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1988 San Diego Padres
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Jack Murphy Stadium
City San Diego, California
Record83–78 (.516)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Joan Kroc
General managers Jack McKeon
Managers Larry Bowa, Jack McKeon
Television KUSI-TV
San Diego Cable Sports Network
( Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner)
Radio KFMB (AM)
( Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman)
XEXX
(Gustavo Lopez, Mario Thomas Zapiain, Eduardo Ortega)
←  1987 Seasons 1989 →

The 1988 San Diego Padres season was the 20th season in franchise history. Tony Gwynn set a National League record by having the lowest batting average (.313) to win a batting title. [1]

Offseason

Regular season

Team president Chub Feeney resigned after giving the finger to fans carrying a sign reading "SCRUB CHUB" on Fan Appreciation Night. [4]

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 94 67 0.584 — 45–36 49–31
Cincinnati Reds 87 74 0.540 7 45–35 42–39
San Diego Padres 83 78 0.516 11 47–34 36–44
San Francisco Giants 83 79 0.512 11½ 45–36 38–43
Houston Astros 82 80 0.506 12½ 44–37 38–43
Atlanta Braves 54 106 0.338 39½ 28–51 26–55

Record vs. opponents

1988 National League record

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 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1988 San Diego Padres
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 Benito Santiago 139 492 122 .248 10 46
1B Keith Moreland 143 511 131 .256 5 64
2B Roberto Alomar 143 545 145 .266 9 41
SS Garry Templeton 110 362 90 .249 3 36
3B Chris Brown 80 247 58 .235 2 19
LF Carmelo Martínez 121 365 86 .236 18 65
CF Marvell Wynne 128 333 88 .264 11 42
RF Tony Gwynn 133 521 163 .313 7 70

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
John Kruk 120 378 91 .241 9 44
Randy Ready 114 331 88 .266 7 39
Dickie Thon 95 258 68 .264 1 18
Tim Flannery 79 170 45 .265 0 19
Shane Mack 56 119 29 .244 0 12
Mark Parent 41 118 23 .195 6 15
Stan Jefferson 49 111 16 .144 1 4
Shawn Abner 37 83 15 .181 2 5
Rob Nelson 7 21 4 .190 1 3
Jerald Clark 6 15 3 .200 0 3
Randy Byers 11 10 2 .200 0 0
Bip Roberts 5 9 3 .333 0 0
Sandy Alomar Jr. 1 1 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
Eric Show 32 234.2 16 11 3.26 144
Andy Hawkins 33 218.0 14 11 3.35 91
Ed Whitson 34 205.0 13 11 3.77 118
Jimmy Jones 29 179.0 9 14 4.12 82
Dennis Rasmussen 20 148.1 14 4 2.55 85

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
Mark Grant 33 97.2 2 8 3.69 61
Greg W. Harris 3 18.0 2 0 1.50 15

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
Mark Davis 62 5 10 28 2.01 102
Lance McCullers 60 3 6 10 2.49 81
Dave Leiper 35 3 0 1 2.17 33
Greg Booker 34 2 2 0 3.39 43
Candy Sierra 15 0 1 0 5.70 20
Keith Comstock 7 0 0 0 6.75 9
Eric Nolte 2 0 0 0 6.00 1

Award winners

  • Tony Gwynn, National League Batting Champion, .313

1988 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Las Vegas Stars Pacific Coast League Steve Smith
AA Wichita Pilots Texas League Pat Kelly
A Riverside Red Wave California League Tony Torchia
A Charleston Rainbows South Atlantic League Jack Krol
A-Short Season Spokane Indians Northwest League Steve Lubratich
Rookie AZL Padres Arizona League Jaime Moreno

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Las Vegas, Riverside, Spokane [7]

References

  1. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.191, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN  978-0-451-22363-0
  2. ^ Rodney McCray at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Rich Gossage at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Wulf, Steve (April 5, 1989). "All My Padres". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  5. ^ Andy Benes at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Candy Sierra at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

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