1987 American League

1987 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 1,134 games, 14 teams, approx. 162 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
Detroit Tigers	98	64	.605	--
Toronto Blue Jays	96	66	.593	2
Milwaukee Brewers	91	71	.562	7
New York Yankees	89	73	.549	9
Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	20
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	.414	31
Cleveland Indians	61	101	.377	37

West Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	--
Kansas City Royals	83	79	.512	2
Oakland Athletics	81	81	.500	4
Seattle Mariners	78	84	.481	7
Chicago White Sox	77	85	.475	8
Texas Rangers	75	87	.463	10
California Angels	75	87	.463	10

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
Detroit Tigers	DET	31.0	5.53	162	6443	5649	896	1535	274	32	225	840	106	50	653	913	.272	.349	.451	.800	2548	108	46	39	56	44
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	27.4	5.32	162	6368	5625	862	1552	272	46	163	832	176	74	598	1040	.276	.346	.428	.774	2405	104	32	63	50	40
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	27.8	5.22	162	6293	5635	845	1514	277	38	215	790	126	50	555	970	.269	.336	.446	.782	2512	136	38	30	35	45
Boston Red Sox	BOS	28.7	5.20	162	6359	5586	842	1554	273	26	174	802	77	45	606	825	.278	.352	.430	.781	2401	129	57	52	58	41
Texas Rangers	TEX	26.3	5.08	162	6248	5564	823	1478	264	35	194	772	120	71	567	1081	.266	.333	.430	.764	2394	116	24	42	51	34
Oakland Athletics	OAK	27.7	4.98	162	6238	5511	806	1432	263	33	199	761	140	63	593	1056	.260	.333	.428	.761	2358	113	36	50	48	39
New York Yankees	NYY	29.8	4.86	162	6219	5511	788	1445	239	16	196	749	105	43	604	949	.262	.336	.418	.754	2304	150	28	38	38	37
Minnesota Twins	MIN	27.8	4.85	162	6088	5441	786	1422	258	35	196	733	113	65	523	898	.261	.328	.430	.758	2338	128	38	47	39	45
California Angels	CAL	29.3	4.75	162	6301	5570	770	1406	257	26	172	709	125	44	590	926	.252	.326	.401	.726	2231	115	35	70	36	35
Seattle Mariners	SEA	26.7	4.69	162	6139	5508	760	1499	282	48	161	717	174	73	500	863	.272	.335	.428	.763	2360	132	43	38	50	19
Chicago White Sox	CHW	27.6	4.62	162	6164	5538	748	1427	283	36	173	706	138	52	487	971	.258	.319	.415	.734	2301	117	33	54	52	35
Cleveland Indians	CLE	27.6	4.58	162	6212	5606	742	1476	267	30	187	691	140	54	489	977	.263	.324	.422	.745	2364	103	31	44	42	30
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	30.1	4.50	162	6185	5576	729	1437	219	20	211	701	69	45	524	939	.258	.322	.418	.740	2329	139	22	31	32	29
Kansas City Royals	KCR	29.2	4.41	162	6128	5499	715	1443	239	40	168	677	125	43	523	1034	.262	.328	.412	.740	2266	127	30	34	42	32
League Totals		28.4	4.90	2268	87385	77819	11112	20620	3667	461	2634	10480	1734	772	7812	13442	.265	.333	.425	.759	33111	1717	493	632	629	505

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
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	27.8	4.04	96	66	.593	3.74	162	162	144	18	8	43	1454.0	1323	655	605	158	567	65	1064	22	14	56	6103	1.300	8.2	1.0	3.5	6.6	1.88
Kansas City Royals	KCR	27.4	4.27	83	79	.512	3.86	162	162	118	44	11	26	1424.0	1424	691	610	128	548	27	923	36	6	54	6114	1.385	9.0	0.8	3.5	5.8	1.68
Detroit Tigers	DET	29.5	4.54	98	64	.605	4.02	162	162	129	33	10	31	1456.0	1430	735	651	180	563	61	976	33	6	72	6267	1.369	8.8	1.1	3.5	6.0	1.73
Chicago White Sox	CHW	27.6	4.60	77	85	.475	4.30	162	162	133	29	12	37	1447.2	1436	746	691	189	537	28	792	35	3	35	6188	1.363	8.9	1.2	3.3	4.9	1.47
New York Yankees	NYY	32.1	4.68	89	73	.549	4.36	162	162	143	19	10	47	1446.1	1475	758	700	179	542	31	900	32	9	61	6225	1.395	9.2	1.1	3.4	5.6	1.66
Oakland Athletics	OAK	28.1	4.87	81	81	.500	4.32	162	162	144	18	6	40	1445.2	1442	789	694	176	531	21	1042	36	10	52	6238	1.365	9.0	1.1	3.3	6.5	1.96
Seattle Mariners	SEA	25.9	4.94	78	84	.481	4.49	162	162	123	39	10	33	1430.2	1503	801	713	199	497	19	919	28	9	47	6167	1.398	9.5	1.3	3.1	5.8	1.85
California Angels	CAL	30.8	4.96	75	87	.463	4.38	162	162	142	20	7	36	1457.1	1481	803	709	212	504	30	941	32	7	54	6221	1.362	9.1	1.3	3.1	5.8	1.87
Minnesota Twins	MIN	31.4	4.98	85	77	.525	4.63	162	162	146	16	4	39	1427.1	1465	806	734	210	564	40	990	50	10	62	6205	1.422	9.2	1.3	3.6	6.2	1.76
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	26.2	5.04	91	71	.562	4.62	162	162	134	28	6	45	1464.0	1548	817	752	169	529	33	1039	26	8	45	6345	1.419	9.5	1.0	3.3	6.4	1.96
Boston Red Sox	BOS	27.1	5.09	78	84	.481	4.77	162	162	115	47	13	16	1436.0	1584	825	761	190	517	38	1034	31	9	37	6265	1.463	9.9	1.2	3.2	6.5	2.00
Texas Rangers	TEX	27.6	5.24	75	87	.463	4.63	162	162	142	20	3	27	1444.1	1388	849	743	199	760	34	1103	55	26	61	6390	1.487	8.6	1.2	4.7	6.9	1.45
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	27.7	5.43	67	95	.414	5.01	162	162	145	17	6	30	1439.2	1555	880	801	226	547	50	870	27	8	52	6278	1.460	9.7	1.4	3.4	5.4	1.59
Cleveland Indians	CLE	30.5	5.91	61	101	.377	5.28	162	162	138	24	8	25	1422.2	1566	957	835	219	606	28	849	50	12	74	6395	1.527	9.9	1.4	3.8	5.4	1.40
League Totals		28.6	4.90	1134	1134	.500	4.46	2268	2268	1896	372	114	475	20195.2	20620	11112	9999	2634	7812	505	13442	493	137	762	87401	1.408	9.2	1.2	3.5	6.0	1.72

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
Minnesota Twins	MIN	162	4282	1609	98	147	.984	21	168	46	21%	Tom Kelly
New York Yankees	NYY	162	4339	1685	102	155	.983	22	114	63	36%	Lou Piniella
Boston Red Sox	BOS	162	4308	1684	110	158	.982	30	109	60	36%	John McNamara
Baltimore Orioles	BAL	162	4319	1747	111	174	.982	5	145	57	28%	Cal Ripken
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	162	4362	1700	111	148	.982	13	123	59	32%	Jimy Williams
California Angels	CAL	162	4372	1640	117	162	.981	11	72	58	45%	Gene Mauch
Chicago White Sox	CHW	162	4343	1782	116	174	.981	11	98	51	34%	Jim Fregosi
Detroit Tigers	DET	162	4368	1703	122	147	.980	13	118	43	27%	Sparky Anderson
Seattle Mariners	SEA	162	4292	1756	122	150	.980	4	111	50	31%	Dick Williams
Kansas City Royals	KCR	162	4272	1853	131	151	.979	17	124	66	35%	John Wathan and Billy Gardner
Oakland Athletics	OAK	162	4337	1649	142	122	.977	18	117	54	32%	Tony LaRussa
Texas Rangers	TEX	162	4333	1685	151	148	.976	73	205	56	21%	Bobby Valentine
Milwaukee Brewers	MIL	162	4392	1606	145	155	.976	13	119	58	33%	Tom Trebelhorn
Cleveland Indians	CLE	162	4268	1626	153	128	.975	16	111	51	31%	Pat Corrales and Doc Edwards
League Totals		2268	60587	23725	1731	2119	.980	267	1734	772	31%

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