1987 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 6 – October 25, 1987 |
Number of games | 162 |
Number of teams | 26 |
TV partner(s) | ABC, NBC |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Ken Griffey Jr. |
Picked by | Seattle Mariners |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | NL: Andre Dawson (CHC) AL: George Bell (TOR) |
Postseason | |
AL champions | Minnesota Twins |
AL runners-up | Detroit Tigers |
NL champions | St. Louis Cardinals |
NL runners-up | San Francisco Giants |
World Series | |
Champions | Minnesota Twins |
Runners-up | St. Louis Cardinals |
World Series MVP | Frank Viola (MIN) |
The 1987 Major League Baseball season ended with the American League Champion Minnesota Twins winning the World Series over the National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals, four games to three, as all seven games were won by the home team.
In June, future Hall of Fame outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. was selected with the number one overall pick in the Major League Baseball draft, by the Seattle Mariners.
Month | American League | National League |
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April | Brian Downing | Eric Davis |
May | Larry Parrish | Eric Davis |
June | Wade Boggs | Tony Gwynn |
July | Don Mattingly | Bo Díaz |
August | Dwight Evans | Andre Dawson |
September | Alan Trammell | Darryl Strawberry |
Month | American League | National League |
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April | Bret Saberhagen | Sid Fernandez |
May | Jim Clancy | Steve Bedrosian |
June | Steve Ontiveros | Orel Hershiser |
July | Frank Viola | Floyd Youmans |
August | Mark Langston | Doug Drabek |
September | Doyle Alexander | Pascual Pérez |
Statistic | American League | National League | ||
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AVG | Wade Boggs, Boston Red Sox | .363 | Tony Gwynn, San Diego Padres | .370 |
HR | Mark McGwire, Oakland Athletics | 49 | Andre Dawson, Chicago Cubs | 49 |
RBIs | George Bell, Toronto Blue Jays | 134 | Andre Dawson, Chicago Cubs | 137 |
Wins | Roger Clemens, Boston Red Sox Dave Stewart, Oakland Athletics | 20 | Rick Sutcliffe, Chicago Cubs | 18 |
ERA | Jimmy Key, Toronto Blue Jays | 2.76 | Nolan Ryan, Houston Astros | 2.76 |
SO | Mark Langston, Seattle Mariners | 262 | Nolan Ryan, Houston Astros | 270 |
SV | Tom Henke, Toronto Blue Jays | 34 | Steve Bedrosian, Philadelphia Phillies | 40 |
SB | Harold Reynolds, Seattle Mariners | 60 | Vince Coleman, St. Louis Cardinals | 109 |
American League
| National League
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League Championship Series (ALCS, NLCS) | World Series | ||||||||
East | Detroit | 1 | |||||||
West | Minnesota | 4 | |||||||
AL | Minnesota | 4 | |||||||
NL | St. Louis | 3 | |||||||
East | St. Louis | 4 | |||||||
West | San Francisco | 3 |
Team | Manager | Notes |
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Baltimore Orioles | Cal Ripken, Sr. | |
Boston Red Sox | John McNamara | |
California Angels | Gene Mauch | Mauch's final season as a Major League manager |
Chicago White Sox | Jim Fregosi | |
Cleveland Indians | Pat Corrales, Doc Edwards | |
Detroit Tigers | Sparky Anderson | Won AL East |
Kansas City Royals | Billy Gardner, John Wathan | |
Milwaukee Brewers | Tom Trebelhorn | |
Minnesota Twins | Tom Kelly | Won World Series |
New York Yankees | Lou Piniella | |
Oakland Athletics | Tony La Russa | |
Seattle Mariners | Dick Williams | |
Texas Rangers | Bobby Valentine | |
Toronto Blue Jays | Jimy Williams | 2nd season as Blue Jays manager |
Team | Manager | Notes |
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Atlanta Braves | Chuck Tanner | |
Chicago Cubs | Gene Michael, Frank Lucchesi | Michael's final season as a Major League manager |
Cincinnati Reds | Pete Rose | |
Houston Astros | Hal Lanier | |
Los Angeles Dodgers | Tommy Lasorda | |
Montreal Expos | Buck Rodgers | |
New York Mets | Davey Johnson | |
Philadelphia Phillies | John Felske, Lee Elia | Felske's final season as a Major League manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates | Jim Leyland | |
St. Louis Cardinals | Whitey Herzog | Won National League Pennant |
San Diego Padres | Larry Bowa | |
San Francisco Giants | Roger Craig | Won NL West |
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game | Est. payroll | %± |
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St. Louis Cardinals [1] | 95 | 20.3% | 3,072,122 | 24.3% | 37,927 | $11,758,000 | 19.1% |
New York Mets [2] | 92 | -14.8% | 3,034,129 | 9.6% | 37,458 | $13,846,714 | -10.0% |
Los Angeles Dodgers [3] | 73 | 0.0% | 2,797,409 | -7.5% | 34,536 | $14,474,737 | -4.9% |
Toronto Blue Jays [4] | 96 | 11.6% | 2,778,429 | 13.2% | 34,302 | $10,765,401 | -15.9% |
California Angels [5] | 75 | -18.5% | 2,696,299 | 1.5% | 33,288 | $13,855,999 | -4.0% |
New York Yankees [6] | 89 | -1.1% | 2,427,672 | 7.0% | 29,971 | $19,457,714 | 5.2% |
Kansas City Royals [7] | 83 | 9.2% | 2,392,471 | 3.1% | 29,537 | $12,513,056 | -4.1% |
Boston Red Sox [8] | 78 | -17.9% | 2,231,551 | 3.9% | 27,894 | $13,770,171 | -4.4% |
Cincinnati Reds [9] | 84 | -2.3% | 2,185,205 | 29.1% | 26,978 | $9,281,500 | -22.0% |
Philadelphia Phillies [10] | 80 | -7.0% | 2,100,110 | 8.6% | 25,927 | $12,482,997 | 7.7% |
Minnesota Twins [11] | 85 | 19.7% | 2,081,976 | 65.8% | 25,703 | $10,585,000 | 11.4% |
Detroit Tigers [12] | 98 | 12.6% | 2,061,830 | 8.5% | 25,455 | $12,122,881 | -1.7% |
Chicago Cubs [13] | 76 | 8.6% | 2,035,130 | 9.5% | 25,439 | $15,473,026 | -10.1% |
San Francisco Giants [14] | 90 | 8.4% | 1,917,168 | 25.4% | 23,669 | $8,532,500 | -4.6% |
Houston Astros [15] | 76 | -20.8% | 1,909,902 | 10.1% | 23,579 | $12,758,371 | 29.2% |
Milwaukee Brewers [16] | 91 | 18.2% | 1,909,244 | 50.9% | 23,571 | $7,293,224 | -26.7% |
Montreal Expos [17] | 91 | 16.7% | 1,850,324 | 63.9% | 22,844 | $8,762,052 | -21.1% |
Baltimore Orioles [18] | 67 | -8.2% | 1,835,692 | -7.0% | 22,386 | $14,250,273 | 9.6% |
Texas Rangers [19] | 75 | -13.8% | 1,763,053 | 4.2% | 21,766 | $5,992,718 | -11.1% |
Oakland Athletics [20] | 81 | 6.6% | 1,678,921 | 27.7% | 20,727 | $12,730,839 | 30.2% |
San Diego Padres [21] | 65 | -12.2% | 1,454,061 | -19.5% | 17,951 | $12,065,796 | 6.0% |
Atlanta Braves [22] | 69 | -4.2% | 1,217,402 | -12.2% | 15,030 | $17,444,560 | 2.0% |
Chicago White Sox [23] | 77 | 6.9% | 1,208,060 | -15.2% | 14,914 | $12,135,343 | 16.5% |
Pittsburgh Pirates [24] | 80 | 25.0% | 1,161,193 | 16.0% | 14,336 | $8,789,500 | -19.6% |
Seattle Mariners [25] | 78 | 16.4% | 1,134,255 | 10.2% | 14,003 | $4,623,000 | -22.4% |
Cleveland Indians [26] | 61 | -27.4% | 1,077,898 | -26.8% | 13,307 | $9,033,750 | 15.7% |
Network | Day of week | Announcers |
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ABC | Monday nights Sunday afternoons | Al Michaels, Jim Palmer, Tim McCarver, Gary Bender |
NBC | Saturday afternoons | Vin Scully, Joe Garagiola, Bob Costas, Tony Kubek |
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