The 1987 Baltimore Orioles season was the 87th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 34th in Baltimore, and the 34th at Memorial Stadium. The Orioles finished sixth in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.

Offseason January 30, 1987: Jack O'Connor was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.Jack O'Connor page at Baseball Reference February 12, 1987: Ray Knight was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.Ray Knight page at Baseball Reference March 30, 1987: Rich Bordi was released by the Orioles.Rich Bordi page at Baseball Reference

Regular season On April 15, 1987, Juan Nieves threw the first no hitter in Milwaukee Brewers history. The Brewers beat the Baltimore Orioles by a score of 7–0.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.143, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions May 22, 1987: John Shelby and Brad Havens were traded by the Orioles to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tom Niedenfuer.John Shelby page at Baseball Reference June 2, 1987: Jack Voigt was drafted by the Orioles in the 9th round of the 1987 Major League Baseball draft.Jack Voigt page at Baseball Reference June 23, 1987: Doug Corbett was signed as a free agent with the Orioles.Doug Corbett page at Baseball Reference August 21, 1987: Doug Corbett was released by the Orioles. August 31, 1987: Mike Flanagan was traded by the Orioles to the Toronto Blue Jays for Oswaldo Peraza and a player to be named later. The Blue Jays completed the deal by sending José Mesa to the Orioles on September 4.Mike Flanagan page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1987 Baltimore Orioles Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches (First base/hitting) (Bullpen) (Bench) (Pitching) (Third Base)

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 C Terry Kennedy 143 512 128 .250 18 62 1B Eddie Murray 160 618 171 .277 30 91 2B Billy Ripken 58 234 72 .308 2 20 3B Ray Knight 150 563 144 .256 14 65 SS Cal Ripken Jr. 162 624 157 .252 27 98 LF Larry Sheets 135 469 148 .316 31 94 CF Fred Lynn 111 396 100 .253 23 60 RF Lee Lacy 87 258 63 .244 7 28 DH Mike Young 110 363 87 .240 16 39

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 Alan Wiggins 85 306 71 .232 1 15 Ken Gerhart 92 284 69 .243 14 34 Jim Dwyer 92 241 66 .274 15 33 Rick Burleson 62 206 43 .209 2 14 Pete Stanicek 30 113 31 .274 0 9 Ron Washington 26 79 16 .203 1 6 Mike Hart 34 76 12 .158 4 12 Rene Gonzales 37 60 16 .267 1 7 Floyd Rayford 20 50 11 .220 2 3 Nelson Simmons 16 49 13 .265 1 4 John Shelby 21 32 6 .188 1 3 Dave Van Gorder 12 21 5 .238 1 1 Carl Nichols 13 21 8 .381 0 3 Jackie Gutiérrez 3 1 0 .000 0 0

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 Mike Boddicker 33 226.0 10 12 4.18 152 Eric Bell 33 165.0 10 13 5.45 111 Mike Flanagan 16 94.2 3 6 4.94 50 Jeff Ballard 14 69.2 2 8 6.59 27 José Mesa 6 31.1 1 3 6.03 17

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 Dave Schmidt 35 124.0 10 5 3.77 70 John Habyan 27 116.1 6 7 4.80 64 Ken Dixon 34 105.0 7 10 6.43 91 Scott McGregor 26 85.1 2 7 6.64 39 Mike Griffin 23 74.1 3 5 4.36 42

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 Tom Niedenfuer 45 3 5 13 4.99 37 Mark Williamson 61 8 9 3 4.03 73 Jack O'Connor 29 1 1 2 4.30 33 Tony Arnold 27 0 0 0 5.77 18 Mike Kinnunen 18 0 0 0 4.95 14 Doug Corbett 11 0 2 1 7.83 16 Luis DeLeón 11 0 2 1 4.79 13 Don Aase 7 1 0 2 2.25 3

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

1987 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference 1987 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com