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Monday, August 31,1987

Monday, August 31,1987

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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 1987-08-31 Seattle Mariners  3 Baltimore Orioles  4 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Mike Griffin Mike Morgan Tom Niedenfuer 15,411 2:25
1987 reg season 1987-08-31 Kansas City Royals  3 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Jose DeLeon Danny Jackson Bobby Thigpen 9,166 2:49
1987 reg season 1987-08-31 Cleveland Indians  7 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Tiger Stadium John Farrell Frank Tanana -- 22,530 3:02
1987 reg season 1987-08-31 Oakland Athletics  1 New York Yankees  4 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Ron Guidry Curt Young Tim Stoddard 25,597 2:38
1987 reg season 1987-08-31 California Angels  8 Toronto Blue Jays  7 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Willie Fraser Tom Henke Gary Lucas 30,224 3:49
1987 reg season 1987-08-31 Chicago Cubs  4 Houston Astros  3 box | pbp Astrodome Les Lancaster Danny Darwin Lee Smith 17,734 2:48
1987 reg season 1987-08-31 Philadelphia Phillies  4 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Shane Rawley Bob Welch Steve Bedrosian 38,104 2:33
1987 reg season 1987-08-31 Atlanta Braves  3 Pittsburgh Pirates  7 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Mike Dunne Jeff Dedmon -- 4,930 2:23
1987 reg season 1987-08-31 New York Mets  6 San Diego Padres  5 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Jesse Orosco Keith Comstock Roger McDowell 11,708 3:17
1987 reg season 1987-08-31 Montreal Expos  0 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park Dave Dravecky Dennis Martinez -- 13,633 2:30
1987 reg season 1987-08-31 Cincinnati Reds  0 St. Louis Cardinals  4 box | pbp Busch Stadium II John Tudor Ted Power -- 39,348 2:24
11 record(s)
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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 Detroit Tigers franchise | log 129 77 52 .597 0.0 732 598 134 L1 36-28 41-24 1 1 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Twins)
1987 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 131 77 54 .588 1.0 686 543 143 L1 38-30 39-24 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1987 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 131 74 57 .565 4.0 642 596 46 W3 33-36 41-21 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 130 70 60 .538 7.5 702 694 8 L2 32-31 38-29 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 129 62 67 .481 15.0 681 667 14 W1 21-43 41-24 5 9 17 -- dnq
1987 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 131 60 71 .458 18.0 624 689 -65 W1 33-34 27-37 6 12 20 -- dnq
1987 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 132 51 81 .386 27.5 591 771 -180 W1 21-42 30-39 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 132 69 63 .523 0.0 662 674 -12 W2 26-43 43-20 1 5 9 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1987 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 131 67 64 .511 1.5 675 633 42 L2 31-33 36-31 2 6 11 -- dnq
1987 AL West California Angels franchise | log 132 66 66 .500 3.0 623 639 -16 W3 33-30 33-36 3 7 13 -- dnq
1987 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 131 65 66 .496 3.5 568 565 3 L1 28-41 37-25 4 8 14 -- dnq
1987 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 130 61 69 .469 7.0 685 702 -17 L2 27-38 34-31 5 10 18 -- dnq
1987 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 131 61 70 .466 7.5 606 671 -65 L3 27-35 34-35 6 11 19 -- dnq
1987 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 130 55 75 .423 13.0 594 629 -35 W1 30-35 25-40 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 130 79 51 .608 0.0 689 571 118 W6 41-27 38-24 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Twins)
1987 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 131 74 57 .565 5.5 655 578 77 W2 33-30 41-27 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 130 73 57 .562 6.0 600 590 10 L1 34-28 39-29 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 131 68 63 .519 11.5 595 609 -14 W1 31-32 37-31 4 5 10 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 130 66 64 .508 13.0 606 636 -30 W2 32-34 34-30 5 6 12 -- dnq
1987 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 131 60 71 .458 19.5 575 620 -45 W7 23-42 37-29 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 San Francisco Giants franchise | log 132 70 62 .530 0.0 617 555 62 W1 36-32 34-30 1 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1987 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 131 65 66 .496 4.5 535 542 -7 L6 27-41 38-25 2 7 15 -- dnq
1987 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 132 64 68 .485 6.0 641 636 5 L2 31-34 33-34 3 8 16 -- dnq
1987 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 130 56 74 .431 13.0 614 652 -38 L5 23-43 33-31 4 10 22 -- dnq
1987 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 131 56 75 .427 13.5 501 551 -50 L5 25-42 31-33 5 11 23 -- dnq
1987 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 131 54 77 .412 15.5 550 638 -88 L1 23-41 31-36 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 record(s)
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  • 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
Gary Lavelle Oakland Athletics Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1987-1987 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Phil Niekro -- Hist Released by Blue Jays
Dave Leiper San Diego Padres Hist Traded from Oakland Athletics with Rob Nelson to San Diego Padres for Storm Davis (8/30/1987)
Gene Garber Kansas City Royals Hist Traded from Atlanta Braves to Kansas City Royals for Terry Bell (9/3/1987)
Pat Perry Cincinnati Reds Hist Traded from St. Louis Cardinals to Cincinnati Reds for Scott Terry (9/3/1987)
Mike Flanagan Toronto Blue Jays Hist Traded from Baltimore Orioles to Toronto Blue Jays for Oswaldo Peraza and Jose Mesa (9/4/1987)
Oswaldo Peraza Baltimore Orioles Hist Traded from Toronto Blue Jays with Jose Mesa to Baltimore Orioles for Mike Flanagan
Jeff Kaiser Cleveland Indians Hist Activated from Disabled List
8 record(s)
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