1988 Boston Red Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 1988
misc = 1988 AL East Champions

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Fenway Park
y4 = 1912
city = Boston, Massachusetts
y5 = 1901
owners = Jean Yawkey,
Haywood Sullivan
genmanagers = Lou Gorman
managers = John McNamara (W-43; L-42) and Joe Morgan (W-46; L-31)
television = WSBK-TV, Ch. 38
(Sean McDonough, Bob Montgomery)
NESN
(Ned Martin, Jerry Remy)
radio = WPLM-FM 99.1
(Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione)
WRCA
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)|The by|1988 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing first in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses.

Offseason

*December 8, 1987: Lee Smith was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Boston Red Sox for Al Nipper and Calvin Schiraldi. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithle02.shtml Lee Smith Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*January 5, 1988: Dennis Lamp was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lampde01.shtml]

Regular season

eason standings

Notable Transactions

* April 15, 1988: Rick Cerone signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/ceronri01.shtml Rick Cerone Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* July 29, 1988: Curt Schilling was traded by the Boston Red Sox with Brady Anderson to the Baltimore Orioles for Mike Boddicker.

Opening Day Line Up

Other batters

Relief pitchers

Game 3

Game 4

Awards and Honors

* Wade Boggs, American League Batting Champion, .366
* Wade Boggs, American League Leader, Runs (128)
* Wade Boggs, American League Leader, Doubles (45)
* Wade Boggs, American League Leader, Walks (125)
* Wade Boggs, Major League Baseball Leader, On-base percentage (.476)
* Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Complete Games (14)
* Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Shutouts (8)

All-Star Game
* Wade Boggs, Third Base, Starter
* Roger Clemens, Pitcher, Reserve
* Mike Greenwell, Outfield, Reserve

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007]

* Class AAA: Pawtucket Red Sox (International League; Ed Nottle, manager)
* Class AA: New Britain Red Sox (Eastern League; Dave Holt, manager)
* Class A: Lynchburg Red Sox (Carolina League; Dick Berardino, manager)
* Class A: Winter Haven Red Sox (Florida State League; Doug Camilli, manager)
* Class SS-A: Elmira Pioneers (New York-Penn League; Bill Limoncelli, manager)
* Rookie: AZL Mariners/Red Sox (Arizona League; Mike Verdi and Myron Pines, managers) — Affiliation shared with Seattle Mariners

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1988.shtml 1988 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1988&t=BOS 1988 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com]

succession box
title = AL East Championship Season
years = 1988
before =Detroit Tigers
1987
after = Toronto Blue Jays
1989