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Tuesday, September 29,1987

Tuesday, September 29,1987

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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 1987-09-29 California Angels  0 Chicago White Sox  1 box | pbp Comiskey Park I Floyd Bannister Mike Witt Bobby Thigpen 7,554 2:48
1987 reg season 1987-09-29 Baltimore Orioles  1 Detroit Tigers  10 box | pbp Tiger Stadium Frank Tanana Eric Bell -- 16,882 2:38
1987 reg season 1987-09-29 Seattle Mariners  3 Kansas City Royals  6 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Buddy Black Mark Langston -- 17,458 2:51
1987 reg season 1987-09-29 Boston Red Sox  0 New York Yankees  6 box | pbp Yankee Stadium I Charles Hudson Bruce Hurst -- 20,204 2:40
1987 reg season 1987-09-29 Cleveland Indians  4 Oakland Athletics  5 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Steve Ontiveros Doug Jones Dennis Eckersley 7,291 2:51
1987 reg season 1987-09-29 Minnesota Twins  5 Texas Rangers  7 box | pbp Arlington Stadium Charlie Hough Keith Atherton -- 10,328 2:50
1987 reg season 1987-09-29 Milwaukee Brewers  5 Toronto Blue Jays  3 box | pbp Exhibition Stadium Chris Bosio Jimmy Key -- 34,314 2:46
1987 reg season 1987-09-29 Atlanta Braves  4 Cincinnati Reds  5 box | pbp Cinergy Field Pat Perry Jim Acker -- 8,725 2:31
1987 reg season 1987-09-29 Los Angeles Dodgers  6 Houston Astros  1 box | pbp Astrodome Shawn Hillegas Nolan Ryan Alejandro Pena 10,468 2:30
1987 reg season 1987-09-29 New York Mets  0 Philadelphia Phillies  3 box | pbp Veterans Stadium Don Carman David Cone -- 30,799 2:14
1987 reg season 1987-09-29 San Francisco Giants  5 San Diego Padres  3 box | pbp Qualcomm Stadium Kelly Downs Jimmy Jones Craig Lefferts 9,682 2:11
1987 reg season 1987-09-29 Montreal Expos  0 St. Louis Cardinals  1 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Joe Magrane Dennis Martinez -- 0 2:24
1987 reg season 1987-09-29 Montreal Expos  0 St. Louis Cardinals  3 box | pbp Busch Stadium II Greg Mathews Bryn Smith Todd Worrell 48,142 2:36
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 158 96 62 .608 0.0 838 642 196 L3 44-34 52-28 1 1 1 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Detroit Tigers franchise | log 157 94 63 .599 1.5 876 718 158 W1 44-37 50-26 2 2 2 Yes Lost ALCS (Twins)
1987 AL East Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 158 89 69 .563 7.0 847 804 43 W4 41-36 48-33 3 3 5 Yes dnq
1987 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 157 87 70 .554 8.5 772 737 35 W2 38-43 49-27 4 4 7 Yes dnq
1987 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 157 74 83 .471 21.5 817 810 7 L4 26-54 48-29 5 10 19 -- dnq
1987 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 157 65 92 .414 30.5 710 857 -147 L1 34-41 31-51 6 13 24 -- dnq
1987 AL East Cleveland Indians franchise | log 157 60 97 .382 35.5 715 916 -201 L2 25-51 35-46 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 158 85 73 .538 0.0 779 784 -5 L1 29-48 56-25 1 5 9 Yes Won World Series (Cardinals)
1987 AL West Kansas City Royals franchise | log 158 79 79 .500 6.0 688 682 6 W1 37-44 42-35 2 6 12 -- dnq
1987 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 157 78 79 .497 6.5 786 756 30 W1 38-40 40-39 3 7 13 -- dnq
1987 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 157 74 83 .471 10.5 731 776 -45 L1 34-42 40-41 4 9 16 -- dnq
1987 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 157 74 83 .471 10.5 803 822 -19 W1 32-49 42-34 5 8 18 -- dnq
1987 AL West Chicago White Sox franchise | log 157 73 84 .465 11.5 712 734 -22 W5 39-42 34-42 6 12 21 -- dnq
1987 AL West California Angels franchise | log 157 73 84 .465 11.5 737 773 -36 L1 37-42 36-42 7 11 20 -- 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 157 93 64 .592 0.0 779 665 114 W2 46-35 47-29 1 1 3 Yes Lost World Series (Twins)
1987 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 158 90 68 .570 3.5 800 684 116 L1 41-36 49-32 2 2 4 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Montreal Expos franchise | log 157 88 69 .561 5.0 716 699 17 L2 42-37 46-32 3 3 6 Yes dnq
1987 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 158 79 79 .500 14.5 687 726 -39 W1 37-41 42-38 4 6 11 -- dnq
1987 NL East Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 156 75 81 .481 17.5 678 717 -39 L1 33-48 42-33 5 7 14 -- dnq
1987 NL East Chicago Cubs franchise | log 155 74 81 .477 18.0 692 759 -67 W1 34-41 40-40 6 8 15 -- 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 157 87 70 .554 0.0 765 649 116 W3 43-36 44-34 1 4 8 Yes Lost NLCS (Cardinals)
1987 NL West Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 157 80 77 .510 7.0 758 734 24 W3 38-38 42-39 2 5 10 Yes dnq
1987 NL West Houston Astros franchise | log 157 74 83 .471 13.0 627 652 -25 L1 29-52 45-31 3 9 17 -- dnq
1987 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 157 70 87 .446 17.0 613 665 -52 W1 31-47 39-40 4 10 22 -- dnq
1987 NL West Atlanta Braves franchise | log 156 67 89 .429 19.5 726 807 -81 L3 25-50 42-39 5 11 23 -- dnq
1987 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 157 64 93 .408 23.0 657 741 -84 L6 28-53 36-40 6 12 25 -- 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.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
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player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
Doug DeCinces St. Louis Cardinals Hist Signed to #-year contract for 1987-1987 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Alan Wiggins -- Hist Released by Orioles
2 record(s)