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Wednesday, August 12,1987

Wednesday, August 12,1987

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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 1987-08-12 Cleveland Indians  8 Baltimore Orioles  6 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Darrel Akerfelds Mike Griffin Doug Jones 19,566 3:26
1987 reg season 1987-08-12 Toronto Blue Jays  10 Boston Red Sox  4 box | pbp Fenway Park Dave Stieb Jeff Sellers -- 33,403 2:56
1987 reg season 1987-08-12 Detroit Tigers  8 Chicago White Sox  7 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Guillermo Hernandez Bobby Thigpen -- 16,438 3:18
1987 reg season 1987-08-12 New York Yankees  1 Kansas City Royals  2 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Charlie Leibrandt Rick Rhoden -- 34,395 2:53
1987 reg season 1987-08-12 Texas Rangers  12 Milwaukee Brewers  3 box | pbp County Stadium Paul Kilgus Ray Burris -- 21,609 2:57
1987 reg season 1987-08-12 California Angels  8 Minnesota Twins  2 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Kirk McCaskill Les Straker -- 33,033 2:36
1987 reg season 1987-08-12 Oakland Athletics  3 Seattle Mariners  4 box | pbp Kingdome Mark Langston Gene Nelson Bill Wilkinson 13,601 2:28
1987 reg season 1987-08-12 Cincinnati Reds  0 Los Angeles Dodgers  1 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Tim Leary Bill Gullickson Matt Young 38,549 2:49
1987 reg season 1987-08-12 Montreal Expos  2 New York Mets  4 box | pbp Shea Stadium Ron Darling Bob Sebra Roger McDowell 40,313 2:21
1987 reg season 1987-08-12 Chicago Cubs  7 Philadelphia Phillies  13 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Jeff Calhoun Ed Lynch -- 36,190 3:14
1987 reg season 1987-08-12 St. Louis Cardinals  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  11 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Bob Walk Joe Magrane -- 15,186 2:21
1987 reg season 1987-08-12 Atlanta Braves  2 San Diego Padres  1 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Zane Smith Eric Nolte -- 14,400 2:14
1987 reg season 1987-08-12 Houston Astros  1 San Francisco Giants  8 box | pbp Candlestick Park Atlee Hammaker Mike Scott Don Robinson 23,331 2:31
13 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 Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 114 68 46 .596 0.0 608 474 134 W2 33-27 35-19 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 111 65 46 .586 1.5 625 518 107 W2 29-24 36-22 2 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Twins)
1987 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 115 66 49 .574 2.5 582 540 42 L4 29-32 37-17 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 113 59 54 .522 8.5 600 620 -20 L2 27-28 32-26 4 5 8 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 113 53 60 .469 14.5 585 591 -6 L2 19-39 34-21 5 11 19 -- dnq
1987 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 114 51 63 .447 17.0 553 605 -52 L2 29-30 22-33 6 12 22 -- dnq
1987 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 114 43 71 .377 25.0 506 669 -163 W2 18-38 25-33 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 AL West Minnesota Twins franchise | log 115 62 53 .539 0.0 578 581 -3 L1 24-36 38-17 1 4 7 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1987 AL West California Angels franchise | log 114 58 56 .509 3.5 548 557 -9 W1 29-28 29-28 2 6 12 -- dnq
1987 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 113 57 56 .504 4.0 477 460 17 W4 23-36 34-20 3 7 13 -- dnq
1987 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 114 57 57 .500 4.5 583 549 34 L2 26-29 31-28 4 8 15 -- dnq
1987 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 114 56 58 .491 5.5 538 583 -45 W2 25-28 31-30 5 9 16 -- dnq
1987 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 112 54 58 .482 6.5 608 601 7 W2 23-31 31-27 6 10 18 -- dnq
1987 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 112 45 67 .402 15.5 503 546 -43 L2 24-30 21-37 7 13 25 -- 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 113 69 44 .611 0.0 616 511 105 L1 38-24 31-20 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Twins)
1987 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 114 65 49 .570 4.5 568 494 74 W2 29-26 36-23 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 113 62 51 .549 7.0 524 512 12 L2 29-26 33-25 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 113 58 55 .513 11.0 529 546 -17 W4 26-29 32-26 4 4 9 -- dnq
1987 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 114 57 57 .500 12.5 521 543 -22 L3 28-31 29-26 5 7 14 -- dnq
1987 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 114 51 63 .447 18.5 488 536 -48 W1 21-34 30-29 6 10 21 -- 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 Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 115 59 56 .513 0.0 573 550 23 L2 28-29 31-27 1 6 10 Yes dnq
1987 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 115 59 56 .513 0.0 542 501 41 W1 30-29 29-27 2 5 11 Yes Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1987 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 113 55 58 .487 3.0 454 472 -18 L1 24-34 31-24 3 8 17 -- dnq
1987 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 113 51 62 .451 7.0 451 490 -39 W2 20-34 31-28 4 9 20 -- dnq
1987 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 113 50 63 .442 8.0 537 558 -21 W1 22-33 28-30 5 11 23 -- dnq
1987 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 114 46 68 .404 12.5 473 563 -90 L1 20-38 26-30 6 12 24 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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
Morris Madden Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Traded from Detroit Tigers with Darnell Coles to Pittsburgh Pirates for Jim Morrison (8/7/1987)
Doyle Alexander Detroit Tigers Hist Traded from Atlanta Braves to Detroit Tigers for John Smoltz
John Smoltz Atlanta Braves Hist Traded from Detroit Tigers to Atlanta Braves for Doyle Alexander
Dale Mohorcic Texas Rangers Injury DL - Ulcers
Angel Salazar Kansas City Royals Injury DL - Unknown
5 record(s)