The 1988 California Angels season was the 28th season of the California Angels franchise in the American League, the 23rd in Anaheim, and their 23rd season playing their home games at Anaheim Stadium. The Angels finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 75 wins and 87 losses. The Angels closed out the year by losing twelve games in a row, longest in team history; when they lost on Opening Day the next year, it unofficially served as a thirteen-game streak. This record was broken 34 years later.
Offseason September 23, 1987: Doug DeCinces was released by the California Angels. October 30, 1987: Don Sutton was released by the California Angels. December 1, 1987: Chili Davis signed as a free agent with the California Angels.Chili Davis Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 3, 1987: Greg Minton was signed as a free agent with the California Angels.
Regular season
Opening Day starters Bob Boone Chili Davis Brian Downing Jack Howell Wally Joyner Kirk McCaskill Mark McLemore Johnny Ray Dick Schofield Devon White1988 California Angels Roster by Baseball Almanac
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable Transactions May 9, 1988: Bill Buckner was released by the California Angels.Bill Buckner Statistics Baseball-Reference.com June 1, 1988: Jim Abbott was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed August 3, 1988.Jim Abbott Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Roster 1988 California Angels Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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 Boone 122 352 104 .295 5 39 1B Wally Joyner 158 597 176 .295 13 85 2B Johnny Ray 153 602 184 .306 6 83 SS Dick Schofield 158 527 126 .239 6 34 3B Jack Howell 154 500 127 .254 16 63 LF Tony Armas 120 368 100 .272 13 49 CF Devon White 122 455 118 .259 11 51 RF Chili Davis 158 600 161 .268 21 93 DH Brian Downing 135 484 117 .242 25 64
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 Mark McLemore 77 233 56 .240 2 16 Darrell Miller 70 140 31 .221 2 7 George Hendrick 69 127 31 .244 3 19 Jim Eppard 56 113 32 .283 0 14 Gus Polidor 54 81 12 .148 0 4 Chico Walker 33 78 12 .154 0 2 Thad Bosley 35 75 21 .280 0 7 Butch Wynegar 27 55 14 .255 1 8 Mike Brown 18 50 11 .220 0 3 Dante Bichette 21 46 12 .261 0 8 Bill Buckner 19 43 9 .209 0 9 Junior Noboa 21 16 1 .063 0 0 Domingo Ramos 10 15 2 .133 0 0 Doug Davis 6 12 0 .000 0 0 Brian Dorsett 7 11 1 .091 0 2 Joe Redfield 1 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 Mike Witt 34 249.2 13 16 4.15 133 Willie Fraser 34 194.2 12 13 5.41 86 Chuck Finley 31 194.1 9 15 4.17 111 Kirk McCaskill 23 146.1 8 6 4.31 98 Dan Petry 22 139.2 3 9 4.38 64 Terry Clark 15 94.0 6 6 5.07 39
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 Jack Lazorko 10 37.2 0 1 3.35 19
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 Bryan Harvey 50 7 5 17 2.13 67 Greg Minton 44 4 5 7 2.85 46 Stew Cliburn 40 4 2 0 4.07 42 Sherman Corbett 34 2 1 1 4.14 28 DeWayne Buice 32 2 4 3 5.88 38 Donnie Moore 27 5 2 4 4.91 22 Ray Krawczyk 14 0 1 1 4.81 17 Frank DiMichele 4 0 0 0 9.64 1 Rich Monteleone 3 0 0 0 0.00 3 Mike Cook 3 0 1 0 4.91 2 Vance Lovelace 3 0 0 0 13.50 0 Urbano Lugo 1 0 0 0 9.00 1
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References
1988 California Angels at Baseball Reference 1988 California Angels at Baseball Almanac