1987 Baltimore Orioles season

Major League Baseball season

1987 Baltimore Orioles

Major League affiliations

* American League
* East Division

Location

* Memorial Stadium
* Baltimore, Maryland

Results
Record| 67–95 (.414)
Divisional place| 6th
Other information
Owners| Edward Bennett Williams
General managers| Hank Peters
Managers| Cal Ripken, Sr.
Local television| WMAR-TV
(Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson)
Home Team Sports
(Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein)
Local radio| WCBM
(Jon Miller, Jack Wiers)
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The 1987 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 6th in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.

## Offseason[edit]

* January 30, 1987: Jack O'Connor was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[1]
* February 12, 1987: Ray Knight was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[2]
* March 30, 1987: Rich Bordi was released by the Orioles.[3]

## Regular season[edit]

* On April 15, 1987, Juan Nieves threw the first no hitter in Milwaukee Brewers history. The Brewers beat the Baltimore Orioles by a score of 7–0.[4]

### Season standings[edit]

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AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Detroit Tigers | 98 | 64  | 0.605  | —  | 54–27  | 44–37
Toronto Blue Jays | 96 | 66  | 0.593  | 2  | 52–29  | 44–37
Milwaukee Brewers | 91 | 71  | 0.562  | 7  | 48–33  | 43–38
New York Yankees | 89 | 73  | 0.549  | 9  | 51–30  | 38–43
Boston Red Sox | 78 | 84  | 0.481  | 20  | 50–30  | 28–54
Baltimore Orioles | 67 | 95  | 0.414  | 31  | 31–51  | 36–44
Cleveland Indians | 61 | 101  | 0.377  | 37  | 35–46  | 26–55

### Record vs. opponents[edit]

1987 American League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Team  | BAL  | BOS  | CAL  | CWS  | CLE  | DET  | KC  | MIL  | MIN  | NYY  | OAK  | SEA  | TEX  | TOR
Baltimore | — | 1–12 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 9–3 | 2–11 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 1–12
Boston | 12–1 | — | 4–8 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 2–11 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–7
California | 3–9 | 8–4 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 5–7
Chicago | 4–8 | 9–3 | 5–8 | — | 7–5 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 4–8
Cleveland | 6–7 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 2–10 | 5–8
Detroit | 9–4 | 11–2 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 9–4 | — | 5–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–6
Kansas City | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 8–4
Milwaukee | 11–2 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 8–4 | — | 3–9 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 9–4
Minnesota | 7–5 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 9–3 | — | 6–6 | 10–3 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 3–9
New York | 10–3 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–7
Oakland | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 3–10 | 7–5 | — | 5–8 | 6–7 | 7–5
Seattle | 8–4 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 8–5 | — | 9–4 | 2–10
Texas | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 10–2 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–9 | — | 3–9
Toronto | 12–1 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–9 | 9–3 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 10–2 | 9–3 | —

### Notable transactions[edit]

* May 22, 1987: John Shelby and Brad Havens were traded by the Orioles to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tom Niedenfuer.[5]
* June 2, 1987: Jack Voigt was drafted by the Orioles in the 9th round of the 1987 Major League Baseball Draft.[6]
* June 23, 1987: Doug Corbett was signed as a free agent with the Orioles.[7]
* August 21, 1987: Doug Corbett was released by the Orioles.[7]
* August 31, 1987: Mike Flanagan was traded by the Orioles to the Toronto Blue Jays for Oswaldo Peraza and a player to be named later. The Blue Jays completed the deal by sending José Mesa to the Orioles on September 4.[8]

## Roster[edit]

1987 Baltimore Orioles

Roster
Pitchers

* 41 Don Aase
* 57 Tony Arnold
* 34 Jeff Ballard
* 45 Eric Bell
* 52 Mike Boddicker
* 23 Doug Corbett
* 47 Luis DeLeón
* 39 Ken Dixon
* 46 Mike Flanagan
* 42 Mike Griffin
* 54 John Habyan
* 48 Mike Kinnunen
* 16 Scott McGregor
* 51 José Mesa
* 49 Tom Niedenfuer
* 21 Jack O'Connor
* 24 Dave Schmidt
* 32 Mark Williamson

|  | Catchers

* 15 Terry Kennedy
* 26 Carl Nichols
* 6 Floyd Rayford
* 14 Dave Van Gorder

Infielders

* 17 Rick Burleson
* 88 Rene Gonzales
* 11 Jackie Gutiérrez
* 25 Ray Knight
* 33 Eddie Murray
* 3 Billy Ripken
* 8 Cal Ripken Jr.
* 12 Pete Stanicek
* 37 Ron Washington
* 2 Alan Wiggins

|  | Outfielders

* 9 Jim Dwyer
* 38 Ken Gerhart
* 27 Lee Lacy
* 19 Fred Lynn
* 18 Larry Sheets
* 37 John Shelby
* 42 Nelson Simmons
* 43 Mike Young

|  | Manager

* 7 Cal Ripken, Sr.

Coaches

* 10 Terry Crowley (First base/hitting)
* 44 Elrod Hendricks (Bullpen)
* 20 Frank Robinson (Bench)
* 31 Mark Wiley (Pitching)
* 40 Jimmy Williams (Third Base)

## Player stats[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos  | Player  | G  | AB  | H  | Avg.  | HR  | RBI

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C | Terry Kennedy | 143 | 512 | 128 | .250 | 18 | 62
1B | Eddie Murray | 160 | 618 | 171 | .277 | 30 | 91
2B | Billy Ripken | 58 | 234 | 72 | .308 | 2 | 20
3B | Ray Knight | 150 | 563 | 144 | .256 | 14 | 65
SS | Cal Ripken Jr. | 162 | 624 | 157 | .252 | 27 | 98
LF | Larry Sheets | 135 | 469 | 148 | .316 | 31 | 94
CF | Fred Lynn | 111 | 396 | 100 | .253 | 23 | 60
RF | Lee Lacy | 87 | 258 | 63 | .244 | 7 | 28
DH | Mike Young | 110 | 363 | 87 | .240 | 16 | 39

#### Other batters[edit]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player  | G  | AB  | H  | Avg.  | HR  | RBI

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Alan Wiggins | 85 | 306 | 71 | .232 | 1 | 15
Ken Gerhart | 92 | 284 | 69 | .243 | 14 | 34
Jim Dwyer | 92 | 241 | 66 | .274 | 15 | 33
Rick Burleson | 62 | 206 | 43 | .209 | 2 | 14
Pete Stanicek | 30 | 113 | 31 | .274 | 0 | 9
Ron Washington | 26 | 79 | 16 | .203 | 1 | 6
Mike Hart | 34 | 76 | 12 | .158 | 4 | 12
Rene Gonzales | 37 | 60 | 16 | .267 | 1 | 7
Floyd Rayford | 20 | 50 | 11 | .220 | 2 | 3
Nelson Simmons | 16 | 49 | 13 | .265 | 1 | 4
John Shelby | 21 | 32 | 6 | .188 | 1 | 3
Dave Van Gorder | 12 | 21 | 5 | .238 | 1 | 1
Carl Nichols | 13 | 21 | 8 | .381 | 0 | 3
Jackie Gutiérrez | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0

### Pitching[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Mike Boddicker | 33 | 226.0 | 10 | 12 | 4.18 | 152
Eric Bell | 33 | 165.0 | 10 | 13 | 5.45 | 111
Mike Flanagan | 16 | 94.2 | 3 | 6 | 4.94 | 50
Jeff Ballard | 14 | 69.2 | 2 | 8 | 6.59 | 27
José Mesa | 6 | 31.1 | 1 | 3 | 6.03 | 17

#### Other pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Dave Schmidt | 35 | 124.0 | 10 | 5 | 3.77 | 70
John Habyan | 27 | 116.1 | 6 | 7 | 4.80 | 64
Ken Dixon | 34 | 105.0 | 7 | 10 | 6.43 | 91
Scott McGregor | 26 | 85.1 | 2 | 7 | 6.64 | 39
Mike Griffin | 23 | 74.1 | 3 | 5 | 4.36 | 42

#### Relief pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Tom Niedenfuer | 45 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 4.99 | 37
Mark Williamson | 61 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4.03 | 73
Jack O'Connor | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.30 | 33
Tony Arnold | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.77 | 18
Mike Kinnunen | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.95 | 14
Doug Corbett | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7.83 | 16
Luis DeLeón | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.79 | 13
Don Aase | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.25 | 3

## Farm system[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | John Hart
AA | Charlotte O's | Southern League | Greg Biagini
A | Hagerstown Suns | Carolina League | Glenn Gulliver
A-Short Season | Newark Orioles | New York–Penn League | Mike Hart
Rookie | Bluefield Orioles | Appalachian League | Jim Pamlanye

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## References[edit]

1. ^ Jack O'Connor page at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Ray Knight page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Rich Bordi page at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.143, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
5. ^ John Shelby page at Baseball Reference
6. ^ Jack Voigt page at Baseball Reference
7. ^ a b Doug Corbett page at Baseball Reference
8. ^ Mike Flanagan page at Baseball Reference
9. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

* 1987 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
* 1987 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com

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1987 MLB season by team

| AL East|

* Baltimore
* Boston
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* Milwaukee
* New York
* Toronto

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AL West|

* California
* Chicago
* Kansas City
* Minnesota
* Oakland
* Seattle
* Texas

| NL East|

* Chicago
* Montréal
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

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NL West|

* Atlanta
* Cincinnati
* Houston
* Los Angeles
* San Diego
* San Francisco

* 1987 MLB draft
* 1987 All-Star Game
* 1987 World Series

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Baltimore Orioles

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* Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
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* Lloyd Street Grounds
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