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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