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Sunday, August 16,1987

Sunday, August 16,1987

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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 1987-08-16 Milwaukee Brewers  6 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Chuck Crim Dave J. Schmidt Dan Plesac 25,950 3:05
1987 reg season 1987-08-16 Texas Rangers  2 Boston Red Sox  12 box | pbp Fenway Park Bob Stanley Greg Harris -- 31,438 2:46
1987 reg season 1987-08-16 Oakland Athletics  9 California Angels  6 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Greg Cadaret Chuck Finley Dennis Eckersley 40,457 3:17
1987 reg season 1987-08-16 Detroit Tigers  10 Kansas City Royals  6 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Jeff Robinson Jerry Gleaton -- 33,006 3:22
1987 reg season 1987-08-16 Seattle Mariners  1 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Frank Viola Mike Moore -- 28,006 2:33
1987 reg season 1987-08-16 Cleveland Indians  1 New York Yankees  0 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Rich Yett Ron Guidry Doug Jones 38,807 2:57
1987 reg season 1987-08-16 Chicago White Sox  4 Toronto Blue Jays  6 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Mark Eichhorn Ray Searage Tom Henke 41,384 2:58
1987 reg season 1987-08-16 New York Mets  23 Chicago Cubs  10 box | pbp Wrigley Field Ron Darling Greg Maddux -- 32,731 3:29
1987 reg season 1987-08-16 Atlanta Braves  2 Houston Astros  6 box | pbp Astrodome Jim Deshaies Zane Smith -- 32,923 2:23
1987 reg season 1987-08-16 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 Montreal Expos  10 box | pbp Stade Olympique Jeff Parrett Brett Gideon -- 26,134 2:59
1987 reg season 1987-08-16 Cincinnati Reds  2 San Diego Padres  0 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Ron Robinson Ed Whitson John Franco 18,884 2:09
1987 reg season 1987-08-16 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 San Francisco Giants  1 box | pbp Candlestick Park Mike LaCoss Tim Leary -- 52,374 2:52
1987 reg season 1987-08-16 Philadelphia Phillies  4 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Shane Rawley John Tudor Steve Bedrosian 43,759 2:40
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 118 70 48 .593 0.0 620 491 129 W1 33-27 37-21 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 115 68 47 .591 0.5 652 536 116 W2 32-25 36-22 2 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Twins)
1987 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 118 67 51 .568 3.0 598 549 49 L1 29-32 38-19 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 117 61 56 .521 8.5 617 631 -14 W1 29-30 32-26 4 5 8 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 117 56 61 .479 13.5 617 611 6 W2 19-39 37-22 5 10 17 -- dnq
1987 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 118 53 65 .449 17.0 564 622 -58 L1 29-30 24-35 6 12 20 -- dnq
1987 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 117 45 72 .385 24.5 515 685 -170 W1 20-39 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 119 65 54 .546 0.0 604 594 10 W3 24-36 41-18 1 4 7 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1987 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 117 60 57 .513 4.0 612 564 48 W3 29-29 31-28 2 6 12 -- dnq
1987 AL West California Angels franchise | log 118 59 59 .500 5.5 568 587 -19 L3 30-28 29-31 3 7 14 -- dnq
1987 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 117 58 59 .496 6.0 495 487 8 L2 23-36 35-23 4 8 15 -- dnq
1987 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 117 56 61 .479 8.0 546 608 -62 L3 25-31 31-30 5 9 18 -- dnq
1987 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 116 55 61 .474 8.5 628 633 -5 L2 24-34 31-27 6 11 19 -- dnq
1987 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 116 47 69 .405 16.5 520 558 -38 L1 26-32 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 117 70 47 .598 0.0 631 528 103 L2 38-24 32-23 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Twins)
1987 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 117 66 51 .564 4.0 553 532 21 W4 29-26 37-25 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1987 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 118 66 52 .559 4.5 600 524 76 W1 30-29 36-23 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 117 61 56 .521 9.0 546 561 -15 W2 29-30 32-26 4 4 9 -- dnq
1987 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 118 60 58 .508 10.5 551 575 -24 L1 28-31 32-27 5 7 13 -- dnq
1987 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 118 51 67 .432 19.5 508 565 -57 L4 21-38 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 119 62 57 .521 0.0 590 567 23 W1 31-30 31-27 1 5 10 Yes dnq
1987 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 119 62 57 .521 0.0 558 511 47 W2 30-29 32-28 2 6 11 Yes Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1987 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 117 58 59 .496 3.0 482 485 -3 W3 24-35 34-24 3 8 16 -- dnq
1987 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 117 52 65 .444 9.0 457 504 -47 L2 21-36 31-29 4 9 21 -- dnq
1987 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 117 50 67 .427 11.0 546 585 -39 L4 22-37 28-30 5 11 23 -- dnq
1987 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 118 48 70 .407 13.5 493 578 -85 L1 20-38 28-32 6 12 24 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
David Nied Atlanta Braves Hist Signed out of draft (Texas HS)
Mariano Duncan Los Angeles Dodgers Injury DL - Left knee surgery
Jim Deshaies Houston Astros Hist Activated from Disabled List
Jerry Reuss California Angels Hist Activated from Disabled List
4 record(s)