1987 World Series: Detroit vs. Cincinnati

 The Detroit Tigers are the 1987 MLB World Series Champions. In a hard fought series that went 7 games, the Detroit Tigers defeated the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 in the final game.

 DATE VIS  R  H  E  HOME R  H  E INN  WIN                   LOSS
----- ------------  ------------ ---  --------------------  -------------------
10/17 CIN  4  8  0  DEA  6  6  1      J.Morris (1-0)        D.Rasmussen (0-1)
10/18 CIN  7 13  0  DEA  2 12  1      R.Murphy (1-0)        D.Alexander (0-1)
10/20 DEA  4  9  1  CIN 11 14  2      R.Robinson (1-0)      W.Terrell (0-1)
10/21 DEA  3  7  0  CIN  2 10  1      M.Henneman (1-0)      T.Hume (0-1)
10/22 DEA 14 16  1  CIN  6 12  2 11   M.Henneman (2-0)      F.Williams (0-1)
10/24 CIN  7 12  2  DEA  6  9  2      P.Perry (1-0)         J.Robinson (0-1)
10/25 CIN  2  9  1  DEA  3  8  0      W.Terrell (1-1)       R.Robinson (1-1)

1987 AL Awards

 AWARDS VOTING FOR 1987 American League Date: 10/5/1987

 
MVP AWARD                               CY YOUNG AWARD
T.Higuera(MLA) 383                      T.Higuera(MLA) 127
G.Bell(TOA) 380                         R.Clemens(BOA) 99
A.Trammell(DEA) 206                     J.Key(TOA) 42
D.Evans(BOA) 131                        J.Clancy(TOA) 14
K.Puckett(MNA) 98                       D.Stewart(OAA) 6
 
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION
C  M.Nokes(DEA) 42,354,936              C.Fisk(CHA) 24,602,878
1B D.Evans(BOA) 71,150,856              M.McGwire(OAA) 61,889,720
2B F.White(KCA) 43,725,672              L.Whitaker(DEA) 42,714,676
3B W.Boggs(BOA) 64,937,728              B.Jacoby(CLA) 42,645,864
SS A.Trammell(DEA) 69,235,976           C.Ripken(BAA) 60,645,100
LF G.Bell(TOA) 97,815,712               P.Bradley(SEA) 53,363,832
CF K.Puckett(MNA) 79,134,168            L.Moseby(TOA) 65,430,732
RF D.Tartabull(KCA) 58,048,876          D.Winfield(NYA) 57,591,620
Pi T.Higuera(MLA) 93,903,080            R.Clemens(BOA) 84,215,392
   J.Key(TOA) 53,515,060                J.Clancy(TOA) 49,389,296
   F.Viola(MNA) 43,833,064              D.Eckersley(OAA) 37,611,144
   D.Stewart(OAA) 37,239,432            B.Blyleven(MNA) 36,502,284
   W.Terrell(DEA) 34,273,328            J.Morris(DEA) 33,219,832
   J.Robinson(DEA) 31,396,128           J.Reed(SEA) 28,827,580
 
GOLD GLOVE SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
P  C.Hough(TEA)                         B.Saberhagen(KCA) 
C  E.Whitt(TOA)                         B.Surhoff(MLA) 
1B D.Mattingly(NYA)                     K.Hrbek(MNA) 
2B F.White(KCA)                         L.Whitaker(DEA) 
3B G.Gaetti(MNA)                        C.Lansford(OAA) 
SS T.Fernandez(TOA)                     A.Trammell(DEA) 
OF K.Puckett(MNA)                       W.Wilson(KCA) 
OF J.Barfield(TOA)                      L.Moseby(TOA) 
OF D.White(CAA)                         D.Winfield(NYA) 
 
SILVER SLUGGER SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
C  M.Nokes(DEA)                         C.Fisk(CHA) 
1B D.Evans(BOA)                         M.McGwire(OAA) 
2B F.White(KCA)                         L.Whitaker(DEA) 
3B W.Boggs(BOA)                         B.Jacoby(CLA) 
SS A.Trammell(DEA)                      C.Ripken(BAA) 
LF G.Bell(TOA)                          P.Bradley(SEA) 
CF K.Puckett(MNA)                       L.Moseby(TOA) 
RF D.Tartabull(KCA)                     D.Winfield(NYA) 
 
ROLAIDS FIREMAN RELIEF AWARD            MANAGER OF THE YEAR
D.Righetti(NYA) 62                      Tony LaRussa(OAA) 
T.Henke(TOA) 60                         Sparky Anderson(DEA) 
D.Plesac(MLA) 57                        Jimy Williams(TOA) 
D.Eckersley(OAA) 55                     John McNamara(BOA) 
J.Reed(SEA) 39                          Dick Williams(SEA) 
 

1987 NL Awards

 AWARDS VOTING FOR 1987 National League Date: 10/5/1987

 
MVP AWARD                               CY YOUNG AWARD
D.Strawberry(NYN) 382                   N.Ryan(HON) 118
J.Clark(SLN) 380                        B.Forsch(SLN) 96
D.Murphy(ATN) 212                       T.Worrell(SLN) 48
A.Dawson(CHN) 129                       R.Reuschel(SFN) 18
H.Johnson(NYN) 95                       J.Franco(CIN) 7
 
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION
C  B.Santiago(SDN) 1,741,655            G.Carter(NYN) 1,683,022
1B J.Clark(SLN) 3,455,435               V.Hayes(PHN) 2,567,829
2B B.Doran(HON) 2,726,240               J.Samuel(PHN) 2,305,705
3B H.Johnson(NYN) 2,609,893             M.Schmidt(PHN) 2,322,706
SS O.Smith(SLN) 1,908,458               B.Larkin(CIN) 977,029
LF P.Guerrero(LAN) 3,118,260            T.Raines(MON) 2,256,667
CF E.Davis(CIN) 2,572,880               A.Van Slyke(PIN) 2,161,590
RF D.Murphy(ATN) 4,222,256              D.Strawberry(NYN) 4,101,556
Pi N.Ryan(HON) 4,053,366                R.Reuschel(SFN) 2,895,261
   B.Forsch(SLN) 2,876,020              T.Worrell(SLN) 2,478,102
   J.Franco(CIN) 2,242,553              D.Smith(HON) 2,049,751
   J.Robinson(PIN) 1,600,789            S.Bedrosian(PHN) 1,593,700
   G.Mathews(SLN) 1,580,985             L.McCullers(SDN) 1,504,507
   R.Sutcliffe(CHN) 1,428,742           D.Cone(NYN) 1,385,055
 
GOLD GLOVE SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
P  R.Mahler(ATN)                        B.Forsch(SLN) 
C  L.Parrish(PHN)                       G.Carter(NYN) 
1B K.Hernandez(NYN)                     A.Galarraga(MON) 
2B B.Doran(HON)                         R.Sandberg(CHN) 
3B M.Schmidt(PHN)                       T.Wallach(MON) 
SS O.Smith(SLN)                         G.Templeton(SDN) 
OF A.Van Slyke(PIN)                     A.Dawson(CHN) 
OF E.Davis(CIN)                         D.Murphy(ATN) 
OF W.McGee(SLN)                         T.Gwynn(SDN) 
 
SILVER SLUGGER SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
C  G.Carter(NYN)                        B.Santiago(SDN) 
1B J.Clark(SLN)                         V.Hayes(PHN) 
2B J.Samuel(PHN)                        B.Doran(HON) 
3B H.Johnson(NYN)                       T.Wallach(MON) 
SS O.Smith(SLN)                         B.Larkin(CIN) 
LF P.Guerrero(LAN)                      K.McReynolds(NYN) 
CF E.Davis(CIN)                         W.McGee(SLN) 
RF D.Murphy(ATN)                        D.Strawberry(NYN) 
 
ROLAIDS FIREMAN RELIEF AWARD            MANAGER OF THE YEAR
J.Franco(CIN) 84                        Whitey Herzog(SLN) 
D.Smith(HON) 78                         Pete Rose(CIN) 
S.Bedrosian(PHN) 76                     Roger Craig(SFN) 
T.Worrell(SLN) 76                       Hal Lanier(HON) 
L.Smith(CHN) 60                         Jim Leyland(PIN) 
 

1987 AL Final League Leaders

 NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1987 American League Date: 10/5/1987

 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1987 DEA 101  61    W.Boggs   BOA .390  G.Bell    TOA   65  G.Bell    TOA  172
1987 TOA  95  67    P.Molitor MLA .364  M.McGwire OAA   49  K.Puckett MNA  136
1987 MLA  91  71    K.Puckett MNA .355  L.Parrish TEA   46  D.Evans   BOA  131
1987 BOA  89  73    W.Randolp NYA .332  L.Moseby  TOA   42  D.Winfiel NYA  126
1987 NYA  78  84    D.Evans   BOA .331  OTHERS TIED W   40  D.Tartabu KCA  122
1987 BAA  70  92
1987 CLA  51 111    WINS                SAVES               ERA
                    R.Clemens BOA   26  D.Righett NYA   30  T.Higuera MLA 2.32
1987 OAA  94  68    T.Higuera MLA   24  J.Reardon MNA   29  F.Viola   MNA 2.67
1987 SEA  83  79    J.Key     TOA   23  D.Plesac  MLA   27  R.Clemens BOA 3.10
1987 CHA  82  80    W.Terrell DEA   20  T.Henke   TOA   24  B.Saberha KCA 3.24
1987 MNA  81  81    D.Stewart OAA   20  OTHERS TIED W   15  J.Key     TOA 3.26
1987 KCA  78  84
1987 CAA  74  88    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
1987 TEA  67  95    G.Gagne   MNA   14  W.Wilson  KCA   58  R.Clemens BOA  294
                    P.Molitor MLA   13  H.Reynold SEA   58  M.Langsto SEA  269
                    E.Murray  BAA   10  P.Molitor MLA   42  T.Higuera MLA  263
                    K.William CHA    9  G.Redus   CHA   40  J.Morris  DEA  242
                    OTHERS TIED W    8  L.Moseby  TOA   37  J.Clancy  TOA  223
 

1987 NL Final League Leaders

 RECAP FOR 1987 National League Date: 10/5/1987

 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1987 SLN 100  62    P.Guerrer LAN .376  D.Strawbe NYN   49  D.Murphy  ATN  146
1987 NYN  89  73    T.Gwynn   SDN .348  J.Clark   SLN   48  D.Strawbe NYN  136
1987 CHN  82  79    T.Raines  MON .341  H.Johnson NYN   45  J.Clark   SLN  135
1987 PIN  80  82    B.Santiag SDN .322  D.Murphy  ATN   45  K.McReyno NYN  125
1987 MON  77  85    D.James   ATN .317  A.Dawson  CHN   43  T.Wallach MON  123
1987 PHN  74  88
                    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1987 CIN  89  73    B.Forsch  SLN   19  S.Bedrosi PHN   34  R.Reusche SFN 2.84
1987 SFN  85  77    R.Reusche SFN   19  D.Smith   HON   32  G.Mathews SLN 2.91
1987 HON  84  78    N.Ryan    HON   18  J.Franco  CIN   30  N.Ryan    HON 3.06
1987 ATN  73  88    R.Sutclif CHN   17  L.Smith   CHN   28  B.Smith   MON 3.08
1987 SDN  73  89    T.Brownin CIN   17  T.Worrell SLN   28  B.Forsch  SLN 3.32
1987 LAN  65  97
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    T.Raines  MON   14  V.Coleman SLN  105  N.Ryan    HON  270
                    H.Brooks  MON   12  M.Thompso PHN   46  M.Scott   HON  213
                    T.Wallach MON   11  B.Hatcher HON   44  B.Welch   LAN  187
                    G.Perry   ATN   11  T.Gwynn   SDN   44  O.Hershis LAN  178
                    OTHERS TIED W    9  S.Jeffers SDN   44  F.Valenzu LAN  171
 

1987 AL Final Standings

 LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1987 American League

 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
EAST                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1987 Detroit DEA            101  61  .623 ----  *WON*   98  64 .605   98  64 .605
1987 Toronto TOA             95  67  .586  6.0          96  66 .593   96  66 .593
1987 Milwaukee MLA           91  71  .562 10.0          91  71 .562   91  71 .562
1987 Boston BOA              89  73  .549 12.0          78  84 .481   78  84 .481
1987 New York NYA            78  84  .481 23.0          89  73 .549   89  73 .549
1987 Baltimore BAA           70  92  .432 31.0          67  95 .414   67  95 .414
1987 Cleveland CLA           51 111  .315 50.0          61 101 .377   61 101 .377
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
WEST                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1987 Oakland OAA             94  68  .580 ----  *WON*   81  81 .500   81  81 .500
1987 Seattle SEA             83  79  .512 11.0          78  84 .481   78  84 .481
1987 Chicago CHA             82  80  .506 12.0          77  85 .475   77  85 .475
1987 Minnesota MNA           81  81  .500 13.0          85  77 .525   85  77 .525
1987 Kansas City KCA         78  84  .481 16.0          83  79 .512   83  79 .512
1987 California CAA          74  88  .457 20.0          75  87 .463   75  87 .463
1987 Texas TEA               67  95  .414 27.0          75  87 .463   75  87 .463
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
BAA     70   92  .432 38-44 32-48 24-34 46-58  8- 6 22-19     5-5     Lost 1
BOA     89   73  .549 46-34 43-39 30-18 59-55  7- 6 24-16     4-6     Won 2
CAA     74   88  .457 36-45 38-43 19-32 55-56  6-10 27-23     4-6     Lost 1
CHA     82   80  .506 43-38 39-42 32-28 50-52  6-10 24-30     7-3     Lost 2
CLA     51  111  .315 24-57 27-54 15-33 36-78  4- 9 17-28     2-8     Won 1
DEA    101   61  .623 46-35 55-26 32-20 69-41  3- 5 24-24     4-6     Lost 1
KCA     78   84  .481 39-42 39-42 24-25 54-59  8- 5 19-24     9-1     Won 1
MLA     91   71  .562 51-30 40-41 32-22 59-49  5- 9 24-19     6-4     Lost 2
MNA     81   81  .500 44-37 37-44 25-27 56-54  8- 6 27-33     3-7     Lost 1
NYA     78   84  .481 41-40 37-44 32-25 46-59 10-11 20-26     7-3     Won 1
OAA     94   68  .580 43-38 51-30 32-22 62-46  7- 5 28-21     6-4     Won 2
SEA     83   79  .512 43-38 40-41 21-28 62-51 10- 4 28-21     6-4     Won 4
TEA     67   95  .414 40-41 27-54 27-35 40-60  8-10 21-25     3-7     Lost 4
TOA     95   67  .586 48-33 47-34 28-22 67-45 11- 5 22-18     3-7     Won 1
TOTAL 1134 1134  .500
HOME   582  552  .513
ROAD   552  582  .487
LEFT   373  371  .501
RIGHT  761  763  .499
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv RUNS-AGNST
BAA     11-10 11-17 14-14  9-17 13-15 12-19   33-45  37-47   738- 924
BOA     10-12 14-13 18- 9 14-12 16-11 17-16   43-35  46-38   933- 866
CAA     12-11  9-17 18-10 13-13 12-17 10-20   37-41  37-47   775- 850
CHA      5-13 15-12 14-14 13-14 12-18 23- 9   46-32  36-48   783- 789
CLA      6-16  9-19  7-18  9-18 11-19  9-21   21-57  30-54   763-1020
DEA     14- 7 17- 9 14-12 14-12 25- 5 17-16   45-33  56-28   998- 753
KCA      8-11 14-13  9-19 14-14 12-17 21-10   39-39  39-45   793- 778
MLA     14- 7 14-10 13-15 14-14 18-11 18-14   49-29  42-42   854- 740
MNA     12- 9 15-13 18-10 12-15 11-17 13-17   44-34  37-47   788- 789
NYA     12- 9 13-15 10-18 16-10 10-18 17-14   36-42  42-42   868- 889
OAA      8-15 14-11 17-10 14-13 20- 9 21-10   42-36  52-32   835- 759
SEA     12-11 15-11 19- 8 11-15 13-16 13-18   37-41  46-38   791- 839
TEA      8-11  9-18  7-21 18- 9 13-16 12-20   28-50  39-45   808- 913
TOA     15- 5 18- 9 14-14 16-11 16-13 16-15   46-32  49-35   933- 751

1987 NL Final Standings

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1987 National League

 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
EAST                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1987 St. Louis SLN          100  62  .617 ----  *WON*   95  67 .586   95  67 .586
1987 New York NYN            89  73  .549 11.0          92  70 .568   92  70 .568
1987 Chicago CHN             82  79  .509 17.5          76  85 .472   76  85 .472
1987 Pittsburgh PIN          80  82  .494 20.0          80  82 .494   80  82 .494
1987 Montreal MON            77  85  .475 23.0          91  71 .562   91  71 .562
1987 Philadelphia PHN        74  88  .457 26.0          80  82 .494   80  82 .494
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
WEST                        WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1987 Cincinnati CIN          89  73  .549 ----  *WON*   84  78 .519   84  78 .519
1987 San Francisco SFN       85  77  .525  4.0          90  72 .556   90  72 .556
1987 Houston HON             84  78  .519  5.0          76  86 .469   76  86 .469
1987 Atlanta ATN             73  88  .453 15.5          69  92 .429   69  92 .429
1987 San Diego SDN           73  89  .451 16.0          65  97 .401   65  97 .401
1987 Los Angeles LAN         65  97  .401 24.0          73  89 .451   73  89 .451
 
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ATN     73   88  .453 36-45 37-43 20-28 53-60  6- 5 18-20     5-5     Won 1
CHN     82   79  .509 46-34 36-45 15-23 67-56  3-11 15-28     3-7     Lost 4
CIN     89   73  .549 47-34 42-39 30-17 59-56  9- 4 35-16     5-5     Lost 1
HON     84   78  .519 43-38 41-40 26-29 58-49  9-10 27-31     4-6     Won 1
LAN     65   97  .401 36-45 29-52 23-31 42-66 13- 7 23-34     5-5     Lost 3
MON     77   85  .475 43-38 34-47 23-28 54-57  8-13 27-29     5-5     Won 3
NYN     89   73  .549 50-31 39-42 28-32 61-41  8- 6 16-29     8-2     Won 1
PHN     74   88  .457 38-43 36-45 23-26 51-62 11-10 26-25     1-9     Lost 8
PIN     80   82  .494 43-38 37-44 34-37 46-45  6- 8 24-22     5-5     Won 4
SDN     73   89  .451 40-41 33-48 37-28 36-61  9- 7 25-25     7-3     Won 5
SFN     85   77  .525 42-39 43-38 25-25 60-52 10- 8 27-22     4-6     Lost 1
SLN    100   62  .617 55-26 45-36 38-20 62-42  7-10 35-17     8-2     Lost 1
TOTAL  971  971  .500
HOME   519  452  .535
ROAD   452  519  .465
LEFT   322  324  .498
RIGHT  649  647  .501
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv RUNS-AGNST
ATN      8-13 14-14 13-14  8-18 12-16 18-13   45-45  28-43   826- 915
CHN     12- 8 17-11 17-12 10-15 13-15 13-18   42-48  40-31   822- 841
CIN     15- 7 20- 7  9-18 13-14 17-12 15-15   51-39  38-34   804- 775
HON     10-11 17-10 13-14 16-11 17-12 11-20   45-45  39-33   742- 685
LAN     14- 9 10-16 12-15  6-20 10-19 13-18   38-52  27-45   710- 830
MON      5-15 18-10  9-18 13-13 15-14 17-15   37-53  40-32   693- 710
NYN     14- 6 10-17 15-13 16-11 14-15 20-11   51-39  38-34   902- 755
PHN     11- 9  8-18 11-17 15-12 18-12 11-20   45-45  29-43   687- 793
PIN     10- 9 12-15 11-19 14-12 16-13 17-14   42-48  38-34   752- 776
SDN      4-19 11-17 15-12 12-13 14-14 17-14   42-48  31-41   740- 830
SFN     11-12 11-15 19- 8 15-12 14-15 15-15   49-41  36-36   739- 689
SLN     12- 8 14-12 22- 6 20- 7 13-16 19-13   53-37  47-25   811- 629