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1987 National League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings East Division Team W L WL% GB St.Louis STL 95 67 .586 -- NewYorkM NYM 92 70 .568 3.0 Montreal MON 91 71 .562 4.0 Phildlpa PHI 80 82 .494 15.0 Pittsbgh PIT 80 82 .494 15.0 ChicagoC CHC 76 85 .472 18.5 West Division Team W L WL% GB SanFranc SFG 90 72 .556 -- Cincnnti CIN 84 78 .519 6.0 Houston HOU 76 86 .469 14.0 LosAngls LAD 73 89 .451 17.0 Atlanta ATL 69 92 .429 20.5 SanDiego SDP 65 97 .401 25.0 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: NL | East | West Postseason World Series (4-3):   Minnesota Twins over St. Louis Cardinals NL Championship Series (4-3):   St. Louis Cardinals over San Francisco Giants BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1987 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
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League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 NYM  5.08   823  162  5601  1499  287  34  192  592  1012  .268  .338  .434  159   49 116  5.02  5.14
 STL  4.93   798  162  5500  1449  252  49   94  644   933  .263  .341  .378  248   72  94  4.78  5.07
 CIN  4.83   783  162  5560  1478  262  29  192  514   928  .266  .328  .427  169   46 102  4.89  4.78
 SFG  4.83   783  162  5608  1458  274  32  205  511  1094  .260  .322  .430  126   97 109  4.60  5.06
 ATL  4.64   747  161  5428  1401  284  24  152  641   834  .258  .336  .403  135   68 100  5.20  4.08
 MON  4.57   741  162  5527  1467  310  39  120  501   918  .265  .326  .401  166   74  97  4.95  4.20
 CHC  4.47   720  161  5583  1475  244  33  209  504  1064  .264  .325  .432  109   48 104  4.76  4.19
 PIT  4.46   723  162  5536  1464  282  45  131  535   914  .264  .329  .403  140   58 100  4.99  3.94
 PHI  4.33   702  162  5475  1390  248  51  169  587  1109  .254  .326  .410  111   49  99  4.75  3.91
 SDP  4.12   668  162  5456  1419  209  48  113  577   992  .260  .331  .378  198   91  99  4.17  4.07
 HOU  4.00   648  162  5485  1386  238  28  122  526   936  .253  .318  .373  162   46  93  4.12  3.88
 LAD  3.92   635  162  5517  1389  236  23  125  445   923  .252  .308  .371  128   59  86  3.46  4.38
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.52  8771 1942 66276 17275 3126 435 1824 6577 11657  .261  .328  .404 1851  757

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 SFG  4.13   669  162  3.68  1471  1407   8.7   547  3.4  146  1038   19     8    10  38 105  3.85  4.41
 LAD  4.17   675  162  3.72  1455  1415   8.7   565  3.5  130  1097   29     7     8  32 108  3.78  4.56
 HOU  4.19   678  162  3.84  1441  1363   8.4   525  3.2  141  1137   13     4    13  33 102  3.31  5.06
 NYM  4.31   698  162  3.84  1454  1407   8.7   510  3.1  135  1032   16     5     7  51  99  4.14  4.48
 STL  4.28   693  162  3.91  1466  1484   9.2   533  3.3  129   873   10     4     7  48 106  4.19  4.37
 MON  4.44   720  162  3.92  1450  1428   8.8   446  2.8  145  1012   16     6     8  50 107  4.58  4.31
 PHI  4.62   749  162  4.18  1448  1453   9.0   587  3.6  167   877   13     5     7  48 102  4.60  4.64
 PIT  4.59   744  162  4.20  1445  1377   8.5   562  3.5  164   914   25    10    13  39  97  4.48  4.70
 CIN  4.64   752  162  4.24  1452  1486   9.2   485  3.0  170   919    7     2     6  44  99  4.95  4.33
 SDP  4.71   763  162  4.27  1433  1402   8.7   602  3.7  175   897   14     6    10  33  93  4.41  5.01
 CHC  4.98   801  161  4.55  1434  1524   9.5   628  3.9  159  1024   11     4     5  48  93  4.86  5.09
 ATL  5.15   829  161  4.63  1427  1529   9.5   587  3.6  163   837   16     4     4  32  93  5.56  4.74
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.52  8771 1942  4.08 17376 17275   8.9  6577  3.4 1824 11657  189          98 496

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Est. Payroll Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------
 STL  116  172  .982   .694  3,072,122  37,927   91-71  49-32 46-35 102 102 28.1 27.9   1   3  26  $11,758,000 Herzog
 NYM  137  137  .978   .696  3,034,129  37,458   93-69  49-32 43-38  95  93 28.0 25.8   1   4  26  $13,846,714 Johnson
 MON  147  122  .976   .694  1,850,324  22,844   83-79  48-33 43-38 103 103 27.5 28.1   0   3  23   $6,942,052 Rodgers
 SFG  129  183  .980   .697  1,917,168  23,669   93-69  46-35 44-37  96  95 27.9 29.1   0   1  42   $7,290,000 Craig
 CIN  128  137  .979   .695  2,185,205  26,978   84-78  42-39 42-39 104 103 28.9 28.3   0   3  28   $9,281,500 Rose
 PHI  121  137  .980   .702  2,100,110  25,927   76-86  43-38 37-44 103 104 28.6 28.2   1   3  22  $11,514,233 Felske and Elia
 PIT  123  147  .980   .710  1,161,193  14,336   79-83  47-34 33-48 100 100 26.4 26.5   0   1  18   $7,652,000 Leyland
 CHC  130  154  .979   .676  2,035,130  25,439   73-88  40-40 36-45 103 104 28.9 27.6   1   4  28  $14,307,999 Michael and Lucchesi
 HOU  115  113  .981   .696  1,909,902  23,579   78-84  47-34 29-52  96  96 29.9 31.6   1   1  22  $12,608,371 Lanier
 LAD  155  144  .975   .686  2,797,409  34,536   76-86  40-41 33-48  98  98 28.1 27.9   0   2  33  $13,675,403 Lasorda
 ATL  116  170  .982   .689  1,217,402  15,030   73-88  42-39 27-53 104 106 29.6 29.2   1   2  24  $16,544,560 Tanner
 SDP  146  135  .976   .705  1,454,061  17,951   71-91  37-44 28-53  96  97 26.4 27.7   1   1  18  $11,065,796 Bowa
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Andre Dawson CHC .287/.328/.568 Cy Young Award Steve Bedrosian PHI 5-3 (40 sv) 2.83 74 SO Rookie of the Year Benito Santiago SDP .300/.324/.467 Manager of the Year Buck Rodgers Rolaids Relief Steve Bedrosian PHI 5-3 (40 sv) 2.83 74 SO NLCS MVP Jeffrey Leonard SFG .417/.500/.917

Gold Glove Winners 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 Pitcher Bob Forsch Catcher Benito Santiago First Base Jack Clark Second Base Juan Samuel Third Base Tim Wallach Shortstop Ozzie Smith Outfield Eric Davis, Andre Dawson, and Tony Gwynn

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Gwynn-SDP .370 Guerrero-LAD .338 Raines-MON .330 Kruk-SDP .313 James-ATL .312	On-base % Clark-STL .459 Gwynn-SDP .447 Raines-MON .429 Murphy-ATL .417 Guerrero-LAD .416	Slugging % Clark-STL .597 Davis-CIN .593 Strawberry-NYM .583 Clark-SFG .580 Murphy-ATL .580	OPS Clark-STL 1.055 Murphy-ATL .997 Davis-CIN .991 Strawberry-NYM .981 Gwynn-SDP .958
Games Doran-HOU 162 Samuel-PHI 160 Murphy-ATL 159 Pendleton-STL 159 Hayes-PHI 158 Smith-STL 158	At Bats Samuel-PHI 655 Doran-HOU 625 Coleman-STL 623 Dawson-CHC 621 McGee-STL 620	Plate Appearances (approx.) Samuel-PHI 726 Doran-HOU 719 Smith-STL 706 Coleman-STL 702 Murphy-ATL 693	Runs Raines-MON 123 Coleman-STL 121 Davis-CIN 120 Gwynn-SDP 119 Murphy-ATL 115
Hits Gwynn-SDP 218 Guerrero-LAD 184 Smith-STL 182 Coleman-STL 180 Dawson-CHC 178 Samuel-PHI 178	Total Bases Dawson-CHC 353 Samuel-PHI 329 Murphy-ATL 328 Strawberry-NYM 310 Clark-SFG 307	Doubles Wallach-MON 42 Galarraga-MON 40 Smith-STL 40 Dykstra-NYM 37 James-ATL 37 McGee-STL 37 Samuel-PHI 37	Triples Samuel-PHI 15 Gwynn-SDP 13 McGee-STL 11 Van Slyke-PIT 11 Coleman-STL 10
Home Runs Dawson-CHC 49 Murphy-ATL 44 Strawberry-NYM 39 Davis-CIN 37 Johnson-NYM 36	RBI Dawson-CHC 137 Wallach-MON 123 Schmidt-PHI 113 Clark-STL 106 McGee-STL 105 Murphy-ATL 105	Bases on Balls Clark-STL 136 Hayes-PHI 121 Murphy-ATL 115 Strawberry-NYM 97 Raines-MON 90	Strikeouts Samuel-PHI 162 Clark-STL 139 Murphy-ATL 136 Davis-CIN 134 Galarraga-MON 127
Stolen Bases Coleman-STL 109 Gwynn-SDP 56 Hatcher-HOU 53 Davis-CIN 50 Raines-MON 50	Singles Gwynn-SDP 162 Coleman-STL 153 Smith-STL 138 Sax-LAD 136 Doran-HOU 135	Adjusted OPS+ Clark-STL 176 Strawberry-NYM 162 Gwynn-SDP 158 Murphy-ATL 157 Davis-CIN 155	Runs Created Gwynn-SDP 143 Murphy-ATL 143 Raines-MON 132 Strawberry-NYM 132 Clark-STL 127
Adjusted Batting Runs Clark-STL 55 Gwynn-SDP 54 Murphy-ATL 51 Strawberry-NYM 50 Guerrero-LAD 45	Batting Wins Clark-STL 5.2 Gwynn-SDP 5.1 Murphy-ATL 4.9 Strawberry-NYM 4.8 Guerrero-LAD 4.3	Extra-Base Hits Samuel-PHI 80 Strawberry-NYM 76 Dawson-CHC 75 Murphy-ATL 72 Wallach-MON 72	Times on Base Gwynn-SDP 303 Murphy-ATL 289 Hayes-PHI 275 Smith-STL 272 Raines-MON 269
Offensive Win% Clark-STL .824 Gwynn-SDP .782 Davis-CIN .781 Raines-MON .781 Murphy-ATL .767	Hit By Pitch Galarraga-MON 10 Hatcher-HOU 9 Parker-CIN 8 Thompson-SFG 8 Dawson-CHC 7 Murphy-ATL 7 Strawberry-NYM 7 Virgil-ATL 7 Wallach-MON 7	Sac. Hits Smith-ATL 14 Rawley-PHI 12 Smith-STL 12 Forsch-STL 11 Sutcliffe-CHC 11	Sac. Flies Herr-STL 12 Moreland-CHC 9 Pendleton-STL 9 Shelby-LAD 9 Bonilla-PIT 8 McReynolds-NYM 8 Reynolds-HOU 8
Intentional Walks Murphy-ATL 29 Gwynn-SDP 26 Raines-MON 26 Guerrero-LAD 18 Johnson-NYM 18	Grounded into Double Plays McGee-STL 24 Parrish-PHI 23 Bream-PIT 19 Pena-STL 19 Pendleton-STL 18 Perry-ATL 18 Ray-PIT 18 Virgil-ATL 18 Wilson-PHI 18	Caught Stealing Coleman-STL 22 Clark-SFG 17 Perry-ATL 16 Samuel-PHI 15 Gwynn-SDP 12 Pendleton-STL 12 Santiago-SDP 12 Strawberry-NYM 12	Power/Speed Number Davis-CIN 42.5 Strawberry-NYM 37.4 Johnson-NYM 33.9 Samuel-PHI 31.1 Bonds-PIT 28.1
At Bats per Strikeout Scioscia-LAD 20.0 Oberkfell-ATL 17.5 Gwynn-SDP 16.8 Smith-STL 16.7 Bell-CIN 13.4	At Bats per Home Run Clark-STL 12.0 Dawson-CHC 12.7 Davis-CIN 12.8 Murphy-ATL 12.9 Strawberry-NYM 13.6	Outs Samuel-PHI 510 Doran-HOU 479 Coleman-STL 478 McGee-STL 477 Sax-LAD 469	ERA Ryan-HOU 2.76 Dunne-PIT 3.03 Hershiser-LAD 3.06 Reuschel-TOT 3.09 Gooden-NYM 3.21
Wins Sutcliffe-CHC 18 Rawley-PHI 17 Hershiser-LAD 16 Scott-HOU 16 Gooden-NYM 15 Smith-ATL 15 Welch-LAD 15	Won-Loss % Aguilera-NYM .786 Martinez-MON .733 Dunne-PIT .684 Gooden-NYM .682 Deshaies-HOU .647	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Reuschel-TOT 1.097 Scott-HOU 1.122 Ryan-HOU 1.139 Welch-LAD 1.152 Drabek-PIT 1.197	Hits Allowed/9IP Ryan-HOU 6.55 Scott-HOU 7.23 Welch-LAD 7.30 Dunne-PIT 7.88 Darling-NYM 7.93
Bases on Balls/9IP Reuschel-TOT 1.67 Heaton-MON 1.72 Gullickson-CIN 2.13 Forsch-STL 2.26 Drabek-PIT 2.35	Strikeouts/9IP Ryan-HOU 11.48 Scott-HOU 8.47 Sebra-MON 7.92 Gooden-NYM 7.41 Darling-NYM 7.24	Games Tekulve-PHI 90 Murphy-CIN 87 Williams-CIN 85 Robinson-TOT 81 McCullers-SDP 78	Saves Bedrosian-PHI 40 Smith-CHC 36 Worrell-STL 33 Franco-CIN 32 McDowell-NYM 25
Innings Hershiser-LAD 264.7 Welch-LAD 251.7 Valenzuela-LAD 251.0 Scott-HOU 247.7 Smith-ATL 242.0	Strikeouts Ryan-HOU 270 Scott-HOU 233 Welch-LAD 196 Hershiser-LAD 190 Valenzuela-LAD 190	Games Started Rawley-PHI 36 Scott-HOU 36 Smith-ATL 36 Carman-PHI 35 Hershiser-LAD 35 Ruffin-PHI 35 Welch-LAD 35	Comp. Games Reuschel-TOT 12 Valenzuela-LAD 12 Hershiser-LAD 10 Smith-ATL 9 Scott-HOU 8
Shutouts Reuschel-TOT 4 Welch-LAD 4 Downs-SFG 3 Dravecky-TOT 3 Fisher-PIT 3 Gooden-NYM 3 Scott-HOU 3 Show-SDP 3 Smith-ATL 3 Youmans-MON 3	Home Runs Allow. Whitson-SDP 36 Carman-PHI 34 Gullickson-CIN 33 Moyer-CHC 28 Power-CIN 28	Bases On Balls Allow. Valenzuela-LAD 124 Sutcliffe-CHC 106 Moyer-CHC 97 Darling-NYM 96 Smith-ATL 91	Hits Allowed Valenzuela-LAD 254 Rawley-PHI 250 Hershiser-LAD 247 Smith-ATL 245 Ruffin-PHI 236
SO to Walk Ryan-HOU 3.10 Scott-HOU 2.95 Heaton-MON 2.84 Gooden-NYM 2.79 Drabek-PIT 2.61	Losses Knepper-HOU 17 Gross-PHI 16 Hershiser-LAD 16 Ryan-HOU 16 Show-SDP 16	Earned Runs Allow. Moyer-CHC 114 Rawley-PHI 112 Valenzuela-LAD 111 Smith-ATL 110 Mahler-ATL 109	Wild Pitches Valenzuela-LAD 14 Downs-SFG 12 Hershiser-LAD 11 Moyer-CHC 11 O'Neal-TOT 10 Ryan-HOU 10 Scott-HOU 10
Hit Batsmen Gross-PHI 10 Magrane-STL 10 Hershiser-LAD 9 Show-SDP 9 Fernandez-NYM 8 Reuschel-TOT 8	Batters Faced Valenzuela-LAD 1116 Hershiser-LAD 1093 Smith-ATL 1035 Welch-LAD 1027 Sutcliffe-CHC 1012	Games Finished Franco-CIN 60 Bedrosian-PHI 56 Smith-CHC 55 Robinson-TOT 54 Worrell-STL 54	Adjusted ERA+ Ryan-HOU 142 Dunne-PIT 135 Hershiser-LAD 131 Reuschel-TOT 131 Welch-LAD 124
Salary Schmidt-PHI $2,127,333 Carter-NYM $2,060,714 Smith-STL $1,940,000 Murphy-ATL $1,925,000 Valenzuela-LAD $1,850,000	Oldest Player Niekro-ATL 1939-04-01 (48) Nettles-ATL 1944-08-20 (42) Lopes-HOU 1945-05-03 (42) Ryan-HOU 1947-01-31 (40) Tekulve-PHI 1947-03-05 (40)	Youngest Player Jefferies- 1967-08-01 (19) Garcia-PIT 1967-04-03 (20) Abner-SDP 1966-06-17 (21) Maddux-CHC 1966-04-14 (21) Glavine-ATL 1966-03-25 (21)

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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)

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