1987 American League (AL) Statistics and Awards

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Expanded Standings

East Division Team W L WL% GB Detroit DET 98 64 .605 -- Toronto TOR 96 66 .593 2.0 Milwkee MIL 91 71 .562 7.0 NewYorkY NYY 89 73 .549 9.0 BostonRS BOS 78 84 .481 20.0 Bltmore BAL 67 95 .414 31.0 Clvlnd CLE 61 101 .377 37.0

West Division Team W L WL% GB Minnesta MIN 85 77 .525 -- KansasCy KCR 83 79 .512 2.0 Oakland OAK 81 81 .500 4.0 Seattle SEA 78 84 .481 7.0 ChicagoW CHW 77 85 .475 8.0 Califrna CAL 75 87 .463 10.0 Texas TEX 75 87 .463 10.0

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Postseason

World Series (4-3):	Minnesota Twins over St. Louis Cardinals
AL Championship Series (4-1):	Minnesota Twins over Detroit Tigers

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1987 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
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League Batting Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 DET  5.53   896  162  5649  1535  274  32  225  653   913  .272  .347  .451  106   50 114  5.46  5.60
 MIL  5.32   862  162  5625  1552  272  46  163  598  1040  .276  .345  .428  176   74 102  5.43  5.21
 TOR  5.22   845  162  5635  1514  277  38  215  555   970  .269  .334  .446  126   50 104  5.25  5.19
 BOS  5.20   842  162  5586  1554  273  26  174  606   825  .278  .349  .430   77   45 104  5.45  4.95
 TEX  5.08   823  162  5564  1478  264  35  194  567  1081  .266  .334  .430  120   71 101  5.26  4.90
 OAK  4.98   806  162  5511  1432  263  33  199  593  1056  .260  .332  .428  140   63 107  4.48  5.47
 NYY  4.86   788  162  5511  1445  239  16  196  604   949  .262  .335  .418  105   43 100  4.95  4.78
 MIN  4.85   786  162  5441  1422  258  35  196  523   898  .261  .326  .430  113   65  97  5.07  4.63
 CAL  4.75   770  162  5570  1406  257  26  172  590   926  .252  .324  .401  125   44  94  4.65  4.85
 SEA  4.69   760  162  5508  1499  282  48  161  500   863  .272  .333  .428  174   73  97  4.98  4.41
 CHW  4.62   748  162  5538  1427  283  36  173  487   971  .258  .318  .415  138   52  91  4.86  4.37
 CLE  4.58   742  162  5606  1476  267  30  187  489   977  .263  .322  .422  140   54  96  4.60  4.56
 BAL  4.50   729  162  5576  1437  219  20  211  524   939  .258  .321  .418   69   45  97  4.28  4.73
 KCR  4.41   715  162  5499  1443  239  40  168  523  1034  .262  .326  .412  125   43  93  4.63  4.20
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.90 11112 2268 77819 20620 3667 461 2634 7812 13442  .265  .333  .425 1734  772

League Pitching Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOR  4.04   655  162  3.74  1454  1323   8.2   567  3.5  158  1064   18     3     8  43 121  3.94  4.15
 KCR  4.27   691  162  3.86  1424  1424   8.8   548  3.4  128   923   44    11    11  26 118  4.31  4.22
 DET  4.54   735  162  4.02  1456  1430   8.8   563  3.5  180   976   33     8    10  31 106  4.17  4.90
 CHW  4.60   746  162  4.30  1447  1436   8.9   537  3.3  189   792   29     8    12  37 107  5.11  4.10
 OAK  4.87   789  162  4.32  1445  1442   8.9   531  3.3  176  1042   18     2     6  40  95  4.33  5.41
 NYY  4.68   758  162  4.36  1446  1475   9.1   542  3.3  179   900   19     3    10  47 101  4.27  5.09
 CAL  4.96   803  162  4.38  1457  1481   9.1   504  3.1  212   941   20     3     7  36  99  5.00  4.91
 SEA  4.94   801  162  4.49  1430  1503   9.3   497  3.1  199   919   39     6    10  33 105  4.94  4.95
 MIL  5.04   817  162  4.62  1464  1548   9.6   529  3.3  169  1039   28     5     6  45 100  5.19  4.90
 MIN  4.98   806  162  4.63  1427  1465   9.0   564  3.5  210   990   16     2     4  39  99  4.30  5.65
 TEX  5.24   849  162  4.63  1444  1388   8.6   760  4.7  199  1103   20     0     3  27  98  5.52  4.96
 BOS  5.09   825  162  4.77  1436  1584   9.8   517  3.2  190  1034   47    13    13  16  95  4.79  5.39
 BAL  5.43   880  162  5.01  1439  1555   9.6   547  3.4  226   870   17     5     6  30  87  5.56  5.30
 CLE  5.91   957  162  5.28  1422  1566   9.7   606  3.7  219   849   24     4     8  25  86  6.41  5.41
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.90 11112 2268  4.46 20191 20620   9.2  7812  3.5 2634 13442  372         114 475

League Miscellaneous Stats Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Est. Payroll Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------
 DET  122  147  .980   .705  2,061,830  25,455   96-66  54-27 44-37  96  95 31.0 29.5   0   4  28  $12,122,881 Anderson
 TOR  111  148  .982   .711  2,778,429  34,302  100-62  52-29 44-37 102 101 27.8 27.8   1   3  35  $10,479,501 Williams
 MIL  145  155  .976   .678  1,909,244  23,571   85-77  48-33 43-38 103 103 27.4 26.1   2   1  15   $7,293,224 Trebelhorn
 NYY  102  155  .983   .702  2,427,672  29,971   84-78  51-30 38-43  99  99 29.8 32.1   1   5  45  $17,099,714 Piniella
 MIN   98  147  .984   .699  2,081,976  25,703   79-83  56-25 29-52 103 103 27.8 31.4   2   1  23   $6,397,500 Kelly
 KCR  131  151  .979   .692  2,392,471  29,537   84-78  46-35 37-44 102 102 29.2 27.4   1   3  30  $11,828,056 Gardner and Wathan
 OAK  142  122  .977   .695  1,678,921  20,727   83-79  42-39 39-42  93  93 27.7 28.1   2   2  36  $11,680,839 LaRussa
 BOS  110  158  .982   .672  2,231,551  27,894   83-79  50-30 28-54 103 102 28.7 27.1   1   3  30  $10,144,167 McNamara
 SEA  121  150  .980   .693  1,134,255  14,003   77-85  40-41 38-43 105 106 26.7 25.9   0   2  13   $2,263,500 Williams
 CHW  115  174  .981   .713  1,208,060  14,914   81-81  38-43 39-42 103 103 27.6 27.6   1   1  17  $10,641,843 Fregosi
 CAL  117  162  .981   .703  2,696,299  33,288   78-84  38-43 37-44  97  97 29.4 30.8   1   1  41  $12,843,499 Mauch
 TEX  148  148  .976   .698  1,763,053  21,766   79-83  43-38 32-49 100 101 26.3 27.6   0   1  24     $880,000 Valentine
 BAL  109  174  .982   .696  1,835,692  22,386   67-95  31-51 36-44  97  98 30.1 27.7   2   2  18  $13,900,273 Ripken
 CLE  152  128  .975   .689  1,077,898  13,307   62-100 35-46 26-55 100 101 27.6 30.5   2   1  23   $8,513,750 Corrales and Edwards
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results

Most Valuable Player George Bell
TOR .308/.352/.605

Cy Young Award Roger Clemens
BOS 20-9 2.97 256 SO

Rookie of the Year Mark McGwire
OAK .289/.370/.618

Manager of the Year Sparky Anderson

Rolaids Relief Dave Righetti
NYY 8-6 (31 sv) 3.51 77 SO

ALCS MVP Gary Gaetti
MIN .300/.348/.650

Gold Glove Winners

Pitcher Mark Langston
Catcher Bob Boone

First Base Don Mattingly

Second Base Frank White

Third Base Gary Gaetti

Shortstop Tony Fernandez

Outfield Jesse Barfield, Kirby Puckett, and Dave Winfield

Silver Slugger Winners

Catcher Matt Nokes

First Base Don Mattingly

Second Base Lou Whitaker

Third Base Wade Boggs

Shortstop Alan Trammell

Outfield George Bell, Dwight Evans, and Kirby Puckett

League Leaderboards Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average

Boggs-BOS .363

Molitor-MIL .353

Trammell-DET .343

Puckett-MIN .332

Mattingly-NYY .327

On-base %

Boggs-BOS .461

Molitor-MIL .438

Evans-BOS .417

Randolph-NYY .411

Trammell-DET .402

Slugging %

McGwire-OAK .618

Bell-TOR .605

Boggs-BOS .588

Evans-BOS .569

Molitor-MIL .566

OPS

Boggs-BOS 1.049

Molitor-MIL 1.003

McGwire-OAK .987

Evans-BOS .986

Bell-TOR .957

Games

Ripken-BAL 162

Seitzer-KCR 161

Murray-BAL 160

Reynolds-SEA 160

Barfield-TOR 159

Canseco-OAK 159

O'Brien-TEX 159

White-CAL 159

At Bats

Sierra-TEX 643

Seitzer-KCR 641

White-CAL 639

Yount-MIL 635

Canseco-OAK 630

Plate Appearances (approx.)

Seitzer-KCR 725

Yount-MIL 723

Ripken-BAL 717

Bradley-SEA 701

Sierra-TEX 696

White-CAL 696

Runs

Molitor-MIL 114

Bell-TOR 111

Downing-CAL 110

Whitaker-DET 110

Evans-BOS 109

Trammell-DET 109

Hits

Puckett-MIN 207

Seitzer-KCR 207

Trammell-DET 205

Boggs-BOS 200

Yount-MIL 198

Total Bases

Bell-TOR 369

McGwire-OAK 344

Puckett-MIN 333

Trammell-DET 329

Boggs-BOS 324

Doubles

Molitor-MIL 41

Boggs-BOS 40

Bradley-SEA 38

Calderon-CHW 38

Mattingly-NYY 38

Whitaker-DET 38

Triples

Wilson-KCR 15

Bradley-SEA 10

Polonia-OAK 10

Yount-MIL 9

Butler-CLE 8

Fernandez-TOR 8

Reynolds-SEA 8

Seitzer-KCR 8

Home Runs

McGwire-OAK 49

Bell-TOR 47

Evans-DET 34

Evans-BOS 34

Hrbek-MIN 34

Joyner-CAL 34

Tartabull-KCR 34

RBI

Bell-TOR 134

Evans-BOS 123

McGwire-OAK 118

Joyner-CAL 117

Mattingly-NYY 115

Bases on Balls

Downing-CAL 106

Evans-BOS 106

Boggs-BOS 105

Evans-DET 100

Butler-CLE 91

Strikeouts

Deer-MIL 186

Incaviglia-TEX 168

Snyder-CLE 166

Jackson-KCR 158

Canseco-OAK 157

Presley-SEA 157

Stolen Bases

Reynolds-SEA 60

Wilson-KCR 59

Redus-CHW 52

Molitor-MIL 45

Henderson-NYY 41

Singles

Seitzer-KCR 151

Fernandez-TOR 144

Yount-MIL 143

Puckett-MIN 142

Trammell-DET 140

Adjusted OPS+

Boggs-BOS 173

McGwire-OAK 164

Molitor-MIL 161

Evans-BOS 156

Trammell-DET 155

Runs Created

Boggs-BOS 154

Trammell-DET 137

Evans-BOS 134

McGwire-OAK 131

Bell-TOR 125

Molitor-MIL 125

Adjusted Batting Runs

Boggs-BOS 66

McGwire-OAK 51

Evans-BOS 49

Trammell-DET 48

Molitor-MIL 45

Batting Wins

Boggs-BOS 6.1

McGwire-OAK 4.8

Evans-BOS 4.6

Trammell-DET 4.5

Molitor-MIL 4.1

Extra-Base Hits

Bell-TOR 83

McGwire-OAK 81

Evans-BOS 73

Boggs-BOS 70

Mattingly-NYY 70

Times on Base

Boggs-BOS 307

Seitzer-KCR 289

Downing-CAL 277

Yount-MIL 275

Evans-BOS 274

Offensive Win%

Boggs-BOS .808

Molitor-MIL .794

Evans-BOS .746

Trammell-DET .742

McGwire-OAK .727

Hit By Pitch

Baylor-TOT 28

Downing-CAL 17

Madlock-DET 10

Carter-CLE 9

Lansford-OAK 9

Steinbach-OAK 9

Williams-CHW 9

Sac. Hits

Barrett-BOS 22

McLemore-CAL 15

Boone-CAL 14

Castillo-MIL 14

White-CAL 14

Sac. Flies

Sierra-TEX 12

Ripken-BAL 11

Joyner-CAL 10

O'Brien-TEX 10

Bell-TOR 9

Canseco-OAK 9

Surhoff-MIL 9

Intentional Walks

Boggs-BOS 19

Brett-KCR 14

Mattingly-NYY 13

Hrbek-MIN 12

Joyner-CAL 12

Grounded into Double Plays

Gaetti-MIN 25

Franco-CLE 23

Rice-BOS 22

Braggs-MIL 20

Ward-NYY 20

Winfield-NYY 20

Caught Stealing

Reynolds-SEA 20

Browne-TEX 17

Butler-CLE 16

Moses-SEA 15

Griffin-OAK 13

Sheridan-DET 13

Power/Speed Number

Carter-CLE 31.5

Moseby-TOR 31.2

White-CAL 27.4

Gibson-DET 25.0

Henderson-NYY 24.0

At Bats per Strikeout

Randolph-NYY 18.0

Buckner-TOT **18.0

Reynolds-SEA 15.6

Mattingly-NYY 15.0

Barrett-BOS 14.7

At Bats per Home Run

McGwire-OAK 11.4

Bell-TOR 13.0

Hrbek-MIN 14.0

Nokes-DET 14.4

Evans-DET 14.7

Outs

Sierra-TEX 515

White-CAL 506

Ripken-BAL 502

Canseco-OAK 496

Gaetti-MIN 470

ERA

Key-TOR 2.76

Viola-MIN 2.90

Clemens-BOS 2.97

Saberhagen-KCR 3.36

Morris-DET 3.38

Wins

Clemens-BOS 20

Stewart-OAK 20

Langston-SEA 19

Higuera-MIL 18

Hough-TEX 18

Morris-DET 18

Saberhagen-KCR 18

Won-Loss %

Henneman-DET .786

Cerutti-TOR .733

Guetterman-SEA .733

Musselman-TOR .706

Clemens-BOS .690

BB + H per IP (WHIP)

Key-TOR 1.057

Bannister-CHW 1.159

Saberhagen-KCR 1.163

Young-OAK 1.172

Clemens-BOS 1.175

Hits Allowed/9IP

Key-TOR 7.24

Hough-TEX 7.51

Morris-DET 7.68

Stewart-OAK 7.71

DeLeon-CHW 7.73

Bases on Balls/9IP

Long-CHW 1.49

Saberhagen-KCR 1.86

Sutton-CAL 1.93

Bannister-CHW 1.93

Young-OAK 1.95

Strikeouts/9IP

Langston-SEA 8.67

Higuera-MIL 8.25

Clemens-BOS 8.18

Bosio-MIL 7.94

Nieves-MIL 7.50

Games

Eichhorn-TOR 89

Williams-TEX 85

Mohorcic-TEX 74

Henke-TOR 72

Musselman-TOR 68

Saves

Henke-TOR 34

Reardon-MIN 31

Righetti-NYY 31

Plesac-MIL 23

Buice-CAL 17

Innings

Hough-TEX 285.3

Clemens-BOS 281.7

Langston-SEA 272.0

Blyleven-MIN 267.0

Morris-DET 266.0

Strikeouts

Langston-SEA 262

Clemens-BOS 256

Higuera-MIL 240

Hough-TEX 223

Morris-DET 208

Games Started

Hough-TEX 40

Blyleven-MIN 37

Clancy-TOR 37

Stewart-OAK 37

Clemens-BOS 36

Key-TOR 36

Viola-MIN 36

Witt-CAL 36

Comp. Games

Clemens-BOS 18

Hurst-BOS 15

Saberhagen-KCR 15

Higuera-MIL 14

Langston-SEA 14

Shutouts

Clemens-BOS 7

Saberhagen-KCR 4

Alexander-DET 3

Higuera-MIL 3

Hurst-BOS 3

Langston-SEA 3

Leibrandt-KCR 3

Tanana-DET 3

Home Runs Allow.

Blyleven-MIN 46

Morris-DET 39

Bannister-CHW 38

Sutton-CAL 38

Young-OAK 38

Bases On Balls Allow.

Witt-TEX 140

Hough-TEX 124

Gubicza-KCR 120

Langston-SEA 114

Jackson-KCR 109

Hits Allowed

Moore-SEA 268

Terrell-DET 254

Witt-CAL 252

Blyleven-MIN 249

Clemens-BOS 248

SO to Walk

Clemens-BOS 3.08

Saberhagen-KCR 3.08

Bosio-MIL 3.00

Viola-MIN 2.98

Young-OAK 2.82

Losses

Moore-SEA 19

Candiotti-CLE 18

Gubicza-KCR 18

Jackson-KCR 18

Morgan-SEA 17

Earned Runs Allow.

Moore-SEA 121

Hough-TEX 120

Blyleven-MIN 119

Hurst-BOS 117

Langston-SEA 116

Wild Pitches

Morris-DET 24

Bosio-MIL 14

Gubicza-KCR 14

Blyleven-MIN 13

Candiotti-CLE 13

Niekro-TOT 13

Hit Batsmen

Hough-TEX 19

DeLeon-CHW 10

Niekro-TOT 10

Petry-DET 10

Blyleven-MIN 9

Clemens-BOS 9

Smithson-MIN 9

Batters Faced

Hough-TEX 1231

Clemens-BOS 1157

Langston-SEA 1152

Blyleven-MIN 1122

Stewart-OAK 1103

Games Finished

Henke-TOR 62

Reardon-MIN 58

Mohorcic-TEX 54

Righetti-NYY 54

Schiraldi-BOS 52

Adjusted ERA+

Key-TOR 164

Viola-MIN 159

Clemens-BOS 154

Saberhagen-KCR 136

Leibrandt-KCR 134

Salary

Rice-BOS $2,110,000

Brett-KCR $2,055,000

Murray-BAL $2,044,757

Mattingly-NYY $1,975,000

Winfield-NYY $1,911,714

Oldest Player

Niekro-TOT 1939-04-01 (48)

John-NYY 1943-05-22 (44)

Niekro-TOT 1944-11-07 (42)

Carlton-TOT 1944-12-22 (42)

Sutton-CAL 1945-04-02 (42)

Youngest Player

Garcia-CAL 1967-04-03 (20)

Mesa-BAL 1966-05-22 (21)

Correa-TEX 1966-04-29 (21)

Myers-TOR 1966-04-14 (21)

Perez-KCR 1966-02-15 (21)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All Stars (* - indicates they played)
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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters
P. Bret Saberhagen (KCR)
C. Terry Kennedy (BAL)
1B. Don Mattingly (NYY)
2B. Willie Randolph (NYY)
3B. Wade Boggs (BOS)
SS. Cal Ripken (BAL)
LF. George Bell (TOR)
CF. Rickey Henderson (NYY)
RF. Dave Winfield (NYY)


Harold Baines* (CHW)
George Brett (KCR)
Dwight Evans* (BOS)
Tony Fernandez* (TOR)
Tom Henke* (TOR)
Jay Howell* (OAK)
Bruce Hurst (BOS)
Mark Langston* (SEA)
Mark McGwire* (OAK)

Jack Morris* (DET)
Matt Nokes* (DET)
Larry Parrish* (TEX)
Dan Plesac* (MIL)
Kirby Puckett* (MIN)
Harold Reynolds* (SEA)
Dave Righetti* (NYY)
Kevin Seitzer* (KCR)
Pat Tabler* (CLE)

Alan Trammell* (DET)
Lou Whitaker (DET)
Mike Witt (CAL)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Bret Saberhagen (KCR) C. Terry Kennedy (BAL) 1B. Don Mattingly (NYY) 2B. Willie Randolph (NYY) 3B. Wade Boggs (BOS) SS. Cal Ripken (BAL) LF. George Bell (TOR) CF. Rickey Henderson (NYY) RF. Dave Winfield (NYY)		Harold Baines* (CHW) George Brett (KCR) Dwight Evans* (BOS) Tony Fernandez* (TOR) Tom Henke* (TOR) Jay Howell* (OAK) Bruce Hurst (BOS) Mark Langston* (SEA) Mark McGwire* (OAK)		Jack Morris* (DET) Matt Nokes* (DET) Larry Parrish* (TEX) Dan Plesac* (MIL) Kirby Puckett* (MIN) Harold Reynolds* (SEA) Dave Righetti* (NYY) Kevin Seitzer* (KCR) Pat Tabler* (CLE)		Alan Trammell* (DET) Lou Whitaker (DET) Mike Witt (CAL)