1988 San Francisco Giants season

The 1988 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 106th season in Major League Baseball, their 31st season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 29th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with an 83–79 record, 11½ games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

1988 San Francisco Giants
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Candlestick Park
City	San Francisco, California
Owners	Bob Lurie
General managers	Al Rosen
Managers	Roger Craig
Television	KTVU (Duane Kuiper, Steve Physioc) GiantsVision (Joe Morgan, Duane Kuiper)
Radio	KNBR (Ron Fairly, Wayne Hagin) KIQI (Tito Fuentes, Edgard Martinez)
Seasons

Offseason

• December 1, 1987: Brett Butler was signed as a free agent with the Giants.
• December 1, 1987: Joel Youngblood was signed as a free agent by the Giants.
• December 21, 1987: Phil Ouellette was released by the Giants.
• January 8, 1988: Atlee Hammaker was signed as a free agent by the Giants.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Mike Aldrete
• Brett Butler
• Will Clark
• Dave Dravecky
• Candy Maldonado
• Francisco Meléndez
• Kevin Mitchell
• Robby Thompson
• José Uribe

Season standings

NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	94	67	.584	—	45‍–‍36	49‍–‍31
Cincinnati Reds	87	74	.540	7	45‍–‍35	42‍–‍39
San Diego Padres	83	78	.516	11	47‍–‍34	36‍–‍44
San Francisco Giants	83	79	.512	11½	45‍–‍36	38‍–‍43
Houston Astros	82	80	.506	12½	44‍–‍37	38‍–‍43
Atlanta Braves	54	106	.338	39½	28‍–‍51	26‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1988 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	5–13	5–13	4–14	4–8	4–8	6–6	5–5	8–10	5–13	3–9
Chicago	7–5	—	6–6	7–5	4–8–1	9–9	9–9	8–10	7–11	8–4	5–7	7–11
Cincinnati	13–5	6–6	—	9–9	7–11	5–7	4–7	9–3	7–5	10–8	11–7	6–6
Houston	13–5	5–7	9–9	—	9–9	6–6	5–7	8–4	8–4	6–12	7–11	6–6
Los Angeles	14–4	8–4–1	11–7	9–9	—	8–4	1–10	11–1	6–6	7–11	12–6	7–5
Montreal	8–4	9–9	7–5	6–6	4–8	—	6–12	9–9–1	8–10	4–8	7–5	13–5
New York	8–4	9–9	7–4	7–5	10–1	12–6	—	10–8	12–6	7–5	4–8	14–4
Philadelphia	6-6	10–8	3–9	4–8	1–11	9–9–1	8–10	—	7–11	4–7	7–5	6–12
Pittsburgh	5–5	11–7	5–7	4–8	6–6	10–8	6–12	11–7	—	8–4	8–4	11–7
San Diego	10–8	4–8	8–10	12–6	11–7	8–4	5–7	7–4	4–8	—	8–10	6–6
San Francisco	13–5	7–5	7–11	11–7	6–12	5–7	8–4	5–7	4–8	10–8	—	7–5
St. Louis	9–3	11–7	6–6	6–6	5–7	5–13	4–14	12–6	7–11	6–6	5–7	—

Notable transactions

• June 1, 1988: Steve Decker was drafted by the Giants in the 21st round of the 1988 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 6, 1988.
• June 8, 1988: Jeffrey Leonard was traded by the Giants to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ernest Riles.
• July 15, 1988: Mark Wasinger was released by the Giants.

Roster

1988 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers 31 Randy Bockus 49 Jeff Brantley 31 Dennis Cook 33 Ron Davis 37 Kelly Downs 43 Dave Dravecky 50 Scott Garrelts 14 Atlee Hammaker 39 Mike Krukow 29 Mike LaCoss 32 Craig Lefferts 45 Terry Mulholland 47 Joe Price 48 Rick Reuschel 40 Don Robinson 58 Roger Samuels 19 Lary Sorensen 41 Trevor Wilson		Catchers 15 Bob Brenly 17 Kirt Manwaring  7 Bob Melvin Infielders 22 Will Clark 54 Ángel Escobar 20 Phil Garner 18 Francisco Meléndez  7 Kevin Mitchell 16 Tony Perezchica  1 Ernest Riles 35 Chris Speier 16 Harry Spilman  6 Robby Thompson 23 José Uribe 33 Mark Wasinger 10 Matt Williams		Outfielders 25 Mike Aldrete  2 Brett Butler 26 Charlie Hayes 00 Jeffrey Leonard 21 Candy Maldonado 30 Donell Nixon 30 Rusty Tillman  8 Joel Youngblood Other batters 26 Jessie Reid		Manager 33 Roger Craig Coaches 12 Dusty Baker (First Base) 42 Bill Fahey  5 Bob Lillis 28 José Morales (Hitting) 34 Norm Sherry

Game log

Regular season Game log

1988 regular season game log: 83–79 (Home: 45–36; Away: 38–43)
April: 11–12 (Home: 6–8; Away: 5–4) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 1 April 4 1:13 p.m. PDT @ Dodgers W 5–1 Dravecky (1–0) Valenzuela (0–1) — 2:24 48,484 1–0 W1 2 April 5 7:05 p.m. PDT @ Dodgers L 0–5 Hershiser (1–0) Downs (0–1) — 2:29 37,472 1–1 L1 3 April 7 Padres 4 April 8 Padres 5 April 9 Padres 6 April 10 Padres 7 April 11 Reds 8 April 12 Reds 9 April 13 Reds 10 April 15 @ Padres 11 April 16 @ Padres 12 April 17 @ Padres 13 April 18 @ Reds 14 April 19 @ Reds 15 April 20 @ Reds 16 April 21 @ Reds — April 22 Dodgers Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 26) 17 April 23 12:25 p.m. PDT Dodgers L 3–10 Hershiser (4–0) Krukow (1–1) — 2:57 33,271 9–8 L2 18 April 24 1:05 p.m. PDT Dodgers L 0–4 Valenzuela (2–2) LaCoss (1–2) Howell (1) 2:50 39,092 9–9 L3 19 April 26 Pirates 20 April 27 Pirates 21 April 28 Pirates 22 April 29 Cubs 23 April 30 Cubs
May: 14–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–9) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 24 May 1 Cubs 25 May 2 Cardinals 26 May 3 Cardinals 27 May 4 Cardinals 28 May 6 @ Cubs 29 May 7 @ Cubs 30 May 8 @ Cubs 31 May 9 @ Pirates 32 May 10 @ Pirates 33 May 11 @ Cardinals 34 May 12 @ Cardinals 35 May 13 Mets W 3–2 — 2:39 25,275 17–18 W1 36 May 14 Mets W 3–2 2:20 36,020 18–18 W2 37 May 15 Mets W 5–1 — 2:45 43,484 19–18 W3 38 May 16 Phillies 39 May 17 Phillies 40 May 18 Phillies 41 May 20 Expos 42 May 21 Expos 43 May 22 Expos 44 May 24 @ Mets W 4–2 2:34 36,816 23–21 W2 45 May 25 @ Mets L 3–6 2:46 22,118 23–22 L1 46 May 26 @ Mets W 5–2 2:47 40,586 24–22 W1 47 May 27 @ Phillies 48 May 28 @ Phillies 49 May 29 @ Phillies 50 May 30 @ Expos 51 May 31 @ Expos
June: 14–11 (Home: 6–6; Away: 8–5) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 52 June 1 @ Expos 53 June 3 Astros 54 June 4 Astros 55 June 5 Astros 56 June 7 Braves 57 June 8 Braves 58 June 9 Braves 59 June 10 Reds 60 June 11 Reds 61 June 12 Reds 62 June 13 @ Padres 63 June 14 @ Padres 64 June 15 @ Padres 65 June 17 @ Reds 66 June 18 @ Reds 67 June 19 @ Reds 68 June 20 Padres 69 June 21 Padres 70 June 22 Padres 71 June 24 @ Astros 72 June 25 @ Astros 73 June 26 @ Astros 74 June 27 @ Braves 75 June 28 @ Braves 76 June 29 @ Braves
July: 17–11 (Home: 13–4; Away: 4–7) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 77 July 1 Pirates 78 July 2 Pirates 79 July 3 Pirates 80 July 4 Cubs 81 July 5 Cubs 82 July 6 Cubs 83 July 8 Cardinals 84 July 9 Cardinals 85 July 10 Cardinals 59th All-Star Game in Cincinnati, Ohio 86 July 14 @ Pirates 87 July 15 @ Pirates 88 July 16 @ Pirates 89 July 17 @ Pirates 90 July 18 @ Cubs 91 July 19 @ Cubs 92 July 20 @ Cubs 93 July 21 @ Cardinals 94 July 22 @ Cardinals 95 July 23 @ Cardinals 96 July 24 @ Cardinals 97 July 25 5:17 p.m. PDT Dodgers W 3–1 Downs (10–8) Valenzuela (5–8) — 2:50 29,947 51–46 W3 98 July 26 (1) 5:35 p.m. PDT Dodgers L 3–7 Hershiser (14–5) Mulholland (2–1) Howell (13) 2:57 — 51–47 L1 99 July 26 (2) 9:10 p.m. PDT Dodgers L 5–6 (11) Holton (6–2) Garrelts (2–1) — 4:13 49,209 51–48 L2 100 July 27 7:35 p.m. PDT Dodgers W 2–1 (10) Price (1–4) Leary (10–7) — 2:51 34,168 52–48 W1 101 July 29 Braves 102 July 30 Braves 103 July 31 Braves 104 July 31 Braves
August: 14–15 (Home: 7–5; Away: 7–10) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 105 August 1 Astros 106 August 2 Astros 107 August 3 Astros 108 August 5 @ Braves 109 August 6 @ Braves 110 August 7 @ Braves 111 August 8 @ Braves 112 August 9 @ Astros 113 August 10 @ Astros 114 August 11 @ Astros 115 August 12 7:38 p.m. PDT @ Dodgers L 3–7 Leary (12–8) Reuschel (15–6) Peña (9) 3:19 48,744 61–54 L1 116 August 13 7:10 p.m. PDT @ Dodgers L 1–2 (11) Peña (5–5) Price (1–5) — 4:12 47,649 61–55 L2 117 August 14 1:08 p.m. PDT @ Dodgers W 15–4 Downs (12–9) Hershiser (16–7) Brantley (1) 3:17 45,502 62–55 W1 118 August 15 7:35 p.m. PDT @ Dodgers L 0–1 Belcher (9–4) Robinson (4–3) Orosco (7) 2:37 49,307 62–56 L1 119 August 16 Mets L 6–13 — 2:54 29,134 62–57 L2 120 August 17 Mets W 4–0 — 2:17 24,730 63–57 W1 121 August 18 Mets W 4–1 2:47 32,132 64–57 W2 122 August 19 Phillies 123 August 20 Phillies 124 August 21 Phillies 125 August 22 Expos 126 August 23 Expos 127 August 24 Expos 128 August 26 @ Mets L 0–3 2:38 47,478 68–60 L3 129 August 27 @ Mets L 1–2 1:55 45,115 68–61 L4 130 August 28 @ Mets W 7–4 — 3:29 46,571 69–61 W1 131 August 29 @ Phillies 132 August 30 @ Phillies 133 August 31 @ Phillies
September: 12–15 (Home: 5–8; Away: 7–7) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 134 September 2 @ Expos 135 September 3 @ Expos 136 September 4 @ Expos 137 September 5 Padres 138 September 6 Padres 139 September 7 Braves 140 September 8 Braves 141 September 9 Astros 142 September 10 Astros 143 September 11 Astros 144 September 12 @ Padres 145 September 13 @ Padres 146 September 14 @ Padres 147 September 16 @ Astros 148 September 17 @ Astros 149 September 18 @ Astros 150 September 19 @ Braves 151 September 20 @ Braves 152 September 21 @ Reds 153 September 22 @ Reds 154 September 23 7:39 p.m. PDT Dodgers L 0–3 Hershiser (23–8) Hammaker (8–9) — 2:38 22,341 79–75 L3 155 September 24 1:05 p.m. PDT Dodgers L 3–7 Horton (1–0) Wilson (0–2) Orosco (9) 3:03 34,214 79–76 L4 156 September 25 1:00 p.m. PDT Dodgers W 2–0 Cook (2–0) Belcher (11–6) — 2:25 40,743 80–76 W1 157 September 26 Reds 158 September 27 Reds 159 September 28 Reds 160 September 30 7:35 p.m. PDT @ Dodgers L 4–6 Holton (7–3) Cook (2–1) Peña (12) 2:56 42,580 82–78 L1
October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1) # Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 161 October 1 1:07 p.m. PDT @ Dodgers L 1–2 Belcher (12–6) Reuschel (19–11) Valenzuela (1) 2:09 33,951 82–79 L2 162 October 2 1:09 p.m. PDT @ Dodgers W 1–0 Robinson (10–5) Leary (17–11) — 2:31 44,055 83–79 W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss;   = Postponement Bold = Giants team member

Starting Lineups

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	SP
1	April 4	@ LAD	Butler (CF)	Aldrete (LF)			Mitchell (3B)
2	April 5	@ LAD	Butler (CF)	Aldrete (LF)			Mitchell (3B)
17	April 23	LAD	Butler (CF)	Mitchell (3B)			Aldrete (RF)
18	April 24	LAD	Butler (CF)	Mitchell (3B)
97	July 25	LAD	Butler (CF)				Mitchell (3B)	Aldrete (LF)
98	July 26	LAD	Butler (CF)				Aldrete (LF)	Mitchell (3B)
99	July 26	LAD	Butler (CF)				Aldrete (LF)
100	July 27	LAD	Butler (CF)				Aldrete (LF)	Mitchell (3B)
115	August 12	@ LAD	Butler (CF)			Mitchell (LF)
116	August 13	@ LAD	Butler (CF)			Mitchell (LF)	Aldrete (RF)
117	August 14	@ LAD	Butler (CF)			Mitchell (LF)	Aldrete (RF)
118	August 15	@ LAD	Butler (CF)			Mitchell (LF)	Aldrete (RF)
154	September 23	LAD	Butler (CF)			Mitchell (LF)	Aldrete (RF)
155	September 24	LAD	Butler (CF)			Mitchell (LF)
156	September 25	LAD	Butler (CF)			Aldrete (RF)
160	September 30	@ LAD	Butler (CF)			Mitchell (LF)
161	October 1	@ LAD	Riles (2B)	Aldrete (CF)			Mitchell (LF)
162	October 2	@ LAD	Riles (2B)	Aldrete (CF)		Mitchell (LF)

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
New York Mets	8	4	0.667	45	38
Division Total	8	4	0.667	45	38
NL West
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	12	0.333	51	67
San Francisco Giants
Division Total	6	12	0.333	51	67
Season Total	14	16	0.467	96	105

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
Total

	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home
Away
Total

Game umpires

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent	HP	1B	2B	3B
1	April 4	@ LAD	John Kibler	Jim Quick	Eric Gregg	Dave Pallone
2	April 5	@ LAD	Jim Quick	Eric Gregg	Dave Pallone	John Kibler
17	April 23	LAD	Lee Weyer	Ed Montague	John McSherry	Fred Brocklander
18	April 24	LAD	Ed Montague	John McSherry	Fred Brocklander	Lee Weyer
97	July 25	LAD	Doug Harvey	Jerry Crawford	Greg Bonin	Bob Davidson
98	July 26	LAD	Jerry Crawford	Greg Bonin	Bob Davidson	Doug Harvey
99	July 26	LAD	Greg Bonin	Bob Davidson	Doug Harvey	Jerry Crawford
100	July 27	LAD	Bob Davidson	Doug Harvey	Jerry Crawford	Greg Bonin
115	August 12	@ LAD	Tom Hallion	Paul Runge	Charlie Williams	Joe West
116	August 13	@ LAD	Paul Runge	Charlie Williams	Joe West	Tom Hallion
117	August 14	@ LAD	Charlie Williams	Joe West	Tom Hallion	Paul Runge
118	August 15	@ LAD	Joe West	Tom Hallion	Paul Runge	Charlie Williams
154	September 23	LAD	Charlie Williams	Joe West	Bob Engel	Paul Runge
155	September 24	LAD	Joe West	Paul Runge	Bob Engel	Charlie Williams
156	September 25	LAD	Paul Runge	Bob Engel	Charlie Williams	Joe West
160	September 30	@ LAD	Greg Bonin	John Kibler	Doug Harvey	Jim Quick
161	October 1	@ LAD	John Kibler	Doug Harvey	Jim Quick	Greg Bonin
162	October 2	@ LAD	Doug Harvey	Jim Quick	Greg Bonin	John Kibler

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bob Melvin	92	273	64	.234	8	27
1B	Will Clark	150	529	163	.308	35	91
2B	Robby Thompson	138	477	126	.264	7	48
SS	José Uribe	141	493	124	.252	3	35
3B	Kevin Mitchell	148	505	127	.251	19	80
LF	Mike Aldrete	139	389	104	.267	3	50
CF	Brett Butler	157	568	163	.287	6	43
RF	Candy Maldonado	142	499	127	.255	12	68

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Bob Brenly	73	206	39	.189	5	22
Ernest Riles	79	187	55	.294	3	28
Chris Speier	82	171	37	.216	3	18
Jeffrey Leonard	44	160	41	.256	2	20
Matt Williams	52	156	32	.205	8	19
Joel Youngblood	83	123	31	.252	0	16
Kirt Manwaring	40	116	29	.250	1	15
Donell Nixon	59	78	27	.346	0	6
Harry Spilman	40	40	7	.175	1	3
Francisco Meléndez	23	26	5	.192	0	3
Phil Garner	15	13	2	.154	0	1
Charlie Hayes	7	11	1	.091	0	0
Tony Perezchica	7	8	1	.125	0	1
Rusty Tillman	4	4	1	.250	1	3
Ángel Escobar	3	3	1	.333	0	0
Jessie Reid	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Mark Wasinger	3	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rick Reuschel	36	245.0	19	11	3.12	92
Kelly Downs	27	168.0	13	9	3.32	118
Mike Krukow	20	124.2	7	4	3.54	75
Mike LaCoss	19	114.1	7	7	3.62	70
Dave Dravecky	7	37.0	2	2	3.16	19
Trevor Wilson	4	22.0	0	2	4.09	15
Dennis Cook	4	22.0	2	1	2.86	13

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Don Robinson	51	176.2	10	5	2.45	122
Atlee Hammaker	43	144.2	9	9	3.73	65
Terry Mulholland	9	46.0	2	1	3.72	18
Jeff Brantley	9	20.2	0	1	5.66	11

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Scott Garrelts	65	5	9	13	3.58	86
Craig Lefferts	64	3	8	11	2.92	58
Joe Price	38	1	6	4	3.94	49
Randy Bockus	20	1	1	0	4.78	18
Roger Samuels	15	1	2	0	3.47	22
Larry Sorenson	12	0	0	2	4.86	9
Ron Davis	9	1	1	0	4.67	15

Award winners

• Will Clark, National League Leader, Runs Batted In (109)
• José Uribe SS, Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Phoenix Firebirds	Pacific Coast League	Wendell Kim
AA	Shreveport Captains	Texas League	Jack Mull
A	San Jose Giants	California League	Duane Espy
A	Clinton Giants	Midwest League	Bill Evers
A-Short Season	Everett Giants	Northwest League	Joe Strain
Rookie	Pocatello Giants	Pioneer League	Jack Hiatt

External links

• 1988 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
• 1988 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac