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1987 San Francisco Giants
NL West Champions
DivisionWestern Division
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco
OwnersBob Lurie
ManagersRoger Craig
TelevisionKTVU
(Ron Fairly, Gary Park)
GiantsVision
(Joe Morgan, Duane Kuiper)
RadioKNBR
(Ron Fairly, Wayne Hagin)
KIQI
(Tito Fuentes, Edgard Martinez)
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The 1987 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 105th season in Major League Baseball, their 30th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 28th at Candlestick Park. The Giants finished in first place in the National League West with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses. They lost the National League Championship Series in seven games to the St. Louis Cardinals. It was their first playoff appearance since 1971.

Giants players standing for the national anthem at Candlestick Park in 1987.

Offseason

  • October 16, 1986: Brad Gulden was released by the San Francisco Giants.[1]
  • October 16, 1986: Chuck Hensley was released by the San Francisco Giants.[2]
  • October 21, 1986: Mike Jeffcoat was released by the San Francisco Giants.[3]
  • February 4, 1987: Atlee Hammaker was signed as a free agent by the Giants.[4]
  • March 31, 1987: Dan Gladden and David Blakely (minors) were traded by the Giants to the Minnesota Twins for Jose Dominguez (minors), Ray Velasquez (minors) and a player to be named later. The Twins completed the deal by sending Bryan Hickerson to the Giants on June 15.[5]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 90 72 .556 46‍–‍35 44‍–‍37
Cincinnati Reds 84 78 .519 6 42‍–‍39 42‍–‍39
Houston Astros 76 86 .469 14 47‍–‍34 29‍–‍52
Los Angeles Dodgers 73 89 .451 17 40‍–‍41 33‍–‍48
Atlanta Braves 69 92 .429 20½ 42‍–‍39 27‍–‍53
San Diego Padres 65 97 .401 25 37‍–‍44 28‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 6–5 8–10 8–10 6–12 3–9 7–5 7–5 7–5 6–12 8–10 3–9
Chicago 5–6 6–6 8–4 6–6 10–8 9–9 8–10 4–14 9–3 5–7 6–12
Cincinnati 10–8 6–6 13–5 10–8 6–6 7–5 5–7 4–8 12–6 7–11 4–8
Houston 10–8 4–8 5–13 12–6 7–5 6–6 6–6 6–6 5–13 10–8 5–7
Los Angeles 12–6 6–6 8–10 6–12 3–9 6–6 2–10 6–6 11–7 10–8 3–9
Montreal 9–3 8–10 6–6 5–7 9–3 8–10 10–8 11–7 9–3 5–7 11–7
New York 5–7 9–9 5–7 6–6 6–6 10–8 13–5 12–6 8–4 9–3 9–9
Philadelphia 5-7 10–8 7–5 6–6 10–2 8–10 5–13 11–7 8–4 2–10 8–10
Pittsburgh 5–7 14–4 8–4 6–6 6–6 7–11 6–12 7–11 8–4 6–6 7–11
San Diego 12–6 3–9 6–12 13–5 7–11 3–9 4–8 4–8 4–8 5–13 4–8
San Francisco 10–8 7–5 11–7 8–10 8–10 7–5 3–9 10–2 6–6 13–5 7–5
St. Louis 9–3 12–6 8–4 7–5 9–3 7–11 9–9 10–8 11–7 8–4 5–7


Notable transactions

Major League debuts

  • Batters:
    • Kirt Manwaring (Sep 15)
    • Jessie Reid (Sep 9)
    • Mackey Sasser (Jul 17)
    • Matt Williams (Apr 11)
  • Pitchers:
    • John Burkett (Sep 15) [15]

Game log and schedule

Legend
  Giants win
  Giants loss
  Postponement
Bold Giants team member
1987 Game Log (90–72) (Home: 46–35; Road: 44–37)

Postseason

1987 Postseason Game Log

Roster

1987 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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

= Indicates team leader
Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Bob Brenly 123 375 100 .267 18 51
1B Will Clark 150 529 163 .308 35 91
2B Robby Thompson 132 420 110 .262 10 44
3B Kevin Mitchell 69 268 82 .306 15 44
SS José Uribe 95 309 90 .291 5 30
LF Jeffrey Leonard 131 503 141 .280 19 63
CF Chili Davis 149 500 125 .250 24 76
RF Candy Maldonado 118 442 129 .292 20 85

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Mike Aldrete 126 357 116 .325 9 51
Chris Speier 111 317 79 .249 11 39
Bob Melvin 84 246 49 .199 11 31
Matt Williams 84 245 46 .188 8 21
Eddie Milner 101 214 54 .252 4 19
Chris Brown 38 132 32 .242 6 17
Joel Youngblood 69 91 23 .253 3 11
Harry Spilman 83 90 24 .267 1 14
Mark Wasinger 44 80 22 .275 1 3
Dave Henderson 15 21 5 .238 0 1
Mike Woodard 10 19 4 .211 0 1
Randy Kutcher 14 16 3 .188 0 1
Francisco Meléndez 12 16 5 .313 1 1
Iván DeJesús 9 10 2 .200 0 1
Jessie Reid 6 8 1 .125 1 1
Rob Wilfong 2 8 1 .125 1 2
Kirt Manwaring 6 7 1 .143 0 0
Mackey Sasser 2 4 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Atlee Hammaker 31 168.1 10 10 3.58 107
Mike Krukow 30 163 5 6 4.80 104
Dave Dravecky 18 112.1 7 5 3.20 78
Rick Reuschel 9 50 5 3 4.32 27
Roger Mason 5 26 1 1 4.50 18

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kelly Downs 41 186 12 9 3.63 137
Mike LaCoss 39 171 13 10 3.68 79
Mark Davis 20 70.2 4 5 4.71 51
Mark Grant 16 61 1 2 3.54 32

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Scott Garrelts 64 11 7 12 3.22 127
Jeff Robinson 63 6 8 10 2.79 82
Craig Lefferts 44 3 3 4 3.23 18
Jim Gott 30 1 0 0 4.50 63
Don Robinson 25 5 1 7 2.74 26
Joe Price 20 2 2 1 2.57 42
Greg Minton 15 1 0 1 3.47 9
Keith Comstock 15 2 0 1 3.05 21
Randy Bockus 12 1 0 0 3.63 9
Jon Perlman 10 0 0 0 3.97 3
John Burkett 3 0 0 0 4.50 5

National League Championship Series

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Firebirds Pacific Coast League Wendell Kim
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Jack Mull
A Fresno Giants California League R. J. Harrison
A Clinton Giants Midwest League Bill Evers
A-Short Season Everett Giants Northwest League Joe Strain
Rookie Pocatello Giants Pioneer League Rafael Landestoy

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fresno[16]

References

  1. ^ "Brad Gulden Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "Chuck Hensley Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. ^ "Mike Jeffcoat Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. ^ Atlee Hammaker at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Dan Gladden at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "1987 San Francisco Giants Roster". Baseball Almanac.
  8. ^ Mark Wasinger at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Greg Minton at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Mike Benjamin at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Mark Davis at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Mackey Sasser at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ Rick Reuschel at Baseball Reference
  14. ^ Dave Henderson at Baseball Reference
  15. ^ "Baseball Teams - The Baseball Cube". www.thebaseballcube.com.
  16. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007