1987 Baltimore Orioles season

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1987  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Memorial Stadium
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record67–95 (.414)
Divisional place6th
Owners Edward Bennett Williams
General managers Hank Peters
Managers Cal Ripken, Sr.
Television WMAR-TV
(Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein)
Radio WCBM
(Jon Miller, Jack Wiers)
←  1986 Seasons 1988  →

The 1987 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 98640.605—54–2744–37
Toronto Blue Jays 96660.593252–2944–37
Milwaukee Brewers 91710.562748–3343–38
New York Yankees 89730.549951–3038–43
Boston Red Sox 78840.4812050–3028–54
Baltimore Orioles 67950.4143131–5136–44
Cleveland Indians 611010.3773735–4626–55

Record vs. opponents

1987 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —1–129–38–47–64–99–32–115–73–107–54–87–51–12
Boston 12–1—4–83–97–62–116–66–77–57–64–87–57–56–7
California 3–98–4—8–57–53–95–87–58–53–96–77–65–85–7
Chicago 4–89–35–8—7–53–96–76–66–75–79–46–77–64–8
Cleveland 6–76–75–75–7—4–96–64–93–96–74–85–72–105–8
Detroit 9–411–29–39–39–4—5–76–78–45–85–77–58–47–6
Kansas City 3–96–68–57–66–67–5—4–88–55–75–89–47–68–4
Milwaukee 11–27–65–76–69–47–68–4—3–97–66–64–89–39–4
Minnesota 7–55–75–87–69–34–85–89–3—6–610–39–46–73–9
New York 10–36–79–37–57–68–57–56–76–6—5–77–55–76–7
Oakland 5–78–47–64–98–47–58–56–63–107–5—5–86–77–5
Seattle 8–45–76–77–67–55–74–98–44–95–78–5—9–42–10
Texas 5–75–78–56–710–24–86–73–97–67–57–64–9—3–9
Toronto 12–17–67–58–48–56–74–84–99–37–65–710–29–3—

Notable transactions

Roster

1987 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Terry Kennedy 143512128.2501862
1B Eddie Murray 160618171.2773091
2B Billy Ripken 5823472.308220
3B Ray Knight 150563144.2561465
SS Cal Ripken Jr. 162624157.2522798
LF Larry Sheets 135469148.3163194
CF Fred Lynn 111396100.2532360
RF Lee Lacy 8725863.244728
DH Mike Young 11036387.2401639

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Alan Wiggins 8530671.232115
Ken Gerhart 9228469.2431434
Jim Dwyer 9224166.2741533
Rick Burleson 6220643.209214
Pete Stanicek 3011331.27409
Ron Washington 267916.20316
Mike Hart 347612.158412
Rene Gonzales 376016.26717
Floyd Rayford 205011.22023
Nelson Simmons 164913.26514
John Shelby 21326.18813
Dave Van Gorder 12215.23811
Carl Nichols 13218.38103
Jackie Gutiérrez 310.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Boddicker 33226.010124.18152
Eric Bell 33165.010135.45111
Mike Flanagan 1694.2364.9450
Jeff Ballard 1469.2286.5927
José Mesa 631.1136.0317

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dave Schmidt 35124.01053.7770
John Habyan 27116.1674.8064
Ken Dixon 34105.07106.4391
Scott McGregor 2685.1276.6439
Mike Griffin 2374.1354.3642

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tom Niedenfuer 4535134.9937
Mark Williamson 618934.0373
Jack O'Connor 291124.3033
Tony Arnold 270005.7718
Mike Kinnunen 180004.9514
Doug Corbett 110217.8316
Luis DeLeón 110214.7913
Don Aase 71022.253

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League John Hart
AA Charlotte O's Southern League Greg Biagini
A Hagerstown Suns Carolina League Glenn Gulliver
A-Short Season Newark Orioles New York–Penn League Mike Hart
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Jim Pamlanye

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References

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  2. ↑ Ray Knight page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Rich Bordi page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.143, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
  5. ↑ John Shelby page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Jack Voigt page at Baseball Reference
  7. 1 2 Doug Corbett page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Mike Flanagan page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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