1987 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1987 throughout the world.

Major League Baseball

League Championship Series
NBC
World Series
ABC
      
East Detroit Tigers 1
West Minnesota Twins 4
AL Minnesota Twins 4
NL St. Louis Cardinals 3
East St. Louis Cardinals 4
West San Francisco Giants 3

Other champions

Awards and honors

MLB statistical leaders

  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Wade Boggs BOS .363 Tony Gwynn SDP .370
HR Mark McGwire OAK 49 Andre Dawson CHC 49
RBI George Bell TOR 134 Andre Dawson CHC 137
Wins Roger Clemens BOS &
Dave Stewart OAK
20 Rick Sutcliffe CHC 18
ERA Jimmy Key TOR 2.76 Nolan Ryan HOU 2.76

Major league baseball final standings

American League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st Detroit Tigers 98   64 .605    --
2nd Toronto Blue Jays 96   66 .593   2
3rd Milwaukee Brewers 91   71 .562   7
4th New York Yankees 89   73 .549   9
5th Boston Red Sox 78   84 .481   20
6th Baltimore Orioles 67   95 .414   31
7th Cleveland Indians 61 101 .377   37
West Division
1st Minnesota Twins 85   77 .525    --
2nd Kansas City Royals 83   79 .512   2
3rd Oakland Athletics 81   81 .500   4
4th Seattle Mariners 78   84 .481   7
5th Chicago White Sox 77   85 .475   8
6th California Angels 75   87 .463   10
6th Texas Rangers 75   87 .463   10

National League
Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
East Division
1st St. Louis Cardinals 95   67 .586    --
2nd New York Mets 92   70 .568   3
3rd Montreal Expos 91   71 .562   4
4th Philadelphia Phillies 80   82 .494   15
4th Pittsburgh Pirates 80   82 .494   15
6th Chicago Cubs 76   85 .472   18.5
West Division
1st San Francisco Giants 90   72 .556    --
2nd Cincinnati Reds 84   78 .519   6
3rd Houston Astros 76   86 .469   14
4th Los Angeles Dodgers 73   89 .451   17
5th Atlanta Braves 69   92 .429   20.5
6th San Diego Padres 65   97 .401   25

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