	166	2	3	5	922
Roger Clemens	18	12	.600	2.93	35	35	0	14	8	0	264.0	217	93	86	17	62	4	291	6	7	4	1063
Mike Smithson	9	6	.600	5.97	31	18	6	1	0	0	126.7	149	87	84	25	37	1	73	6	6	2	561
Oil Can Boyd	9	7	.563	5.34	23	23	0	1	0	0	129.7	147	82	77	25	41	2	71	2	5	0	561
Wes Gardner	8	6	.571	3.50	36	18	12	1	0	2	149.0	119	61	58	17	64	2	106	3	0	5	620
Mike Boddicker	7	3	.700	2.63	15	14	0	1	1	0	89.0	85	30	26	3	26	1	56	3	0	3	365
Dennis Lamp	7	6	.538	3.48	46	0	14	0	0	0	82.7	92	39	32	3	19	3	49	2	8	5	350
Bob Stanley	6	4	.600	3.19	57	0	31	0	0	5	101.7	90	41	36	6	29	7	57	7	1	5	419
Lee Smith	4	5	.444	2.80	64	0	57	0	0	29	83.7	72	34	26	7	37	6	96	1	0	2	363
Tom Bolton	1	3	.250	4.75	28	0	8	0	0	1	30.3	35	17	16	1	14	1	21	0	1	2	140
Steve Ellsworth	1	6	.143	6.75	8	7	0	0	0	0	36.0	47	29	27	7	16	1	16	1	0	1	168
Jeff Sellers	1	7	.125	4.83	18	12	2	1	0	0	85.7	89	49	46	9	56	3	70	3	7	8	393
Mike Rochford	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12
Zach Crouch	0	0		6.75	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.3	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9
Rob Woodward	0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.7	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
Steve Curry	0	1	.000	8.18	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.0	15	10	10	0	14	2	4	0	1	2	59
John Trautwein	0	1	.000	9.00	9	0	4	0	0	0	16.0	26	17	16	2	9	0	8	1	0	1	78
Totals	89	73	.549	3.98	412	162	136	26	10	37	1426.3	1415	689	630	143	493	34	1085	37	39	45	6088

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Wade Boggs	155	719	584	128	214	45	6	5	58	2	3	125	34	.366	.476	.490	.965	286	23	3	0	7	18
Mike Greenwell	158	693	590	86	192	39	8	22	119	16	8	87	38	.325	.416	.531	.946	313	11	9	0	7	18
Marty Barrett	150	687	612	83	173	28	1	1	65	7	3	40	35	.283	.330	.337	.666	206	16	7	20	8	1
Dwight Evans	149	645	559	96	164	31	7	21	111	5	1	76	99	.293	.375	.487	.861	272	16	1	2	7	3
Ellis Burks	144	615	540	93	159	37	5	18	92	25	9	62	89	.294	.367	.481	.848	260	8	3	4	6	1
Jim Rice	135	542	485	57	128	18	3	15	72	1	1	48	89	.264	.330	.406	.736	197	18	3	0	6	2
Todd Benzinger	120	436	405	47	103	28	1	13	70	2	3	22	80	.254	.293	.425	.718	172	8	1	6	2	4
Jody Reed	109	400	338	60	99	23	1	1	28	1	3	45	21	.293	.380	.376	.756	127	5	4	11	2	1
Rick Cerone	84	289	264	31	71	13	1	3	27	0	0	20	32	.269	.326	.360	.686	95	6	3	1	1	0
Rich Gedman	95	332	299	33	69	14	0	9	39	0	0	18	49	.231	.279	.368	.647	110	6	3	9	3	2
Spike Owen	89	294	257	40	64	14	1	5	18	0	1	27	27	.249	.324	.370	.694	95	7	2	7	1	0
Larry Parrish	52	168	158	10	41	5	0	7	26	0	1	8	32	.259	.298	.424	.722	67	4	1	0	1	0
Brady Anderson	41	172	148	14	34	5	3	0	12	4	2	15	35	.230	.315	.304	.620	45	2	4	4	1	0
Ed Romero	31	83	75	3	18	3	0	0	5	0	0	3	8	.240	.272	.280	.552	21	4	1	2	2	0
Kevin Romine	57	85	78	17	15	2	1	1	6	2	0	7	15	.192	.259	.282	.541	22	3	0	0	0	0
Sam Horn	24	73	61	4	9	0	0	2	8	0	0	11	20	.148	.274	.246	.520	15	1	0	0	1	3
Pat Dodson	17	51	45	5	8	3	1	1	1	0	0	6	17	.178	.275	.356	.630	16	0	0	0	0	0
John Marzano	10	30	29	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.138	.167	.172	.339	5	1	0	0	0	0
Carlos Quintana	5	8	6	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.333	.500	.333	.833	2	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Kutcher	19	12	12	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.167	.167	.250	.417	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Boddicker	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Sellers	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Smith	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Wes Gardner	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Smithson	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Stanley	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
John Trautwein	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Bolton	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Rochford	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Oil Can Boyd	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Clemens	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Crouch	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Curry	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Lamp	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Hurst	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Ellsworth	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Woodward	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2056	6334	5545	813	1569	310	39	124	760	65	36	623	728	.283	.357	.420	.777	2329	139	45	66	55	53

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Todd Benzinger	1B	85	57	559.7	520	38	5	47	.991	8.973	6.565	0	0	0
Dwight Evans	1B	64	61	528.0	460	30	7	39	.986	8.352	7.656	0	0	0
Larry Parrish	1B	36	32	221.7	221	25	3	18	.988	9.988	6.833	0	0	0
Pat Dodson	1B	17	12	116.0	87	12	0	7	1.000	7.681	5.824	0	0	0
Ed Romero	1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Marty Barrett	2B	150	148	1299.3	312	402	7	97	.990	4.946	4.760	0	0	0
Jody Reed	2B	11	11	94.0	20	32	0	7	1.000	4.979	4.727	0	0	0
Ed Romero	2B	5	3	33.0	3	11	0	0	1.000	3.818	2.800	0	0	0
Wade Boggs	3B	151	151	1313.7	122	250	11	17	.971	2.549	2.464	0	0	0
Ed Romero	3B	15	8	80.7	6	11	0	1	1.000	1.897	1.133	0	0	0
Jody Reed	3B	4	2	21.0	4	8	0	1	1.000	5.143	3.000	0	0	0
Randy Kutcher	3B	2	1	11.0	0	4	1	0	.800	3.273	2.000	0	0	0
Rich Gedman	C	93	85	737.0	570	40	5	4	.992	7.449	6.559	6	48	30	38.5
Rick Cerone	C	83	69	611.3	471	28	0	4	1.000	7.346	6.012	7	52	15	22.4
John Marzano	C	10	8	78.0	77	4	0	0	1.000	9.346	8.100	1	7	3	30.0
Mike Greenwell	OF	147	147	1276.0	302	6	6	2	.981	2.172	2.095	0	0	0
Ellis Burks	OF	142	139	1215.7	370	9	9	0	.977	2.806	2.669	0	0	0
Dwight Evans	OF	85	78	673.3	151	4	2	0	.987	2.072	1.824	0	0	0
Brady Anderson	OF	41	41	362.0	87	3	1	1	.989	2.238	2.195	0	0	0
Todd Benzinger	OF	48	42	339.0	82	0	1	0	.988	2.177	1.708	0	0	0
Kevin Romine	OF	45	17	217.3	44	0	2	0	.957	1.822	.978	0	0	0
Jim Rice	OF	19	18	150.0	30	0	1	0	.968	1.800	1.579	0	0	0
Randy Kutcher	OF	7	3	29.0	6	1	0	0	1.000	2.172	1.000	0	0	0
Carlos Quintana	OF	3	1	16.7	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.160	1.333	0	0	0
Roger Clemens	P	35	35	264.0	17	17	1	1	.971	1.159	.971	0	0	0
Bruce Hurst	P	33	32	216.7	7	31	0	0	1.000	1.578	1.152	0	0	0
Wes Gardner	P	36	18	149.0	15	14	0	0	1.000	1.752	.806	0	0	0
Oil Can Boyd	P	23	23	129.7	8	15	2	0	.920	1.596	1.000	0	0	0
Mike Smithson	P	31	18	126.7	7	13	3	0	.870	1.421	.645	0	0	0
Bob Stanley	P	57	0	101.7	7	12	2	2	.905	1.682	.333	0	0	0
Mike Boddicker	P	15	14	89.0	10	18	0	1	1.000	2.831	1.867	0	0	0
Jeff Sellers	P	18	12	85.7	4	10	1	0	.933	1.471	.778	0	0	0
Lee Smith	P	64	0	83.7	5	4	1	0	.900	.968	.141	0	0	0
Dennis Lamp	P	46	0	82.7	5	18	1	0	.958	2.504	.500	0	0	0
Steve Ellsworth	P	8	7	36.0	4	2	0	0	1.000	1.500	.750	0	0	0
Tom Bolton	P	28	0	30.3	1	10	0	0	1.000	3.264	.393	0	0	0
John Trautwein	P	9	0	16.0	2	1	0	1	1.000	1.688	.333	0	0	0
Steve Curry	P	3	3	11.0	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.455	1.000	0	0	0
Mike Rochford	P	2	0	2.3	1	2	0	0	1.000	11.571	1.500	0	0	0
Zach Crouch	P	3	0	1.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Rob Woodward	P	1	0	0.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Jody Reed	SS	94	83	744.3	123	242	11	49	.971	4.413	3.883	0	0	0
Spike Owen	SS	76	71	619.0	102	192	10	34	.967	4.275	3.868	0	0	0
Ed Romero	SS	8	8	63.0	12	20	0	4	1.000	4.571	4.000	0	0	0
Totals		1854	1458	12837.0	4279	1542	93	337	.984	4.081	3.140	14	107	48	31.0

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BK	WP	BF
Mike Smithson	ALCS	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	2.3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9
Roger Clemens	ALCS	0		3.86	1	1	0	0	7.0	6	3	3	1	0	0	8	1	1	26
Wes Gardner	ALCS	0		5.79	1	0	0	0	4.7	6	3	3	0	2	2	8	0	0	22
Bob Stanley	ALCS	0		9.00	2	0	1	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	6
Lee Smith	ALCS	1	.000	8.10	2	0	2	0	3.3	6	3	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	17
Mike Boddicker	ALCS	1	.000	20.25	1	1	0	0	2.7	8	6	6	3	1	0	2	0	0	15
Bruce Hurst	ALCS	2	.000	2.77	2	2	0	1	13.0	10	4	4	2	5	1	12	0	0	53
Totals		4	.000	5.29	10	4	3	1	34.0	41	20	20	7	10	3	35	1	1	148

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF
Wade Boggs	ALCS	4	18	13	2	5	0	0	3	3	4	.385	.444	.385	.829	5	0	0	0	2
Rich Gedman	ALCS	4	16	14	1	5	0	1	1	2	1	.357	.438	.571	1.009	8	0	0	0	0
Ellis Burks	ALCS	4	17	17	2	4	1	0	1	0	3	.235	.235	.294	.529	5	0	0	0	0
Jody Reed	ALCS	4	15	11	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	.273	.429	.364	.792	4	1	1	1	0
Mike Greenwell	ALCS	4	17	14	2	3	1	1	3	3	0	.214	.353	.500	.853	7	0	0	0	0
Dwight Evans	ALCS	4	15	12	1	2	1	0	1	3	5	.167	.333	.250	.583	3	0	0	0	0
Jim Rice	ALCS	4	15	13	0	2	0	0	1	2	4	.154	.267	.154	.421	2	0	0	0	0
Todd Benzinger	ALCS	4	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	2	0	0	0
Marty Barrett	ALCS	4	17	15	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.067	.125	.067	.192	1	1	0	1	0
Larry Parrish	ALCS	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Boddicker	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Roger Clemens	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Wes Gardner	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Hurst	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Spike Owen	ALCS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0
Ed Romero	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Romine	ALCS	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Lee Smith	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Mike Smithson	ALCS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Bob Stanley	ALCS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Totals		54	149	126	11	26	4	2	10	18	23	.206	.306	.286	.592	36	4	1	2	2

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB
Todd Benzinger	ALCS	1B	3	3	25.0	21	1	0	2	1.000	7.920	7.333	0
Larry Parrish	ALCS	1B	2	1	9.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	7.000	3.500	0
Marty Barrett	ALCS	2B	4	4	34.0	6	8	0	1	1.000	3.706	3.500	0
Wade Boggs	ALCS	3B	4	4	34.0	6	6	0	1	1.000	3.176	3.000	0
Rich Gedman	ALCS	C	4	4	34.0	34	5	0	1	1.000	1.324	9.750	1
Ellis Burks	ALCS	CF	4	4	34.0	10	0	0	0	1.000	2.647	2.500	0
Mike Greenwell	ALCS	LF	4	4	34.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.059	1.000	0
Bruce Hurst	ALCS	P	2	2	13.0	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.769	2.000	0
Roger Clemens	ALCS	P	1	1	7.0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Wes Gardner	ALCS	P	1	0	4.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Lee Smith	ALCS	P	2	0	3.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Mike Boddicker	ALCS	P	1	1	2.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Mike Smithson	ALCS	P	1	0	2.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Bob Stanley	ALCS	P	2	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Dwight Evans	ALCS	RF	4	4	34.0	11	0	0	0	1.000	2.912	2.750	0
Jody Reed	ALCS	SS	4	4	34.0	3	10	0	2	1.000	3.441	3.250	0
Totals			43	36	306.0	102	34	1	7	.993	4.000	3.163	1

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