1987 Milwaukee Brewers season

1987 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
OwnersBud Selig
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersTom Trebelhorn
TelevisionWVTV
(Jim Paschke, Mike Hegan)
RadioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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The 1987 Milwaukee Brewers season featured the team finish in third place in the American League East, 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 before losing 12 games in a row in May. Other highlights included Paul Molitor's 39-game hitting streak, the seventh-longest streak in MLB history and second-longest streak post-World War Two (as of 2024),[1] and Juan Nieves tossing the first no-hitter in Brewers history on April 15 with a 7-0 blanking of the Baltimore Orioles.[2]

Offseason

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Regular season

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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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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


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1987 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

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Legend
  Brewers win
  Brewers loss
  Postponement
Bold Brewers team member
1987 regular season game log: 91–71 (Home: 48–33; Away: 43–38)
April: 18–3 (Home: 9–0; Away: 9–3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
1 April 6 Red Sox 5–1 Higuera (1–0) Stanley (0–1) 52,585 1–0 W1
2 April 8 Red Sox 3–2 Crim (1–0) Gardner (0–1) Plesac (1) 7,412 2–0 W2
3 April 9 Red Sox 12–11 Bosio (1–0) Crawford (0–1) Clear (1) 9,628 3–0 W3
4 April 10 @ Rangers 11–8 Nieves (1–0) Guzmán (0–1) 42,415 4–0 W4
5 April 11 @ Rangers 8–6 Higuera (2–0) Hough (0–1) Plesac (2) 23,037 5–0 W5
6 April 12 @ Rangers 7–5 (12) Clear (1–0) Anderson (0–1) Bosio (1) 19,782 6–0 W6
7 April 13 @ Orioles 6–3 Bosio (2–0) McGregor (0–1) 12,986 7–0 W7
8 April 14 @ Orioles 7–4 Ciardi (1–0) Dixon (1–1) Plesac (3) 14,049 8–0 W8
9 April 15 @ Orioles 7–0 Nieves (2–0) Flanagan (0–1) 11,407 9–0 W9
10 April 17 Rangers 10–2 Higuera (3–0) Mason (0–2) 41,548 10–0 W10
11 April 18 Rangers 4–3 Wegman (1–0) Witt (0–1) Plesac (4) 39,715 11–0 W11
12 April 19 Rangers 6–4 Clear (2–0) Harris (0–2) 29,357 12–0 W12
13 April 20 @ White Sox 5–4 Crim (2–0) DeLeón (2–1) Plesac (5) 24,019 13–0 W13
14 April 21 @ White Sox 1–7 Davis (1–1) Ciardi (1–1) Winn (1) 17,023 13–1 L1
April 22 @ White Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 8
15 April 24 Orioles 6–4 Higuera (4–0) McGregor (0–3) 23,400 14–1 W1
16 April 25 Orioles 8–2 Wegman (2–0) Dixon (1–2) 26,366 15–1 W2
17 April 26 Orioles 5–3 Birkbeck (1–0) Flanagan (0–3) Plesac (6) 38,523 16–1 W3
18 April 27 @ Angels 10–7 (12) Mirabella (1–0) Finley (0–2) 32,290 17–1 W4
19 April 28 @ Angels 5–10 Buice (1–0) Crim (2–1) 31,358 17–2 L1
20 April 29 @ Athletics 8–7 Bosio (3–0) G. Nelson (0–1) Plesac (7) 11,879 18–2 W1
21 April 30 @ Athletics 1–4 Stewart (3–2) Wegman (2–1) Howell (3) 10,262 18–3 L1
May: 6–18 (Home: 2–10; Away: 10–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
22 May 1 @ Mariners 10–8 Mirabella (2–0) Wilkinson (0–1) Plesac (8) 13,689 19–3 W1
23 May 2 @ Mariners 6–4 Clear (3–0) Langston (3–3) Plesac (9) 23,701 20–3 W2
24 May 3 @ Mariners 3–7 Morgan (2–3) Higuera (4–1) 12,632 20–4 L1
25 May 5 Angels 0–2 Sutton (2–3) Wegman (2–2) Moore (4) 13,137 20–5 L2
26 May 6 Angels 0–3 Witt (4–2) Birkbeck (1–1) Buice (1) 13,552 20–6 L3
27 May 8 Mariners 3–4 (12) Clarke (2–0) Bosio (3–1) Wilkinson (1) 20,512 20–7 L4
28 May 9 Mariners 2–8 Morgan (3–3) Nieves (2–1) 43,502 20–8 L5
29 May 10 Mariners 1–5 Moore (2–3) Wegman (2–3) 25,496 20–9 L6
30 May 12 Athletics 8–10 Stewart (4–3) Mirabella (2–1) Howell (6) 9,459 20–10 L7
31 May 13 Athletics 2–8 Young (5–1) Higuera (4–2) 12,997 20–11 L8
32 May 15 @ Royals 3–4 Quisenberry (2–0) Clear (3–1) 38,532 20–12 L9
33 May 16 @ Royals 0–13 Leibrandt (5–2) Wegman (2–4) 40,092 20–13 L10
34 May 17 @ Royals 2–3 Farr (2–1) Birkbeck (1–2) Gleaton (3) 35,724 20–14 L11
35 May 19 White Sox 1–5 DeLeón (4–3) Higuera (4–3) James (3) 11,903 20–15 L12
36 May 20 White Sox 5–1 Nieves (3–1) Davis (1–3) 14,371 21–15 W1
37 May 22 Indians 4–2 Wegman (3–4) Niekro (2–4) Plesac (10) 15,017 22–15 W2
38 May 23 Indians 2–6 Carlton (3–4) Birkbeck (1–3) 27,234 22–16 L1
39 May 24 Indians 3–5 Schrom (4–4) Higuera (4–4) Bailes (2) 36,338 22–17 L2
40 May 26 @ Twins 2–4 Blyleven (4–4) Nieves (3–2) Reardon (10) 23,276 22–18 L3
41 May 27 @ Twins 2–7 Viola (3–5) Wegman (3–5) Frazier (1) 22,947 22–19 L4
42 May 28 @ Twins 1–13 Berenguer (3–0) Birkbeck (1–4) 26,203 22–20 L5
43 May 29 @ Indians 6–9 Bailes (2–0) Higuera (4–5) 47,442 22–21 L6
44 May 30 @ Indians 6–5 (10) Clear (4–1) Huismann (0–3) Plesac (11) 13,619 23–21 W1
45 May 31 @ Indians 7–1 Nieves (4–2) Swindell (3–5) 12,831 24–21 W2
June: 13–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 5–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
46 June 1 Royals 3–2 Wegman (4–5) Leibrandt (6–4) Plesac (12) 9,670 25–21 W3
47 June 2 Royals 14–3 Crim (3–1) Black (2–2) Clear (2) 12,240 26–21 W4
48 June 3 Royals 4–2 Barker (1–0) Gubicza (3–6) Plesac (13) 17,740 27–21 W5
49 June 4 Yankees 9–3 Higuera (5–5) Niekro (3–4) 23,093 28–21 W6
50 June 5 Yankees 1–13 John (6–1) Nieves (4–3) 36,951 28–22 L1
51 June 6 Yankees 7–6 Plesac (1–0) Righetti (4–2) 52,366 29–22 W1
52 June 7 Yankees 3–5 Bordi (2–0) Crim (3–2) Clements (1) 52,770 29–23 L1
53 June 9 @ Tigers 5–8 Morris (8–2) Higuera (5–6) 16,645 29–24 L2
54 June 10 @ Tigers 8–5 (10) Plesac (2–0) King (3–5) 16,998 30–24 W1
55 June 11 @ Tigers 8–5 Wegman (5–5) King (3–6) Bosio (2) 20,780 31–24 W2
56 June 12 @ Yankees 3–8 Rasmussen (4–4) Crim (3–3) 31,789 31–25 L1
57 June 13 @ Yankees 1–4 Rhoden (7–4) Nieves (4–4) Righetti (13) 30,231 31–26 L2
58 June 14 @ Yankees 6–4 Plesac (3–0) Righetti (4–3) 50,351 32–26 W1
59 June 15 Twins 0–5 Blyleven (5–5) Wegman (5–6) 18,403 32–27 L1
60 June 16 Twins 3–7 Viola (6–5) Crim (3–4) Reardon (13) 21,613 32–28 L2
61 June 17 Twins 8–5 Clear (5–1) Straker (2–4) Plesac (14) 23,389 33–28 W1
62 June 18 @ Blue Jays 6–3 Nieves (5–4) Stieb (5–4) Plesac (15) 31,353 34–28 W2
63 June 19 @ Blue Jays 6–15 Musselman (5–1) Clear (5–2) 31,230 34–29 L1
64 June 20 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Wegman (6–6) Key (8–5) Plesac (16) 38,465 35–29 W1
65 June 21 @ Blue Jays 6–7 Musselman (6–1) Crim (3–5) Henke (12) 44,444 35–30 L1
66 June 22 @ Red Sox 2–5 (8) Boyd (1–0) Johnson (0–1) 29,546 35–31 L2
67 June 23 @ Red Sox 5–9 Crawford (3–2) Wegman (6–7) Schiraldi (3) 31,104 35–32 L3
68 June 24 @ Red Sox 7–8 Hurst (8–5) Higuera (5–7) Schiraldi (4) 34,376 35–33 L4
69 June 26 Blue Jays 10–5 Plesac (4–0) Henke (0–2) 29,461 36–33 W1
70 June 27 Blue Jays 1–8 Clancy (8–5) Nieves (5–5) 48,159 36–34 L1
71 June 28 Blue Jays 11–5 Higuera (6–7) Stieb (6–5) 42,389 37–34 W1
72 June 29 Tigers 1–11 Morris (11–3) Bosio (3–2) 21,487 37–35 L1
73 June 30 Tigers 5–8 Petry (5–4) Clear (5–3) Hernández (4) 21,609 37–36 L2
July: 15–13 (Home: 9–5; Away: 6–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
74 July 1 Tigers 13–2 Wegman (7–7) Terrell (6–8) 24,528 38–36 W1
75 July 2 @ Angels 7–9 (13) Finley (1–3) Clear (5–4) 28,116 38–37 L1
76 July 3 @ Angels 6–4 Higuera (7–7) Fraser (5–6) 32,759 39–37 W1
77 July 4 @ Angels 2–1 Bosio (4–2) Sutton (5–9) Plesac (17) 62,531 40–37 W2
78 July 5 @ Angels 3–4 (12) Finley (2–3) Clear (5–5) 27,525 40–38 L1
79 July 6 @ Mariners 2–3 Morgan (7–9) Wegman (7–8) Núñez (10) 15,922 40–39 L2
80 July 7 @ Mariners 5–9 Guetterman (7–1) Nieves (5–6) Reed (2) 9,041 40–40 L3
81 July 8 @ Mariners 2–5 (11) Wilkinson (2–2) Plesac (4–1) 8,482 40–41 L4
82 July 9 @ Athletics 8–3 Bosio (5–2) Rijo (1–5) 15,072 41–41 W1
83 July 10 @ Athletics 3–7 Stewart (11–7) Knudson (0–1) Eckersley (6) 14,733 41–42 L1
84 July 11 @ Athletics 5–6 Eckersley (6–4) Plesac (4–2) 28,399 42–42 L2
85 July 12 @ Athletics 4–3 Nieves (6–6) Howell (2–3) Plesac (18) 33,519 42–43 W1
ASG July 14 NL @ AL 2–0 Smith (1–0) Howell (0–1) Fernandez (1) 49,671
86 July 16 Angels 6–4 Higuera (8–7) McCaskill (2–1) Plesac (19) 24,325 43–43 W2
87 July 17 Angels 12–2 Wegman (8–8) Witt (11–6) 19,858 44–43 W3
88 July 18 Angels 6–12 Buice (4–3) Plesac (4–3) 35,038 44–44 L1
89 July 19 Angels 5–8 Lazorko (3–5) Aldrich (0–1) Minton (7) 30,635 44–45 L2
90 July 20 Mariners 13–11 Crim (4–5) Morgan (7–11) Clear (3) 10,577 45–45 W1
91 July 21 Mariners 6–4 Higuera (9–7) Moore (3–12) 13,373 46–45 W2
92 July 22 Mariners 1–2 Langston (11–9) Wegman (8–9) 19,221 46–46 L1
93 July 23 Athletics 12–5 Bosio (6–2) Andújar (3–3) 14,475 47–46 W1
94 July 24 Athletics 10–2 Nieves (7–6) Ontiveros (5–4) 20,828 48–46 W2
95 July 25 Athletics 4–13 Young (10–5) Knudson (0–2) 34,344 48–47 L1
96 July 26 Athletics 7–4 Higuera (10–7) Lamp (1–1) Plesac (20) 25,764 49–47 W1
97 July 27 @ Rangers 4–5 Williams (6–3) Plesac (4–4) 16,621 49–48 L1
98 July 28 @ Rangers 9–2 Bosio (7–2) Guzmán (8–10) Clear (4) 17,899 50–48 W1
99 July 29 @ Rangers 9–8 (12) Plesac (5–4) Kilgus (1–2) 17,157 51–48 W2
100 July 30 White Sox 6–1 Knudson (1–2) Allen (0–5) Crim (1) 16,547 52–48 W3
101 July 31 White Sox 6–8 Dotson (8–7) Higuera (10–8) Thigpen (2) 24,722 52–49 L1
August: 18–11 (Home: 10–7; Away: 8–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
102 August 1 White Sox 2–3 LaPoint (1–0) Wegman (8–10) Searage (2) 43.335 52–50 L2
103 August 2 White Sox 3–7 Long (6–6) Bosio (7–3) Thigpen (3) 30,582 52–51 L3
104 August 4 Orioles 9–8 (12) Knudson (2–2) Williamson (5–8) 19,296 53–51 W1
105 August 5 Orioles 5–1 Higuera (11–8) Bell (9–8) 14,281 54–51 W2
106 August 6 Orioles 11–8 Aldrich (1–1) Griffin (2–4) Crim (2) 24,353 55–51 W3
107 August 7 @ White Sox 7–4 (10) Clear (6–5) Thigpen (3–3) Plesac (21) 22,658 56–51 W4
108 August 8 @ White Sox 5–3 Burris (1–0) DeLeón (5–10) Crim (3) 57–51 W5
109 August 8 @ White Sox 6–8 Bannister (7–9) Bosio (7–4) Thigpen (4) 18,993 57–52 L1
110 August 9 @ White Sox 8–4 Nieves (8–6) Allen (0–7) 15,498 58–52 W1
111 August 10 Rangers 4–3 (12) Aldrich (2–1) Russell (4–2) 21,257 59–52 W2
112 August 11 Rangers 1–7 Harris (5–8) Knudson (2–3) 17,502 59–53 L1
113 August 12 Rangers 3–12 Kilgus (2–4) Burris (1–1) 21,609 59–54 L2
114 August 13 @ Orioles 4–5 Boddicker (8–6) Bosio (7–5) Niedenfuer (8) 24,910 59–55 L3
115 August 14 @ Orioles 6–2 Nieves (9–6) Bell (9–9) Crim (4) 19,761 60–55 W1
116 August 15 @ Orioles 1–2 Flanagan (2–5) Higuera (11–9) 29,243 60–56 L1
117 August 16 @ Orioles 6–2 Crim (5–5) Schmidt (10–4) Plesac (22) 25,950 61–56 W1
118 August 17 @ Indians 5–3 Knudson (3–3) Bailes (6–5) 7,011 62–56 W2
119 August 18 @ Indians 8–9 (12) Farrell (1–0) Burris (1–2) 10,205 62–57 L1
120 August 19 @ Indians 13–2 Nieves (10–6) Candiotti (6–12) 8,288 63–57 W1
121 August 20 @ Indians 14–2 Higuera (12–9) Schrom (5–10) 7,855 64–57 W2
122 August 21 Royals 3–0 Barker (3–0) D. Jackson (6–15) Crim (5) 37,141 65–57 W3
123 August 22 Royals 7–8 Gleaton (3–4) Knudson (3–4) 37,740 65–58 L1
124 August 23 Royals 10–5 Aldrich (3–1) Stoddard (1–2) 33,887 66–58 W1
125 August 25 Indians 10–9 Nieves (11–6) Schrom (5–11) Crim (6) 15,580 67–58 W2
126 August 26 Indians 1–0 (10) Higuera (13–9) Jones (3–4) 11,246 68–58 W3
127 August 27 Indians 4–3 Knudson (4–4) Akerfelds (1–4) Crim (7) 15,175 69–58 W4
128 August 28 Twins 1–0 Bosio (8–5) Straker (6–9) 22,461 70–58 W5
129 August 29 Twins 3–12 Blyleven (13–10) Barker (2–1) 34,834 70–59 L1
130 August 30 Twins 6–10 Atherton (5–4) Crim (5–6) Reardon (25) 22,417 70–60 L2
September: 20–9 (Home: 10–4; Away: 4–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
131 September 1 @ Royals 2–0 Higuera (14–9) Saberhagen (16–8) 19,067 71–60 W1
132 September 2 @ Royals 3–2 Wegman (9–10) Leibrandt (13–10) Plesac (23) 19,430 72–60 W2
133 September 3 @ Royals 8–2 Bosio (9–5) Gubicza (9–16) Crim (8) 23,122 73–60 W3
134 September 4 @ Twins 1–2 (12) Berenguer (6–0) Plesac (5–5) 27,380 73–61 L1
135 September 5 @ Twins 1–2 Atherton (7–4) Crim (5–7) 51,122 73–62 L2
136 September 6 @ Twins 6–0 Higuera (15–9) Carlton (6–14) 36,586 74–62 W1
137 September 7 Blue Jays 3–5 Ward (1–0) Plesac (5–6) Henke (32) 16,935 74–63 L1
138 September 8 Blue Jays 6–4 Bosio (10–5) Stieb (13–8) Crim (9) 8,053 75–63 W1
139 September 9 Blue Jays 6–4 Clear (7–5) Wells (1–3) 10,555 76–63 W2
140 September 10 Tigers 4–3 Nieves (12–6) Tanana (13–10) Mirabella (1) 9,715 77–63 W3
141 September 11 Tigers 5–2 Higuera (16–9) Henneman (9–2) 21,161 78–63 W4
142 September 12 Tigers 11–2 Wegman (10–10) Morris (17–8) 50,288 79–63 W5
143 September 13 Tigers 1–5 Terrell (14–10) Bosio (10–6) 21,880 79–64 L1
144 September 14 @ Yankees 6–4 Stapleton (1–0) Gullickson (2–2) Clear (5) 20,211 80–64 W1
145 September 15 @ Yankees 3–4 Leiter (1–0) Nieves (12–7) Righetti (28) 22,102 80–65 L1
146 September 16 @ Yankees 5–4 Higuera (17–9) Stoddard (4–3) 20,232 81–65 W1
147 September 18 @ Tigers 6–7 Terrell (15–10) Wegman (10–11) King (9) 30,104 81–66 L1
148 September 19 @ Tigers 2–5 Alexander (7–0) Bosio (10–7) 34,006 81–67 L2
149 September 20 @ Tigers 11–4 Nieves (13–7) Morris (18–9) Crim (10) 42,143 82–67 W1
September 21 Yankees Postponed (wet grounds); Makeup: September 22
150 September 22 Yankees 7–2 Higuera (18–9) John (12–6) Mirabella (2) 83–67 W2
151 September 22 Yankees 8–10 Clements (3–2) Crim (5–8) Righetti (30) 12,651 83–68 L1
152 September 23 Yankees 8–7 (10) Crim (6–8) Righetti (8–5) 11,219 84–68 W1
153 September 24 Red Sox 7–6 Clear (8–5) Sambito (2–5) 7,745 85–68 W2
154 September 25 Red Sox 2–9 Clemens (18–9) Nieves (13–8) 12,878 85–69 L1
155 September 26 Red Sox 3–2 Stapleton (2–0) Nipper (10–12) 19,206 86–69 W1
156 September 27 Red Sox 9–6 Burris (2–2) Stanley (4–15) Crim (11) 26,175 87–69 W2
157 September 28 @ Blue Jays 6–4 Wegman (11–11) Flanagan (6–8) Clear (6) 34,113 88–69 W3
158 September 29 @ Blue Jays 5–3 Bosio (11–7) Key (17–7) 34,314 89–69 W4
159 September 30 @ Blue Jays 5–2 Nieves (14–8) Stieb (13–9) 35,245 90–69 W5
October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak
160 October 2 @ Red Sox 2–3 (12) Gardner (3–6) Higuera (18–10) 20,077 90–70 L1
161 October 3 @ Red Sox 8–4 Wegman (12–11) Leister (0–2) Crim (12) 21,962 91–70 W1
162 October 4 @ Red Sox 0–4 Clemens (20–9) Bosio (11–8) 25,454 91–71 L1

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 B. J. Surhoff 115 395 118 .299 7 68
1B Greg Brock 141 532 159 .299 13 85
2B Juan Castillo 116 321 72 .224 3 28
3B Ernest Riles 83 276 72 .261 4 38
SS Dale Sveum 153 535 135 .252 25 95
LF Rob Deer 134 474 113 .238 28 80
CF Robin Yount 158 635 218 .312 21 103
RF Glenn Braggs 132 505 136 .269 13 77
DH Cecil Cooper 63 250 62 .248 6 36

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
Paul Molitor 118 465 164 .353 16 75
Mike Felder 108 289 77 .266 2 31
Jim Gantner 81 265 72 .272 4 30
Bill Schroeder 75 250 83 .332 14 42
Rick Manning 97 114 26 .228 0 13
Jim Paciorek 48 101 23 .228 2 10
Steve Kiefer 28 99 20 .202 5 17
Billy Jo Robidoux 23 62 12 .194 0 4
Charlie O'Brien 10 35 7 .200 0 0
Brad Komminsk 7 15 1 .067 0 0
Steve Stanicek 4 7 2 .286 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
Teddy Higuera 35 261.2 18 10 3.85 240
Bill Wegman 34 225.0 12 11 4.24 102
Juan Nieves 34 195.2 14 8 4.88 163
Mike Birkbeck 10 45.0 1 4 6.20 25
Len Barker 11 43.2 2 1 5.36 22
Mark Ciardi 4 16.1 1 1 9.37 8

Other 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
Chris Bosio 46 170.0 11 8 5.24 150
Mark Knudson 15 62.0 4 4 5.37 26
John Henry Johnson 10 26.1 0 1 9.57 18
Ray Burris 10 23.0 2 2 5.87 8

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
Dan Plesac 57 5 6 23 2.61 89
Chuck Crim 53 6 8 12 3.67 56
Mark Clear 58 8 5 6 4.48 81
Paul Mirabella 29 2 1 2 4.91 14
Jay Aldrich 31 3 1 0 4.94 22
Dave Stapleton 4 2 0 0 1.84 14
Alex Madrid 3 0 0 0 15.19 1

Awards and honors

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Farm system

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The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1987.[11]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Denver Zephyrs American Association Terry Bevington
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Duffy Dyer
Class A Stockton Ports California League Dave Machemer
Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Gomer Hodge
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Dave Huppert

Notes

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  1. ^ "Longest hitting streaks in MLB history". MLB. MLB. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  2. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.143, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. ^ Tim Leary at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Brian Turang at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Mark Kiefer at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Jim Morris at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Bill Mooneyham at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Skeeter Barnes at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ Ray Burris at Baseball-Reference
  10. ^ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
  11. ^ "1987 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

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