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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Oakland Athletics 1 · 1988-10-15 to 1988-10-20 · 5 games · attendance 259,984 · season overview
Champion · 6th title
Runner-up
Series MVP
Games
| # | Date | Away at Home | Series | Park | Attendance | Win | Loss | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1988-10-15 |  Oakland Athletics 4 at  Los Angeles Dodgers 5 | 1–0 | Dodger Stadium | 55,983 | Alejandro Pena | Dennis Eckersley | |
| 2 | 1988-10-16 | Oakland Athletics 0 at Los Angeles Dodgers 6 | 2–0 | Dodger Stadium | 56,051 | Orel Hershiser | Storm Davis | |
| 3 | 1988-10-18 | Los Angeles Dodgers 1 at Oakland Athletics 2 | 2–1 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 49,316 | Rick Honeycutt | Jay Howell | |
| 4 | 1988-10-19 | Los Angeles Dodgers 4 at Oakland Athletics 3 | 3–1 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 49,317 | Tim Belcher | Dave Stewart | Jay Howell |
| 5 | 1988-10-20 | Los Angeles Dodgers 5 at Oakland Athletics 2 | 4–1 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 49,317 | Orel Hershiser | Storm Davis |
The players
Los Angeles Dodgers
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Sax | 5 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .300 |
| Mickey Hatcher | 5 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .368 |
| Jeff Hamilton | 5 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .105 |
| John Shelby | 5 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .222 |
| Franklin Stubbs | 5 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .294 |
| Alfredo Griffin | 5 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .188 |
| Mike Scioscia | 4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .214 |
| Mike Marshall | 4 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .231 |
| Danny Heep | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 |
| Mike Davis | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .143 |
| Rick Dempsey | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .200 |
| Tracy Woodson | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Orel Hershiser | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jose Gonzalez | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Kirk Gibson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Dave Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitching | G | GS | W–L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orel Hershiser | 2 | 2 | 2–0 | 0 | 18.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Tim Belcher | 2 | 2 | 1–0 | 0 | 8.2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 6.23 |
| Tim Leary | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 6.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1.35 |
| Alejandro Pena | 2 | 0 | 1–0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jay Howell | 2 | 0 | 0–1 | 1 | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.38 |
| Brian Holton | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| John Tudor | 1 | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
Oakland Athletics
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Henderson | 5 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .300 |
| Jose Canseco | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .053 |
| Carney Lansford | 5 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .167 |
| Mark McGwire | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .059 |
| Walt Weiss | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .062 |
| Dave Parker | 4 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .200 |
| Glenn Hubbard | 4 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .250 |
| Terry Steinbach | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .364 |
| Luis Polonia | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .111 |
| Ron Hassey | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .250 |
| Stan Javier | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Tony Phillips | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .250 |
| Dave Stewart | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| Don Baylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Storm Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitching | G | GS | W–L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Stewart | 2 | 2 | 0–1 | 0 | 14.1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3.14 |
| Storm Davis | 2 | 2 | 0–2 | 0 | 8.0 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11.25 |
| Gene Nelson | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 6.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.42 |
| Bob Welch | 1 | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1.80 |
| Rick Honeycutt | 3 | 0 | 1–0 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Greg Cadaret | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Eric Plunk | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dennis Eckersley | 2 | 0 | 0–1 | 0 | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10.80 |
| Curt Young | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Todd Burns | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |