1988	PLAYER OF THE MONTH
	Month	League	Player	AVG	OBP	SLUG	OPS	RC	RC/27	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS
	April	AL	Gary Gaetti, Min	.400	.452	.659	1.111	25.6	13.3	21	85	13	34	7	0	5	20	7	16	0	0
		NL	Candy Maldonado, SF	.325	.382	.763	1.145	22.2	10.3	21	80	16	26	3	1	10	27	7	12	0	0
	May	AL	Jose Canseco, Oak	.368	.444	.764	1.208	38.3	14.0	27	106	30	39	6	0	12	34	16	23	11	1
		NL	Barry Larkin, Cin	.393	.433	.607	1.040	30.6	10.3	26	117	29	46	12	2	3	20	6	7	11	5
	June	AL	Gary Redus, ChW	.376	.433	.688	1.121	29.1	12.5	27	93	24	35	5	3	6	13	7	10	13	2
		NL	Kirk Gibson, LAD	.343	.421	.695	1.116	32.4	12.3	28	105	24	36	8	1	9	22	12	21	4	0
	July	AL	Mike Greenwell, Bos	.380	.481	.583	1.064	32.6	12.2	30	108	25	41	13	3	1	16	20	3	1	0
		NL	Eric Davis, Cin	.378	.441	.722	1.163	29.8	13.4	24	90	18	34	9	2	6	24	11	20	9	1
	August	AL	Jose Canseco, Oak	.368	.433	.651	1.084	32.8	13.0	27	106	21	39	6	0	8	21	13	23	6	0
		NL	Kirk Gibson, LAD	.289	.425	.649	1.074	29.6	11.4	27	97	24	28	5	0	10	18	22	26	7	0
			Will Clark, SF	.309	.419	.702	1.121	28.5	10.8	27	94	20	29	4	3	9	24	19	17	2	0
	September	AL	Cal Ripken, Bal	.381	.459	.655	1.114	35.2	12.8	29	113	21	43	4	0	9	24	18	13	0	1
		NL	Darryl Strawberry, NYM	.348	.516	.809	1.325	39.4	16.6	28	89	25	31	2	0	13	32	33	22	7	3
1988	PITCHER OF THE MONTH
	Month	League	Pitcher	ERA	Rec	G	GS	CG	ShO	Sv	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
	April	AL	Teddy Higuera, Mil	1.26	4-0	4	4	2	2	0	35.2	26	5	5	9	30	1	.197	.254	.235	.489
		NL	Danny Jackson, Cin	0.61	5-0	5	5	4	2	0	44.1	16	4	3	9	11	1	.112	.170	.154	.324
	May	AL	Greg Swindell, Cle	1.23	5-1	6	6	5	2	0	51.1	43	7	7	6	45	2	.223	.245	.295	.540
			Frank Viola, Min	1.44	6-0	6	6	4	2	0	50.0	34	8	8	12	35	0	.193	.247	.216	.463
		NL	Orel Hershiser, LAD	1.47	4-0	5	5	3	1	0	43.0	31	7	7	10	35	3	.199	.259	.308	.567
	June	AL	Teddy Higuera, Mil	1.20	3-1	5	5	3	1	0	45.0	23	6	6	5	38	2	.149	.176	.221	.397
		NL	Danny Jackson, Cin	0.87	5-0	5	5	3	2	0	41.1	18	4	4	8	21	1	.132	.181	.169	.350
	July	AL	Greg Swindell, Cle	1.09	3-2	6	6	2	1	0	49.1	39	8	6	5	35	1	.212	.232	.266	.498
		NL	Tim Leary, LAD	1.44	4-0	6	6	1	0	0	50.0	38	8	8	21	44	0	.210	.294	.271	.565
	August	AL	Dave Stieb, Tor	1.00	3-1	5	5	3	3	0	45.0	26	5	5	15	25	1	.170	.249	.229	.478
		NL	Danny Jackson, Cin	1.52	6-0	8	8	3	1	0	65.1	44	11	11	14	42	1	.900	.236	.259	.495
	September	AL	Mike Boddicker, Bos	1.11	7-0	7	7	2	2	0	57.0	38	7	7	10	38	2	.192	.231	.237	.468
		NL	Dennis Rasmussen, SD	1.19	6-0	6	6	5	3	0	53.0	35	7	7	12	31	0	.185	.233	.222	.455