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1988:To Little to Late


American League East

W L Pct. GB
Boston 89 73 .549 -
Detroit 88 74 .543 1.0
Milwaukee 87 75 .537 2.0
Toronto 87 75 .537 2.0
NY Yankees 85 76 .528 3.5
Cleveland 78 84 .481 11.0
Baltimore 54 107 .335 34.5

   The Blue Jays were as far back as 11.5 games back of the division leader in mid July, but after the All-Star break, they post the division best second-half record with 45 wins; 22 in the final stretch. The Jays led the league in home runs (158), triples (47), total bases (2330) and slugging percentage (.419). Fred McGriff's 34 homers led the A.L., as did the pitching staff's 17 shutouts. Jimmy Key recovered from arm trouble to go 12-5 and Dave Stieb tossed three one-hitters over the course of the campaign.

Most Valuable Player Most Valuable Pitcher Player of the Year
Fred McGriff Dave Steib Fred McGriff
Pitcher of the Year Rookie of the Year Most Improved Player
Dave Steib Pat Borders Kelly Gruber

1988 Batting Statistics
Batter Pos. Avg. G AB R H HR RBI
Jesse Barfield OF .244 137 468 62 114 18 56
George Bell OF .269 156 614 78 165 24 97
Juan Beniquez DH .293 30 58 9 17 1 8
Pat Borders C .273 56 154 15 42 5 21
Sal Butera C .233 23 60 3 14 1 6
Sal Campusano OF .218 76 142 14 31 2 12
Rob Ducey OF .315 27 54 15 17 0 6
Tony Fernandez SS .287 154 648 76 186 5 70
Cecil Fielder DH-1B .230 74 174 24 40 9 23
Kelly Gruber 3B .278 158 569 75 158 16 81
Alexis Infante IF .200 19 15 7 3 0 0
Rick Leach OF .276 87 199 21 55 0 23
Manny Lee 2B-SS .291 117 381 38 111 2 38
Nelson Liriano 2B .264 103 276 36 73 3 23
Fred McGriff 1B .282 154 536 100 151 34 82
Lloyd Moseby OF .239 128 472 77 113 10 42
Rance Mulliniks DH-3B .300 119 337 49 101 12 48
Lou Thornton OF .000 11 2 1 0 0 0
Ernie Whitt C .251 127 398 63 100 16 70
Designated hitters
.288 162 612 90 176 25 95
Pinch-hitters
.202 81 129 14 26 2 18
Totals
.268 162 5557 763 1491 158 706

1988 Batting Statistics
Pitcher ERA W-L SV G IP H ER BB SO
Doug Bair 4.05 0-0 0 10 13 14 6 3 8
Tony Castillo 3.00 1-0 0 14 15 10 5 2 14
John Cerutti 3.13 6-7 1 46 124 120 43 42 65
Jim Clancy 4.49 11-13 1 36 196 207 98 47 118
Mark Eichhorn 4.19 0-3 1 37 67 79 31 27 28
Mike Flanagan 4.18 13-13 0 34 211 220 98 80 99
Tom Henke 2.91 4-4 25 52 68 60 22 24 66
Jimmy Key 3.29 12-5 0 21 131 127 48 30 65
Jeff Musselman 3.18 8-5 0 15 85 80 30 30 39
Jose Nunez 3.07 0-1 0 13 29 28 10 17 18
Mark Ross 4.91 0-0 0 3 7 5 4 4 4
Dave Stieb 3.04 16-8 0 32 207 157 70 79 147
Todd Stottlemyre 5.69 4-8 0 28 98 109 62 46 67
Duane Ward 3.30 9-3 15 64 112 101 41 60 91
David Wells 4.62 3-5 4 41 64 65 33 31 56
Frank Wills 5.23 0-0 0 10 26 22 12 6 19
Totals 3.80 87-75 47 162 1449 1404 611 528 904

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