1987 Montreal Expos season

The 1987 Montreal Expos season was the 19th season in franchise history. They finished 3rd in the division with a 91–71 record and 4 games behind the Cardinals.

1987 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record91–71
Divisional place3rd
Other information
OwnersCharles Bronfman
General managersMurray Cook, Bill Stoneman
ManagersBuck Rodgers
Local televisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Jim Fanning)
The Sports Network
(Ken Singleton, Jim Hughson)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Claude Raymond, Raymond Lebrun)
Local radioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Jim Fanning, Rich Griffin, Rob Faulds)
CKAC (French)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
< Previous season     Next season >

Offseason

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their 11th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season
  • August 16, 1987: Tim Raines hit for the cycle in a 10-7 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Olympic Stadium, going five-for-five in the process. A crowd of 26,134 were on hand to see it in Montreal.

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9567 0.586 — 49–32 46–35
New York Mets 9270 0.568 3 49–32 43–38
Montreal Expos 9171 0.562 4 48–33 43–38
Philadelphia Phillies 8082 0.494 15 43–38 37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 8082 0.494 15 47–34 33–48
Chicago Cubs 7685 0.472 18½ 40–40 36–45

Record vs. opponents
1987 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–58–108–106–123–97–57–57–56–128–103–9
Chicago 5–6—6–68–46–610–89–98–104–149–35–76–12
Cincinnati 10–86–6—13–510–86–67–55–74–812–67–114–8
Houston 10–84–85–13—12–67–56–66–66–65–1310–85–7
Los Angeles 12–66–68–106–12—3–96–62–106–611–710–83–9
Montreal 9–38–106–65–79–3—8–1010–811–79–35–711–7
New York 5–79–95–76–66–610–8—13–512–68–49–39–9
Philadelphia 5-710–87–56–610–28–105–13—11–78–42–108–10
Pittsburgh 5–714–48–46–66–67–116–127–11—8–46–67–11
San Diego 12–63–96–1213–57–113–94–84–84–8—5–134–8
San Francisco 10–87–511–78–108–107–53–910–26–613–5—7–5
St. Louis 9–312–68–47–59–37–119–910–811–78–45–7—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Major League debuts

Roster
1987 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
CMike Fitzgerald10728769.2403363
1BAndrés Galarraga147551168.30513907
2BVance Law133436119.27312568
3BTim Wallach153593177.298261239
SSHubie Brooks112430113.26314724
LFTim Raines139530175.330186850
CFHerm Winningham13734783.23944129
RFMitch Webster156588165.281156333

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
Casey Candaele138449122.2721237
Tom Foley10628082.2935286
Jeff Reed7520744.2131210
Reid Nichols7714739.2654202
Wallace Johnson758521.2471145
Dave Engle598419.2261141
John Stefero185611.196130
Alonzo Powell14418.195040
Luis Rivera18325.156010
Jack Daugherty11101.100000
Razor Shines692.222001
Nelson Norman140.000000
Tom Romano730.000000
Nelson Santovenia210.000000

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
Neal Heaton32193.113104.52105
Bob Sebra36177.16154.42156
Bryn Smith26150.11094.3794
Dennis Martínez22144.21143.3084
Floyd Youmans23116.1984.6494
Pascual Pérez1070.1702.3058
Ubaldo Heredia210.0015.406
Charlie Lea11.00136.001

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
Jay Tibbs1983.0454.9954
Lary Sorensen2347.2344.7221
Jeff Fischer413.2018.566

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
Tim Burke5570181.1958
Andy McGaffigan6952122.39100
Bob McClure526153.4433
Jeff Parrett457664.2156
Randy St. Claire443374.0343
Joe Hesketh180013.1431
Bill Campbell70008.104
Curt Brown50107.716
Vance Law30005.402
Tim Wallach10000.000

Awards and honors

1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Tim Raines, outfield
  • Tim Raines, All-Star Game Most Valuable Player

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Joe Sparks
AA Jacksonville Expos Southern League Tommy Thompson
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Felipe Alou
A Burlington Expos Midwest League J. R. Miner
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Gene Glynn
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Jethro McIntyre

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Indianapolis[16]

References
  1. Bert Roberge at Baseball-Reference
  2. "John Mizerock: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  3. Dave Engle at Baseball-Reference
  4. Jeff Reardon at Baseball-Reference
  5. Pascual Pérez at Baseball-Reference
  6. "Al Newman Stats".
  7. "1987 Montreal Expos Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  8. Tim Raines at Baseball-Reference
  9. Nelson Norman at Baseball-Reference
  10. Dennis Martínez at Baseball-Reference
  11. Nate Minchey at Baseball-Reference
  12. John Vander Wal at Baseball-Reference
  13. Archi Cianfrocco at Baseball-Reference
  14. Curt Brown at Baseball-Reference
  15. "The Baseball Cube - Research Site for Pro + College Stats + draft".
  16. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.