1987 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season the Major League Baseball team the National Football League team 1987 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1987 National League championsNational League East champions St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg National League East Busch Memorial Stadium St. Louis, Missouri 95–67 (.586) 1st August "Gussie" Busch Dal Maxvill Whitey Herzog KSDK(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon, Jay Randolph)Cardinal Cable Network(Al Hrabosky, Ken Wilson) KMOX (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon) 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 for the third and last time before moving to the National League 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. Offseason October 31, 1986: Alan Knicely was released by the Cardinals.Alan Knicely at Baseball Reference December 19, 1986: Bob Forsch was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.Bob Forsch at Baseball Reference January 26, 1987: Skeeter Barnes was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.Skeeter Barnes at Baseball Reference Regular season September highlights included a Terry Pendleton home run during 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.http://articles.philly.com/1987-10-09/sports/26215384_1_jack-clark-turtlenecks-and-long-sleeves-cardinals https://archive.today/20130630042310/http://articles.philly.com/1987-10-09/sports/26215384_1_jack-clark-turtlenecks-and-long-sleeves-cardinals dead June 30, 2013 The Philadelphia Inquirer Peter Pascarelli Jack Clark's frustrating postseason: Cards slugger is pained by injury and uncertain about return October 9, 1987 Nonetheless, the Redbirds won 95 games to capture the NL East title. Season standings Record vs. opponents STL Notable transactions April 1, 1987: Mike LaValliere, Mike Dunne and Andy Van Slyke were traded by the Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tony Peña.Mike LaValliere at Baseball Reference April 6, 1987: Lee Tunnell was purchased by the Cardinals from the Pittsburgh Pirates.Lee Tunnell at Baseball Reference June 2, 1987: Jeremy Hernandez was drafted by the Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1987 Major League Baseball draft.Jeremy Hernandez at Baseball Reference July 16, 1987: Skeeter Barnes was purchased from the Cardinals by the Milwaukee Brewers. July 25, 1987: Joe Boever was traded by the Cardinals to the Atlanta Braves for Randy O'Neal.Joe Boever at Baseball Reference August 31, 1987: Pat Perry was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later. On September 3, 1987 the Cincinnati Reds sent Scott Terry to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the deal. September 29, 1987: Doug DeCinces was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/decindo01.shtml Doug DeCinces Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com Roster 1987 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers 40 Tim Conroy 34 Danny Cox 48 Bill Dawley 46 Ken Dayley 31 Bob Forsch 49 Ricky Horton 39 Dave LaPoint 41 Joe Magrane 53 Greg Mathews 39 Randy O'Neal 37 Pat Perry 36 Steve Peters 47 Ray Soff 37 Scott Terry 30 John Tudor 42 Lee Tunnell 38 Todd Worrell Catchers 25 Steve Lake 19 Tom Pagnozzi 26 Tony Peña Infielders 59 Skeeter Barnes  5 Rod Booker 22 Jack Clark 10 Doug DeCinces 23 Dan Driessen 28 Tom Herr 35 Mike Laga 12 Tom Lawless  9 Terry Pendleton  1 Ozzie Smith Outfielders 29 Vince Coleman 27 Curt Ford 18 David Green 21 Lance Johnson 21 Tito Landrum 15 Jim Lindeman 51 Willie McGee 33 John Morris 11 Jose Oquendo Manager 24 Whitey Herzog Coaches  7 Rich Hacker (First base)  8 Johnny Lewis (Hitting) 16 Nick Leyva (Third base)  3 Dave Ricketts (Bullpen)  4 Mike Roarke (Pitching)  2 Red Schoendienst (Bench)  72 Kwang-hwan Lee (Guest Instructor) 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 C Tony Peña 116 384 82 .214 5 44 1B Jack Clark Jack Clark (baseball) 131 419 120 .286 35 106 2B Tom Herr 141 510 134 .263 2 83 3B Terry Pendleton 159 583 167 .286 12 96 SS Ozzie Smith 158 600 182 .303 0 75 LF Vince Coleman Vince Coleman (baseball) 151 623 180 .289 3 43 CF Willie McGee 153 620 177 .285 11 105 RF Curt Ford 89 228 65 .285 3 26 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 Oquendo 116 248 71 .286 1 24 Jim Lindeman 75 207 43 .208 8 28 Steve Lake 74 179 45 .251 2 19 John Morris John Morris (outfielder) 101 157 41 .261 3 23 Dan Driessen 24 60 14 .233 1 11 Lance Johnson 63 59 13 .220 0 7 Tito Landrum 30 50 10 .200 0 6 Tom Pagnozzi 27 48 9 .188 2 9 Rod Booker 44 47 13 .277 0 8 David Green David Green (baseball) 14 30 8 .267 1 1 Mike Laga 17 29 4 .138 1 4 Tom Lawless 19 25 2 .080 0 0 Doug DeCinces 4 9 2 .222 0 1 Skeeter Barnes 4 4 1 .250 1 3 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 Cox Danny Cox (baseball) 31 199.1 11 9 3.88 101 Greg Mathews Greg Mathews (baseball) 32 197.2 11 11 3.73 108 Bob Forsch 33 179.0 11 7 4.32 89 Joe Magrane 27 170.1 9 7 3.54 101 John Tudor John Tudor (baseball) 16 96.0 10 2 3.84 54 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 Horton 67 125.0 8 3 3.82 55 Lee Tunnell 32 74.1 4 4 4.84 49 Tim Conroy 10 40.2 3 2 5.53 22 Dave LaPoint 6 16.0 1 1 6.75 8 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 Worrell 75 8 6 33 2.66 92 Bill Dawley 60 5 8 2 4.47 65 Ken Dayley 53 9 5 4 2.66 63 Pat Perry 45 4 2 1 4.39 33 Ray Soff 12 1 0 0 6.46 9 Steve Peters Steve Peters (baseball) 12 0 0 1 1.80 11 Scott Terry baseball 11 0 0 0 3.38 9 Randy O'Neal 1 0 0 0 1.80 4 José Oquendo 1 0 0 0 27.00 0 Postseason NLCS 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 Team123456789RHESan Francisco100100010370St. Louis00110300X5101W: 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 Team123456789RHESan Francisco0201000205100St. Louis000000000021W: Dave Dravecky (1-0)  L: John Tudor (0-1)   SV: NoneHRs: SFG – Will Clark (1)   Jeffrey Leonard (2)   STL – None Game 3 October 9, Candlestick Park Team123456789RHESt. Louis0000024006111San Francisco031000001571W: 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 Team123456789RHESt. Louis020000000290San Francisco00012001X492W: Mike Krukow (1-0)  L: Danny Cox (0-1)   SV: NoneHRs: SFG – Robby Thompson (1)   Jeffrey Leonard (4)   STL – None Game 5 October 11, Candlestick Park Team123456789RHESt. Louis101100000370San Francisco10140000X671W: Joe Price (1-0)  L: Bob Forsch (1-1)   SV: NoneHRs: SFG – Kevin Mitchell (1)   STL – None Game 6 October 13, Busch Stadium Team123456789RHESan Francisco000000000060St. Louis01000000X150W: John Tudor (1-1)  L: Dave Dravecky (1-1)   SV: Ken Dayley (2)HRs: SFG – None   STL – None Game 7 October 14, Busch Stadium Team123456789RHESan Francisco000000000081St. Louis04000200X6120W: Danny Cox (1-1)  L: Atlee Hammaker (0-1)   SV: NoneHRs: SFG – None   STL – José Oquendo (1) World Series 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 crowd noise and the "Homer Hankys" 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) GameScoreDateLocationAttendanceTime of Game1 Cardinals – 1, Twins – 10 October 17Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota) 55,171 3:362 Cardinals – 4, Twins – 8 October 18Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota) 55,257 2:423 Twins – 1, Cardinals – 3 October 20Busch Stadium (St. Louis) 55,347 2:454 Twins – 2, Cardinals – 7 October 21Busch Stadium (St. Louis) 55,347 3:115 Twins – 2, Cardinals – 4 October 22Busch Stadium (St. Louis) 55,347 3:216 Cardinals – 5, Twins – 11 October 24Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota) 55,293 3:227 Cardinals – 2, Twins – 4 October 25Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota) 55,376 3:04 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 Minor League Baseball 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 RadisonJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References External links 1987 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1987 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Almanac Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season Category:National League East champion seasons Category:National League champion seasons St Louis