1987 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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{{Infobox baseball team season
| name = Los Angeles Dodgers
| image = 1987 Mother's Cookies - Dodger Stadium.JPG
| image_size = 250px
| alt =
| caption = Dodger Stadium pictured beneath the Los Angeles skyline in 1987.
| season = 1987
| misc =
| league = National League
| division = West
| ballpark = Dodger Stadium
| city = Los Angeles
| owners = Peter O'Malley
| general_managers = Al Campanis, Fred Claire
| managers = Tommy Lasorda
| television = KTTV (11)
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
Dodgervision
Eddie Doucette, Al Downing, Rick Monday
| radio = KABC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter
KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas
|}}
The 1987 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 98th of the franchise in Major League Baseball and their 30th season in Los Angeles, California. They finished in fourth place in the National League West, with an identical record to the previous season, 73–89.
Offseason
- December 10, 1986: Acquired Matt Young from the Seattle Mariners for Dennis Powell and [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/W/Mike-Watters.shtml Mike Watters]
- December 10, 1986: Acquired Tim Leary and Tim Crews from the Milwaukee Brewers for Greg Brock
- December 11, 1986: Acquired Alex Treviño from the San Francisco Giants for Candy Maldonado
- December 11, 1986: Acquired Ed Vande Berg from the Seattle Mariners for Steve Yeager
Regular season
=Season standings=
{{1987 NL West standings}}
=Record vs. opponents=
{{1987 NL Record vs. opponents|team=LAD}}
=Opening Day starters=
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|+ !Name !!Position | |
Steve Sax | Second baseman |
Mariano Duncan | Shortstop |
Bill Madlock | Third baseman |
Mike Marshall | Right fielder |
Franklin Stubbs | First baseman |
Ken Landreaux | Left fielder |
Mike Scioscia | Catcher |
Mike Ramsey | Center fielder |
Orel Hershiser | Starting pitcher |
=Notable transactions=
- May 6, 1987: Acquired Orlando Mercado from the Detroit Tigers for Balvino Gálvez
- May 22, 1987: Acquired John Shelby{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/shelbjo01.shtml|title = John Shelby Stats}} and Brad Havens from the Baltimore Orioles for Tom Niedenfuer
- May 29, 1987: Bill Madlock was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/madlobi01.shtml Bill Madlock Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
- June 19, 1987: Acquired Phil Garner from the Houston Astros for [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/E/Jeff-Edwards-1.shtml Jeff Edwards]
- June 23, 1987: Acquired Bill Krueger from the Oakland Athletics for [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/M/Tim-Meeks.shtml Tim Meeks]
- August 17, 1987: Acquired Glenn Hoffman from the Boston Red Sox for [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/Billy-Bartels.shtml Billy Bartels]
- August 29, 1987: Acquired Tim Belcher from the Oakland Athletics for Rick Honeycutt
- September 21, 1987: Acquired Mike Sharperson from the Toronto Blue Jays for Juan Guzmán[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sharpmi01.shtml Mike Sharperson Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
=Roster=
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1987 Los Angeles Dodgers |
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colspan="74" style="background-color: black; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" | Roster |
valign="top" | Pitchers
{{MLBplayer|49|Tim Belcher}} {{MLBplayer|52|Tim Crews}} {{MLBplayer|54|Ron Davis}} {{MLBplayer|41|Brad Havens}} {{MLBplayer|55|Orel Hershiser}} {{MLBplayer|57|Shawn Hillegas}} {{MLBplayer|51|Brian Holton}} {{MLBplayer|40|Rick Honeycutt}} {{MLBplayer|43|Ken Howell}} {{MLBplayer|59|Bill Krueger}} {{MLBplayer|23|Tim Leary}} {{MLBplayer|49|Tom Niedenfuer}} {{MLBplayer|26|Alejandro Peña}} {{MLBplayer|41|Jerry Reuss}} {{MLBplayer|50|Jack Savage}} {{MLBplayer|34|Fernando Valenzuela}} {{MLBplayer|35|Bob Welch}} {{MLBplayer|36|Matt Young}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Catchers {{MLBplayer|48|Orlando Mercado}} {{MLBplayer|15|Gilberto Reyes}} {{MLBplayer|14|Mike Scioscia}} {{MLBplayer|29|Alex Treviño}} Infielders {{MLBplayer|10|Dave Anderson}} {{MLBplayer|25|Mariano Duncan}} {{MLBplayer|20|Phil Garner}} {{MLBplayer|33|Jeff Hamilton}} {{MLBplayer| 9|Mickey Hatcher}} {{MLBplayer|37|Glenn Hoffman}} {{MLBplayer|12|Bill Madlock}} {{MLBplayer| 3|Steve Sax}} {{MLBplayer|60|Mike Sharperson}} {{MLBplayer|38|Craig Shipley}} {{MLBplayer|22|Franklin Stubbs}} {{MLBplayer|56|Brad Wellman}} {{MLBplayer| 7|Tracy Woodson}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Outfielders {{MLBplayer|46|Ralph Bryant}} {{MLBplayer|40|Mike Devereaux}} {{MLBplayer|47|José González}} {{MLBplayer|28|Pedro Guerrero}} {{MLBplayer|45|Chris Gwynn}} {{MLBplayer|12|Danny Heep}} {{MLBplayer|44|Ken Landreaux}} {{MLBplayer|27|Tito Landrum}} {{MLBplayer| 5|Mike Marshall}} {{MLBplayer|56|Mike Ramsey}} {{MLBplayer|31|John Shelby}} {{MLBplayer|21|Reggie Williams}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Manager {{MLBplayer| 2|Tommy Lasorda}} Coaches {{MLBplayer| 8|Joey Amalfitano}} {{MLBplayer|58|Mark Cresse}} {{MLBplayer|11|Manny Mota}} {{MLBplayer|16|Ron Perranoski}} {{MLBplayer|18|Bill Russell}} |
Player stats
=Batting=
==Starters by position==
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | |||||||
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| C | Mike Scioscia | 142 | 461 | 122 | .265 | 6 | 38 |
align="center"
| 1B | Franklin Stubbs | 129 | 386 | 90 | .233 | 16 | 52 |
align="center"
| 2B | Steve Sax | 157 | 610 | 171 | .280 | 6 | 46 |
align="center"
| 3B | Mickey Hatcher | 101 | 287 | 81 | .282 | 7 | 42 |
align="center"
| SS | Mariano Duncan | 76 | 261 | 56 | .215 | 6 | 18 |
align="center"
| LF | Pedro Guerrero | 152 | 545 | 184 | .338 | 27 | 89 |
align="center"
| CF | John Shelby | 120 | 476 | 132 | .277 | 21 | 69 |
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| RF | Mike Marshall | 104 | 402 | 118 | .294 | 16 | 72 |
==Other batters==
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | RBI | ||||||
align=center | 108 | 265 | 62 | .234 | 1 | 13 |
align=center | 115 | 182 | 37 | .203 | 6 | 23 |
align=center | 72 | 144 | 32 | .222 | 3 | 16 |
align=center | 53 | 136 | 31 | .228 | 1 | 11 |
align=center | 40 | 132 | 29 | .220 | 0 | 10 |
align=center | 70 | 126 | 24 | .190 | 2 | 8 |
align=center | 48 | 125 | 29 | .232 | 0 | 12 |
align=center | 60 | 98 | 16 | .163 | 0 | 9 |
align=center | 35 | 83 | 18 | .217 | 0 | 1 |
align=center | 46 | 69 | 17 | .246 | 2 | 10 |
align=center | 51 | 67 | 16 | .239 | 1 | 4 |
align=center | 21 | 61 | 11 | .180 | 3 | 7 |
align=center | 19 | 54 | 12 | .222 | 0 | 4 |
align=center | 39 | 36 | 4 | .111 | 0 | 4 |
align=center | 26 | 35 | 9 | .257 | 0 | 2 |
align=center | 10 | 33 | 9 | .273 | 0 | 1 |
align=center | 17 | 32 | 7 | .219 | 0 | 2 |
align=center | 19 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 1 |
align=center | 16 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 0 |
align=center | 7 | 5 | 3 | .600 | 0 | 1 |
align=center | 3 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
align=center | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
=Pitching=
==Starting pitchers==
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
align=center | 37 | 264.2 | 16 | 16 | 3.06 | 190 |
align=center | 35 | 251.2 | 15 | 9 | 3.22 | 196 |
align=center | 34 | 251.0 | 14 | 14 | 3.98 | 190 |
align=center | 12 | 58.0 | 4 | 3 | 3.57 | 51 |
align=center | 6 | 34.0 | 4 | 2 | 2.38 | 23 |
==Other pitchers==
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
align=center | 27 | 115.2 | 2 | 12 | 4.59 | 92 |
align=center | 39 | 107.2 | 3 | 11 | 4.76 | 61 |
align=center | 37 | 87.1 | 2 | 7 | 3.50 | 76 |
==Relief pitchers==
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" | Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO | ||||||
align=center | 47 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4.47 | 42 |
align=center | 53 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3.89 | 58 |
align=center | 40 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4.91 | 60 |
align=center | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.33 | 23 |
align=center | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2.48 | 20 |
align=center | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.76 | 10 |
align=center | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |
align=center | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 0 |
align=center | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
align=center | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 |
1987 awards
- 1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Pedro Guerrero reserve
- Orel Hershiser reserve
- Comeback Player of the Year Award
- Pedro Guerrero
- NL Pitcher of the Month
- Orel Hershiser (June 1987)
- NL Player of the Week
- Orel Hershiser (June 8–14)
- Alejandro Peña (Sep. 28-Oct.4)
Farm system
{{MLB Farm System
|level15 = AAA
|team15 = Albuquerque Dukes
|league15 = Pacific Coast League
|manager15 = Terry Collins
|level16 = AA
|team16 = San Antonio Dodgers
|league16 = Texas League
|manager16 = Gary LaRocque
|level17 = High A
|team17 = Bakersfield Dodgers
|league17 = California League
|manager17 = Kevin Kennedy
|level18 = High A
|team18 = Vero Beach Dodgers
|league18 = Florida State League
|manager18 = John Shoemaker
|level19 = Rookie
|team19 = Great Falls Dodgers
|league19 = Pioneer League
|manager19 = Tim Johnson
|level20 = Rookie
|team20 = Gulf Coast Dodgers
|league20 = Gulf Coast League
|manager20 = Joe Alvarez
}}
Teams in BOLD won League Championships
Major League Baseball Draft
{{Main|1987 Major League Baseball draft}}
The draft was altered this year and the January drafts and the secondary phase of the June draft were eliminated, leaving just the one June draft, which was expanded to more rounds to allow the Junior College players to be included. The Dodgers drafted 51 players in this draft, the largest collection of players they had ever drafted in one draft. Of those, ten of them would eventually play Major League baseball.
The top pick in this years draft was right-handed pitcher Dan Opperman from Valley High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, Opperman injured his arm pitching in the state high school playoffs his Senior season and would not be able to pitch professionally until 1989.{{cite web|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1999/dec/28/columnist-dean-juipe-opperman-regains-his-footing/|title=Opperman regains his footing|work=Las Vegas Sun|first=Dean|last=Juipe|date=December 28, 1999|access-date=November 6, 2014}} He would eventually play in parts of four seasons with the Dodgers farm teams in Vero Beach, San Antonio and the last two with the AAA Albuquerque Dukes. In 63 games (all but one as a starter) he had a record of 19-22 and an ERA of 3.95.
None of the players from this years draft would leave much of an impression on the Majors. Pitchers Dennis Springer and Mike James had the longest careers, but were just average players at best.
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1987 Draft Picks |
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[https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=LAD&year_ID=1987&draft_type=junreg& 1987 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft]
{| class="wikitable" !Round !Name !Position !School !Signed !Career span !Highest level |
1
|Dan Opperman |RHP |Yes |1989–1992 |AAA |
2
|Donald Carroll |OF |Yes |1988–1999 |A+ |
3
|RHP |Yes |1988–2002 |MLB |
4
|Thomas Demerit |OF |Yes |1987–1988 | A |
5
|Luis Martinez |SS |Yes |1987–1993 |AAA |
6
|C |University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |Yes |1987–2002 |MLB |
7
|3B |Yes |1987–2002 |MLB |
8
|Howie Freiling |1B |University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |Yes | 1987–1990 | AAA |
9
|Lem Luckham |RHP |Yes |1987–1992 | AA |
10
|Douglas Noch |RHP |Yes | 1987–1989 | A |
11
|Lawrence Gonzalez |RHP |Yes |1987–1989 |A- |
12
|Barry Blackwell |C |No |1988–1990 | AA |
13
|Sherman Collins |RHP |Yes |1987 | A |
14
|D. J. Floyd |C |Yes |1987–1990 | A |
15
|Alan Lewis |SS |Yes | 1987–1993 | AA |
16
|John Wanish |RHP |Yes |1987–1991 |A+ |
17
|Bruce Dostal |OF |Yes |1987–1995 |AAA |
18
|Steve Green |OF | Georgia Institute of Technology |Yes | 1987–1993 | A+ |
19
|IF |Yes |1987–2000 |MLB |
20
|SS |Yes | 1987–2001 | MLB |
21
|RHP |California State University, Fresno |Yes | 1987–2002 | MLB |
22
|Mike Parks |RHP |No | | |
23
|Daniel Kreuder |RHP |Yes |1987 | Rookie |
24
|Randal Wadsworth |C | California University of Pennsylvania |Yes |1987 |Rookie |
25
|Frank Mustari |3B |Yes | 1987–1988 | A |
26
|Brian Emmert |1B |Yes | 1987 |Rookie |
27
|Dan Piscetta |RHP |No | | |
28
|David Martin |RHP |Yes | 1987 |Rookie |
29
|RHP |Yes | 1987–1995 |MLB |
30
|Todd Melisauskas |C | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania |Yes | 1987–1988 | A |
31
|Eric Johnson |OF | California State University, Sacramento |Yes | 1987 | Rookie |
32
|William Argo |OF |Yes | 1987–1989 |A |
33
|Chris Harding |OF |No | | |
34
|LHP | Georgia Institute of Technology |No | 1988–2000 |MLB |
35
|Brian Currie |LHP | University of South Carolina |Yes | 1987–1990 |A- |
36
|Garrett Carter |3B | University of South Carolina |No | 1988 |Rookie |
37
|Jeff Herman |OF |No | | |
38
|Larry Rezny |LHP |No | | |
39
|Brett Magnusson |OF |Yes | 1988–1994 |AAA |
40
|Jerry Lutterman |RHP |No | | |
41
|James Robinson |RHP |No | 1989 |Rookie |
42
|Joseph Fernandez |OF |Yes | 1987 |Rookie |
43
|RHP | Lurleen B. Wallace Community College |Yes | 1988–2002 |MLB |
44
|Christopher Gettler |RHP |Yes | 1987–1988 |A |
45
|LHP |No | 1988–1996 |MLB |
46
|Sam Bland |C |Yes | 1987 |Rookie |
47
|Albert Bustillos |RHP |Yes | 1988–1996 |AAA |
48
|Ken Woods |SS |No | | |
49
|Troy Arrington |RHP |No | | |
50
|Vince Muldrew |OF |No | | |
51
|Andrew Perkens |C |No | | |
|}
References
External links
- [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1987_losangeles.gif&Entryid=1590 1987 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform]
- [http://www.Dodgers.com Los Angeles Dodgers official web site]
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/1987.shtml Baseball-Reference season page]
- [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1987&t=LAN Baseball Almanac season page]
{{1987 MLB season by team}}
{{Los Angeles Dodgers}}