1987 Milwaukee Brewers season

March 2026 November 2013 Milwaukee Brewers 1987 American League East Milwaukee County Stadium Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States 91 71 y 3rd Bud Selig Harry Dalton Tom Trebelhorn WVTV(Jim Paschke, Mike Hegan) WTMJ (AM)(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes) The 1987 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 18th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 19th as an MLB franchise. The Brewers finished in third place in the American League East, with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses. The team began the season at a red-hot pace, winning their first 13 games under first-year manager Tom Trebelhorn before losing 12 games in a row in May. Other highlights included Paul Molitor's 39-game hitting streak, the seventh-longest streak in MLB history and second-longest streak post-World War Two (as of 2024),Longest hitting streaks in MLB history https://www.mlb.com/news/longest-hitting-streaks-in-mlb-history MLB MLB 3 April 2024 and Juan Nieves tossing the first no-hitter in Brewers history on April 15 with a 7–0 blanking of the Baltimore Orioles.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.143, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 Offseason December 10, 1986: Tim Leary and Tim Crews were traded by the Brewers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Greg Brock.Tim Leary at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents MIL Notable transactions June 2, 1987: 1987 Major League Baseball draft Brian Turang was drafted by the Brewers in the 20th round, but did not sign.Brian Turang at Baseball-Reference Mark Kiefer was drafted by the Brewers in the 21st round.Mark Kiefer at Baseball-Reference June 15, 1987: Jim Morris was released by the Brewers.Jim Morris at Baseball-Reference June 29, 1987: Russ McGinnis was traded by the Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for Bill Mooneyham.Bill Mooneyham at Baseball-Reference July 16, 1987: Skeeter Barnes was purchased by the Brewers from the St. Louis Cardinals.Skeeter Barnes at Baseball-Reference July 30, 1987: Ray Burris was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.Ray Burris at Baseball-Reference Roster 1987 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers 33 Jay Aldrich 39 Len Barker 40 Mike Birkbeck 29 Chris Bosio 48 Ray Burris 34 Mark Ciardi 25 Mark Clear 32 Chuck Crim 49 Teddy Higuera 38 John Henry Johnson 41 Mark Knudson 31 Alex Madrid 27 Paul Mirabella 20 Juan Nieves 37 Dan Plesac 43 Dave Stapleton 46 Bill Wegman Catchers 11 Charlie O'Brien 21 Bill Schroeder  5 B. J. Surhoff Infielders  9 Greg Brock  3 Juan Castillo 17 Jim Gantner 30 Steve Kiefer  4 Paul Molitor 14 Jim Paciorek  1 Ernest Riles 13 Billy Jo Robidoux  7 Dale Sveum Outfielders 26 Glenn Braggs 45 Rob Deer 16 Mike Felder 36 Brad Komminsk 28 Rick Manning 19 Robin Yount Other batters 15 Cecil Cooper 22 Steve Stanicek Manager 42 Tom Trebelhorn Coaches  8 Andy Etchebarren (Bench) 12 Larry Haney (Bullpen) 24 Chuck Hartenstein (Pitching) 10 Dave Hilton (First base) 35 Tony Muser (Third base/hitting) Game log Legend Brewers win Brewers loss PostponementBoldBrewers team member Milwaukee Brewers; 1987 regular season game log: 91–71 (Home: 48–33; Away: 43–38) y Milwaukee Brewers; April: 18–3 (Home: 9–0; Away: 9–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |-bgcolor=#bfb | 1 || April 6 || Red Sox || 5–1 || Higuera (1–0) || Stanley (0–1) || || 52,585 || 1–0 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 2 || April 8 || Red Sox || 3–2 || Crim (1–0) || Gardner (0–1) || Plesac (1) || 7,412 || 2–0 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 3 || April 9 || Red Sox || 12–11 || Bosio (1–0) || Crawford (0–1) || Clear (1) || 9,628 || 3–0 || W3 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 4 || April 10 || @ Rangers || 11–8 || Nieves (1–0) || Guzmán (0–1) || || 42,415 || 4–0 || W4 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 5 || April 11 || @ Rangers || 8–6 || Higuera (2–0) || Hough (0–1) || Plesac (2) || 23,037 || 5–0 || W5 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 6 || April 12 || @ Rangers || 7–5 (12) || Clear (1–0) || Anderson (0–1) || Bosio (1) || 19,782 || 6–0 || W6 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 7 || April 13 || @ Orioles || 6–3 || Bosio (2–0) || McGregor (0–1) || || 12,986 || 7–0 || W7 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 8 || April 14 || @ Orioles || 7–4 || Ciardi (1–0) || Dixon (1–1) || Plesac (3) || 14,049 || 8–0 || W8 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 9 || April 15 || @ Orioles || 7–0 || Nieves (2–0) || Flanagan (0–1) || || 11,407 || 9–0 || W9 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 10 || April 17 || Rangers || 10–2 || Higuera (3–0) || Mason (0–2) || || 41,548 || 10–0 || W10 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 11 || April 18 || Rangers || 4–3 || Wegman (1–0) || Witt (0–1) || Plesac (4) || 39,715 || 11–0 || W11 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 12 || April 19 || Rangers || 6–4 || Clear (2–0) || Harris (0–2) || || 29,357 || 12–0 || W12 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 13 || April 20 || @ White Sox || 5–4 || Crim (2–0) || DeLeón (2–1) || Plesac (5) || 24,019 || 13–0 || W13 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 14 || April 21 || @ White Sox || 1–7 || Davis (1–1) || Ciardi (1–1) || Winn (1) || 17,023 || 13–1 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bbb | – || April 22 || @ White Sox || colspan=7| Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 8 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 15 || April 24 || Orioles || 6–4 || Higuera (4–0) || McGregor (0–3) || || 23,400 || 14–1 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 16 || April 25 || Orioles || 8–2 || Wegman (2–0) || Dixon (1–2) || || 26,366 || 15–1 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 17 || April 26 || Orioles || 5–3 || Birkbeck (1–0) || Flanagan (0–3) || Plesac (6) || 38,523 || 16–1 || W3 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 18 || April 27 || @ Angels || 10–7 (12) || Mirabella (1–0) || Finley (0–2) || || 32,290 || 17–1 || W4 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 19 || April 28 || @ Angels || 5–10 || Buice (1–0) || Crim (2–1) || || 31,358 || 17–2 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 20 || April 29 || @ Athletics || 8–7 || Bosio (3–0) || G. Nelson (0–1) || Plesac (7) || 11,879 || 18–2 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 21 || April 30 || @ Athletics || 1–4 || Stewart (3–2) || Wegman (2–1) || Howell (3) || 10,262 || 18–3 || L1 y Milwaukee Brewers; May: 6–18 (Home: 2–10; Away: 10–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |-bgcolor=#bfb | 22 || May 1 || @ Mariners || 10–8 || Mirabella (2–0) || Wilkinson (0–1) || Plesac (8) || 13,689 || 19–3 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 23 || May 2 || @ Mariners || 6–4 || Clear (3–0) || Langston (3–3) || Plesac (9) || 23,701 || 20–3 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 24 || May 3 || @ Mariners || 3–7 || Morgan (2–3) || Higuera (4–1) || || 12,632 || 20–4 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 25 || May 5 || Angels || 0–2 || Sutton (2–3) || Wegman (2–2) || Moore (4) || 13,137 || 20–5 || L2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 26 || May 6 || Angels || 0–3 || Witt (4–2) || Birkbeck (1–1) || Buice (1) || 13,552 || 20–6 || L3 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 27 || May 8 || Mariners || 3–4 (12) || Clarke (2–0) || Bosio (3–1) || Wilkinson (1) || 20,512 || 20–7 || L4 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 28 || May 9 || Mariners || 2–8 || Morgan (3–3) || Nieves (2–1) || || 43,502 || 20–8 || L5 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 29 || May 10 || Mariners || 1–5 || Moore (2–3) || Wegman (2–3) || || 25,496 || 20–9 || L6 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 30 || May 12 || Athletics || 8–10 || Stewart (4–3) || Mirabella (2–1) || Howell (6) || 9,459 || 20–10 || L7 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 31 || May 13 || Athletics || 2–8 || Young (5–1) || Higuera (4–2) || || 12,997 || 20–11 || L8 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 32 || May 15 || @ Royals || 3–4 || Quisenberry (2–0) || Clear (3–1) || || 38,532 || 20–12 || L9 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 33 || May 16 || @ Royals || 0–13 || Leibrandt (5–2) || Wegman (2–4) || || 40,092 || 20–13 || L10 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 34 || May 17 || @ Royals || 2–3 || Farr (2–1) || Birkbeck (1–2) || Gleaton (3) || 35,724 || 20–14 || L11 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 35 || May 19 || White Sox || 1–5 || DeLeón (4–3) || Higuera (4–3) || James (3) || 11,903 || 20–15 || L12 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 36 || May 20 || White Sox || 5–1 || Nieves (3–1) || Davis (1–3) || || 14,371 || 21–15 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 37 || May 22 || Indians || 4–2 || Wegman (3–4) || Niekro (2–4) || Plesac (10) || 15,017 || 22–15 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 38 || May 23 || Indians || 2–6 || Carlton (3–4) || Birkbeck (1–3) || || 27,234 || 22–16 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 39 || May 24 || Indians || 3–5 || Schrom (4–4) || Higuera (4–4) || Bailes (2) || 36,338 || 22–17 || L2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 40 || May 26 || @ Twins || 2–4 || Blyleven (4–4) || Nieves (3–2) || Reardon (10) || 23,276 || 22–18 || L3 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 41 || May 27 || @ Twins || 2–7 || Viola (3–5) || Wegman (3–5) || Frazier (1) || 22,947 || 22–19 || L4 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 42 || May 28 || @ Twins || 1–13 || Berenguer (3–0) || Birkbeck (1–4) || || 26,203 || 22–20 || L5 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 43 || May 29 || @ Indians || 6–9 || Bailes (2–0) || Higuera (4–5) || || 47,442 || 22–21 || L6 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 44 || May 30 || @ Indians || 6–5 (10) || Clear (4–1) || Huismann (0–3) || Plesac (11) || 13,619 || 23–21 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 45 || May 31 || @ Indians || 7–1 || Nieves (4–2) || Swindell (3–5) || || 12,831 || 24–21 || W2 y Milwaukee Brewers; June: 13–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |-bgcolor=#bfb | 46 || June 1 || Royals || 3–2 || Wegman (4–5) || Leibrandt (6–4) || Plesac (12) || 9,670 || 25–21 || W3 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 47 || June 2 || Royals || 14–3 || Crim (3–1) || Black (2–2) || Clear (2) || 12,240 || 26–21 || W4 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 48 || June 3 || Royals || 4–2 || Barker (1–0) || Gubicza (3–6) || Plesac (13) || 17,740 || 27–21 || W5 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 49 || June 4 || Yankees || 9–3 || Higuera (5–5) || Niekro (3–4) || || 23,093 || 28–21 || W6 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 50 || June 5 || Yankees || 1–13 || John (6–1) || Nieves (4–3) || || 36,951 || 28–22 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 51 || June 6 || Yankees || 7–6 || Plesac (1–0) || Righetti (4–2) || || 52,366 || 29–22 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 52 || June 7 || Yankees || 3–5 || Bordi (2–0) || Crim (3–2) || Clements (1) || 52,770 || 29–23 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 53 || June 9 || @ Tigers || 5–8 || Morris (8–2) || Higuera (5–6) || || 16,645 || 29–24 || L2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 54 || June 10 || @ Tigers || 8–5 (10) || Plesac (2–0) || King (3–5) || || 16,998 || 30–24 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 55 || June 11 || @ Tigers || 8–5 || Wegman (5–5) || King (3–6) || Bosio (2) || 20,780 || 31–24 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 56 || June 12 || @ Yankees || 3–8 || Rasmussen (4–4) || Crim (3–3) || || 31,789 || 31–25 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 57 || June 13 || @ Yankees || 1–4 || Rhoden (7–4) || Nieves (4–4) || Righetti (13) || 30,231 || 31–26 || L2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 58 || June 14 || @ Yankees || 6–4 || Plesac (3–0) || Righetti (4–3) || || 50,351 || 32–26 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 59 || June 15 || Twins || 0–5 || Blyleven (5–5) || Wegman (5–6) || || 18,403 || 32–27 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 60 || June 16 || Twins || 3–7 || Viola (6–5) || Crim (3–4) || Reardon (13) || 21,613 || 32–28 || L2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 61 || June 17 || Twins || 8–5 || Clear (5–1) || Straker (2–4) || Plesac (14) || 23,389 || 33–28 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 62 || June 18 || @ Blue Jays || 6–3 || Nieves (5–4) || Stieb (5–4) || Plesac (15) || 31,353 || 34–28 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 63 || June 19 || @ Blue Jays || 6–15 || Musselman (5–1) || Clear (5–2) || || 31,230 || 34–29 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 64 || June 20 || @ Blue Jays || 3–2 || Wegman (6–6) || Key (8–5) || Plesac (16) || 38,465 || 35–29 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 65 || June 21 || @ Blue Jays || 6–7 || Musselman (6–1) || Crim (3–5) || Henke (12) || 44,444 || 35–30 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 66 || June 22 || @ Red Sox || 2–5 (8) || Boyd (1–0) || Johnson (0–1) || || 29,546 || 35–31 || L2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 67 || June 23 || @ Red Sox || 5–9 || Crawford (3–2) || Wegman (6–7) || Schiraldi (3) || 31,104 || 35–32 || L3 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 68 || June 24 || @ Red Sox || 7–8 || Hurst (8–5) || Higuera (5–7) || Schiraldi (4) || 34,376 || 35–33 || L4 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 69 || June 26 || Blue Jays || 10–5 || Plesac (4–0) || Henke (0–2) || || 29,461 || 36–33 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 70 || June 27 || Blue Jays || 1–8 || Clancy (8–5) || Nieves (5–5) || || 48,159 || 36–34 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 71 || June 28 || Blue Jays || 11–5 || Higuera (6–7) || Stieb (6–5) || || 42,389 || 37–34 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 72 || June 29 || Tigers || 1–11 || Morris (11–3) || Bosio (3–2) || || 21,487 || 37–35 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 73 || June 30 || Tigers || 5–8 || Petry (5–4) || Clear (5–3) || Hernández (4) || 21,609 || 37–36 || L2 y Milwaukee Brewers; July: 15–13 (Home: 9–5; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |-bgcolor=#bfb | 74 || July 1 || Tigers || 13–2 || Wegman (7–7) || Terrell (6–8) || || 24,528 || 38–36 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 75 || July 2 || @ Angels || 7–9 (13) || Finley (1–3) || Clear (5–4) || || 28,116 || 38–37 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 76 || July 3 || @ Angels || 6–4 || Higuera (7–7) || Fraser (5–6) || || 32,759 || 39–37 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 77 || July 4 || @ Angels || 2–1 || Bosio (4–2) || Sutton (5–9) || Plesac (17) || 62,531 || 40–37 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 78 || July 5 || @ Angels || 3–4 (12) || Finley (2–3) || Clear (5–5) || || 27,525 || 40–38 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 79 || July 6 || @ Mariners || 2–3 || Morgan (7–9) || Wegman (7–8) || Núñez (10) || 15,922 || 40–39 || L2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 80 || July 7 || @ Mariners || 5–9 || Guetterman (7–1) || Nieves (5–6) || Reed (2) || 9,041 || 40–40 || L3 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 81 || July 8 || @ Mariners || 2–5 (11) || Wilkinson (2–2) || Plesac (4–1) || || 8,482 || 40–41 || L4 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 82 || July 9 || @ Athletics || 8–3 || Bosio (5–2) || Rijo (1–5) || || 15,072 || 41–41 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 83 || July 10 || @ Athletics || 3–7 || Stewart (11–7) || Knudson (0–1) || Eckersley (6) || 14,733 || 41–42 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 84 || July 11 || @ Athletics || 5–6 || Eckersley (6–4) || Plesac (4–2) || || 28,399 || 42–42 || L2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 85 || July 12 || @ Athletics || 4–3 || Nieves (6–6) || Howell (2–3) || Plesac (18) || 33,519 || 42–43 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bcf | ASG || July 14 || NL @ AL || 2–0 || Smith (1–0) || Howell (0–1) || Fernandez (1) || 49,671 || – || – |-bgcolor=#bfb | 86 || July 16 || Angels || 6–4 || Higuera (8–7) || McCaskill (2–1) || Plesac (19) || 24,325 || 43–43 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 87 || July 17 || Angels || 12–2 || Wegman (8–8) || Witt (11–6) || || 19,858 || 44–43 || W3 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 88 || July 18 || Angels || 6–12 || Buice (4–3) || Plesac (4–3) || || 35,038 || 44–44 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 89 || July 19 || Angels || 5–8 || Lazorko (3–5) || Aldrich (0–1) || Minton (7) || 30,635 || 44–45 || L2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 90 || July 20 || Mariners || 13–11 || Crim (4–5) || Morgan (7–11) || Clear (3) || 10,577 || 45–45 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 91 || July 21 || Mariners || 6–4 || Higuera (9–7) || Moore (3–12) || || 13,373 || 46–45 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 92 || July 22 || Mariners || 1–2 || Langston (11–9) || Wegman (8–9) || || 19,221 || 46–46 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 93 || July 23 || Athletics || 12–5 || Bosio (6–2) || Andújar (3–3) || || 14,475 || 47–46 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 94 || July 24 || Athletics || 10–2 || Nieves (7–6) || Ontiveros (5–4) || || 20,828 || 48–46 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 95 || July 25 || Athletics || 4–13 || Young (10–5) || Knudson (0–2) || || 34,344 || 48–47 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 96 || July 26 || Athletics || 7–4 || Higuera (10–7) || Lamp (1–1) || Plesac (20) || 25,764 || 49–47 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 97 || July 27 || @ Rangers || 4–5 || Williams (6–3) || Plesac (4–4) || || 16,621 || 49–48 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 98 || July 28 || @ Rangers || 9–2 || Bosio (7–2) || Guzmán (8–10) || Clear (4) || 17,899 || 50–48 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 99 || July 29 || @ Rangers || 9–8 (12) || Plesac (5–4) || Kilgus (1–2) || || 17,157 || 51–48 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 100 || July 30 || White Sox || 6–1 || Knudson (1–2) || Allen (0–5) || Crim (1) || 16,547 || 52–48 || W3 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 101 || July 31 || White Sox || 6–8 || Dotson (8–7) || Higuera (10–8) || Thigpen (2) || 24,722 || 52–49 || L1 y Milwaukee Brewers; August: 18–11 (Home: 10–7; Away: 8–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |-bgcolor=#fbb | 102 || August 1 || White Sox || 2–3 || LaPoint (1–0) || Wegman (8–10) || Searage (2) || 43.335 || 52–50 || L2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 103 || August 2 || White Sox || 3–7 || Long (6–6) || Bosio (7–3) || Thigpen (3) || 30,582 || 52–51 || L3 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 104 || August 4 || Orioles || 9–8 (12) || Knudson (2–2) || Williamson (5–8) || || 19,296 || 53–51 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 105 || August 5 || Orioles || 5–1 || Higuera (11–8) || Bell (9–8) || || 14,281 || 54–51 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 106 || August 6 || Orioles || 11–8 || Aldrich (1–1) || Griffin (2–4) || Crim (2) || 24,353 || 55–51 || W3 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 107 || August 7 || @ White Sox || 7–4 (10) || Clear (6–5) || Thigpen (3–3) || Plesac (21) || 22,658 || 56–51 || W4 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 108 || August 8 || @ White Sox || 5–3 || Burris (1–0) || DeLeón (5–10) || Crim (3) || – || 57–51 || W5 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 109 || August 8 || @ White Sox || 6–8 || Bannister (7–9) || Bosio (7–4) || Thigpen (4) || 18,993 || 57–52 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 110 || August 9 || @ White Sox || 8–4 || Nieves (8–6) || Allen (0–7) || || 15,498 || 58–52 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 111 || August 10 || Rangers || 4–3 (12) || Aldrich (2–1) || Russell (4–2) || || 21,257 || 59–52 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 112 || August 11 || Rangers || 1–7 || Harris (5–8) || Knudson (2–3) || || 17,502 || 59–53 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 113 || August 12 || Rangers || 3–12 || Kilgus (2–4) || Burris (1–1) || || 21,609 || 59–54 || L2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 114 || August 13 || @ Orioles || 4–5 || Boddicker (8–6) || Bosio (7–5) || Niedenfuer (8) || 24,910 || 59–55 || L3 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 115 || August 14 || @ Orioles || 6–2 || Nieves (9–6) || Bell (9–9) || Crim (4) || 19,761 || 60–55 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 116 || August 15 || @ Orioles || 1–2 || Flanagan (2–5) || Higuera (11–9) || || 29,243 || 60–56 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 117 || August 16 || @ Orioles || 6–2 || Crim (5–5) || Schmidt (10–4) || Plesac (22) || 25,950 || 61–56 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 118 || August 17 || @ Indians || 5–3 || Knudson (3–3) || Bailes (6–5) || || 7,011 || 62–56 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 119 || August 18 || @ Indians || 8–9 (12) || Farrell (1–0) || Burris (1–2) || || 10,205 || 62–57 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 120 || August 19 || @ Indians || 13–2 || Nieves (10–6) || Candiotti (6–12) || || 8,288 || 63–57 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 121 || August 20 || @ Indians || 14–2 || Higuera (12–9) || Schrom (5–10) || || 7,855 || 64–57 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 122 || August 21 || Royals || 3–0 || Barker (3–0) || D. Jackson (6–15) || Crim (5) || 37,141 || 65–57 || W3 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 123 || August 22 || Royals || 7–8 || Gleaton (3–4) || Knudson (3–4) || || 37,740 || 65–58 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 124 || August 23 || Royals || 10–5 || Aldrich (3–1) || Stoddard (1–2) || || 33,887 || 66–58 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 125 || August 25 || Indians || 10–9 || Nieves (11–6) || Schrom (5–11) || Crim (6) || 15,580 || 67–58 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 126 || August 26 || Indians || 1–0 (10) || Higuera (13–9) || Jones (3–4) || || 11,246 || 68–58 || W3 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 127 || August 27 || Indians || 4–3 || Knudson (4–4) || Akerfelds (1–4) || Crim (7) || 15,175 || 69–58 || W4 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 128 || August 28 || Twins || 1–0 || Bosio (8–5) || Straker (6–9) || || 22,461 || 70–58 || W5 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 129 || August 29 || Twins || 3–12 || Blyleven (13–10) || Barker (2–1) || || 34,834 || 70–59 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 130 || August 30 || Twins || 6–10 || Atherton (5–4) || Crim (5–6) || Reardon (25) || 22,417 || 70–60 || L2 y Milwaukee Brewers; September: 20–9 (Home: 10–4; Away: 4–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |-bgcolor=#bfb | 131 || September 1 || @ Royals || 2–0 || Higuera (14–9) || Saberhagen (16–8) || || 19,067 || 71–60 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 132 || September 2 || @ Royals || 3–2 || Wegman (9–10) || Leibrandt (13–10) || Plesac (23) || 19,430 || 72–60 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 133 || September 3 || @ Royals || 8–2 || Bosio (9–5) || Gubicza (9–16) || Crim (8) || 23,122 || 73–60 || W3 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 134 || September 4 || @ Twins || 1–2 (12) || Berenguer (6–0) || Plesac (5–5) || || 27,380 || 73–61 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 135 || September 5 || @ Twins || 1–2 || Atherton (7–4) || Crim (5–7) || || 51,122 || 73–62 || L2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 136 || September 6 || @ Twins || 6–0 || Higuera (15–9) || Carlton (6–14) || || 36,586 || 74–62 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 137 || September 7 || Blue Jays || 3–5 || Ward (1–0) || Plesac (5–6) || Henke (32) || 16,935 || 74–63 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 138 || September 8 || Blue Jays || 6–4 || Bosio (10–5) || Stieb (13–8) || Crim (9) || 8,053 || 75–63 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 139 || September 9 || Blue Jays || 6–4 || Clear (7–5) || Wells (1–3) || || 10,555 || 76–63 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 140 || September 10 || Tigers || 4–3 || Nieves (12–6) || Tanana (13–10) || Mirabella (1) || 9,715 || 77–63 || W3 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 141 || September 11 || Tigers || 5–2 || Higuera (16–9) || Henneman (9–2) || || 21,161 || 78–63 || W4 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 142 || September 12 || Tigers || 11–2 || Wegman (10–10) || Morris (17–8) || || 50,288 || 79–63 || W5 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 143 || September 13 || Tigers || 1–5 || Terrell (14–10) || Bosio (10–6) || || 21,880 || 79–64 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 144 || September 14 || @ Yankees || 6–4 || Stapleton (1–0) || Gullickson (2–2) || Clear (5) || 20,211 || 80–64 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 145 || September 15 || @ Yankees || 3–4 || Leiter (1–0) || Nieves (12–7) || Righetti (28) || 22,102 || 80–65 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 146 || September 16 || @ Yankees || 5–4 || Higuera (17–9) || Stoddard (4–3) || || 20,232 || 81–65 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 147 || September 18 || @ Tigers || 6–7 || Terrell (15–10) || Wegman (10–11) || King (9) || 30,104 || 81–66 || L1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 148 || September 19 || @ Tigers || 2–5 || Alexander (7–0) || Bosio (10–7) || || 34,006 || 81–67 || L2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 149 || September 20 || @ Tigers || 11–4 || Nieves (13–7) || Morris (18–9) || Crim (10) || 42,143 || 82–67 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bbb | – || September 21 || Yankees || colspan=7| Postponed (wet grounds); Makeup: September 22 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 150 || September 22 || Yankees || 7–2 || Higuera (18–9) || John (12–6) || Mirabella (2) || – || 83–67 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 151 || September 22 || Yankees || 8–10 || Clements (3–2) || Crim (5–8) || Righetti (30) || 12,651 || 83–68 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 152 || September 23 || Yankees || 8–7 (10) || Crim (6–8) || Righetti (8–5) || || 11,219 || 84–68 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 153 || September 24 || Red Sox || 7–6 || Clear (8–5) || Sambito (2–5) || || 7,745 || 85–68 || W2 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 154 || September 25 || Red Sox || 2–9 || Clemens (18–9) || Nieves (13–8) || || 12,878 || 85–69 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 155 || September 26 || Red Sox || 3–2 || Stapleton (2–0) || Nipper (10–12) || || 19,206 || 86–69 || W1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 156 || September 27 || Red Sox || 9–6 || Burris (2–2) || Stanley (4–15) || Crim (11) || 26,175 || 87–69 || W2 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 157 || September 28 || @ Blue Jays || 6–4 || Wegman (11–11) || Flanagan (6–8) || Clear (6) || 34,113 || 88–69 || W3 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 158 || September 29 || @ Blue Jays || 5–3 || Bosio (11–7) || Key (17–7) || || 34,314 || 89–69 || W4 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 159 || September 30 || @ Blue Jays || 5–2 || Nieves (14–8) || Stieb (13–9) || || 35,245 || 90–69 || W5 y Milwaukee Brewers; October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |-bgcolor=#fbb | 160 || October 2 || @ Red Sox || 2–3 (12) || Gardner (3–6) || Higuera (18–10) || || 20,077 || 90–70 || L1 |-bgcolor=#bfb | 161 || October 3 || @ Red Sox || 8–4 || Wegman (12–11) || Leister (0–2) || Crim (12) || 21,962 || 91–70 || W1 |-bgcolor=#fbb | 162 || October 4 || @ Red Sox || 0–4 || Clemens (20–9) || Bosio (11–8) || || 25,454 || 91–71 || L1 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 B. J. Surhoff 115 395 118 .299 7 68 1B Greg Brock Greg Brock (baseball) 141 532 159 .299 13 85 2B Juan Castillo Juan Castillo (second baseman) 116 321 72 .224 3 28 3B Ernest Riles 83 276 72 .261 4 38 SS Dale Sveum 153 535 135 .252 25 95 LF Rob Deer 134 474 113 .238 28 80 CF Robin Yount 158 635 218 .312 21 103 RF Glenn Braggs 132 505 136 .269 13 77 DH Cecil Cooper 63 250 62 .248 6 36 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 Paul Molitor 118 465 164 .353 16 75 Mike Felder 108 289 77 .266 2 31 Jim Gantner 81 265 72 .272 4 30 Bill Schroeder Bill Schroeder (baseball) 75 250 83 .332 14 42 Rick Manning 97 114 26 .228 0 13 Jim Paciorek 48 101 23 .228 2 10 Steve Kiefer 28 99 20 .202 5 17 Billy Jo Robidoux 23 62 12 .194 0 4 Charlie O'Brien 10 35 7 .200 0 0 Brad Komminsk 7 15 1 .067 0 0 Steve Stanicek 4 7 2 .286 0 0 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 Teddy Higuera 35 261.2 18 10 3.85 240 Bill Wegman 34 225.0 12 11 4.24 102 Juan Nieves 34 195.2 14 8 4.88 163 Mike Birkbeck 10 45.0 1 4 6.20 25 Len Barker 11 43.2 2 1 5.36 22 Mark Ciardi 4 16.1 1 1 9.37 8 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 Chris Bosio 46 170.0 11 8 5.24 150 Mark Knudson 15 62.0 4 4 5.37 26 John Henry Johnson John Henry Johnson (baseball) 10 26.1 0 1 9.57 18 Ray Burris 10 23.0 2 2 5.87 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 Dan Plesac 57 5 6 23 2.61 89 Chuck Crim 53 6 8 12 3.67 56 Mark Clear 58 8 5 6 4.48 81 Paul Mirabella 29 2 1 2 4.91 14 Jay Aldrich 31 3 1 0 4.94 22 Dave Stapleton Dave Stapleton (pitcher) 4 2 0 0 1.84 14 Alex Madrid 3 0 0 0 15.19 1 Awards and honors Paul Molitor, Hutch Awardhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac Farm system Minor League Baseball The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1987.https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=MIL&year=1987 1987 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates Baseball-Reference Sports Reference December 30, 2020 Triple-A Denver Zephyrs American Association Terry Bevington Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Duffy Dyer Class A Stockton Ports California League Dave Machemer Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Gomer Hodge Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Dave Huppert Notes References 1987 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference 1987 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Milwaukee Brewers seasons Milwaukee Brewers season Mil