1987 San Francisco Giants season

The 1987 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 105th season in Major League Baseball, their 30th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 28th at Candlestick Park. The Giants finished in first place in the National League West with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses. They lost the National League Championship Series in seven games to the St. Louis Cardinals. It was their first playoff appearance since 1971.

Giants players standing for the national anthem at Candlestick Park in 1987.

1987 San Francisco Giants
NL West Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Bob Lurie
General manager(s)Al Rosen
Manager(s)Roger Craig
Local televisionKTVU
(Ron Fairly, Gary Park)
GiantsVision
(Joe Morgan, Duane Kuiper)
Local radioKNBR
(Ron Fairly, Wayne Hagin)
KIQI
(Tito Fuentes, Edgard Martinez)
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Offseason

  • October 16, 1986: Brad Gulden was released by the San Francisco Giants.[1]
  • October 16, 1986: Chuck Hensley was released by the San Francisco Giants.[2]
  • October 21, 1986: Mike Jeffcoat was released by the San Francisco Giants.[3]
  • February 4, 1987: Atlee Hammaker was signed as a free agent by the Giants.[4]
  • March 31, 1987: Dan Gladden and David Blakely (minors) were traded by the Giants to the Minnesota Twins for Jose Dominguez (minors), Ray Velasquez (minors) and a player to be named later. The Twins completed the deal by sending Bryan Hickerson to the Giants on June 15.[5]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9072 0.556 46–35 44–37
Cincinnati Reds 8478 0.519 6 42–39 42–39
Houston Astros 7686 0.469 14 47–34 29–52
Los Angeles Dodgers 7389 0.451 17 40–41 33–48
Atlanta Braves 6992 0.429 20½ 42–39 27–53
San Diego Padres 6597 0.401 25 37–44 28–53

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 5–66–68–46–610–89–98–104–149–35–76–12
Cincinnati 10–86–613–510–86–67–55–74–812–67–114–8
Houston 10–84–85–1312–67–56–66–66–65–1310–85–7
Los Angeles 12–66–68–106–123–96–62–106–611–710–83–9
Montreal 9–38–106–65–79–38–1010–811–79–35–711–7
New York 5–79–95–76–66–610–813–512–68–49–39–9
Philadelphia 5-710–87–56–610–28–105–1311–78–42–108–10
Pittsburgh 5–714–48–46–66–67–116–127–118–46–67–11
San Diego 12–63–96–1213–57–113–94–84–84–85–134–8
San Francisco 10–87–511–78–108–107–53–910–26–613–57–5
St. Louis 9–312–68–47–59–37–119–910–811–78–45–7

Notable transactions

Major League debuts

  • Batters:
    • Kirt Manwaring (Sep 15)
    • Jessie Reid (Sep 9)
    • Mackey Sasser (Jul 17)
    • Matt Williams (Apr 11)
  • Pitchers:
    • John Burkett (Sep 15) [15]

Game log and schedule

Legend
 Giants win
 Giants loss
 Postponement
BoldGiants team member
1987 Game Log (90–72) (Home: 46–35; Road: 44–37)

Postseason

1987 Postseason Game Log

Roster

1987 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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

= Indicates team leader
Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CBob Brenly123375100.2671851
1BWill Clark150529163.3083591
2BRobby Thompson132420110.2621044
3BKevin Mitchell6926882.3061544
SSJosé Uribe9530990.291530
LFJeffrey Leonard131503141.2801963
CFChili Davis149500125.2502476
RFCandy Maldonado118442129.2922085

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Mike Aldrete126357116.325951
Chris Speier11131779.2491139
Bob Melvin8424649.1991131
Matt Williams8424546.188821
Eddie Milner10121454.252419
Chris Brown3813232.242617
Joel Youngblood699123.253311
Harry Spilman839024.267114
Mark Wasinger448022.27513
Dave Henderson15215.23801
Mike Woodard10194.21101
Randy Kutcher14163.18801
Francisco Meléndez12165.31311
Iván DeJesús9102.20001
Jessie Reid681.12511
Rob Wilfong281.12512
Kirt Manwaring671.14300
Mackey Sasser240.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Atlee Hammaker31168.110103.58107
Mike Krukow30163564.80104
Dave Dravecky18112.1753.2078
Rick Reuschel950534.3227
Roger Mason526114.5018

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kelly Downs411861293.63137
Mike LaCoss3917113103.6879
Mark Davis2070.2454.7151
Mark Grant1661123.5432

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Scott Garrelts64117123.22127
Jeff Robinson6368102.7982
Craig Lefferts443343.2318
Jim Gott301004.5063
Don Robinson255172.7426
Joe Price202212.5742
Greg Minton151013.479
Keith Comstock152013.0521
Randy Bockus121003.639
Jon Perlman100003.973
John Burkett30004.505

National League Championship Series

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Firebirds Pacific Coast League Wendell Kim
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Jack Mull
A Fresno Giants California League R. J. Harrison
A Clinton Giants Midwest League Bill Evers
A-Short Season Everett Giants Northwest League Joe Strain
Rookie Pocatello Giants Pioneer League Rafael Landestoy

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fresno[16]

References

  1. "Brad Gulden Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. "Chuck Hensley Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. "Mike Jeffcoat Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. Atlee Hammaker at Baseball Reference
  5. Dan Gladden at Baseball Reference
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "1987 San Francisco Giants Roster". Baseball Almanac.
  8. Mark Wasinger at Baseball Reference
  9. Greg Minton at Baseball Reference
  10. Mike Benjamin at Baseball Reference
  11. Mark Davis at Baseball Reference
  12. Mackey Sasser at Baseball Reference
  13. Rick Reuschel at Baseball Reference
  14. Dave Henderson at Baseball Reference
  15. "Baseball Teams - The Baseball Cube". www.thebaseballcube.com.
  16. 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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