1988 Baltimore Orioles season

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1988 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 54–107 (.335)
Divisional place 7th
Other information
Owner(s) Edward Bennett Williams
General manager(s) Roland Hemond
Manager(s) Cal Ripken, Sr., Frank Robinson
Local television WMAR-TV
(Jim Simpson, Brooks Robinson)
Home Team Sports
(Jim Palmer, Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein)
Local radio WBAL (AM)
(Jon Miller, Joe Angel)
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The 1988 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 7th in the American League East with a record of 54 wins and 107 losses. The season is remembered for the 0-21 start that lasted from April 4 to 28 to start the Orioles season.[1] Manager Cal Ripken, Sr. was fired after an 0-6 start and replaced by Hall of Famer Frank Robinson. The Orioles won their first game of the year against the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park on April 29.[2] The most runs allowed during the season was 15 in a game on June 19 while the most runs scored was 12 in a game on May 31.[1] Orioles owner Edward Bennett Williams died in August of that year.

Offseason

Regular season

  • April 4, 1988: The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Orioles 12-0, setting a record for the largest margin of victory in a shutout win on Opening Day.[8]
  • September 7, 1988: Curt Schilling made his major league debut. He pitched against the Boston Red Sox and pitched in 7 innings. Schilling gave up 6 hits and 3 earned runs. He had 2 strikeouts and 5 bases on balls.[9]

The Losing Streak

  • Game 13: The Orioles tied the 1904 Washington Senators and the 1920 Detroit Tigers for most losses to start the season with 13 losses after being beaten by the Brewers, 9-5, in Milwaukee.[10]
  • Game 14: On a cold, wet night, 7,284 witnessed baseball history at Milwaukee's County Stadium. Baltimore became the first team in the history of major league baseball to start the season 0-14 as the Brewers won, 8-6.[10]
  • Game 21: The Orioles lost 4-2 to the Minnesota Twins in Minnesota, extending their streak of season-starting losses to half again their original record, marking their seventh straight series being swept,[11] and ending the day 16 games out of first place on April 28.[12]

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 89 73 0.549 53–28 36–45
Detroit Tigers 88 74 0.543 1 50–31 38–43
Milwaukee Brewers 87 75 0.537 2 47–34 40–41
Toronto Blue Jays 87 75 0.537 2 45–36 42–39
New York Yankees 85 76 0.528 46–34 39–42
Cleveland Indians 78 84 0.481 11 44–37 34–47
Baltimore Orioles 54 107 0.335 34½ 34–46 20–61


Record vs. opponents

1988 American League Records

Sources:

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 4–9 5–7 4–7 4–9 5–8 0–12 4–9 3–9 3–10 4–8 7–5 6–6 5–8
Boston 9–4 8–4 7–5 8–5 6–7 6–6 10–3 7–5 9–4 3–9 6–6 8–4 2–11
California 7–5 4–8 9–4 8–4 5–7 5–8 3–9 4–9 6–6 4–9 6–7 8–5 6–6
Chicago 7–4 5–7 4–9 3–9 3–9 7–6 6–6 4–9 3–9 5–8 9–4 8–5 7–5
Cleveland 9–4 5–8 4–8 9–3 4–9 6–6 9–4 5–7 6–7 4–8 5–7 6–6 6–7
Detroit 8–5 7–6 7–5 9–3 9–4 8–4 5–8 1–11 8–5 4–8 9–3 8–4 5–8
Kansas City 12–0 6–6 8–5 6–7 6–6 4–8 3–9 7–6 6–6 8–5 7–5 7–6 4–8
Milwaukee 9–4 3–10 9–3 6–6 4–9 8–5 9–3 7–5 6–7 3–9 8–4 8–4 7–6
Minnesota 9–3 5–7 9–4 9–4 7–5 11–1 6–7 5–7 3–9 5–8 8–5 7–6 7–5
New York 10–3 4–9 6–6 9–3 7–6 5–8 6–6 7–6 9–3 6–6 5–7 5–6 6–7
Oakland 8–4 9–3 9–4 8–5 8–4 8–4 5–8 9–3 8–5 6–6 9–4 8–5 9–3
Seattle 5–7 6–6 7–6 4–9 7–5 3–9 5–7 4–8 5–8 7–5 4–9 6–7 5–7
Texas 6–6 4–8 5–8 5–8 6–6 4–8 6–7 4–8 6–7 6–5 5–8 7–6 6–6
Toronto 8–5 11–2 6–6 5–7 7–6 8–5 8–4 6–7 5–7 7–6 3–9 7–5 6–6


Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1988 Baltimore Orioles roster
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 HR RBI Avg.
C Mickey Tettleton 86 283 74 11 37 .261
1B Eddie Murray 161 603 171 28 84 .284
2B Billy Ripken 150 512 103 2 34 .207
3B Rick Schu 89 270 69 4 20 .256
SS Cal Ripken 161 575 152 23 81 .264
LF Pete Stanicek 83 261 60 4 17 .230
CF Fred Lynn 87 301 76 18 37 .252
RF Joe Orsulak 125 379 109 8 27 .288
DH Larry Sheets 136 452 104 10 47 .230

[18]

Other batters

Player G AB H HR RBI Avg.
Jim Traber 103 352 78 10 45 .222
Terry Kennedy 85 265 60 3 16 .226
Ken Gerhart 103 262 51 9 23 .195
Rene Gonzales 92 237 51 2 15 .215
Brady Anderson 53 177 35 1 9 .198
Keith Hughes 41 108 21 2 14 .194
Craig Worthington 26 81 15 2 4 .185
Jeff Stone 26 61 10 0 1 .164
Jim Dwyer 35 53 12 0 3 .226
Carl Nichols 18 47 9 0 1 .191
Wade Rowdon 20 30 3 0 0 .100
Butch Davis 13 25 6 0 0 .240
Tito Landrum 13 24 3 0 2 .125

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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
José Bautista 33 171.7 6 15 4.30 76
Jay Tibbs 30 158.7 4 15 5.39 82
Jeff Ballard 25 153.3 8 12 4.40 41
Mike Boddicker 21 147.0 6 12 3.86 100
Oswaldo Peraza 19 86.0 5 7 5.55 61
Scott McGregor 4 17.3 0 3 8.83 10
Curt Schilling 4 14.7 0 3 9.82 4
Bob Milacki 3 25.0 2 0 0.72 18
Pete Harnisch 2 13.0 0 2 5.54 10
Dickie Noles 2 3.3 0 2 24.30 1

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave Schmidt 41 129.7 8 5 3.40 67
Mark Williamson 37 117.7 5 8 4.90 69
Mike Morgan 22 71.3 1 6 5.43 29
Gordon Dillard 2 3.0 0 0 6.00 2

Relief pitchers

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Tom Niedenfuer 52 59.0 3 4 18 3.51 40
Doug Sisk 52 94.3 3 3 0 3.72 26
Mark Thurmond 43 74.7 1 8 3 4.58 29
Don Aase 35 46.7 0 0 0 4.05 28
John Habyan 7 14.7 1 0 0 4.30 4
Gregg Olson 10 11.0 1 1 0 3.27 9
Bill Scherrer 4 4.0 0 1 0 13.50 3

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Johnny Oates
AA Charlotte Knights Southern League Greg Biagini
A Hagerstown Suns Carolina League Mike Hart
A-Short Season Erie Orioles New York–Penn League Bobby Tolan
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Glenn Gulliver

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1988 Baltimore Orioles Schedule, Box Scores and Splits - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Box Score of Game played on Friday, April 29, 1988 at Comiskey Park I
  3. Mike Kinnunen page at Baseball Reference
  4. Mike Hart page at Baseball Reference
  5. Rico Rossy page at Baseball Reference
  6. Ray Knight page at Baseball Reference
  7. Rick Schu page at Baseball Reference
  8. SI.com - Statitudes - Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers - Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
  9. Curt Schilling page at Baseball Reference
  10. 10.0 10.1 Washingtonpost.com: The 1988 Orioles: And the Losing Goes On
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  13. 1988 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac
  14. Dickie Noles page at Baseball Reference
  15. Mickey Tettleton page at Baseball Reference
  16. Pete Rose Jr. page at Baseball Reference
  17. Mike Boddicker page at Baseball Reference
  18. 18.0 18.1 1988 Baltimore Orioles Statistics and Roster - Baseball-Reference.com