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The 1988 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1988 season.The 85th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers upsetting the heavily favored Athletics to win the Series in five games to win their ...
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The 1988 World Series was made famous by the Kirk Gibson game-winning home run off of A's closer Dennis Eckersley. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] La Russa earned two American League Manager of the Year awards with the A's, in 1988 and 1992, giving him three AL awards, the latter after again winning the Western Division.
With their World Series win, the Dodgers were the only team to win two World Series in the 1980s, with their first in the decade coming in 1981. Following the conclusion of the 1988 World Series, the Dodgers would not win another playoff series until 2008, would not win another pennant until 2017, and would not win the World Series again until ...
Jay Thomas Kelly (born August 15, 1950) is an American former professional baseball player, coach and manager.As the manager of the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball over 16 seasons from mid-September 1986 through 2001, he won two World Series championships.
The playoffs began on October 4, 1988, and concluded on October 20, 1988, with the Dodgers shocking the Athletics in five games in the 1988 World Series. The series was notable for injured Dodger Kirk Gibson's dramatic pinch-hit walk-off home run off Athletics closer Dennis Eckersley in Game 1. It was the second title in nine years for the ...
June 27, 1988: Mario Soto was signed as a free agent by the Dodgers. [5] August 10, 1988: Don Sutton was released by the Dodgers. [6] August 16, 1988: Acquired John Tudor from the St. Louis Cardinals for Pedro Guerrero; August 30, 1988: Shawn Hillegas was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago White Sox for Ricky Horton. [7]
World Series champion Walter Wayne Backman (born September 22, 1959) is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman . He is best known for his time with the New York Mets from 1980 – 1988 and was a member of their 1986 World Series -winning team.