1987 Atlanta Braves season

March 2026 November 2013 Atlanta Braves 1987 National League West Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta 69–92 (.429) 5th Ted Turner Bobby Cox Chuck Tanner WTBSSuperstation WTBS WSB(Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, John Sterling) The 1987 Atlanta Braves season was the 117th in franchise history and their 22nd in Atlanta. The team introduced new uniforms this season harkening back to the 1950s, which, with a slight change made in 2019, continue to be the team's uniforms to this day, replacing their pullover jersey/beltless pants combo worn since 1980.Braves Uniforms Atlanta Braves https://www.mlb.com/braves/history/uniforms 2024-09-10 MLB.com enhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/demetriusbell/2019/01/20/atlanta-braves-baseball-uniforms-2019-alternates-red-blue/?sh=1aa6a150539f Atlanta Braves Make Subtle But Strong Changes To Their Uniforms Bell Demetrieus January 20, 2019 forbes.com Forbes May 18, 2023https://www.toddradom.com/blog/1987-the-year-that-mlbs-uniforms-stepped-backwards 1987-the Year that MLB's Uniforms Stepped Backwards Radom Todd June 13, 2013 toddradom.com Todd Radom May 18, 2023 Offseason November 17, 1986: Chuck Hensley was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.Chuck Hensley Stats https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/henslch01.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en November 17, 1986: Trench Davis was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.Trench Davis Stats https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davistr01.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en February 2, 1987: Luis Leal was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Damaso Garcia to the Atlanta Braves for Craig McMurtry.Luis Leal Stats https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leallu01.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en Regular season May 1, 1987: Houston Astros pitcher Nolan Ryan hit a home run off of Braves pitcher Charlie Puleo.Nolan Ryan Career Home Runs https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.fcgi?id=ryanno01&t=b 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en August 17, 1987: Tom Glavine made his major league baseball debut.Tom Glavine https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/glavito02.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en It was against the Houston Astros and Glavine was the starting pitcher. Glavine pitched 3.2 innings and allowed 10 hits and six earned runs. Glavine allowed 5 bases on balls and recorded one strikeout.Box Score of Game played on Monday, August 17, 1987 at Astrodome https://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=198708170HOU 2024-09-10 www.baseball-almanac.com September 27, 1987: 48-year old Phil Niekro is signed by the Braves for one final major league start against the San Francisco Giants. Niekro had been released by the Toronto Blue Jays almost a month earlier. He pitches three innings, giving up six hits and 5 runs in a 15-6 loss. Season standings Record vs. opponents ATL Notable transactions April 1, 1987: Graig Nettles was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.Graig Nettles Stats https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nettlgr01.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en April 3, 1987: John Mizerock was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mizerjo01.shtml John Mizerock: Career Statistics Baseball Reference 25 January 2018 May 5, 1987: Doyle Alexander was signed as a free agent by the Braves.Doyle Alexander https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alexado01.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en June 2, 1987: Mike Stanton was drafted by the Braves in the 13th round of the 1987 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 10, 1987.Mike Stanton https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stantmi02.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en July 25, 1987: Joe Boever was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Atlanta Braves for Randy O'Neal.Joe Boever Stats https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/boevejo01.shtml 2024-09-10 Baseball-Reference.com en August 12, 1987: Doyle Alexander was traded by the Braves to the Detroit Tigers for John Smoltz. Roster 1987 Atlanta Braves Roster Pitchers 38 Jim Acker 33 Doyle Alexander 30 Paul Assenmacher 37 Joe Boever 36 Chuck Cary 48 Marty Clary 43 Kevin Coffman 49 Jeff Dedmon 26 Gene Garber 47 Tom Glavine 42 Rick Mahler 25 Larry McWilliams 35 Phil Niekro 37 Randy O'Neal 31 Ed Olwine 46 David Palmer 45 Charlie Puleo 25 Pete Smith 34 Zane Smith 29 Steve Ziem Catchers 20 Bruce Benedict  9 Ozzie Virgil Infielders 32 Jeff Blauser  5 Ron Gant 17 Glenn Hubbard 19 Graig Nettles 24 Ken Oberkfell 28 Gerald Perry 16 Rafael Ramírez 12 Paul Runge 23 Ted Simmons 14 Andrés Thomas Outfielders 22 Ken Griffey  1 Albert Hall 10 Dion James  6 Darryl Motley  3 Dale Murphy 15 Gary Roenicke Other batters 11 Terry Bell 18 Trench Davis 27 Mike Fischlin Manager  7 Chuck Tanner Coaches 50 Tony Bartirome 39 Bruce Dal Canton 52 Al Monchak  2 Russ Nixon  4 Bob Skinner  8 Willie Stargell 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 Ozzie Virgil Ozzie Virgil, Jr. 123 429 106 .247 27 72 1B Gerald Perry 142 533 144 .270 12 74 2B Glenn Hubbard Glenn Hubbard (baseball) 141 443 117 .264 5 38 3B Ken Oberkfell 135 508 142 .280 3 48 SS Andrés Thomas 82 324 75 .231 5 39 LF Ken Griffey Ken Griffey, Sr. 122 399 114 .286 14 64 CF Dion James 134 494 154 .312 10 61 RF Dale Murphy 159 566 167 .295 44 105 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 Albert Hall 92 292 83 .284 3 24 Rafael Ramírez 56 179 47 .263 1 21 Graig Nettles 112 177 37 .209 5 33 Ted Simmons 73 177 49 .277 4 30 Jeff Blauser 51 165 40 .242 2 15 Gary Roenicke 67 151 33 .219 9 28 Bruce Benedict 37 95 14 .147 1 5 Ron Gant 21 83 22 .265 2 9 Paul Runge Paul Runge (infielder) 27 47 10 .213 3 8 Darryl Motley 6 8 0 .000 0 1 Trench Davis 6 3 0 .000 0 0 Terry Bell 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Mike Fischlin 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 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 Zane Smith 36 242.0 15 10 4.09 130 Rick Mahler 39 197.0 8 13 4.98 95 David Palmer David Palmer (baseball) 28 152.1 8 11 4.90 111 Doyle Alexander 16 117.2 5 10 4.13 64 Tom Glavine 9 50.1 2 4 5.54 20 Pete Smith 6 31.2 1 2 4.83 11 Kevin Coffman 5 25.1 2 3 4.62 14 Phil Niekro 1 3.0 0 0 15.00 0 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 Charlie Puleo 35 123.1 6 8 4.23 99 Randy O'Neal 16 61.0 4 2 5.61 33 Larry McWilliams 9 20.1 0 1 5.75 13 Marty Clary 7 14.2 0 1 6.14 7 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 Jim Acker 68 4 9 14 4.16 68 Gene Garber 49 8 10 10 4.41 48 Jeff Dedmon 53 3 4 4 3.91 40 Paul Assenmacher 52 1 1 2 5.10 39 Ed Olwine 27 0 1 1 5.01 12 Joe Boever 14 1 0 0 7.36 18 Chuck Cary 13 1 1 1 3.78 15 Steve Ziem 2 0 1 0 7.71 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Richmond Braves International League Roy Majtyka AA Greenville Braves Southern League Jim Beauchamp A Durham Bulls Carolina League Brian Snitker A Sumter Braves South Atlantic League Buddy Bailey Rookie Pulaski Braves Appalachian League Grady Little Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Pedro González Rookie Idaho Falls Braves Pioneer League Rod GilbreathJohnson Lloyd The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball Wolff Miles Baseball America 1997 978-0-96-371897-6 2nd Durham, North Carolina Notes 2 References 1987 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference Category:Atlanta Braves seasons Atlanta Braves season