1987 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1987 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Results
Record	80–82 (.494)
Divisional place	4th (tie)
Other information
Owner(s)	Pittsburgh Associates
General manager(s)	Syd Thrift
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
Local television	KDKA-TV Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders Pirates Cable Network Steve Blass, Mike Lange
Local radio	KDKA Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker
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The 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 106th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; and their 101st season in the National League. The Pirates finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 80–82.

Regular season

Season standings

NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	95	67	0.586	—	49–32	46–35
New York Mets	92	70	0.568	3	49–32	43–38
Montreal Expos	91	71	0.562	4	48–33	43–38
Philadelphia Phillies	80	82	0.494	15	43–38	37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	82	0.494	15	47–34	33–48
Chicago Cubs	76	85	0.472	18½	40–40	36–45

Record vs. opponents

1987 National League Records Sources:
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	—

Game Log

1987 Game Log (80–82)

April (8–11)

May (13–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
20	May 1	Giants	4–2	Reuschel (1–1)	Davis	—	10,651	9–11
21	May 2	Giants	1–0	Smiley (2–0)	Downs	Robinson (4)	14,736	10–11
22	May 4	@ Padres	5–9	Davis	Patterson (1–4)	McCullers	22,306	10–12
23	May 5	@ Padres	10–8	Walk (1–0)	Show	Robinson (5)	12,642	11–12
24	May 6	@ Dodgers	1–2	Hershiser	Reuschel (1–2)	—	32,789	11–13
25	May 7	@ Dodgers	3–6	Honeycutt	Kipper (2–3)	Young	27,621	11–14
26	May 8	@ Giants	2–4	Downs	Fisher (0–1)	Garrelts	17,985	11–15
27	May 9	@ Giants	4–9	Hammaker	Walk (1–1)	—	17,609	11–16
28	May 10	@ Giants	4–1 (11)	Robinson (3–1)	Garrelts	—	29,652	12–16
29	May 12	Padres	12–5	Reuschel (2–2)	Hawkins	—	5,744	13–16
30	May 13	Padres	9–5	Walk (2–1)	Lefferts	Robinson (6)	7,916	14–16
31	May 14	Padres	10–3	Fisher (1–1)	Show	Smiley (1)	5,592	15–16
32	May 15	Braves	3–9	Assenmacher	Pena (0–1)	—	18,137	15–17
33	May 16	Braves	8–10	Dedmon	Smiley (2–1)	Garber	16,939	15–18
34	May 17	Braves	6–5	Robinson (4–1)	Olwine	—	26,469	16–18
35	May 18	Astros	1–4	Scott	Kipper (2–4)	—	4,213	16–19
36	May 19	Astros	5–2	Smiley (3–1)	Meads	Robinson (7)	6,238	17–19
37	May 20	Astros	5–3	Taylor (1–0)	Darwin	Pena (1)	14,096	18–19
38	May 22	@ Reds	4–1	Reuschel (3–2)	Robinson	Smiley (2)	25,678	19–19
39	May 23	@ Reds	3–2	Kipper (3–4)	Pacillo	Robinson (8)	33,887	20–19
40	May 24	@ Reds	7–2	Fisher (2–1)	Browning	—	30,082	21–19
41	May 25	@ Astros	2–7	Deshaies	Taylor (1–1)	—	9,618	21–20
42	May 26	@ Astros	3–10	Meads	Pena (0–2)	—	9,632	21–21
43	May 27	@ Astros	2–7	Lopez	Robinson (4–2)	Smith	14,863	21–22
44	May 29	Reds	6–13	Hoffman	Kipper (3–5)	—	26,835	21–23
45	May 30	Reds	2–6	Gullickson	Taylor (1–2)	—	28,853	21–24

June (13–17)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
46	May 31	Reds	2–5	Power	Drabek (1–3)	Franco	24,786	21–25
47	June 2	@ Braves	4–1	Reuschel (4–2)	Mahler	—	8,890	22–25
48	June 3	@ Braves	4–1	Kipper (4–5)	Palmer	—	5,368	23–25
49	June 4	@ Braves	3–8	Smith	Fisher (2–2)	Dedmon	6,460	23–26
50	June 5	@ Mets	1–5	Gooden	Dunne (0–1)	Orosco	51,402	23–27
51	June 6	@ Mets	2–4	Fernandez	Drabek (1–4)	McDowell	47,603	23–28
52	June 7	@ Mets	4–5 (10)	McDowell	Robinson (4–3)	—	—	23–29
53	June 7	@ Mets	10–9	Taylor (2–2)	McDowell	Robinson (9)	42,516	24–29
54	June 8	@ Expos	1–7	Heaton	Fisher (2–3)	—	11,973	24–30
55	June 9	@ Expos	8–1	Dunne (1–1)	Sorensen	—	13,132	25–30
56	June 10	@ Expos	3–4 (11)	McClure	Robinson (4–4)	—	10,134	25–31
57	June 12	Mets	2–10	Fernandez	Reuschel (4–3)	—	27,465	25–32
58	June 13	Mets	4–3	Robinson (5–4)	Myers	—	26,894	26–32
59	June 14	Mets	3–7	Sisk	Fisher (2–4)	—	30,477	26–33
60	June 15	@ Cardinals	3–1	Dunne (2–1)	Mathews	—	30,887	27–33
61	June 16	@ Cardinals	1–11	Dawley	Drabek (1–5)	Horton	27,048	27–34
62	June 17	@ Cardinals	4–1	Reuschel (5–3)	Forsch	—	30,891	28–34
63	June 18	@ Cardinals	6–8 (10)	Dawley	Robinson (5–5)	—	35,264	28–35
64	June 19	@ Cubs	4–0	Fisher (3–4)	Noles	—	33,529	29–35
65	June 20	@ Cubs	8–2	Dunne (3–1)	Maddux	—	34,384	30–35
66	June 21	@ Cubs	3–6	Trout	Drabek (1–6)	Smith	33,418	30–36
67	June 22	@ Cubs	2–3	Moyer	Reuschel (5–4)	—	27,064	30–37
68	June 23	Expos	2–8	Heaton	Kipper (4–6)	Parrett	9,276	30–38
69	June 24	Expos	9–6	Fisher (4–4)	Fischer	—	21,564	31–38
70	June 25	Expos	2–7	Martinez	Dunne (3–2)	McGaffigan	10,836	31–39
71	June 26	Cubs	5–2	Jones (1–1)	Maddux	Robinson (10)	20,408	32–39
72	June 27	Cubs	7–0	Reuschel (6–4)	Moyer	—	31,595	33–39
73	June 28	Cubs	6–2	Jones (2–1)	Sutcliffe	—	25,304	34–39
74	June 29	@ Phillies	5–6	Jackson	Jones (2–2)	Bedrosian	—	34–40
75	June 29	@ Phillies	3–11	Bair	Dunne (3–3)	Ritchie	30,046	34–41
76	June 30	@ Phillies	4–6	Gross	Drabek (1–7)	Bedrosian	20,598	34–42

July (11–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
77	July 1	@ Phillies	4–11	Rawley	Taylor (2–3)	—	19,977	34–43
78	July 3	Dodgers	6–0	Reuschel (7–4)	Valenzuela	—	22,454	35–43
79	July 4	Dodgers	4–2	Kipper (5–6)	Welch	Robinson (11)	12,935	36–43
80	July 5	Dodgers	1–6	Hershiser	Fisher (4–5)	Young	13,438	36–44
81	July 6	Giants	5–7	Dravecky	Dunne (3–4)	Garrelts	—	36–45
82	July 6	Giants	4–7	LaCoss	Drabek (1–8)	Lefferts	11,204	36–46
83	July 7	Giants	6–4 (12)	Gideon (1–0)	Price	—	7,027	37–46
84	July 8	Giants	4–8 (14)	Robinson	Gideon (1–1)	—	10,868	37–47
85	July 10	Padres	6–5 (11)	Robinson (6–5)	Gossage	—	13,109	38–47
86	July 11	Padres	1–3	Grant	Fisher (4–6)	Davis	27,476	38–48
87	July 12	Padres	4–2	Dunne (4–4)	Show	Gideon (1)	13,276	39–48
88	July 16	@ Dodgers	0–7	Valenzuela	Kipper (5–7)	—	32,845	39–49
89	July 17	@ Dodgers	2–3 (10)	Young	Robinson (6–6)	—	28,466	39–50
90	July 18	@ Dodgers	4–2	Drabek (2–8)	Hershiser	Jones (1)	34,864	40–50
91	July 19	@ Dodgers	7–2	Dunne (5–4)	Honeycutt	Smiley (3)	37,548	41–50
92	July 20	@ Giants	7–6	Fisher (5–6)	LaCoss	Robinson (12)	6,919	42–50
93	July 21	@ Giants	0–7	Dravecky	Kipper (5–8)	—	8,382	42–51
94	July 22	@ Giants	4–0	Reuschel (8–4)	Downs	—	14,472	43–51
95	July 23	@ Padres	1–2	Show	Drabek (2–9)	Gossage	14,911	43–52
96	July 24	@ Padres	3–2	Dunne (6–4)	Jones	Gideon (2)	17,136	44–52
97	July 25	@ Padres	9–3	Fisher (6–6)	Hawkins	—	19,764	45–52
98	July 26	@ Padres	4–7	Whitson	Kipper (5–9)	—	13,219	45–53
99	July 28	Phillies	2–5	Rawley	Reuschel (8–5)	—	16,270	45–54
100	July 29	Phillies	3–4	Carman	Drabek (2–10)	Bedrosian	28,392	45–55
101	July 30	Phillies	0–1	Ruffin	Smiley (3–2)	Bedrosian	11,769	45–56
102	July 31	@ Cardinals	3–4	Dayley	Jones (2–3)	—	38,757	45–57

August (15–14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
103	August 1	@ Cardinals	6–7 (10)	Worrell	Jones (2–4)	—	47,106	45–58
104	August 2	@ Cardinals	1–9	Magrane	Pena (0–3)	—	44,695	45–59
105	August 3	Cubs	6–4	Drabek (3–10)	Maddux	Gott (1)	7,281	46–59
106	August 4	Cubs	2–3 (11)	Mason	Gideon (1–2)	—	8,744	46–60
107	August 5	Cubs	10–0	Fisher (7–6)	Moyer	—	7,726	47–60
108	August 6	Expos	3–6	Parrett	Gott (0–1)	Burke	7,755	47–61
109	August 7	Expos	9–3	Walk (3–1)	Sebra	Gideon (3)	22,075	48–61
110	August 8	Expos	5–2	Drabek (4–10)	Smith	Smiley (4)	18,285	49–61
111	August 9	Expos	4–3	Dunne (7–4)	Parrett	Gott (2)	18,829	50–61
112	August 10	Cardinals	0–6	Forsch	Fisher (7–7)	—	11,445	50–62
113	August 11	Cardinals	5–6	Dayley	Reuschel (8–6)	Worrell	14,637	50–63
114	August 12	Cardinals	11–0	Walk (4–1)	Magrane	—	15,186	51–63
115	August 13	@ Expos	7–9	McGaffigan	Gideon (1–3)	McClure	23,609	51–64
116	August 14	@ Expos	3–4	McClure	Smiley (3–3)	—	20,501	51–65
117	August 15	@ Expos	3–6	Burke	Fisher (7–8)	—	23,894	51–66
118	August 16	@ Expos	7–10	Parrett	Gideon (1–4)	—	26,134	51–67
119	August 18	@ Reds	7–4	Walk (5–1)	Murphy	Gott (3)	29,385	52–67
120	August 19	@ Reds	10–9	Drabek (5–10)	Browning	—	24,179	53–67
121	August 20	@ Reds	3–5	Power	Dunne (7–5)	Franco	22,542	53–68
122	August 21	@ Braves	4–5	Smith	Smiley (3–4)	Olwine	15,783	53–69
123	August 22	@ Braves	3–10	Glavine	Walk (5–2)	—	22,173	53–70
124	August 23	@ Braves	2–6	Palmer	Bielecki (0–1)	—	10,699	53–71
125	August 24	Reds	5–4	Drabek (6–10)	Browning	Gott (4)	11,020	54–71
126	August 25	Reds	1–0	Dunne (8–5)	Power	—	10,149	55–71
127	August 26	Reds	6–5	Robinson (7–6)	Franco	—	13,722	56–71
128	August 28	Astros	4–2	Walk (6–2)	Scott	Gott (5)	11,917	57–71
129	August 29	Astros	8–2	Bielecki (1–1)	Ryan	—	26,585	58–71
130	August 30	Astros	7–0	Drabek (7–10)	Knepper	—	26,867	59–71
131	August 31	Braves	7–3	Dunne (9–5)	Dedmon	—	4,930	60–71

September (16–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
132	September 1	Braves	0–4	Smith	Fisher (7–9)	—	7,498	60–72
133	September 2	Braves	2–0	Walk (7–2)	Glavine	Gott (6)	6,259	61–72
134	September 4	@ Astros	0–2	Ryan	Bielecki (1–2)	Agosto	16,367	61–73
135	September 5	@ Astros	1–5	Knepper	Drabek (7–11)	—	27,887	61–74
136	September 6	@ Astros	4–3	Dunne (10–5)	Hernandez	Gott (7)	25,374	62–74
137	September 7	@ Cubs	3–2	Fisher (8–9)	Moyer	Robinson (13)	21,745	63–74
138	September 8	@ Cubs	4–1	Palacios (1–0)	Sutcliffe	Gott (8)	8,331	64–74
139	September 9	@ Cubs	4–3	Robinson (8–6)	Smith	Gott (9)	8,054	65–74
140	September 11	@ Phillies	4–2	Drabek (8–11)	Gross	Gott (10)	20,085	66–74
141	September 12	@ Phillies	12–4	Dunne (11–5)	Carman	—	15,440	67–74
142	September 13	@ Phillies	6–1	Fisher (9–9)	Ruffin	—	12,610	68–74
143	September 14	Expos	4–6 (14)	McGaffigan	Gideon (1–5)	Parrett	5,869	68–75
144	September 15	Expos	5–1	Bielecki (2–2)	Heaton	—	5,852	69–75
145	September 16	Cardinals	5–8	Tudor	Drabek (8–12)	—	15,323	69–76
146	September 17	Cardinals	1–0	Dunne (12–5)	Mathews	Gott (11)	5,640	70–76
147	September 18	Mets	10–9	Smiley (4–4)	Myers	Gott (12)	15,308	71–76
148	September 19	Mets	4–5	Aguilera	Palacios (1–1)	McDowell	20,933	71–77
149	September 20	Mets	9–8 (14)	Smiley (5–4)	Ojeda	—	19,122	72–77
150	September 21	@ Expos	5–2	Drabek (9–12)	Sebra	Robinson (14)	13,206	73–77
151	September 22	@ Expos	3–4	Perez	Gott (0–2)	Burke	16,407	73–78
152	September 23	@ Cardinals	2–0	Fisher (10–9)	Mathews	—	30,235	74–78
153	September 24	@ Cardinals	2–3	Horton	Robinson (8–7)	—	35,921	74–79
154	September 25	@ Mets	2–10	Fernandez	Bielecki (2–3)	—	41,987	74–80
155	September 26	@ Mets	8–2	Drabek (10–12)	Gooden	—	48,695	75–80
156	September 27	@ Mets	3–12	Ojeda	Dunne (12–6)	Orosco	48,588	75–81
157	September 30	Cubs	5–3	Fisher (11–9)	Sutcliffe	Robinson (15)	—	76–81

October (4–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Roster

1987 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

34 Mike Bielecki

15 Doug Drabek

55 Tim Drummond

41 Mike Dunne

42 Logan Easley

36,54 Brian Fisher

28 Miguel García

58 Brett Gideon

35 Jim Gott

56 Dave Johnson

50 Barry Jones

16 Bob Kipper

38 Vicente Palacios

30 Bob Patterson

49 Hipólito Peña

48 Rick Reuschel

43 Don Robinson

49 Jeff Robinson

49 Mark Ross

57 John Smiley

52 Dorn Taylor

17 Bob Walk

Catchers

4,12 Mike LaValliere

26 Junior Ortiz

46 Tom Prince

2 Mackey Sasser

Infielders

12 Bill Almon

6 Rafael Belliard

25 Bobby Bonilla

5 Sid Bream

29 Félix Fermín

28 Denny González

19 Houston Jiménez

27 Sam Khalifa

13 José Lind

2 Jim Morrison

22 Al Pedrique

3 Johnny Ray

3 U L Washington

Outfielders

24 Barry Bonds

22,44 John Cangelosi

7 Darnell Coles

58 Butch Davis

14 Mike Diaz

47 Tommy Gregg

19 Terry Harper

23 R. J. Reynolds

18 Andy Van Slyke

Other batters

29 Onix Concepción

Manager

10 Jim Leyland

Coaches

45 Rich Donnelly (bullpen)

32 Gene Lamont (third base)

39 Milt May (hitting)

31 Ray Miller (pitching)

37 Tommy Sandt (first base)

Opening Day starters

CF – Barry Bonds

C – Junior Ortiz

2B – Johnny Ray

LF – Bobby Bonilla

RF – Andy Van Slyke

3B – Jim Morrison

1B – Sid Bream

SS – Rafael Belliard

P – Bob Patterson

Player stats

Batting

Regular Season^[2]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Concepción, O.O. Concepción	1	1	1	1.000	0	0
Gideon, B.B. Gideon	29	1	1	1.000	0	2
Lind, J.J. Lind	35	143	46	0.322	0	11
Pedrique, A.A. Pedrique	88	246	74	0.301	1	27
Bonilla, B.B. Bonilla	141	466	140	0.300	15	77
LaValliere, M.M. LaValliere	121	340	102	0.300	1	36
Washington, U.U. Washington	10	10	3	0.300	0	0
Van Slyke, A.A. Van Slyke	157	564	165	0.293	21	82
Harper, T.T. Harper	36	66	19	0.288	1	7
Bream, S.S. Bream	149	516	142	0.275	13	65
Cangelosi, J.J. Cangelosi	104	182	50	0.275	4	18
Ray, J.J. Ray	123	472	129	0.273	5	54
Ortiz, J.J. Ortiz	75	192	52	0.271	1	22
Morrison, J.J. Morrison	96	348	92	0.264	9	46
Bonds, B.B. Bonds	150	551	144	0.261	25	59
Reynolds, R.R. Reynolds	117	335	87	0.260	7	51
Fermín, F.F. Fermín	23	68	17	0.250	0	4
Gregg, T.T. Gregg	10	8	2	0.250	0	0
Robinson, J.J. Robinson	18	4	1	0.250	1	1
Kipper, B.B. Kipper	26	33	8	0.242	0	0
Diaz, M.M. Diaz	103	241	58	0.241	16	48
Walk, B.B. Walk	39	26	6	0.231	0	5
Coles, D.D. Coles	40	119	27	0.227	6	24
Prince, T.T. Prince	4	9	2	0.222	1	2
Sasser, M.M. Sasser	12	23	5	0.217	0	2
Belliard, R.R. Belliard	81	203	42	0.207	1	15
Almon, B.B. Almon	19	20	4	0.200	0	1
Fisher, B.B. Fisher	37	58	11	0.190	2	9
Khalifa, S.S. Khalifa	5	17	3	0.176	0	2
Peña, H.H. Peña	16	6	1	0.167	0	0
Taylor, D.D. Taylor	15	18	3	0.167	0	0
Reuschel, R.R. Reuschel	25	60	9	0.150	1	5
Davis, B.B. Davis	7	7	1	0.143	0	0
Robinson, D.D. Robinson	44	7	1	0.143	0	1
Smiley, J.J. Smiley	63	7	1	0.143	0	1
Drabek, D.D. Drabek	30	59	7	0.119	0	4
Palacios, V.V. Palacios	6	9	1	0.111	0	0
Dunne, M.M. Dunne	23	53	5	0.094	0	3
Patterson, B.B. Patterson	15	12	1	0.083	0	0
Bielecki, M.M. Bielecki	8	16	1	0.063	0	0
Drummond, T.T. Drummond	6	1	0	0.000	0	0
Easley, L.L. Easley	17	2	0	0.000	0	0
González, D.D. González	5	7	0	0.000	0	0
Gott, J.J. Gott	25	1	0	0.000	0	0
Jiménez, H.H. Jiménez	5	6	0	0.000	0	0
Jones, B.B. Jones	32	3	0	0.000	0	0
García, M.M. García	1	0	0	—	0	0
Johnson, D.D. Johnson	5	0	0	—	0	0
Ross, M.M. Ross	1	0	0	—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[3]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
García, M.M. García	1	0.66666666666667 !0²⁄₃	0	0	0.00	0
Gott, J.J. Gott	25	31	0	2	1.45	27
Reuschel, R.R. Reuschel	25	177	8	6	2.75	80
Dunne, M.M. Dunne	23	163.33333333333 !163¹⁄₃	13	6	3.03	72
Robinson, J.J. Robinson	18	26.666666666667 !26²⁄₃	2	1	3.04	19
Walk, B.B. Walk	39	117	8	2	3.31	78
Robinson, D.D. Robinson	42	65.333333333333 !65¹⁄₃	6	6	3.86	53
Drabek, D.D. Drabek	29	176.33333333333 !176¹⁄₃	11	12	3.88	120
Palacios, V.V. Palacios	6	29.333333333333 !29¹⁄₃	2	1	4.30	13
Drummond, T.T. Drummond	6	6	0	0	4.50	5
Fisher, B.B. Fisher	37	185.33333333333 !185¹⁄₃	11	9	4.52	117
Peña, H.H. Peña	16	25.666666666667 !25²⁄₃	0	3	4.56	16
Gideon, B.B. Gideon	29	36.666666666667 !36²⁄₃	1	5	4.66	31
Bielecki, M.M. Bielecki	8	45.666666666667 !45²⁄₃	2	3	4.73	25
Easley, L.L. Easley	17	26.333333333333 !26¹⁄₃	1	1	5.47	21
Jones, B.B. Jones	32	43.333333333333 !43¹⁄₃	2	4	5.61	28
Taylor, D.D. Taylor	14	53.333333333333 !53¹⁄₃	2	3	5.74	37
Smiley, J.J. Smiley	63	75	5	5	5.76	58
Kipper, B.B. Kipper	24	110.66666666667 !110²⁄₃	5	9	5.94	83
Patterson, B.B. Patterson	15	43	1	4	6.70	27
Ross, M.M. Ross	1	1	0	0	9.00	0
Johnson, D.D. Johnson	5	6.3333333333333 !6¹⁄₃	0	0	9.95	4

Awards and honors

1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Rick Reuschel, P, Reserve

Transactions

November 7, 1986 – Released U.L. Washington.
November 12, 1986 – Released Ray Krawczyk.
November 26, 1986 – Traded Pat Clements, Cecilio Guante and Rick Rhoden to the New York Yankees. Received Doug Drabek, Logan Easley and Brian Fisher.
December 4, 1986 – Signed Butch Davis as a free agent.
December 4, 1986 – Signed Vicente Palacios as a free agent.
December 4, 1986 – Signed Mark Ross as a free agent.
December 5, 1986 – Traded Rick Renteria to the Seattle Mariners. Received a player to be named later. The Seattle Mariners sent Bob Siegel (minors) (December 10, 1986) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
December 8, 1986 – Cecil Espy drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1986 rule 5 draft.
December 8, 1986 – Vicente Palacios drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1986 rule 5 draft.
December 10, 1986 – Signed Houston Jimenez as a free agent.
December 20, 1986 – Released Lee Tunnell.
January 9, 1987 – Signed Carlos Garcia as an amateur free agent.
January 20, 1987 – Signed U.L. Washington as a free agent.
February 6, 1987 – Signed Lee Tunnell as a free agent.
February 9, 1987 – Signed Onix Concepcion as a free agent.
March 22, 1987 – Purchased Dann Bilardello from the Montreal Expos.
March 27, 1987 – Traded Jim Winn to the Chicago White Sox. Received John Cangelosi.
March 31, 1987 – Released Mike Brown.
April 1, 1987 – Traded Tony Pena to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Mike Dunne, Mike LaValliere and Andy Van Slyke.
April 3, 1987 – The Milwaukee Brewers returned Vicente Palacios (earlier draft pick).
April 6, 1987 – Sold Lee Tunnell to the St. Louis Cardinals.
April 6, 1987 – Released Larry McWilliams.
May 19, 1987 – Purchased Paul Wilmet from the St. Louis Cardinals.
May 29, 1987 – Traded Bill Almon to the New York Mets. Received Scott Little and Al Pedrique.
June 2, 1987 – Drafted Ben Shelton in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
June 2, 1987 – Drafted Brian Williams in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 2, 1987 – Drafted Wes Chamberlain in the 4th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1987.
June 2, 1987 – Drafted Mickey Morandini in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 2, 1987 – Drafted Kurt Knudsen in the 8th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 2, 1987 – Drafted Steve Carter in the 17th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
June 2, 1987 – Drafted Mike Fyhrie in the 19th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 2, 1987 – Drafted Bob Ayrault in the 26th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 2, 1987 – Drafted Paul Miller in the 53rd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
June 15, 1987 – Released Onix Concepcion.
June 26, 1987 – Traded Pete Rice (minors) and Shawn Holman to the Detroit Tigers. Received Terry Harper.
July 23, 1987 – Sold Dann Bilardello to the Kansas City Royals.
July 31, 1987 – Traded Don Robinson to the San Francisco Giants. Received Mackey Sasser and $50,000.
August 3, 1987 – Selected Jim Gott off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.
August 7, 1987 – Traded Jim Morrison to the Detroit Tigers. Received a player to be named later and Darnell Coles. The Detroit Tigers sent Morris Madden (August 12, 1987) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
August 21, 1987 – Traded Rick Reuschel to the San Francisco Giants. Received Scott Medvin and Jeff Robinson.
August 29, 1987 – Traded Johnny Ray to the California Angels. Received a player to be named later and Billie Merrifield (minors). The California Angels sent Miguel Garcia (September 3, 1987) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
October 5, 1987 – Released U.L. Washington.
October 15, 1987 – Butch Davis granted Free Agency.
October 15, 1987 – Houston Jimenez granted Free Agency.
October 15, 1987 – Mark Ross granted Free Agency.

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Vancouver Canadians	Pacific Coast League	Rocky Bridges
AA	Harrisburg Senators	Eastern League	Dave Trembley
A	Salem Buccaneers	Carolina League	Steve Demeter
A	Macon Pirates	South Atlantic League	Dennis Rogers
Short-Season A	Watertown Pirates	New York-Penn League	Jeff Cox
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

References

↑ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ "Major League Baseball Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

1987 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1987 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

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

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/McKechnie Field

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Root Sports Pittsburgh
Radio Network

Seasons (135)

1880s	1880 · 1881 · 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

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