1988 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1988 Pittsburgh Pirates
1988 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	85–75 (.531)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Pittsburgh Associates
General managers	Syd Thrift; Larry Doughty
Managers	Jim Leyland
Television	KDKA-TV ; (Steve Blass, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders); KBL ; (Steve Blass, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders)
Radio	KDKA-AM; (Steve Blass, Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders)

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.

Offseason

January 20, 1988: Dave Hostetler was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[2]
March 26, 1988: Mackey Sasser and Tim Drummond were traded by the Pirates to the New York Mets for Randy Milligan and Scott Henion (minors).^[3]
March 30, 1988: Hipólito Peña was traded by the Pirates to the New York Yankees for Orestes Destrade.^[4]
March 31, 1988: Mike Bielecki was traded by the Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Mike Curtis (minors).^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Mets	100	60	0.625	—	56–24	44–36
Pittsburgh Pirates	85	75	0.531	15	43–38	42–37
Montreal Expos	81	81	0.500	20	43–38	38–43
Chicago Cubs	77	85	0.475	24	39–42	38–43
St. Louis Cardinals	76	86	0.469	25	41–40	35–46
Philadelphia Phillies	65	96	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)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 5	@ Phillies	5–3	Dunne	Rawley	Robinson	46,394	1–0
2	April 6	@ Phillies	5–6 (14)	Maddux	Kipper	—	15,532	1–1
3	April 8	@ Cardinals	4–3	Fisher	Cox	Robinson	51,647	2–1
4	April 9	@ Cardinals	0–3	Mathews	Walk	Worrell	36,542	2–2
5	April 10	@ Cardinals	5–3 (11)	Kipper	Worrell	Gott	31,968	3–2
6	April 11	Phillies	5–1	Drabek	Gross	—	54,089	4–2
7	April 13	Phillies	7–0	Fisher	Ruffin	—	9,825	5–2
8	April 14	Phillies	4–2	Walk	Carman	Robinson	6,222	6–2
9	April 15	@ Cubs	0–6	Sutcliffe	Smiley	—	35,084	6–3
10	April 16	@ Cubs	4–0	Drabek	Maddux	—	30,564	7–3
11	April 17	@ Cubs	12–7	Robinson	Schiraldi	—	29,562	8–3
12	April 19	Cardinals	3–0	Fisher	Cox	—	5,048	9–3
13	April 20	Cardinals	8–1	Walk	Mathews	—	15,522	10–3
14	April 21	Cardinals	3–9	O'Neal	Smiley	—	6,833	10–4
15	April 22	Cubs	8–4	Drabek	Lancaster	—	16,250	11–4
16	April 23	Cubs	5–4	Gott	Gossage	—	20,214	12–4
17	April 24	Cubs	4–2	Walk	Sutcliffe	Robinson	19,934	13–4
18	April 26	@ Giants	2–0	Smiley	Reuschel	Gott	11,738	14–4
19	April 27	@ Giants	4–6	Dravecky	Drabek	Price	10,137	14–5
20	April 28	@ Giants	2–1 (10)	Robinson	Lefferts	Gott	10,520	15–5
21	April 29	@ Padres	3–6	Hawkins	Palacios	Davis	16,185	15–6
22	April 30	@ Padres	5–1	Walk	Grant	—	24,357	16–6

May: 14–14 (Home: 10–6; Away: 4–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
23	May 1	@ Padres	4–2	Smiley	Show	Gott	21,694	17–6
24	May 2	@ Dodgers	3–6	Orosco	Drabek	—	26,821	17–7
25	May 3	@ Dodgers	6–14	Belcher	Dunne	—	26,943	17–8
26	May 4	@ Dodgers	5–8	Hershiser	Palacios	—	30,423	17–9
27	May 6	Padres	4–1 (12)	Jones	Davis	—	25,045	18–9
28	May 7	Padres	2–3	Show	Gott	—	24,555	18–10
29	May 8	Padres	6–2	Drabek	Jones	—	20,756	19–10
30	May 9	Giants	6–8	Robinson	Robinson	Lefferts	6,388	19–11
31	May 10	Giants	6–2	Palacios	Downs	Gott	9,275	20–11
32	May 11	Dodgers	2–1 (11)	Medvin	Pena	—	26,367	21–11
33	May 12	Dodgers	7–4	Smiley	Hershiser	—	11,072	22–11
34	May 13	Reds	6–5	Robinson	Murphy	—	31,705	23–11
35	May 14	Reds	3–5	Soto	Dunne	Franco	28,059	23–12
36	May 15	Reds	6–7 (12)	Franco	Jones	—	33,789	23–13
37	May 16	@ Astros	2–9	Deshaies	Walk	—	13,570	23–14
38	May 17	@ Astros	2–3	Scott	Smiley	Smith	15,000	23–15
39	May 18	@ Astros	2–4	Ryan	Drabek	Smith	19,259	23–16
40	May 20	Braves	10–3	Dunne	Glavine	—	18,880	24–16
41	May 21	Braves	7–3	Fisher	Coffman	—	21,211	25–16
42	May 22	Braves	4–6	Mahler	Walk	Sutter	32,683	25–17
43	May 23	Astros	0–3	Scott	Smiley	—	7,480	25–18
44	May 24	Astros	5–4	Gott	Andersen	—	8,200	26–18
45	May 25	Astros	4–3	Dunne	Andujar	Robinson	8,108	27–18
46	May 27	@ Reds	3–5	Pacillo	Fisher	Franco	29,445	27–19
47	May 28	@ Reds	5–2	Walk	Browning	Robinson	42,232	28–19
48	May 29	@ Reds	4–2	Smiley	Rasmussen	Gott	30,660	29–19
49	May 30	@ Braves	14–2	Drabek	Smith	—	6,893	30–19
50	May 31	@ Braves	1–11	Glavine	Dunne	—	4,483	30–20

June: 13–14 (Home: 6–10; Away: 7–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
51	June 1	@ Braves	2–14	Mahler	Fisher	—	6,059	30–21
52	June 2	Expos	3–7	Heaton	Walk	Hesketh	11,070	30–22
53	June 3	Expos	2–1	Smiley	Dopson	—	19,162	31–22
54	June 4	Expos	3–7	Martinez	Drabek	McClure	30,669	31–23
55	June 5	Expos	2–3	Smith	Dunne	Parrett	36,305	31–24
56	June 7	Cubs	5–8	Maddux	Fisher	Gossage	9,287	31–25
57	June 8	Cubs	5–1	Walk	Schiraldi	—	22,220	32–25
58	June 9	Cubs	4–3	Gott	DiPino	—	8,200	33–25
59	June 10	Phillies	10–12	Harris	Robinson	Bedrosian	20,001	33–26
60	June 11	Phillies	8–2	Dunne	Palmer	—	19,926	34–26
61	June 12	Phillies	4–5	Gross	Fisher	Bedrosian	36,134	34–27
62	June 13	@ Cubs	8–0	Walk	Schiraldi	—	27,142	35–27
63	June 14	@ Cubs	6–3	Smiley	Moyer	Robinson	28,077	36–27
64	June 15	@ Cubs	4–7	Perry	Gott	Gossage	26,126	36–28
65	June 17	Cardinals	3–7	Magrane	Dunne	—	30,267	36–29
66	June 18	Cardinals	3–6	Tudor	Fisher	Terry	36,682	36–30
67	June 19	Cardinals	3–2	Walk	McWilliams	Gott	27,656	37–30
68	June 20	@ Mets	8–5	Smiley	Ojeda	Robinson	42,413	38–30
69	June 21	@ Mets	0–9	Darling	Drabek	—	45,225	38–31
70	June 22	@ Mets	0–3	Gooden	Dunne	Myers	41,816	38–32
71	June 23	@ Expos	6–4	Robinson	Parrett	Gott	14,839	39–32
72	June 24	@ Expos	5–3 (10)	Gott	McClure	Jones	15,781	40–32
73	June 25	@ Expos	5–1	Smiley	Holman	—	17,777	41–32
74	June 26	@ Expos	3–0 (10)	Robinson	Burke	—	26,593	42–32
75	June 27	Mets	2–1	Dunne	Gooden	Gott	41,489	43–32
76	June 28	Mets	2–5	Fernandez	Fisher	McDowell	45,011	43–33
77	June 29	Mets	7–8 (11)	McDowell	Kipper	—	41,217	43–34

July: 15–11 (Home: 7–4; Away: 8–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
78	July 1	@ Giants	5–2 (10)	Robinson	Hammaker	—	39,484	44–34
79	July 2	@ Giants	1–2	LaCoss	Rucker	Garrelts	22,355	44–35
80	July 3	@ Giants	0–4	Downs	Dunne	—	25,463	44–36
81	July 4	@ Padres	3–4 (10)	Davis	Gott	—	35,406	44–37
82	July 5	@ Padres	3–2	Walk	Jones	Jones	10,415	45–37
83	July 7	@ Padres	2–0	Smiley	Hawkins	Gott	16,076	46–37
84	July 8	@ Dodgers	4–3	Drabek	Leary	Gott	40,690	47–37
85	July 9	@ Dodgers	8–2	Dunne	Hillegas	—	46,662	48–37
86	July 10	@ Dodgers	7–2	Walk	Hershiser	—	43,014	49–37
87	July 14	Giants	9–2	Fisher	Reuschel	—	28,325	50–37
88	July 15	Giants	8–5	Kipper	Downs	Gott	28,315	51–37
89	July 16	Giants	10–1	Drabek	LaCoss	—	28,997	52–37
90	July 17	Giants	5–4	Robinson	Price	Gott	25,512	53–37
91	July 19	Padres	2–6	Jones	Smiley	—		53–38
92	July 19	Padres	9–5	Fisher	Hawkins	—	15,847	54–38
93	July 20	Padres	3–2	Walk	Rasmussen	Gott	24,575	55–38
94	July 21	Dodgers	3–2	Drabek	Hershiser	Gott	27,510	56–38
95	July 22	Dodgers	2–4	Belcher	Dunne	Howell	44,888	56–39
96	July 23	Dodgers	2–6	Leary	Smiley	—	35,817	56–40
97	July 24	Dodgers	1–2	Hillegas	Fisher	Howell	35,677	56–41
98	July 25	@ Cardinals	1–5	Tudor	Walk	—	30,763	56–42
99	July 26	@ Cardinals	2–1	Drabek	Cox	Gott	32,735	57–42
100	July 27	@ Cardinals	3–2 (10)	Robinson	Dayley	Gott	31,618	58–42
101	July 29	@ Mets	0–1	Ojeda	Smiley	—	49,584	58–43
102	July 30	@ Mets	0–3	Fernandez	Fisher	Myers	50,815	58–44
103	July 31	@ Mets	1–2	Darling	Walk	—	46,917	58–45

August: 13–17 (Home: 6–10; Away: 7–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
104	August 1	@ Mets	7–2	Drabek	Gooden	—	52,231	59–45
105	August 2	Expos	3–2 (10)	Gott	Heaton	—	12,296	60–45
106	August 3	Expos	4–6	Perez	Smiley	Burke	16,099	60–46
107	August 4	Expos	2–3	Dopson	Fisher	Burke	17,726	60–47
108	August 5	Mets	2–3	Darling	Walk	Myers	39,925	60–48
109	August 6	Mets	3–5	McClure	Gott	McDowell	48,272	60–49
110	August 7	Mets	2–6	Cone	Kipper	—	44,931	60–50
111	August 8	Mets	1–0	Reed	Ojeda	Gott	38,307	61–50
112	August 9	@ Expos	10–8	Fisher	Dopson	Gott	37,681	62–50
113	August 10	@ Expos	4–5	Martinez	Walk	Burke	29,196	62–51
114	August 11	@ Expos	6–1	Drabek	Holman	Gott	33,599	63–51
115	August 12	@ Phillies	1–9	Gross	Dunne	—		63–52
116	August 12	@ Phillies	4–6	Bedrosian	Kipper	—	37,673	63–53
117	August 13	@ Phillies	10–4	Robinson	Harris	—	35,432	64–53
118	August 14	@ Phillies	9–8	Gott	Bedrosian	—	36,468	65–53
119	August 15	Braves	3–4	Puleo	Walk	Olwine	12,112	65–54
120	August 16	Braves	4–2	Drabek	Smith	Gott	13,994	66–54
121	August 17	Braves	2–1	LaPoint	Glavine	Gott	33,164	67–54
122	August 19	Astros	1–5	Darwin	Dunne	—	26,352	67–55
123	August 20	Astros	2–1	Smiley	Ryan	Gott	23,183	68–55
124	August 21	Astros	1–2 (14)	Agosto	Kipper	—	38,290	68–56
125	August 22	Reds	0–2	Jackson	Drabek	—	17,540	68–57
126	August 23	Reds	2–0	LaPoint	Charlton	Gott	13,406	69–57
127	August 24	Reds	2–6	Browning	Dunne	—	24,660	69–58
128	August 26	@ Astros	0–2	Deshaies	Smiley	—	27,650	69–59
129	August 27	@ Astros	1–3	Meads	Walk	Agosto	25,993	69–60
130	August 28	@ Astros	4–3	Drabek	Darwin	Gott	20,368	70–60
131	August 29	@ Reds	8–1	LaPoint	Brown	—	19,519	71–60
132	August 30	@ Reds	4–6	Jackson	Fisher	Franco	17,429	71–61
133	August 31	@ Reds	1–4	Charlton	Gott	Franco	18,586	71–62

September: 14–11 (Home: 6–7; Away: 8–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
134	September 2	@ Braves	1–2	Assenmacher	Gott	—	7,938	71–63
135	September 5	Mets	5–7	Cone	Robinson	Myers	38,876	71–64
136	September 6	Mets	3–2	Smiley	Ojeda	Gott	21,296	72–64
137	September 7	Expos	5–4	Drabek	Smith	Gott	16,494	73–64
138	September 8	Expos	4–5	Perez	Robinson	Hesketh	11,289	73–65
139	September 9	Phillies	5–2	Dunne	Sebra	Gott	15,446	74–65
140	September 10	Phillies	5–1	LaPoint	Rawley	—	27,804	75–65
141	September 11	Phillies	4–7	Freeman	Smiley	—	18,132	75–66
142	September 12	@ Mets	2–3	Myers	Robinson	—	39,576	75–67
143	September 13	@ Mets	1–0	Walk	Gooden	Gott	36,633	76–67
144	September 14	@ Expos	4–1 (12)	Fisher	Burke	—	10,886	77–67
145	September 15	@ Expos	4–9	Johnson	LaPoint	McGaffigan	9,494	77–68
146	September 16	@ Phillies	7–5	Robinson	Harris	Gott	17,446	78–68
147	September 17	@ Phillies	7–2	Drabek	Carman	Robinson	14,528	79–68
148	September 18	@ Phillies	5–6 (10)	Bedrosian	Kramer	—	21,282	79–69
149	September 19	@ Cardinals	5–4	Robinson	Dayley	Gott	19,683	80–69
150	September 20	@ Cardinals	5–1	Medvin	Terry	Gott	27,441	81–69
151	September 21	@ Cardinals	5–0	Smiley	DeLeon	—	28,350	82–69
152	September 23	Cubs	3–5 (10)	Moyer	Kipper	—	19,552	82–70
153	September 24	Cubs	1–2	Gossage	Rucker	DiPino	16,161	82–71
154	September 25	Cubs	7–4	Kramer	Sutcliffe	Gott	23,095	83–71
155	September 26	Cardinals	1–7	DeLeon	LaPoint	—	9,044	83–72
156	September 27	Cardinals	3–2	Smiley	Hill	Gott	8,994	84–72
157	September 28	Cardinals	1–2	Magrane	Drabek	—	21,004	84–73
158	September 30	@ Cubs	10–9 (10)	Medvin	Gossage	Fisher	9,805	85–73

October: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
159	October 1	@ Cubs	7–9	Blankenship	Kramer	Schiraldi	21,433	85–74
160	October 2	@ Cubs	4–8	Moyer	Smiley	—	22,909	85–75

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1988 National League record v t e 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	—

Detailed records

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	22	16	6	0.727	98	68
May	28	14	14	0.500	129	128
June	27	13	14	0.481	113	127
July	26	15	11	0.577	94	74
August	30	13	17	0.433	103	110
September	25	14	11	0.560	103	92
October	2	0	2	0.000	11	17
Total	160	85	75	0.531	651	616

Total	160	85	75	0.531	651	616
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	43	38	0.531	326	298
Away	79	42	37	0.532	325	318

Roster

1988 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

10 Jim Leyland

Coaches

45 Rich Donnelly (bullpen)
32 Gene Lamont (third base)
39 Milt May (hitting)
31 Ray Miller (pitching)
37 Tommy Sandt (first base)

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
24	Barry Bonds	LF
13	José Lind	2B
18	Andy Van Slyke	CF
25	Bobby Bonilla	3B
7	Darnell Coles	RF
47	Randy Milligan	1B
12	Mike LaValliere	C
22	Al Pedrique	SS
41	Mike Dunne	SP

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

Bobby Bonilla, 3B, starter
Andy Van Slyke, OF, reserve
Bob Walk, P, reserve

Farm system

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

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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