1987 Los Angeles Dodgers season

March 2026 November 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers 1987 Mother's Cookies - Dodger Stadium.JPG 250px Dodger Stadium pictured beneath the Los Angeles skyline in 1987. 1987 National League West Dodger Stadium Los Angeles 73 89 y 4th Peter O'Malley Al Campanis, Fred Claire Tommy Lasorda KTTV (11)Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter DodgervisionEddie Doucette, Al Downing, Rick Monday KABCVin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter KWKW Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas The 1987 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 98th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 30th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 26th season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium. They finished in fourth place in the National League West, with an identical record to the previous season, 73–89. Offseason December 10, 1986: Acquired Matt Young from the Seattle Mariners for Dennis Powell and Mike Watters December 10, 1986: Acquired Tim Leary and Tim Crews from the Milwaukee Brewers for Greg Brock December 11, 1986: Acquired Alex Treviño from the San Francisco Giants for Candy Maldonado December 11, 1986: Acquired Ed Vande Berg from the Seattle Mariners for Steve Yeager Regular season Season standings Los Angeles Dodgers Record vs. opponents LAD Opening Day starters +Name Position Steve Sax Second basemanMariano Duncan ShortstopBill MadlockThird basemanMike Marshall Right fielderFranklin Stubbs First basemanKen Landreaux Left fielderMike SciosciaCatcherMike Ramsey Center fielderOrel Hershiser Starting pitcher Notable transactions May 6, 1987: Acquired Orlando Mercado from the Detroit Tigers for Balvino Gálvez May 22, 1987: Acquired John Shelbyhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/s/shelbjo01.shtml John Shelby Stats and Brad Havens from the Baltimore Orioles for Tom Niedenfuer May 29, 1987: Bill Madlock was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.Bill Madlock Statistics Baseball-Reference.com June 19, 1987: Acquired Phil Garner from the Houston Astros for Jeff Edwards June 23, 1987: Acquired Bill Krueger from the Oakland Athletics for Tim Meeks August 17, 1987: Acquired Glenn Hoffman from the Boston Red Sox for Billy Bartels August 29, 1987: Acquired Tim Belcher from the Oakland Athletics for Rick Honeycutt September 21, 1987: Acquired Mike Sharperson from the Toronto Blue Jays for Juan GuzmánMike Sharperson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com Roster 1987 Los Angeles Dodgers Roster Pitchers 49 Tim Belcher 52 Tim Crews 54 Ron Davis 41 Brad Havens 55 Orel Hershiser 57 Shawn Hillegas 51 Brian Holton 40 Rick Honeycutt 43 Ken Howell 59 Bill Krueger 23 Tim Leary 49 Tom Niedenfuer 26 Alejandro Peña 41 Jerry Reuss 50 Jack Savage 34 Fernando Valenzuela 35 Bob Welch 36 Matt Young Catchers 48 Orlando Mercado 15 Gilberto Reyes 14 Mike Scioscia 29 Alex Treviño Infielders 10 Dave Anderson 25 Mariano Duncan 20 Phil Garner 33 Jeff Hamilton  9 Mickey Hatcher 37 Glenn Hoffman 12 Bill Madlock  3 Steve Sax 60 Mike Sharperson 38 Craig Shipley 22 Franklin Stubbs 56 Brad Wellman  7 Tracy Woodson Outfielders 46 Ralph Bryant 40 Mike Devereaux 47 José González 28 Pedro Guerrero 45 Chris Gwynn 12 Danny Heep 44 Ken Landreaux 27 Tito Landrum  5 Mike Marshall 56 Mike Ramsey 31 John Shelby 21 Reggie Williams Manager  2 Tommy Lasorda Coaches  8 Joey Amalfitano 58 Mark Cresse 11 Manny Mota 16 Ron Perranoski 18 Bill Russell 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 Mike Scioscia 142 461 122 .265 6 38 1B Franklin Stubbs 129 386 90 .233 16 52 2B Steve Sax 157 610 171 .280 6 46 3B Mickey Hatcher 101 287 81 .282 7 42 SS Mariano Duncan 76 261 56 .215 6 18 LF Pedro Guerrero 152 545 184 .338 27 89 CF John Shelby 120 476 132 .277 21 69 RF Mike Marshall 104 402 118 .294 16 72 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 Dave Anderson 108 265 62 .234 1 13 Ken Landreaux 115 182 37 .203 6 23 Alex Treviño 72 144 32 .222 3 16 Tracy Woodson 53 136 31 .228 1 11 Glenn Hoffman 40 132 29 .220 0 10 Phil Garner 70 126 24 .190 2 8 Mike Ramsey 48 125 29 .232 0 12 Danny Heep 60 98 16 .163 0 9 Jeff Hamilton 35 83 18 .217 0 1 Ralph Bryant 46 69 17 .246 2 10 Tito Landrum 51 67 16 .239 1 4 Bill Madlock 21 61 11 .180 3 7 Mike Devereaux 19 54 12 .222 0 4 Reggie Williams 39 36 4 .111 0 4 Craig Shipley 26 35 9 .257 0 2 Mike Sharperson 10 33 9 .273 0 1 Chris Gwynn 17 32 7 .219 0 2 José González 19 16 3 .188 0 1 Len Matuszek 16 15 1 .067 0 0 Orlando Mercado 7 5 3 .600 0 1 Brad Wellman 3 4 1 .250 0 1 Gilberto Reyes 1 0 0 ---- 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 Orel Hershiser 37 264.2 16 16 3.06 190 Bob Welch 35 251.2 15 9 3.22 196 Fernando Valenzuela 34 251.0 14 14 3.98 190 Shawn Hillegas 12 58.0 4 3 3.57 51 Tim Belcher 6 34.0 4 2 2.38 23 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 Rick Honeycutt 27 115.2 2 12 4.59 92 Tim Leary 39 107.2 3 11 4.76 61 Alejandro Peña 37 87.1 2 7 3.50 76 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 Matt Young 47 5 8 11 4.47 42 Brian Holton 53 3 2 2 3.89 58 Ken Howell 40 3 4 1 4.91 60 Brad Havens 31 0 0 1 4.33 23 Tim Crews 20 1 1 3 2.48 20 Tom Niedenfuer 15 1 0 1 2.76 10 Ron Davis 4 0 0 0 6.75 1 Jack Savage 3 0 0 0 2.70 0 Bill Krueger 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 Jerry Reuss 1 0 0 0 4.50 2 1987 awards 1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Pedro Guerrero reserve Orel Hershiser reserve Comeback Player of the Year Award Pedro Guerrero NL Pitcher of the Month Orel Hershiser (June 1987) NL Player of the Week Orel Hershiser (June 8–14) Alejandro Peña (Sep. 28-Oct.4) Farm system AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Terry Collins AA San Antonio Dodgers Texas League Gary LaRocque High A Bakersfield Dodgers California League Kevin Kennedy High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League John Shoemaker Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Tim Johnson Rookie Gulf Coast Dodgers Gulf Coast League Joe Alvarez Teams in BOLD won League Championships Major League Baseball draft 1987 Major League Baseball draft The draft was altered this year and the January drafts and the secondary phase of the June draft were eliminated, leaving just the one June draft, which was expanded to more rounds to allow the Junior College players to be included. The Dodgers drafted 51 players in this draft, the largest collection of players they had ever drafted in one draft. Of those, ten of them would eventually play Major League baseball. The top pick in this years draft was right-handed pitcher Dan Opperman from Valley High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, Opperman injured his arm pitching in the state high school playoffs his Senior season and would not be able to pitch professionally until 1989.http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1999/dec/28/columnist-dean-juipe-opperman-regains-his-footing/ Opperman regains his footing Las Vegas Sun Dean Juipe December 28, 1999 November 6, 2014 He would eventually play in parts of four seasons with the Dodgers farm teams in Vero Beach, San Antonio and the last two with the AAA Albuquerque Dukes. In 63 games (all but one as a starter) he had a record of 19-22 and an ERA of 3.95. None of the players from this years draft left much of an impression on the Majors. Pitchers Dennis Springer and Mike James had the longest careers. 1987 draft picks1987 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft RoundNamePositionSchoolSignedCareer spanHighest level 1Dan OppermanRHPValley High SchoolYes1989–1992AAA2Donald CarrollOFGranite Hills High SchoolYes1988–1999A+3Chris NichtingRHPNorthwestern UniversityYes1988–2002MLB4Thomas DemeritOFDartmouth CollegeYes1987–1988 A5Luis MartinezSSOld Dominion UniversityYes1987–1993AAA6Darrin FletcherCUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–ChampaignYes1987–2002MLB7Tony Barron3BWillamette UniversityYes1987–2002MLB8Howie Freiling1BUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillYes 1987–1990 AAA9Lem LuckhamRHPLos Amigos High SchoolYes1987–1992 AA10Douglas NochRHPCentral Michigan UniversityYes 1987–1989 A11Lawrence GonzalezRHPDon Antonio Lugo High SchoolYes1987–1989A-12Barry BlackwellCFlorida State UniversityNoIndians-19881988–1990 AA13Sherman CollinsRHPUniversity of OklahomaYes1987 A14D. J. FloydC Chino High SchoolYes1987–1990 A15Alan LewisSSDavidson CollegeYes 1987–1993 AA16John WanishRHPFlorida State UniversityYes1987–1991A+17Bruce DostalOFWilliam Paterson UniversityYes1987–1995AAA18Steve GreenOF Georgia Institute of TechnologyYes 1987–1993 A+19Rafael BournigalIFFlorida State UniversityYes1987–2000MLB20Jose MunozSSFlorida CollegeYes 1987–2001 MLB21Dennis SpringerRHPCalifornia State University, FresnoYes 1987–2002 MLB22Mike ParksRHPUniversity of MiamiNo 23Daniel KreuderRHPPace UniversityYes1987 Rookie24Randal WadsworthC California University of PennsylvaniaYes1987Rookie25Frank Mustari3B Illinois State UniversityYes 1987–1988 A26Brian Emmert1B Pace UniversityYes 1987Rookie27Dan PiscettaRHP College of WoosterNo 28David MartinRHP Phillips UniversityYes 1987Rookie29Zak ShinallRHP El Camino CollegeYes 1987–1995MLB30Todd MelisauskasC Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaYes 1987–1988 A31Eric JohnsonOF California State University, SacramentoYes 1987 Rookie32William ArgoOF Iowa State UniversityYes 1987–1989A33Chris HardingOF Clover High SchoolNo 34Jim PooleLHP Georgia Institute of TechnologyNoDodgers-1988 1988–2000MLB35Brian CurrieLHP University of South CarolinaYes 1987–1990A-36Garrett Carter3B University of South CarolinaNoBraves-1988 1988Rookie37Jeff HermanOF De Anza CollegeNo 38Larry ReznyLHP Grand Haven High SchoolNo 39Brett MagnussonOF Santa Rosa Junior CollegeYes 1988–1994AAA40Jerry LuttermanRHP Lafayette High SchoolNo 41James RobinsonRHP Sullivan High SchoolNoWhite Sox-1989 1989Rookie42Joseph FernandezOF Galileo High SchoolYes 1987Rookie43Mike JamesRHP Lurleen B. Wallace Community CollegeYes 1988–2002MLB44Christopher GettlerRHP Jacksonville UniversityYes 1987–1988A45Doug SimonsLHP Pepperdine UniversityNoTwins-1988 1988–1996MLB46Sam BlandC Kishwaukee CollegeYes 1987Rookie47Albert BustillosRHP Gavilan CollegeYes 1988–1996AAA48Ken WoodsSS Palisades High SchoolNo 49Troy ArringtonRHP Jordan High SchoolNo 50Vince MuldrewOF Centennial High SchoolNo 51Andrew PerkensC Blair High SchoolNo References External links 1987 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform Los Angeles Dodgers official web site Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page Category:Los Angeles Dodgers seasons Los Angeles Dodgers Los