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1987 MLB Season Facts

The fact sheet for the 1987 MLB Season.


The list of the top 20 players who had the highest batting average (AVG) during the 1987 MLB Season (min 502 PA).

1
 
Tony Gwynn
.370
2
 
Wade Boggs
.363
3
 
Paul Molitor
.353
4
 
Alan Trammell
.343
5
 
Pedro Guerrero
.338
6
 
Kirby Puckett
.332
7
 
Tim Raines
.330
8
 
Don Mattingly
.327
9
 
Kevin Seitzer
.323
10
 
Tony Fernandez
.322
11
 
Julio Franco
.319
12
 
John Kruk
.313
13
 
Robin Yount
.312
14
 
Dion James
.312
15
 
Danny Tartabull
.309
16
 
George Bell
.308
17
 
Will Clark
.308
18
 
Pat Tabler
.307
19
 
Willie Randolph
.305
20
 
Dwight Evans
.305

The list of the top 20 players who had the highest on base percentage (OBP) during the 1987 MLB Season (min 502 PA).

1
 
Wade Boggs
.461
2
 
Jack Clark
.459
3
 
Tony Gwynn
.447
4
 
Paul Molitor
.438
5
 
Tim Raines
.429
6
 
Dale Murphy
.417
7
 
Dwight Evans
.417
8
 
Pedro Guerrero
.416
9
 
Willie Randolph
.411
10
 
John Kruk
.407
11
 
Von Hayes
.404
12
 
Alan Trammell
.402
13
 
Brian Downing
.400
14
 
Brett Butler
.399
15
 
Kevin Seitzer
.399
16
 
Eric Davis
.399
17
 
Darryl Strawberry
.398
18
 
Dion James
.397
19
 
Ozzie Smith
.392
20
 
Danny Tartabull
.390

The list of the top 20 players who had the highest slugging percentage (SLG) during the 1987 MLB Season (min 502 PA).

1
 
Mark McGwire
.618
2
 
George Bell
.605
3
 
Jack Clark
.597
4
 
Eric Davis
.593
5
 
Wade Boggs
.588
6
 
Darryl Strawberry
.583
7
 
Will Clark
.580
8
 
Dale Murphy
.580
9
 
Dwight Evans
.569
10
 
Andre Dawson
.568
11
 
Paul Molitor
.566
12
 
Don Mattingly
.559
13
 
Alan Trammell
.551
14
 
Mike Schmidt
.548
15
 
Kent Hrbek
.545
16
 
Danny Tartabull
.541
17
 
Brook Jacoby
.541
18
 
Pedro Guerrero
.539
19
 
Kirby Puckett
.534
20
 
Wally Joyner
.528

The list of the top 20 players who had the most games played during the 1987 MLB Season.

1
 
Bill Doran
162
2
 
Cal Ripken
162
3
 
Kevin Seitzer
161
4
 
Harold Reynolds
160
5
 
Eddie Murray
160
6
 
Juan Samuel
160
7
 
Jesse Barfield
159
8
 
Jose Canseco
159
9
 
Pete O'Brien
159
10
 
Devon White
159
11
 
Dale Murphy
159
12
 
Terry Pendleton
159
13
 
Danny Tartabull
158
14
 
Von Hayes
158
15
 
Robin Yount
158
16
 
Ozzie Smith
158
17
 
Phil Bradley
158
18
 
Ruben Sierra
158
19
 
Cory Snyder
157
20
 
Steve Sax
157

The list of the top 20 players who had the most at bats during the 1987 MLB Season.

1
 
Juan Samuel
655
2
 
Ruben Sierra
643
3
 
Kevin Seitzer
641
4
 
Devon White
639
5
 
Robin Yount
635
6
 
Jose Canseco
630
7
 
Bill Doran
625
8
 
Cal Ripken
624
9
 
Kirby Puckett
624
10
 
Vince Coleman
623
11
 
Andre Dawson
621
12
 
Willie McGee
620
13
 
Eddie Murray
618
14
 
Willie Wilson
610
15
 
Steve Sax
610
16
 
George Bell
610
17
 
Lou Whitaker
604
18
 
Phil Bradley
603
19
 
Ozzie Smith
600
20
 
Johnny Ray
599

The list of the top 20 players who had the most runs scored during the 1987 MLB Season.

1
 
Tim Raines
123
2
 
Vince Coleman
121
3
 
Eric Davis
120
4
 
Tony Gwynn
119
5
 
Dale Murphy
115
6
 
Paul Molitor
114
7
 
Juan Samuel
113
8
 
George Bell
111
9
 
Brian Downing
110
10
 
Lou Whitaker
110
11
 
Alan Trammell
109
12
 
Dwight Evans
109
13
 
Wade Boggs
108
14
 
Darryl Strawberry
108
15
 
Lloyd Moseby
106
16
 
Kevin Seitzer
105
17
 
Ozzie Smith
104
18
 
Devon White
103
19
 
Mitch Webster
101
20
 
Phil Bradley
101

The list of the top 20 players who had the most hits during the 1987 MLB Season.

1
 
Tony Gwynn
218
2
 
Kevin Seitzer
207
3
 
Kirby Puckett
207
4
 
Alan Trammell
205
5
 
Wade Boggs
200
6
 
Robin Yount
198
7
 
George Bell
188
8
 
Tony Fernandez
186
9
 
Don Mattingly
186
10
 
Pedro Guerrero
184
11
 
Ozzie Smith
182
12
 
Danny Tartabull
180
13
 
Vince Coleman
180
14
 
Phil Bradley
179
15
 
Andre Dawson
178
16
 
Juan Samuel
178
17
 
Tim Wallach
177
18
 
Willie McGee
177
19
 
Bill Doran
177
20
 
Tim Raines
175

The list of the top 20 players who had the most doubles during the 1987 MLB Season.

1
 
Tim Wallach
42
2
 
Paul Molitor
41
3
 
Andres Galarraga
40
4
 
Ozzie Smith
40
5
 
Wade Boggs
40
6
 
Don Mattingly
38
7
 
Phil Bradley
38
8
 
Lou Whitaker
38
9
 
Ivan Calderon
38
10
 
Willie McGee
37
11
 
Lenny Dykstra
37
12
 
Juan Samuel
37
13
 
Alvin Davis
37
14
 
Dion James
37
15
 
Dwight Evans
37
16
 
Von Hayes
36
17
 
Tony Gwynn
36
18
 
Gary Gaetti
36
19
 
Andy Van Slyke
36
20
 
Jose Canseco
35

The list of the top 20 players who had the most triples during the 1987 MLB Season.

1
 
Willie Wilson
15
2
 
Juan Samuel
15
3
 
Tony Gwynn
13
4
 
Willie McGee
11
5
 
Andy Van Slyke
11
6
 
Luis Polonia
10
7
 
Phil Bradley
10
8
 
Vince Coleman
10
9
 
Barry Bonds
9
10
 
Robin Yount
9
11
 
Milt Thompson
9
12
 
Tony Fernandez
8
13
 
Mitch Webster
8
14
 
Harold Reynolds
8
15
 
Kevin Seitzer
8
16
 
Tim Raines
8
17
 
Dave Martinez
8
18
 
Brett Butler
8
19
 
Spike Owen
7
20
 
Steve Sax
7

The list of the top 20 players who had the most home runs during the 1987 MLB Season.

1
 
Andre Dawson
49
2
 
Mark McGwire
49
3
 
George Bell
47
4
 
Dale Murphy
44
5
 
Darryl Strawberry
39
6
 
Eric Davis
37
7
 
Howard Johnson
36
8
 
Mike Schmidt
35
9
 
Will Clark
35
10
 
Jack Clark
35
11
 
Danny Tartabull
34
12
 
Kent Hrbek
34
13
 
Darrell Evans
34
14
 
Wally Joyner
34
15
 
Dwight Evans
34
16
 
Cory Snyder
33
17
 
Joe Carter
32
18
 
Brook Jacoby
32
19
 
Tom Brunansky
32
20
 
Larry Parrish
32

The list of the top 20 players who had the most runs batted in (RBI) during the 1987 MLB Season.

1
 
Andre Dawson
137
2
 
George Bell
134
3
 
Tim Wallach
123
4
 
Dwight Evans
123
5
 
Mark McGwire
118
6
 
Wally Joyner
117
7
 
Don Mattingly
115
8
 
Jose Canseco
113
9
 
Mike Schmidt
113
10
 
Ruben Sierra
109
11
 
Gary Gaetti
109
12
 
Joe Carter
106
13
 
Jack Clark
106
14
 
Willie McGee
105
15
 
Alan Trammell
105
16
 
Dale Murphy
105
17
 
Darryl Strawberry
104
18
 
Robin Yount
103
19
 
Danny Tartabull
101
20
 
Eric Davis
100

The list of the top 20 players who had the most stolen bases during the 1987 MLB Season.

1
 
Vince Coleman
109
2
 
Harold Reynolds
60
3
 
Willie Wilson
59
4
 
Tony Gwynn
56
5
 
Billy Hatcher
53
6
 
Gary Redus
52
7
 
Tim Raines
50
8
 
Eric Davis
50
9
 
Milt Thompson
46
10
 
Paul Molitor
45
11
 
Ozzie Smith
43
12
 
Gerald Perry
42
13
 
Rickey Henderson
41
14
 
Phil Bradley
40
15
 
Lloyd Moseby
39
16
 
Steve Sax
37
17
 
Darryl Strawberry
36
18
 
Juan Samuel
35
19
 
Mike Felder
34
20
 
Stan Jefferson
34

The list of the top 20 players who had the most walks (batting) during the 1987 MLB Season.

1
 
Jack Clark
136
2
 
Von Hayes
121
3
 
Dale Murphy
115
4
 
Brian Downing
106
5
 
Dwight Evans
106
6
 
Wade Boggs
105
7
 
Darrell Evans
100
8
 
Darryl Strawberry
97
9
 
Brett Butler
91
10
 
Tim Raines
90
11
 
Ozzie Smith
89
12
 
Rob Deer
86
13
 
Phil Bradley
84
14
 
Eric Davis
84
15
 
Kent Hrbek
84
16
 
Mike Schmidt
83
17
 
Howard Johnson
83
18
 
Bill Doran
82
19
 
Tony Gwynn
82
20
 
Willie Randolph
82

The list of the top 20 players who had the most strike outs (batting) during the 1987 MLB Season.

1
 
Rob Deer
186
2
 
Pete Incaviglia
168
3
 
Cory Snyder
166
4
 
Juan Samuel
162
5
 
Bo Jackson
158
6
 
Jose Canseco
157
7
 
Jim Presley
157
8
 
Larry Parrish
154
9
 
Jesse Barfield
141
10
 
Jack Clark
139
11
 
Danny Tartabull
136
12
 
Dale Murphy
136
13
 
Devon White
135
14
 
Eric Davis
134
15
 
Dale Sveum
133
16
 
Mark McGwire
131
17
 
Andres Galarraga
127
18
 
Vince Coleman
126
19
 
Lloyd Moseby
124
20
 
Gary Pettis
124

The list of the top 20 players who had the most wins during the 1987 MLB Season.

1
 
Roger Clemens
20
2
 
Dave Stewart
20
3
 
Mark Langston
19
4
 
Bret Saberhagen
18
5
 
Rick Sutcliffe
18
6
 
Teddy Higuera
18
7
 
Charlie Hough
18
8
 
Jack Morris
18
9
 
Frank Viola
17
10
 
Jimmy Key
17
11
 
Shane Rawley
17
12
 
Walt Terrell
17
13
 
Charlie Leibrandt
16
14
 
Orel Hershiser
16
15
 
Mike Witt
16
16
 
Mike Scott
16
17
 
Floyd Bannister
16
18
 
Rick Rhoden
16
19
 
Frank Tanana
15
20
 
Zane Smith
15

The list of the top 20 players who had the most losses during the 1987 MLB Season.

1
 
Mike Moore
19
2
 
Danny Jackson
18
3
 
Tom Candiotti
18
4
 
Mark Gubicza
18
5
 
Bob Knepper
17
6
 
Mike Morgan
17
7
 
Eric Show
16
8
 
Nolan Ryan
16
9
 
Orel Hershiser
16
10
 
Kevin Gross
16
11
 
Rick Honeycutt
16
12
 
Bob Stanley
15
13
 
Jamie Moyer
15
14
 
Bob Sebra
15
15
 
Fernando Valenzuela
14
16
 
Steve Carlton
14
17
 
Bruce Ruffin
14
18
 
Mike Witt
14
19
 
Greg Maddux
14
20
 
Jose Guzman
14

The list of the top 20 players who had the most complete games during the 1987 MLB Season.

1
 
Roger Clemens
18
2
 
Bret Saberhagen
15
3
 
Bruce Hurst
15
4
 
Teddy Higuera
14
5
 
Mark Langston
14
6
 
Charlie Hough
13
7
 
Jack Morris
13
8
 
Fernando Valenzuela
12
9
 
Rick Reuschel
12
10
 
Mike Moore
12
11
 
Danny Jackson
11
12
 
Floyd Bannister
11
13
 
Orel Hershiser
10
14
 
Mike Witt
10
15
 
Mark Gubicza
10
16
 
Walt Terrell
10
17
 
Zane Smith
9
18
 
Charlie Leibrandt
8
19
 
Mike Morgan
8
20
 
Jimmy Key
8

The list of the top 20 players who had the most shutouts during the 1987 MLB Season.

1
 
Roger Clemens
7
2
 
Bret Saberhagen
4
3
 
Rick Reuschel
4
4
 
Bob Welch
4
5
 
Eric Show
3
6
 
Charlie Leibrandt
3
7
 
Frank Tanana
3
8
 
Zane Smith
3
9
 
Kelly Downs
3
10
 
Dwight Gooden
3
11
 
Floyd Youmans
3
12
 
Doyle Alexander
3
13
 
Mike Scott
3
14
 
Dave Dravecky
3
15
 
Teddy Higuera
3
16
 
Mark Langston
3
17
 
Brian Fisher
3
18
 
Bruce Hurst
3
19
 
Danny Jackson
2
20
 
Charles Hudson
2

The list of the top 20 players who had the most walks (pitching) during the 1987 MLB Season.

1
 
Bobby Witt
140
2
 
Fernando Valenzuela
124
3
 
Charlie Hough
124
4
 
Mark Gubicza
120
5
 
Mark Langston
114
6
 
Danny Jackson
109
7
 
Rick Sutcliffe
106
8
 
Dave Stewart
105
9
 
Bert Blyleven
101
10
 
Juan Nieves
100
11
 
Jamie Moyer
97
12
 
Jose DeLeon
97
13
 
Ron Darling
96
14
 
Mitch Williams
94
15
 
Walt Terrell
94
16
 
Tom Candiotti
93
17
 
Jack Morris
93
18
 
Zane Smith
91
19
 
Nolan Ryan
87
20
 
Kevin Gross
87

The list of the top 20 players who had the most strike outs (pitching) during the 1987 MLB Season.

1
 
Nolan Ryan
270
2
 
Mark Langston
262
3
 
Roger Clemens
256
4
 
Teddy Higuera
240
5
 
Mike Scott
233
6
 
Charlie Hough
223
7
 
Jack Morris
208
8
 
Dave Stewart
205
9
 
Frank Viola
197
10
 
Bert Blyleven
196
11
 
Bob Welch
196
12
 
Mike Witt
192
13
 
Fernando Valenzuela
190
14
 
Orel Hershiser
190
15
 
Bruce Hurst
190
16
 
Jim Clancy
180
17
 
Rick Sutcliffe
174
18
 
Ron Darling
167
19
 
Mark Gubicza
166
20
 
Bret Saberhagen
163

The list of the top 20 players who had the most saves during the 1987 MLB Season.

1
 
Steve Bedrosian
40
2
 
Lee Smith
36
3
 
Tom Henke
34
4
 
Todd Worrell
33
5
 
John Franco
32
6
 
Dave Righetti
31
7
 
Jeff Reardon
31
8
 
Roger McDowell
25
9
 
Dave Smith
24
10
 
Dan Plesac
23
11
 
Don Robinson
19
12
 
Gene Garber
18
13
 
Tim Burke
18
14
 
DeWayne Buice
17
15
 
Dale Mohorcic
16
16
 
Jay Howell
16
17
 
Dennis Eckersley
16
18
 
Jesse Orosco
16
19
 
Bobby Thigpen
16
20
 
Lance McCullers
16