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1987 Detroit Tigers season

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1987 Detroit Tigers
American League East champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTiger Stadium
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersTom Monaghan
General managersBill Lajoie
ManagersSparky Anderson
TelevisionWDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
PASS
(Larry Osterman, Jim Northrup)
RadioWJR
(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
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The 1987 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 87th season and the 76th season at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers made a late-season comeback to win the American League East on the season's final day. The Tigers finished with a Major League-best record of 98–64, two games ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays. Detroit lost the ALCS to the Minnesota Twins in 5 games.

This would be the last time the Tigers made the postseason until 2006.

Offseason

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Regular season

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After their 1984 championship season, the Tigers finished in third place in the AL East in both 1985 and 1986. The 1987 Tigers faced lowered expectations – which seemed to be confirmed by an 11–19 start to the season. The team hit its stride thereafter and gradually gained ground on its AL East rivals. This charge was fueled in part by the acquisition of pitcher Doyle Alexander from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for minor league pitcher John Smoltz. Alexander started 11 games for the Tigers, posting 9 wins without a loss and a 1.53 ERA. The deal came at a price. Smoltz, a Lansing, Michigan native, went on to have a long, productive career with the Braves winning a Cy Young Award and eventually gaining entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2015.

Despite their improvement, they entered September neck-and-neck with the Toronto Blue Jays. The two teams would square off in seven hard-fought games during the final two weeks of the season. All seven games were decided by one run, and in the first six of the seven games, the winning run was scored in the final inning of play. At Exhibition Stadium, the Tigers dropped three in a row to the Blue Jays before winning a dramatic extra-inning showdown.

The Tigers entered the final week of the 1987 season 3.5 games behind. After a series against the Baltimore Orioles, the Tigers returned home trailing by a game and swept the Blue Jays. Detroit clinched the division in a 1–0 victory over Toronto in front of 51,005 fans at Tiger Stadium on Sunday afternoon, October 4. Frank Tanana pitched a complete-game shutout, and outfielder Larry Herndon hit a second-inning solo home run for the game's only run. Detroit finished the season with a Major League-best 98–64, two games ahead of Toronto. The team hit 225 home runs, the most since the 1961 New York Yankees.[2]

In what would be their last postseason appearance until 2006, the Tigers lost the 1987 American League Championship Series to the underdog Minnesota Twins (who would go on to win the World Series) in five games.

The 1987 Tigers' winning percentage ranks as the 10th best in team history, as follows:

Best Seasons in Detroit Tigers History
Rank Year Wins Losses Win %   Finish
1 1934 101 53 .656 Lost 1934 World Series to Cardinals
2 1915 100 54 .649 2nd in AL behind Red Sox
3 1909 98 54 .645 Lost 1909 World Series to Pirates
4 1984 104 58 .642 Won 1984 World Series over Padres
5 1968 103 59 .636 Won 1968 World Series over Cardinals
6 1961 101 61 .623 2nd in AL behind Yankees
7 1950 95 59 .617 2nd in AL behind Yankees
8 1935 93 58 .616 Won 1935 World Series over Cubs
9 1907 92 58 .613 Lost 1907 World Series to Cubs
10 1987 98 64 .605 Lost 1987 ALCS to Twins

Season standings

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 98 64 .605 — 54‍–‍27 44‍–‍37
Toronto Blue Jays 96 66 .593 2 52‍–‍29 44‍–‍37
Milwaukee Brewers 91 71 .562 7 48‍–‍33 43‍–‍38
New York Yankees 89 73 .549 9 51‍–‍30 38‍–‍43
Boston Red Sox 78 84 .481 20 50‍–‍30 28‍–‍54
Baltimore Orioles 67 95 .414 31 31‍–‍51 36‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians 61 101 .377 37 35‍–‍46 26‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

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1987 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 1–12 9–3 8–4 7–6 4–9 9–3 2–11 5–7 3–10 7–5 4–8 7–5 1–12
Boston 12–1 — 4–8 3–9 7–6 2–11 6–6 6–7 7–5 7–6 4–8 7–5 7–5 6–7
California 3–9 8–4 — 8–5 7–5 3–9 5–8 7–5 8–5 3–9 6–7 7–6 5–8 5–7
Chicago 4–8 9–3 5–8 — 7–5 3–9 6–7 6–6 6–7 5–7 9–4 6–7 7–6 4–8
Cleveland 6–7 6–7 5–7 5–7 — 4–9 6–6 4–9 3–9 6–7 4–8 5–7 2–10 5–8
Detroit 9–4 11–2 9–3 9–3 9–4 — 5–7 6–7 8–4 5–8 5–7 7–5 8–4 7–6
Kansas City 3–9 6–6 8–5 7–6 6–6 7–5 — 4–8 8–5 5–7 5–8 9–4 7–6 8–4
Milwaukee 11–2 7–6 5–7 6–6 9–4 7–6 8–4 — 3–9 7–6 6–6 4–8 9–3 9–4
Minnesota 7–5 5–7 5–8 7–6 9–3 4–8 5–8 9–3 — 6–6 10–3 9–4 6–7 3–9
New York 10–3 6–7 9–3 7–5 7–6 8–5 7–5 6–7 6–6 — 5–7 7–5 5–7 6–7
Oakland 5–7 8–4 7–6 4–9 8–4 7–5 8–5 6–6 3–10 7–5 — 5–8 6–7 7–5
Seattle 8–4 5–7 6–7 7–6 7–5 5–7 4–9 8–4 4–9 5–7 8–5 — 9–4 2–10
Texas 5–7 5–7 8–5 6–7 10–2 4–8 6–7 3–9 7–6 7–5 7–6 4–9 — 3–9
Toronto 12–1 7–6 7–5 8–4 8–5 6–7 4–8 4–9 9–3 7–6 5–7 10–2 9–3 —


Transactions

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Roster

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1987 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Coaches

Game log

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Past Games Legend
Tigers Win
(#bfb) 		Tigers Loss
(#fbb) 		Game Postponed
(#bbb) 		All-Star Game
(#bbcaff) 		Clinched Division
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Bold denotes a Tigers pitcher
1987 game log: 98–64 (Home: 54–27; Away: 44–37)
April: 9–12 (Home: 4–5; Away: 5–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Streak
1 April 6 Yankees 1–2 (10) Righetti (1–0) Morris (0–1) 51,315 0–1 L1
2 April 8 Yankees 5–6 Hudson (1–0) Hernández (0–1) Righetti (1) 12,271 0–2 L2
3 April 9 Yankees 9–3 Terrell (1–0) Tewksbury (1–0) 12,228 1–2 W1
4 April 10 @ White Sox 11–4 Tanana (1–0) Allen (0–1) 40,025 2–2 W2
5 April 11 @ White Sox 7–1 Morris (1–1) Dotson (1–1) 12,896 3–2 W3
6 April 12 @ White Sox 7–1 Robinson (1–0) Davis (0–1) 13,245 4–2 W4
7 April 14 @ Royals 1–10 Gubicza (1–1) Petry (0–1) 16,023 4–3 L1
8 April 15 @ Royals 1–2 Saberhagen (2–0) Terrell (1–1) Black (1) 18,721 4–4 L2
9 April 17 White Sox 3–1 Tanana (2–0) Dotson (1–2) Thurmond (1) 16,953 5–4 W1
10 April 18 White Sox 3–2 King (1–0) Thigpen (0–1) 20,607 6–4 W2
11 April 19 White Sox 2–7 Bannister (1–1) Petry (0–2) 14,269 6–5 L1
12 April 20 @ Yankees 2–8 Rhoden (2–1) Morris (1–2) Righetti (4) 20,111 6–6 L2
13 April 21 @ Yankees 1–3 Niekro (1–1) Terrell (1–2) Guante (1) 25,148 6–7 L3
14 April 22 @ Yankees 1–4 Shirley (1–0) Tanana (2–1) Righetti (5) 21,091 6–8 L4
15 April 24 Royals 3–7 Leibrandt (3–1) Petry (0–3) 14,449 6–9 L5
16 April 25 Royals 13–2 Morris (2–2) Gubicza (1–3) 18,052 7–9 W1
17 April 26 Royals 1–6 Saberhagen (4–0) Terrell (1–3) 16,686 7–10 L1
18 April 27 @ Mariners 2–5 Langston (3–2) King (1–1) Núñez (4) 8,492 7–11 L2
19 April 28 @ Mariners 4–6 Morgan (1–3) Robinson (1–1) Núñez (5) 7,393 7–12 L3
20 April 29 @ Angels 2–1 (10) King (2–1) Moore (1–1) 26,126 8–12 W1
21 April 30 @ Angels 12–4 Morris (3–2) Fraser (1–1) 27,656 9–12 W2
May: 15–11 (Home: 11–6; Away: 4–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Streak
22 May 1 @ Athletics 1–2 (13) Eckersley (2–1) Kelly (0–1) 14,035 9–13 L1
23 May 2 @ Athletics 2–3 (13) Leiper (1–0) Snell (0–1) 17,753 9–14 L2
24 May 3 @ Athletics 0–2 Plunk (1–1) King (2–2) Howell (4) 21,810 9–15 L3
25 May 5 Mariners 5–7 Clarke (1–0) Robinson (1–2) Núñez (6) 10,918 9–16 L4
26 May 6 Mariners 7–5 Terrell (2–3) Bankhead (4–2) Thurmond (2) 13,718 10–16 W1
27 May 8 Athletics 2–7 Young (4–1) Tanana (2–2) 13,949 10–17 L1
28 May 9 Athletics 7–8 G. Nelson (1–1) Thurmond (0–1) Howell (5) 15,685 10–18 L2
29 May 10 Athletics 7–6 Snell (1–1) Ontiveros (0–1) 14,114 11–18 W1
30 May 11 Angels 1–5 Witt (5–2) Terrell (2–4) Buice (2) 11,079 11–19 L1
31 May 12 Angels 15–2 Petry (1–3) Lugo (0–2) 11,579 12–19 W1
32 May 13 Angels 10–7 Tanana (3–2) Candelaria (4–1) 11,659 13–19 W2
33 May 15 Indians 4–3 Henneman (1–0) Huismann (0–1) 17,525 14–19 W3
34 May 16 Indians 5–3 Morris (4–2) Niekro (2–3) 20,583 15–19 W4
35 May 17 Indians 8–4 Terrell (3–4) Carlton (2–4) 20,824 16–19 W5
36 May 18 @ Rangers 6–3 Robinson (2–2) Guzmán (2–3) Thurmond (3) 26,503 17–19 W6
37 May 19 @ Rangers 8–10 Mohorcic (3–1) King (2–3) 17,484 17–20 L1
38 May 20 @ Rangers 6–4 Petry (2–3) Witt (1–3) King (1) 16,820 18–20 W1
39 May 22 @ Twins 3–2 Morris (5–2) Viola (2–5) King (2) 15,423 19–20 W2
40 May 23 @ Twins 5–7 Anderson (1–0) Terrell (3–5) Reardon (9) 18,601 19–21 L1
41 May 24 @ Twins 7–2 Robinson (3–2) Atherton (2–1) 16,351 20–21 W1
42 May 25 Rangers 8–5 Tanana (4–2) Correa (1–5) Henneman (1) 13,824 21–21 W2
43 May 26 Rangers 8–7 (11) Henneman (2–0) Mohorcic (3–2) 11,234 22–21 W3
44 May 27 Rangers 4–3 Morris (6–2) Loynd (1–2) Thurmond (4) 12,696 23–21 W4
45 May 29 Twins 15–7 Terrell (4–5) Straker (2–2) 19,031 24–21 W5
— May 30 Twins Postponed (Rain); Makeup: May 31
46 May 31 Twins 5–9 Reardon (2–3) King (2–4) – 24–22 L1
47 May 31 Twins 3–11 Frazier (5–2) Tanana (4–3) 20,993 24–23 L2
June: 17–9 (Home: 7–5; Away: 10–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Streak
48 June 1 @ Indians 6–9 Niekro (3–5) Petry (2–4) Bailes (3) 6,509 24–24 L3
— June 2 @ Indians Postponed (Rain); Makeup: August 21
49 June 3 @ Indians 15–3 Morris (7–2) Schrom (4–5) 8,226 25–24 W1
50 June 4 @ Red Sox 5–8 Hurst (6–4) Terrell (4–6) 24,660 25–25 L1
51 June 5 @ Red Sox 4–2 Robinson (4–2) Nipper (4–5) King (3) 33,827 26–25 W1
52 June 6 @ Red Sox 5–3 (14) King (3–4) Gardner (0–3) 33,902 27–25 W2
53 June 7 @ Red Sox 18–8 Henneman (3–0) Leister (0–1) 33,254 28–25 W3
54 June 9 Brewers 8–5 Morris (8–2) Higuera (5–6) 16,645 29–25 W4
55 June 10 Brewers 5–8 (10) Plesac (2–0) King (3–5) 16,998 29–26 L1
56 June 11 Brewers 5–8 Wegman (5–5) King (3–6) Bosio (2) 20,780 29–27 L2
57 June 12 Red Sox 11–4 Tanana (5–3) Clemens (4–6) 32,341 30–27 W1
58 June 13 Red Sox 6–4 Petry (3–4) Crawford (2–2) Hernández (1) 40,427 31–27 W2
59 June 14 Red Sox 2–1 Morris (6–2) Hurst (7–5) 28,203 32–27 W3
60 June 15 @ Blue Jays 2–1 Terrell (5–6) Key (8–4) King (4) 36,225 33–27 W4
61 June 16 @ Blue Jays 4–10 Lavelle (1–0) Robinson (4–3) 36,398 33–28 L1
62 June 17 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Tanana (6–3) Clancy (7–4) Hernández (2) 46,227 34–28 W1
63 June 19 @ Orioles 5–3 Morris (10–2) Williamson (2–5) Hernández (3) 31,672 35–28 W2
64 June 20 @ Orioles 5–9 Bell (6–5) Terrell (5–7) Niedenfuer (2) 27,240 35–29 L1
65 June 21 @ Orioles 9–3 Petry (4–4) Dixon (3–7) King (5) 28,845 36–29 W1
66 June 22 Blue Jays 2–0 Tanana (7–3) Clancy (7–5) 28,978 37–29 W2
67 June 23 Blue Jays 7–8 Stieb (6–4) Robinson (4–4) Henke (13) 29,275 37–30 L1
68 June 24 Blue Jays 3–5 Cerutti (5–2) Morris (10–3) Musselman (3) 34,866 37–31 L2
69 June 26 Orioles 9–0 Terrell (6–7) Griffin (0–1) 29,396 38–31 W1
70 June 27 Orioles 2–4 Niedenfuer (1–0) Tanana (7–4) 32,395 38–32 L1
71 June 28 Orioles 8–7 (11) Hernández (1–1) Corbett (0–2) 31,606 39–32 W1
72 June 29 @ Brewers 11–1 Morris (11–3) Bosio (3–2) 21,487 40–32 W2
73 June 30 @ Brewers 8–5 Petry (5–4) Clear (5–3) Hernández (4) 21,609 41–32 W3
July: 17–9 (Home: 10–3; Away: 7–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Streak
74 July 1 @ Brewers 2–13 Wegman (7–7) Terrell (6–8) 24,528 41–33 L1
75 July 2 @ Mariners 2–5 Guetterman (6–1) Tanana (7–5) 10,646 41–34 L2
76 July 3 @ Mariners 5–2 Robinson (5–4) Moore (3–10) King (6) 13,568 42–34 W1
77 July 4 @ Mariners 7–3 Morris (12–3) Campbell (0–1) 16,884 43–34 W2
78 July 5 @ Mariners 7–5 Petry (6–4) Langston (10–7) Henneman (2) 13,232 44–34 W3
79 July 6 @ Athletics 3–5 G. Nelson (4–1) King (3–7) Howell (15) 14,656 44–35 L1
80 July 7 @ Athletics 6–4 Tanana (8–5) Andújar (3–2) Hernández (5) 17,174 45–35 W1
81 July 8 @ Athletics 9–5 Robinson (6–4) Ontiveros (5–3) Thurmond (5) 20,031 46–35 W2
82 July 9 @ Angels 2–5 Sutton (6–9) Morris (12–4) Minton (5) 30,966 46–36 L1
83 July 10 @ Angels 9–4 King (4–7) Lazorko (2–5) 31,073 47–36 W1
84 July 11 @ Angels 12–5 Henneman (4–0) Reuss (3–1) 44,219 48–36 W2
85 July 12 @ Angels 4–5 Witt (11–5) Tanana (8–6) Minton (6) 42,682 48–37 L1
ASG July 14 NL @ AL 2–0 Smith (1–0) Howell (0–1) Fernandez (1) 49,671 — N/A
86 July 16 Mariners 3–2 Terrell (7–8) Moore (3–11) 20,488 49–37 W1
87 July 17 Mariners 7–0 Tanana (9–6) Langston (10–9) 24,669 50–37 W2
88 July 18 Mariners 10–6 Henneman (5–0) Reed (0–1) King (7) 31,594 51–37 W3
89 July 19 Mariners 4–5 Núñez (3–1) Hernández (1–2) 23,577 51–38 L1
90 July 20 Athletics 5–4 Henneman (6–0) G. Nelson (4–2) 22,692 52–38 W1
91 July 21 Athletics 6–5 (10) King (5–7) Howell (3–4) 23,118 53–38 W2
92 July 22 Athletics 1–10 Lamp (1–0) Tanana (9–7) 24,855 53–39 L1
93 July 24 Angels 6–3 Henneman (7–0) Finley (2–4) 33,275 54–39 W1
94 July 25 Angels 5–4 (10) Henneman (8–0) Minton (3–1) 34,973 55–39 W2
95 July 26 Angels 6–2 Terrell (8–8) Fraser (6–7) 31,339 56–39 W3
96 July 27 White Sox 4–1 Tanana (10–7) Nielsen (3–4) 23,704 57–39 W4
97 July 28 White Sox 3–1 Robinson (7–4) Long (5–6) 26,156 58–39 W5
98 July 29 White Sox 0–4 Bannister (6–8) Morris (12–5) 28,918 58–40 L1
99 July 31 @ Yankees 5–6 Righetti (6–3) Henneman (8–1) 50,214 58–41 L2
August: 19–11 (Home: 9–5; Away: 10–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Streak
100 August 1 @ Yankees 10–5 Tanana (11–7) Rasmussen (8–5) 55,103 59–41 W1
101 August 2 @ Yankees 5–8 Rhoden (14–6) Robinson (7–5) Righetti (20) 46,212 59–42 L1
102 August 3 Royals 2–4 (10) Gleaton (2–3) Morris (12–6) 25,781 59–43 L2
103 August 4 Royals 4–8 D. Jackson (5–13) Petry (6–5) 23,330 59–44 L3
104 August 5 Royals 4–2 Terrell (9–8) Saberhagen (15–7) 21,584 60–44 W1
105 August 6 Yankees 12–5 Tanana (12–7) Guidry (3–5) 41,875 61–44 W2
106 August 7 Yankees 8–0 Robinson (8–5) Rhoden (14–7) 48,262 62–44 W3
107 August 8 Yankees 0–7 John (11–4) King (5–8) 45,812 62–45 L1
108 August 9 Yankees 15–4 Petry (7–5) Rasmussen (8–6) 44,673 63–45 W1
109 August 10 @ White Sox 4–8 Dotson (9–8) Terrell (9–9) 16,068 63–46 L1
110 August 11 @ White Sox 9–6 Tanana (13–7) Nielsen (3–5) Hernández (6) 14,567 64–46 W1
111 August 12 @ White Sox 8–7 Hernández (2–2) Thigpen (3–4) 16,438 65–46 W2
112 August 13 @ Royals 4–1 Morris (13–6) Gubicza (9–12) 38,221 66–46 W3
113 August 14 @ Royals 5–7 Black (5–6) Terrell (9–10) Quisenberry (8) 38,749 66–47 L1
114 August 15 @ Royals 8–4 King (6–8) D. Jackson (6–14) Henneman (3) 40,425 67–47 W1
115 August 16 @ Royals 10–6 Robinson (9–5) Gleaton (2–4) 33,006 68–47 W2
116 August 18 Twins 11–2 Morris (14–6) Carlton (6–12) 32,053 69–47 W3
117 August 19 Twins 7–1 Terrell (10–10) Blyleven (12–10) 38,163 70–47 W4
118 August 20 Twins 8–0 Alexander (1–0) Niekro (6–9) 45,804 71–47 W5
119 August 21 @ Indians 4–12 Easterly (1–0) Petry (7–6) Gordon (1) – 71–48 L1
120 August 21 @ Indians 3–8 Farrell (2–0) Tanana (13–8) 20,965 71–49 L2
121 August 22 @ Indians 8–6 Henneman (9–1) Bailes (6–6) King (8) 20,148 72–49 W1
122 August 23 @ Indians 4–3 Morris (15–6) Candiotti (6–13) 21,097 73–49 W2
123 August 24 @ Twins 4–5 Reardon (6–6) King (6–9) 27,338 73–50 L1
124 August 25 @ Twins 5–4 Alexander (2–0) Niekro (6–10) Henneman (4) 30,639 74–50 W1
125 August 26 @ Twins 10–8 Petry (8–6) Reardon (6–7) Hernández (7) 29,265 75–50 W2
126 August 28 Rangers 3–5 Williams (7–3) Morris (15–7) Mohorcic (16) 32,362 75–51 L1
127 August 29 Rangers 4–1 Terrell (11–10) Witt (7–7) 41,604 76–51 W1
128 August 30 Rangers 7–0 Alexander (3–0) Hough (14–10) 38,641 77–51 W2
129 August 31 Indians 2–7 Farrell (3–0) Tanana (13–9) 22,530 77–52 L1
September: 17–12 (Home: 9–3; Away: 8–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Streak
130 September 1 Indians 6–5 (12) Hernández (3–2) Gordon (0–2) 19,810 78–52 W1
131 September 2 Indians 2–1 Morris (16–7) Candiotti (7–14) 20,516 79–52 W2
132 September 3 Indians 3–1 Terrell (12–10) Yett (3–6) 21,964 80–52 W3
133 September 4 @ Rangers 11–2 Alexander (4–0) Hough (14–11) 16,095 81–52 W4
134 September 5 @ Rangers 7–8 Howe (2–2) Hernández (3–3) 26,058 81–53 L1
135 September 6 @ Rangers 3–9 Guzmán (12–11) Robinson (9–6) 22,374 81–54 L2
136 September 7 @ Orioles 12–4 Morris (17–7) Ballard (2–5) 13,651 82–54 W1
— September 8 @ Orioles Postponed (Rain); Makeup: September 9
137 September 9 @ Orioles 7–4 Terrell (13–10) Dixon (7–9) Hernández (8) – 83–54 W2
138 September 9 @ Orioles 6–0 Alexander (5–0) Boddicker (10–8) 21,579 84–54 W3
139 September 10 @ Brewers 3–4 Nieves (12–6) Tanana (13–10) Mirabella (1) 9,715 84–55 L1
140 September 11 @ Brewers 2–5 Higuera (16–9) Henneman (9–2) 21,161 84–56 L2
141 September 12 @ Brewers 2–11 Wegman (10–10) Morris (17–8) 50,288 84–57 L3
142 September 13 @ Brewers 5–1 Terrell (14–10) Bosio (10–6) 21,880 85–57 W1
143 September 14 Red Sox 3–0 Alexander (6–0) Clemens (16–9) Henneman (5) 23,287 86–57 W2
144 September 15 Red Sox 9–8 Petry (9–6) Crawford (5–4) Henneman (6) 20,398 87–57 W3
145 September 16 Red Sox 4–1 Morris (18–8) Sellers (7–8) 22,341 88–57 W4
146 September 18 Brewers 5–2 Terrell (15–10) Wegman (10–11) King (9) 30,104 89–57 W5
147 September 19 Brewers 7–6 Alexander (7–0) Bosio (10–7) 34,006 90–57 W6
148 September 20 Brewers 4–11 Nieves (13–7) Morris (18–9) Crim (10) 32,143 90–58 L1
149 September 21 @ Red Sox 4–9 Nipper (10–11) Snell (1–2) 20,376 90–59 L2
150 September 22 @ Red Sox 8–5 Terrell (16–10) Woodward (1–1) Noles (1) 20,189 91–59 W1
151 September 23 @ Red Sox 4–0 Alexander (8–0) Hurst (15–12) 23,798 92–59 W2
152 September 24 @ Blue Jays 3–4 Flanagan (6–7) Morris (18–10) Henke (34) 42,436 92–60 L1
153 September 25 @ Blue Jays 2–3 Musselman (12–4) Hernández (3–4) 46,233 92–61 L2
154 September 26 @ Blue Jays 9–10 Núñez (5–1) Henneman (9–3) 46,429 92–62 L3
155 September 27 @ Blue Jays 3–2 (13) Henneman (10–3) Núñez (5–2) Noles (4) 46,346 93–62 W1
156 September 28 Orioles 0–3 Habyan (6–6) Morris (18–11) Niedenfuer (12) 20,015 93–63 L1
157 September 29 Orioles 10–1 Tanana (14–10) Bell (9–13) 16,882 94–63 W1
158 September 30 Orioles 3–7 Mesa (1–3) Petry (9–7) 19,434 94–64 L1
October: 4–0 (Home: 4–0; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Crowd Record Streak
159 October 1 Orioles 9–5 Terrell (17–10) Boddicker (10–12) 19,749 95–64 W1
160 October 2 Blue Jays 4–3 Alexander (9–0) Clancy (15–11) Henneman (7) 45,167 96–64 W2
161 October 3 Blue Jays 3–2 (12) Henneman (11–3) Musselman (12–5) 45,026 97–64 W3
162 October 4 Blue Jays 1–0 Tanana (15–10) Key (17–8) 51,005 98–64 W4

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Matt Nokes 135 461 133 .289 32 87
1B Darrell Evans 150 499 128 .257 34 99
2B Lou Whitaker 149 604 160 .265 16 59
3B Tom Brookens 143 444 107 .241 14 59
SS Alan Trammell 151 597 205 .343 28 105
LF Kirk Gibson 128 487 135 .277 24 79
CF Chet Lemon 146 470 130 .277 20 75
RF Pat Sheridan 141 421 109 .259 6 49
DH Bill Madlock 87 326 91 .279 14 50

Other batters

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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
Mike Heath 93 270 76 .281 8 33
Larry Herndon 89 225 73 .324 9 47
Dave Bergman 91 172 47 .273 6 22
Darnell Coles 53 149 27 .181 4 15
Jim Morrison 34 117 24 .205 4 19
Johnny Grubb 59 114 23 .202 2 13
Billy Bean 26 66 17 .258 0 4
Terry Harper 31 64 13 .203 3 10
Jim Walewander 53 54 13 .241 1 4
Scott Lusader 23 47 15 .319 1 8
Dwight Lowry 13 25 5 .200 0 1
Orlando Mercado 10 22 3 .136 0 1
Tim Tolman 9 12 1 .083 0 1
Doug Baker 8 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jack Morris 34 266.0 18 11 3.38 208
Walt Terrell 35 244.2 17 10 4.05 143
Frank Tanana 34 218.2 15 10 3.91 146
Dan Petry 30 134.2 9 7 5.61 93
Jeff Robinson 29 127.1 9 6 5.37 98
Doyle Alexander 11 88.1 9 0 1.53 44

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Eric King 55 6 9 9 4.89 89
Mike Henneman 55 11 3 7 2.98 75
Willie Hernández 45 3 4 8 3.67 30
Mark Thurmond 48 0 1 5 4.23 21
Nate Snell 22 1 2 0 3.96 19
Dickie Noles 4 0 0 2 4.50 0
Bryan Kelly 5 0 1 0 5.06 10
Morris Madden 2 0 0 0 16.20 0

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Leon Roberts
AA Glens Falls Tigers Eastern League Tom Burgess, Tom Gamboa and Paul Felix
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League John Wockenfuss
A Fayetteville Generals South Atlantic League Johnny Lipon
Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Rick Magnante

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References

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  1. ^ Brian Harper page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1960 to 1989, Standard stats, requiring Home Runs >= 200, sorted by greatest Home Runs". Stathead. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  3. ^ Travis Fryman page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Torey Lovullo page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Bill Madlock page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Darnell Coles page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Doyle Alexander page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Dickie Noles page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
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