1988 San Diego Padres
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkJack Murphy Stadium
CitySan Diego, California
Record83–78 (.516)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersJoan Kroc
General managersJack McKeon
ManagersLarry Bowa, Jack McKeon
TelevisionKUSI-TV
San Diego Cable Sports Network
(Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner)
RadioKFMB (AM)
(Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman)
XEXX
(Gustavo Lopez, Mario Thomas Zapiain, Eduardo Ortega)
Seasons

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 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

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
CBenito Santiago139492122.2481046
1BKeith Moreland143511131.256564
2BRoberto Alomar143545145.266941
SSGarry Templeton11036290.249336
3BChris Brown8024758.235219
LFCarmelo Martínez12136586.2361865
CFMarvell Wynne12833388.2641142
RFTony Gwynn133521163.313770

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 Kruk12037891.241944
Randy Ready11433188.266739
Dickie Thon9525868.264118
Tim Flannery7917045.265019
Shane Mack5611929.244012
Mark Parent4111823.195615
Stan Jefferson4911116.14414
Shawn Abner378315.18125
Rob Nelson7214.19013
Jerald Clark6153.20003
Randy Byers11102.20000
Bip Roberts593.33300
Sandy Alomar Jr.110.00000

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 Show32234.216113.26144
Andy Hawkins33218.014113.3591
Ed Whitson34205.013113.77118
Jimmy Jones29179.09144.1282
Dennis Rasmussen20148.11442.5585

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 Grant3397.2283.6961
Greg W. Harris318.0201.5015

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 Davis62510282.01102
Lance McCullers6036102.4981
Dave Leiper353012.1733
Greg Booker342203.3943
Candy Sierra150105.7020
Keith Comstock70006.759
Eric Nolte20006.001

Award winners

  • Tony Gwynn, National League Batting Champion, .313

1988 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

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
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