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Wednesday, June 17,1987

Wednesday, June 17,1987

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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1987 reg season 1987-06-17 Texas Rangers  1 California Angels  6 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Mike Witt Greg Harris -- 23,829 3:04
1987 reg season 1987-06-17 Boston Red Sox  4 Cleveland Indians  0 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Roger Clemens Tom Candiotti -- 12,910 2:45
1987 reg season 1987-06-17 Oakland Athletics  5 Kansas City Royals  10 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Bret Saberhagen Dave Stewart -- 26,780 2:30
1987 reg season 1987-06-17 Minnesota Twins  5 Milwaukee Brewers  8 box | pbp County Stadium Mark Clear Les Straker Dan Plesac 23,389 3:14
1987 reg season 1987-06-17 Baltimore Orioles  3 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Dennis Rasmussen Mike Boddicker Pat Clements 30,267 2:33
1987 reg season 1987-06-17 Chicago White Sox  0 Seattle Mariners  2 box | pbp Kingdome Scott Bankhead Bill Long Ed Nunez 10,561 2:06
1987 reg season 1987-06-17 Detroit Tigers  3 Toronto Blue Jays  2 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Frank Tanana Jim Clancy Guillermo Hernandez 46,227 2:39
1987 reg season 1987-06-17 San Francisco Giants  1 Atlanta Braves  6 box | pbp Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Rick Mahler Jeff Robinson -- 9,913 2:43
1987 reg season 1987-06-17 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Chicago Cubs  5 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jamie Moyer Shane Rawley Lee Smith 26,447 2:28
1987 reg season 1987-06-17 Cincinnati Reds  9 Houston Astros  1 box | pbp Astrodome Ron Robinson Nolan Ryan Bill Landrum 31,236 2:49
1987 reg season 1987-06-17 New York Mets  1 Montreal Expos  9 box | pbp Stade Olympique Bryn Smith Sid Fernandez -- 15,364 2:16
1987 reg season 1987-06-17 Los Angeles Dodgers  7 San Diego Padres  8 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Craig Lefferts Brian Holton Lance McCullers 23,461 2:53
1987 reg season 1987-06-17 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Rick Reuschel Bob Forsch -- 30,891 2:23
13 record(s)
Standings on this date
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year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1987 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 63 40 23 .635 0.0 326 230 96 L1 20-13 20-10 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1987 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 65 40 25 .615 1.0 342 276 66 W3 17-15 23-10 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 62 34 28 .548 5.5 342 295 47 W1 15-15 19-13 3 4 6 Yes Lost ALCS (Twins)
1987 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 61 33 28 .541 6.0 297 319 -22 W1 16-14 17-14 4 5 8 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 64 29 35 .453 11.5 300 317 -17 W1 11-23 18-12 5 10 20 -- dnq
1987 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 65 28 37 .431 13.0 322 356 -34 L3 18-15 10-22 6 12 23 -- dnq
1987 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 63 23 40 .365 17.0 276 351 -75 L1 12-24 11-16 7 14 25 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1987 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 65 37 28 .569 0.0 340 318 22 L1 16-16 21-12 1 3 4 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1987 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 63 34 29 .540 2.0 326 292 34 L1 17-14 17-15 2 6 9 -- dnq
1987 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 62 32 30 .516 3.5 265 265 0 W1 14-18 18-12 3 7 12 -- dnq
1987 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 65 33 32 .508 4.0 302 325 -23 W4 15-10 18-22 4 8 15 -- dnq
1987 AL West California Angels franchise | log 65 30 35 .462 7.0 291 311 -20 W1 13-16 17-19 5 9 18 -- dnq
1987 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 61 27 34 .443 8.0 320 349 -29 L1 12-21 15-13 6 11 22 -- dnq
1987 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 62 23 39 .371 12.5 249 294 -45 L4 13-20 10-19 7 13 24 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1987 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 62 39 23 .629 0.0 353 274 79 L1 22-10 17-13 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Twins)
1987 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 64 35 29 .547 5.0 308 288 20 W2 18-12 17-17 2 3 7 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 63 34 29 .540 5.5 306 293 13 W1 16-16 18-13 3 4 10 Yes dnq
1987 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 63 32 31 .508 7.5 298 287 11 L1 16-18 16-13 4 7 14 -- dnq
1987 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 61 29 32 .475 9.5 262 304 -42 L2 14-14 15-18 5 9 17 -- dnq
1987 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 62 28 34 .452 11.0 266 310 -44 W1 13-19 15-15 6 11 21 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1987 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 65 36 29 .554 0.0 332 296 36 W1 17-12 19-17 1 2 5 Yes dnq
1987 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 64 34 30 .531 1.5 262 259 3 L1 13-17 21-13 2 5 11 Yes dnq
1987 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 64 33 31 .516 2.5 296 285 11 L5 20-15 13-16 3 6 13 -- Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1987 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 64 32 32 .500 3.5 333 323 10 W2 14-15 18-17 4 8 16 -- dnq
1987 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 64 29 35 .453 6.5 259 267 -8 L3 13-20 16-15 5 10 19 -- dnq
1987 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 66 20 46 .303 16.5 255 344 -89 W5 11-26 9-20 6 12 26 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Pat Howell New York Mets Hist Signed out of draft (Alabama HS)
Rob Natal Montreal Expos Hist Signed out of draft (UC San Diego)
Al Osuna Houston Astros Hist Signed out of draft (Stanford)
Lee Tinsley Oakland Athletics Hist Signed out of draft (Kentucky HS)
LaMarr Hoyt -- Hist Released by Padres
Jorge Orta -- Hist Released by Royals
Neil Allen Chicago White Sox Injury DL - Strained left hamstring
Jeff Calhoun Philadelphia Phillies Injury DL - Left shoulder soreness
8 record(s)