1987 Milwaukee Brewers season

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1987 Milwaukee Brewers
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1969) Eastern Division (Since 1972)
Location
Milwaukee County Stadium (Since 1970) Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Since 1970)
1987 Information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
Manager(s)	Tom Trebelhorn
Local television	WVTV (Mike Hegan, Jim Paschke)
Local radio	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)

The 1987 Milwaukee Brewers season featured the team finish in third place in the American League Eastern Division, 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. Other highlights included Paul Molitor capturing the imaginations of Milwaukee fans with a 39-game hitting streak, and Juan Nieves tossing the only no-hitter in Brewers history on April 15 with a 7-0 blanking of the Baltimore Orioles.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Season standings 1.2 Roster 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Other batters 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.2.1 Other pitchers 2.2.1.1 Relief pitchers 3 References

[edit] Regular season

[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] Roster

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Roster
Pitchers 22 Juan Nieves 25 Mark Clear 29 Chris Bosio 32 Chuck Crim 37 Dan Plesac 39 Len Barker 40 Mike Birkbeck 46 Bill Wegman 48 Ray Burris 49 Teddy Higuera		Catchers 5 B.J. Surhoff 11 Charlie O'Brien 21 Bill Schroeder Infielders 1 Ernest Riles 7 Dale Sveum 9 Greg Brock 13 Billy Jo Robidoux 14 Jim Paciorek 17 Jim Gantner		Outfielders 16 Mike Felder 19 Robin Yount 26 Glenn Braggs 28 Rick Manning 36 Brad Komminsk 45 Rob Deer Designated Hitters 4 Paul Molitor 15 Cecil Cooper		Manager -- Tom Trebelhorn

[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
Robin Yount	158	635	118	.312	21	103
Greg Brock	141	532	159	.299	13	85
B.J. Surhoff	115	395	118	.299	7	68
Glenn Braggs	132	505	136	.269	13	77
Ernest Riles	83	276	72	.261	4	38
Dale Sveum	153	535	135	.252	25	95
Cecil Cooper	63	250	62	.248	6	36
Rob Deer	134	474	113	.238	28	80
Juan Castillo	116	321	72	.224	3	28

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Teddy Higuera	35	261⅔	18	10	3.85	240
Bill Wegman	34	225	12	11	4.24	102
Juan Nieves	34	195⅔	14	8	4.88	163
Len Barker	11	43⅔	2	1	5.36	22
Mark Knudson	15	62	4	4	5.37	26
Mike Birkbeck	10	45	1	4	6.20	25

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] References

• 1987 Milwaukee Brewers team page at Baseball Reference
• 1987 Milwaukee Brewers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v • d • e 1987 MLB season by team AL East Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto AL West California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas NL East Chicago • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis NL West Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco 1987 All-Star Game • 1987 World Series

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