League current injuries -- American League
Regular season -- as of 9/25/1988
| Injuries |
|   |   |   |   |   | Duration |
| Date | Team | Name | Cause | Return | Orig | Left |
| 5/12/1988 | CAR | Harkey | General | 9/30/1988 | 141 | 5 |
| 7/9/1988 | DAY | Martinez,R | General | 10/29/1988 | 112 | 34 |
| 9/12/1988 | EBS | Romero | General | 10/31/1988 | 49 | 36 |
| 9/25/1988 | IAC | Benzinger | General | 10/31/1988 | 36 | 36 |
| 7/3/1988 | FRA | Castillo,C | General | 10/31/1988 | 120 | 36 |
| 9/19/1988 | DAY | Kittle | General | 10/31/1988 | 42 | 36 |
| 9/25/1988 | CRF | Gantner | General | 10/31/1988 | 36 | 36 |
| 9/25/1988 | EBS | Moses | General | 10/31/1988 | 36 | 36 |
| 9/25/1988 | CRF | Winfield | General | 10/31/1988 | 36 | 36 |
| 8/24/1988 | CLE | Weiss | General | 10/31/1988 | 68 | 36 |
| 9/25/1988 | CLE | Kingery | General | 10/31/1988 | 36 | 36 |
| 9/25/1988 | DAY | Sierra,R | General | 10/31/1988 | 36 | 36 |
| 9/12/1988 | CLE | Fielder | General | 10/31/1988 | 49 | 36 |
| 9/25/1988 | EBS | Doran | General | 10/31/1988 | 36 | 36 |
| 9/6/1988 | CLE | Hatcher,B | General | 10/31/1988 | 55 | 36 |
| 9/25/1988 | CRF | Marshall | General | 10/31/1988 | 36 | 36 |
| 9/19/1988 | CRF | Johnson,W | General | 10/31/1988 | 42 | 36 |
| 9/19/1988 | BLO | McReynolds | General | 10/31/1988 | 42 | 36 |
| 7/16/1988 | CLE | Sasser | General | 10/31/1988 | 107 | 36 |
| 9/25/1988 | EBS | Dernier | General | 10/31/1988 | 36 | 36 |
| 9/19/1988 | DAY | Ortiz | General | 10/31/1988 | 42 | 36 |
| 8/24/1988 | CLE | Thompson,Robbie | General | 10/31/1988 | 68 | 36 |
| 9/19/1988 | CLE | Manwaring | General | 10/31/1988 | 42 | 36 |
| 9/12/1988 | CLE | Stanley,B | General | 10/31/1988 | 49 | 36 |
| 9/6/1988 | EBS | McCaskill | General | 10/31/1988 | 55 | 36 |
| 9/25/1988 | FRA | Patterson | General | 10/31/1988 | 36 | 36 |
| 7/16/1988 | FRA | King | General | 10/31/1988 | 107 | 36 |
| 9/12/1988 | FRA | Gleaton | General | 10/31/1988 | 49 | 36 |
| 9/19/1988 | FRA | Mirabella | General | 10/31/1988 | 42 | 36 |
| 8/4/1988 | CLE | Birkbeck | General | 10/31/1988 | 88 | 36 |
| 7/29/1988 | HAT | Leiter | General | 10/31/1988 | 94 | 36 |
| 9/25/1988 | EBS | Honeycutt | General | 10/31/1988 | 36 | 36 |
| 7/29/1988 | HAT | Corsi | General | 10/31/1988 | 94 | 36 |
| 5/25/1988 | ROC | Hanson | General | 10/31/1988 | 159 | 36 |
| 9/25/1988 | FRA | Guzman | General | 10/31/1988 | 36 | 36 |
| 9/12/1988 | DAY | Glavine | General | 10/31/1988 | 49 | 36 |
| 8/17/1988 | IAC | Bielecki | General | 10/31/1988 | 75 | 36 |
| 9/19/1988 | DAY | Maddux.G | General | 10/31/1988 | 42 | 36 |
| 9/19/1988 | CRF | Lancaster | General | 10/31/1988 | 42 | 36 |
| 9/25/1988 | FRA | Birtsas | General | 10/31/1988 | 36 | 36 |
| 9/12/1988 | DAY | Scott | General | 10/31/1988 | 49 | 36 |
| 9/6/1988 | EBS | Belcher | General | 10/31/1988 | 55 | 36 |
| 8/24/1988 | DAY | Crews | General | 10/31/1988 | 68 | 36 |
| 7/16/1988 | DAY | Innis | General | 10/31/1988 | 107 | 36 |
| 7/29/1988 | EBS | Maddux,M | General | 10/31/1988 | 94 | 36 |
| 9/25/1988 | EBS | Dunne | General | 10/31/1988 | 36 | 36 |
| 9/12/1988 | EBS | O'Neal,R | General | 10/31/1988 | 49 | 36 |
| 9/6/1988 | CLE | Grant | General | 10/31/1988 | 55 | 36 |
| 8/24/1988 | CLE | Hammaker | General | 10/31/1988 | 68 | 36 |
| 9/6/1988 | CLE | Mulholland | General | 10/31/1988 | 55 | 36 |
| 8/30/1988 | EBS | Schilling | General | 10/31/1988 | 62 | 36 |
| 9/12/1988 | FRA | Monteleone | General | 10/31/1988 | 49 | 36 |
| 9/25/1988 | EBS | Noboa | General | 10/31/1988 | 36 | 36 |
| 9/19/1988 | CRF | Brown,Keith | General | 10/31/1988 | 42 | 36 |
| 8/17/1988 | HAT | Howell,K | General | 10/31/1988 | 75 | 36 |
| 9/19/1988 | CLE | Leonard | General | 10/31/1988 | 42 | 36 |
| 9/25/1988 | CRF | Aguayo | General | 10/31/1988 | 36 | 36 |
| 8/30/1988 | EBS | Winningham | General | 10/31/1988 | 62 | 36 |
| 7/9/1988 | COL | Oester | General | 11/1/1988 | 115 | 37 |