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Friday, August 14,1987

Friday, August 14,1987

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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 1987-08-14 Milwaukee Brewers  6 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Juan Nieves Eric Bell Chuck Crim 19,761 2:53
1987 reg season 1987-08-14 Texas Rangers  3 Boston Red Sox  9 box | pbp Fenway Park Bruce Hurst Steve Howe -- 0 3:10
1987 reg season 1987-08-14 Texas Rangers  9 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Charlie Hough Al Nipper -- 33,840 2:45
1987 reg season 1987-08-14 Oakland Athletics  7 California Angels  6 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Rick Rodriguez DeWayne Buice Dennis Eckersley 36,616 4:07
1987 reg season 1987-08-14 Detroit Tigers  5 Kansas City Royals  7 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Buddy Black Walt Terrell Dan Quisenberry 38,749 3:08
1987 reg season 1987-08-14 Seattle Mariners  3 Minnesota Twins  6 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Bert Blyleven Mike Morgan -- 26,291 2:38
1987 reg season 1987-08-14 Cleveland Indians  6 New York Yankees  5 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Tom Candiotti Brad Arnsberg Doug Jones 35,201 2:50
1987 reg season 1987-08-14 Chicago White Sox  2 Toronto Blue Jays  3 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium John Cerutti Jose DeLeon Tom Henke 37,236 2:34
1987 reg season 1987-08-14 New York Mets  1 Chicago Cubs  6 box | pbp Wrigley Field Scott Sanderson John Mitchell -- 17,811 2:31
1987 reg season 1987-08-14 Atlanta Braves  4 Houston Astros  8 box | pbp Astrodome Bob Knepper Charlie Puleo -- 33,028 3:02
1987 reg season 1987-08-14 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Stade Olympique Bob McClure John Smiley -- 20,501 3:03
1987 reg season 1987-08-14 Cincinnati Reds  2 San Diego Padres  0 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Ted Power Eric Show John Franco 0 2:42
1987 reg season 1987-08-14 Cincinnati Reds  8 San Diego Padres  15 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Greg Booker Guy Hoffman -- 32,080 2:59
1987 reg season 1987-08-14 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Shawn Hillegas Kelly Downs Tim Crews 34,108 2:50
1987 reg season 1987-08-14 Philadelphia Phillies  4 St. Louis Cardinals  8 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Greg Mathews Bruce Ruffin Todd Worrell 47,913 2:55
15 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 116 69 47 .595 0.0 614 486 128 W1 33-27 36-20 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 113 66 47 .584 1.5 634 526 108 L1 30-25 36-22 2 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Twins)
1987 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 116 66 50 .569 3.0 587 546 41 L5 29-32 37-18 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 115 60 55 .522 8.5 610 627 -17 W1 28-29 32-26 4 5 8 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 115 54 61 .470 14.5 598 603 -5 L1 19-39 35-22 5 11 19 -- dnq
1987 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 116 52 64 .448 17.0 560 615 -55 L1 29-30 23-34 6 12 21 -- dnq
1987 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 115 44 71 .383 24.5 512 674 -162 W3 19-38 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 117 63 54 .538 0.0 585 589 -4 W1 24-36 39-18 1 4 7 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1987 AL West California Angels franchise | log 116 59 57 .509 3.5 559 565 -6 L1 30-28 29-29 2 6 12 -- dnq
1987 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 115 58 57 .504 4.0 485 469 16 W1 23-36 35-21 3 7 14 -- dnq
1987 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 115 58 57 .504 4.0 590 555 35 W1 27-29 31-28 4 8 15 -- dnq
1987 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 115 56 59 .487 6.0 541 589 -48 L1 25-29 31-30 5 9 16 -- dnq
1987 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 114 55 59 .482 6.5 620 614 6 W1 24-32 31-27 6 10 18 -- dnq
1987 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 114 46 68 .404 15.5 515 552 -37 L1 25-31 21-37 7 13 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 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 115 70 45 .609 0.0 626 519 107 W1 38-24 32-21 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Twins)
1987 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 116 65 51 .560 5.5 574 507 67 L2 29-28 36-23 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 115 64 51 .557 6.0 537 522 15 W2 29-26 35-25 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 115 59 56 .513 11.0 537 556 -19 L1 27-30 32-26 4 5 10 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 116 59 57 .509 11.5 534 549 -15 W2 28-31 31-26 5 7 13 -- dnq
1987 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 116 51 65 .440 19.5 498 549 -51 L2 21-36 30-29 6 10 22 -- 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 118 61 57 .517 0.0 588 567 21 L1 30-30 31-27 1 4 9 Yes dnq
1987 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 117 60 57 .513 0.5 552 511 41 L1 30-29 30-28 2 6 11 -- Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1987 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 115 56 59 .487 3.5 468 483 -15 W1 24-35 32-24 3 8 17 -- dnq
1987 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 115 52 63 .452 7.5 457 498 -41 W1 21-34 31-29 4 9 20 -- dnq
1987 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 115 50 65 .435 9.5 544 571 -27 L2 22-35 28-30 5 11 23 -- dnq
1987 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 117 48 69 .410 12.5 493 576 -83 W1 20-38 28-31 6 12 24 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • 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
Toby Borland Philadelphia Phillies Hist Signed out of draft (Louisiana HS)
David Cone New York Yankees Hist Activated from Disabled List
Willie Randolph New York Yankees Hist Activated from Disabled List
3 record(s)