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1987:A Close Pennant Race With Detroit


American League East

W L Pct. GB
Detroit 98 64 .605 -
Toronto 96 66 .593 2.0
Milwaukee 91 71 .562 7.0
NY Yankees 89 73 .549 9.0
Boston 78 84 .481 20.0
Baltimore 67 95 .414 31.0
Cleveland 61 101 .377 37.0

   The Blue Jays led the A.L. in attendance, and registered the sixth-highest home run total in league history with 215, including a major-league record 10 home run game on September 14. George Bell (47 HRs and 134 RBI) earned A.L. MVP honors. Jimmy Key finished with a 17-8 record with a 2.76 ERA. Tony Fernandez hit .322 with 32 stolen bases. Tom Henke led the A.L. in saves with 34.

Most Valuable Player Most Valuable Pitcher Player of the Year
George Bell Jimmy Key George Bell
Pitcher of the Year Rookie of the Year Most Improved Player
Jimmy Key Jeff Musselman Lloyd Moseby

1987 Batting Statistics
Batter Pos. Avg. G AB R H HR RBI
Jesse Barfield OF .263 159 590 89 155 28 84
George Bell OF .308 156 610 111 188 47 134
Juan Beniquez OF-DH .284 39 81 6 23 5 21
Jeff DeWillis C .120 13 25 2 3 1 2
Rob Ducey OF .188 34 48 12 9 1 6
Tony Fernandez SS .322 146 578 90 186 5 67
Cecil Fielder 1B .269 82 175 30 47 14 32
Kelly Gruber 3B .235 138 341 50 80 12 36
Alexis Infante IF .000 1 0 0 0 0 0
Garth Iorg IF .210 122 310 35 65 4 30
Rick Leach 1B-OF .282 98 195 26 55 3 25
Manny Lee IF .256 56 121 14 31 1 11
Nelson Liriano 2B .241 37 158 29 38 2 10
Fred McGriff DH-1B .247 107 295 58 73 20 43
Lloyd Moseby OF .282 155 592 106 167 26 96
Rance Mulliniks 3B .310 124 332 37 103 11 44
Greg Myers C .111 7 9 1 1 0 0
Mike Sharperson 2B .208 32 96 4 20 0 9
Matt Stark C .083 5 12 0 1 0 0
Lou Thornton OF .500 12 2 5 1 0 0
Willie Upshaw 1B .244 150 512 68 125 15 58
Ernie Whitt C .269 135 446 57 120 19 75
Designated hitters
.258 162 592 101 153 38 97
Pinch-hitters
.234 108 167 0 39 3 28
Totals
.269 162 5635 845 1514 215 790

1987 Batting Statistics
Pitcher ERA W-L SV G IP H ER BB SO
John Cerutti 4.35 2-4 0 23 60 63 29 22 32
Jim Clancy 4.46 5-4 0 17 111 120 55 20 65
Mark Eichhorn 6.35 1-1 0 7 11 14 8 3 5
Mike Flanagan 6.19 2-4 2 40 36 36 25 17 32
Don Gordon 4.15 9-4 1 34 145 150 67 47 89
Tom Henke 2.49 0-6 34 72 94 62 26 25 128
Joe Johnson 9.24 0-1 0 10 13 18 13 10 9
Jimmy Key 17.18 0-0 0 3 4 8 7 5 5
Gary Lavelle 1.72 14-6 10 69 157 105 30 45 166
Jeff Musselman 7.06 0-1 1 14 22 28 17 8 13
Phil Niekro 3.25 9-5 27 63 91 63 34 38 118
Jose Nunez 3.89 7-2 0 16 88 94 38 22 39
Dave Stieb 3.57 14-11 0 36 232 222 92 74 141
Duane Ward 5.05 2-6 2 40 73 93 41 23 30
David Wells 0.00 0-0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 3.74 96-66 43 162 1454 1323 605 567 1064

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