1987 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1987 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1987

World Series Champions

Minnesota Twins

Runner Up

St. Louis Cardinals

Most Valuable Players

AL: George Bell NL: Andre Dawson

Cy Young Winners

AL: Roger Clemens NL: Steve Bedrosian

Rookies of the Year

AL: Mark McGwire NL: Benito Santiago

Managers of the Year

AL: Sparky Anderson NL: Buck Rodgers

#1 Draft Pick

Ken Griffey (Seattle Mariners)

All-Star Game

Oakland,California

Teams

Players

972

Attendance

52,011,506

Payroll

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1987 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	98	64	.605	--	896	735	161	Lost ALCS (Twins)	2,061,830	12	Bill Lajoie	Sparky Anderson	Tiger Stadium
2	2	2	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	96	66	.593	2.0	845	655	190	dnq	2,778,429	4	Pat Gillick	Jimy Williams	Exhibition Stadium
3	3	5	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	7.0	862	817	45	dnq	1,909,244	16	Harry Dalton	Tom Trebelhorn	County Stadium
4	4	8	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	9.0	788	758	30	dnq	2,427,672	6	Woody Woodward	Lou Piniella	Yankee Stadium I
5	9	15	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	78	84	.481	20.0	842	825	17	dnq	2,231,551	8	Lou Gorman	John McNamara	Fenway Park
6	13	24	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	31.0	729	880	-151	dnq	1,835,692	18	Hank Peters	Cal Ripken	Memorial Stadium
7	14	26	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	61	101	.377	37.0	742	957	-215	dnq	1,077,898	26	Joe Klein	Pat Corrales, Doc Edwards	Cleveland Stadium
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	5	9	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	85	77	.525	--	786	806	-20	Won World Series (Cardinals)	2,081,976	11	Andy MacPhail	Tom Kelly	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2	6	11	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	2.0	715	691	24	dnq	2,392,471	7	John Schuerholz	Billy Gardner, John Wathan	Royals Stadium
3	7	12	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	81	81	.500	4.0	806	789	17	dnq	1,678,921	20	Sandy Alderson	Tony La Russa	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
4	8	16	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	78	84	.481	7.0	760	801	-41	dnq	1,134,255	25	Dick Balderson	Dick Williams	The Kingdome
5	10	17	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	8.0	748	746	2	dnq	1,208,060	23	Larry Himes	Jim Fregosi	Comiskey Park
6	12	21	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	10.0	823	849	-26	dnq	1,763,053	19	Tom Grieve	Bobby Valentine	Arlington Stadium
7	11	20	California Angels	T - S - R - L	162	75	87	.463	10.0	770	803	-33	dnq	2,696,299	5	Mike Port	Gene Mauch	Anaheim Stadium
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	--	798	693	105	Lost World Series (Twins)	3,072,122	1	Dal Maxvill	Whitey Herzog	Busch Stadium II
2	2	4	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	3.0	823	698	125	dnq	3,034,129	2	Frank Cashen	Davey Johnson	Shea Stadium
3	3	6	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	4.0	741	720	21	dnq	1,850,324	17	Murray Cook	Buck Rodgers	Olympic Stadium
4	6	14	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	15.0	723	744	-21	dnq	1,161,193	24	Syd Thrift	Jim Leyland	Three Rivers Stadium
5	7	13	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	15.0	702	749	-47	dnq	2,100,110	10	Bill Giles	Lee Elia, John Felske	Veterans Stadium
6	8	18	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	161	76	85	.472	18.5	720	801	-81	dnq	2,035,130	13	Dallas Green	Gene Michael, Frank Lucchesi	Wrigley Field
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	4	7	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	--	783	669	114	Lost NLCS (Cardinals)	1,917,168	14	Al Rosen	Roger Craig	Candlestick Park
2	5	10	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	6.0	783	752	31	dnq	2,185,205	9	Bill Bergesch	Pete Rose	Riverfront Stadium
3	9	19	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	14.0	648	678	-30	dnq	1,909,902	15	Dick Wagner	Hal Lanier	Astrodome
4	10	22	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	17.0	635	675	-40	dnq	2,797,409	3	Al Campanis	Tom Lasorda	Dodger Stadium
5	11	23	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	161	69	92	.429	20.5	747	829	-82	dnq	1,217,402	22	Bobby Cox	Chuck Tanner	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
6	12	25	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	65	97	.401	25.0	668	763	-95	dnq	1,454,061	21	Jack McKeon	Larry Bowa	Jack Murphy Stadium
26 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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