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1988
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| 1988 in baseball |
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| Japanese baseball |
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1988.
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[edit] Club competitions
[edit] Professional
[edit] Asia and Australia
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- Nippon Series: Seibu Lions (PL) over the Chunichi Dragons (CL), 4 - 1 - 0 (Details)
- Korea Baseball Organization: Haitai Tigers defeated the Binggrae Eagles in the Korean Series (Details)
- Claxton Shield: New South Wales
[edit] Europe
[edit] North America
- Major League Baseball
- World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers (NL) over the Oakland Athletics (AL), 4 - 1 (Details)
- Minor League Baseball
- Triple-A Classic: Indianapolis Indians (AA) over the Rochester Red Wings (IL), 4 - 2 (Details)
- American Association: Indianapolis Indians (Details)
- International League: Rochester Red Wings (Details)
- Pacific Coast League: Las Vegas Stars (Details)
- Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Diablos Rojos del México defeated the Saraperos de Saltillo in the finals, 4 - 1
- Cuban Serie Nacional: Vegueros (Details)
[edit] Winter Leagues
- Serie del Caribe: in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Leones del Escogido (Dominican Republic) (Details)
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Leones del Escogido defeated the Estrellas Orientales in the finals, 4 - 3
- Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Potros de Tijuana
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Indios de Mayagüez
- Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Leones del Caracas defeated the Tigres de Aragua in the finals, 4 - 2
[edit] Amateur
- All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Kinki University defeated the Tohoku Fukushi University in the final, 3 - 1 (Details)
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- College World Series (Division I): Stanford University defeated Arizona State University in the finals, 9 - 4 (Details)
- Division II Baseball Championship: Florida Southern College over the California State University, Sacramento, 5 - 4 in the finals
- Division III Baseball Championship: Ithaca College over the the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, 7 - 5 in the finals
- NAIA College World Series: Lewis-Clark State College over the Grand Canyon University, 9 - 3 in the finals
- Community College League of California: Sacramento City College over the Rancho Santiago College in the finals
- Japan High School Baseball Federation
- National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Uwajima Higashi High School (Ehime) defeat Higashikuni High School (Aichi), 6 - 1 in the championship (Details)
- National High School Baseball Championship: Hiroshima High School (Hiroshima) defeat Fukuoka Number One High School (Fukuoka), 1 - 0 in the championship (Details)
- Little League
- Little League World Series: Tai Ping (Taichung, Taiwan) defeat Pearl City (Pearl City, HI), 10 - 0 in the championship (Details)
[edit] International competitions
- Baseball World Cup in Italy (Details)
- Cuba (Gold); United States (Silver); Chinese Taipei (Bronze)
- Olympics (Demonstration Sport) in Seoul, Sudogwon, South Korea (Details)
- United States (First); Japan (Second); Puerto Rico (Third)
- World Junior Championship in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Details)
- United States (Gold); Cuba (Silver); Chinese Taipei (Bronze)
[edit] Events
[edit] Culture
[edit] Literature
- Catfish: My Life in Baseball, by Catfish Hunter and Armen Keteyian
- The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt, by W.P. Kinsella
- John McGraw, by Charles C. Alexander
- Season of Glory: The Amazing Saga of the 1961 New York Yankees, by Robert Creamer and Ralph Houk
- Season Ticket, by Roger Angell
- Short Season and Other Stories, by Jerry Klinkowitz
- Wheat That Springeth Green, by J.F. Powers
[edit] Song
[edit] Film
- Bull Durham
- Eight Men Out
- Stealing Home
[edit] Births
- Further information: Births in 1988
[edit] Deaths
- Further information: Deaths in 1988
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