1988 American League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

1987 AL / 1989 AL / 1988 NL / 1988 MLB Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

League Awards

Batting stats are G BA/OBP/SLG Pitching stats are W-L ERA, SO.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Award	Jose Canseco OAK 158 G .307/.391/.569
Cy Young Award	Frank Viola MIN 24-7, 2.64, 193 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Walt Weiss OAK 147 G .250/.312/.321
Manager of the Year Award	Tony LaRussa
Batting Champion (highest BA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Wade Boggs BOS 155 G .366/.476/.490
ERA Pitching Champion (lowest ERA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Allan Anderson MIN 16-9, 2.45, 83 SO
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	Dennis Eckersley OAK 4-2 (45 SV), 2.35, 70 SO
ALCS MVP	Dennis Eckersley - S
TSN Pitcher of the Year	Frank Viola MIN 24-7, 2.64, 193 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Mark Langston
Catcher	Bob Boone
First Base	Don Mattingly
Second Base	Harold Reynolds
Third Base	Gary Gaetti
Shortstop	Tony Fernandez
Outfield	Gary Pettis, Kirby Puckett and Devon White

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

Catcher	Carlton Fisk CHW 76 G .277/.377/.542
First Base	George Brett KCR 157 G .306/.389/.509
Second Base	Julio Franco CLE 152 G .303/.361/.409
Third Base	Wade Boggs BOS 155 G .366/.476/.490
Shortstop	Alan Trammell DET 128 G .311/.373/.464
Outfield	Jose Canseco OAK 158 G .307/.391/.569 Mike Greenwell BOS 158 G .325/.416/.531 Kirby Puckett MIN 158 G .356/.375/.545

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Frank Viola (MIN) C. Terry Steinbach (OAK) 1B. Mark McGwire (OAK) 2B. Paul Molitor (MIL) 3B. Wade Boggs (BOS) SS. Cal Ripken (BAL) LF. Jose Canseco (OAK) CF. Rickey Henderson (NYY) RF. Dave Winfield (NYY)	Doyle Alexander (DET) George Brett* (KCR) Roger Clemens* (BOS) Dennis Eckersley* (OAK) Gary Gaetti* (MIN) Mike Greenwell* (BOS) Mark Gubicza* (KCR) Ozzie Guillen (CHW) Doug Jones* (CLE)	Carney Lansford* (OAK) Tim Laudner* (MIN) Don Mattingly* (NYY) Dan Plesac* (MIL) Kirby Puckett* (MIN) Johnny Ray* (CAL) Jeff Reardon (MIN) Harold Reynolds* (SEA) Jeff Russell* (TEX)	Dave Stieb* (TOR) Kurt Stillwell* (KCR) Alan Trammell (DET)

AL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Boggs (BOS)	8.2
2.	Gubicza (KCR)	7.8
3.	Viola (MIN)	7.7
4.	Puckett (MIN)	7.7
5.	Greenwell (BOS)	7.5
6.	Higuera (MIL)	7.4
7.	Canseco (OAK)	7.3
8.	Clemens (BOS)	7.1
9.	Henderson (NYY)	6.3
10.	Henderson (OAK)	6.3

Oldest s c a p y
1.	John (NYY)	born 1943-05-22
2.	Niekro (MIN)	born 1944-11-07
3.	Carlton (MIN)	born 1944-12-22
4.	Evans (DET)	born 1947-05-26
5.	Cruz (NYY)	born 1947-08-08
6.	Garber (KCR)	born 1947-11-13
7.	Boone (CAL)	born 1947-11-19
8.	Fisk (CHW)	born 1947-12-26
9.	Hough (TEX)	born 1948-01-05
10.	Chambliss (NYY)	born 1948-12-26

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Sheffield (MIL)	born 1968-11-18
2.	Gordon (KCR)	born 1967-11-18
3.	de los Santos (KCR)	born 1966-12-29
4.	Schilling (BAL)	born 1966-11-14
5.	Olson (BAL)	born 1966-10-11
6.	Walker (CLE)	born 1966-10-04
7.	Harnisch (BAL)	born 1966-09-23
8.	Eiland (NYY)	born 1966-07-05
9.	Perez (CHW)	born 1966-02-15
10.	Browne (TEX)	born 1966-02-13

Salary s c a p y
1.	Brett (KCR)	$2,305,000
2.	Rice (BOS)	$2,214,865
3.	Murray (BAL)	$2,142,904
4.	Caudill (TOR)	$2,000,000
	Mattingly (NYY)	$2,000,000
6.	Morris (DET)	$1,988,000
7.	Winfield (NYY)	$1,958,652
8.	Bell (TOR)	$1,900,000
9.	Henderson (NYY)	$1,770,000
10.	Ripken (BAL)	$1,700,000

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1954, so all leaders are since 1954. Explanation of min. requirements

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