Milwaukee Brewers | |
Season: | 1987 |
League: | American League |
Division: | East |
Ballpark: | Milwaukee County Stadium |
City: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Owners: | Bud Selig |
General Managers: | Harry Dalton |
Managers: | Tom Trebelhorn |
Television: | WVTV (Jim Paschke, Mike Hegan) |
Radio: | WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes) |
The 1987 Milwaukee Brewers season featured the team finish in third place in the American League East, with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses. The team began the season at a red-hot pace, winning their first 13 games under first-year manager Tom Trebelhorn before losing 12 games in a row in May. Other highlights included Paul Molitor's 39-game hitting streak, the seventh-longest streak in MLB history and second-longest streak post-World War Two (as of 2024),[1] and Juan Nieves tossing the first no-hitter in Brewers history on April 15 with a 7-0 blanking of the Baltimore Orioles.[2]
1987 Milwaukee Brewers | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | CatchersInfielders | OutfieldersOther batters | ManagerCoaches (Bench) (Bullpen) (Pitching) (First base) (Third base/hitting) | ||||||
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 | |
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C | 115 | 395 | 118 | .299 | 7 | 68 | ||
1B | 141 | 532 | 159 | .299 | 13 | 85 | ||
2B | 116 | 321 | 72 | .224 | 3 | 28 | ||
3B | 83 | 276 | 72 | .261 | 4 | 38 | ||
SS | 153 | 535 | 135 | .252 | 25 | 95 | ||
LF | 134 | 474 | 113 | .238 | 28 | 80 | ||
CF | 158 | 635 | 218 | .312 | 21 | 103 | ||
RF | 132 | 505 | 136 | .269 | 13 | 77 | ||
DH | 63 | 250 | 62 | .248 | 6 | 36 |
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 | |
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118 | 465 | 164 | .353 | 16 | 75 | ||
108 | 289 | 77 | .266 | 2 | 31 | ||
81 | 265 | 72 | .272 | 4 | 30 | ||
75 | 250 | 83 | .332 | 14 | 42 | ||
97 | 114 | 26 | .228 | 0 | 13 | ||
48 | 101 | 23 | .228 | 2 | 10 | ||
28 | 99 | 20 | .202 | 5 | 17 | ||
23 | 62 | 12 | .194 | 0 | 4 | ||
10 | 35 | 7 | .200 | 0 | 0 | ||
7 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | |
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35 | 261.2 | 18 | 10 | 3.85 | 240 | ||
34 | 225.0 | 12 | 11 | 4.24 | 102 | ||
34 | 195.2 | 14 | 8 | 4.88 | 163 | ||
10 | 45.0 | 1 | 4 | 6.20 | 25 | ||
11 | 43.2 | 2 | 1 | 5.36 | 22 | ||
4 | 16.1 | 1 | 1 | 9.37 | 8 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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46 | 170.0 | 11 | 8 | 5.24 | 150 | |
15 | 62.0 | 4 | 4 | 5.37 | 26 | |
10 | 26.1 | 0 | 1 | 9.57 | 18 | |
10 | 23.0 | 2 | 2 | 5.87 | 8 | |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO | |
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57 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 2.61 | 89 | ||
53 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 3.67 | 56 | ||
58 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4.48 | 81 | ||
29 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4.91 | 14 | ||
31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.94 | 22 | ||
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.84 | 14 | ||
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.19 | 1 |
See also: Minor League Baseball.
The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1987.[11]