1988 Atlanta Braves season

The 1988 Atlanta Braves season was the 118th in franchise history and their 23rd in Atlanta.

1988 Atlanta Braves
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record54–106 (.338)
Divisional place6th
Other information
OwnersTed Turner
General managersBobby Cox
ManagersChuck Tanner, Russ Nixon
Local televisionWTBS
Superstation WTBS
Local radioWSB
(Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Billy Sample)
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Offseason
  • November 13, 1987: Ken Griffey, Sr. was signed as a free agent by the Braves.[1]
  • December 6, 1987: Graig Nettles was signed as a free agent by the Braves.[2]
  • December 8, 1987: Ed Whited was traded by the Houston Astros with Mike Stoker (minors) to the Atlanta Braves for Rafael Ramirez and cash. [3]
  • March 24, 1988: Graig Nettles was purchased from the Braves by the Montreal Expos.[2]

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9467 0.584 — 45–36 49–31
Cincinnati Reds 8774 0.540 7 45–35 42–39
San Diego Padres 8378 0.516 11 47–34 36–44
San Francisco Giants 8379 0.512 11½ 45–36 38–43
Houston Astros 8280 0.506 12½ 44–37 38–43
Atlanta Braves 54106 0.338 39½ 28–51 26–55

Record vs. opponents
1988 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–75–135–134–144–84–86–65–58–105–133–9
Chicago 7–5—6–67–54–8–19–99–98–107–118–45–77–11
Cincinnati 13–56–6—9–97–115–74–79–37–510–811–76–6
Houston 13–55–79–9—9–96–65–78–48–46–127–116–6
Los Angeles 14–48–4–111–79–9—8–41–1011–16–67–1112–67–5
Montreal 8–49–97–56–64–8—6–129–9–18–104–87–513–5
New York 8–49–97–47–510–112–6—10–812–67–54–814–4
Philadelphia 6-610–83–94–81–119–9–18–10—7–114–77–56–12
Pittsburgh 5–511–75–74–86–610–86–1211–7—8–48–411–7
San Diego 10–84–88–1012–611–78–45–77–44–8—8–106–6
San Francisco 13–57–57–1111–76–125–78–45–74–810–8—7–5
St. Louis 9–311–76–66–65–75–134–1412–67–116–65–7—

Notable transactions
  • May 17, 1988: Jerry Royster was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.[4]
  • May 20, 1988: Melvin Nieves was signed by the Braves as an amateur free agent.[5]
  • 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.[6]
    • Turk Wendell was drafted by the Braves in the 5th round. Player signed June 4, 1988.[7]
  • July 28, 1988: Ken Griffey, Sr. was released by the Braves.[1]

Roster
1988 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
COzzie Virgil, Jr.10732082.256931
1BGerald Perry141547164.300874
2BRon Gant146563146.2591960
3BKen Oberkfell120422117.277340
SSAndrés Thomas153606153.2521368
LFDion James13238699.256360
CFTerry Blocker6619842.212210
RFDale Murphy156592134.2262477

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 Benedict9023657.242019
Albert Hall8523157.247115
Ken Griffey6919348.249219
Lonnie Smith4311427.23739
Gary Roenicke4911426.22817
Ted Simmons7810721.196211
Jerry Royster6810218.17601
Jim Morrison519214.152213
Paul Runge527616.21107
Jeff Blauser186716.23927
Dámaso García21607.11714
Mark Lemke165813.22402
Tommy Gregg112910.34504
Jody Davis282.25013

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 Mahler39249.09163.69131
Tom Glavine34195.17174.5684
Pete Smith32195.17153.69124
Zane Smith23140.15104.3059
John Smoltz1264.0275.4837
Kevin Blankenship210.2013.385

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 Coffman1867.0265.7824
Germán Jiménez1555.2165.0126

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 Sutter3814144.7640
Paul Assenmacher648753.0671
Jose Alvarez605632.9981
Charlie Puleo535513.4770
Jim Acker210404.7125
Juan Eichelberger202003.8613
Joe Boever160211.777
Ed Olwine160016.755
Chuck Cary70006.487
Gary Eave50009.000
Jim Morrison30000.001

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Jim Beauchamp
AA Greenville Braves Southern League Russ Nixon and Buddy Bailey
A Durham Bulls Carolina League Buddy Bailey and Grady Little
A Burlington Braves Midwest League Grady Little and Rick Albert
A Sumter Braves South Atlantic League Ned Yost
Rookie Pulaski Braves Appalachian League Cloyd Boyer
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Pedro González
Rookie Idaho Falls Braves Pioneer League Jim Procopio

[8]

Awards and honors

References
  1. Ken Griffey at Baseball-Reference
  2. Graig Nettles at Baseball-Reference
  3. "Ed Whited: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  4. "Jerry Royster Stats".
  5. Melvin Nieves at Baseball-Reference
  6. Steve Avery at Baseball-Reference
  7. Turk Wendell at Baseball-Reference
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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