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1987 American Association

1987 > Class AAA > League History
Overall: 558 games, 8 teams, approx. 139 games in season
Attendance: n/a
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

April 10, 1987 to September 3, 1987 · 140 games

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Denver Zephyrs	MIL	79	61	.564	--
Louisville Redbirds	STL	78	62	.557	1
Indianapolis Indians	MON	74	64	.536	4
Oklahoma City 89ers	TEX	69	71	.493	10
Buffalo Bisons	CLE	66	74	.471	13
Iowa Cubs	CHC	64	74	.464	14
Nashville Sounds	CIN	64	76	.457	15
Omaha Royals	KCR	64	76	.457	15

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	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Denver Zephyrs	MIL	26.0	6.63	140	5517	4834	928	1445	272	56	192	871	172	68	585	813	.299	.374	.498	.872	2405	25	26	47	24
Louisville Redbirds	STL	26.8	5.80	140	5466	4799	812	1389	302	43	134	742	122	56	558	787	.289	.364	.454	.818	2179	34	29	46	50
Buffalo Bisons	CLE	25.4	5.61	140	5466	4837	786	1389	248	43	171	737	101	63	534	769	.287	.360	.462	.823	2236	41	17	37	29
Oklahoma City 89ers	TEX	27.3	5.44	140	5453	4747	761	1351	265	51	125	711	115	73	602	866	.285	.365	.441	.806	2093	30	22	52	29
Iowa Cubs	CHC	25.3	5.33	138	5205	4635	736	1321	255	58	142	687	155	88	463	760	.285	.349	.457	.806	2118	18	40	49	28
Indianapolis Indians	MON	26.2	5.10	138	5281	4736	704	1372	251	49	127	653	127	55	436	734	.290	.350	.444	.794	2102	30	31	48	32
Omaha Royals	KCR	25.4	4.59	140	5196	4664	643	1234	230	39	107	588	137	53	444	804	.265	.330	.399	.729	1863	28	26	34	22
Nashville Sounds	CIN	25.1	4.27	140	5243	4667	598	1198	211	34	75	535	129	44	460	666	.257	.325	.365	.690	1702	32	42	42	36
League Totals		25.9	5.35	1116	42827	37919	5968	10699	2034	373	1073	5524	1058	500	4082	6199	.282	.353	.440	.793	16698	238	233	355	250

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	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Omaha Royals	KCR	28.6	4.63	64	76	.457	4.31	140	140	126	14	4	32	1204.0	1301	648	577	104	461	34	728	24	13	66	1.463	9.7	0.8	3.4	5.4	1.58
Indianapolis Indians	MON	26.7	4.74	74	64	.536	4.31	138	138	125	13	7	36	1208.0	1232	654	579	112	484	31	893	28	21	59	1.421	9.2	0.8	3.6	6.7	1.85
Nashville Sounds	CIN	25.4	4.79	64	76	.457	4.27	140	140	121	19	7	36	1219.0	1270	671	579	115	536	35	868	25	17	69	1.482	9.4	0.8	4.0	6.4	1.62
Louisville Redbirds	STL	27.7	5.04	78	62	.557	4.63	140	140	125	15	8	44	1213.0	1294	705	624	142	497	29	792	19	19	67	1.477	9.6	1.1	3.7	5.9	1.59
Iowa Cubs	CHC	24.4	5.76	64	74	.464	5.37	138	138	127	11	6	28	1177.0	1347	795	702	150	549	51	755	56	23	71	1.611	10.3	1.1	4.2	5.8	1.38
Oklahoma City 89ers	TEX	26.4	5.79	69	71	.493	5.30	140	140	133	7	2	32	1217.2	1419	810	717	132	555	20	742	31	19	51	1.621	10.5	1.0	4.1	5.5	1.34
Denver Zephyrs	MIL	26.2	5.92	79	61	.564	5.54	140	140	121	19	1	32	1213.1	1462	829	747	142	442	23	653	21	10	38	1.569	10.8	1.1	3.3	4.8	1.48
Buffalo Bisons	CLE	26.6	6.11	66	74	.471	5.58	140	140	131	9	1	31	1216.2	1374	856	754	176	558	27	768	34	20	61	1.588	10.2	1.3	4.1	5.7	1.38
League Totals		26.5	5.35	558	558	.500	4.91	1116	1116	1009	107	36	271	9668.2	10699	5968	5279	1073	4082	250	6199	238	142	482	1.529	10.0	1.0	3.8	5.8	1.52

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	Managers
Indianapolis Indians	MON	138	3624	1434	130	141	.975	14	Joe Sparks
Louisville Redbirds	STL	140	3639	1529	138	135	.974	16	Dave Bialas
Denver Zephyrs	MIL	140	3640	1556	136	155	.974	18	Terry Bevington
Oklahoma City 89ers	TEX	140	3653	1556	138	147	.974	13	Toby Harrah
Nashville Sounds	CIN	140	3657	1432	145	131	.972	21	Jack Lind
Omaha Royals	KCR	140	3612	1572	149	145	.972	13	Frank Funk and John Wathan
Iowa Cubs	CHC	138	3531	1510	154	128	.970	15	Larry Cox
Buffalo Bisons	CLE	140	3650	1448	156	128	.970	30	Orlando Gomez and Steve Swisher
League Totals		1116	29006	12037	1146	1110	.973	140

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