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1988 National League  Previous Year / Next Year 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 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: NL | East | West Postseason World Series (4-1):   Los Angeles Dodgers over Oakland Athletics NL Championship Series (4-3):   Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Mets BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1988 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
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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   2   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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