1987 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1987 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 106th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 96th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 95-67 during the season and finished first in the National League East Division for the third and last time before moving to the NL Central in 1994. They went on to win the NLCS in seven games over the San Francisco Giants. In the World Series against the Minnesota Twins, after having fallen behind 2-0 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, they won their next three games at home. However, back at the Metrodome, they lost the last two and fell one game short of a World Series title. It would be the Cardinals' last World Series appearance until 2004.

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1987 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.

1987 St. Louis Cardinals
National League Champions
NL East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record95–67 (.586)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)Dal Maxvill
Manager(s)Whitey Herzog
Local televisionKSDK
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)
Cardinal Cable Network
(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson)
Local radioKMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)
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Offseason

Regular season

September highlights included a Terry Pendleton home run on a September 11 game against the contending Mets as well as a Tom Herr walk-off grand slam against the Mets on Seat Cushion Night. As St. Louis proceeded into the post-season, they found themselves without clean-up hitter Jack Clark, the team's number-one offensive threat. He damaged his ankle when he caught a cleat in the artificial turf at Montreal's Olympic Stadium.[4] Nonetheless, the Redbirds won 95 games to capture the NL East title.

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—

Notable transactions

Roster
1987 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • 11 Jose Oquendo
 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
CTony Peña11638482.214544
1BJack Clark131419120.28635106
2BTom Herr141510134.263283
3BTerry Pendleton159583167.2861296
SSOzzie Smith158600182.303075
LFVince Coleman151623180.289343
CFWillie McGee153620177.28511105
RFCurt Ford8922865.285326

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
José Oquendo11624871.286124
Jim Lindeman7520743.208828
Steve Lake7417945.251219
John Morris10115741.261323
Dan Driessen246014.233111
Lance Johnson635913.22007
Tito Landrum305010.20006
Rod Booker444713.27708
Tom Pagnozzi27489.18829
David Green14308.26711
Mike Laga17294.13814
Tom Lawless19252.08000
Doug DeCinces492.22201
Skeeter Barnes441.25013

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
Danny Cox31199.11193.88101
Greg Mathews32197.211113.73108
Bob Forsch331791174.3289
Joe Magrane27170.1973.54101
John Tudor16961023.8454

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
Ricky Horton67125833.8255
Lee Tunnell3274.1444.8449
Tim Conroy1040.2325.5322
Dave LaPoint616116.758

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
Todd Worrell7586332.6692
Bill Dawley605824.4765
Ken Dayley539542.6663
Pat Perry454214.3933
Ray Soff121006.469
Steve Peters120011.8011
Scott Terry110003.389
Randy O'Neal10001.804
José Oquendo100027.000

Postseason

NLCS
Main article: 1987 National League Championship Series

Despite the Cardinals prevailing over the San Francisco Giants in 7 games, it was the Giants' Jeffrey Leonard who won the NLCS MVP award.

Game 1

October 6, Busch Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco 100 100 010 370
St. Louis 001 103 00X 5101
W: Greg Mathews (1-0)  L: Rick Reuschel (0-1)   SV: Ken Dayley (1)
HRs: SFG – Jeffrey Leonard (1)   STL – None

Game 2

October 7, Busch Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco 020 100 020 5100
St. Louis 000 000 000 021
W: Dave Dravecky (1-0)  L: John Tudor (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: SFG – Will Clark (1)   Jeffrey Leonard (2)   STL – None

Game 3

October 9, Candlestick Park

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 000 002 400 6111
San Francisco 031 000 001 571
W: Bob Forsch (1-0)  L: Don Robinson (0-1)   SV: Todd Worrell (1)
HRs: SFG – Jeffrey Leonard (3)   Harry Spilman (1)   STL – Jim Lindeman (1)

Game 4

October 10, Candlestick Park

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 020 000 000 290
San Francisco 000 120 01X 492
W: Mike Krukow (1-0)  L: Danny Cox (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: SFG – Robby Thompson (1)   Jeffrey Leonard (4)   STL – None

Game 5

October 11, Candlestick Park

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 101 100 000 370
San Francisco 101 400 00X 671
W: Joe Price (1-0)  L: Bob Forsch (1-1)   SV: None
HRs: SFG – Kevin Mitchell (1)   STL – None

Game 6

October 13, Busch Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco 000 000 000 060
St. Louis 010 000 00X 150
W: John Tudor (1-1)  L: Dave Dravecky (1-1)   SV: Ken Dayley (2)
HRs: SFG – None   STL – None

Game 7

October 14, Busch Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco 000 000 000 081
St. Louis 040 002 00X 6120
W: Danny Cox (1-1)  L: Atlee Hammaker (0-1)   SV: None
HRs: SFG – None   STL – José Oquendo (1)

World Series
Main article: 1987 World Series

The Minnesota Twins defeated the Cardinals in seven games. This Series was the first in which the home team won each of the seven games. The Cardinals held their own at Busch Stadium, but the electronically enhanced crowd noise and the "Homer Hankies" in the Metrodome appeared to give the Twins an edge. The booming bats of the Twins were too much for the Cardinals' "inside baseball" style of offense in Games 1, 2, and 6. In Game 7 it was the Twins' pitching that shut down the Cardinals.

AL Minnesota Twins (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (3)

Game Score Date Location Attendance Time of Game
1Cardinals – 1, Twins – 10October 17Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota)55,1713:36
2Cardinals – 4, Twins – 8October 18Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota)55,2572:42
3Twins – 1, Cardinals – 3October 20Busch Stadium (St. Louis)55,3472:45
4Twins – 2, Cardinals – 7October 21Busch Stadium (St. Louis)55,3473:11
5Twins – 2, Cardinals – 4October 22Busch Stadium (St. Louis)55,3473:21
6Cardinals – 5, Twins – 11October 24Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota)55,2933:22
7Cardinals – 2, Twins – 4October 25Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota)55,3763:04

Awards and honors
  • Terry Pendleton, Third Base, National League Gold Glove
  • Ozzie Smith, Shortstop, National League Gold Glove, Silver Slugger
  • Jack Clark, First Base, National League Silver Slugger

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Redbirds American Association Mike Jorgensen
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Jim Riggleman
A St. Petersburg Cardinals Florida State League Dave Bialas
A Springfield Cardinals Midwest League Gaylen Pitts
A Savannah Cardinals South Atlantic League Mark DeJohn
A-Short Season Erie Cardinals New York–Penn League Joe Rigoli
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Dan Radison

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References
  1. Alan Knicely at Baseball Reference
  2. Bob Forsch at Baseball Reference
  3. Skeeter Barnes at Baseball Reference
  4. Peter, Pascarelli (October 9, 1987). "Jack Clark's frustrating postseason: Cards slugger is pained by injury and uncertain about return". Philadelphia Inquirer.
  5. Mike LaValliere at Baseball Reference
  6. Lee Tunnell at Baseball Reference
  7. Jeremy Hernandez at Baseball Reference
  8. Joe Boever at Baseball Reference
  9. "Doug DeCinces Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  10. 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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