1988 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkWrigley Field
CityChicago
OwnersTribune Company
General managersJim Frey
ManagersDon Zimmer
TelevisionWGN-TV/Superstation WGN
(Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Dewayne Staats)
RadioWGN
(Dewayne Staats, Dave Nelson, Harry Caray)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

The 1988 Chicago Cubs season was the 117th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 113th in the National League and the 73rd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League East with a record of 77–85, 24 games behind the New York Mets.

The first game under lights at Wrigley Field was on August 8 (8/8/88), against the Philadelphia Phillies. With the Cubs leading 3–1, in the middle of the 4th inning, a powerful thunderstorm rolled in. The game was suspended, and finally called at 10:25PM. Since the rules of Major League Baseball state that a game is not official unless 5 innings are completed,[1] the first official night game in the history of Wrigley Field was played on August 9, when the Cubs defeated the New York Mets 6 to 4.

Offseason

A ticket from the game where Cubs' reliever Goose Gossage earned his 300th career save on August 6, 1988.
  • October 23, 1987: Dickie Noles was returned to the Chicago Cubs by the Detroit Tigers as part of earlier loan.[2]
  • December 8, 1987: Lee Smith was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Boston Red Sox for Al Nipper and Calvin Schiraldi.[3]
  • December 14, 1987: Vance Law was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.[4]
  • February 12, 1988: Goose Gossage was traded by the San Diego Padres with Ray Hayward to the Chicago Cubs for Keith Moreland and Mike Brumley.[5]
  • March 31, 1988: Mike Bielecki was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Mike Curtis (minors).[6]

Regular season

President Ronald Reagan throwing out the first pitch for the first 1988 Chicago Cubs game

President of the United States Ronald Reagan threw out the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day at Wrigley Field.

After 5,687 consecutive day games played by the Cubs at Wrigley, the lights were finally lit on August 8, 1988, when 91-year-old fan Harry Grossman gave a countdown and pressed a button, for a game with the Philadelphia Phillies. The game began before an announced crowd of 39,008. The Cubs were leading 3 to 1 and coming to bat in the bottom of the fourth when the rain delay began. The umpires called the game after waiting two hours, ten minutes.[7][8] The Cubs played the first official night game the following night against the Mets and won, 6–4.[8]

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 10060 0.625 — 56–24 44–36
Pittsburgh Pirates 8575 0.531 15 43–38 42–37
Montreal Expos 8181 0.500 20 43–38 38–43
Chicago Cubs 7785 0.475 24 39–42 38–43
St. Louis Cardinals 7686 0.469 25 41–40 35–46
Philadelphia Phillies 6596 0.404 35½ 38–42 27–54

Record vs. opponents

1988 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–75–135–134–144–84–86–65–58–105–133–9
Chicago 7–5—6–67–54–8–19–99–98–107–118–45–77–11
Cincinnati 13–56–6—9–97–115–74–79–37–510–811–76–6
Houston 13–55–79–9—9–96–65–78–48–46–127–116–6
Los Angeles 14–48–4–111–79–9—8–41–1011–16–67–1112–67–5
Montreal 8–49–97–56–64–8—6–129–9–18–104–87–513–5
New York 8–49–97–47–510–112–6—10–812–67–54–814–4
Philadelphia 6-610–83–94–81–119–9–18–10—7–114–77–56–12
Pittsburgh 5–511–75–74–86–610–86–1211–7—8–48–411–7
San Diego 10–84–88–1012–611–78–45–77–44–8—8–106–6
San Francisco 13–57–57–1111–76–125–78–45–74–810–8—7–5
St. Louis 9–311–76–66–65–75–134–1412–67–116–65–7—

Notable transactions

Roster

Reds vs. Cubs at Wrigley Field, September 2, 1988
1988 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CDamon Berryhill9830980.259738
1BMark Grace134486144.296757
2BRyne Sandberg155618163.2641969
SSShawon Dunston155575143.249956
3BVance Law151556163.2931178
LFRafael Palmeiro152580178.307853
CFDave Martinez7525665.254434
RFAndre Dawson157591179.3032479

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Mitch Webster7026470.265426
Jody Davis8824957.229633
Darrin Jackson10018850.266620
Manny Trillo7616441.250114
Doug Dascenzo267516.21304
Leon Durham247316.21936
Gary Varsho467320.27405
Jerry Mumphrey63669.13609
Ángel Salazar346015.25001
Jim Sundberg245413.24129
Rolando Roomes17163.18800
Rick Wrona460.00000
Dave Meier252.40001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Greg Maddux34249.01883.18140
Rick Sutcliffe32226.013143.86144
Jamie Moyer34202.09153.48121
Calvin Schiraldi29166.19134.38140
Mike Harkey534.2032.6018
Kevin Blankenship15.0107.204
Bob Tewksbury13.1008.101

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jeff Pico29112.2674.1557
Al Nipper2280.0243.0427
Mike Bielecki1948.1223.3533

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Rich Gossage4644134.3330
Frank DiPino632364.9869
Les Lancaster444653.7836
Pat Perry352213.3224
Mike Capel222104.9119
Drew Hall191117.6622
Scott Sanderson111205.286
Bill Landrum71005.846

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Iowa Cubs American Association Pete Mackanin
AA Pittsfield Cubs Eastern League Jim Essian
A Winston-Salem Spirits Carolina League Jay Loviglio
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Jim Tracy
A Charleston Wheelers South Atlantic League Brad Mills
A-Short Season Geneva Cubs New York–Penn League Bill Hayes
Rookie Wytheville Cubs Appalachian League Steve Roadcap

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Notes

  1. ↑ Rule 4.10(c)(1) Archived March 31, 2016, at the Wayback Machine mlb.com
  2. ↑ "Tiger-Cub Trade Even!". Toledo Blade. October 24, 1987. p. 16.
  3. ↑ Lee Smith Statistics Archived February 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Vance Law Statistics Archived February 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ Rich Gossage Statistics Archived September 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ "Mike Bielecki Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com". Archived from the original on March 31, 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Rain halts night debut for Cubs". Toledo Blade. August 9, 1988. p. 17. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
  8. 1 2 The Cubs get lights at Wrigley Field <20 years ago this year>, Chicago Tribune, Phil Vettel, Jan. 3, 2008.
  9. ↑ Jim Sundberg Statistics Archived February 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

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