1987 Cincinnati Reds season

The Cincinnati Reds' 1987 season resulted in another winning season for the Cincinnati Reds in the National League West. They failed, however, to overcome the Giants and finished in 2nd place for a third consecutive year with a record of 84-78.

1987 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record84–78 (.519)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Marge Schott
General manager(s)Bill Bergesch, Murray Cook
Manager(s)Pete Rose
Local televisionWLWT
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall, Johnny Bench)
Local radioWLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall, Andy MacWilliams)
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Of special note: centerfielder Eric Davis amassed 50 stolen bases in addition to hitting 37 home runs, becoming the first major league player to achieve 30 homers and 50 stolen bases in the same season.

Offseason
  • November 11, 1986: Chris Welsh was released by the Cincinnati Reds.[1]
  • February 17, 1987: Wade Rowdon was traded by the Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Guy Hoffman.[2]
  • March 20, 1987: Derek Botelho was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Kansas City Royals for Eddie Tanner (minors) and Pete Carey (minors).[3]
  • March 23, 1987: Terry Francona was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[4]
  • March 29, 1987: Max Venable was released by the Reds.[5]

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9072 0.556 — 46–35 44–37
Cincinnati Reds 8478 0.519 6 42–39 42–39
Houston Astros 7686 0.469 14 47–34 29–52
Los Angeles Dodgers 7389 0.451 17 40–41 33–48
Atlanta Braves 6992 0.429 20½ 42–39 27–53
San Diego Padres 6597 0.401 25 37–44 28–53

Record vs. opponents
1987 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–58–108–106–123–97–57–57–56–128–103–9
Chicago 5–6—6–68–46–610–89–98–104–149–35–76–12
Cincinnati 10–86–6—13–510–86–67–55–74–812–67–114–8
Houston 10–84–85–13—12–67–56–66–66–65–1310–85–7
Los Angeles 12–66–68–106–12—3–96–62–106–611–710–83–9
Montreal 9–38–106–65–79–3—8–1010–811–79–35–711–7
New York 5–79–95–76–66–610–8—13–512–68–49–39–9
Philadelphia 5-710–87–56–610–28–105–13—11–78–42–108–10
Pittsburgh 5–714–48–46–66–67–116–127–11—8–46–67–11
San Diego 12–63–96–1213–57–113–94–84–84–8—5–134–8
San Francisco 10–87–511–78–108–107–53–910–26–613–5—7–5
St. Louis 9–312–68–47–59–37–119–910–811–78–45–7—

Transactions
  • April 9, 1987: Max Venable was signed as a free agent by the Reds.[5]
  • May 19, 1987: Sal Butera was released by the Reds.[6]
  • June 2, 1987: Butch Henry was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 15th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 1987.[7]
  • August 26, 1987: Bill Gullickson was traded by the Reds to the New York Yankees for Dennis Rasmussen.[8]

Roster
1987 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CBo Díaz140496134.2701582
1BNick Esasky10034694.2722259
2BRon Oester6923760.253223
3BBuddy Bell143522148.2841770
SSBarry Larkin125439107.2441243
LFKal Daniels108368123.3342664
CFEric Davis129474139.29337100
RFDave Parker153589149.2532697

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
Kurt Stillwell131395102.258433
Tracy Jones117359104.2901044
Dave Concepción10427989.319133
Terry Francona10220747.227312
Paul O'Neill8416041.256728
Terry McGriff348920.225211
Dave Collins578525.29405
Jeff Treadway238428.33324
Lloyd McClendon457215.208213
Leo García31306.20012
Sal Butera5112.18212
Max Venable771.14302

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ted Power3420410134.50133
Tom Browning3218310135.02117
Bill Gullickson2716510114.8589
Dennis Rasmussen745.1413.9739
Jerry Reuss734.2057.7910
Mario Soto631.2325.1211

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Guy Hoffman36158.29104.3787
Ron Robinson48154753.6899
Pat Pacillo1239.2336.1323

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Rob Murphy878533.0499
Frank Williams854022.3060
John Franco6885322.5261
Bill Landrum443224.7142
Bill Scherrer231104.3624
Jeff Montgomery142206.5213
Pat Perry121010.006
Tom Hume111004.054
Paul O'Neill100013.502

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Nashville Sounds American Association Jack Lind
AA Vermont Reds Eastern League Tom Runnells
A Tampa Tarpons Florida State League Marc Bombard
A Cedar Rapids Reds Midwest League Paul Kirsch
Rookie GCL Reds Gulf Coast League Sam Mejías
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Dave Keller

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References
  1. "Chris Welsh Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  2. Guy Hoffman at Baseball Reference
  3. "Derek Botelho Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  4. Terry Francona at Baseball Reference
  5. Max Venable at Baseball Reference
  6. Sal Butera at Baseball Reference
  7. "Butch Henry Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  8. Bill Gullickson at Baseball Reference
  9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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