1987 New York Yankees season

The New York Yankees' 1987 season was the 85th season for the Yankees. The team finished in fourth place with a record of 89-73, finishing 9 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Lou Piniella. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

1987 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)Woody Woodward
Manager(s)Lou Piniella
Local televisionWPIX
(Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, Billy Martin)
SportsChannel NY
(Ken Harrelson, Spencer Ross, Mickey Mantle)
Local radioWABC (AM)
(Hank Greenwald, Tommy Hutton)
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Offseason

Regular season

The Yankees hit 10 grand slams, the most by an MLB team in 1987.[7] Six of those were hit by Don Mattingly, who set a record for most grand slam home runs in one season with six.[8] His record was matched by Travis Hafner during the 2006 season. Mattingly's Grand Slams in 1987 were also the only six Grand Slams of his career. In addition, Mattingly had tied Dale Long's major league record by hitting home runs in eight consecutive games (record later tied again by Ken Griffey, Jr., of Seattle in 1993), as well as stroking an extra base hit in ten consecutive games. Mattingly had a record 10 home runs during this streak (Long & Griffey had eight of them). In June 1987, it was reported that Mattingly injured his back during some clubhouse horseplay with pitcher Bob Shirley though both denied this.[9] Nevertheless, he finished with a .327 batting average, 30 home runs, and 115 RBIs, his fourth straight year with at least 110 RBIs.

On July 13, 1987, George Steinbrenner told manager Lou Piniella that the acquisition of Steve Trout would win the Yankees the pennant.[10] Trout never won a game for the Yankees, going 0–4 in 14 games.[11]

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9864 0.605 — 54–27 44–37
Toronto Blue Jays 9666 0.593 2 52–29 44–37
Milwaukee Brewers 9171 0.562 7 48–33 43–38
New York Yankees 8973 0.549 9 51–30 38–43
Boston Red Sox 7884 0.481 20 50–30 28–54
Baltimore Orioles 6795 0.414 31 31–51 36–44
Cleveland Indians 61101 0.377 37 35–46 26–55

Record vs. opponents
1987 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —1–129–38–47–64–99–32–115–73–107–54–87–51–12
Boston 12–1—4–83–97–62–116–66–77–57–64–87–57–56–7
California 3–98–4—8–57–53–95–87–58–53–96–77–65–85–7
Chicago 4–89–35–8—7–53–96–76–66–75–79–46–77–64–8
Cleveland 6–76–75–75–7—4–96–64–93–96–74–85–72–105–8
Detroit 9–411–29–39–39–4—5–76–78–45–85–77–58–47–6
Kansas City 3–96–68–57–66–67–5—4–88–55–75–89–47–68–4
Milwaukee 11–27–65–76–69–47–68–4—3–97–66–64–89–39–4
Minnesota 7–55–75–87–69–34–85–89–3—6–610–39–46–73–9
New York 10–36–79–37–57–68–57–56–76–6—5–77–55–76–7
Oakland 5–78–47–64–98–47–58–56–63–107–5—5–86–77–5
Seattle 8–45–76–77–67–55–74–98–44–95–78–5—9–42–10
Texas 5–75–78–56–710–24–86–73–97–67–57–64–9—3–9
Toronto 12–17–67–58–48–56–74–84–99–37–65–710–29–3—

Notable transactions

Roster
1987 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  • 20 Bob Meacham
 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; 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
CRick Cerone11328469.243423
1BDon Mattingly141569186.32730115
2BWillie Randolph120449137.305767
3BMike Pagliarulo150522122.2343287
SSWayne Tolleson12134977.221122
LFGary Ward146529131.2481678
CFClaudell Washington10231287.279944
RFDave Winfield156575158.2752797
DHRon Kittle5915944.2771228

Other batters

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
Randy Velarde8224.18201
Phil Lombardi581.12500

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tommy John33187.21364.0363
Rick Rhoden30181.216103.86107
Ron Guidry22117.2583.6796
Bill Gullickson848424.8828
Al Leiter422.2226.3528

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Charles Hudson35154.21173.61100
Pete Filson722103.2710
Brad Arnsberg619.1135.5914

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Pat Clements553374.9536
Cecilio Guante233215.7346
Neil Allen80103.6516

Awards and records

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Bucky Dent
AA Albany-Colonie Yankees Eastern League Tommy Jones
A Prince William Cannons Carolina League Wally Moon
A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Buck Showalter
A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Gary Allenson
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Fred Ferreira

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, Fort Lauderdale[21]

References
  1. Rick Rhoden at Baseball Reference
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sakatle01.shtml
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romanro01.shtml
  4. Randy Velarde at Baseball Reference
  5. Willie Randolph at Baseball Reference
  6. Rick Cerone at Baseball Reference
  7. "Team Batting Event Finder: 1987, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  8. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.232, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  9. Chass, Murray (June 9, 1987). "Doctor's orders: Rest for Mattingly". New York Times. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
  10. Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p. 265, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0
  11. Sports Illustrated, August 2, 2010, "The Right Thing" by Tom Verducci, p.35, Published by Time Inc.
  12. Rich Bordi at Baseball Reference
  13. Rafael Quirico Archived November 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine at Baseball Reference
  14. Shane Turner at Baseball Reference
  15. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/millsal01.shtml
  16. Steve Trout at Baseball Reference
  17. Bill Gullickson at Baseball Reference
  18. Jerry Royster at Baseball Reference
  19. Sherman Obando at Baseball Reference
  20. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.259, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  21. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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