1987 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team

1987 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
	East
	West
	x – Division champion ; ‡ – Tournament champion; y – Invited to the NCAA tournament ; As of June 30, 1987; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1987 Purdue Boilermakers baseball
1987 Purdue Boilermakers baseball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	36–24–1 (10–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dave Alexander (10th season);
MVP	Archi Cianfrocco (Senior year)
Home stadium	Lambert Field
	Seasons ← 1986 1988 →

Last updated December 09, 2022

The 1987 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team was a baseball team that represented Purdue University in the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Boilermakers were members of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Lambert Field in West Lafayette, Indiana. They were led by 10th-year head coach Dave Alexander.

Previous season

The Boilermakers finished the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball season 37–27 overall (9–7 conference) and second place in East division of the conference standings, qualifying for the 1986 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament, where they were swept out in the first round.

MLB Draft

The following Boilermakers on the 1986 roster were selected in the 1986 Major League Baseball draft:

List of Drafted Players
Name	1986 Class	Pos.	Team	Round	Signed/Returned
Kent Maggard	Junior	RHP	Cleveland Indians	12th	Signed

Roster

1987 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Bats/Throws	Height	Weight	Year	High School/Junior College	Home town
	Troy Aeschliman	/	—	—	Jr
OF	Jeff Allison	/	—	—	Sr	Valparaiso H. S.	Indianapolis, Indiana
P	Pete Altenberger	/	—	—	Fr	St. Viator H. S.	Arlington Heights, Illinois
	John Carrico	/	—	—	So
INF	Archi Cianfrocco	R/R	—	—	Jr	Onondaga Community College
	Mike Drum	/	—	—	Jr
P	Scott Dubach	/	—	—	Sr
INF	Mike Galle	/	—	—	So
INF	Bob Gerhard	/	—	—	Jr
	Rex Gingerich	/	—	—	Sr
P	Lee Huntley	/	—	—	Sr
	Jeff Kapp	/	—	—	Jr
INF	Tom Kitchel	/	—	—	So
	Kyle Kraemer	/	—	—	Fr
P	Tom Mayer	/	—	—	Jr
C	Jim Meshberger	/	—	—	Fr
	Tom Ostrowski	/	—	—	Fr
P	Tom Richter	/	—	—
INF	Brett Roach	/	—	—	Sr
OF	Jose Rosey	/	—	—	Sr
OF	Bob Shoulders	/	—	—	Sr
P	Andy Swain	/	—	—	So

Head coach

Dave Alexander

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 7, 2019

Schedule

1987 Purdue Boilermakers baseball game log

Regular season

March (9–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	B1G Record
1	March 6	at NC State	Doak Field • Raleigh, North Carolina,	4–6	0–1	0–0
2	March 7	at NC State	Doak Field • Raleigh, North Carolina	0–16	0–2	0–0
3	March 7	at NC State	Doak Field • Raleigh, North Carolina	0–7	0–3	0–0
4	March 8	at NC State	Doak Field • Raleigh, North Carolina	4–6	0–4	0–0
5	March 11	at NC State	Doak Field • Raleigh, North Carolina	7–6	1–4	0–0
6	March 12	vs George Mason	Doak Field • Raleigh, North Carolina	6–1	2–4	0–0
7	March 13	at Atlantic Christian	Nixon Field • Wilson, North Carolina,	10–1	3–4	0–0
8	March 14	at North Carolina Wesleyan	Bauer Field • Rocky Mount, North Carolina,	8–9	3–5	0–0
9	March 21	vs Murray State	Allen Field • Morehead, Kentucky	10–5	4–5	0–0
10	March 21	at Morehead State	Allen Field • Morehead, Kentucky	15–3	5–5	0–0
11	March 22	at Morehead State	Allen Field • Morehead, Kentucky	7–8	5–6	0–0
12	March 22	at Morehead State	Allen Field • Morehead, Kentucky	12–6	6–6	0–0
13	March 25	at Evansville	Bosse Field • Evansville, Indiana	7–6	7–6	0–0
14	March 28	at Lewis	Brennan Field • Romeoville, Illinois,	4–0	8–6	0–0
15	March 28	at Lewis	Brennan Field • Romeoville, Illinois	16–2	9–6	0–0

April (20–9–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	B1G Record
16	April 1	Ball State	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	5–4	10–6	0–0
17	April 1	Ball State	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	8–8	10–6–1	0–0
18	April 2	Huntington	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	12–2	11–6–1	0–0
19	April 2	Huntington	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	3–2	12–6–1	0–0
20	April 4	Eastern Illinois	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	12–3	13–6–1	0–0
21	April 4	Eastern Illinois	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	8–6	14–6–1	0–0
22	April 5	at Eastern Illinois	Monier Field • Charleston, Illinois,	9–10	14–7–1	0–0
23	April 5	at Eastern Illinois	Monier Field • Charleston, Illinois	5–10	14–8–1	0–0
24	April 7	at Butler	Unknown • Indianapolis, Indiana	5–2	15–8–1	0–0
25	April 8	St. Xavier	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	12–6	16–8–1	0–0
26	April 8	St. Xavier	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	13–1	17–8–1	0–0
27	April 11	at Michigan	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan,	0–8	17–9–1	0–1
28	April 11	at Michigan	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	1–3	17–10–1	0–2
29	April 12	at Michigan	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	1–4	17–11–1	0–3
30	April 13	at Michigan	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	5–3	18–11–1	1–3
31	April 18	Michigan State	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	5–4	19–11–1	2–3
32	April 18	Michigan State	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	3–2	20–11–1	3–3
33	April 19	Michigan State	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	3–2	21–11–1	4–3
34	April 19	Michigan State	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	2–1	22–11–1	5–3
35	April 21	Butler	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	12–2	23–11–1	5–3
36	April 23	Anderson	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	2–1	24–11–1	5–3
37	April 23	Anderson	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	8–5	25–11–1	5–3
38	April 25	Indiana	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	5–8	25–12–1	5–4
39	April 25	Indiana	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	3–1	26–12–1	6–4
40	April 26	at Indiana	Sembower Field • Bloomington, Indiana	2–7	26–13–1	6–5
41	April 26	at Indiana	Sembower Field • Bloomington, Indiana	6–7	26–14–1	6–6
42	April 28	at Notre Dame	Frank Eck Stadium • South Bend, Indiana	8–5	27–14–1	6–6
43	April 29	at Indianapolis	Greyhound Park • Indianapolis, Indiana	14–3	28–14–1	6–6
44	April 29	at Indianapolis	Greyhound Park • Indianapolis, Indiana	23–2	29–14–1	6–6
45	April 30	IUPUI	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	8–9	29–15–1	6–6

May (5–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	B1G Record
46	May 1	Ohio State	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	4–1	30–15–1	7–6
47	May 1	Ohio State	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	2–1	31–15–1	8–6
48	May 2	Ohio State	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	7–6	32–15–1	9–6
49	May 2	Ohio State	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	6–5	33–15–1	10–6
50	May 10	at DePauw	Walker Field • Greencastle, Indiana	10–0	34–15–1	10–6
51	May 10	at DePauw	Walker Field • Greencastle, Indiana	6–7	34–16–1	10–6
52	May 12	Illinois	Lambert Field • West Lafayette, Indiana	9–13	34–17–1	10–6
53	May 13	Miami (OH)	Unknown • Oxford, Ohio,	2–4	34–18–1	10–6
54	May 13	Miami (OH)	Unknown • Oxford, Ohio	5–10	34–19–1	10–6

Postseason

B1G Tournament

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	B1G Record
55	May 15	vs Minnesota	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	9–3	35–19–1	10–6
56	May 16	vs Iowa	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	4–0	36–19–1	10–6
57	May 17	at Michigan	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	2–5	36–20–1	10–6
58	May 19	at Michigan	Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	2–4	36–21–1	10–6

Mideast Regional

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	B1G Record
59	May 21	vs Texas A&M	Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi,	3–13	36–22–1	10–6
60	May 22	vs Western Carolina	Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi	7–8	36–23–1	10–6

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References

↑ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1987". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
↑ Nathan Baird (May 28, 2017). "Purdue baseball a 2 seed in NCAA Tournament and headed to North Carolina". www.jconline.com. Lafayette Journal & Courier. Retrieved December 16, 2019.

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[record-1] 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 10, 2013.

[2] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1987". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 10, 2013.

[3] Nathan Baird (May 28, 2017). "Purdue baseball a 2 seed in NCAA Tournament and headed to North Carolina". www.jconline.com. Lafayette Journal & Courier. Retrieved December 16, 2019.

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Venues	Stuart Field (1892–1939) Lambert Field (1965–2012) Alexander Field (2013–present)
People	Notable players
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

1987 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
No. 23 Michigan ^x‍‍‡‍^y	13	–	3	.813	52	–	12	.813
Purdue ‍‍‍^y	10	–	6	.625	36	–	24	.600
Indiana ‍‍‍	7	–	9	.438	43	–	17	.717
Michigan State ‍‍‍	6	–	10	.375	34	–	20	.630
Ohio State ‍‍‍	4	–	12	.250	19	–	27	.413
West
Minnesota ^x‍‍‍	12	–	4	.750	36	–	25	.590
Iowa ‍‍‍	9	–	7	.563	29	–	28	.509
Illinois ‍‍‍	9	–	7	.563	32	–	24	.571
Northwestern ‍‍‍	5	–	11	.313	23	–	20	.535
Wisconsin ‍‍‍	5	–	11	.313	28	–	24	.538

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1987^[1]^[2] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1987 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team

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