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26 teams in AL, NL · 2100 regular-season games · 1988-04-04 to 1988-10-02 · attendance 52,998,904

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World Series champion

Los Angeles Dodgers

MVP

Jose Canseco AL
Kirk Gibson NL

Cy Young

Frank Viola AL
Orel Hershiser NL

Rookie of the Year

Walt Weiss AL
Chris Sabo NL

All-Star Game

1988-07-12 at Cinergy Field

Hall of Fame class of 1988

Willie Stargell

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
League Championship	Los Angeles Dodgers 4–3 New York Mets	7
League Championship	Oakland Athletics 4–0 Boston Red Sox	4
World Series	Los Angeles Dodgers 4–1 Oakland Athletics	5

Standings

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Boston Red Sox	89	73	.549	—	689	2,464,851	John McNamara, Joe Morgan	Division
2	Detroit Tigers	88	74	.543	1	658	2,081,162	Sparky Anderson
3	Milwaukee Brewers	87	75	.537	2	616	1,923,238	Tom Trebelhorn
3	Toronto Blue Jays	87	75	.537	2	680	2,595,175	Jimy Williams
5	New York Yankees	85	76	.528	3.5	748	2,633,701	Billy Martin, Lou Piniella
6	Cleveland Indians	78	84	.481	11	731	1,411,610	Doc Edwards
7	Baltimore Orioles	54	107	.335	34.5	789	1,660,738	Cal Ripken, Frank Robinson

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Oakland Athletics	104	58	.642	—	620	2,287,335	Tony LaRussa	Pennant Division
2	Minnesota Twins	91	71	.562	13	672	3,030,672	Tom Kelly
3	Kansas City Royals	84	77	.522	19.5	648	2,350,181	John Wathan
4	California Angels	75	87	.463	29	771	2,340,925	Cookie Rojas, Moose Stubing
5	Chicago White Sox	71	90	.441	32.5	757	1,115,749	Jim Fregosi
6	Texas Rangers	70	91	.435	33.5	735	1,581,901	Bobby Valentine
7	Seattle Mariners	68	93	.422	35.5	744	1,022,398	Dick Williams, Jim Snyder

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Mets	100	60	.625	—	532	3,055,445	Davey Johnson	Division
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	85	75	.531	15	616	1,866,713	Jim Leyland
3	Montreal Expos	81	81	.500	20	592	1,478,659	Buck Rodgers
4	Chicago Cubs	77	85	.475	24	694	2,089,034	Don Zimmer
5	St. Louis Cardinals	76	86	.469	25	633	2,892,799	Whitey Herzog
6	Philadelphia Phillies	65	96	.404	35.5	734	1,990,041	Lee Elia, John Vukovich

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Los Angeles Dodgers	94	67	.584	—	544	2,980,262	Tom Lasorda	World Series Division
2	Cincinnati Reds	87	74	.540	7	596	2,072,528	Pete Rose, Tommy Helms, Pete Rose
3	San Diego Padres	83	78	.516	11	583	1,506,896	Larry Bowa, Jack McKeon
4	San Francisco Giants	83	79	.512	11.5	626	1,785,297	Roger Craig
5	Houston Astros	82	80	.506	12.5	631	1,933,505	Hal Lanier
6	Atlanta Braves	54	106	.338	39.5	741	848,089	Chuck Tanner, Russ Nixon

Leaders

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NL

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No-hitters

Tom Browning, Cincinnati Reds vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, 1988-09-16

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