1987 Atlanta Braves season

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1987 Atlanta Braves
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record69–92 (.429)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Ted Turner
General manager(s)Bobby Cox
Manager(s)Chuck Tanner
Local televisionWTBS
Superstation WTBS
Local radioWSB
(Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, John Sterling)
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The 1987 Atlanta Braves season was the 117th in franchise history and their 22nd in Atlanta.

Offseason[]

  • November 17, 1986: Chuck Hensley was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.[1]
  • November 17, 1986: Trench Davis was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.[2]
  • February 2, 1987: Luis Leal was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Damaso Garcia to the Atlanta Braves for Craig McMurtry.[3]

Regular season[]

  • May 1, 1987: Houston Astros pitcher Nolan Ryan hit a home run off of Braves pitcher Charlie Puleo.[4]
  • August 17, 1987: Tom Glavine made his major league baseball debut.[5] It was against the Houston Astros and Glavine was the starting pitcher. Glavine pitched 3.2 innings and allowed 10 hits and six earned runs. Glavine had 5 bases on balls and one strikeout.[6]
  • September 27, 1987: 48-year old Phil Niekro is signed by the Braves for one final major league start against the San Francisco Giants. Niekro had been released by the Toronto Blue Jays almost a month earlier. He pitches three innings, giving up six hits and 5 runs in a 15-6 loss.

Season standings[]

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NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 90 72 0.556 — 46–35 44–37
Cincinnati Reds 84 78 0.519 6 42–39 42–39
Houston Astros 76 86 0.469 14 47–34 29–52
Los Angeles Dodgers 73 89 0.451 17 40–41 33–48
Atlanta Braves 69 92 0.429 20½ 42–39 27–53
San Diego Padres 65 97 0.401 25 37–44 28–53

Record vs. opponents[]

1987 National League Records
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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[]

  • April 1, 1987: Graig Nettles was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.[7]
  • April 3, 1987: John Mizerock was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves. [8]
  • May 5, 1987: Doyle Alexander was signed as a free agent by the Braves.[9]
  • June 2, 1987: Mike Stanton was drafted by the Braves in the 13th round of the 1987 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 10, 1987.[10]
  • July 25, 1987: Joe Boever was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Atlanta Braves for Randy O'Neal.[11]
  • August 12, 1987: Doyle Alexander was traded by the Braves to the Detroit Tigers for John Smoltz.[9]


Roster[]

1987 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
  • 20 Bruce Benedict
  •  9 Ozzie Virgil

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager
  •  7 Chuck Tanner

Coaches

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

Note: 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 Ozzie Virgil 123 429 106 .247 27 72
1B Gerald Perry 142 533 144 .270 12 74
2B Glenn Hubbard 141 443 117 .264 5 38
3B Ken Oberkfell 135 508 142 .280 3 48
SS Andrés Thomas 82 324 75 .231 5 39
LF Ken Griffey 122 399 114 .286 14 64
CF Dion James 134 494 154 .312 10 61
RF Dale Murphy 159 566 167 .295 44 105

Other batters[]

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Albert Hall 92 292 83 .284 3 24
Rafael Ramírez 56 179 47 .263 1 21
Graig Nettles 112 177 37 .209 5 33
Ted Simmons 73 177 49 .277 4 30
Jeff Blauser 51 165 40 .242 2 15
Gary Roenicke 67 151 33 .219 9 28
Bruce Benedict 37 95 14 .147 1 5
Ron Gant 21 83 22 .265 2 9
Paul Runge 27 47 10 .213 3 8
Darryl Motley 6 8 0 .000 0 1
Trench Davis 6 3 0 .000 0 0
Terry Bell 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Mike Fischlin 1 0 0 --- 0 0

Starting pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Zane Smith 36 242 15 10 4.09 130
Rick Mahler 39 197 8 13 4.98 95
David Palmer 28 152.1 8 11 4.90 111
Doyle Alexander 16 117.2 5 10 4.13 64
Tom Glavine 9 50.1 2 4 5.54 20
Pete Smith 6 31.2 1 2 4.83 11
Kevin Coffman 5 25.1 2 3 4.62 14
Phil Niekro 1 3 0 0 15.00 0

Other pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Charlie Puleo 35 123.1 6 8 4.23 99
Randy O'Neal 16 61 4 2 5.61 33
Larry McWilliams 9 20.1 0 1 5.75 13
Marty Clary 7 14.2 0 1 6.14 7

Relief pitchers[]

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jim Acker 68 4 9 14 4.16 68
Jeff Dedmon 53 3 4 4 3.91 40
Paul Assenmacher 52 1 1 2 5.10 39
Gene Garber 49 8 10 10 4.41 48
Ed Olwine 27 0 1 1 5.01 12
Joe Boever 14 1 0 0 7.36 18
Chuck Cary 13 1 1 1 3.78 15
Steve Ziem 2 0 1 0 7.71 0

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Roy Majtyka
AA Greenville Braves Southern League Jim Beauchamp
A Durham Bulls Carolina League Brian Snitker
A Sumter Braves South Atlantic League Buddy Bailey
Rookie Pulaski Braves Appalachian League Grady Little
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Pedro González
Rookie Idaho Falls Braves Pioneer League Rod Gilbreath

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Notes[]

  1. ^ "Chuck Hensley Stats".
  2. ^ "Trench Davis Stats".
  3. ^ Luis Leal Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ Nolan Ryan Home Run Log (Batting) – Baseball-Reference PI[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Tom Glavine Stats".
  6. ^ "Box Score of Game played on Monday, August 17, 1987 at Astrodome".
  7. ^ Graig Nettles Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ^ "John Mizerock: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  9. ^ a b Doyle Alexander at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Mike Stanton at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ "Joe Boever Stats".
  12. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References[]

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