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1988 Season Recap

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Despite the loss of Kirk Gibson to free agency the Tigers find themselves in thick of the race until the final week of the season once again. However, the Tigers could not repeat the final week magic, and wound up in 2nd just 1 game behind the first place Boston Red Sox with an 88-74 record.

Despite the loss of Kirk Gibson to free agency the Tigers find themselves in thick of the race until the final week of the season once again. However, the Tigers could not repeat the final week magic, and wound up in 2nd just 1 game behind the first place Boston Red Sox with an 88-74 record.

1988 Detroit Tigers season

1988 Detroit TigersTigers

Missed Playoffs

88-74 (.543)

2nd place in MLB AL East

Manager

Sparky Anderson

General Manager

Bill Lajoie

Team Owner

Tom Monaghan

Ballpark

Attendance

2,081,162 total
25,693 per game

1988 Draft Picks

Round Pick Player

1 26 Rico Brogna / 1B-P

2 56 Scott Livingstone / 3B

3 83 Tookie Spann / OF

4 109 Lance Shebelut / 1B

5 135 Mike Lumley / P

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