1988 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster (40-man)

1987 Season 1989 Season

Record: 85-75-0, Finished 2nd in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Jim Leyland (85-75)

General Manager: Syd Thrift (Tenure ended 10/4/1988)

Scouting Director: Elmer Gray

Ballpark: Three Rivers Stadium

Attendance: 1,866,713 (8th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97

Pythagorean W-L: 84-76, 651 Runs, 616 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Rafael Belliard	26	do DO	R	R	5' 6"	160	Oct 24, 1961	7	122	93	122	118	0	0	0	3	0	117	0	0	0	0	1	8	0.7	$130,000
Barry Bonds	23	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Jul 24, 1964	3	144	129	144	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	135	3	0	136	12	0	6.3	$220,000
Bobby Bonilla	25	us US	B	R	6' 3"	210	Feb 23, 1963	3	159	157	159	159	0	0	0	0	159	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	$230,000	All-Star
Sid Bream	27	us US	L	L	6' 4"	215	Aug 3, 1960	6	148	119	148	138	0	0	138	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	2.1	$360,000
John Cangelosi	25	us US	B	L	5' 8"	150	Mar 10, 1963	4	75	18	75	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	12	3	24	50	2	1.0	$125,000
Darnell Coles	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Jun 2, 1962	6	68	55	68	56	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	55	55	13	0	0.4	$375,000
Orestes Destrade	26	cu CU	B	R	6' 4"	210	May 8, 1962	2	36	6	36	8	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	0	-0.2
Mike Diaz	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Apr 15, 1960	4	47	16	47	26	0	1	7	0	0	0	9	0	9	18	24	0	-0.2	$172,500
Benny Distefano	26	us US	L	L	6' 1"	195	Jan 23, 1962	3	16	6	16	6	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	10	0	0.2	$62,500
Doug Drabek	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Jul 25, 1962	3	33	32	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	$160,000
Mike Dunne	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	190	Oct 27, 1962	2	34	28	34	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	-0.7	$142,500
Félix Fermín	24	do DO	R	R	5' 11"	160	Oct 9, 1963	2	43	32	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	43	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.3	$67,500
Brian Fisher	26	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Mar 18, 1962	4	33	22	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.1	$255,000
Miguel García	21	ve VE	L	L	5' 11"	173	Apr 3, 1967	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Denny González	24	do DO	R	R	5' 11"	165	Jul 22, 1963	4	24	5	24	20	0	0	0	4	2	14	0	0	0	0	12	1	-0.2
Jim Gott	28	us US	R	R	6' 4"	215	Aug 3, 1959	7	67	0	67	67	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$500,000
Tommy Gregg	24	us US	L	L	6' 1"	190	Jul 29, 1963	2	14	2	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	6	8	1	-0.1
Dave Hostetler	32	us US	R	R	6' 4"	215	Mar 27, 1956	5	6	1	6	4	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.0
Barry Jones	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	225	Feb 15, 1963	3	42	0	42	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$90,000
Bob Kipper	23	us US	R	L	6' 2"	200	Jul 8, 1964	4	50	0	50	50	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$125,000
Randy Kramer	27	us US	R	R	6' 2"	170	Sep 20, 1960	1st	5	1	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Dave LaPoint	28	us US	L	L	6' 3"	205	Jul 29, 1959	9	8	8	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6
Mike LaValliere	27	us US	L	R	5' 10"	180	Aug 18, 1960	5	120	105	120	114	0	114	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	2.3	$215,000
José Lind	24	pr PR	R	R	5' 11"	155	May 1, 1964	2	154	145	154	153	0	0	0	153	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	3.5	$75,000
Morris Madden	27	us US	L	L	6' 0"	155	Aug 31, 1960	2	6	0	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.3
Scott Medvin	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Sep 16, 1961	1st	17	0	17	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Randy Milligan	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Nov 27, 1961	2	40	23	40	26	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	15	0	0.2	$62,500
Ken Oberkfell	32	us US	L	R	6' 0"	175	May 4, 1956	12	20	13	20	17	0	0	1	11	2	3	0	0	0	0	7	0	-0.2
Junior Ortiz	28	pr PR	R	R	5' 11"	174	Oct 24, 1959	7	49	33	49	40	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	-0.3	$250,000
Vicente Palacios	24	mx MX	R	R	6' 3"	165	Jul 19, 1963	2	7	3	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8	$62,500
Al Pedrique	27	ve VE	R	R	6' 0"	155	Aug 11, 1960	2	50	35	50	49	0	0	0	0	5	46	0	0	0	0	1	1	-0.4	$91,000
Tom Prince	23	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Aug 13, 1964	2	29	21	29	28	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.4	$62,500
Gary Redus	31	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Nov 1, 1956	7	30	17	30	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	7	19	13	0	0.4
Rick Reed	23	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Aug 16, 1964	1st	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
R.J. Reynolds	29	us US	B	R	6' 0"	190	Apr 19, 1959	6	130	68	130	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	1	80	96	45	0	0.5	$290,000
Jeff Robinson	27	us US	R	R	6' 4"	195	Dec 13, 1960	5	75	0	75	75	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	$475,000
Rubén Rodríguez	23	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	170	Aug 4, 1964	2	2	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	$62,500
Dave Rucker	30	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Sep 1, 1957	7	31	0	31	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
John Smiley	23	us US	L	L	6' 4"	180	Mar 17, 1965	3	34	32	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	$107,500
Andy Van Slyke	27	us US	L	R	6' 1"	190	Dec 21, 1960	6	154	148	154	152	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	152	0	152	5	0	6.5	$825,000	All-Star
Bob Walk	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	185	Nov 26, 1956	9	34	32	34	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3.1	$450,000	All-Star
Glenn Wilson	29	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Dec 22, 1958	7	37	32	37	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	32	35	2	0	0.1
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Jim Leyland HOF	43	us US	Dec 15, 1944	Manager	Apr 5	Oct 2
Gene Lamont	41	us US	Dec 25, 1946	Third base	Apr 5	Oct 2
Rich Donnelly	41	us US	Aug 3, 1946	Coach	Apr 5	Oct 2
Milt May	37	us US	Aug 1, 1950	Coach	Apr 5	Oct 2
Ray Miller	43	us US	Apr 30, 1945	Coach	Apr 5	Oct 2
Tommy Sandt	37	us US	Dec 22, 1950	Coach	Apr 5	Oct 2
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date