The 1987
Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American
baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 6th 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.
* February 12, 1987:
Ray Knight
Charles Ray Knight (born December 28, 1952) is an American former Major League Baseball infielder best remembered for his time with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets. Originally drafted by the Reds in the tenth round of the 1970 Major Leag ...
was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.
* March 30, 1987:
Rich Bordi
Richard Albert Bordi (born April 18, 1959) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played from to . He played for the Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles. Bordi threw and batted ...
was released by the Orioles.
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.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
* May 22, 1987:
John Shelby
John T. Shelby (born February 23, 1958) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played from 1981 to 1991. He began his career as a member of the Baltimore Orioles before later playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroi ...
and
Brad Havens
Bradley David Havens (born November 17, 1959) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins (1981–83), Baltimore Orioles (1985–86), Los Angeles Dodgers (1987–88), Cleveland Indians (1988–89) and Detroit Tigers (1989).
...
were traded by the Orioles to the
Los Angeles Dodgers for
Tom Niedenfuer
Thomas Edward Niedenfuer (born August 13, 1959), is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher. Exclusively a relief pitcher, reliever during his ten-year career, he played his first six-plus seasons for the Los Angeles Dodger ...
.
* June 2, 1987:
Jack Voigt was drafted by the Orioles in the 9th round of the
1987 Major League Baseball Draft
The Major League Baseball Draft is the process by which Major League Baseball (MLB) teams select athletes to play for their organization. High school seniors, college juniors and seniors, and anyone who had never played under a professional cont ...
.
* June 23, 1987:
Doug Corbett was signed as a free agent with the Orioles.
[Doug Corbett page at Baseball Reference]
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* August 21, 1987: Doug Corbett was released by the Orioles.
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''
Pitching
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]
References
1987 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference1987 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com
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