Revisionist Baseball

1988 Season

Minnesota finished 13 games behind the AL leader again, but this time it was Oakland, which took the AL West.  The AL East did provide a race to see who was the best in a mediocre field, but the Red Sox couldn't do anything against the Athletics and were swept in the Championship Series.  Both NL Division winners had big leads -- a race between them would have been more interesting.  The Dodgers ended up 6½ games worse than the Mets, but beat New York in the Championship Series.  We'll play the Oakland - New York World Series.

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FINAL STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct GB   NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct GB
Oakland 104 58 .642 -- New York 100 60 .625 --
Minnesota 91 71 .562 13 Los Angeles 94 67 .584 6½
Boston 89 73 .549 15 Cincinnati 87 74 .540 13½
Detroit 88 74 .543 16 Pittsburgh 85 75 .531 15
Milwaukee 87 75 .537 17 San Diego 83 78 .516 17½
Toronto 87 75 .537 17 San Francisco 83 79 .512 18
New York 85 76 .528 18½ Houston 82 80 .506 19
Kansas City 84 77 .522 19½ Montreal 81 81 .500 20
Cleveland 78 84 .481 26 Chicago 77 85 .475 24
California 75 87 .463 29 St. Louis 76 86 .469 25
Chicago 71 90 .441 32½ Philadelphia 65 96 .404 35½
Texas 70 91 .435 33½ Atlanta 54 106 .338 46
Seattle 68 93 .422 35½
Baltimore 54 107 .335 49½

Data source The Sporting News Official Major League Baseball Fact Book 2000 Edition

PENNANT RACE

AMERICAN LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE

WORLD SERIES
The New York Mets swept the Oakland Athletics in four games.  Details.

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