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Tuesday, April 21,1987

Tuesday, April 21,1987

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Games on this date
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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1987 reg season 1987-04-21 Kansas City Royals  0 Boston Red Sox  8 box | pbp Fenway Park Roger Clemens Rick Anderson -- 29,082 2:54
1987 reg season 1987-04-21 Oakland Athletics  5 California Angels  8 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Mike Cook Dennis Eckersley Willie Fraser 27,388 3:46
1987 reg season 1987-04-21 Milwaukee Brewers  1 Chicago White Sox  7 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Joel Davis Mark Ciardi Jim Winn 17,023 2:40
1987 reg season 1987-04-21 Toronto Blue Jays  0 Cleveland Indians  5 box | pbp Cleveland Stadium Tom Candiotti Jimmy Key -- 7,203 2:24
1987 reg season 1987-04-21 Seattle Mariners  1 Minnesota Twins  6 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Les Straker Mike Trujillo -- 10,776 2:32
1987 reg season 1987-04-21 Detroit Tigers  1 New York Yankees  3 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Joe Niekro Walt Terrell Cecilio Guante 25,148 2:18
1987 reg season 1987-04-21 Baltimore Orioles  4 Texas Rangers  6 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Charlie Hough Mike Flanagan -- 16,258 2:31
1987 reg season 1987-04-21 Atlanta Braves  6 Houston Astros  7 box | pbp Astrodome Larry Andersen Gene Garber -- 14,602 2:37
1987 reg season 1987-04-21 New York Mets  9 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Bob Ojeda Bob Kipper Jesse Orosco 13,368 2:48
1987 reg season 1987-04-21 Cincinnati Reds  2 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Lance McCullers Rob Murphy -- 12,983 2:32
1987 reg season 1987-04-21 Los Angeles Dodgers  11 San Francisco Giants  8 box | pbp Candlestick Park Ken Howell Scott Garrelts -- 31,512 3:58
1987 reg season 1987-04-21 Chicago Cubs  5 St. Louis Cardinals  4 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Dickie Noles Bill Dawley Lee Smith 26,333 2:39
12 record(s)
Standings on this date
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year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1987 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 14 13 1 .929 0.0 92 60 32 L1 7-1 6-0 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1987 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 14 11 3 .786 2.0 78 59 19 W8 3-3 8-0 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 14 7 7 .500 6.0 78 69 9 L3 3-1 4-6 3 5 13 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 14 7 7 .500 6.0 62 68 -6 W1 2-5 5-2 4 7 14 -- dnq
1987 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 14 7 7 .500 6.0 60 67 -7 L1 2-3 5-4 5 6 11 -- dnq
1987 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 13 6 7 .462 6.5 53 50 3 L3 3-4 3-3 6 8 17 -- Lost ALCS (Twins)
1987 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 15 4 11 .267 9.5 72 101 -29 W1 3-7 1-4 7 12 23 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1987 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 14 10 4 .714 0.0 78 51 27 W3 5-4 5-0 1 3 4 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1987 AL West California Angels franchise | log 14 9 5 .643 1.0 63 54 9 W1 4-2 5-3 2 4 7 Yes dnq
1987 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 13 6 7 .462 3.5 64 57 7 L1 1-4 5-3 3 9 16 -- dnq
1987 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 15 6 9 .400 4.5 59 84 -25 L2 1-4 5-5 4 10 19 -- dnq
1987 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 13 5 8 .385 4.5 49 56 -7 W1 4-4 1-4 5 11 20 -- dnq
1987 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 15 4 11 .267 6.5 69 80 -11 L1 2-7 2-4 6 13 24 -- dnq
1987 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 12 2 10 .167 7.0 52 73 -21 W1 1-7 1-3 7 14 26 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1987 NL East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 12 7 5 .583 0.0 65 54 11 L1 4-2 3-3 1 4 8 Yes Lost World Series (Twins)
1987 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 13 7 6 .538 0.5 68 67 1 W1 4-4 3-2 2 5 9 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 13 6 7 .462 1.5 59 60 -1 L1 2-2 4-5 3 8 15 -- dnq
1987 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 12 5 7 .417 2.0 47 48 -1 W1 4-1 1-6 4 9 18 -- dnq
1987 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 11 4 7 .364 2.5 33 49 -16 L1 4-6 0-1 5 10 21 -- dnq
1987 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 13 4 9 .308 3.5 51 76 -25 W1 3-3 1-6 6 11 22 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
1987 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 15 11 4 .733 0.0 64 52 12 L1 5-2 6-2 1 1 3 Yes Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1987 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 14 10 4 .714 0.5 87 48 39 L1 3-2 7-2 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1987 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 14 9 5 .643 1.5 59 53 6 W1 2-5 7-0 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1987 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 12 6 6 .500 3.5 54 49 5 L3 3-4 3-2 4 7 10 -- dnq
1987 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 16 8 8 .500 3.5 70 65 5 W1 4-5 4-3 5 6 12 -- dnq
1987 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 15 3 12 .200 8.0 39 75 -36 W1 1-5 2-7 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Dave Schuler San Francisco Giants Hist Sold by Milwaukee Brewers to San Francisco Giants
Kirk McCaskill California Angels Injury DL - Bone chips in right elbow + Surgery
2 record(s)