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Wednesday, September 2,1987

Wednesday, September 2,1987

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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 1987-09-02 Seattle Mariners  8 Baltimore Orioles  6 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Mark Langston Jeff Ballard Jerry Reed 22,418 3:06
1987 reg season 1987-09-02 Texas Rangers  0 Chicago White Sox  5 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Dave LaPoint Paul Kilgus -- 9,293 2:33
1987 reg season 1987-09-02 Cleveland Indians  1 Detroit Tigers  2 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Jack Morris Tom Candiotti -- 20,516 2:33
1987 reg season 1987-09-02 Milwaukee Brewers  3 Kansas City Royals  2 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Bill Wegman Charlie Leibrandt Dan Plesac 19,430 2:30
1987 reg season 1987-09-02 Boston Red Sox  4 Minnesota Twins  5 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Les Straker Al Nipper Jeff Reardon 19,565 2:42
1987 reg season 1987-09-02 Oakland Athletics  2 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Dave Righetti Rick Honeycutt -- 33,619 3:37
1987 reg season 1987-09-02 California Angels  6 Toronto Blue Jays  7 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium David Wells DeWayne Buice -- 33,408 3:04
1987 reg season 1987-09-02 Chicago Cubs  1 Houston Astros  10 box | pbp Astrodome Mike Scott Rick Sutcliffe -- 17,406 2:37
1987 reg season 1987-09-02 Philadelphia Phillies  6 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Don Carman Orel Hershiser -- 19,958 2:41
1987 reg season 1987-09-02 Atlanta Braves  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Bob Walk Tom Glavine Jim Gott 6,259 2:09
1987 reg season 1987-09-02 New York Mets  4 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Dwight Gooden Ed Whitson -- 16,069 2:36
1987 reg season 1987-09-02 Montreal Expos  7 San Francisco Giants  3 box | pbp Candlestick Park Pascual Perez Mike LaCoss Tim Burke 18,154 3:03
1987 reg season 1987-09-02 Cincinnati Reds  3 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Frank Williams Danny Cox John Franco 34,985 2:27
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 Detroit Tigers franchise | log 131 79 52 .603 0.0 740 604 136 W2 36-28 43-24 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Twins)
1987 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 133 79 54 .594 1.0 697 552 145 W2 38-30 41-24 2 2 3 Yes dnq
1987 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 133 75 58 .564 5.0 648 606 42 W1 33-36 42-22 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 132 72 60 .545 7.5 707 696 11 W2 34-31 38-29 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 131 63 68 .481 16.0 694 672 22 L1 22-44 41-24 5 9 17 -- dnq
1987 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 133 60 73 .451 20.0 630 702 -72 L2 33-34 27-39 6 12 21 -- dnq
1987 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 134 51 83 .381 29.5 597 779 -182 L2 21-44 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 134 70 64 .522 0.0 667 687 -20 W1 26-43 44-21 1 5 10 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1987 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 133 68 65 .511 1.5 685 639 46 L1 32-34 36-31 2 6 11 -- dnq
1987 AL West California Angels franchise | log 134 66 68 .493 4.0 632 650 -18 L2 33-32 33-36 3 7 14 -- dnq
1987 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 133 65 68 .489 4.5 570 570 0 L3 28-41 37-27 4 8 16 -- dnq
1987 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 133 63 70 .474 6.5 619 677 -58 W2 29-35 34-35 5 10 18 -- dnq
1987 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 132 62 70 .470 7.0 691 711 -20 L1 28-39 34-31 6 11 19 -- dnq
1987 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 132 56 76 .424 13.0 603 635 -32 W1 30-35 26-41 7 13 23 -- 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 132 79 53 .598 0.0 694 581 113 L2 41-27 38-26 1 1 2 Yes Lost World Series (Twins)
1987 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 133 76 57 .571 3.5 668 582 86 W4 35-30 41-27 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 132 74 58 .561 5.0 611 607 4 W1 35-29 39-29 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 133 70 63 .526 9.5 608 616 -8 W3 33-32 37-31 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 132 67 65 .508 12.0 610 648 -38 L1 33-35 34-30 5 6 12 -- dnq
1987 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 133 61 72 .459 18.5 577 624 -47 W1 23-42 38-30 6 9 20 -- 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 134 71 63 .530 0.0 634 566 68 L1 36-32 35-31 1 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1987 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 133 66 67 .496 4.5 547 546 1 W1 27-41 39-26 2 7 13 -- dnq
1987 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 134 66 68 .493 5.0 651 641 10 W2 33-34 33-34 3 8 15 -- dnq
1987 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 132 57 75 .432 13.0 618 654 -36 L1 24-44 33-31 4 10 22 -- dnq
1987 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 133 56 77 .421 14.5 508 564 -56 L7 25-42 31-35 5 11 24 -- dnq
1987 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 133 54 79 .406 16.5 554 651 -97 L3 23-41 31-38 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Tito Navarro New York Mets Hist Signed as amateur free agent
Dave Anderson Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Activated from Disabled List
John Christensen Seattle Mariners Hist Activated from Disabled List
Brad Wellman Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Activated from Disabled List
4 record(s)