The 1987 Atlanta Braves season was the 117th in franchise history and their 22nd in

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Offseason

* November 17, 1986:

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was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves. * November 17, 1986: Trench Davis was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves. * February 2, 1987: Luis Leal was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Damaso Garcia to the Atlanta Braves for

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Regular season

* May 1, 1987: Houston Astros pitcher

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hit a home run off of Braves pitcher Charlie Puleo. * August 17, 1987: Tom Glavine made his major league baseball debut. It was against the Houston Astros and Glavine was the starting pitcher. Glavine pitched 3.2 innings and allowed 10 hits and six earned runs. Glavine had 5 bases on balls and one strikeout. * September 27, 1987: 48-year old

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is signed by the Braves for one final major league start against the

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. Niekro had been released by the

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almost a month earlier. He pitches three innings, giving up six hits and 5 runs in a 15-6 loss.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

* April 1, 1987: Graig Nettles was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves. * April 3, 1987:

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was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves. * May 5, 1987:

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was signed as a free agent by the Braves.Doyle Alexander
at ''Baseball Reference'' * June 2, 1987: Mike Stanton was drafted by the Braves in the 13th round of the

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. Player signed June 10, 1987. * July 25, 1987: Joe Boever was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Atlanta Braves for Randy O'Neal. * August 12, 1987: Doyle Alexander was traded by the Braves to the

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for

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Roster

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''

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Other pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Relief pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Farm system

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

Notes

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References

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