1988 National League (NL) Statistics and Awards

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Expanded Standings

East Division Team W L WL% GB NewYorkM NYM 100 60 .625 -- Pittsbgh PIT 85 75 .531 15.0 Montreal MON 81 81 .500 20.0 ChicagoC CHC 77 85 .475 24.0 St.Louis STL 76 86 .469 25.0 Phildlpa PHI 65 96 .404 35.5

West Division Team W L WL% GB LosAngls LAD 94 67 .584 -- Cincnnti CIN 87 74 .540 7.0 SanDiego SDP 83 78 .516 11.0 SanFranc SFG 83 79 .512 11.5 Houston HOU 82 80 .506 12.5 Atlanta ATL 54 106 .338 39.5

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Postseason

World Series (4-1):	Los Angeles Dodgers over Oakland Athletics
NL Championship Series (4-3):	Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Mets

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1988 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
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League Batting Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 NYM  4.39   703  160  5408  1387  251  24  152  544   842  .256  .324  .396  140   51 117  3.91  4.88
 SFG  4.14   670  162  5450  1353  227  44  113  550  1023  .248  .317  .368  121   78 108  3.93  4.35
 PIT  4.07   651  160  5379  1327  240  45  110  553   947  .247  .317  .369  119   60 107  4.02  4.11
 CHC  4.05   660  163  5675  1481  262  46  113  403   910  .261  .310  .383  120   46 103  4.22  3.88
 CIN  3.98   641  161  5426  1334  246  25  122  479   922  .246  .307  .368  207   56  98  4.16  3.80
 LAD  3.88   628  162  5431  1346  217  25   99  437   947  .248  .304  .352  131   46  97  3.90  3.85
 MON  3.85   628  163  5573  1400  260  48  107  454  1053  .251  .308  .373  189   89 100  4.11  3.60
 HOU  3.81   617  162  5494  1338  239  31   96  474   840  .244  .304  .351  198   71 100  3.62  4.00
 PHI  3.69   597  162  5403  1294  246  31  106  489   981  .239  .303  .355  112   49  95  4.04  3.33
 SDP  3.69   594  161  5366  1325  205  35   94  494   892  .247  .310  .351  123   50  97  3.74  3.64
 STL  3.57   578  162  5518  1373  207  33   71  484   827  .249  .309  .337  234   64  92  3.88  3.26
 ATL  3.47   555  160  5440  1319  228  28   96  432   848  .242  .298  .348   95   69  87  3.73  3.21
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  3.88  7522 1938 65563 16277 2828 415 1279 5793 11032  .248  .310  .363 1789  729

League Pitching Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 NYM  3.33   532  160  2.91  1439  1253   7.8   404  2.5   78  1100   31    17    22  46 112  2.73  3.93
 LAD  3.36   544  162  2.96  1463  1291   8.0   473  2.9   84  1029   32    15    24  49 113  3.67  3.05
 MON  3.63   592  163  3.08  1482  1310   8.0   476  2.9  122   923   18     6    12  43 116  3.75  3.51
 SDP  3.62   583  161  3.28  1449  1332   8.3   439  2.7  112   885   30     4     9  39 104  3.30  3.95
 CIN  3.70   596  161  3.35  1455  1271   7.9   504  3.1  121   934   24    10    13  43 107  3.90  3.51
 SFG  3.86   626  162  3.39  1462  1323   8.2   422  2.6   99   875   25    11    13  42  97  3.51  4.22
 HOU  3.90   631  162  3.41  1474  1339   8.3   478  3.0  123  1049   21    10    15  40  97  3.48  4.31
 PIT  3.85   616  160  3.47  1440  1349   8.4   469  2.9  108   790   12     4    11  46  98  3.68  4.03
 STL  3.91   633  162  3.47  1470  1387   8.6   486  3.0   91   881   17     7    14  42 101  3.93  3.89
 CHC  4.26   694  163  3.84  1464  1494   9.2   490  3.0  115   897   30     9    10  29  94  4.55  3.96
 ATL  4.63   741  160  4.09  1446  1481   9.3   524  3.3  108   810   14     3     4  25  89  4.95  4.32
 PHI  4.53   734  162  4.14  1433  1447   8.9   628  3.9  118   859   16     3     6  36  86  4.46  4.60
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  3.88  7522 1938  3.45 17477 16277   8.4  5793  3.0 1279 11032  270         153 480

League Miscellaneous Stats Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Est. Payroll Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------
 NYM  115  127  .981   .706  3,055,445  38,193  100-60  56-24 44-36  95  94 27.8 26.6   1   4  22  $15,269,314 Johnson
 LAD  142  126  .977   .707  2,980,262  36,793   91-70  45-36 49-31  98  97 28.9 29.2   1   1  20  $16,850,515 Lasorda
 CIN  121  131  .980   .723  2,072,528  25,907   86-75  45-35 42-39 104 104 27.5 26.7   0   3  28   $8,888,409 Rose and Helms
 PIT  124  128  .980   .714  1,866,713  23,046   84-76  43-38 42-37  98  98 26.1 26.2   0   3  13   $5,998,500 Leyland
 SDP  116  147  .981   .713  1,506,896  18,604   82-79  47-34 36-44  99  99 27.2 28.0   1   1  19   $9,561,002 Bowa and McKeon
 SFG  129  145  .980   .716  1,785,297  22,041   86-76  45-36 38-43  96  95 28.3 31.1   0   2  30  $12,380,000 Craig
 HOU  138  124  .978   .708  1,933,505  23,870   79-83  44-37 38-43  96  96 29.5 33.1   1   1  21  $12,286,167 Lanier
 MON  142  145  .978   .720  1,478,659  18,255   85-77  43-38 38-43 104 104 28.2 28.8   0   1  19   $9,603,333 Rodgers
 CHC  125  128  .980   .692  2,089,034  25,476   77-85  39-42 38-43 105 105 27.6 27.1   1   6  28  $13,119,198 Zimmer
 STL  121  131  .981   .706  2,892,799  35,714   74-88  41-40 35-46 101 101 28.1 28.9   1   4  23  $12,880,000 Herzog
 PHI  145  139  .976   .692  1,990,041  24,568   65-96  38-42 27-54 101 103 28.9 29.0   1   2  26  $13,838,000 Elia and Vukovich
 ATL  151  138  .976   .690    848,089  10,735   59-101 28-51 26-55 104 106 28.9 27.4   1   1  22  $12,728,174 Tanner and Nixon
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Kirk Gibson
LAD .290/.377/.483

Cy Young Award Orel Hershiser
LAD 23-8 2.26 178 SO

Rookie of the Year Chris Sabo
CIN .271/.314/.414

Manager of the Year Tommy Lasorda

Rolaids Relief John Franco
CIN 6-6 (39 sv) 1.57 46 SO

NLCS MVP Orel Hershiser
LAD 1-0 1.09

Gold Glove Winners

Pitcher Orel Hershiser
Catcher Benito Santiago

First Base Keith Hernandez

Second Base Ryne Sandberg

Third Base Tim Wallach

Shortstop Ozzie Smith

Outfield Eric Davis, Andre Dawson, and Andy Van Slyke

Silver Slugger Winners

Pitcher Tim Leary
Catcher Benito Santiago

First Base Andres Galarraga

Second Base Ryne Sandberg

Third Base Bobby Bonilla

Shortstop Barry Larkin

Outfield Kirk Gibson, Darryl Strawberry, and Andy Van Slyke

League Leaderboards Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average

Gwynn-SDP .313

Palmeiro-CHC .307

Dawson-CHC .303

Galarraga-MON .302

Perry-ATL .300

On-base %

Daniels-CIN .397

Butler-SFG .393

Clark-SFG .386

Gibson-LAD .377

Gwynn-SDP .373

Slugging %

Strawberry-NYM .545

Galarraga-MON .540

Clark-SFG .508

Van Slyke-PIT .506

Dawson-CHC .504

OPS

Strawberry-NYM .911

Clark-SFG .894

Galarraga-MON .893

Gibson-LAD .860

Daniels-CIN .860

Games

Clark-SFG 162

Sax-LAD 160

Bonilla-PIT 159

Wallach-MON 159

Bass-HOU 157

Butler-SFG 157

Dawson-CHC 157

Galarraga-MON 157

Samuel-PHI 157

At Bats

Sax-LAD 632

Samuel-PHI 629

Sandberg-CHC 618

Coleman-STL 616

Lind-PIT 611

Plate Appearances (approx.)

Clark-SFG 689

Sax-LAD 687

Samuel-PHI 685

Bonilla-PIT 681

Butler-SFG 679

Coleman-STL 679

Sandberg-CHC 679

Runs

Butler-SFG 109

Gibson-LAD 106

Clark-SFG 102

Strawberry-NYM 101

Van Slyke-PIT 101

Hits

Galarraga-MON 184

Dawson-CHC 179

Palmeiro-CHC 178

Sax-LAD 175

Larkin-CIN 174

Total Bases

Galarraga-MON 329

Dawson-CHC 298

Van Slyke-PIT 297

Strawberry-NYM 296

Clark-SFG 292

Doubles

Galarraga-MON 42

Palmeiro-CHC 41

Sabo-CIN 40

Bream-PIT 37

Brooks-MON 35

Murphy-ATL 35

Triples

Van Slyke-PIT 15

Coleman-STL 10

Butler-SFG 9

Samuel-PHI 9

Young-HOU 9

Home Runs

Strawberry-NYM 39

Davis-HOU 30

Clark-SFG 29

Galarraga-MON 29

McReynolds-NYM 27

RBI

Clark-SFG 109

Strawberry-NYM 101

Bonilla-PIT 100

Van Slyke-PIT 100

Davis-HOU 99

McReynolds-NYM 99

Bases on Balls

Clark-SFG 100

Butler-SFG 97

Daniels-CIN 87

Johnson-NYM 86

Bonilla-PIT 85

Strawberry-NYM 85

Strikeouts

Galarraga-MON 153

Samuel-PHI 151

Clark-SFG 129

Shelby-LAD 128

Strawberry-NYM 127

Stolen Bases

Coleman-STL 81

Young-HOU 65

Smith-STL 57

Nixon-MON 46

Sabo-CIN 46

Singles

Sax-LAD 147

McGee-STL 131

Lind-PIT 130

Gwynn-SDP 129

Coleman-STL 127

Adjusted OPS+

Strawberry-NYM 165

Clark-SFG 160

Galarraga-MON 150

Gibson-LAD 148

Bonds-PIT 148

Runs Created

Clark-SFG 120

Galarraga-MON 114

Strawberry-NYM 111

Gibson-LAD 107

Van Slyke-PIT 107

Adjusted Batting Runs

Clark-SFG 49

Strawberry-NYM 47

Galarraga-MON 37

Gibson-LAD 36

Bonilla-PIT 35

Batting Wins

Clark-SFG 5.1

Strawberry-NYM 4.9

Galarraga-MON 3.9

Gibson-LAD 3.8

Bonilla-PIT 3.6

Extra-Base Hits

Galarraga-MON 79

Strawberry-NYM 69

Clark-SFG 66

Bonilla-PIT 63

Dawson-CHC 63

Murphy-ATL 63

Van Slyke-PIT 63

Times on Base

Clark-SFG 266

Butler-SFG 264

Bonilla-PIT 249

Gibson-LAD 237

Daniels-CIN 234

Strawberry-NYM 234

Offensive Win%

Clark-SFG .760

Daniels-CIN .742

Gibson-LAD .741

Strawberry-NYM .738

Galarraga-MON .733

Hit By Pitch

Bradley-PHI 16

Samuel-PHI 12

Davis-HOU 11

Galarraga-MON 10

Hatcher-HOU 8

Larkin-CIN 8

Webster-TOT 8

Sac. Hits

Hershiser-LAD 19

Reuschel-SFG 19

Alomar-SDP 16

Knepper-HOU 14

Thompson-SFG 14

Sac. Flies

Van Slyke-PIT 13

Clark-SFG 10

Perry-ATL 10

Davis-HOU 9

Moreland-SDP 9

Strawberry-NYM 9

Intentional Walks

Clark-SFG 27

Johnson-NYM 25

Strawberry-NYM 21

Davis-HOU 20

Bonilla-PIT 19

Grounded into Double Plays

Murphy-ATL 24

Brooks-MON 21

Wallach-MON 19

Perry-ATL 18

Santiago-SDP 18

Caught Stealing

Coleman-STL 27

Young-HOU 27

Butler-SFG 20

Perry-ATL 14

Sabo-CIN 14

Strawberry-NYM 14

Webster-TOT 14

Power/Speed Number

Strawberry-NYM 33.3

Davis-CIN 29.8

Gibson-LAD 27.7

Van Slyke-PIT 27.3

McReynolds-NYM 23.6

At Bats per Strikeout

Larkin-CIN 24.5

Palmeiro-CHC 17.1

Oberkfell-TOT 14.0

Smith-STL 13.4

Gwynn-SDP 13.0

At Bats per Home Run

Strawberry-NYM 13.9

Davis-CIN 18.2

Davis-HOU 18.7

Clark-SFG 19.8

McReynolds-NYM 20.4

Outs

Coleman-STL 500

Samuel-PHI 499

Murphy-ATL 490

Sax-LAD 489

Sandberg-CHC 485

ERA

Magrane-STL 2.18

Cone-NYM 2.22

Hershiser-LAD 2.26

Tudor-TOT 2.32

Rijo-CIN 2.39

Wins

Hershiser-LAD 23

Jackson-CIN 23

Cone-NYM 20

Reuschel-SFG 19

Browning-CIN 18

Gooden-NYM 18

Maddux-CHC 18

Won-Loss %

Cone-NYM .870

Browning-CIN .783

Parrett-MON .750

Hershiser-LAD .742

Jackson-CIN .742

BB + H per IP (WHIP)

Perez-MON 0.941

Scott-HOU 0.983

Ojeda-NYM 1.004

Hershiser-LAD 1.052

Fernandez-NYM 1.053

Hits Allowed/9IP

Fernandez-NYM 6.11

Perez-MON 6.37

Rijo-CIN 6.67

Scott-HOU 6.67

Cone-NYM 6.93

Bases on Balls/9IP

Smith-MON 1.45

Mahler-ATL 1.52

Reuschel-SFG 1.54

Ojeda-NYM 1.56

Tudor-TOT 1.87

Strikeouts/9IP

Ryan-HOU 9.33

Fernandez-NYM 9.10

Rijo-CIN 8.89

DeLeon-STL 8.31

Cone-NYM 8.29

Games

Murphy-CIN 76

Agosto-HOU 75

Robinson-PIT 75

Franco-CIN 70

Tekulve-PHI 70

Saves

Franco-CIN 39

Gott-PIT 34

Worrell-STL 32

Bedrosian-PHI 28

Davis-SDP 28

Innings

Hershiser-LAD 267.0

Jackson-CIN 260.7

Browning-CIN 250.7

Maddux-CHC 249.0

Mahler-ATL 249.0

Strikeouts

Ryan-HOU 228

Cone-NYM 213

DeLeon-STL 208

Scott-HOU 190

Fernandez-NYM 189

Games Started

Browning-CIN 36

Reuschel-SFG 36

Jackson-CIN 35

Darling-NYM 34

DeLeon-STL 34

Glavine-ATL 34

Gooden-NYM 34

Hershiser-LAD 34

Leary-LAD 34

Maddux-CHC 34

Mahler-ATL 34

Martinez-MON 34

Comp. Games

Hershiser-LAD 15

Jackson-CIN 15

Show-SDP 13

Sutcliffe-CHC 12

Gooden-NYM 10

Shutouts

Hershiser-LAD 8

Jackson-CIN 6

Leary-LAD 6

Ojeda-NYM 5

Scott-HOU 5

Home Runs Allow.

Browning-CIN 36

Rawley-PHI 27

Darling-NYM 24

Show-SDP 22

Drabek-PIT 21

Martinez-MON 21

Bases On Balls Allow.

Gross-PHI 89

Dunne-PIT 88

Smith-ATL 88

Ryan-HOU 87

DeLeon-STL 86

Hits Allowed

Mahler-ATL 279

Gooden-NYM 242

Reuschel-SFG 242

Sutcliffe-CHC 232

Maddux-CHC 230

SO to Walk

Ojeda-NYM 4.03

Smith-MON 3.81

Scott-HOU 3.58

Leary-LAD 3.21

Mahler-ATL 3.12

Losses

Glavine-ATL 17

Mahler-ATL 16

Rawley-PHI 16

Moyer-CHC 15

Smith-ATL 15

Earned Runs Allow.

Mahler-ATL 102

Glavine-ATL 99

Sutcliffe-CHC 97

Carman-PHI 96

Browning-CIN 95

Gross-PHI 95

Wild Pitches

Walk-PIT 13

Dunne-PIT 12

Ruffin-PHI 12

Coffman-ATL 11

Robinson-PIT 11

Sutcliffe-CHC 11

Hit Batsmen

Gross-PHI 11

Smith-MON 10

Maddux-CHC 9

Glavine-ATL 8

Mahler-ATL 8

Scott-HOU 8

Batters Faced

Hershiser-LAD 1068

Mahler-ATL 1063

Maddux-CHC 1047

Jackson-CIN 1034

Gooden-NYM 1024

Games Finished

Franco-CIN 61

Gott-PIT 59

Worrell-STL 54

Davis-SDP 52

Bedrosian-PHI 49

Adjusted ERA+

Magrane-STL 160

Rijo-CIN 150

Tudor-TOT 149

Hershiser-LAD 148

Perez-MON 147

Salary

Smith-STL $2,340,000

Schmidt-PHI $2,250,000

Carter-NYM $2,160,714

Sutcliffe-CHC $2,070,000

Valenzuela-LAD $2,050,000

Oldest Player

Nettles-MON 1944-08-20 (43)

Sutton-LAD 1945-04-02 (43)

Ryan-HOU 1947-01-31 (41)

Tekulve-PHI 1947-03-05 (41)

Concepcion-CIN 1948-06-17 (40)

Youngest Player

Martinez-LAD 1968-03-22 (20)

Alomar-SDP 1968-02-05 (20)

Jefferies-NYM 1967-08-01 (20)

Smoltz-ATL 1967-05-15 (21)

Garcia-PIT 1967-04-03 (21)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters
P. Dwight Gooden (NYM)
C. Gary Carter (NYM)
1B. Will Clark (SFG)
2B. Ryne Sandberg (CHC)
3B. Bobby Bonilla (PIT)
SS. Ozzie Smith (STL)
LF. Vince Coleman (STL)
CF. Andre Dawson (CHC)
RF. Darryl Strawberry (NYM)


David Cone* (NYM)
Mark Davis* (SDP)
Shawon Dunston (CHC)
Andres Galarraga* (MON)
Kevin Gross* (PHI)
Orel Hershiser* (LAD)
Danny Jackson (CIN)
Bob Knepper* (HOU)
Barry Larkin* (CIN)

Vance Law* (CHC)
Greg Maddux (CHC)
Willie McGee* (STL)
Rafael Palmeiro* (CHC)
Lance Parrish* (PHI)
Gerald Perry* (ATL)
Chris Sabo* (CIN)
Robby Thompson (SFG)
Andy Van Slyke* (PIT)

Bob Walk* (PIT)
Todd Worrell* (STL)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Dwight Gooden (NYM) C. Gary Carter (NYM) 1B. Will Clark (SFG) 2B. Ryne Sandberg (CHC) 3B. Bobby Bonilla (PIT) SS. Ozzie Smith (STL) LF. Vince Coleman (STL) CF. Andre Dawson (CHC) RF. Darryl Strawberry (NYM)		David Cone* (NYM) Mark Davis* (SDP) Shawon Dunston (CHC) Andres Galarraga* (MON) Kevin Gross* (PHI) Orel Hershiser* (LAD) Danny Jackson (CIN) Bob Knepper* (HOU) Barry Larkin* (CIN)		Vance Law* (CHC) Greg Maddux (CHC) Willie McGee* (STL) Rafael Palmeiro* (CHC) Lance Parrish* (PHI) Gerald Perry* (ATL) Chris Sabo* (CIN) Robby Thompson (SFG) Andy Van Slyke* (PIT)		Bob Walk* (PIT) Todd Worrell* (STL)