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Wednesday, August 26,1987

Wednesday, August 26,1987

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Games on this date
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  • 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.
year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
1987 reg season 1987-08-26 Chicago White Sox  5 Boston Red Sox  3 box | pbp Fenway Park Bill Long Roger Clemens Scott Nielsen 29,947 2:49
1987 reg season 1987-08-26 Texas Rangers  0 Kansas City Royals  3 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Danny Jackson Charlie Hough -- 22,398 2:37
1987 reg season 1987-08-26 Cleveland Indians  0 Milwaukee Brewers  1 box | pbp County Stadium Teddy Higuera Doug Jones -- 11,246 2:31
1987 reg season 1987-08-26 Detroit Tigers  10 Minnesota Twins  8 box | pbp Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Dan Petry Jeff Reardon Guillermo Hernandez 29,265 3:29
1987 reg season 1987-08-26 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 New York Mets  3 box | pbp Shea Stadium Ron Darling Bob Welch Roger McDowell 39,270 2:56
1987 reg season 1987-08-26 San Francisco Giants  2 Philadelphia Phillies  0 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Don Robinson Shane Rawley -- 23,776 2:22
1987 reg season 1987-08-26 Cincinnati Reds  5 Pittsburgh Pirates  6 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Jeff Robinson John Franco -- 13,722 2:32
1987 reg season 1987-08-26 Montreal Expos  6 San Diego Padres  5 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Tim Burke Lance McCullers Bob McClure 11,108 3:59
1987 reg season 1987-08-26 Houston Astros  4 St. Louis Cardinals  5 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Ken Dayley Juan Agosto -- 37,979 2:34
9 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • 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.
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 Detroit Tigers franchise | log 125 75 50 .600 0.0 716 585 131 W2 36-28 39-22 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Twins)
1987 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 126 75 51 .595 0.5 650 519 131 W2 38-30 37-21 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1987 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 126 71 55 .563 4.5 625 575 50 L1 33-36 38-19 3 3 4 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 126 68 58 .540 7.5 688 669 19 W3 32-31 36-27 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 126 61 65 .484 14.5 671 655 16 L1 20-41 41-24 5 9 17 -- dnq
1987 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 126 57 69 .452 18.5 598 664 -66 L2 33-34 24-35 6 12 20 -- dnq
1987 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 127 48 79 .378 28.0 569 755 -186 L4 20-41 28-38 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 129 67 62 .519 0.0 640 664 -24 L2 24-42 43-20 1 5 10 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1987 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 126 65 61 .516 0.5 658 600 58 W2 29-30 36-31 2 6 11 -- dnq
1987 AL West California Angels franchise | log 127 63 64 .496 3.0 593 610 -17 W1 30-28 33-36 3 7 14 -- dnq
1987 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 126 62 64 .492 3.5 540 541 -1 W1 26-39 36-25 4 8 16 -- dnq
1987 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 126 60 66 .476 5.5 677 685 -8 L1 26-35 34-31 5 10 18 -- dnq
1987 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 126 59 67 .468 6.5 583 654 -71 L3 25-32 34-35 6 11 19 -- dnq
1987 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 126 53 73 .421 12.5 572 604 -32 W1 30-35 23-38 7 13 24 -- 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 126 75 51 .595 0.0 673 563 110 W2 41-27 34-24 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Twins)
1987 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 127 71 56 .559 4.5 639 561 78 W1 30-29 41-27 2 2 5 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 125 69 56 .552 5.5 584 575 9 W1 30-27 39-29 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 127 66 61 .520 9.5 581 597 -16 L4 29-30 37-31 4 5 9 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 124 62 62 .500 12.0 582 612 -30 L2 29-33 33-29 5 7 13 -- dnq
1987 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 127 56 71 .441 19.5 549 613 -64 W3 23-42 33-29 6 10 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 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 128 68 60 .531 0.0 600 545 55 W4 36-32 32-28 1 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1987 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 127 65 62 .512 2.5 528 519 9 L2 27-38 38-24 2 6 12 -- dnq
1987 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 128 63 65 .492 5.0 631 622 9 L6 31-33 32-32 3 8 15 -- dnq
1987 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 124 55 69 .444 11.0 592 623 -31 W4 22-38 33-31 4 9 21 -- dnq
1987 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 127 56 71 .441 11.5 489 534 -45 L1 25-42 31-29 5 11 22 -- dnq
1987 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 126 52 74 .413 15.0 535 619 -84 L1 23-41 29-33 6 12 25 -- dnq
26 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • 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
Chris Nichting Los Angeles Dodgers Hist Signed out of draft (Northwestern)
Mike Brown Baltimore Orioles Hist Traded from Seattle Mariners to Baltimore Orioles for Nelson Simmons (8/11/1987)
Ken Patterson Chicago White Sox Hist Traded from New York Yankees with Jeff Pries to Chicago White Sox for Jerry Royster and Mike Soper
Jerry Royster New York Yankees Hist Traded from Chicago White Sox with Mike Soper to New York Yankees for Ken Patterson and Jeff Pries (9/19/1987)
Bill Gullickson New York Yankees Hist Traded from Cincinnati Reds to New York Yankees for Dennis Rasmussen
Dennis Rasmussen Cincinnati Reds Hist Traded from New York Yankees to Cincinnati Reds for Bill Gullickson
Felix Fermin Pittsburgh Pirates Hist Activated from Disabled List
7 record(s)