1987 St. Louis Cardinals season
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The 1987
Offseason
- October 31, 1986: Alan Knicely was released by the Cardinals.[1]
- December 19, 1986: Bob Forsch was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.[2]
- January 26, 1987: Skeeter Barnes was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.[3]
Regular season
September highlights included a Terry Pendleton home run during a September 11 game against the contending Mets as well as a Tom Herr walk-off grand slam against the Mets on Seat Cushion Night. As St. Louis proceeded into the post-season, they found themselves without clean-up hitter Jack Clark, the team's number-one offensive threat. He damaged his ankle when he caught a cleat in the artificial turf at Montreal's Olympic Stadium.[4] Nonetheless, the Redbirds won 95 games to capture the NL East title.
Season standings
W
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L
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St. Louis Cardinals | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | — | 49–32 | 46–35 |
New York Mets | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | 3 | 49–32 | 43–38 |
Montreal Expos | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | 4 | 48–33 | 43–38 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 15 | 43–38 | 37–44 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 15 | 47–34 | 33–48 |
Chicago Cubs | 76 | 85 | 0.472 | 18½ | 40–40 | 36–45 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 6–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 3–9 | |||||
Chicago | 5–6 | — | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 4–14 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 6–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–8 | 6–6 | — | 13–5 | 10–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 4–8 | |||||
Houston | 10–8 | 4–8 | 5–13 | — | 12–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–13 | 10–8 | 5–7 | |||||
Los Angeles | 12–6 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 6–12 | — | 3–9 | 6–6 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 3–9 | |||||
Montreal | 9–3 | 8–10 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–3 | — | 8–10 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 11–7 | |||||
New York | 5–7 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–8 | — | 13–5 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 9–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5-7 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 8–10 | 5–13 | — | 11–7 | 8–4 | 2–10 | 8–10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 5–7 | 14–4 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 7–11 | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–11 | |||||
San Diego | 12–6 | 3–9 | 6–12 | 13–5 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 5–13 | 4–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 10–8 | 7–5 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 13–5 | — | 7–5 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–3 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 5–7 | — |
Notable transactions
- April 1, 1987: Mike LaValliere, Mike Dunne and Andy Van Slyke were traded by the Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tony Peña.[5]
- April 6, 1987: Lee Tunnell was purchased by the Cardinals from the Pittsburgh Pirates.[6]
- June 2, 1987: Jeremy Hernandez was drafted by the Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1987 Major League Baseball draft.[7]
- July 16, 1987: Skeeter Barnes was purchased from the Cardinals by the Milwaukee Brewers.[3]
- July 25, 1987: Joe Boever was traded by the Cardinals to the Atlanta Braves for Randy O'Neal.[8]
- August 31, 1987: Pat Perry was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later. On September 3, 1987 the Cincinnati Reds sent Scott Terry to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the deal.
- September 29, 1987: Doug DeCinces was signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.[9]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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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 |
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C | Tony Peña | 116 | 384 | 82 | .214 | 5 | 44 |
1B | Jack Clark | 131 | 419 | 120 | .286 | 35 | 106 |
2B | Tom Herr | 141 | 510 | 134 | .263 | 2 | 83 |
3B | Terry Pendleton | 159 | 583 | 167 | .286 | 12 | 96 |
SS | Ozzie Smith | 158 | 600 | 182 | .303 | 0 | 75 |
LF | Vince Coleman | 151 | 623 | 180 | .289 | 3 | 43 |
CF | Willie McGee | 153 | 620 | 177 | .285 | 11 | 105 |
RF | Curt Ford | 89 | 228 | 65 | .285 | 3 | 26 |
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 |
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José Oquendo | 116 | 248 | 71 | .286 | 1 | 24 |
Jim Lindeman | 75 | 207 | 43 | .208 | 8 | 28 |
Steve Lake | 74 | 179 | 45 | .251 | 2 | 19 |
John Morris | 101 | 157 | 41 | .261 | 3 | 23 |
Dan Driessen | 24 | 60 | 14 | .233 | 1 | 11 |
Lance Johnson | 63 | 59 | 13 | .220 | 0 | 7 |
Tito Landrum | 30 | 50 | 10 | .200 | 0 | 6 |
Tom Pagnozzi | 27 | 48 | 9 | .188 | 2 | 9 |
Rod Booker | 44 | 47 | 13 | .277 | 0 | 8 |
David Green | 14 | 30 | 8 | .267 | 1 | 1 |
Mike Laga | 17 | 29 | 4 | .138 | 1 | 4 |
Tom Lawless | 19 | 25 | 2 | .080 | 0 | 0 |
Doug DeCinces | 4 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
Skeeter Barnes | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 1 | 3 |
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 |
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Danny Cox | 31 | 199.1 | 11 | 9 | 3.88 | 101 |
Greg Mathews | 32 | 197.2 | 11 | 11 | 3.73 | 108 |
Bob Forsch | 33 | 179.0 | 11 | 7 | 4.32 | 89 |
Joe Magrane | 27 | 170.1 | 9 | 7 | 3.54 | 101 |
John Tudor | 16 | 96.0 | 10 | 2 | 3.84 | 54 |
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 |
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Ricky Horton | 67 | 125.0 | 8 | 3 | 3.82 | 55 |
Lee Tunnell | 32 | 74.1 | 4 | 4 | 4.84 | 49 |
Tim Conroy | 10 | 40.2 | 3 | 2 | 5.53 | 22 |
Dave LaPoint | 6 | 16.0 | 1 | 1 | 6.75 | 8 |
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 |
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Todd Worrell | 75 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 2.66 | 92 |
Bill Dawley | 60 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4.47 | 65 |
Ken Dayley | 53 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2.66 | 63 |
Pat Perry | 45 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4.39 | 33 |
Ray Soff | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.46 | 9 |
Steve Peters | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.80 | 11 |
Scott Terry | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 9 |
Randy O'Neal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 4 |
José Oquendo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
Postseason
NLCS
Despite the Cardinals prevailing over the San Francisco Giants in 7 games, it was the Giants' Jeffrey Leonard who won the NLCS MVP award.
Game 1
October 6, Busch Stadium
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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San Francisco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 10 | 1 |
W: Greg Mathews (1-0) L: Rick Reuschel (0-1) SV: Ken Dayley (1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: SFG – Jeffrey Leonard (1) STL – None |
Game 2
October 7, Busch Stadium
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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San Francisco | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
W: Dave Dravecky (1-0) L: John Tudor (0-1) SV: None | ||||||||||||
HRs: SFG – Will Clark (1) Jeffrey Leonard (2) STL – None |
Game 3
October 9, Candlestick Park
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
San Francisco | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
W: Bob Forsch (1-0) L: Don Robinson (0-1) SV: Todd Worrell (1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: SFG – Jeffrey Leonard (3) Harry Spilman (1) STL – Jim Lindeman (1) |
Game 4
October 10, Candlestick Park
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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St. Louis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 9 | 2 |
W: Mike Krukow (1-0) L: Danny Cox (0-1) SV: None | ||||||||||||
HRs: SFG – Robby Thompson (1) Jeffrey Leonard (4) STL – None |
Game 5
October 11, Candlestick Park
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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St. Louis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
San Francisco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 7 | 1 |
W: Joe Price (1-0) L: Bob Forsch (1-1) SV: None | ||||||||||||
HRs: SFG – Kevin Mitchell (1) STL – None |
Game 6
October 13, Busch Stadium
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
St. Louis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 5 | 0 |
W: John Tudor (1-1) L: Dave Dravecky (1-1) SV: Ken Dayley (2) | ||||||||||||
HRs: SFG – None STL – None |
Game 7
October 14, Busch Stadium
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
St. Louis | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 12 | 0 |
W: Danny Cox (1-1) L: Atlee Hammaker (0-1) SV: None | ||||||||||||
HRs: SFG – None STL – José Oquendo (1) |
World Series
The
AL Minnesota Twins (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (3)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance | Time of Game |
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1 | Cardinals – 1, Twins – 10 | October 17 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota) | 55,171 | 3:36 |
2 | Cardinals – 4, Twins – 8 | October 18 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota) | 55,257 | 2:42 |
3 | Twins – 1, Cardinals – 3 | October 20 | Busch Stadium (St. Louis) | 55,347 | 2:45 |
4 | Twins – 2, Cardinals – 7 | October 21 | Busch Stadium (St. Louis) | 55,347 | 3:11 |
5 | Twins – 2, Cardinals – 4 | October 22 | Busch Stadium (St. Louis) | 55,347 | 3:21 |
6 | Cardinals – 5, Twins – 11 | October 24 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota) | 55,293 | 3:22 |
7 | Cardinals – 2, Twins – 4 | October 25 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minnesota) | 55,376 | 3:04 |
Awards and honors
- Terry Pendleton, Third Base, National League Gold Glove
- Ozzie Smith, Shortstop, National League Silver Slugger
- Jack Clark, First Base, National League Silver Slugger
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Louisville Redbirds | American Association
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Mike Jorgensen |
AA | Arkansas Travelers | Texas League | Jim Riggleman |
A
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St. Petersburg Cardinals | Florida State League | Dave Bialas |
A
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Springfield Cardinals | Midwest League | Gaylen Pitts |
A
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Savannah Cardinals | South Atlantic League | Mark DeJohn |
A-Short Season
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Erie Cardinals | New York–Penn League | Joe Rigoli |
Rookie
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Johnson City Cardinals | Appalachian League | Dan Radison |
References
- ^ Alan Knicely at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bob Forsch at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Skeeter Barnes at Baseball Reference
- ^ Peter, Pascarelli (October 9, 1987). "Jack Clark's frustrating postseason: Cards slugger is pained by injury and uncertain about return". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- ^ Mike LaValliere at Baseball Reference
- ^ Lee Tunnell at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jeremy Hernandez at Baseball Reference
- ^ Joe Boever at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Doug DeCinces Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links
- 1987 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
- 1987 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Almanac