1988 League Championship Series - Oakland Athletics over Boston Red Sox (4-0)

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1988 League Championship Series (4-0): Oakland Athletics (104-58) over Boston Red Sox (89-73)

WS: LAD-OAK / ALCS: OAK-BOS / NLCS: LAD-NYM
1987 ALCS / 1989 ALCS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 5, 1988 at Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0     2  6  0
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     1  6  0

    PITCHERS: OAK - Stewart, Honeycutt (7), Eckersley (8)
              BOS - Hurst

               WP - Rick Honeycutt
	       LP - Bruce Hurst
             SAVE - Dennis Eckersley

   HOME RUNS: OAK - Canseco
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 34,104

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 6, 1988 at Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  1     4 10  1
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    0  0  2    1  0  0     3  4  1

    PITCHERS: OAK - Davis, Cadaret (7), Nelson (7), Eckersley (9)
              BOS - Clemens, Stanley (8), Smith (8)

               WP - Gene Nelson
	       LP - Lee Smith
             SAVE - Dennis Eckersley

   HOME RUNS: OAK - Canseco
              BOS - Gedman

  ATTENDANCE: 34,605

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 8, 1988 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               3  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     6 12  0
    Oakland Athletics            0  4  2    0  1  0    1  2  x    10 15  1

    PITCHERS: BOS - Boddicker, Gardner (3), Stanley (8)
              OAK - Welch, Nelson (2), Young (6), Plunk (7), Honeycutt (7), Eckersley (8)

               WP - Gene Nelson
	       LP - Mike Boddicker
             SAVE - Dennis Eckersley

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Greenwell
              OAK - Hassey, Henderson, Lansford, McGwire

  ATTENDANCE: 49,261

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 9, 1988 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  4  0
    Oakland Athletics            1  0  1    0  0  0    0  2  x     4 10  1

    PITCHERS: BOS - Hurst, Smithson (5), Smith (7)
              OAK - Stewart, Honeycutt (8), Eckersley (9)

               WP - Dave Stewart
	       LP - Bruce Hurst
             SAVE - Dennis Eckersley

   HOME RUNS: BOS - none
              OAK - Canseco

  ATTENDANCE: 49,406

Series MVP - Dennis Eckersley

Series Batting Stats

Oakland Athletics Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Don Baylor	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	92	264	28	58	7	34	0	.220	.658
Greg Cadaret	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	58	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Canseco	4	16	4	5	1	0	3	4	1	2	.313	.353	.938	1.290	1	1	158	610	120	187	42	124	40	.307	.959
Storm Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Eckersley	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	60	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Gallego	4	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	0	0	129	277	38	58	2	20	2	.209	.558
Ron Hassey	4	8	2	4	1	0	1	3	1	1	.500	.556	1.000	1.556	0	0	107	323	32	83	7	45	2	.257	.692
Dave Henderson	4	16	2	6	1	0	1	4	1	7	.375	.412	.625	1.037	0	0	146	507	100	154	24	94	2	.304	.887
Rick Honeycutt	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	55	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Javier	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	0	0	125	397	49	102	2	35	20	.257	.633
Carney Lansford	4	17	4	5	1	0	1	2	0	2	.294	.294	.529	.824	0	1	150	556	80	155	7	57	29	.279	.687
Mark McGwire	4	15	4	5	0	0	1	3	1	5	.333	.375	.533	.908	0	0	155	550	87	143	32	99	0	.260	.830
Gene Nelson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	57	0	1	0	0	0	1
Dave Parker	3	12	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.333	.583	0	0	101	377	43	97	12	55	0	.257	.720
Tony Phillips	2	7	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	.286	.375	.429	.804	0	0	79	212	32	43	2	17	0	.203	.627
Eric Plunk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Polonia	3	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.400	.500	.400	.900	0	1	84	288	51	84	2	27	24	.292	.716
Terry Steinbach	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	0	0	104	351	42	93	9	51	3	.265	.736
Dave Stewart	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Weiss	4	15	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	4	.333	.333	.467	.800	0	0	147	452	44	113	3	39	4	.250	.633
Bob Welch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curt Young	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	58	137	20	41	8	0	7	20	10	35	.299	.345	.511	.856	1	3	162	5602	800	1474	156		129	.263	.736

Boston Red Sox Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Marty Barrett	4	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.067	.125	.067	.192	0	0	150	612	83	173	1	65	7	.283	.666
Todd Benzinger	4	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	0	0	120	405	47	103	13	70	2	.254	.718
Mike Boddicker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*36	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wade Boggs	4	13	2	5	0	0	0	3	3	4	.385	.444	.385	.829	0	0	155	584	128	214	5	58	2	.366	.965
Ellis Burks	4	17	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	.235	.235	.294	.529	0	0	144	540	93	159	18	92	25	.294	.848
Roger Clemens	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dwight Evans	4	12	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	5	.167	.333	.250	.583	0	0	149	559	96	164	21	111	5	.293	.861
Wes Gardner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Gedman	4	14	1	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	.357	.438	.571	1.009	0	0	95	299	33	69	9	39	0	.231	.647
Mike Greenwell	4	14	2	3	1	0	1	3	3	0	.214	.353	.500	.853	0	0	158	590	86	192	22	119	16	.325	.946
Bruce Hurst	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spike Owen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	89	257	40	64	5	18	0	.249	.694
Larry Parrish	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*120	406	32	88	14	52	0	.217	.629
Jody Reed	4	12	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.400	.333	.733	0	0	109	338	60	99	1	28	1	.293	.756
Jim Rice	4	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	4	.154	.267	.154	.421	0	0	135	485	57	128	15	72	1	.264	.736
Ed Romero	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	31	75	3	18	0	5	0	.240	.552
Kevin Romine	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	57	78	17	15	1	6	2	.192	.541
Lee Smith	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	64	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Smithson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Stanley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	57	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	53	126	11	26	4	0	2	10	18	23	.206	.306	.286	.592	0	0	162	5545	813	1569	124		65	.283	.777

Oakland Athletics Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Greg Cadaret	1	0	27.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	1	0	0	3.000	58	0	2.89	5	2	3	71.2	60	36	64	1.340
Storm Davis	1	1	0.00	0	0	0	0	6.1	2	0	5	4	1.105	33	33	3.70	16	7	0	201.2	211	91	127	1.498
Dennis Eckersley	4	0	0.00	0	0	4	0	6.0	1	0	2	5	0.500	60	0	2.35	4	2	45	72.2	52	11	70	0.867
Rick Honeycutt	3	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	2	0	1.000	55	0	3.50	3	2	7	79.2	74	25	47	1.243
Gene Nelson	2	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	4.2	5	0	1	0	1.286	54	1	3.06	9	6	3	111.2	93	38	67	1.173
Eric Plunk	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	1	3.000	49	0	3.00	7	2	5	78.0	62	39	79	1.295
Dave Stewart	2	2	1.35	1	0	0	0	13.1	9	2	6	11	1.125	37	37	3.23	21	12	0	275.2	240	110	192	1.270
Bob Welch	1	1	27.00	0	0	0	0	1.2	6	5	2	0	4.800	36	36	3.64	17	9	0	244.2	237	81	158	1.300
Curt Young	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	2	0.750	26	26	4.14	11	8	0	156.1	162	50	69	1.356
Totals	16	4	2.00	4	0	4	0	36.0	26	8	18	23	1.222	162	162	3.438	104	58		1489.1	1376	553	983	1.295

Boston Red Sox Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Mike Boddicker	1	1	20.25	0	1	0	0	2.2	8	6	1	2	3.375	*36	35	3.39	13	15	0	236.0	234	77	156	1.318
Roger Clemens	1	1	3.86	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	3	0	8	0.857	35	35	2.93	18	12	0	264.0	217	62	291	1.057
Wes Gardner	1	0	5.79	0	0	0	0	4.2	6	3	2	8	1.714	36	18	3.50	8	6	2	149.0	119	64	106	1.228
Bruce Hurst	2	2	2.77	0	2	0	1	13.0	10	4	5	12	1.154	33	32	3.66	18	6	0	216.2	222	65	166	1.325
Lee Smith	2	0	8.10	0	1	0	0	3.1	6	3	1	4	2.100	64	0	2.80	4	5	29	83.2	72	37	96	1.303
Mike Smithson	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	0	0	1	1.286	31	18	5.97	9	6	0	126.2	149	37	73	1.468
Bob Stanley	2	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	3.000	57	0	3.19	6	4	5	101.2	90	29	57	1.170
Totals	10	4	5.29	0	4	0	1	34.0	41	20	10	35	1.500	162	162	3.969	89	73		1426.1	1415	493	1085	1.338

WS: LAD-OAK / ALCS: OAK-BOS / NLCS: LAD-NYM
1987 ALCS / 1989 ALCS

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