1987 Oakland Athletics season

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1987 Oakland Athletics
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901) Western Division (Since 1969)
Location
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Since 1968) Oakland, California (Since 1968)
1987 Information
Owner(s)	Walter A. Haas, Jr.
Manager(s)	Tony LaRussa
Local television	KPIX (Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ray Fosse)
Local radio	KSFO (Bill King, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Joe Fonzi)

The Oakland Athletics' 1987 season involved the A's finishing 3rd in the American League West with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Other batters
- 3.2 Starting pitchers
  - 3.2.1 Other pitchers
    - 3.2.1.1 Relief pitchers
4 References

[edit] Offseason

December 11, 1986 – The Oakland Athletics send Donnie Hill to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Gene Nelson and Bruce Tanner.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Notable Transactions

April 3, 1987: Dennis Eckersley was traded by the Chicago Cubs with Dan Rohn to the Oakland Athletics for Brian Guinn (minors), Dave Wilder (minors), and Mark Leonette (minors).
June 2, 1987: Scott Brosius was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 20th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1987. ^[1]
August 29, 1987 – The Oakland Athletics send Tim Belcher to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Rick Honeycutt.
September 8, 1987 - Rob Nelson was sent by the Oakland Athletics to the San Diego Padres to complete an earlier deal made on August 30, 1987. The Oakland Athletics sent players to be named later to the San Diego Padres for Storm Davis. The Oakland Athletics sent Dave Leiper (August 31, 1987) and Rob Nelson (September 8, 1987) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

[edit] Season standings

**AL West Final Standings**
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Away
Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	--	56-25	29-52
Kansas City Royals	83	79	.512	2	46-35	37-44
Oakland Athletics	81	81	.500	4	42-39	39-42
Seattle Mariners	78	84	.481	7	40-41	38-43
Chicago White Sox	77	85	.475	8	38-43	39-42
Texas Rangers	75	87	.463	10	43-38	32-49
California Angels	75	87	.463	10	38-43	37-44

[edit] Roster

1987 Oakland Athletics roster

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Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

25 Mark McGwire

Outfielders

33 José Canseco

Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Mark McGwire	151	557	161	.289	49	118
José Canseco	159	630	162	.257	31	113
Reggie Jackson	115	336	74	.220	15	43

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Tony Bernazard	61	214	57	.266	3	19
Ron Cey	45	104	23	.221	4	11
Rob Nelson	7	24	4	.167	0	0
Mickey Tettleton	82	211	41	.194	8	26

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] References

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v • d • e 1987 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto

AL West	California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas

NL East	Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco

1987 All-Star Game • 1987 World Series

v • d • e Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics • Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise	History • Seasons • Records • Players • Managers and Owners • Broadcasters

Ballparks	Columbia Park • Shibe Park • Municipal Stadium • McAfee Coliseum • Cashman Field • Cisco Field (future)

Culture	Athletics Nation • Charlie-O • Loma Prieta earthquake • Stomper

Rivalries	City Series • Bay Bridge Series

Important Figures	Reggie Jackson • Catfish Hunter • Mark McGwire • Connie Mack • Al Simmons • Rickey Henderson • Jimmie Foxx • Rollie Fingers • Charlie O. Finley • Tony LaRussa • Nap Lajoie • Home Run Baker • Dennis Eckersley • Lefty Grove • Bert Campaneris • Carney Lansford • Walter A. Haas Jr. • José Canseco • Jason Giambi • Dave Stewart • Miguel Tejada • Bob Welch • Barry Zito

Retired Numbers	9 • 27 • 34 • 42 • 43

World Series Champions (9)	1910 • 1911 • 1913 • 1929 • 1930 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1989

American League Championships (15)	1902 • 1905 • 1910 • 1911 • 1913 • 1914 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990

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