1987 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1987 Pittsburgh Pirates
1987 Pittsburgh Pirates
Division	Eastern Division
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	80–82 (.494)
Owners	Pittsburgh Associates
Managers	Jim Leyland
Television	KDKA-TV; (Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders); Pirates Cable Network; (Steve Blass, Mike Lange)
Radio	KDKA-AM; (Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker)

The 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 106th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; and their 101st season in the National League. This was their 18th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 80–82.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	95	67	0.586	—	49–32	46–35
New York Mets	92	70	0.568	3	49–32	43–38
Montreal Expos	91	71	0.562	4	48–33	43–38
Philadelphia Phillies	80	82	0.494	15	43–38	37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	82	0.494	15	47–34	33–48
Chicago Cubs	76	85	0.472	18½	40–40	36–45

Game log

1987 Game Log: 80–82 (Home: 47–34; Away: 33–48)

April: 8–11 (Home: 6–7; Away: 2–4)

May: 13–14 (Home: 8–6; Away: 5–8)

June: 13–17 (Home: 5–4; Away: 8–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
47	June 2	@ Braves	4–1	Reuschel (4–2)	Mahler	—	8,890	22–25
48	June 3	@ Braves	4–1	Kipper (4–5)	Palmer	—	5,368	23–25
49	June 4	@ Braves	3–8	Smith	Fisher (2–2)	Dedmon	6,460	23–26
50	June 5	@ Mets	1–5	Gooden	Dunne (0–1)	Orosco	51,402	23–27
51	June 6	@ Mets	2–4	Fernandez	Drabek (1–4)	McDowell	47,603	23–28
52	June 7	@ Mets	4–5 (10)	McDowell	Robinson (4–4)	—		23–29
53	June 7	@ Mets	10–9	Taylor (2–2)	McDowell	Robinson (9)	42,516	24–29
54	June 8	@ Expos	1–7	Heaton	Fisher (2–3)	—	11,973	24–30
55	June 9	@ Expos	8–1	Dunne (1–1)	Sorensen	—	13,132	25–30
56	June 10	@ Expos	3–4 (11)	McClure	Robinson (4–5)	—	10,134	25–31
57	June 12	Mets	2–10	Fernandez	Reuschel (4–3)	—	27,465	25–32
58	June 13	Mets	4–3	Robinson (5–5)	Myers	—	26,894	26–32
59	June 14	Mets	3–7	Sisk	Fisher (2–4)	—	30,477	26–33
60	June 15	@ Cardinals	3–1	Dunne (2–1)	Mathews	—	30,887	27–33
61	June 16	@ Cardinals	1–11	Dawley	Drabek (1–5)	Horton	27,048	27–34
62	June 17	@ Cardinals	4–1	Reuschel (5–3)	Forsch	—	30,891	28–34
63	June 18	@ Cardinals	6–8 (10)	Dawley	Robinson (5–6)	—	35,264	28–35
64	June 19	@ Cubs	4–0	Fisher (3–4)	Noles	—	33,529	29–35
65	June 20	@ Cubs	8–2	Dunne (3–1)	Maddux	—	34,384	30–35
66	June 21	@ Cubs	3–6	Trout	Drabek (1–6)	Smith	33,418	30–36
67	June 22	@ Cubs	2–3	Moyer	Reuschel (5–4)	—	27,064	30–37
68	June 23	Expos	2–8	Heaton	Kipper (4–6)	Parrett	9,276	30–38
69	June 24	Expos	9–6	Fisher (4–4)	Fischer	—	21,564	31–38
70	June 25	Expos	2–7	Martinez	Dunne (3–2)	McGaffigan	10,836	31–39
71	June 26	Cubs	5–2	Jones (1–1)	Maddux	Robinson (10)	20,408	32–39
72	June 27	Cubs	7–0	Reuschel (6–4)	Moyer	—	31,595	33–39
73	June 28	Cubs	6–2	Jones (2–1)	Sutcliffe	—	25,304	34–39
74	June 29	@ Phillies	5–6	Jackson	Jones (2–2)	Bedrosian		34–40
75	June 29	@ Phillies	3–11	Bair	Dunne (3–3)	Ritchie	30,046	34–41
76	June 30	@ Phillies	4–6	Gross	Drabek (1–7)	Bedrosian	20,598	34–42

July: 11–15 (Home: 5–8; Away: 6–7)

August: 15–14 (Home: 13–4; Away: 2–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
103	August 1	@ Cardinals	6–7 (10)	Worrell	Jones (2–5)	—	47,106	45–58
104	August 2	@ Cardinals	1–9	Magrane	Pena (0–3)	—	44,695	45–59
105	August 3	Cubs	6–4	Drabek (3–10)	Maddux	Gott (1)	7,281	46–59
106	August 4	Cubs	2–3 (11)	Mason	Gideon (1–2)	—	8,744	46–60
107	August 5	Cubs	10–0	Fisher (7–6)	Moyer	—	7,726	47–60
108	August 6	Expos	3–6	Parrett	Gott (0–1)	Burke	7,755	47–61
109	August 7	Expos	9–3	Walk (3–1)	Sebra	Gideon (3)	22,075	48–61
110	August 8	Expos	5–2	Drabek (4–10)	Smith	Smiley (4)	18,285	49–61
111	August 9	Expos	4–3	Dunne (7–4)	Parrett	Gott (2)	18,829	50–61
112	August 10	Cardinals	0–6	Forsch	Fisher (7–7)	—	11,445	50–62
113	August 11	Cardinals	5–6	Dayley	Reuschel (8–6)	Worrell	14,637	50–63
114	August 12	Cardinals	11–0	Walk (4–1)	Magrane	—	15,186	51–63
115	August 13	@ Expos	7–9	McGaffigan	Gideon (1–3)	McClure	23,609	51–64
116	August 14	@ Expos	3–4	McClure	Smiley (3–3)	—	20,501	51–65
117	August 15	@ Expos	3–6	Burke	Fisher (7–8)	—	23,894	51–66
118	August 16	@ Expos	7–10	Parrett	Gideon (1–4)	—	26,134	51–67
119	August 18	@ Reds	7–4	Walk (5–1)	Murphy	Gott (3)	29,385	52–67
120	August 19	@ Reds	10–9	Drabek (5–10)	Browning	—	24,179	53–67
121	August 20	@ Reds	3–5	Power	Dunne (7–5)	Franco	22,542	53–68
122	August 21	@ Braves	4–5	Smith	Smiley (3–4)	Olwine	15,783	53–69
123	August 22	@ Braves	3–10	Glavine	Walk (5–2)	—	22,173	53–70
124	August 23	@ Braves	2–6	Palmer	Bielecki (0–1)	—	10,699	53–71
125	August 24	Reds	5–4	Drabek (6–10)	Browning	Gott (4)	11,020	54–71
126	August 25	Reds	1–0	Dunne (8–5)	Power	—	10,149	55–71
127	August 26	Reds	6–5	Robinson (8–7)	Franco	—	13,722	56–71
128	August 28	Astros	4–2	Walk (6–2)	Scott	Gott (5)	11,917	57–71
129	August 29	Astros	8–2	Bielecki (1–1)	Ryan	—	26,585	58–71
130	August 30	Astros	7–0	Drabek (7–10)	Knepper	—	26,867	59–71
131	August 31	Braves	7–3	Dunne (9–5)	Dedmon	—	4,930	60–71

September: 16–11 (Home: 6–5; Away: 10–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
132	September 1	Braves	0–4	Smith	Fisher (7–9)	—	7,498	60–72
133	September 2	Braves	2–0	Walk (7–2)	Glavine	Gott (6)	6,259	61–72
134	September 4	@ Astros	0–2	Ryan	Bielecki (1–2)	Agosto	16,367	61–73
135	September 5	@ Astros	1–5	Knepper	Drabek (7–11)	—	27,887	61–74
136	September 6	@ Astros	4–3	Dunne (10–5)	Hernandez	Gott (7)	25,374	62–74
137	September 7	@ Cubs	3–2	Fisher (8–9)	Moyer	Robinson (13)	21,745	63–74
138	September 8	@ Cubs	4–1	Palacios (1–0)	Sutcliffe	Gott (8)	8,331	64–74
139	September 9	@ Cubs	4–3	Robinson (9–7)	Smith	Gott (9)	8,054	65–74
140	September 11	@ Phillies	4–2	Drabek (8–11)	Gross	Gott (10)	20,085	66–74
141	September 12	@ Phillies	12–4	Dunne (11–5)	Carman	—	15,440	67–74
142	September 13	@ Phillies	6–1	Fisher (9–9)	Ruffin	—	12,610	68–74
143	September 14	Expos	4–6 (14)	McGaffigan	Gideon (1–5)	Parrett	5,869	68–75
144	September 15	Expos	5–1	Bielecki (2–2)	Heaton	—	5,852	69–75
145	September 16	Cardinals	5–8	Tudor	Drabek (8–12)	—	15,323	69–76
146	September 17	Cardinals	1–0	Dunne (12–5)	Mathews	Gott (11)	5,640	70–76
147	September 18	Mets	10–9	Smiley (4–4)	Myers	Gott (12)	15,308	71–76
148	September 19	Mets	4–5	Aguilera	Palacios (1–1)	McDowell	20,933	71–77
149	September 20	Mets	9–8 (14)	Smiley (5–4)	Ojeda	—	19,122	72–77
150	September 21	@ Expos	5–2	Drabek (9–12)	Sebra	Robinson (14)	13,206	73–77
151	September 22	@ Expos	3–4	Perez	Gott (0–2)	Burke	16,407	73–78
152	September 23	@ Cardinals	2–0	Fisher (10–9)	Mathews	—	30,235	74–78
153	September 24	@ Cardinals	2–3	Horton	Robinson (9–8)	—	35,921	74–79
154	September 25	@ Mets	2–10	Fernandez	Bielecki (2–3)	—	41,987	74–80
155	September 26	@ Mets	8–2	Drabek (10–12)	Gooden	—	48,695	75–80
156	September 27	@ Mets	3–12	Ojeda	Dunne (12–6)	Orosco	48,588	75–81
157	September 30	Cubs	5–3	Fisher (11–9)	Sutcliffe	Robinson (15)		76–81
158	September 30	Cubs	8–10	Hall	Smiley (5–5)	—	6,985	76–82

October: 4–0 (Home: 4–0; Away: 0–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1987 National League record v t e 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	—

Detailed records

Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
National League
NL East
Chicago Cubs	14	4	0.778	98	45
Montreal Expos	7	11	0.389	83	89
New York Mets	6	12	0.333	88	119
Philadelphia Phillies	7	11	0.389	82	87
St. Louis Cardinals	7	11	0.389	68	85
Total	41	49	0.456	419	425
NL West
Atlanta Braves	5	7	0.417	46	62
Cincinnati Reds	8	4	0.667	56	56
Houston Astros	6	6	0.500	42	47
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	6	0.500	41	45
San Diego Padres	8	4	0.667	74	54
San Francisco Giants	6	6	0.500	45	55
Total	39	33	0.542	304	319
Season Total	80	82	0.494	723	744

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	19	8	11	0.421	85	92
May	27	13	14	0.481	124	140
June	30	13	17	0.433	123	145
July	26	11	15	0.423	94	110
August	29	15	14	0.517	149	133
September	27	16	11	0.593	116	110
October	4	4	0	1.000	32	14
Total	162	80	82	0.494	723	744

Total	162	80	82	0.494	723	744
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	47	34	0.580	404	363
Away	81	33	48	0.407	319	381

Roster

1987 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

10 Jim Leyland

Coaches

45 Rich Donnelly (bullpen)
32 Gene Lamont (third base)
39 Milt May (hitting)
31 Ray Miller (pitching)
37 Tommy Sandt (first base)

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Barry Bonds	CF
Junior Ortiz	C
Johnny Ray	2B
Bobby Bonilla	LF
Andy Van Slyke	RF
Jim Morrison	3B
Sid Bream	1B
Rafael Belliard	SS
Bob Patterson	SP

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season^[2]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
O. Concepción	1	1	1	1.000	0	0
B. Gideon	29	1	1	1.000	0	2
J. Lind	35	143	46	0.322	0	11
A. Pedrique	88	246	74	0.301	1	27
B. Bonilla	141	466	140	0.300	15	77
M. LaValliere	121	340	102	0.300	1	36
U. Washington	10	10	3	0.300	0	0
A. Van Slyke	157	564	165	0.293	21	82
T. Harper	36	66	19	0.288	1	7
S. Bream	149	516	142	0.275	13	65
J. Cangelosi	104	182	50	0.275	4	18
J. Ray	123	472	129	0.273	5	54
J. Ortiz	75	192	52	0.271	1	22
J. Morrison	96	348	92	0.264	9	46
B. Bonds	150	551	144	0.261	25	59
R. Reynolds	117	335	87	0.260	7	51
F. Fermín	23	68	17	0.250	0	4
T. Gregg	10	8	2	0.250	0	0
J. Robinson	18	4	1	0.250	1	1
B. Kipper	26	33	8	0.242	0	0
M. Diaz	103	241	58	0.241	16	48
B. Walk	39	26	6	0.231	0	5
D. Coles	40	119	27	0.227	6	24
T. Prince	4	9	2	0.222	1	2
M. Sasser	12	23	5	0.217	0	2
R. Belliard	81	203	42	0.207	1	15
B. Almon	19	20	4	0.200	0	1
B. Fisher	37	58	11	0.190	2	9
S. Khalifa	5	17	3	0.176	0	2
H. Peña	16	6	1	0.167	0	0
D. Taylor	15	18	3	0.167	0	0
R. Reuschel	25	60	9	0.150	1	5
B. Davis	7	7	1	0.143	0	0
D. Robinson	44	7	1	0.143	0	1
J. Smiley	63	7	1	0.143	0	1
D. Drabek	30	59	7	0.119	0	4
V. Palacios	6	9	1	0.111	0	0
M. Dunne	23	53	5	0.094	0	3
B. Patterson	15	12	1	0.083	0	0
M. Bielecki	8	16	1	0.063	0	0
T. Drummond	6	1	0	0.000	0	0
L. Easley	17	2	0	0.000	0	0
D. González	5	7	0	0.000	0	0
J. Gott	25	1	0	0.000	0	0
H. Jiménez	5	6	0	0.000	0	0
B. Jones	32	3	0	0.000	0	0
M. García	1	0	0	—	0	0
D. Johnson	5	0	0	—	0	0
M. Ross	1	0	0	—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[3]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
M. García	1	2⁄3	0	0	0.00	0
J. Gott	25	31	0	2	1.45	27
R. Reuschel	25	177	8	6	2.75	80
M. Dunne	23	1631⁄3	13	6	3.03	72
J. Robinson	18	262⁄3	2	1	3.04	19
B. Walk	39	117	8	2	3.31	78
D. Robinson	42	651⁄3	6	6	3.86	53
D. Drabek	29	1761⁄3	11	12	3.88	120
V. Palacios	6	291⁄3	2	1	4.30	13
T. Drummond	6	6	0	0	4.50	5
B. Fisher	37	1851⁄3	11	9	4.52	117
H. Peña	16	252⁄3	0	3	4.56	16
B. Gideon	29	362⁄3	1	5	4.66	31
M. Bielecki	8	452⁄3	2	3	4.73	25
L. Easley	17	261⁄3	1	1	5.47	21
B. Jones	32	431⁄3	2	4	5.61	28
D. Taylor	14	531⁄3	2	3	5.74	37
J. Smiley	63	75	5	5	5.76	58
B. Kipper	24	1102⁄3	5	9	5.94	83
B. Patterson	15	43	1	4	6.70	27
M. Ross	1	1	0	0	9.00	0
D. Johnson	5	61⁄3	0	0	9.95	4

Awards and honors

1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Rick Reuschel, P, Reserve

Transactions

November 7, 1986 – Released U.L. Washington.
November 12, 1986 – Released Ray Krawczyk.
November 26, 1986 – Traded Pat Clements, Cecilio Guante and Rick Rhoden to the New York Yankees. Received Doug Drabek, Logan Easley and Brian Fisher.
December 4, 1986 – Signed Butch Davis as a free agent.
December 4, 1986 – Signed Vicente Palacios as a free agent.
December 4, 1986 – Signed Mark Ross as a free agent.
December 5, 1986 – Traded Rick Renteria to the Seattle Mariners. Received a player to be named later. The Seattle Mariners sent Bob Siegel (minors) (December 10, 1986) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
December 8, 1986 – Cecil Espy drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1986 rule 5 draft.
December 8, 1986 – Vicente Palacios drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1986 rule 5 draft.
December 10, 1986 – Signed Houston Jimenez as a free agent.
December 20, 1986 – Released Lee Tunnell.
January 9, 1987 – Signed Carlos Garcia as an amateur free agent.
January 20, 1987 – Signed U.L. Washington as a free agent.
February 6, 1987 – Signed Lee Tunnell as a free agent.
February 9, 1987 – Signed Onix Concepción as a free agent.
March 22, 1987 – Purchased Dann Bilardello from the Montreal Expos.
March 27, 1987 – Traded Jim Winn to the Chicago White Sox. Received John Cangelosi.
March 31, 1987 – Released Mike Brown.
April 1, 1987 – Traded Tony Peña to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Mike Dunne, Mike LaValliere and Andy Van Slyke.
April 3, 1987 – The Milwaukee Brewers returned Vicente Palacios (earlier draft pick).
April 6, 1987 – Sold Lee Tunnell to the St. Louis Cardinals.
April 6, 1987 – Released Larry McWilliams.
May 19, 1987 – Purchased Paul Wilmet from the St. Louis Cardinals.
May 29, 1987 – Traded Bill Almon to the New York Mets. Received Scott Little and Al Pedrique.
June 2, 1987 – Drafted Ben Shelton in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
June 2, 1987 – Drafted Brian Williams in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 2, 1987 – Drafted Wes Chamberlain in the 4th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1987.
June 2, 1987 – Drafted Mickey Morandini in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 2, 1987 – Drafted Kurt Knudsen in the 8th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 2, 1987 – Drafted Steve Carter in the 17th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
June 2, 1987 – Drafted Mike Fyhrie in the 19th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 2, 1987 – Drafted Bob Ayrault in the 26th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 2, 1987 – Drafted Paul Miller in the 53rd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
June 15, 1987 – Released Onix Concepción.
June 26, 1987 – Traded Pete Rice (minors) and Shawn Holman to the Detroit Tigers. Received Terry Harper.
July 23, 1987 – Sold Dann Bilardello to the Kansas City Royals.
July 31, 1987 – Traded Don Robinson to the San Francisco Giants. Received Mackey Sasser and $50,000.
August 3, 1987 – Selected Jim Gott off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.
August 7, 1987 – Traded Jim Morrison to the Detroit Tigers. Received a player to be named later and Darnell Coles. The Detroit Tigers sent Morris Madden (August 12, 1987) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
August 21, 1987 – Traded Rick Reuschel to the San Francisco Giants. Received Scott Medvin and Jeff Robinson.
August 29, 1987 – Traded Johnny Ray to the California Angels. Received a player to be named later and Billie Merrifield (minors). The California Angels sent Miguel Garcia (September 3, 1987) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
October 5, 1987 – Released U.L. Washington.
October 15, 1987 – Butch Davis granted Free Agency.
October 15, 1987 – Houston Jimenez granted Free Agency.
October 15, 1987 – Mark Ross granted Free Agency.

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Vancouver Canadians	Pacific Coast League	Rocky Bridges
AA	Harrisburg Senators	Eastern League	Dave Trembley
A	Salem Buccaneers	Carolina League	Steve Demeter
A	Macon Pirates	South Atlantic League	Dennis Rogers
A-Short Season	Watertown Pirates	New York–Penn League	Jeff Cox
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg, Salem

References

^ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
^ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
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1987 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
1987 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

[3] "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

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