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Season Almanac

1988 MLB Season

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: José Canseco (HR, RBI)

Home Runs
  1. 1José CansecoATH42
  2. 2Darryl StrawberryNYM39
  3. 3Fred McGriffTOR34
Hits
  1. 1Kirby PuckettMIN234
  2. 2Wade BoggsBOS214
  3. 3Mike GreenwellBOS192
Runs Batted In
  1. 1José CansecoATH124
  2. 2Kirby PuckettMIN121
  3. 3Mike GreenwellBOS119
Runs
  1. 1Wade BoggsBOS128
  2. 2José CansecoATH120
  3. 3Rickey HendersonNYY118
Stolen Bases
  1. 1Rickey HendersonNYY93
  2. 2Vince ColemanSTL81
  3. 3Gerald YoungHOU65
Pitching Strikeouts
  1. 1Roger ClemensBOS291
  2. 2Mark LangstonSEA235
  3. 3Nolan Ryan Jr.HOU228
Pitching Wins
  1. 1Frank ViolaMIN24
  2. 2Danny JacksonCIN23
  3. 3Orel HershiserLAD23
Saves
  1. 1Dennis EckersleyATH45
  2. 2Jeff ReardonMIN42
  3. 3John FrancoCIN39

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1José CansecoBAT21.2
  2. 2Darryl StrawberryBAT18.7
  3. 3Kirby PuckettBAT18.1
  4. 4Dave WinfieldBAT17.9
  5. 5Mike GreenwellBAT17.8
  6. 6Fred McGriffBAT17.5
  7. 7Will ClarkBAT17
  8. 8Andres GalarragaBAT16.8
  9. 9George BrettBAT16.7
  10. 10Kirk GibsonBAT16.6
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Gary SheffieldRF255
  2. 2Randy JohnsonP227
  3. 3John SmoltzP217.3
  4. 4Craig Biggio2B212.8
  5. 5Roberto Alomar2B192.7
  6. 6Curt SchillingP191.6
  7. 7Tom GordonP190.4
  8. 8Mark Grace1B167.7

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Don SuttonP248
  2. 2Steve CarltonP234.4
  3. 3Don BaylorDH197.5
  4. 4Graig Nettles3B197.2
  5. 5Ted SimmonsC192
  6. 6Jose CruzLF172.7
  7. 7Joe NiekroP169.4
  8. 8George HendrickRF166.3

Teams · 26

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
Athletics104-58226.4José CansecoPlayoffs
New York Mets100-60305.4Darryl StrawberryPlayoffs
Los Angeles Dodgers94-67315.5Kirk GibsonPlayoffs
Minnesota Twins91-71214.3Kirby Puckett
Boston Red Sox89-73195.1Mike GreenwellPlayoffs
Detroit Tigers88-74194.7Mike Henneman
Cincinnati Reds87-74279.3Eric Davis
Toronto Blue Jays87-75213.1Fred McGriff
Milwaukee Brewers87-75192.2Paul Molitor
Pittsburgh Pirates85-75252.4Andy Van Slyke
New York Yankees85-76189.4Dave Winfield
Kansas City Royals84-77177George Brett
San Diego Padres83-78262.7Mark Davis
San Francisco Giants83-79294.6Will Clark
Houston Astros82-80283.3Glenn Davis
Washington Nationals81-81265Andres Galarraga
Cleveland Indians78-84165.7Joe Carter
Chicago Cubs77-85237.3Andre Dawson
St. Louis Cardinals76-86237.3Todd Worrell
Los Angeles Angels75-87185.5Bryan Harvey
Chicago White Sox71-90141.5Harold Baines
Texas Rangers70-91173.9Ruben Sierra
Seattle Mariners68-93155.8Alvin Davis
Philadelphia Phillies65-96224.2Phil Bradley
Atlanta Braves54-106227.5Ron Gant
Baltimore Orioles54-107144.1Eddie Murray

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.