1987 Philadelphia Phillies season

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1987 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Bill Giles
General manager(s) Bill Giles
Manager(s) John Felske, Lee Elia
Local television WTAF
PRISM
Local radio WCAU
(Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler)
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Offseason

Regular season

After getting off to a dismal 1-8 start, the season began to turn when Mike Schmidt hit his 500th career home run in Pittsburgh on April 18. Schmidt cracked the milestone long ball on a 3-0 count off the Pirates' Don Robinson with two men on base in the ninth inning, which rallied the club from a one-run deficit to an eventual 8-6 victory.

Schmidt slammed three home runs in an 11-6 victory over the Expos on June 14 in Montreal, eventually finishing the season with 35 and 530 career homers.

Phillies pitcher Kevin Gross was pitching against the Chicago Cubs on August 10, 1987. Gross was caught with sandpaper in his glove and suspended for 10 games.[3]

After going as high as six games over .500 in late August, the team crashed to a 13-21 finish and tied for fourth place in the NL East with the Pirates.

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 95 67 0.586 49–32 46–35
New York Mets 92 70 0.568 3 49–32 43–38
Montreal Expos 91 71 0.562 4 48–33 43–38
Philadelphia Phillies 80 82 0.494 15 43–38 37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 80 82 0.494 15 47–34 33–48
Chicago Cubs 76 85 0.472 18½ 40–40 36–45


Record vs. opponents

1987 National League Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 6–5 8–10 8–10 6–12 3–9 7–5 7–5 7–5 6–12 8–10 3–9
Chicago 5–6 6–6 8–4 6–6 10–8 9–9 8–10 4–14 9–3 5–7 6–12
Cincinnati 10–8 6–6 13–5 10–8 6–6 7–5 5–7 4–8 12–6 7–11 4–8
Houston 10–8 4–8 5–13 12–6 7–5 6–6 6–6 6–6 5–13 10–8 5–7
Los Angeles 12–6 6–6 8–10 6–12 3–9 6–6 2–10 6–6 11–7 10–8 3–9
Montreal 9–3 8–10 6–6 5–7 9–3 8–10 10–8 11–7 9–3 5–7 11–7
New York 5–7 9–9 5–7 6–6 6–6 10–8 13–5 12–6 8–4 9–3 9–9
Philadelphia 5-7 10–8 7–5 6–6 10–2 8–10 5–13 11–7 8–4 2–10 8–10
Pittsburgh 5–7 14–4 8–4 6–6 6–6 7–11 6–12 7–11 8–4 6–6 7–11
San Diego 12–6 3–9 6–12 13–5 7–11 3–9 4–8 4–8 4–8 5–13 4–8
San Francisco 10–8 7–5 11–7 8–10 8–10 7–5 3–9 10–2 6–6 13–5 7–5
St. Louis 9–3 12–6 8–4 7–5 9–3 7–11 9–9 10–8 11–7 8–4 5–7


Notable transactions

1987 Game Log

Legend
  Phillies win
  Phillies loss
  Postponement
Bold Phillies team member
1987 Game Log[8]
Overall Record: 80–82

Roster

1987 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Lance Parrish 130 466 114 .245 17 67
1B Von Hayes 158 556 154 .277 21 84
2B Juan Samuel 160 655 178 .272 28 100
3B Mike Schmidt 147 522 153 .293 35 113
SS Steve Jeltz 114 293 68 .232 0 12
LF Chris James 115 358 105 .293 17 54
CF Milt Thompson 150 527 159 .302 7 43
RF Glenn Wilson 154 569 150 .264 14 54

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Mike Easler 33 110 31 .282 1 10
Keith Hughes 37 76 20 .263 0 10

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bruce Ruffin 35 204.2 11 14 2.35 93
Kevin Gross 34 200.2 9 16 4.35 110

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Freddie Toliver 10 30.1 1 1 5.64 25

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Steve Bedrosian 65 5 3 40 2.83 74
Wally Ritchie 49 3 2 3 3.75 45
Doug Bair 11 2 0 0 5.93 10

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Maine Guides International League Bill Dancy
AA Reading Phillies Eastern League George Culver
A Clearwater Phillies Florida State League Roly de Armas
A Spartanburg Phillies South Atlantic League Ramón Avilés
A-Short Season Utica Blue Sox New York–Penn League Tony Taylor

[9]

Notes

  1. Tom Gorman at Baseball Reference
  2. Rocky Childress at Baseball Reference
  3. http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/cheaters/ballplayers.html
  4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reynoro02.shtml
  5. Jim Vatcher at Baseball Reference
  6. Shane Turner at Baseball Reference
  7. Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference
  8. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References