1988 Pacific Coast League season

The 1988 Pacific Coast League season was the 87th season in the league's history. It ended with the Las Vegas Stars winning their second league championship in three years. The Stars defeated the Vancouver Canadians once again in the championship finals.

This was the first season for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox.

Final first-half standings[edit]

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Vancouver Canadians	42	29	.592	-	Terry Bevington	Chicago White Sox
Portland Beavers	37	33	.529	4½	Jim Shellenback	Minnesota Twins
Calgary Cannons	33	38	.465	9	Bill Plummer	Seattle Mariners
Tacoma Tigers	31	41	.431	11½	Brad Fischer	Oakland Athletics
Edmonton Trappers	29	41	.408	12½	Tom Kotchman	California Angels

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Las Vegas Stars	41	29	.586	-	Steve Smith	San Diego Padres
Albuquerque Dukes	38	33	.535	3½	Terry Collins	Los Angeles Dodgers
Tucson Toros	38	34	.528	4	Bob Didier	Houston Astros
Phoenix Firebirds	34	38	.472	8	Wendell Kim	San Francisco Giants
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	32	38	.457	9	Steve Swisher	Cleveland Indians

Final second-half standings[edit]

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Vancouver Canadians	43	28	.606	-	Terry Bevington	Chicago White Sox
Portland Beavers	39	33	.542	4½	Jim Shellenback	Minnesota Twins
Calgary Cannons	35	36	.493	8	Bill Plummer/Marty Martinez	Seattle Mariners
Edmonton Trappers	32	38	.457	11½	Tom Kotchman	California Angels
Tacoma Tigers	31	41	.431	12½	Brad Fischer	Oakland Athletics

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Albuquerque Dukes	48	23	.676	-	Terry Collins	Los Angeles Dodgers
Las Vegas Stars	33	37	.528	14½	Steve Smith	San Diego Padres
Phoenix Firebirds	33	38	.465	15	Wendell Kim	San Francisco Giants
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	30	39	.435	17	Steve Swisher	Cleveland Indians
Tucson Toros	30	41	.423	18	Bob Didier	Houston Astros

Overall standings[edit]

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Albuquerque Dukes	86	56	.606	-	Terry Collins	Los Angeles Dodgers
Vancouver Canadians	85	57	.599	1	Terry Bevington	Chicago White Sox
Portland Beavers	76	66	.535	10	Jim Shellenback	Minnesota Twins
Las Vegas Stars	74	66	.529	11	Steve Smith	San Diego Padres
Calgary Cannons	68	74	.479	18	Bill Plummer/Marty Martinez	Seattle Mariners
Tucson Toros	68	75	.476	18½	Bob Didier	Houston Astros
Phoenix Firebirds	67	76	.469	19½	Wendell Kim	San Francisco Giants
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	62	77	.446	22½	Steve Swisher	Cleveland Indians
Edmonton Trappers	61	80	.433	24½	Tom Kotchman	California Angels
Tacoma Tigers	62	82	.431	25	Brad Fischer	Oakland Athletics

Playoffs[edit]

First Round			Championship Finals

N1	Vancouver Canadians	3
N2	Portland Beavers	0
			N1	Vancouver Canadians	1
			S1	Las Vegas Stars	3
S1	Las Vegas Stars	3
S2	Albuquerque Dukes	0

First Round[edit]

Vancouver vs. Portland
Date	Away	Home
September 7	Vancouver 3	Portland 2
	10 innings
September 8	Vancouver 12	Portland 8
	10 innings
September 9	Portland 0	Vancouver 2
Vancouver wins series 3-0

Las Vegas vs. Albuquerque
Date	Away	Home
September 7	Las Vegas 3	Albuquerque 1
September 8	Las Vegas 4	Albuquerque 1
September 9	Albuquerque 4	Las Vegas 6
Las Vegas wins series 3-0

Championship Finals[edit]

Vancouver vs. Las Vegas
Date	Away	Home
September 12	Vancouver 4	Las Vegas 10
September 13	Vancouver 12	Las Vegas 6
September 14	Las Vegas 6	Vancouver 4
	10 innings
September 15	Las Vegas 4	Vancouver 0
Las Vegas wins series 3-1

League Leaders[edit]

Batting[edit]

Batting Average Edgar Martinez, Calgary, .363
Runs Scored Mike Devereaux, Albuquerque, 88
Hits Vic Rodriguez, Portland, 162
Doubles Joe Redfield, Edmonton, 38
Triples Six tied with 10
Home Runs Luis Medina, Colorado Springs, 28
Runs Batted In Rod Allen, Colorado Springs, 100
Stolen Bases Eric Bullock, Portland, 51

Pitching[edit]

Wins Bill Krueger, Albuquerque, 15
Earned Run Average Krueger, 3.01
Complete Games Jack Lazorko, Edmonton, 10
Shutouts Krueger, 4
Strikeouts Erik Hanson, Calgary, 154
Saves Karl Best, Portland and Phoenix, 21

All-Star Team[edit]

First Base Francisco Melendez, Phoenix
Second Base Mike Woodard, Vancouver
Shortstop Mike Brumley Jr., Las Vegas
Third Base Edgar Martinez, Calgary
Outfield Mike Devereaux, Albuquerque; Luis Medina, Colorado Springs; Cameron Drew, Tucson
Catcher Sandy Alomar Jr., Las Vegas
Designated Hitter Rod Allen, Colorado Springs; George Hinshaw, ALbuquerque
Right-Handed Pitcher William Brennan, Albuquerque
Left-Handed Pitcher Bill Krueger, Albuquerque
Relief Pitcher Karl Best, Portland and Phoenix

References[edit]

W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, eds.: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, Baseball America, 1993.
1989 Baseball Almanac

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