1987 Milwaukee Brewers season

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1987  Milwaukee Brewers
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Milwaukee County Stadium
City Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners Bud Selig
General managers Harry Dalton
Managers Tom Trebelhorn
Television WVTV
(Jim Paschke, Mike Hegan)
Radio WTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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The 1987 Milwaukee Brewers season featured the team finish in third place in the American League East, with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses. The team began the season at a red-hot pace, winning their first 13 games under first-year manager Tom Trebelhorn before losing 12 games in a row in May. Other highlights included Paul Molitor's 39-game hitting streak, the seventh-longest streak in MLB history and second-longest streak post-World War Two (as of 2024), [1] and Juan Nieves tossing the first no-hitter in Brewers history on April 15 with a 7-0 blanking of the Baltimore Orioles. [2]

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 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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 B. J. Surhoff 115395118.299768
1B Greg Brock 141532159.2991385
2B Juan Castillo 11632172.224328
3B Ernest Riles 8327672.261438
SS Dale Sveum 153535135.2522595
LF Rob Deer 134474113.2382880
CF Robin Yount 158635218.31221103
RF Glenn Braggs 132505136.2691377
DH Cecil Cooper 6325062.248636

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Paul Molitor 118465164.3531675
Mike Felder 10828977.266231
Jim Gantner 8126572.272430
Bill Schroeder 7525083.3321442
Rick Manning 9711426.228013
Jim Paciorek 4810123.228210
Steve Kiefer 289920.202517
Billy Jo Robidoux 236212.19404
Charlie O'Brien 10357.20000
Brad Komminsk 7151.06700
Steve Stanicek 472.28600

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Teddy Higuera 35261.218103.85240
Bill Wegman 34225.012114.24102
Juan Nieves 34195.21484.88163
Mike Birkbeck 1045.0146.2025
Len Barker 1143.2215.3622
Mark Ciardi 416.1119.378

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Chris Bosio 46170.01185.24150
Mark Knudson 1562.0445.3726
John Henry Johnson 1026.1019.5718
Ray Burris 1023.0225.878

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Dan Plesac 5756232.6189
Chuck Crim 5368123.6756
Mark Clear 588564.4881
Paul Mirabella 292124.9114
Jay Aldrich 313104.9422
Dave Stapleton 42001.8414
Alex Madrid 300015.191

Awards and honors

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1987. [11]

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Triple-A Denver Zephyrs American Association Terry Bevington
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Duffy Dyer
Class A Stockton Ports California League Dave Machemer
Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Gomer Hodge
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Dave Huppert

Notes

  1. ↑ "Longest hitting streaks in MLB history". MLB . MLB . Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Tim Leary at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Brian Turang at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Mark Kiefer at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Jim Morris at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Bill Mooneyham at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ Skeeter Barnes at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ Ray Burris at Baseball-Reference
  10. ↑ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
  11. ↑ "1987 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

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