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Thursday, September 17,1987

Thursday, September 17,1987

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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 1987-09-17 Seattle Mariners  8 Chicago White Sox  9 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Bobby Thigpen Bill Wilkinson -- 11,709 3:20
1987 reg season 1987-09-17 California Angels  6 Kansas City Royals  7 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium John Davis Greg Minton -- 26,014 3:09
1987 reg season 1987-09-17 Toronto Blue Jays  5 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Dave Righetti Tom Henke -- 27,032 3:25
1987 reg season 1987-09-17 Cincinnati Reds  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  2 box | pbp Dodger Stadium John Franco Fernando Valenzuela -- 0 2:49
1987 reg season 1987-09-17 Cincinnati Reds  3 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Bob Welch Ted Power Alejandro Pena 23,829 3:08
1987 reg season 1987-09-17 New York Mets  1 Montreal Expos  4 box | pbp Stade Olympique Pascual Perez David Cone -- 24,806 2:30
1987 reg season 1987-09-17 Chicago Cubs  3 Philadelphia Phillies  4 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Don Carman Jamie Moyer Steve Bedrosian 10,338 2:50
1987 reg season 1987-09-17 St. Louis Cardinals  0 Pittsburgh Pirates  1 box | pbp Three Rivers Stadium Mike Dunne Greg Mathews Jim Gott 5,640 2:56
1987 reg season 1987-09-17 Atlanta Braves  1 San Diego Padres  7 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Eric Show Zane Smith -- 8,194 2:20
1987 reg season 1987-09-17 Houston Astros  0 San Francisco Giants  4 box | pbp Candlestick Park Rick Reuschel Danny Darwin -- 23,317 2:26
10 record(s)
Standings 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 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 145 88 57 .607 0.0 817 662 155 W4 41-33 47-24 1 1 1 Yes Lost ALCS (Twins)
1987 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 146 88 58 .603 0.5 782 599 183 L1 39-33 49-25 2 2 2 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 146 81 65 .555 7.5 773 739 34 W1 38-34 43-31 3 3 7 Yes dnq
1987 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 146 81 65 .555 7.5 714 680 34 W1 35-40 46-25 4 4 6 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 144 69 75 .479 18.5 748 738 10 L3 22-48 47-27 5 9 18 -- dnq
1987 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 145 62 83 .428 26.0 667 791 -124 L9 33-40 29-43 6 13 22 -- dnq
1987 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 147 56 91 .381 33.0 662 851 -189 L1 25-47 31-44 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 147 77 70 .524 0.0 724 747 -23 L3 28-47 49-23 1 5 9 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1987 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 147 74 73 .503 3.0 642 630 12 W1 33-42 41-31 2 6 11 -- dnq
1987 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 146 73 73 .500 3.5 737 711 26 L1 34-38 39-35 3 7 12 -- dnq
1987 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 146 70 76 .479 6.5 769 774 -5 W1 32-43 38-33 4 8 16 -- dnq
1987 AL West California Angels franchise | log 147 70 77 .476 7.0 688 721 -33 L1 36-36 34-41 5 10 19 -- dnq
1987 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 146 68 78 .466 8.5 684 733 -49 L1 32-39 36-39 6 11 20 -- dnq
1987 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 146 65 81 .445 11.5 668 699 -31 W5 34-40 31-41 7 12 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 East St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 145 85 60 .586 0.0 741 633 108 L1 45-33 40-27 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Twins)
1987 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 146 84 62 .575 1.5 736 630 106 L1 38-32 46-30 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 145 82 63 .566 3.0 669 657 12 W1 39-33 43-30 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 146 74 72 .507 11.5 651 684 -33 W2 34-37 40-35 4 5 10 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 145 70 75 .483 15.0 658 717 -59 L4 33-39 37-36 5 8 15 -- dnq
1987 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 146 70 76 .479 15.5 630 662 -32 W1 30-44 40-32 6 9 17 -- 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 147 81 66 .551 0.0 701 597 104 W6 39-35 42-31 1 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1987 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 147 73 74 .497 8.0 711 693 18 L1 37-37 36-37 2 6 13 -- dnq
1987 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 146 71 75 .486 9.5 589 605 -16 L3 28-47 43-28 3 7 14 -- dnq
1987 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 145 62 83 .428 18.0 663 735 -72 L3 24-46 38-37 4 10 23 -- dnq
1987 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 146 62 84 .425 18.5 555 615 -60 W1 28-45 34-39 5 11 24 -- dnq
1987 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 146 61 85 .418 19.5 624 700 -76 W2 25-47 36-38 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
Orlando Miller New York Yankees Hist Signed as amateur free agent
Sherman Obando New York Yankees Hist Signed as undrafted free agent (Panama)
2 record(s)