1987 Cleveland Indians season

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1987 Cleveland Indians
Major league affiliations
Location
1987 Information
Owner(s) Richard Jacobs
General Manager(s) Hank Peters
Manager(s) Pat Corrales, Doc Edwards
Local television WUAB
(Jack Corrigan, Joe Tait)
Local radio WWWE
(Herb Score, Steve Lamar)

The Cleveland Indians finished in seventh place in the American League East. Sports Illustrated magazine predicted that the Indians would finish in first. Club president Peter Bavasi's would resign before the regular season began. Bavasi had joined the Indians in November 1984. As president of the Cleveland Indians, he served on Major League Baseball's Executive Council. [1] During the 1986 season, the team had an 84-78 record, its best since 1968, and attendance of 1.47 million, its highest since 1959. [2] There was a lot of optimism that the team would reach its full potential in 1987.

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[edit] Regular season

The infamous 1987 Sports Illustrated "Indian Uprising" cover
The infamous 1987 Sports Illustrated "Indian Uprising" cover

In 1987, the Cleveland Indians achieved a baseball first. The Indians had veteran pitchers Steve Carlton and Phil Niekro on their roster to add experience. Their most notable accomplishment was appearing in a game together against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Carlton and Niekro became the first teammates and 300-game winners to appear in the same game. Both were ineffective in a 10-6 Yankee victory. It would be Carlton’s first and only pitching appearance at the legendary stadium. Neither pitcher would finish the season with the Indians. Carlton would end up with the Minnesota Twins and win a World Series championship. Niekro would be picked up by the Toronto Blue Jays and come within two games of winning the American League East Championship.

[edit] Most Starts by Position

Position Name # of Starts
C Chris Bando 86
1B Joe Carter 84
2B Tony Bernazard 78
3B Brook Jacoby 144
SS Julio Franco 111
LF Mel Hall 122
CF Brett Butler 136
RF Cory Snyder 134
DH Pat Tabler 66

[edit] Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB
Detroit Tigers 98 64 .605 --
Toronto Blue Jays 96 66 .593 2
Milwaukee Brewers 91 71 .562 7
New York Yankees 89 73 .549 9
Boston Red Sox 78 84 .481 20
Baltimore Orioles 67 95 .414 31
Cleveland Indians 61 101 .377 37


[edit] Transactions

  • April 4, 1987: Steve Carlton signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians. [3]
  • June 2, 1987: Albert Belle was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Belle signed on August 27, 1987. [4]
  • July 31, 1987: Steve Carlton was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later. The Minnesota Twins sent Jeff Perry (minors) (August 18, 1987) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade. [5]

[edit] Roster

1987 Cleveland Indians roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Joe Carter 149 588 155 .264 32 106
Cory Snyder 157 577 136 .236 33 82
Julio Franco 128 495 158 .319 8 52
Chris Bando 89 211 46 .218 5 16
Tony Bernazard 79 293 70 .239 11 30
Brook Jacoby 155 540 162 .300 32 69
Brett Butler 137 522 154 .295 9 41
Mel Hall 142 485 136 .280 18 76
Pat Tabler 151 553 170 .307 11 86

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Rick Dempsey 60 141 25 .177 1 9
Jay Bell 38 125 27 .216 2 13
Dave Clark 29 87 18 .207 3 12
Andre Thornton 36 85 10 .118 0 5
Dave Gallagher 15 36 4 .111 0 1
Otis Nixon 19 17 1 .059 0 1

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Candiotti 32 201.7 7 18 4.78 111
Phil Niekro 22 123.7 7 11 5.89 57
Greg Swindell 16 102.3 3 8 5.10 97
Steve Carlton 23 109.0 5 9 5.37 71

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] Award Winners

All-Star Game

[edit] References

  1. ^ Principals
  2. ^ New York Times, January 24, 1987
  3. ^ Steve Carlton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ Albert Belle Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ Steve Carlton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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1987 MLB season by team
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1987 All-Star Game • 1987 World Series


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Owner: Larry Dolan • General Manager: Mark Shapiro • Manager: Eric Wedge
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