1987 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
OwnersBud Selig
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersTom Trebelhorn
TelevisionWVTV
(Jim Paschke, Mike Hegan)
RadioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
Seasons

The 1987 Milwaukee Brewers season featured the team finish in third place in the American League East, with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses. The team began the season at a red-hot pace, winning their first 13 games under first-year manager Tom Trebelhorn before losing 12 games in a row in May. Other highlights included Paul Molitor capturing the imaginations of Milwaukee fans with a 39-game hitting streak and Juan Nieves tossing the first no-hitter in Brewers history on April 15 with a 7-0 blanking of the Baltimore Orioles.[1]

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9864 0.605 — 54–27 44–37
Toronto Blue Jays 9666 0.593 2 52–29 44–37
Milwaukee Brewers 9171 0.562 7 48–33 43–38
New York Yankees 8973 0.549 9 51–30 38–43
Boston Red Sox 7884 0.481 20 50–30 28–54
Baltimore Orioles 6795 0.414 31 31–51 36–44
Cleveland Indians 61101 0.377 37 35–46 26–55

Record vs. opponents

1987 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —1–129–38–47–64–99–32–115–73–107–54–87–51–12
Boston 12–1—4–83–97–62–116–66–77–57–64–87–57–56–7
California 3–98–4—8–57–53–95–87–58–53–96–77–65–85–7
Chicago 4–89–35–8—7–53–96–76–66–75–79–46–77–64–8
Cleveland 6–76–75–75–7—4–96–64–93–96–74–85–72–105–8
Detroit 9–411–29–39–39–4—5–76–78–45–85–77–58–47–6
Kansas City 3–96–68–57–66–67–5—4–88–55–75–89–47–68–4
Milwaukee 11–27–65–76–69–47–68–4—3–97–66–64–89–39–4
Minnesota 7–55–75–87–69–34–85–89–3—6–610–39–46–73–9
New York 10–36–79–37–57–68–57–56–76–6—5–77–55–76–7
Oakland 5–78–47–64–98–47–58–56–63–107–5—5–86–77–5
Seattle 8–45–76–77–67–55–74–98–44–95–78–5—9–42–10
Texas 5–75–78–56–710–24–86–73–97–67–57–64–9—3–9
Toronto 12–17–67–58–48–56–74–84–99–37–65–710–29–3—

Notable transactions

Roster

1987 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CB. J. Surhoff115395118.299768
1BGreg Brock141532159.2991385
2BJuan Castillo11632172.224328
3BErnest Riles8327672.261438
SSDale Sveum153535135.2522595
LFRob Deer134474113.2382880
CFRobin Yount158635218.31221103
RFGlenn Braggs132505136.2691377
DHCecil Cooper6325062.248636

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Paul Molitor118465164.3531675
Mike Felder10828977.266231
Jim Gantner8126572.272430
Bill Schroeder7525083.3321442
Rick Manning9711426.228013
Jim Paciorek4810123.228210
Steve Kiefer289920.202517
Billy Jo Robidoux236212.19404
Charlie O'Brien10357.20000
Brad Komminsk7151.06700
Steve Stanicek472.28600

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Teddy Higuera35261.218103.85240
Bill Wegman34225.012114.24102
Juan Nieves34195.21484.88163
Mike Birkbeck1045.0146.2025
Len Barker1143.2215.3622
Mark Ciardi416.1119.378

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Chris Bosio46170.01185.24150
Mark Knudson1562.0445.3726
John Henry Johnson1026.1019.5718
Ray Burris1023.0225.878

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dan Plesac5756232.6189
Chuck Crim5368123.6756
Mark Clear588564.4881
Paul Mirabella292124.9114
Jay Aldrich313104.9422
Dave Stapleton42001.8414
Alex Madrid300015.191

Awards and honors

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1987.[10]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Denver Zephyrs American Association Terry Bevington
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Duffy Dyer
Class A Stockton Ports California League Dave Machemer
Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Gomer Hodge
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Dave Huppert

Notes

  1. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.143, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. ↑ Tim Leary at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Brian Turang at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Mark Kiefer at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Jim Morris at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Bill Mooneyham at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Skeeter Barnes at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ Ray Burris at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
  10. ↑ "1987 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

References

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