1987 Philadelphia Phillies season

1987  Philadelphia Phillies
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Veterans Stadium
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Bill Giles
General managers	Bill Giles
Managers	John Felske, Lee Elia
Television	WTAF PRISM
Radio	WCAU (Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler)
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The 1987 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 105th season for the Phillies. It was the third and final season with John Felske as manager, as he was fired on June 18 when the team won just 29 of their first 61 games. With Lee Elia at the helm, the team maneuvered itself to 51 wins in the next 101 games to finish fourth in the National League East.

Offseason

• October 7, 1986: Tom Gorman was released by the Phillies. ^[1]
• November 16, 1986: Rocky Childress was purchased from the Phillies by the Houston Astros. ^[2]

Regular season

After getting off to a dismal 1–8 start, the season began to turn when Mike Schmidt hit his 500th career home run in Pittsburgh on April 18. Schmidt cracked the milestone long ball on a 3–0 count off the Pirates' Don Robinson with two men on base in the ninth inning, which rallied the club from a one-run deficit to an eventual 8–6 victory.

Schmidt slammed three home runs in an 11–6 victory over the Expos on June 14 in Montreal, eventually finishing the season with 35 and 530 career homers.

Phillies pitcher Kevin Gross was pitching against the Chicago Cubs on August 10, 1987. Gross was caught with sandpaper in his glove and suspended for 10 games. ^[3]

After going as high as six games over .500 in late August, the team crashed to a 13–21 finish and tied for fourth place in the NL East with the Pirates.

Season standings

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	95	67	.586	—	49‍–‍32	46‍–‍35
New York Mets	92	70	.568	3	49‍–‍32	43‍–‍38
Montreal Expos	91	71	.562	4	48‍–‍33	43‍–‍38
Philadelphia Phillies	80	82	.494	15	43‍–‍38	37‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	82	.494	15	47‍–‍34	33‍–‍48
Chicago Cubs	76	85	.472	18½	40‍–‍40	36‍–‍45

Record vs. opponents

1987 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	6–5	8–10	8–10	6–12	3–9	7–5	7–5	7–5	6–12	8–10	3–9
Chicago	5–6	—	6–6	8–4	6–6	10–8	9–9	8–10	4–14	9–3	5–7	6–12
Cincinnati	10–8	6–6	—	13–5	10–8	6–6	7–5	5–7	4–8	12–6	7–11	4–8
Houston	10–8	4–8	5–13	—	12–6	7–5	6–6	6–6	6–6	5–13	10–8	5–7
Los Angeles	12–6	6–6	8–10	6–12	—	3–9	6–6	2–10	6–6	11–7	10–8	3–9
Montreal	9–3	8–10	6–6	5–7	9–3	—	8–10	10–8	11–7	9–3	5–7	11–7
New York	5–7	9–9	5–7	6–6	6–6	10–8	—	13–5	12–6	8–4	9–3	9–9
Philadelphia	5-7	10–8	7–5	6–6	10–2	8–10	5–13	—	11–7	8–4	2–10	8–10
Pittsburgh	5–7	14–4	8–4	6–6	6–6	7–11	6–12	7–11	—	8–4	6–6	7–11
San Diego	12–6	3–9	6–12	13–5	7–11	3–9	4–8	4–8	4–8	—	5–13	4–8
San Francisco	10–8	7–5	11–7	8–10	8–10	7–5	3–9	10–2	6–6	13–5	—	7–5
St. Louis	9–3	12–6	8–4	7–5	9–3	7–11	9–9	10–8	11–7	8–4	5–7	—

Notable transactions

• April 2, 1987: Ronn Reynolds was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Houston Astros for Jeff Calhoun. ^[4]
• June 2, 1987: Jim Vatcher was drafted by the Phillies in the 20th round of the 1987 Major League Baseball draft. ^[5]
• June 10, 1987: Mike Easler was traded by the Phillies to the New York Yankees for Keith Hughes and Shane Turner. ^[6]
• June 24, 1987: Dan Schatzeder and cash were traded by the Phillies to the Minnesota Twins for Danny Clay and Tom Schwarz (minors). ^[7]

1987 Game Log

Legend
	Phillies win
	Phillies loss
	Postponement
Bold	Phillies team member

1987 Game Log [8] Overall Record: 80–82
April (7–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 7 @ Braves 0–6 Rick Mahler (1–0) Shane Rawley (0–1) None 31,343 0–1 2 April 9 @ Braves 7–8 (10) Gene Garber (1–0) Dan Schatzeder (0–1) None 8,907 0–2 3 April 10 Cubs 3–4 Ed Lynch (1–0) Kevin Gross (0–1) Dickie Noles (1) 43,212 0–3 4 April 11 Cubs 1–9 Rick Sutcliffe (1–1) Joe Cowley (0–1) None 21,581 0–4 5 April 12 Cubs 9–8 (10) Steve Bedrosian (1–0) Lee Smith (0–1) None 23,769 1–4 6 April 13 Cubs 2–5 Jamie Moyer (1–0) Don Carman (0–1) Lee Smith (1) 15,366 1–5 7 April 14 Mets 5–7 Ron Darling (1–0) Steve Bedrosian (1–1) Jesse Orosco (3) 22,836 1–6 8 April 15 Mets 1–4 Sid Fernandez (2–0) Kevin Gross (0–2) Doug Sisk (2) 21,995 1–7 9 April 16 Mets 3–9 Rick Aguilera (1–0) Joe Cowley (0–2) None 16,350 1–8 10 April 17 @ Pirates 6–2 (10) Steve Bedrosian (2–1) Barry Jones (0–1) None 10,105 2–8 11 April 18 @ Pirates 8–6 Kent Tekulve (1–0) Don Robinson (2–1) None 19,361 3–8 12 April 19 @ Pirates 2–5 Doug Drabek (1–1) Bruce Ruffin (0–1) Don Robinson (2) 7,962 3–9 13 April 20 @ Expos 4–3 Dan Schatzeder (1–1) Jay Tibbs (1–2) Kent Tekulve (1) 50,482 4–9 14 April 22 @ Expos 3–7 Neal Heaton (2–1) Joe Cowley (0–3) None 8,114 4–10 15 April 23 @ Expos 5–6 Randy St. Claire (1–0) Mike Jackson (0–1) Andy McGaffigan (2) 5,632 4–11 – April 24 Pirates Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 29 as a traditional double-header 16 April 25 Pirates 3–2 Don Carman (1–1) Doug Drabek (1–2) Kent Tekulve (2) 18,553 5–11 17 April 26 Pirates 6–4 Bruce Ruffin (1–1) Rick Reuschel (0–1) Steve Bedrosian (1) 30,234 6–11 18 April 27 Expos 4–6 Neal Heaton (3–1) Kevin Gross (0–3) Randy St. Claire (3) 15,149 6–12 19 April 28 Expos 1–7 Floyd Youmans (1–2) Joe Cowley (0–4) Andy McGaffigan (3) 11,598 6–13 20 April 29 Expos 5–0 Shane Rawley (1–1) Bob Sebra (1–3) None 14,588 7–13
May (15–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 21 May 1 Reds 5–8 Mario Soto (2–0) Don Carman (1–2) Ron Robinson (4) 21,249 7–14 22 May 2 Reds 8–3 Bruce Ruffin (2–1) Tom Browning (2–4) None 32,103 8–14 23 May 3 Reds 6–9 Bill Gullickson (4–1) Kevin Gross (0–4) John Franco (4) 33,062 8–15 24 May 5 Astros 1–5 Danny Darwin (2–1) Shane Rawley (1–2) None 15,611 8–16 25 May 6 Astros 2–3 Larry Andersen (3–1) Kent Tekulve (1–1) Dave Smith (6) 15,809 8–17 26 May 8 @ Reds 3–4 Tom Browning (3–4) Bruce Ruffin (2–2) John Franco (6) 37,176 8–18 27 May 9 @ Reds 4–2 Kevin Gross (1–4) Bill Gullickson (4–2) None 36,910 9–18 28 May 10 @ Reds 4–3 Shane Rawley (2–2) Ted Power (3–1) Steve Bedrosian (2) 29,867 10–18 29 May 11 @ Astros 7–6 Dan Schatzeder (2–1) Larry Andersen (3–2) Steve Bedrosian (3) 11,369 11–18 30 May 12 @ Astros 2–5 Bob Knepper (2–2) Mike Jackson (0–2) Aurelio López (1) 8,950 11–19 31 May 13 Braves 5–10 David Palmer (3–4) Bruce Ruffin (2–3) Jim Acker (3) 16,142 11–20 32 May 14 Braves 5–4 Kevin Gross (2–4) Rick Mahler (2–5) Steve Bedrosian (4) 17,705 12–20 33 May 15 Padres 7–4 Shane Rawley (3–2) Ed Whitson (4–5) Steve Bedrosian (5) 22,907 13–20 34 May 16 Padres 9–0 Don Carman (2–2) Jimmy Jones (0–1) None 21,713 14–20 35 May 17 Padres 5–6 Andy Hawkins (1–5) Mike Jackson (0–3) Lance McCullers (4) 34,964 14–21 36 May 18 Dodgers 5–3 Bruce Ruffin (3–3) Rick Honeycutt (2–2) Steve Bedrosian (6) 17,314 15–21 – May 19 Dodgers Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 21 as a traditional double-header 37 May 21 Dodgers 6–3 Shane Rawley (4–2) Alejandro Peña (0–4) Steve Bedrosian (7) 13,639 16–21 38 May 22 Giants 1–2 Atlee Hammaker (2–1) Don Carman (2–3) Scott Garrelts (6) 18,744 16–22 39 May 23 Giants 9–8 Steve Bedrosian (3–1) Jeff Robinson (3–2) None 21,841 17–22 40 May 24 Giants 3–6 Mike LaCoss (5–1) Kent Tekulve (1–2) Jeff Robinson (7) 28,541 17–23 41 May 25 @ Padres 6–4 Dan Schatzeder (3–1) Dave Dravecky (1–5) Steve Bedrosian (8) 11,504 18–23 42 May 26 @ Padres 3–1 Shane Rawley (5–2) Jimmy Jones (0–2) Steve Bedrosian (9) 9,347 19–23 43 May 27 @ Padres 6–4 Don Carman (3–3) Andy Hawkins (2–6) Steve Bedrosian (10) 8,164 20–23 44 May 29 @ Dodgers 0–6 Bob Welch (6–2) Bruce Ruffin (3–4) None 36,036 20–24 45 May 30 @ Dodgers 3–0 Kevin Gross (3–4) Orel Hershiser (4–6) None 30,216 21–24 46 May 31 @ Dodgers 3–1 Shane Rawley (6–2) Rick Honeycutt (2–4) Steve Bedrosian (11) 39,204 22–24
June (13–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 47 June 1 @ Giants 2–9 Atlee Hammaker (3–1) Don Carman (3–4) None 6,655 22–25 48 June 2 @ Giants 7–6 Wally Ritchie (1–0) Mark Davis (3–4) Steve Bedrosian (12) 10,826 23–25 49 June 3 @ Giants 1–4 Mike LaCoss (6–2) Bruce Ruffin (3–5) Jeff Robinson (8) 10,522 23–26 50 June 5 Expos 7–6 Kevin Gross (4–4) Andy McGaffigan (0–1) Steve Bedrosian (13) 26,508 24–26 51 June 6 Expos 4–3 Shane Rawley (7–2) Bob Sebra (3–6) None 30,177 25–26 52 June 7 Expos 3–1 Mike Jackson (1–3) Bryn Smith (3–2) Steve Bedrosian (14) 43,298 26–26 53 June 8 Cardinals 8–12 Ricky Horton (3–0) Don Carman (3–5) None 23,422 26–27 54 June 9 Cardinals 3–2 Bruce Ruffin (4–5) Danny Cox (6–3) Steve Bedrosian (15) 22,009 27–27 55 June 10 Cardinals 1–3 Greg Mathews (4–4) Kevin Gross (4–5) Todd Worrell (14) 27,976 27–28 56 June 12 @ Expos 6–13 Bryn Smith (4–2) Shane Rawley (7–3) None 20,031 27–29 57 June 13 @ Expos 5–7 Neal Heaton (9–2) Mike Jackson (1–4) Tim Burke (7) 24,221 27–30 58 June 14 @ Expos 11–6 Don Carman (4–5) Lary Sorensen (3–3) None 30,209 28–30 59 June 15 @ Cubs 3–2 Kent Tekulve (2–2) Lee Smith (2–4) Steve Bedrosian (16) 18,643 29–30 60 June 16 @ Cubs 2–7 Steve Trout (3–1) Kevin Gross (4–6) Lee Smith (16) 30,007 29–31 61 June 17 @ Cubs 3–5 Jamie Moyer (7–4) Shane Rawley (7–4) Lee Smith (17) 26,447 29–32 62 June 18 @ Cubs 7–9 Rick Sutcliffe (9–3) Mike Jackson (1–5) Lee Smith (18) 22,870 29–33 63 June 19 @ Mets 1–8 John Mitchell (1–1) Don Carman (4–6) None 46,824 29–34 64 June 20 @ Mets 2–3 Dwight Gooden (3–1) Kent Tekulve (2–3) None 49,043 29–35 65 June 21 @ Mets 3–8 Sid Fernandez (9–3) Kevin Gross (4–7) Roger McDowell (8) 44,838 29–36 66 June 23 @ Cardinals 4–1 Shane Rawley (8–4) Lee Tunnell (3–2) Steve Bedrosian (17) 30,455 30–36 67 June 24 @ Cardinals 3–5 Todd Worrell (2–3) Mike Jackson (1–6) None 29,328 30–37 68 June 25 @ Cardinals 0–3 Greg Mathews (5–5) Bruce Ruffin (4–6) None 38,357 30–38 69 June 26 Mets 5–2 Kevin Gross (5–7) Sid Fernandez (9–4) Steve Bedrosian (18) 36,263 31–38 70 June 27 Mets 4–5 Terry Leach (6–0) Shane Rawley (8–5) Roger McDowell (9) 40,128 31–39 71 June 28 Mets 5–4 Doug Bair (1–0) Roger McDowell (4–3) None 52,206 32–39 72 June 29 (1) Pirates 6–5 Mike Jackson (2–6) Barry Jones (2–2) Steve Bedrosian (19) see 2nd game 33–39 73 June 29 (2) Pirates 11–3 Doug Bair (2–0) Mike Dunne (3–3) Wally Ritchie (1) 30,046 34–39 74 June 30 Pirates 6–4 Kevin Gross (6–7) Doug Drabek (1–7) Steve Bedrosian (20) 20,598 35–39
July (18–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 75 July 1 Pirates 11–4 Shane Rawley (9–5) Dorn Taylor (2–3) None 19,977 36–39 76 July 2 Astros 6–7 Larry Andersen (6–4) Steve Bedrosian (3–2) Dave Smith (15) 19,213 36–40 77 July 3 Astros 2–1 Bruce Ruffin (5–6) Nolan Ryan (4–9) Steve Bedrosian (21) 56,825 37–40 78 July 4 Astros 9–3 Tom Hume (1–0) Jim Deshaies (8–3) Mike Jackson (1) 20,178 38–40 79 July 5 Astros 2–8 Mike Scott (10–4) Kevin Gross (6–8) Larry Andersen (2) 30,179 38–41 80 July 6 @ Reds 9–6 Mike Jackson (3–6) Ted Power (6–4) Steve Bedrosian (22) 18,802 39–41 81 July 7 @ Reds 10–8 (10) Kent Tekulve (3–3) John Franco (5–3) Steve Bedrosian (23) 22,553 40–41 82 July 8 @ Reds 7–2 Bruce Ruffin (6–6) Guy Hoffman (7–3) None 26,082 41–41 83 July 9 @ Braves 6–11 Jeff Dedmon (3–3) Tom Hume (1–1) None 10,671 41–42 84 July 10 @ Braves 5–2 Shane Rawley (10–5) Doyle Alexander (4–5) Steve Bedrosian (24) 12,068 42–42 85 July 11 @ Braves 4–5 Rick Mahler (6–9) Don Carman (4–7) Jim Acker (7) 30,503 42–43 86 July 12 @ Braves 3–9 Randy O'Neal (4–1) Bruce Ruffin (6–7) Paul Assenmacher (1) 16,579 42–44 – July 14 1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland 87 July 16 @ Astros 1–2 Danny Darwin (6–6) Mike Jackson (3–7) None 19,614 42–45 88 July 17 @ Astros 2–1 Shane Rawley (11–5) Mike Scott (10–6) Steve Bedrosian (25) 32,608 43–45 89 July 18 @ Astros 4–2 Don Carman (5–7) Bob Knepper (3–11) Steve Bedrosian (26) 30,368 44–45 90 July 19 @ Astros 4–1 Bruce Ruffin (7–7) Nolan Ryan (4–11) None 25,143 45–45 91 July 20 Reds 6–10 (11) John Franco (6–3) Mike Jackson (3–8) None 27,347 45–46 92 July 21 Reds 3–4 Bill Gullickson (10–6) Kevin Gross (6–9) Rob Murphy (2) 27,184 45–47 93 July 22 Reds 5–3 Shane Rawley (12–5) Tom Browning (5–8) Steve Bedrosian (27) 28,046 46–47 94 July 23 Braves 5–1 Don Carman (6–7) Charlie Puleo (3–3) None 29,163 47–47 95 July 24 Braves 11–5 Bruce Ruffin (8–7) Rick Mahler (6–10) None 26,307 48–47 96 July 25 Braves 1–2 David Palmer (5–8) Tom Hume (1–2) Gene Garber (9) 32,077 48–48 97 July 26 Braves 7–3 Kent Tekulve (4–3) Doyle Alexander (5–7) None 47,022 49–48 98 July 28 @ Pirates 5–2 Shane Rawley (13–5) Rick Reuschel (8–5) None 16,270 50–48 99 July 29 @ Pirates 4–3 Don Carman (7–7) Doug Drabek (2–10) Steve Bedrosian (28) 28,392 51–48 100 July 30 @ Pirates 1–0 Bruce Ruffin (9–7) John Smiley (3–2) Steve Bedrosian (29) 11,769 52–48 101 July 31 @ Cubs 8–5 Kent Tekulve (5–3) Scott Sanderson (4–6) Steve Bedrosian (30) 32,930 53–48
August (15–15) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 102 August 1 @ Cubs 3–5 Les Lancaster (3–1) Tom Hume (1–3) Lee Smith (26) 33,002 53–49 103 August 2 @ Cubs 2–3 (10) Lee Smith (3–6) Jeff Calhoun (0–1) None 33,629 53–50 104 August 3 @ Mets 2–3 (11) Roger McDowell (6–3) Kent Tekulve (5–4) None 50,297 53–51 105 August 4 @ Mets 3–5 Dwight Gooden (9–3) Bruce Ruffin (9–8) None 38,252 53–52 106 August 5 @ Mets 3–13 John Mitchell (3–3) Kevin Gross (6–10) Randy Myers (2) 28,178 53–53 107 August 6 Cardinals 2–5 John Tudor (3–1) Tom Hume (1–4) Todd Worrell (23) 31,635 53–54 108 August 7 Cardinals 15–5 Shane Rawley (14–5) Joe Magrane (6–3) None 31,247 54–54 109 August 8 Cardinals 5–9 Todd Worrell (6–6) Don Carman (7–8) None 46,732 54–55 110 August 9 Cardinals 8–7 (14) Wally Ritchie (2–0) Ricky Horton (6–2) None 37,158 55–55 111 August 10 Cubs 4–2 Todd Frohwirth (1–0) Jamie Moyer (9–9) Steve Bedrosian (31) 26,796 56–55 112 August 11 Cubs 9–8 (13) Kevin Gross (7–10) Bob Tewksbury (1–8) None 30,459 57–55 113 August 12 Cubs 13–7 Jeff Calhoun (1–1) Ed Lynch (1–7) None 36,190 58–55 114 August 13 @ Cardinals 4–2 (13) Steve Bedrosian (4–2) Ken Dayley (7–3) Wally Ritchie (2) 37,088 59–55 115 August 14 @ Cardinals 4–8 Greg Mathews (8–8) Bruce Ruffin (9–9) Todd Worrell (25) 47,913 59–56 116 August 15 @ Cardinals 5–2 Kevin Gross (8–10) Bob Forsch (10–4) Steve Bedrosian (32) 48,309 60–56 117 August 16 @ Cardinals 4–3 Shane Rawley (15–5) John Tudor (3–2) Steve Bedrosian (33) 43,759 61–56 118 August 18 Padres 4–9 (11) Rich Gossage (4–3) Wally Ritchie (2–1) None 27,867 61–57 119 August 19 Padres 6–5 Bruce Ruffin (10–9) Mark Grant (3–7) Jeff Calhoun (1) 30,595 62–57 120 August 20 Padres 10–2 Freddie Toliver (1–0) Eric Show (6–15) Wally Ritchie (3) 23,446 63–57 121 August 21 (1) Dodgers 2–1 (11) Kent Tekulve (6–4) Matt Young (5–7) None see 2nd game 64–57 122 August 21 (2) Dodgers 7–3 Shane Rawley (16–5) Tim Leary (3–9) None 48,656 65–57 123 August 22 Dodgers 2–0 Mike Maddux (1–0) Rick Honeycutt (2–12) Kent Tekulve (3) 27,160 66–57 124 August 23 Dodgers 1–5 Orel Hershiser (13–12) Don Carman (7–9) None 36,407 66–58 125 August 24 Giants 1–6 Rick Reuschel (9–6) Bruce Ruffin (10–10) None 30,237 66–59 126 August 25 Giants 2–3 Scott Garrelts (11–7) Kevin Gross (8–11) None 28,841 66–60 127 August 26 Giants 0–2 Don Robinson (8–6) Shane Rawley (16–6) None 23,776 66–61 128 August 28 @ Padres 8–1 Don Carman (8–9) Ed Whitson (10–9) None 12,711 67–61 129 August 29 @ Padres 1–3 Eric Nolte (2–2) Bruce Ruffin (10–11) None 12,492 67–62 130 August 30 @ Padres 1–6 Mark Grant (5–7) Kevin Gross (8–12) None 12,072 67–63 131 August 31 @ Dodgers 4–2 Shane Rawley (17–6) Bob Welch (11–9) Steve Bedrosian (34) 38,104 68–63
September (12–16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 132 September 1 @ Dodgers 7–5 Wally Ritchie (3–1) Tim Leary (3–11) Steve Bedrosian (35) 23,074 69–63 133 September 2 @ Dodgers 6–2 Don Carman (9–9) Orel Hershiser (13–13) None 19,958 70–63 134 September 4 @ Giants 2–3 (10) Don Robinson (9–6) Wally Ritchie (3–2) None 16,644 70–64 135 September 5 @ Giants 3–6 Dave Dravecky (9–9) Shane Rawley (17–7) Kelly Downs (1) 22,694 70–65 136 September 6 @ Giants 1–4 Rick Reuschel (11–7) Freddie Toliver (1–1) None 40,768 70–66 137 September 7 @ Mets 5–3 Don Carman (10–9) Dwight Gooden (13–5) Steve Bedrosian (36) 45,699 71–66 138 September 8 @ Mets 2–5 Terry Leach (11–1) Bruce Ruffin (10–12) Doug Sisk (3) 17,518 71–67 139 September 9 @ Mets 5–11 Rick Aguilera (8–2) Shane Rawley (17–8) None 30,362 71–68 140 September 11 Pirates 2–4 Doug Drabek (8–11) Kevin Gross (8–13) Jim Gott (10) 20,085 71–69 141 September 12 Pirates 4–12 Mike Dunne (11–5) Don Carman (10–10) None 15,440 71–70 142 September 13 Pirates 1–6 Brian Fisher (9–9) Bruce Ruffin (10–13) None 12,610 71–71 143 September 14 Cardinals 3–2 (11) Jeff Calhoun (2–1) Ken Dayley (9–5) None 20,749 72–71 144 September 15 Cardinals 3–4 Ricky Horton (7–3) Kevin Gross (8–14) Todd Worrell (29) 20,697 72–72 145 September 16 Cubs 8–5 Mike Maddux (2–0) Lee Smith (4–10) Steve Bedrosian (37) 17,598 73–72 146 September 17 Cubs 4–3 Don Carman (11–10) Jamie Moyer (11–14) Steve Bedrosian (38) 10,338 74–72 147 September 18 @ Expos 3–6 Bryn Smith (10–7) Bruce Ruffin (10–14) None 23,466 74–73 148 September 19 @ Expos 4–12 Dennis Martínez (10–3) Shane Rawley (17–9) Jeff Parrett (6) 33,072 74–74 149 September 20 @ Expos 4–1 Kevin Gross (9–14) Neal Heaton (12–9) Steve Bedrosian (39) 35,082 75–74 150 September 21 @ Cardinals 1–3 John Tudor (8–2) Don Carman (11–11) Todd Worrell (31) 38,396 75–75 151 September 22 @ Cardinals 2–3 Danny Cox (10–8) Shane Rawley (17–10) Todd Worrell (32) 42,725 75–76 152 September 23 @ Cubs 5–0 Bruce Ruffin (11–14) Jamie Moyer (11–15) None 7,160 76–76 153 September 24 @ Cubs 3–2 (11) Steve Bedrosian (5–2) Jay Baller (0–1) None 6,904 77–76 154 September 25 Expos 4–2 Don Carman (12–11) Neal Heaton (12–10) Steve Bedrosian (40) 16,641 78–76 155 September 26 Expos 4–7 Pascual Pérez (6–0) Shane Rawley (17–11) Andy McGaffigan (11) 27,453 78–77 156 September 27 Expos 3–5 Jeff Parrett (6–5) Mike Jackson (3–9) Tim Burke (16) 33,662 78–78 157 September 28 Mets 0–1 John Candelaria (10–6) Kevin Gross (9–15) Randy Myers (6) 26,440 78–79 158 September 29 Mets 3–0 Don Carman (13–11) David Cone (5–6) None 30,799 79–79 159 September 30 Mets 4–3 (10) Jeff Calhoun (3–1) Jesse Orosco (3–9) None 27,672 80–79
October (0–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 2 @ Pirates 4–6 Bob Walk (8–2) Mike Jackson (3–10) Jim Gott (13) 8,245 80–80 161 October 3 @ Pirates 5–10 Vicente Palacios (2–1) Kevin Gross (9–16) None 12,790 80–81 162 October 4 @ Pirates 2–4 Mike Dunne (13–6) Steve Bedrosian (5–3) Jeff Robinson (14) 26,734 80–82

Roster

1987 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers 34 Doug Bair 40 Steve Bedrosian 31 Jeff Calhoun 42 Don Carman 39 Joe Cowley 52 Todd Frohwirth 46 Kevin Gross 41 Tom Hume 33 Mike Jackson 44 Mike Maddux 50 Tom Newell 28 Shane Rawley 38 Wally Ritchie 47 Bruce Ruffin 35,43 Dan Schatzeder 27 Kent Tekulve 43 Freddie Toliver		Catchers 10 Darren Daulton 13 Lance Parrish Infielders 16 Luis Aguayo 37,7 Ken Dowell  9 Von Hayes  7 Ken Jackson 45 Greg Jelks 30 Steve Jeltz 11 Greg Legg  8 Juan Samuel 20 Mike Schmidt 15 Rick Schu		Outfielders 34 Mike Easler 21 Greg Gross 19 Keith Hughes 18 Chris James 17 Ron Roenicke  6 John Russell 14 Jeff Stone 24 Milt Thompson 12 Glenn Wilson		Manager  4 Lee Elia  7 John Felske Coaches  2 Jim Davenport  4 Lee Elia  3 Claude Osteen  5 Mike Ryan 25 Del Unser

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

= Indicates league leader

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Lance Parrish	130	466	114	.245	17	67
1B	Von Hayes	158	556	154	.277	21	84
2B	Juan Samuel	160	655	178	.272	28	100
3B	Mike Schmidt	147	522	153	.293	35	113
SS	Steve Jeltz	114	293	68	.232	0	12
LF	Chris James	115	358	105	.293	17	54
CF	Milt Thompson	150	527	159	.302	7	43
RF	Glenn Wilson	154	569	150	.264	14	54

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Luis Aguayo	94	209	43	.206	12	21
Rick Schu	92	196	46	.235	7	23
Greg Gross	114	133	38	.286	1	12
Darren Daulton	53	129	25	.194	3	13
Jeff Stone	66	125	32	.256	1	16
Mike Easler	33	110	31	.282	1	10
Ron Roenicke	63	78	13	.167	1	4
Keith Hughes	37	76	20	.263	0	10
John Russell	24	62	9	.145	3	8
Ken Dowell	15	39	5	.128	0	1
Ken Jackson	8	16	4	.250	0	2
Greg Jelks	10	11	1	.091	0	0
Greg Legg	3	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Shane Rawley	36	229.2	17	11	4.39	123
Don Carman	35	211.0	13	11	4.22	125
Bruce Ruffin	35	204.2	11	14	2.35	93
Kevin Gross	34	200.2	9	16	4.35	110

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tom Hume	38	70.2	1	4	5.60	29
Freddie Toliver	10	30.1	1	1	5.64	25
Mike Maddux	7	17.0	2	0	2.65	15
Joe Cowley	5	11.2	0	4	15.43	5

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Steve Bedrosian	65	5	3	40	2.83	74
Kent Tekulve	90	6	4	3	3.09	60
Mike Jackson	55	3	10	1	4.20	93
Wally Ritchie	49	3	2	3	3.75	45
Jeff Calhoun	42	3	1	1	1.48	31
Dan Schatzeder	26	3	1	0	4.06	28
Doug Bair	11	2	0	0	5.93	10
Todd Frohwirth	10	1	0	0	0.00	9
Tom Newell	2	0	0	0	36.00	1
Glenn Wilson	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Maine Guides	International League	Bill Dancy
AA	Reading Phillies	Eastern League	George Culver
A	Clearwater Phillies	Florida State League	Roly de Armas
A	Spartanburg Phillies	South Atlantic League	Ramón Avilés
A-Short Season	Utica Blue Sox	New York–Penn League	Tony Taylor

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Notes

1. Tom Gorman at Baseball Reference
2. Rocky Childress at Baseball Reference
3. "ESPN.com - Page2 - Biggest cheaters in baseball".
4. "Ronn Reynolds Stats".
5. Jim Vatcher at Baseball Reference
6. Shane Turner at Baseball Reference
7. Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference
8. "1987 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits". Baseball-Reference.com.
9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

• 1987 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference