1987 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs logo.svg 1987 National League East Wrigley Field Chicago 76 85 y 6th Tribune Company Dallas Green Gene Michael and Frank Lucchesi WGN-TV/Superstation WGN(Harry Caray, Steve Stone, Dewayne Staats) WGN(Dewayne Staats, Lou Boudreau, Jim Frey, Harry Caray) chc CHC The 1987 Chicago Cubs season was the 116th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 112th in the National League and the 72nd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth and last in the National League East with a record of 76–85, 18½ games behind the division and pennant-winning St. Louis Cardinals. Offseason Spring training The team opened camp in Mesa, Arizona, apparently content with Brian Dayett to start in right field.March 2009 However, Andre Dawson and his agent Dick Moss showed up after camp opened hoping that Green would consider signing the all-star outfielder.March 2009 Dawson was one of the top free agents on the market during the off-season, but he garnered little interest. He made no secret that he wanted to leave Montreal, where his knees were battered by the Olympic Stadium Astroturf.March 2009 He also made it known during the off season that the Cubs were his top choice, as Wrigley Field had a natural grass surface and had no lights.March 2009 Dawson hit considerably better during the day.March 2009 After a couple weeks of Green saying he was flatly uninterested in Dawson, Dawson and Moss presented Green with a "blank" signed contract. Green filled in the amount – $500,000 for one year. Spring training also began with the dark news of broadcaster Harry Caray suffering a stroke in Palm Springs. WGN announced that until Caray was well enough to return, guest announcers would fill in and sit alongside color analyst Steve Stone.http://chicago.epguides.com/Cubs/guestannouncers.asp Guest announcers for Harry Caray, 1987 2010-06-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110710194421/http://chicago.epguides.com/Cubs/guestannouncers.asp July 10, 2011 Notable transactions December 9, 1986: Heathcliff Slocumb was drafted by the Cubs from the New York Mets in the 1986 minor league draft.Heathcliff Slocumb at Baseball Reference February 17, 1987: Guy Hoffman was traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Wade Rowdon.Guy Hoffman at Baseball Reference March 9, 1987: Andre Dawson was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.Andre Dawson at Baseball Reference March 23, 1987: Mike Martin was released by the Cubs.Mike Martin at Baseball Reference March 30, 1987: Thad Bosley and Dave Gumpert were traded by the Cubs to the Kansas City Royals for Jim Sundberg.Jim Sundberg at Baseball Reference Regular season The 1987 season featured a career year from free-agent acquisition Andre Dawson, who captured National League Most Valuable Player honors following a 49-home run season. It was also the rookie season for starting pitcher Greg Maddux, the final full season for Wrigley Field without lights, and the last year for general manager Dallas Green, who resigned in late October 1987. Season summary An 18–10 May propelled the Cubs into the race, and they spent time in first place in early June. However, injuries to Ryne Sandberg and Shawon Dunston within days of each other crippled the Cubs' middle infield and hampered their offense. Their replacements were Paul Noce and Mike Brumley, respectively, Brumley having been acquired as "thrown-in" in the 1984 Buckner-for-Eckersley trade. Neither player was able to come close to replacing the lost production from Sandberg and Dunston and, consequentially, the team struggled. In the month of August, two incidents occurred in which players cheated against the Cubs. Phillies pitcher Kevin Gross was pitching against the Chicago Cubs on Aug 10, 1987. Gross was caught with sandpaper in his glove and suspended for 10 games. https://www.espn.com/page2/s/list/cheaters/ballplayers.html ESPN.com – Page2 – Biggest cheaters in baseball Astros batter Billy Hatcher was batting against the Chicago Cubs on Aug 31, 1987, when he broke his bat and it flew down the third base line. Cubs third baseman Keith Moreland saw cork, and Hatcher was suspended for 10 games. Later on, Hatcher claimed that he was using pitcher Dave Smith's bat, and not his own. After a woeful August, Michael told the press that he was planning on resigning after the season. Green said that he would accept the resignation, effective immediately, and replaced Michael with Frank Lucchesi, a longtime scout in the Philadelphia organization who had become a Cubs roving instructor. As the Cubs played out the string under Lucchesi, they finished last, although they were a markedly improved team over the '86 club, with a promising future. Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Notable transactions April 6, 1987: Dickie Noles was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.Dickie Noles at Baseball Reference July 13, 1987: Steve Trout was traded by the Cubs to the New York Yankees for Bob Tewksbury, Rich Scheid, and Dean Wilkins.Steve Trout at Baseball Reference September 22, 1987: Dickie Noles was loaned by the Cubs to the Detroit Tigers. Opening Day starters Jody Davis Andre Dawson Brian Dayett Bob Dernier Shawon Dunston Leon Durham Keith Moreland Ryne Sandberg Rick Sutcliffe Roster 1987 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 48 Jay Baller 39 Ron Davis 33 Frank DiPino 44 Drew Hall 50 Les Lancaster 37 Ed Lynch 31 Greg Maddux 41 Mike Mason 49 Jamie Moyer 47 Dickie Noles 21 Scott Sanderson 46 Lee Smith 40 Rick Sutcliffe 42 Bob Tewksbury 34 Steve Trout Catchers 34 Damon Berryhill  7 Jody Davis 11 Jim Sundberg Infielders 17 Mike Brumley 12 Shawon Dunston 10 Leon Durham  6 Keith Moreland 16 Paul Noce 28 Luis Quiñones 18 Wade Rowdon 23 Ryne Sandberg 19 Manny Trillo Outfielders  8 Andre Dawson 24 Brian Dayett 20 Bob Dernier 30 Darrin Jackson  1 Dave Martinez 36 Gary Matthews 22 Jerry Mumphrey 25 Rafael Palmeiro 29 Chico Walker Manager 53 Frank Lucchesi  4 Gene Michael Coaches  9 Johnny Oates  5 Jim Snyder  3 Herm Starrette  2 John Vukovich 26 Billy Williams Game log background:#6E8B3D 1987 Chicago Cubs Game Log y background:#9EBD69; April (10–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |1||April 7|| Cardinals||9–3 ||Tudor (1–0)||Sutcliffe (0–1)||Dawley (1)|| 38,240 ||0–1|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |2||April 9|| Cardinals||4–2 ||Cox (1–0)||Trout (0–1)||Worrell (1)|| 12,441 ||0–2|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |3||April 10||@ Phillies||4–3 ||Lynch (1–0)||K. Gross (0–1)||Noles (1)|| 43,212 ||1–2|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |4||April 11||@ Phillies||9–1 ||Sutcliffe (1–1)||Cowley (0–1)|||| 21,581 ||2–2|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |5||April 12||@ Phillies||9 – 8 (10)||Bedrosian (1–0)||Smith (0–1)|||| 23,769 ||2–3|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |6||April 13||@ Phillies||5–2 ||Moyer (1–0)||Carman (0–1)||Smith (1)|| 15,366 ||3–3|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |7||April 15|| Pirates||3 – 1 (10)||D. Robinson (2–0)||Noles (0–1)|||| 5,369 ||3–4||Pat Summerall broadcasts. |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |8||April 16|| Pirates||6–0 ||Kipper (1–1)||Lynch (1–1)|||| 6,956 ||3–5|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |9||April 17|| Expos||7–0 ||Sutcliffe (2–1)||Youmans (0–2)|||| 23,023 ||4–5||Bill Murray announces the game on WGN-TV |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |10||April 18|| Expos||4–2 ||Sebra (1–1)||Maddux (0–1)||St. Claire (2)|| 32,613 ||4–6|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |11||April 19|| Expos||3–1 ||Sorensen (1–0)||Moyer (1–1)||McGaffigan (1)|| 19,889 ||4–7|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |12||April 21||@ Cardinals||5–4 ||Noles (1–1)||Dawley (0–1)||Smith (2)|| 26,333 ||5–7|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |13||April 22||@ Cardinals||5–4 ||Sutcliffe (3–1)||Dawley (0–2)||Smith (3)|| 23,784 ||6–7|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |14||April 23||@ Cardinals||5–2 ||Cox (3–0)||Maddux (0–2)|||| 29,347 ||6–8|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |15||April 24||@ Expos||6–4 ||Moyer (2–1)||Sebra (1–2)||Smith (4)|| 7,752 ||7–8|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |16||April 25||@ Expos||9–4 ||Sanderson (1–0)||Tibbs (1–3)|||| 11,824 ||8–8|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |17||April 26||@ Expos||7–1 ||Trout (1–1)||Sorensen (1–1)|||| 12,052 ||9–8|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |18||April 28|| Giants||6–2 ||Krukow (1–3)||Sutcliffe (3–2)|||| 10,097 ||9–9|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |19||April 29|| Giants||8–4 ||Maddux (1–2)||Mason (1–1)||Lynch (1)|| 11,120 ||10–9||Dawson hits for cycle |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |20||April 30|| Giants||5–4 ||Garrelts (3–2)||Smith (0–2)||Minton (1)|| 11,934 ||10–10|| |- y background:#9EBD69; May (18–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |21||May 1|| Padres||7–5 ||DiPino (1–0)||McCullers (2–3)||Smith (5)|| 16,100 ||11–10|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |22||May 2|| Padres||7–3 ||Trout (2–1)||Whitson (3–3)||Lynch (2)|| 25,428 ||12–10|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |23||May 3|| Padres||4–2 ||Sutcliffe (4–2)||Hawkins (0–3)||Smith (6)|| 27,202 ||13–10|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |24||May 4|| Dodgers||5–4 ||Noles (2–1)||Howell (2–1)|||| 17,487 ||14–10|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |25||May 5|| Dodgers||3–1 ||Welch (4–1)||Moyer (2–2)|||| 18,021 ||14–11|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |26||May 6||@ Giants||9–4 ||Sanderson (2–0)||M. Davis (3–2)||Smith (7)|| 15,123 ||15–11|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |27||May 7||@ Giants||11–1 ||LaCoss (3–1)||Lynch (1–2)||J. Robinson (6)|| 12,228 ||15–12|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |28||May 8||@ Padres||6–3 ||Sutcliffe (5–2)||S. Davis (1–5)||Smith (8)|| 46,533 ||16–12|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |29||May 9||@ Padres||5–2 ||Maddux (2–2)||Show (1–3)||Smith (9)|| 19,088 ||17–12|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |30||May 10||@ Padres||14–2 ||Whitson (4–4)||Moyer (2–3)||Booker (1)|| 14,682 ||17–13|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |31||May 11||@ Dodgers||6–3 ||Sanderson (3–0)||Hershiser (3–4)||Smith (10)|| 35,819 ||18–13|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |32||May 12||@ Dodgers||7–0 ||Honeycutt (2–1)||Lynch (1–3)|||| 41,216 ||18–14|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |33||May 13||@ Dodgers||5–0 ||Sutcliffe (6–2)||Pena (0–3)|||| 39,294 ||19–14|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |34||May 15||@ Astros||3–1 ||Maddux (3–2)||Darwin (2–3)||Smith (11)|| 23,471 ||20–14|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |35||May 16||@ Astros||2–1 ||Moyer (3–3)||Ryan (2–3)||DiPino (1)|| 34,921 ||21–14|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |36||May 17||@ Astros||6–4 ||Mason (1–0)||Knepper (2–3)||Smith (12)|| 20,678 ||22–14|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |37||May 19|| Reds||9–2 ||Sutcliffe (7–2)||Browning (4–5)||Lynch (3)|| 28,890 ||23–14||Harry Caray returns from stroke |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |38||May 20|| Reds||6–2 ||Gullickson (5–2)||Maddux (3–3)|||| 27,150 ||23–15|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |39||May 21|| Reds||8–7 ||Smith (1–2)||Franco (1–1)|||| 21,718 ||24–15|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |40||May 22|| Braves||9–5 ||Palmer (4–4)||Sanderson (3–1)||Acker (4)|| 28,667 ||24–16|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |41||May 23|| Braves||7 – 6 (16)||Moyer (4–3)||Acker (0–3)|||| 33,225 ||25–16||Dawson homers with 2 outs in 9th to tie |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |42||May 24|| Braves||3 – 2 (12)||Noles (3–1)||Dedmon (2–1)|||| 37,259 ||26–16|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |43||May 25||@ Reds||5–4 ||Gullickson (6–2)||Maddux (3–4)||Franco (8)|| 24,684 ||26–17|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |44||May 26||@ Reds||3–2 ||Franco (2–1)||Smith (1–3)|||| 21,388 ||26–18|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |45||May 27||@ Reds||4–1 ||Moyer (5–3)||Reuss (0–3)||Smith (13)|| 23,304 ||27–18|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |46||May 29||@ Braves||6 – 5 (12)||Garber (6–3)||Lynch (1–4)|||| 21,982 ||27–19|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |47||May 30||@ Braves||11–6 ||Maddux (4–4)||Z. Smith (5–3)||Noles (2)|| 35,394 ||28–19|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |48||May 31||@ Braves||2 – 1 (10)||Garber (7–3)||Lynch (1–5)|||| 24,353 ||28–20|| |- y background:#9EBD69; June (12–17) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |49||June 1|| Astros||6 – 5 (10)||Andersen (4–2)||DiPino (1–1)||Smith (9)|| 14,556 ||28–21|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |50||June 2|| Astros||13–2 ||Mason (2–0)||Ryan (2–5)|||| 13,891 ||29–21|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |51||June 3|| Astros||22–7 ||Sutcliffe (8–2)||Knepper (2–6)|||| 19,725 ||30–21|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |52||June 4|| Cardinals||3–1 ||Cox (6–2)||Maddux (4–5)||Worrell (12)|| 32,102 ||30–22|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |53||June 5|| Cardinals||5–1 ||Mathews (3–4)||Sanderson (3–2)|||| 36,818 ||30–23|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |54||June 6|| Cardinals||6–5 ||Moyer (6–3)||Forsch (4–2)||Smith (14)|| 39,008 ||31–23|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |55||June 7|| Cardinals||13–9 ||Dawley (2–4)||Mason (2–1)||Worrell (13)|| 38,388 ||31–24|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |56||June 8|| Mets||4–2 ||Smith (2–3)||Sisk (1–1)|||| 28,063 ||32–24|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |57||June 9|| Mets||6–5 ||Noles (4–1)||Myers (0–2)||Smith (15)|| 31,252 ||33–24|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |58||June 10|| Mets||13–2 ||Gooden (2–0)||Sanderson (3–3)|||| 35,190 ||33–25|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |59||June 12||@ Cardinals||4–1 ||Forsch (5–2)||Moyer (6–4)||Worrell (15)|| 48,096 ||33–26|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |60||June 13||@ Cardinals||9–2 ||Tunnell (3–1)||Sutcliffe (8–3)|||| 47,395 ||33–27|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |61||June 14||@ Cardinals||3–2 ||Cox (7–3)||Sanderson (3–4)||Worrell (16)|| 46,106 ||33–28|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |62||June 15|| Phillies||3–2 ||Tekulve (2–2)||Smith (2–4)||Bedrosian (16)|| 18,643 ||33–29|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |63||June 16|| Phillies||7–2 ||Trout (3–1)||K. Gross (4–6)||Smith (16)|| 30,007 ||34–29|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |64||June 17|| Phillies||5–3 ||Moyer (7–4)||Rawley (7–4)||Smith (17)|| 26,447 ||35–29|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |65||June 18|| Phillies||9–7 ||Sutcliffe (9–3)||M. Jackson (1–5)||Smith (18)|| 22,870 ||36–29|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |66||June 19|| Pirates||4–0 ||Fisher (3–4)||Noles (4–2)|||| 33,529 ||36–30|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |67||June 20|| Pirates||8–2 ||Dunne (3–1)||Maddux (4–6)|||| 34,384 ||36–31|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |68||June 21|| Pirates||6–3 ||Trout (4–1)||Drabek (1–6)||Smith (19)|| 33,418 ||37–31|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |69||June 22|| Pirates||3–2 ||Moyer (8–4)||Reuschel (5–4)|||| 27,064 ||38–31|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |70||June 23||@ Mets||4–1 ||Sutcliffe (10–3)||Darling (2–5)||Smith (20)|| 39,789 ||39–31|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |71||June 24||@ Mets||2–1 ||McDowell (4–2)||Smith (2–5)|||| 42,196 ||39–32|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |72||June 25||@ Mets||8–2 ||Gooden (4–1)||Trout (4–2)|||| 40,167 ||39–33|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |73||June 26||@ Pirates||5–2 ||Jones (1–1)||Maddux (4–7)||D. Robinson (10)|| 20,408 ||39–34|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |74||June 27||@ Pirates||7–0 ||Reuschel (6–4)||Moyer (8–5)|||| 31,595 ||39–35|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |75||June 28||@ Pirates||6–2 ||Jones (2–1)||Sutcliffe (10–4)|||| 25,304 ||39–36|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |76||June 29||@ Expos||9–5 ||Lancaster (1–0)||Sorensen (3–4)||Lynch (4)|| 15,117 ||40–36|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |77||June 30||@ Expos||5–4 ||Martinez (3–0)||Trout (4–3)||Parrett (2)|| 13,777 ||40–37|| |- y background:#9EBD69; July (12–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |78||July 1||@ Expos||1–0 ||Maddux (5–7)||Sebra (4–9)|||| 15,740 ||41–37|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |79||July 3|| Giants||3–1 ||Downs (7–4)||Moyer (8–6)||J. Robinson (9)|| 37,650 ||41–38|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |80||July 4|| Giants||5–3 ||Sutcliffe (11–4)||Hammaker (4–6)||Smith (21)|| 30,929 ||42–38|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |81||July 5|| Giants||7–5 ||Price (1–0)||Lynch (1–6)||Garrelts (10)|| 32,304 ||42–39|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |82||July 6|| Padres||7–0 ||Trout (5–3)||Grant (1–3)|||| 20,508 ||43–39|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |83||July 7|| Padres||7–5 ||Sanderson (4–4)||Show (4–10)||Smith (22)|| 26,615 ||44–39||Show beans Dawson |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |84||July 8|| Padres||12–8 ||Lancaster (2–0)||McCullers (4–6)|||| 31,278 ||45–39|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |85||July 9|| Dodgers||12–5 ||Sutcliffe (12–4)||Honeycutt (2–9)||Sanderson (1)|| 33,606 ||46–39|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |86||July 10|| Dodgers||5 – 4 (10)||Young (4–5)||Smith (2–6)|||| 36,003 ||46–40|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |87||July 11|| Dodgers||7–0 ||Trout (6–3)||Leary (1–5)|||| 37,045 ||47–40|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |88||July 12|| Dodgers||12–0 ||Welch (9–5)||Lancaster (2–1)|||| 35,895 ||47–41|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |89||July 16||@ Giants||4–1 ||Moyer (9–6)||Dravecky (4–8)||Sanderson (2)|| 14,024 ||48–41|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |90||July 17||@ Giants||5–1 ||Sutcliffe (13–4)||Downs (8–5)||Smith (23)|| 13,868 ||49–41|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |91||July 18||@ Giants||9–2 ||Hammaker (5–7)||Maddux (5–8)|||| 26,504 ||49–42|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |92||July 19||@ Giants||4–3 ||Garrelts (7–6)||Sanderson (4–5)|||| 35,865 ||49–43|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |93||July 20||@ Padres||7–4 ||McCullers (6–6)||Tewksbury (0–1)||M. Davis (2)|| 15,113 ||49–44|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |94||July 21||@ Padres||4–3 ||M. Davis (5–5)||Moyer (9–7)|||| 17,305 ||49–45|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |95||July 22||@ Padres||6–3 ||Sutcliffe (14–4)||Grant (2–5)|||| 18,614 ||50–45|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |96||July 24||@ Dodgers||6–4 ||Maddux (6–8)||Leary (1–6)||Smith (24)|| 38,052 ||51–45|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |97||July 25||@ Dodgers||7–2 ||Howell (3–3)||Tewksbury (0–2)||Pena (2)|| 32,143 ||51–46|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |98||July 26||@ Dodgers||7–6 ||Holton (3–1)||DiPino (1–2)||Young (8)|| 40,523 ||51–47|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |99||July 28|| Expos||8–3 ||Sutcliffe (15–4)||McGaffigan (2–2)||Smith (25)|| 35,299 ||52–47|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |100||July 29|| Expos||11–3 ||Smith (7–4)||Maddux (6–9)|||| 37,019 ||52–48|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |101||July 30|| Expos||6–1 ||Heaton (12–4)||Tewksbury (0–3)|||| 28,128 ||52–49|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |102||July 31|| Phillies||8–5 ||Tekulve (5–3)||Sanderson (4–6)||Bedrosian (30)|| 32,930 ||52–50|| |- y background:#9EBD69; August (14–14) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |103||August 1|| Phillies||5–3 ||Lancaster (3–1)||Hume (1–3)||Smith (26)|| 33,002 ||53–50||Dawson hits three home runs |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |104||August 2|| Phillies||3 – 2 (10)||Smith (3–6)||Calhoun (0–1)|||| 33,629 ||54–50|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |105||August 3||@ Pirates||6–4 ||Drabek (3–10)||Maddux (6–10)||Gott (1)|| 7,281 ||54–51|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |106||August 4||@ Pirates||3 – 2 (11)||Mason (3–1)||Gideon (1–2)|||| 8,744 ||55–51|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |107||August 5||@ Pirates||10–0 ||Fisher (7–6)||Moyer (9–8)|||| 7,726 ||55–52|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |108||August 6||@ Mets||7–6 ||McDowell (7–3)||Smith (3–7)|||| 37,584 ||55–53|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |109||August 7||@ Mets||7–1 ||Darling (8–7)||Sutcliffe (15–5)|||| 43,440 ||55–54|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |110||August 8||@ Mets||5–3 ||Mason (4–1)||Schulze (1–2)||Smith (27)|| 47,893 ||56–54|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |111||August 9||@ Mets||6–3 ||Sanderson (5–6)||Gooden (9–4)||Smith (28)|| 49,031 ||57–54|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |112||August 10||@ Phillies||4–2 ||Frohwirth (1–0)||Moyer (9–9)||Bedrosian (31)|| 26,796 ||57–55|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |113||August 11||@ Phillies||9 – 8 (13)||K. Gross (7–10)||Tewksbury (0–4)|||| 30,459 ||57–56|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |114||August 12||@ Phillies||13–7 ||Calhoun (1–1)||Lynch (1–7)|||| 36,190 ||57–57|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |115||August 13|| Mets||7–5 ||DiPino (2–2)||McDowell (7–4)||Smith (29)|| 35,033 ||58–57|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |116||August 14|| Mets||6–1 ||Sanderson (6–6)||Mitchell (3–5)|||| 17,811 ||59–57|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |117||August 15|| Mets||7–3 ||Moyer (10–9)||Leach (10–1)||DiPino (2)|| 32,425 ||60–57|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |118||August 16|| Mets||23–10 ||Darling (10–7)||Maddux (6–11)|||| 32,731 ||60–58||Billy Williams day ruined by football score |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |119||August 18||@ Braves||9–5 ||Mahler (7–12)||Lynch (1–8)||Acker (8)|| 17,469 ||60–59|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |120||August 19||@ Braves||9–1 ||Sanderson (7–6)||Puleo (5–6)|||| 10,523 ||61–59|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |121||August 20||@ Braves||13–4 ||Acker (1–5)||Moyer (10–10)|||| 11,647 ||61–60|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |122||August 21|| Astros||7–5 ||DiPino (3–2)||Deshaies (10–5)||Smith (30)|| 31,006 ||62–60|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |123||August 22|| Astros||5 – 4 (11)||Andersen (8–4)||DiPino (3–3)||Smith (21)|| 32,552 ||62–61|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |124||August 23|| Astros||4–2 ||Heathcock (3–1)||Sutcliffe (15–6)||Smith (22)|| 33,934 ||62–62|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |125||August 27|| Braves||5–2 ||Z. Smith (14–7)||Moyer (10–11)||||||62–63|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |126||August 27|| Braves||8 – 6 (8)||Lancaster (4–1)||Mahler (7–13)||DiPino (3)|| 19,006 ||63–63|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |127||August 28||@ Reds||6 – 5 (10)||Smith (4–7)||Franco (7–5)|||| 28,223 ||64–63|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |128||August 29||@ Reds||4–1 ||Browning (6–11)||Sanderson (7–7)|||| 37,783 ||64–64|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |129||August 30||@ Reds||3–1 ||Lynch (2–8)||Rasmussen (0–1)||Smith (31)|| 33,485 ||65–64|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |130||August 31||@ Astros||4–3 ||Lancaster (5–1)||Darwin (8–9)||Smith (32)|| 17,734 ||66–64|| |- y background:#9EBD69; September (9–18) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |131||September 1||@ Astros||3–2 ||Moyer (11–11)||Hernandez (0–1)||Smith (33)|| 14,026 ||67–64|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |132||September 2||@ Astros||10–1 ||Scott (14–10)||Sutcliffe (15–7)|||| 17,406 ||67–65|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |133||September 4|| Reds||4–3 ||Williams (4–0)||Smith (4–8)||Franco (26)|| 19,715 ||67–66|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |134||September 5|| Reds||10–5 ||Rasmussen (1–1)||Lynch (2–9)|||| 33,336 ||67–67|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |135||September 6|| Reds||3–1 ||Lancaster (6–1)||Power (10–10)||Smith (34)|| 33,093 ||68–67|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |136||September 7|| Pirates||3–2 ||Fisher (8–9)||Moyer (11–12)||J. Robinson (11)|| 21,745 ||68–68|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |137||September 8|| Pirates||4–1 ||Palacios (1–0)||Sutcliffe (15–8)||Gott (8)|| 8,331 ||68–69|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |138||September 9|| Pirates||4–3 ||J. Robinson (8–8)||Smith (4–9)||Gott (9)|| 8,054 ||68–70|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |139||September 11|| Expos||8–4 ||Lancaster (7–1)||Youmans (9–8)|||| 10,174 ||69–70|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |140||September 12|| Expos||7–1 ||Perez (3–0)||Moyer (11–13)|||| 25,681 ||69–71|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |141||September 13|| Expos||5–2 ||Sutcliffe (16–8)||Smith (9–7)|||| 25,444 ||70–71|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |142||September 14||@ Mets||6–5 ||Aguilera (9–2)||Hall (0–1)||Orosco (15)|| 27,693 ||70–72|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |143||September 15||@ Mets||12–4 ||Fernandez (11–8)||Maddux (6–12)|||| 31,806 ||70–73|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |144||September 16||@ Phillies||8–5 ||Maddux (2–0)||Smith (4–10)||Bedrosian (37)|| 17,598 ||70–74|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |145||September 17||@ Phillies||4–3 ||Carman (11–10)||Moyer (11–14)||Bedrosian (38)|| 10,338 ||70–75|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |146||September 18||@ Cardinals||8–1 ||Sutcliffe (17–8)||Cox (9–8)|||| 44,189 ||71–75|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |147||September 19||@ Cardinals||5–3 ||Magrane (8–7)||Sanderson (7–8)||Worrell (30)|| 48,387 ||71–76|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |148||September 20||@ Cardinals||10–2 ||Forsch (11–5)||Maddux (6–13)|||| 44,894 ||71–77|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |149||September 21|| Mets||7–1 ||Gooden (15–6)||Lancaster (7–2)|||| 8,229 ||71–78|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |150||September 22|| Mets||6–2 ||Sutcliffe (18–8)||Cone (5–5)|||| 11,672 ||72–78|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |151||September 23|| Phillies||5–0 ||Ruffin (11–14)||Moyer (11–15)|||| 7,160 ||72–79|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |152||September 24|| Phillies||3 – 2 (11)||Bedrosian (5–2)||Baller (0–1)|||| 6,904 ||72–80|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |153||September 25|| Cardinals||2–1 ||Sanderson (8–8)||Forsch (11–6)||DiPino (4)|| 21,561 ||73–80|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |154||September 26|| Cardinals||5–3 ||Tudor (9–2)||Sutcliffe (18–9)||Dayley (4)|| 35,669 ||73–81|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |155||September 27|| Cardinals||7–3 ||Lancaster (8–2)||Cox (10–9)||Smith (35)|| 33,912 ||74–81|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |156||September 30||@ Pirates||5–3 ||Fisher (11–9)||Sutcliffe (18–10)||J. Robinson (13)||||74–82|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |157||September 30||@ Pirates||10–8 ||Hall (1–1)||Smiley (5–5)|||| 6,985 ||75–82|| |- y background:#9EBD69; October (1–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Other Info |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |158||October 1||@ Pirates||12–3 ||Drabek (11–12)||Sanderson (8–9)|||| 5,294 ||75–83|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |159||October 2||@ Expos||7–1 ||Heaton (13–10)||Maddux (6–14)||McGaffigan (12)|| 13,301 ||75–84|| |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" |160||October 3||@ Expos||5–4 ||Parrett (7–5)||Lancaster (8–3)||Burke (18)|| 15,517 ||75–85|| |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" |161||October 4||@ Expos||7–5 ||Moyer (12–15)||Parrett (7–6)||Smith (36)|| 29,487 ||76–85|| |- 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 Jody Davis Jody Davis (baseball) 125 428 106 .248 19 51 1B Leon Durham 131 439 120 .273 27 63 2B Ryne Sandberg 132 523 154 .294 16 59 3B Keith Moreland 153 563 150 .266 27 88 SS Shawon Dunston 95 346 85 .246 5 22 LF Jerry Mumphrey 118 309 103 .333 13 44 CF Dave Martinez 142 459 134 .292 8 36 RF Andre Dawson 153 621 178 .287 49 137 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 Rafael Palmeiro 84 221 61 .276 14 30 Manny Trillo 108 214 63 .294 8 26 Bob Dernier 93 199 63 .317 8 21 Paul Noce 70 180 41 .228 3 14 Brian Dayett 97 177 49 .277 5 25 Jim Sundberg 61 139 28 .201 4 15 Chico Walker 47 105 21 .200 0 7 Mike Brumley 39 104 21 .202 1 9 Luis Quiñones 49 101 22 .218 0 8 Gary Matthews 44 42 11 .262 0 8 Wade Rowdon 11 31 7 .226 1 4 Damon Berryhill 12 28 5 .179 0 1 Darrin Jackson 7 5 4 .800 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 Rick Sutcliffe 34 237.1 18 10 3.68 174 Jamie Moyer 35 201.0 12 15 5.10 147 Greg Maddux 30 156.0 6 14 5.61 101 Steve Trout 11 75.0 6 3 3.00 32 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 Scott Sanderson 32 144.2 8 9 4.29 106 Les Lancaster 27 132.1 8 3 4.90 78 Mike Mason Mike Mason (baseball) 17 38.0 4 1 5.68 28 Bob Tewksbury 7 18.0 0 4 6.50 10 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 Lee Smith 62 4 10 36 3.12 96 Frank DiPino 69 3 3 4 3.15 61 Ed Lynch 58 2 9 4 5.38 80 Dickie Noles 41 4 2 2 3.50 33 Jay Baller 23 0 1 0 6.75 27 Drew Hall 21 1 1 0 6.89 20 Ron Davis 21 0 0 0 5.85 31 Awards and honors Andre Dawson – National League Most Valuable Player Andre Dawson – National League Leader Home Runs (49) Andre Dawson – National League Leader RBI (137) Andre Dawson, Outfield, Gold Glove Award Andre Dawson, Outfield, Silver Slugger Award Ryne Sandberg, Second Baseman, Gold Glove Award Rick Sutcliffe, Pitcher, Lou Gehrig Award Rick Sutcliffe, Roberto Clemente Award All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Iowa Cubs American Association Larry Cox AA Pittsfield Cubs Eastern League Jim Essian A Winston-Salem Spirits Carolina League Jay Loviglio A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Jim Tracy A-Short Season Geneva Cubs New York–Penn League Tom Spencer Rookie Wytheville Cubs Appalachian League Brad MillsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 References External links 1987 Chicago Cubs at Baseball Reference 1987 Cubs on a Chicago-centric wiki 1987 Chicago Cubs on Baseball Almanac List of guest announcers for Harry Caray Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago