The 1988 Atlanta Braves season was the 118th in franchise history and their 23rd in Atlanta. Offseason November 13, 1987: Ken Griffey, Sr. was signed as a free agent by the Braves.Ken Griffey at Baseball-Reference December 6, 1987: Graig Nettles was signed as a free agent by the Braves.Graig Nettles at Baseball-Reference December 8, 1987: Ed Whited was traded by the Houston Astros with Mike Stoker (minors) to the Atlanta Braves for Rafael Ramirez and cash. March 24, 1988: Graig Nettles was purchased from the Braves by the Montreal Expos.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions May 17, 1988: Jerry Royster was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves. May 20, 1988: Melvin Nieves was signed by the Braves as an amateur free agent.Melvin Nieves at Baseball-Reference June 1, 1988: 1988 Major League Baseball draft Steve Avery was drafted by the Braves in the 1st round (3rd pick). Player signed June 30, 1988.Steve Avery at Baseball-Reference Turk Wendell was drafted by the Braves in the 5th round. Player signed June 4, 1988.Turk Wendell at Baseball-Reference July 28, 1988: Ken Griffey, Sr. was released by the Braves.

Roster 1988 Atlanta Braves Roster Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches (Assistant) (Pitching) (Hitting) (Third Base) (Third Base) (Hitting) (Bullpen) (First Base) (First Base)

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 107 320 82 .256 9 31 1B 141 547 164 .300 8 74 2B 146 563 146 .259 19 60 3B 120 422 117 .277 3 40 SS 153 606 153 .252 13 68 LF 132 386 99 .256 3 60 CF 66 198 42 .212 2 10 RF 156 592 134 .226 24 77

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 Bruce Benedict 90 236 57 .242 0 19 Albert Hall 85 231 57 .247 1 15 69 193 48 .249 2 19 Lonnie Smith 43 114 27 .237 3 9 Gary Roenicke 49 114 26 .228 1 7 Ted Simmons 78 107 21 .196 2 11 Jerry Royster 68 102 18 .176 0 1 Jim Morrison 51 92 14 .152 2 13 52 76 16 .211 0 7 Jeff Blauser 18 67 16 .239 2 7 Dámaso García 21 60 7 .117 1 4 Mark Lemke 16 58 13 .224 0 2 Tommy Gregg 11 29 10 .345 0 4 2 8 2 .250 1 3

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 Mahler 39 249.0 9 16 3.69 131 Tom Glavine 34 195.1 7 17 4.56 84 32 195.1 7 15 3.69 124 Zane Smith 23 140.1 5 10 4.30 59 John Smoltz 12 64.0 2 7 5.48 37 Kevin Blankenship 2 10.2 0 1 3.38 5

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 Kevin Coffman 18 67.0 2 6 5.78 24 Germán Jiménez 15 55.2 1 6 5.01 26

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 Bruce Sutter 38 1 4 14 4.76 40 Paul Assenmacher 64 8 7 5 3.06 71 Jose Alvarez 60 5 6 3 2.99 81 Charlie Puleo 53 5 5 1 3.47 70 Jim Acker 21 0 4 0 4.71 25 20 2 0 0 3.86 13 Joe Boever 16 0 2 1 1.77 7 Ed Olwine 16 0 0 1 6.75 5 Chuck Cary 7 0 0 0 6.48 7 Gary Eave 5 0 0 0 9.00 0 Jim Morrison 3 0 0 0 0.00 1

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

Awards and honors Dale Murphy, Roberto Clemente Award

References

1988 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference Atlanta Braves on Baseball Almanac