1988 Oakland Athletics season
| 1988 Oakland Athletics | |
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| 1988 AL West Champions 1988 AL Champions |
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| Record | 104–58 (.642) |
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| Owner(s) | Walter A. Haas, Jr. |
| General manager(s) | Sandy Alderson |
| Manager(s) | Tony La Russa |
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KPIX/KICU-TV (Monte Moore, Ray Fosse) |
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KSFO (Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse) KNTA (Amaury Pi-Gonzalez, Evilio Mendoza) |
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The Oakland Athletics' 1988 season involved the A's winning their first American League West title since 1981, with a record of 104 wins and 58 losses. In 1988, the elephant was restored as the symbol of the Athletics and currently adorns the left sleeve of home and road uniforms. The elephant was retired as team mascot in 1963 by then-owner Charles O. Finley in favor of a Missouri mule. The A's defeated the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS, but lost the World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games, including a dramatic, classic walk-off home run by the Dodgers' Kirk Gibson in game one.
1988 was the first of 3 straight years the A's would represent the AL in the World Series
José Canseco led the American League with 42 Home Runs, 124 RBIs and a .569 slugging percentage. Canseco became the first member of the Athletics to have three straight 100 RBI seasons.
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