1987 National League

1987 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 971 games, 12 teams, approx. 161 games in season
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Other Years: 1986 / 1988
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1986 / 1988

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1986 / 1988

League Standings

Regular Season

162 games

East Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
St. Louis Cardinals	95	67	.586	--
New York Mets	92	70	.568	3
Montreal Expos	91	71	.562	4
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	82	.494	15
Philadelphia Phillies	80	82	.494	15
Chicago Cubs	76	85	.472	18.5

West Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
San Francisco Giants	90	72	.556	--
Cincinnati Reds	84	78	.519	6
Houston Astros	76	86	.469	14
Los Angeles Dodgers	73	89	.451	17
Atlanta Braves	69	92	.429	20.5
San Diego Padres	65	97	.401	25

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
New York Mets	NYM	28.0	5.08	162	6333	5601	823	1499	287	34	192	771	159	49	592	1012	.268	.339	.434	.773	2430	94	31	70	39	74
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	28.1	4.93	162	6297	5500	798	1449	252	49	94	746	248	72	644	933	.263	.340	.378	.718	2081	126	18	84	51	61
San Francisco Giants	SFG	27.9	4.83	162	6248	5608	783	1458	274	32	205	731	126	97	511	1094	.260	.324	.430	.754	2411	99	39	55	35	73
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	28.9	4.83	162	6196	5560	783	1478	262	29	192	747	169	46	514	928	.266	.330	.427	.757	2374	129	31	57	34	55
Atlanta Braves	ATL	29.6	4.64	161	6227	5428	747	1401	284	24	152	696	135	68	641	834	.258	.339	.403	.742	2189	133	38	86	34	82
Montreal Expos	MON	27.5	4.57	162	6162	5527	741	1467	310	39	120	695	166	74	501	918	.265	.328	.401	.729	2215	100	35	57	42	77
Chicago Cubs	CHC	28.9	4.47	161	6197	5583	720	1475	244	33	209	683	109	48	504	1064	.264	.326	.432	.758	2412	109	21	59	30	45
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	26.4	4.46	162	6222	5536	723	1464	282	45	131	684	140	58	535	914	.264	.330	.403	.732	2229	121	29	71	51	67
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	28.6	4.33	162	6190	5475	702	1390	248	51	169	662	111	49	587	1109	.254	.327	.410	.737	2247	133	25	63	40	51
San Diego Padres	SDP	26.4	4.12	162	6177	5456	668	1419	209	48	113	621	198	91	577	992	.260	.332	.378	.710	2063	122	27	81	36	75
Houston Astros	HOU	29.9	4.00	162	6143	5485	648	1386	238	28	122	603	162	46	526	936	.253	.318	.373	.691	2046	115	24	58	50	52
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	28.1	3.92	162	6114	5517	635	1389	236	23	125	594	128	59	445	923	.252	.309	.371	.680	2046	126	31	82	39	70
League Totals		28.2	4.52	1942	74506	66276	8771	17275	3126	435	1824	8233	1851	757	6577	11657	.261	.328	.404	.732	26743	1407	349	823	481	782

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
San Francisco Giants	SFG	29.1	4.13	90	72	.556	3.68	162	162	143	19	10	38	1471.0	1407	669	601	146	547	86	1038	27	25	59	6202	1.328	8.6	0.9	3.3	6.4	1.90
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	27.9	4.17	73	89	.451	3.72	162	162	133	29	8	32	1455.0	1415	675	601	130	565	62	1097	28	18	54	6238	1.361	8.8	0.8	3.5	6.8	1.94
Houston Astros	HOU	31.6	4.19	76	86	.469	3.84	162	162	149	13	13	33	1441.1	1363	678	615	141	525	61	1137	26	14	39	6114	1.310	8.5	0.9	3.3	7.1	2.17
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	27.9	4.28	95	67	.586	3.91	162	162	152	10	7	48	1466.0	1484	693	637	129	533	79	873	27	22	46	6254	1.376	9.1	0.8	3.3	5.4	1.64
New York Mets	NYM	25.8	4.31	92	70	.568	3.84	162	162	146	16	7	51	1454.0	1407	698	621	135	510	51	1032	34	13	42	6191	1.318	8.7	0.8	3.2	6.4	2.02
Montreal Expos	MON	28.2	4.44	91	71	.562	3.92	162	162	146	16	8	50	1450.1	1428	720	631	145	446	45	1012	26	14	47	6151	1.292	8.9	0.9	2.8	6.3	2.27
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	26.5	4.59	80	82	.494	4.20	162	162	137	25	13	39	1445.0	1377	744	674	164	562	60	914	22	18	61	6131	1.342	8.6	1.0	3.5	5.7	1.63
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	28.2	4.62	80	82	.494	4.18	162	162	149	13	7	48	1448.1	1453	749	673	167	587	86	877	35	23	35	6265	1.409	9.0	1.0	3.6	5.4	1.49
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	28.3	4.64	84	78	.519	4.24	162	162	155	7	6	44	1452.1	1486	752	685	170	485	68	919	22	13	33	6188	1.357	9.2	1.1	3.0	5.7	1.89
San Diego Padres	SDP	27.7	4.71	65	97	.401	4.27	162	162	148	14	10	33	1433.1	1402	763	680	175	602	62	897	36	21	55	6206	1.398	8.8	1.1	3.8	5.6	1.49
Chicago Cubs	CHC	27.6	4.98	76	85	.472	4.55	161	161	150	11	5	48	1434.2	1524	801	726	159	628	67	1024	27	29	58	6311	1.500	9.6	1.0	3.9	6.4	1.63
Atlanta Braves	ATL	29.2	5.15	69	92	.429	4.63	161	161	145	16	4	32	1427.2	1529	829	734	163	587	55	837	39	9	42	6270	1.482	9.6	1.0	3.7	5.3	1.43
League Totals		28.2	4.52	971	971	.500	4.08	1942	1942	1753	189	98	496	17379.0	17275	8771	7878	1824	6577	782	11657	349	219	571	74521	1.372	8.9	0.9	3.4	6.0	1.77

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
Atlanta Braves	ATL	161	4283	1921	116	170	.982	11	185	57	24%	Chuck Tanner
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	162	4398	1870	116	172	.982	16	100	49	33%	Whitey Herzog
Houston Astros	HOU	162	4324	1617	116	113	.981	11	199	54	21%	Hal Lanier
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	162	4335	1834	123	147	.980	9	134	84	39%	Jim Leyland
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	162	4345	1711	121	137	.980	17	184	63	26%	Lee Elia and John Felske
San Francisco Giants	SFG	162	4413	1861	129	183	.980	15	132	87	40%	Roger Craig
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	162	4357	1643	130	137	.979	13	139	75	35%	Pete Rose
Chicago Cubs	CHC	161	4304	1787	130	154	.979	13	169	69	29%	Frank Lucchesi and Gene Michael
New York Mets	NYM	162	4362	1797	137	137	.978	9	161	57	26%	Davey Johnson
Montreal Expos	MON	162	4351	1679	147	122	.976	8	202	46	19%	Buck Rodgers
San Diego Padres	SDP	162	4300	1799	147	135	.976	22	126	51	29%	Larry Bowa
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	162	4365	1790	155	144	.975	8	120	65	35%	Tom Lasorda
League Totals		1942	52137	21309	1567	1751	.979	152	1851	757	29%

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