The 1988 regular season has officially concluded. The Hollywood Stars won their last game, and the Boston Bulldogs lost their last game, giving the Tiant division pennant to the Stars. The PV Stallions have captured outright the Gehrig division pennant, their first. The San Mateo Traffic, Boston Bulldogs and Orange Whoop finished in a dead heat, which means the choices for who makes it in as the GT conference wildcard and who makes it in for the league wildcard has to be decided by tie-breaker. The Traffic went 4-4 against the Bulldogs and 5-3 against the Whoop. The Bulldogs went 7-5 against the Whoop, and thus due to losing the regular season series to both teams, the Whoop are out. In terms of who enters as GT conference wildcard, the Traffic had a 29-21 division record, while the Bulldogs duked it out in the tough Tiant division, only going 25-23. Thus, the San Mateo Traffic are the GT conference wildcard, and the Boston Bulldogs are the league wildcard. Here's the playoff brackets. Interestingly enough, the AP conference has 3 playoff teams with better records than the teams in the GT conference, but the GT conference overall was much, much stronger than the AP. PLAYOFF SCHEDULE: __Mashers_________________ ______________BYE_________|________________ | __Isotopes_(AP Conf)______ |__AP Conf Champ_____ __Riots (pennant, HFA)____|________________| | | __Stars (pennant, HFA)____ 1988 CFOD CHAMP___| __Bulldogs (league WC)____|________________ | | | __Traffic (GT Conf)_______ |__GT Conf Champ_____| __Stallions (pennant,HFA)_|________________| On the individual records front, a lone batting record was set. Walk machine Fred McGriff of the Riots set a new intentional walks record with 42. Surprisingly, only 1 individual pitching record was broken this year. The Experience's Tom Browning tied for the most complete games, with 15. On the team batting records front, records fell left and right. The Arkham Investigators had a truly disasterous season, setting or tying league lows for batting average, on base average, slugging average, runs, doubles, triples, homers, and RBI. The Point Lomas Friars tied for the league low in on base average. On the team pitching front, the Mashers set several new team records, including team ERA (2.35, nearly 1/2 a run lower than the previous record), wins (thanks in some part to the Investigator's 32 loss record breaking losing season), walks (a low 343), and shutouts (a league high 27). The Lush were no fans of the bullpen this year, setting a record for complete games (43) and a record for fewest saves (18). The Arkham Investigators also set a league low record for complete games with 4. The Dark Valley Destinies set a new low in strikeout totals for 749 (which is a bad thing!). Playoff information to come shortly. Expanded Team Standings thru 10/16/1988: CDBL CDBL - Cyber Diamond Baseball League Aaron W L PCT GBL MAGIC Streak Last 10 R OR 88 Mashers 106 56 .654 - 0 L 1 4-6 700 474 88 Cats 86 76 .531 20 W 2 3-7 534 524 88 Trout 82 80 .506 24 L 4 3-7 581 525 88 Friars 49 113 .302 57 W 2 6-4 531 805 88 Invstgatrs 32 130 .198 74 L 2 4-6 417 832 Paige W L PCT GBL MAGIC Streak Last 10 R OR 88 Riots 98 64 .605 - 0 L 2 6-4 652 543 88 Isotopes 94 68 .580 4 W 1 7-3 664 570 88 Experience 77 85 .475 21 W 3 6-4 591 618 88 Hurdlers 77 85 .475 21 W 6 8-2 666 702 88 Flames 74 88 .457 24 L 2 4-6 580 639 88 Lush 64 98 .395 34 L 1 3-7 650 771 Gehrig W L PCT GBL MAGIC Streak Last 10 R OR 88 Stallions 93 69 .574 - 0 W 1 7-3 688 606 88 Traffic 91 71 .562 2 L 1 4-6 678 573 88 Maul 89 73 .549 4 L 4 4-6 715 625 88 Surfers 78 84 .481 15 W 2 8-2 608 661 88 Gray's 72 90 .444 21 W 2 4-6 609 656 88 Stingers 72 90 .444 21 L 3 5-5 576 663 Tiant W L PCT GBL MAGIC Streak Last 10 R OR 88 Stars 92 70 .568 - 0 W 2 6-4 709 630 88 Bulldogs 91 71 .562 1 L 2 4-6 718 619 88 Whoop 91 71 .562 1 W 1 6-4 722 608 88 Destinies 88 74 .543 4 W 3 6-4 705 641 88 Mules 86 76 .531 6 L 2 4-6 656 665 Expanded Team Standings thru 10/16/1988: CDBL CDBL - Cyber Diamond Baseball League Aaron Home Away Grass Turf Left Right Div 88 Mashers 52-29 54-27 91-47 15-9 34-15 72-41 36-12 88 Cats 40-41 46-35 72-66 14-10 30-25 56-51 29-19 88 Trout 44-37 38-43 72-66 10-14 24-17 58-63 26-22 88 Friars 21-60 28-53 41-97 8-16 14-30 35-83 20-28 88 Invstgatrs 14-67 18-63 29-109 3-21 5-46 27-84 9-39 Paige Home Away Grass Turf Left Right Div 88 Riots 55-26 43-38 82-52 16-12 23-20 75-44 31-19 88 Isotopes 47-34 47-34 30-27 64-41 32-23 62-45 28-22 88 Experience 37-44 40-41 63-70 14-15 20-34 57-51 25-25 88 Hurdlers 36-45 41-40 26-32 51-53 20-33 57-52 19-31 88 Flames 35-46 39-42 26-31 48-57 28-28 46-60 27-23 88 Lush 35-46 29-52 52-82 12-16 13-40 51-58 20-30 Gehrig Home Away Grass Turf Left Right Div 88 Stallions 52-29 41-40 78-54 15-15 34-24 59-45 27-23 88 Traffic 46-35 45-36 77-56 14-15 26-24 65-47 29-21 88 Maul 45-36 44-37 33-23 56-50 23-24 66-49 29-21 88 Surfers 34-47 44-37 62-70 16-14 20-26 58-58 22-28 88 Gray's 34-47 38-43 26-31 46-59 18-27 54-63 23-27 88 Stingers 37-44 35-46 23-34 49-56 21-31 51-59 20-30 Tiant Home Away Grass Turf Left Right Div 88 Stars 47-34 45-36 76-59 16-11 28-22 64-48 22-26 88 Bulldogs 45-36 46-35 74-61 17-10 26-21 65-50 25-23 88 Whoop 46-35 45-36 76-59 15-12 35-22 56-49 24-24 88 Destinies 43-38 45-36 35-25 53-49 27-24 61-50 23-25 88 Mules 38-43 48-33 71-64 15-12 32-26 54-50 26-22 Expanded Team Standings thru 10/16/1988: CDBL CDBL - Cyber Diamond Baseball League Aaron Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1-Run Extra 88 Mashers 83-7 14-9 9-40 28-19 9-7 88 Cats 64-5 11-9 11-62 35-35 13-12 88 Trout 56-14 18-14 8-52 35-36 14-15 88 Friars 32-8 9-15 8-90 15-27 6-13 88 Invstgatrs 23-11 7-16 2-103 19-36 6-16 Paige Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1-Run Extra 88 Riots 78-7 8-11 12-46 36-23 11-8 88 Isotopes 71-8 14-4 9-56 27-26 13-6 88 Experience 55-8 10-15 12-62 29-30 13-12 88 Hurdlers 52-10 17-9 8-66 29-27 7-7 88 Flames 56-10 12-8 6-70 23-31 12-14 88 Lush 45-10 10-14 9-74 23-21 10-9 Gehrig Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1-Run Extra 88 Stallions 75-12 9-12 9-45 32-28 10-9 88 Traffic 65-9 11-7 15-55 32-25 12-7 88 Maul 71-8 11-10 7-55 23-29 9-11 88 Surfers 53-4 9-11 16-69 26-20 10-5 88 Gray's 55-8 12-15 5-67 23-26 9-9 88 Stingers 58-8 8-15 6-67 24-29 11-12 Tiant Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1-Run Extra 88 Stars 75-7 9-12 8-51 30-33 13-13 88 Bulldogs 70-11 11-10 10-50 27-20 9-10 88 Whoop 72-14 12-6 7-51 27-34 9-8 88 Destinies 72-7 9-10 7-57 27-22 8-13 88 Mules 64-9 11-10 11-57 29-22 10-8