1987 Atlanta Braves season

1987 Atlanta Braves
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1876) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (since 1966) Atlanta, Georgia (since 1966)
1987 information
Owner(s)	Ted Turner
General manager(s)	Bobby Cox
Manager(s)	Chuck Tanner
Local television	WTBS Superstation WTBS
Local radio	WSB (Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, John Sterling)
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1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Starting pitchers
  - 3.2.1 Relief pitchers
4 Farm system
5 Notes
6 References

Offseason

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

Regular season

May 1, 1987: Houston Astros pitcher Nolan Ryan hit a home run off of Braves pitcher Charlie Puleo^[3]
August 17, 1987: Tom Glavine made his major league baseball debut. ^[4] 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.^[5]

Season standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
San Francisco Giants	90	72	--	.556
Cincinnati Reds	84	78	6.0	.519
Houston Astros	76	86	14.0	.469
Los Angeles Dodgers	73	89	17.0	.451
Atlanta Braves	69	92	20.5	.429
San Diego Padres	65	97	25.0	.401

Notable transactions

April 1, 1987: Graig Nettles was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves. ^[6]
May 5, 1987: Doyle Alexander was signed as a free agent by the Braves.^[7]
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.^[8]
July 25, 1987: Joe Boever was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Atlanta Braves for Randy O'Neal. ^[9]
August 12, 1987: Doyle Alexander was traded by the Braves to the Detroit Tigers for John Smoltz.^[7]

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	Virgil, OzzieOzzie Virgil	123	429	106	.247	27	72
1B	Perry, GeraldGerald Perry	142	533	144	.270	12	74
2B	Hubbard, GlennGlenn Hubbard	141	443	117	.264	5	38
3B	Oberkfell, KenKen Oberkfell	135	508	142	.280	3	48
SS	Thomas, AndrésAndrés Thomas	82	324	75	.231	5	39
LF	Griffey, KenKen Griffey	122	399	114	.286	14	64
CF	James, DionDion James	134	494	154	.312	10	61
RF	Murphy, DaleDale Murphy	159	566	167	.295	44	105

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Nettles, GraigGraig Nettles	112	177	37	.209	5	33
Runge, PaulPaul Runge	27	47	10	.213	3	8

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Palmer, DavidDavid Palmer	28	152.1	8	11	4.90	111

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

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

^[10]

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

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Retired numbers

3 · 6 · 21 · 31 · 35 · 41 · 42 · 44 · 47

Key personnel

Owner: John C. Malone (Liberty Media) · General Manager: Frank Wren · Club President: John Schuerholz · Manager: Fredi González

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Notes

^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/henslch01.shtml
^ Luis Leal Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ Nolan Ryan Home Run Log (Batting) - Baseball-Reference PI
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/glavito02.shtml
^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198708170HOU
^ Graig Nettles Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ ^a ^b Doyle Alexander page at Baseball Reference
^ Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boevejo01.shtml
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

References

1987 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference