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Sunday, August 9,1987

Sunday, August 9,1987

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Games on this date
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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 1987-08-09 Texas Rangers  4 Baltimore Orioles  5 box | pbp Memorial Stadium John Habyan Charlie Hough -- 22,525 3:00
1987 reg season 1987-08-09 Kansas City Royals  8 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park John Davis Steve Crawford -- 34,009 2:56
1987 reg season 1987-08-09 Milwaukee Brewers  8 Chicago White Sox  4 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Juan Nieves Neil Allen -- 15,498 3:17
1987 reg season 1987-08-09 Toronto Blue Jays  5 Cleveland Indians  1 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium John Cerutti Ken Schrom -- 13,890 3:08
1987 reg season 1987-08-09 New York Yankees  4 Detroit Tigers  15 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Dan Petry Dennis Rasmussen -- 44,673 3:03
1987 reg season 1987-08-09 Oakland Athletics  5 Minnesota Twins  7 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Bert Blyleven Steve Ontiveros Jeff Reardon 33,948 2:52
1987 reg season 1987-08-09 California Angels  7 Seattle Mariners  5 box | pbp Kingdome DeWayne Buice Dennis Powell -- 16,191 3:03
1987 reg season 1987-08-09 Atlanta Braves  2 Los Angeles Dodgers  5 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Shawn Hillegas Charlie Puleo Tim Crews 34,622 2:37
1987 reg season 1987-08-09 Chicago Cubs  6 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Scott Sanderson Dwight Gooden Lee Smith 49,031 3:12
1987 reg season 1987-08-09 St. Louis Cardinals  7 Philadelphia Phillies  8 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Wally Ritchie Ricky Horton -- 37,158 4:36
1987 reg season 1987-08-09 Montreal Expos  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  4 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Mike Dunne Jeff Parrett Jim Gott 18,829 2:30
1987 reg season 1987-08-09 Houston Astros  3 San Diego Padres  4 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Eric Show Bob Knepper Rich Gossage 10,893 2:45
1987 reg season 1987-08-09 Cincinnati Reds  2 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Mike Krukow Ted Power Don Robinson 0 2:22
1987 reg season 1987-08-09 Cincinnati Reds  2 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park Kelly Downs Guy Hoffman Craig Lefferts 46,434 2:21
14 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 111 66 45 .595 0.0 589 458 131 W1 31-26 35-19 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1987 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 112 66 46 .589 0.5 575 520 55 L1 29-29 37-17 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 108 63 45 .583 1.5 604 497 107 W1 27-23 36-22 3 3 4 Yes Lost ALCS (Twins)
1987 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 110 58 52 .527 7.5 592 598 -6 W1 27-28 31-24 4 5 8 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 110 52 58 .473 13.5 569 572 -3 L1 19-39 33-19 5 11 19 -- dnq
1987 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 111 50 61 .450 16.0 540 588 -48 W1 29-30 21-31 6 12 20 -- dnq
1987 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 111 41 70 .369 25.0 489 656 -167 L1 16-37 25-33 7 14 26 -- 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 113 61 52 .540 0.0 569 571 -2 W4 24-36 37-16 1 4 7 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1987 AL West California Angels franchise | log 112 57 55 .509 3.5 538 548 -10 W1 28-27 29-28 2 6 12 -- dnq
1987 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 111 56 55 .505 4.0 563 533 30 L4 25-27 31-28 3 7 13 -- dnq
1987 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 110 54 56 .491 5.5 457 453 4 W1 23-36 31-20 4 8 15 -- dnq
1987 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 111 54 57 .486 6.0 522 563 -41 L1 25-28 29-29 5 9 17 -- dnq
1987 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 109 52 57 .477 7.0 586 593 -7 L1 21-30 31-27 6 10 18 -- dnq
1987 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 109 44 65 .404 15.0 482 525 -43 L1 24-30 20-35 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 110 67 43 .609 0.0 604 495 109 L1 36-23 31-20 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Twins)
1987 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 111 63 48 .568 4.5 557 488 69 L2 29-26 34-22 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 110 61 49 .555 6.0 518 501 17 L3 28-24 33-25 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 111 57 54 .514 10.5 504 517 -13 W2 28-28 29-26 4 5 10 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 110 55 55 .500 12.0 503 529 -26 W1 26-29 29-26 5 7 14 -- dnq
1987 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 111 50 61 .450 17.5 472 524 -52 W3 21-34 29-27 6 9 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 112 58 54 .518 0.0 567 539 28 L4 27-27 31-27 1 4 9 Yes dnq
1987 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 112 57 55 .509 1.0 525 488 37 W4 30-29 27-26 2 6 11 -- Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1987 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 110 54 56 .491 3.0 441 455 -14 L3 23-32 31-24 3 8 16 -- dnq
1987 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 110 49 61 .445 8.0 529 548 -19 L1 21-31 28-30 4 11 23 -- dnq
1987 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 110 49 61 .445 8.0 440 484 -44 W1 20-34 29-27 5 10 22 -- dnq
1987 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 111 44 67 .396 13.5 463 555 -92 W5 20-38 24-29 6 12 25 -- 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)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Phil Niekro Toronto Blue Jays Hist Traded from Cleveland Indians to Toronto Blue Jays for Darryl Landrum and Don Gordon (8/10/1987)
Jeff Kaiser Cleveland Indians Injury DL - Strained right pectoral muscle
Jamie Easterly Cleveland Indians Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)