1988 Oakland Athletics Roster

The 1988 Oakland Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1988 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1988 Oakland Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1988 Oakland Athletics salary list, a 1988 Oakland Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1988 Oakland Athletics primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1988 Oakland Athletics



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Complete Roster  
 

46 Rich Bordi 6-07 220 Right Right 1959-04-18
54 Todd Burns 6-02 190 Right Right 1963-07-06
32 Greg Cadaret 6-03 214 Left Left 1962-02-27
41 Jim Corsi 6-01 220 Right Right 1961-09-09
14 Storm Davis 6-04 207 Right Right 1961-12-26
43 Dennis Eckersley 6-02 190 Right Right 1954-10-03
40 Rick Honeycutt 5-11 190 Left Left 1954-06-29
19 Gene Nelson 6-00 174 Right Right 1960-12-03
53 Steve Ontiveros 6-00 190 Right Right 1961-03-05
38 Dave Otto 6-07 210 Left Left 1964-11-12
51 Eric Plunk 6-05 217 Right Right 1963-09-03
52 Jeff Shaver 6-03 195 Right Right 1963-07-30
34 Dave Stewart 6-02 200 Right Right 1957-02-19
35 Bob Welch 6-03 190 Right Right 1956-11-03
29 Curt Young 6-01 180 Left Right 1960-04-16
24 Ron Hassey 6-02 200 Right Left 1953-02-27
3 Orlando Mercado 6-00 195 Right Right 1961-11-07
11 Matt Sinatro 5-09 175 Right Right 1960-03-22
36 Terry Steinbach 6-01 195 Right Right 1962-03-02
30 Lance Blankenship 6-00 185 Right Right 1963-12-06
9 Mike Gallego 5-08 160 Right Right 1960-10-31
17 Glenn Hubbard 5-07 180 Right Right 1957-09-25
27 Ed Jurak 6-02 185 Right Right 1957-10-24
4 Carney Lansford 6-02 195 Right Right 1957-02-07
25 Mark McGwire 6-05 225 Right Right 1963-10-01
2 Tony Phillips 5-10 175 Right Both 1959-04-25
7 Walt Weiss 6-00 175 Right Both 1963-11-28
33 Jose Canseco 6-04 240 Right Right 1964-07-02
42 Dave Henderson 6-02 220 Right Right 1958-07-21
28 Stan Javier 6-00 185 Right Both 1964-01-09
21 Doug Jennings 5-10 170 Left Left 1964-09-30
6 Felix Jose 6-01 190 Right Both 1965-05-02
22 Luis Polonia 5-08 152 Left Left 1963-10-12
12 Don Baylor 6-01 195 Right Right 1949-06-28
39 Dave Parker 6-05 230 Right Left 1951-06-09
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The 1988 Oakland Athletics played 162 games during the regular season, won 104 games, lost 58 games, and finished in first position. They played their home games at Oakland Coliseum (Park Factors: 97/95) where 2,287,335 fans witnessed their 1988 Athletics finish the season with a .642 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1988 Oakland Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1988 Oakland Athletics salary list, a 1988 Oakland Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1988 Oakland Athletics primary starters list:

1988 Oakland Athletics
Opening Day Starters


Don Baylor
Jose Canseco
Dave Henderson
Carney Lansford
Mark McGwire
Dave Parker
Tony Phillips
Terry Steinbach
Dave Stewart
Walt Weiss

1988 Oakland Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Ron Hassey (91)
1B Mark McGwire (154)
2B Glenn Hubbard (104)
3B Carney Lansford (143)
SS Walt Weiss (147)
LF Luis Polonia (76)
CF Dave Henderson (142)
RF Jose Canseco (144)
DH Don Baylor (80)
  
SP Storm Davis
SP Dave Stewart
SP Bob Welch
SP Curt Young
  
RP Greg Cadaret
RP Rick Honeycutt
RP Gene Nelson
RP Eric Plunk
CL Dennis Eckersley


1988 Oakland Athletics
Salaries

Carney Lansford $1,300,000.00
Dave Parker $1,000,000.00
Bob Welch $937,500.00
Rick Honeycutt $855,000.00
Dennis Eckersley $650,000.00
Dave Stewart $600,000.00
Storm Davis $550,000.00
Don Baylor $495,000.00
Gene Nelson $450,000.00
Glenn Hubbard $425,000.00
Curt Young $410,000.00
Jose Canseco $325,000.00
Ron Hassey $300,000.00
Mark McGwire $250,000.00
Dave Henderson $225,000.00
Steve Ontiveros $200,000.00
Tony Phillips $200,000.00
Terry Steinbach $125,000.00
Mike Gallego $100,000.00
Eric Plunk $90,000.00
Stan Javier $77,500.00
Jim Corsi $62,500.00
Doug Jennings $62,500.00
Walt Weiss $62,500.00


1988 Oakland Athletics
Uniform Numbers

#2 Tony Phillips
#3 Orlando Mercado
#4 Carney Lansford
#6 Felix Jose
#7 Walt Weiss
#9 Mike Gallego
#11 Matt Sinatro
#12 Don Baylor
#14 Storm Davis
#17 Glenn Hubbard
#19 Gene Nelson
#21 Doug Jennings
#22 Luis Polonia
#24 Ron Hassey
#25 Mark McGwire
#27 Ed Jurak
#28 Stan Javier
#29 Curt Young
#30 Lance Blankenship
#32 Greg Cadaret
#33 Jose Canseco
#34 Dave Stewart
#35 Bob Welch
#36 Terry Steinbach
#38 Dave Otto
#39 Dave Parker
#40 Rick Honeycutt
#41 Jim Corsi
#42 Dave Henderson
#43 Dennis Eckersley
#46 Rich Bordi
#51 Eric Plunk
#52 Jeff Shaver
#53 Steve Ontiveros
#54 Todd Burns

Did you know that a 1988 Oakland Athletics Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?