1988 ALCS
Oakland Athletics over Boston Red Sox (4-0)

1987 ALCS 1989 ALCS

Dates: October 5 - 9, 1988

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Series Scores

Game 1, October 5
Oakland Athletics	2	Final
Boston Red Sox	1

W	Rick Honeycutt (1-0)
L	Bruce Hurst (0-1)
S	Dennis Eckersley (1)

Game 2, October 6
Oakland Athletics	4	Final
Boston Red Sox	3

W	Gene Nelson (1-0)
L	Lee Smith (0-1)
S	Dennis Eckersley (2)

Game 3, October 8
Boston Red Sox	6	Final
Oakland Athletics	10

W	Gene Nelson (2-0)
L	Mike Boddicker (0-1)
S	Dennis Eckersley (3)

Game 4, October 9
Boston Red Sox	1	Final
Oakland Athletics	4

W	Dave Stewart (1-0)
L	Bruce Hurst (0-2)
S	Dennis Eckersley (4)

Series Batting Stats

Oakland Athletics Batting

Oakland Athletics Batting Table
	Playoff Series Stats																			Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	WPA	cWPA	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Don Baylor	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0		-0.12	-1.39%	92	264	28	58	7	34	0	.220	.658
Greg Cadaret*	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
José Canseco	4	16	4	5	1	0	3	4	1	2	.313	.353	.938	1.290	1	1	0	0.15	0.95%	158	610	120	187	42	124	40	.307	.959
Storm Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Eckersley	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Gallego	4	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	0	0	0	-0.19	-2.50%	129	277	38	58	2	20	2	.209	.558
Ron Hassey*	4	8	2	4	1	0	1	3	1	1	.500	.556	1.000	1.556	0	0	0	0.36	4.13%	107	323	32	83	7	45	2	.257	.692
Dave Henderson	4	16	2	6	1	0	1	4	1	7	.375	.412	.625	1.037	0	0	2	0.25	3.25%	146	507	100	154	24	94	2	.304	.887
Rick Honeycutt*	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Javier#	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	0	0	0	0.08	0.78%	125	397	49	102	2	35	20	.257	.633
Carney Lansford	4	17	4	5	1	0	1	2	0	2	.294	.294	.529	.824	0	1	0	0.08	1.44%	150	556	80	155	7	57	29	.279	.687
Mark McGwire	4	15	4	5	0	0	1	3	1	5	.333	.375	.533	.908	0	0	0	0.04	0.59%	155	550	87	143	32	99	0	.260	.830
Gene Nelson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	3	0	1	0	0	0	1
Dave Parker*	3	12	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.333	.583	0	0	1	-0.23	-2.73%	101	377	43	97	12	55	0	.257	.720
Tony Phillips#	2	7	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	.286	.375	.429	.804	0	0	0	0.04	0.43%	79	212	32	43	2	17	0	.203	.627
Eric Plunk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Polonia*	3	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.400	.500	.400	.900	0	1	0	0.04	0.60%	84	288	51	84	2	27	24	.292	.716
Terry Steinbach	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	0	0	0	-0.01	0.46%	104	351	42	93	9	51	3	.265	.736
Dave Stewart	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Weiss#	4	15	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	4	.333	.333	.467	.800	0	0	0	0.31	5.13%	147	452	44	113	3	39	4	.250	.633
Bob Welch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curt Young	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	58	137	20	41	8	0	7	20	10	35	.299	.345	.511	.856	1	3		0.78	11.14%	162	5602	800	1474	156		129	.263	.736

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown, for minors bold indicates they appeared in majors or are a HOFer

Boston Red Sox Batting

Boston Red Sox Batting Table
	Playoff Series Stats																			Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	WPA	cWPA	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Marty Barrett	4	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.067	.125	.067	.192	0	0	0	-0.43	-4.78%	150	612	83	173	1	65	7	.283	.666
Todd Benzinger#	4	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	0	0	0	-0.52	-7.80%	120	405	47	103	13	70	2	.254	.718
Mike Boddicker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	*0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wade Boggs*	4	13	2	5	0	0	0	3	3	4	.385	.444	.385	.829	0	0	0	0.04	-1.23%	155	584	128	214	5	58	2	.366	.965
Ellis Burks	4	17	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	.235	.235	.294	.529	0	0	0	-0.15	-2.46%	144	540	93	159	18	92	25	.294	.848
Roger Clemens	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	1	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dwight Evans	4	12	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	5	.167	.333	.250	.583	0	0	0	-0.14	-1.19%	149	559	96	164	21	111	5	.293	.861
Wes Gardner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Gedman*	4	14	1	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	.357	.438	.571	1.009	0	0	0	0.19	4.11%	95	299	33	69	9	39	0	.231	.647
Mike Greenwell*	4	14	2	3	1	0	1	3	3	0	.214	.353	.500	.853	0	0	0	-0.06	-0.03%	158	590	86	192	22	119	16	.325	.946
Bruce Hurst*	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spike Owen#	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0		0.04	0.22%	89	257	40	64	5	18	0	.249	.694
Larry Parrish	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.26	-3.31%	*120	406	32	88	14	52	0	.217	.629
Jody Reed	4	11	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	.273	.429	.364	.792	0	0	0	-0.04	0.14%	109	338	60	99	1	28	1	.293	.756
Jim Rice	4	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	4	.154	.267	.154	.421	0	0		0.11	1.80%	135	485	57	128	15	72	1	.264	.736
Ed Romero	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0		0.00	0.00%	31	75	3	18	0	5	0	.240	.552
Kevin Romine	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0		0.00	0.00%	57	78	17	15	1	6	2	.192	.541
Lee Smith	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Smithson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Stanley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	54	126	11	26	4	0	2	10	18	23	.206	.306	.286	.592	0	0		-1.22	-14.53%	162	5545	813	1569	124		65	.283	.777

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown, for minors bold indicates they appeared in majors or are a HOFer

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