1987 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1987 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.

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Offseason

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

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

v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1987 American League record v t e 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

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

1987 Baltimore Orioles

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
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

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
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

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
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

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

^[9]

References

^ Jack O'Connor page at Baseball Reference
^ Ray Knight page at Baseball Reference
^ Rich Bordi page at Baseball Reference
^ 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
^ John Shelby page at Baseball Reference
^ Jack Voigt page at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Doug Corbett page at Baseball Reference
^ Mike Flanagan page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

1987 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Baltimore Orioles

Established in 1901
Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
Based in Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; West End Park; Coffee Pot Park; Wright Field; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; Yuma Municipal Stadium; City Island Ball Park; Scottsdale Stadium; Miami Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Al Lang Stadium; Fort Lauderdale Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Washington Nationals

Key personnel

Owner: Peter Angelos
Executive Vice President/General Manager: Mike Elias
Manager: Brandon Hyde

World Series
championships (3)

American League
pennants (7)

AL East
division titles (10)

AL Wild Card
(3)

Minor league
affiliates

Broadcasting

TV: Mid-Atlantic Sports Network
Radio: Orioles Radio Network
Announcers: Kevin Brown; Geoff Arnold; Scott Garceau; Melanie Newman; Jim Palmer; Ben McDonald

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