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Saturday, August 15,1987

Saturday, August 15,1987

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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 1987-08-15 Milwaukee Brewers  1 Baltimore Orioles  2 box | pbp Memorial Stadium Mike Flanagan Teddy Higuera -- 25,243 2:26
1987 reg season 1987-08-15 Texas Rangers  6 Boston Red Sox  7 box | pbp Fenway Park Wes Gardner Steve Howe -- 31,189 3:30
1987 reg season 1987-08-15 Oakland Athletics  13 California Angels  3 box | pbp Angel Stadium of Anaheim Dave Stewart John Candelaria -- 43,868 2:33
1987 reg season 1987-08-15 Detroit Tigers  8 Kansas City Royals  4 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Eric King Danny Jackson Mike Henneman 40,425 3:05
1987 reg season 1987-08-15 Seattle Mariners  4 Minnesota Twins  14 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Roy Smith Lee Guetterman -- 31,154 2:56
1987 reg season 1987-08-15 Cleveland Indians  2 New York Yankees  11 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Dennis Rasmussen Ken Schrom Tim Stoddard 38,930 3:14
1987 reg season 1987-08-15 Chicago White Sox  1 Toronto Blue Jays  0 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Richard Dotson Jim Clancy -- 37,155 2:25
1987 reg season 1987-08-15 New York Mets  3 Chicago Cubs  7 box | pbp Wrigley Field Jamie Moyer Terry Leach Frank DiPino 32,425 2:59
1987 reg season 1987-08-15 Atlanta Braves  0 Houston Astros  8 box | pbp Astrodome Danny Darwin Rick Mahler -- 34,924 2:24
1987 reg season 1987-08-15 Pittsburgh Pirates  3 Montreal Expos  6 box | pbp Stade Olympique Tim Burke Brian Fisher -- 23,894 2:41
1987 reg season 1987-08-15 Los Angeles Dodgers  0 San Francisco Giants  5 box | pbp Candlestick Park Dave Dravecky Fernando Valenzuela -- 43,480 2:25
1987 reg season 1987-08-15 Philadelphia Phillies  5 St. Louis Cardinals  2 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Kevin Gross Bob Forsch Steve Bedrosian 48,309 2:48
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 Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 117 69 48 .590 0.0 614 487 127 L1 33-27 36-21 1 1 2 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 114 67 47 .588 0.5 642 530 112 W1 31-25 36-22 2 2 3 Yes Lost ALCS (Twins)
1987 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 117 67 50 .573 2.0 598 548 50 W1 29-32 38-18 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 116 60 56 .517 8.5 611 629 -18 L1 28-30 32-26 4 5 8 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 116 55 61 .474 13.5 605 609 -4 W1 19-39 36-22 5 11 19 -- dnq
1987 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 117 53 64 .453 16.0 562 616 -54 W1 29-30 24-34 6 12 20 -- dnq
1987 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 116 44 72 .379 24.5 514 685 -171 L1 19-39 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 118 64 54 .542 0.0 599 593 6 W2 24-36 40-18 1 4 7 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1987 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 116 59 57 .509 4.0 603 558 45 W2 28-29 31-28 2 6 13 -- dnq
1987 AL West California Angels franchise | log 117 59 58 .504 4.5 562 578 -16 L2 30-28 29-30 3 7 14 -- dnq
1987 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 116 58 58 .500 5.0 489 477 12 L1 23-36 35-22 4 8 15 -- dnq
1987 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 116 56 60 .483 7.0 545 603 -58 L2 25-30 31-30 5 9 17 -- dnq
1987 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 115 55 60 .478 7.5 626 621 5 L1 24-33 31-27 6 10 18 -- dnq
1987 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 115 47 68 .409 15.5 516 552 -36 W1 26-31 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 116 70 46 .603 0.0 628 524 104 L1 38-24 32-22 1 1 1 Yes Lost World Series (Twins)
1987 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 116 65 51 .560 5.0 543 525 18 W3 29-26 36-25 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1987 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 117 65 52 .556 5.5 577 514 63 L3 29-29 36-23 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 116 60 56 .517 10.0 542 558 -16 W1 28-30 32-26 4 4 9 -- dnq
1987 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 117 60 57 .513 10.5 541 552 -11 W3 28-31 32-26 5 7 12 -- dnq
1987 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 117 51 66 .436 19.5 501 555 -54 L3 21-37 30-29 6 10 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 Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 118 61 57 .517 0.0 588 567 21 L1 30-30 31-27 1 5 10 Yes dnq
1987 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 118 61 57 .517 0.0 557 511 46 W1 30-29 31-28 2 6 11 Yes Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1987 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 116 57 59 .491 3.0 476 483 -7 W2 24-35 33-24 3 8 16 -- dnq
1987 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 116 52 64 .448 8.0 457 503 -46 L1 21-35 31-29 4 9 21 -- dnq
1987 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 116 50 66 .431 10.0 544 579 -35 L3 22-36 28-30 5 11 23 -- dnq
1987 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 117 48 69 .410 12.5 493 576 -83 W1 20-38 28-31 6 12 24 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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  • 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.
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  • 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
Mike Mason Chicago Cubs Injury DL - Unknown
1 record(s)