1988 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1988 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 107th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 102nd in the National League. This was their 19th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished second in the National League East with a record of 85–75.

1988 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record85–75 (.531)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
OwnersPittsburgh Associates
General managersSyd Thrift
Larry Doughty
ManagersJim Leyland
Local televisionKDKA-TV
(Steve Blass, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders)
KBL
(Steve Blass, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders)
Local radioKDKA-AM
(Steve Blass, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 10060 0.625 — 56–24 44–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 8575 0.531 15 43–38 42–37
Montreal Expos 8181 0.500 20 43–38 38–43
Chicago Cubs 7785 0.475 24 39–42 38–43
St. Louis Cardinals 7686 0.469 25 41–40 35–46
Philadelphia Phillies 6596 0.404 35½ 38–42 27–54

Game log
1988 Game Log: 85–75 (Home: 43–38; Away: 42–37)
April: 16–6 (Home: 8–1; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5@ Phillies5–3DunneRawleyRobinson46,3941–0
2April 6@ Phillies5–6 (14)MadduxKipper—15,5321–1
3April 8@ Cardinals4–3FisherCoxRobinson51,6472–1
4April 9@ Cardinals0–3MathewsWalkWorrell36,5422–2
5April 10@ Cardinals5–3 (11)KipperWorrellGott31,9683–2
6April 11Phillies5–1DrabekGross—54,0894–2
7April 13Phillies7–0FisherRuffin—9,8255–2
8April 14Phillies4–2WalkCarmanRobinson6,2226–2
9April 15@ Cubs0–6SutcliffeSmiley—35,0846–3
10April 16@ Cubs4–0DrabekMaddux—30,5647–3
11April 17@ Cubs12–7RobinsonSchiraldi—29,5628–3
12April 19Cardinals3–0FisherCox—5,0489–3
13April 20Cardinals8–1WalkMathews—15,52210–3
14April 21Cardinals3–9O'NealSmiley—6,83310–4
15April 22Cubs8–4DrabekLancaster—16,25011–4
16April 23Cubs5–4GottGossage—20,21412–4
17April 24Cubs4–2WalkSutcliffeRobinson19,93413–4
18April 26@ Giants2–0SmileyReuschelGott11,73814–4
19April 27@ Giants4–6DraveckyDrabekPrice10,13714–5
20April 28@ Giants2–1 (10)RobinsonLeffertsGott10,52015–5
21April 29@ Padres3–6HawkinsPalaciosDavis16,18515–6
22April 30@ Padres5–1WalkGrant—24,35716–6
May: 14–14 (Home: 10–6; Away: 4–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
23May 1@ Padres4–2SmileyShowGott21,69417–6
24May 2@ Dodgers3–6OroscoDrabek—26,82117–7
25May 3@ Dodgers6–14BelcherDunne—26,94317–8
26May 4@ Dodgers5–8HershiserPalacios—30,42317–9
27May 6Padres4–1 (12)JonesDavis—25,04518–9
28May 7Padres2–3ShowGott—24,55518–10
29May 8Padres6–2DrabekJones—20,75619–10
30May 9Giants6–8RobinsonRobinsonLefferts6,38819–11
31May 10Giants6–2PalaciosDownsGott9,27520–11
32May 11Dodgers2–1 (11)MedvinPena—26,36721–11
33May 12Dodgers7–4SmileyHershiser—11,07222–11
34May 13Reds6–5RobinsonMurphy—31,70523–11
35May 14Reds3–5SotoDunneFranco28,05923–12
36May 15Reds6–7 (12)FrancoJones—33,78923–13
37May 16@ Astros2–9DeshaiesWalk—13,57023–14
38May 17@ Astros2–3ScottSmileySmith15,00023–15
39May 18@ Astros2–4RyanDrabekSmith19,25923–16
40May 20Braves10–3DunneGlavine—18,88024–16
41May 21Braves7–3FisherCoffman—21,21125–16
42May 22Braves4–6MahlerWalkSutter32,68325–17
43May 23Astros0–3ScottSmiley—7,48025–18
44May 24Astros5–4GottAndersen—8,20026–18
45May 25Astros4–3DunneAndujarRobinson8,10827–18
46May 27@ Reds3–5PacilloFisherFranco29,44527–19
47May 28@ Reds5–2WalkBrowningRobinson42,23228–19
48May 29@ Reds4–2SmileyRasmussenGott30,66029–19
49May 30@ Braves14–2DrabekSmith—6,89330–19
50May 31@ Braves1–11GlavineDunne—4,48330–20
June: 13–14 (Home: 6–10; Away: 7–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1@ Braves2–14MahlerFisher—6,05930–21
52June 2Expos3–7HeatonWalkHesketh11,07030–22
53June 3Expos2–1SmileyDopson—19,16231–22
54June 4Expos3–7MartinezDrabekMcClure30,66931–23
55June 5Expos2–3SmithDunneParrett36,30531–24
56June 7Cubs5–8MadduxFisherGossage9,28731–25
57June 8Cubs5–1WalkSchiraldi—22,22032–25
58June 9Cubs4–3GottDiPino—8,20033–25
59June 10Phillies10–12HarrisRobinsonBedrosian20,00133–26
60June 11Phillies8–2DunnePalmer—19,92634–26
61June 12Phillies4–5GrossFisherBedrosian36,13434–27
62June 13@ Cubs8–0WalkSchiraldi—27,14235–27
63June 14@ Cubs6–3SmileyMoyerRobinson28,07736–27
64June 15@ Cubs4–7PerryGottGossage26,12636–28
65June 17Cardinals3–7MagraneDunne—30,26736–29
66June 18Cardinals3–6TudorFisherTerry36,68236–30
67June 19Cardinals3–2WalkMcWilliamsGott27,65637–30
68June 20@ Mets8–5SmileyOjedaRobinson42,41338–30
69June 21@ Mets0–9DarlingDrabek—45,22538–31
70June 22@ Mets0–3GoodenDunneMyers41,81638–32
71June 23@ Expos6–4RobinsonParrettGott14,83939–32
72June 24@ Expos5–3 (10)GottMcClureJones15,78140–32
73June 25@ Expos5–1SmileyHolman—17,77741–32
74June 26@ Expos3–0 (10)RobinsonBurke—26,59342–32
75June 27Mets2–1DunneGoodenGott41,48943–32
76June 28Mets2–5FernandezFisherMcDowell45,01143–33
77June 29Mets7–8 (11)McDowellKipper—41,21743–34
July: 15–11 (Home: 7–4; Away: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1@ Giants5–2 (10)RobinsonHammaker—39,48444–34
79July 2@ Giants1–2LaCossRuckerGarrelts22,35544–35
80July 3@ Giants0–4DownsDunne—25,46344–36
81July 4@ Padres3–4 (10)DavisGott—35,40644–37
82July 5@ Padres3–2WalkJonesJones10,41545–37
83July 7@ Padres2–0SmileyHawkinsGott16,07646–37
84July 8@ Dodgers4–3DrabekLearyGott40,69047–37
85July 9@ Dodgers8–2DunneHillegas—46,66248–37
86July 10@ Dodgers7–2WalkHershiser—43,01449–37
87July 14Giants9–2FisherReuschel—28,32550–37
88July 15Giants8–5KipperDownsGott28,31551–37
89July 16Giants10–1DrabekLaCoss—28,99752–37
90July 17Giants5–4RobinsonPriceGott25,51253–37
91July 19Padres2–6JonesSmiley—53–38
92July 19Padres9–5FisherHawkins—15,84754–38
93July 20Padres3–2WalkRasmussenGott24,57555–38
94July 21Dodgers3–2DrabekHershiserGott27,51056–38
95July 22Dodgers2–4BelcherDunneHowell44,88856–39
96July 23Dodgers2–6LearySmiley—35,81756–40
97July 24Dodgers1–2HillegasFisherHowell35,67756–41
98July 25@ Cardinals1–5TudorWalk—30,76356–42
99July 26@ Cardinals2–1DrabekCoxGott32,73557–42
100July 27@ Cardinals3–2 (10)RobinsonDayleyGott31,61858–42
101July 29@ Mets0–1OjedaSmiley—49,58458–43
102July 30@ Mets0–3FernandezFisherMyers50,81558–44
103July 31@ Mets1–2DarlingWalk—46,91758–45
August: 13–17 (Home: 6–10; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1@ Mets7–2DrabekGooden—52,23159–45
105August 2Expos3–2 (10)GottHeaton—12,29660–45
106August 3Expos4–6PerezSmileyBurke16,09960–46
107August 4Expos2–3DopsonFisherBurke17,72660–47
108August 5Mets2–3DarlingWalkMyers39,92560–48
109August 6Mets3–5McClureGottMcDowell48,27260–49
110August 7Mets2–6ConeKipper—44,93160–50
111August 8Mets1–0ReedOjedaGott38,30761–50
112August 9@ Expos10–8FisherDopsonGott37,68162–50
113August 10@ Expos4–5MartinezWalkBurke29,19662–51
114August 11@ Expos6–1DrabekHolmanGott33,59963–51
115August 12@ Phillies1–9GrossDunne—63–52
116August 12@ Phillies4–6BedrosianKipper—37,67363–53
117August 13@ Phillies10–4RobinsonHarris—35,43264–53
118August 14@ Phillies9–8GottBedrosian—36,46865–53
119August 15Braves3–4PuleoWalkOlwine12,11265–54
120August 16Braves4–2DrabekSmithGott13,99466–54
121August 17Braves2–1LaPointGlavineGott33,16467–54
122August 19Astros1–5DarwinDunne—26,35267–55
123August 20Astros2–1SmileyRyanGott23,18368–55
124August 21Astros1–2 (14)AgostoKipper—38,29068–56
125August 22Reds0–2JacksonDrabek—17,54068–57
126August 23Reds2–0LaPointCharltonGott13,40669–57
127August 24Reds2–6BrowningDunne—24,66069–58
128August 26@ Astros0–2DeshaiesSmiley—27,65069–59
129August 27@ Astros1–3MeadsWalkAgosto25,99369–60
130August 28@ Astros4–3DrabekDarwinGott20,36870–60
131August 29@ Reds8–1LaPointBrown—19,51971–60
132August 30@ Reds4–6JacksonFisherFranco17,42971–61
133August 31@ Reds1–4CharltonGottFranco18,58671–62
September: 14–11 (Home: 6–7; Away: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 2@ Braves1–2AssenmacherGott—7,93871–63
135September 5Mets5–7ConeRobinsonMyers38,87671–64
136September 6Mets3–2SmileyOjedaGott21,29672–64
137September 7Expos5–4DrabekSmithGott16,49473–64
138September 8Expos4–5PerezRobinsonHesketh11,28973–65
139September 9Phillies5–2DunneSebraGott15,44674–65
140September 10Phillies5–1LaPointRawley—27,80475–65
141September 11Phillies4–7FreemanSmiley—18,13275–66
142September 12@ Mets2–3MyersRobinson—39,57675–67
143September 13@ Mets1–0WalkGoodenGott36,63376–67
144September 14@ Expos4–1 (12)FisherBurke—10,88677–67
145September 15@ Expos4–9JohnsonLaPointMcGaffigan9,49477–68
146September 16@ Phillies7–5RobinsonHarrisGott17,44678–68
147September 17@ Phillies7–2DrabekCarmanRobinson14,52879–68
148September 18@ Phillies5–6 (10)BedrosianKramer—21,28279–69
149September 19@ Cardinals5–4RobinsonDayleyGott19,68380–69
150September 20@ Cardinals5–1MedvinTerryGott27,44181–69
151September 21@ Cardinals5–0SmileyDeLeon—28,35082–69
152September 23Cubs3–5 (10)MoyerKipper—19,55282–70
153September 24Cubs1–2GossageRuckerDiPino16,16182–71
154September 25Cubs7–4KramerSutcliffeGott23,09583–71
155September 26Cardinals1–7DeLeonLaPoint—9,04483–72
156September 27Cardinals3–2SmileyHillGott8,99484–72
157September 28Cardinals1–2MagraneDrabek—21,00484–73
158September 30@ Cubs10–9 (10)MedvinGossageFisher9,80585–73
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
159October 1@ Cubs7–9BlankenshipKramerSchiraldi21,43385–74
160October 2@ Cubs4–8MoyerSmiley—22,90985–75
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents
1988 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–75–135–134–144–84–86–65–58–105–133–9
Chicago 7–5—6–67–54–8–19–99–98–107–118–45–77–11
Cincinnati 13–56–6—9–97–115–74–79–37–510–811–76–6
Houston 13–55–79–9—9–96–65–78–48–46–127–116–6
Los Angeles 14–48–4–111–79–9—8–41–1011–16–67–1112–67–5
Montreal 8–49–97–56–64–8—6–129–9–18–104–87–513–5
New York 8–49–97–47–510–112–6—10–812–67–54–814–4
Philadelphia 6-610–83–94–81–119–9–18–10—7–114–77–56–12
Pittsburgh 5–511–75–74–86–610–86–1211–7—8–48–411–7
San Diego 10–84–88–1012–611–78–45–77–44–8—8–106–6
San Francisco 13–57–57–1111–76–125–78–45–74–810–8—7–5
St. Louis 9–311–76–66–65–75–134–1412–67–116–65–7—

Detailed records

Roster
1988 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Opening Day lineup
Opening Day Starters
#NamePosition
24Barry BondsLF
13José Lind2B
18Andy Van SlykeCF
25Bobby Bonilla3B
7Darnell ColesRF
47Randy Milligan1B
12Mike LaValliereC
22Al PedriqueSS
41Mike DunneSP

Player stats
Batting

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

Pitching

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

Awards and honors

1988 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Buffalo Bisons American Association Rocky Bridges
AA Harrisburg Senators Eastern League Dave Trembley
A Salem Buccaneers Carolina League Jay Ward
A Augusta Pirates South Atlantic League Jeff Cox and Woody Huyke
A-Short Season Watertown Pirates New York–Penn League Stan Cliburn
Rookie Princeton Pirates Appalachian League Jim Thrift
Rookie GCL Pirates Gulf Coast League Julio Garcia

References
  1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. Dave Hostetler at Baseball Reference
  3. Randy Milligan at Baseball Reference
  4. Hipólito Peña at Baseball Reference
  5. Mike Bielecki at Baseball Reference
  6. "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  7. "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
  • 1988 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
  • 1988 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.
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