1988 World Series - Los Angeles Dodgers over Oakland Athletics (4-1)

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1988 World Series (4-1): Los Angeles Dodgers (94-67) over Oakland Athletics (104-58)

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

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 15, 1988 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  4  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     4  7  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          2  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  2     5  7  0

    PITCHERS: OAK - Stewart, Eckersley (9)
              LAD - Belcher, Leary (3), Holton (6), Pena (8)

               WP - Alejandro Pena
	       LP - Dennis Eckersley
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: OAK - Canseco
              LAD - Gibson, Hatcher

  ATTENDANCE: 55,983

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 16, 1988 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  3  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  5    1  0  0    0  0  x     6 10  1

    PITCHERS: OAK - Davis, Nelson (4), Young (6), Plunk (7), Honeycutt (8)
              LAD - Hershiser

               WP - Orel Hershiser
	       LP - Storm Davis
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: OAK - none
              LAD - Marshall

  ATTENDANCE: 56,051

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 18, 1988 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     1  8  1
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  1     2  5  0

    PITCHERS: LAD - Tudor, Leary (2), Pena (6), Howell (9)
              OAK - Welch, Cadaret (6), Nelson (6), Honeycutt (8)

               WP - Rick Honeycutt
	       LP - Jay Howell
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - none
              OAK - McGwire

  ATTENDANCE: 49,316

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 19, 1988 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          2  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  0     4  8  1
    Oakland Athletics            1  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  0     3  9  2

    PITCHERS: LAD - Belcher, Howell (7)
              OAK - Stewart, Cadaret (7), Eckersley (9)

               WP - Tim Belcher
	       LP - Dave Stewart
             SAVE - Jay Howell

   HOME RUNS: LAD - none
              OAK - none

  ATTENDANCE: 49,317

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 20, 1988 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          2  0  0    2  0  1    0  0  0     5  8  0
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  0     2  4  0

    PITCHERS: LAD - Hershiser
              OAK - Davis, Cadaret (5), Nelson (5), Honeycutt (8), Plunk (9), Burns (9)

               WP - Orel Hershiser
	       LP - Storm Davis
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Davis, Hatcher
              OAK - none

  ATTENDANCE: 49,317

Series MVP - Orel Hershiser

Series Batting Stats

Los Angeles Dodgers 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
Dave Anderson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	116	285	31	71	2	20	4	.249	.644
Tim Belcher	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	36	56	2	4	1	3	0	.071	.232
Mike Davis	4	7	3	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	.143	.455	.571	1.026	2	0	108	281	29	55	2	17	7	.196	.530
Rick Dempsey	2	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	.200	.333	.400	.733	0	0	77	167	25	42	7	30	1	.251	.793
Kirk Gibson	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	0	0	150	542	106	157	25	76	31	.290	.860
Jose Gonzalez	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	37	24	7	2	0	0	3	.083	.279
Alfredo Griffin	5	16	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	.188	.278	.188	.465	0	1	95	316	39	63	1	27	7	.199	.513
Jeff Hamilton	5	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	.105	.150	.105	.255	0	0	111	309	34	73	6	33	0	.236	.620
Mickey Hatcher	5	19	5	7	1	0	2	5	1	3	.368	.400	.737	1.137	0	0	88	191	22	56	1	25	0	.293	.673
Danny Heep	3	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.375	.625	0	1	95	149	14	36	0	11	2	.242	.596
Orel Hershiser	2	3	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.667	2.667	0	0	36	85	1	11	0	6	0	.129	.316
Brian Holton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	45	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.091
Jay Howell	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	50	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Tim Leary	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	36	67	4	18	0	9	0	.269	.599
Mike Marshall	5	13	2	3	0	1	1	3	0	5	.231	.231	.615	.846	0	0	144	542	63	150	20	82	4	.277	.758
Alejandro Pena	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	60	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Steve Sax	5	20	3	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	.300	.364	.300	.664	1	1	160	632	70	175	5	57	42	.277	.668
Mike Scioscia	4	14	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.214	.214	.214	.429	0	1	130	408	29	105	3	35	0	.257	.642
John Shelby	5	18	0	4	1	0	0	1	2	7	.222	.300	.278	.578	1	0	140	494	65	130	10	64	16	.263	.715
Franklin Stubbs	5	17	3	5	2	0	0	2	1	3	.294	.333	.412	.745	0	0	115	242	30	54	8	34	11	.223	.664
John Tudor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*32	59	0	5	0	0	0	.085	.228
Tracy Woodson	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	65	173	15	43	3	15	1	.249	.614
Totals	70	167	21	41	8	1	5	19	13	36	.246	.304	.395	.699	4	4	162	5431	628	1346	99		131	.248	.657

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	92	264	28	58	7	34	0	.220	.658
Todd Burns	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Cadaret	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	58	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Canseco	5	19	1	1	0	0	1	5	2	5	.053	.182	.211	.392	1	0	158	610	120	187	42	124	40	.307	.959
Storm Davis	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Eckersley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	60	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Gallego	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	129	277	38	58	2	20	2	.209	.558
Ron Hassey	5	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	3	.250	.455	.250	.705	0	0	107	323	32	83	7	45	2	.257	.692
Dave Henderson	5	20	1	6	2	0	0	1	2	7	.300	.364	.400	.764	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
Glenn Hubbard	4	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.308	.250	.558	1	0	105	294	35	75	3	33	1	.255	.674
Stan Javier	3	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	.500	.400	.500	.900	0	0	125	397	49	102	2	35	20	.257	.633
Carney Lansford	5	18	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	.167	.250	.167	.417	0	0	150	556	80	155	7	57	29	.279	.687
Mark McGwire	5	17	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	4	.059	.200	.235	.435	0	0	155	550	87	143	32	99	0	.260	.830
Gene Nelson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	57	0	1	0	0	0	1
Dave Parker	4	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	.200	.294	.200	.494	0	0	101	377	43	97	12	55	0	.257	.720
Tony Phillips	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	0	0	79	212	32	43	2	17	0	.203	.627
Eric Plunk	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Polonia	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	0	0	84	288	51	84	2	27	24	.292	.716
Terry Steinbach	3	11	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.364	.364	.455	.818	0	0	104	351	42	93	9	51	3	.265	.736
Dave Stewart	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Weiss	5	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.063	.063	.063	.125	1	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	71	158	11	28	3	0	2	11	17	41	.177	.260	.234	.494	3	0	162	5602	800	1474	156		129	.263	.736

Los Angeles Dodgers 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
Tim Belcher	2	2	6.23	1	0	0	0	8.2	10	6	6	10	1.846	36	27	2.91	12	6	4	179.2	143	51	152	1.080
Orel Hershiser	2	2	1.00	2	0	0	2	18.0	7	2	6	17	0.722	35	34	2.26	23	8	1	267.0	208	73	178	1.052
Brian Holton	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	1	0	0.500	45	0	1.70	7	3	1	84.2	69	26	49	1.122
Jay Howell	2	0	3.38	0	1	1	0	2.2	3	1	1	2	1.500	50	0	2.08	5	3	21	65.0	44	21	70	1.000
Tim Leary	2	0	1.35	0	0	0	0	6.2	6	1	2	4	1.200	35	34	2.91	17	11	0	228.2	201	56	180	1.124
Alejandro Pena	2	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	1	7	0.600	60	0	1.91	6	7	12	94.1	75	27	83	1.081
John Tudor	1	1	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	1	0.000	*30	30	2.32	10	8	0	197.2	189	41	87	1.164
Totals	12	5	2.03	4	1	1	2	44.1	28	10	17	41	1.015	162	162	2.964	94	67		1463.1	1291	473	1029	1.205

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
Todd Burns	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.000	17	14	3.16	8	2	1	102.2	93	34	57	1.237
Greg Cadaret	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	3	1.000	58	0	2.89	5	2	3	71.2	60	36	64	1.340
Storm Davis	2	2	11.25	0	2	0	0	8.0	14	10	1	7	1.875	33	33	3.70	16	7	0	201.2	211	91	127	1.498
Dennis Eckersley	2	0	10.80	0	1	0	0	1.2	2	2	1	2	1.800	60	0	2.35	4	2	45	72.2	52	11	70	0.867
Rick Honeycutt	3	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	3.1	0	0	0	5	0.000	55	0	3.50	3	2	7	79.2	74	25	47	1.243
Gene Nelson	3	0	1.42	0	0	0	0	6.1	4	1	3	3	1.105	54	1	3.06	9	6	3	111.2	93	38	67	1.173
Eric Plunk	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	3	0.000	49	0	3.00	7	2	5	78.0	62	39	79	1.295
Dave Stewart	2	2	3.14	0	1	0	0	14.1	12	5	5	5	1.186	37	37	3.23	21	12	0	275.2	240	110	192	1.270
Bob Welch	1	1	1.80	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	1	3	8	1.800	36	36	3.64	17	9	0	244.2	237	81	158	1.300
Curt Young	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	26	26	4.14	11	8	0	156.1	162	50	69	1.356
Totals	20	5	3.92	1	4	0	0	43.2	41	19	13	36	1.237	162	162	3.438	104	58		1489.1	1376	553	983	1.295

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