1987 National League Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

1986 NL / 1988 NL / 1987 AL / 1987 MLB Awards, All-Stars and Other Leaders

League Awards

Batting stats are G BA/OBP/SLG Pitching stats are W-L ERA, SO.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player Award	Andre Dawson CHC 153 G .287/.328/.568
Cy Young Award	Steve Bedrosian PHI 5-3 (40 SV), 2.83, 74 SO
Rookie of the Year Award	Benito Santiago SDP 146 G .300/.324/.467
Manager of the Year Award	Buck Rodgers
Batting Champion (highest BA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Tony Gwynn SDP 157 G .370/.447/.511
ERA Pitching Champion (lowest ERA as recognized at time) (List of Winners)	Nolan Ryan HOU 8-16, 2.76, 270 SO
Rolaids Reliever of the Year	Steve Bedrosian PHI 5-3 (40 SV), 2.83, 74 SO
NLCS MVP	Jeffrey Leonard - S
TSN Pitcher of the Year	Rick Sutcliffe CHC 18-10, 3.68, 174 SO

Gold Glove Winners (history)

Pitcher	Rick Reuschel
Catcher	Mike LaValliere
First Base	Keith Hernandez
Second Base	Ryne Sandberg
Third Base	Terry Pendleton
Shortstop	Ozzie Smith
Outfield	Eric Davis, Andre Dawson and Tony Gwynn

Silver Slugger Winners (history)

Pitcher	Bob Forsch STL 34 G .298/.333/.509
Catcher	Benito Santiago SDP 146 G .300/.324/.467
First Base	Jack Clark STL 131 G .286/.459/.597
Second Base	Juan Samuel PHI 160 G .272/.335/.502
Third Base	Tim Wallach MON 153 G .298/.343/.514
Shortstop	Ozzie Smith STL 158 G .303/.392/.383
Outfield	Eric Davis CIN 129 G .293/.399/.593 Andre Dawson CHC 153 G .287/.328/.568 Tony Gwynn SDP 157 G .370/.447/.511

League All-Stars

All Star Directory · (* - indicates they played)

Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Mike Scott (HOU) C. Gary Carter (NYM) 1B. Jack Clark (STL) 2B. Ryne Sandberg (CHC) 3B. Mike Schmidt (PHI) SS. Ozzie Smith (STL) LF. Eric Davis (CIN) CF. Andre Dawson (CHC) RF. Darryl Strawberry (NYM)	Steve Bedrosian* (PHI) Hubie Brooks* (MON) Bo Diaz* (CIN) Sid Fernandez* (NYM) John Franco* (CIN) Pedro Guerrero* (LAD) Tony Gwynn* (SDP) Keith Hernandez* (NYM) Orel Hershiser* (LAD)	Jeffrey Leonard* (SFG) Willie McGee* (STL) Dale Murphy* (ATL) Tim Raines* (MON) Rick Reuschel* (PIT) Juan Samuel* (PHI) Lee Smith* (CHC) Rick Sutcliffe* (CHC) Ozzie Virgil* (ATL)	Tim Wallach* (MON)

NL Other Leaders

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Wins Above Replacement--all s c a p y
1.	Gwynn (SDP)	8.5
2.	Davis (CIN)	7.9
3.	Murphy (ATL)	7.7
4.	Welch (LAD)	7.5
5.	Hershiser (LAD)	7.4
6.	Raines (MON)	6.7
7.	Sutcliffe (CHC)	6.6
8.	Strawberry (NYM)	6.4
9.	Smith (STL)	6.4
10.	Schmidt (PHI)	6.1

Oldest s c a p y
1.	Niekro (ATL)	born 1939-04-01
2.	Nettles (ATL)	born 1944-08-20
3.	Lopes (HOU)	born 1945-05-03
4.	Ryan (HOU)	born 1947-01-31
5.	Tekulve (PHI)	born 1947-03-05
6.	Cruz (HOU)	born 1947-08-08
7.	Garber (ATL)	born 1947-11-13
8.	Concepcion (CIN)	born 1948-06-17
9.	Campbell (MON)	born 1948-08-09
10.	Lopez (HOU)	born 1948-09-21

Youngest s c a p y
1.	Jefferies (NYM)	born 1967-08-01
2.	Garcia (PIT)	born 1967-04-03
3.	Abner (SDP)	born 1966-06-17
4.	Maddux (CHC)	born 1966-04-14
5.	Glavine (ATL)	born 1966-03-25
6.	Smith (ATL)	born 1966-02-27
7.	Williams (SFG)	born 1965-11-28
8.	Blauser (ATL)	born 1965-11-08
9.	Mitchell (NYM)	born 1965-08-11
10.	Manwaring (SFG)	born 1965-07-15

Salary s c a p y
1.	Schmidt (PHI)	$2,127,333
2.	Carter (NYM)	$2,060,714
3.	Smith (STL)	$1,940,000
4.	Murphy (ATL)	$1,925,000
5.	Valenzuela (LAD)	$1,850,000
6.	Sutcliffe (CHC)	$1,800,000
	Hernandez (NYM)	$1,800,000
8.	Sutter (ATL)	$1,729,167
9.	Raines (MON)	$1,666,333
10.	Guerrero (LAD)	$1,520,000

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1954, so all leaders are since 1954. Explanation of min. requirements

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