League current injuries -- American League
Regular season -- as of 8/11/1988
| Injuries |
| | | | | | Duration |
| Date | Team | Name | Cause | Return | Orig | Left |
| 5/12/1988 | CAR | Harkey | General | 9/30/1988 | 141 | 50 |
| 7/9/1988 | DAY | Martinez,R | General | 10/29/1988 | 112 | 79 |
| 7/3/1988 | FRA | Castillo,C | General | 10/31/1988 | 120 | 81 |
| 7/16/1988 | CLE | Sasser | General | 10/31/1988 | 107 | 81 |
| 8/4/1988 | CLE | Youngblood | General | 10/31/1988 | 88 | 81 |
| 7/16/1988 | FRA | King | General | 10/31/1988 | 107 | 81 |
| 8/4/1988 | CLE | Birkbeck | General | 10/31/1988 | 88 | 81 |
| 7/29/1988 | HAT | Leiter | General | 10/31/1988 | 94 | 81 |
| 7/29/1988 | HAT | Corsi | General | 10/31/1988 | 94 | 81 |
| 5/25/1988 | ROC | Hanson | General | 10/31/1988 | 159 | 81 |
| 7/16/1988 | DAY | Innis | General | 10/31/1988 | 107 | 81 |
| 7/29/1988 | EBS | Maddux,M | General | 10/31/1988 | 94 | 81 |
| 7/16/1988 | CLE | Morrison | General | 10/31/1988 | 107 | 81 |
| 7/9/1988 | COL | Oester | General | 11/1/1988 | 115 | 82 |