1987 Montreal Expos season

The 1987 Montreal Expos season was the 19th season in franchise history.

1987 Montreal Expos
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Charles Bronfman
General manager(s)Murray Cook, Bill Stoneman
Manager(s)Buck Rodgers
Local televisionCBC Television
(Dave Van Horne, Jim Fanning)
The Sports Network
(Ken Singleton, Jim Hughson)
Télévision de Radio-Canada
(Claude Raymond, Raymond Lebrun)
Local radioCFCF (English)
(Dave Van Horne, Jim Fanning, Rich Griffin, Rob Faulds)
CKAC (French)
(Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte)
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Offseason

Spring training

The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their 11th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.

Regular season
  • August 16, 1987: Tim Raines hit for the cycle in a 10-7 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Olympic Stadium, going five-for-five in the process. A crowd of 26,134 were on hand to see it in Montreal.

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9567 0.586 — 49–32 46–35
New York Mets 9270 0.568 3 49–32 43–38
Montreal Expos 9171 0.562 4 48–33 43–38
Philadelphia Phillies 8082 0.494 15 43–38 37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 8082 0.494 15 47–34 33–48
Chicago Cubs 7685 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 —6–58–108–106–123–97–57–57–56–128–103–9
Chicago 5–6—6–68–46–610–89–98–104–149–35–76–12
Cincinnati 10–86–6—13–510–86–67–55–74–812–67–114–8
Houston 10–84–85–13—12–67–56–66–66–65–1310–85–7
Los Angeles 12–66–68–106–12—3–96–62–106–611–710–83–9
Montreal 9–38–106–65–79–3—8–1010–811–79–35–711–7
New York 5–79–95–76–66–610–8—13–512–68–49–39–9
Philadelphia 5-710–87–56–610–28–105–13—11–78–42–108–10
Pittsburgh 5–714–48–46–66–67–116–127–11—8–46–67–11
San Diego 12–63–96–1213–57–113–94–84–84–8—5–134–8
San Francisco 10–87–511–78–108–107–53–910–26–613–5—7–5
St. Louis 9–312–68–47–59–37–119–910–811–78–45–7—

Opening Day lineup
  • Casey Candaele
  • Tom Foley
  • Andrés Galarraga
  • Vance Law
  • John Stefero
  • Jay Tibbs
  • Tim Wallach
  • Mitch Webster
  • Herm Winningham[7]

Notable transactions

Major League debuts
  • Batters:
    • Jack Daugherty (Sep 1)
    • Alonzo Powell (Apr 6)
    • Tom Romano (Sep 1)
    • Nelson Santovenia (Sep 16)
  • Pitchers:
    • Jeff Fischer (Jun 19)
    • Ubaldo Heredia (May 12) [15]

Roster
1987 Montreal Expos
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; SB = Stolen Bases

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
CMike Fitzgerald10728769.2403363
1BAndrés Galarraga147551168.30513907
2BVance Law133436119.27312568
3BTim Wallach153593177.298261239
SSHubie Brooks112430113.26314724
LFTim Raines139530175.330186850
CFHerm Winningham13734783.23944129
RFMitch Webster156588165.281156333

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB
Tom Foley10628082.2935286
Jeff Reed7520744.2131210
Dave Engle598419.2261141
John Stefero185611.196130
Luis Rivera18325.156010
Jack Daugherty11101.100000
Nelson Norman140.000000

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Neal Heaton32193.113104.52105
Dennis Martínez22144.21143.3084
Pascual Pérez1070.1702.3058

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Lary Sorensen2347.2344.7221

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Randy St. Claire443374.0343
Curt Brown50107.716

Awards and honors

1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Tim Raines, Outfield
  • Tim Raines, All-Star Game Most Valuable Player

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Joe Sparks
AA Jacksonville Expos Southern League Tommy Thompson
A West Palm Beach Expos Florida State League Felipe Alou
A Burlington Expos Midwest League J. R. Miner
A-Short Season Jamestown Expos New York–Penn League Gene Glynn
Rookie GCL Expos Gulf Coast League Jethro McIntyre

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Indianapolis[16]

References
  1. Bert Roberge at Baseball-Reference
  2. "John Mizerock: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  3. Dave Engle at Baseball-Reference
  4. Jeff Reardon at Baseball-Reference
  5. Pascual Pérez at Baseball-Reference
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/newmaal01.shtml
  7. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1987&t=MON
  8. Tim Raines at Baseball-Reference
  9. Nelson Norman at Baseball-Reference
  10. Dennis Martínez at Baseball-Reference
  11. Nate Minchey at Baseball-Reference
  12. John Vander Wal at Baseball-Reference
  13. Archi Cianfrocco at Baseball-Reference
  14. Curt Brown at Baseball-Reference
  15. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1987/18.shtml
  16. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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