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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 team's 83–78 regular season record is the worst ever by an eventual World Series champion, usurping the 1987 Minnesota Twins' 85–77 campaign. La Russa became the second manager to win a World Series in both the American League and National League – a distinction shared with his mentor Sparky Anderson.
President Ronald Reagan with the 1988 World Series champions: Los Angeles Dodgers. The 1988 World Series is remembered for the iconic home run by the Los Angeles Dodgers' Kirk Gibson with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 1. The Dodgers were huge underdogs against the 104-win Oakland Athletics, who had swept the Boston Red Sox ...
Anderson was the first manager to win a World Series for both a National League and American League team. Either manager in the 1984 Series would have been the first to win in both leagues, since San Diego Padres (NL) manager Dick Williams had won the series with the Oakland Athletics (AL) in 1972 and 1973. Williams' 1972 club had defeated ...
Colin Firth (Dr. Jim Swire) Firth is probably best known for his turn as Mr. Darcy in the BBC television adapatation of Pride and Prejudice. He later had memorable roles in Love Actually and the ...
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.
June 6, 1988: Raúl Mondesí was signed as an amateur free agent by the Dodgers. [4] 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