The 1987

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season was the 98th of the franchise in

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and their 30th season in

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. They finished in fourth place in the Western Division of the National League.

Offseason

*December 10, 1986: Acquired

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from the

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for

Dennis Powell Dennis Clay Powell (born August 13, 1963), is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, and Milwaukee Brewers, in all or parts of eight seasons (–). Pow ...

an
Mike Watters
*December 10, 1986: Acquired Tim Leary and

Tim Crews Stanley Timothy Crews (April 3, 1961 – March 23, 1993) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played six seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers from to . Crews was part of the Dodgers team that won the 1988 World Series. At the end of the 1992 ...

from the Milwaukee Brewers for Greg Brock *December 11, 1986: Acquired

Alex Treviño Alejandro Treviño Castro (born August 26, 1957) is a Mexican former professional baseball catcher. He is the younger brother of former Major League Baseball outfielder Bobby Treviño. Early years Treviño was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Me ...

from the

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for

Candy Maldonado Cándido Maldonado Guadarrama (born September 5, 1960) is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball outfielder who played from to for the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, Chi ...

*December 11, 1986: Acquired

Ed Vande Berg Edward John Vande Berg (born October 26, 1958) is an American former professional left-handed baseball pitcher. Career Berg is an alumnus of Redlands High School and Arizona State University. Drafted by the Seattle Mariners The Seattle M ...

from the

for

Steve Yeager Stephen Wayne Yeager (born November 24, 1948) is an American former professional baseball catcher. Yeager spent 14 of the 15 seasons of his Major League Baseball career, from 1972 through 1985, with the Los Angeles Dodgers. His last year, 1986, ...

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

*May 6, 1987: Acquired Orlando Mercado from the Detroit Tigers for Balvino Gálvez *May 22, 1987: Acquired John Shelby and Brad Havens from the

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for Tom Niedenfuer *May 29, 1987:

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was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers. *June 19, 1987: Acquired

Phil Garner Philip Mason Garner (born April 30, 1949) is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder with the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers and ...

from the Houston Astros fo
Jeff Edwards
*June 23, 1987: Acquired

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from the Oakland Athletics fo
Tim Meeks
*August 17, 1987: Acquired Glenn Hoffman from the

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fo
Billy Bartels
*August 29, 1987: Acquired

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from the Oakland Athletics for

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*September 21, 1987: Acquired

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from the

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for Juan Guzmán

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''

1987 awards

1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game The 1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 58th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 1 ...

** Pedro Guerrero reserve **

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reserve * Comeback Player of the Year Award ** Pedro Guerrero * NL Pitcher of the Month **

(June 1987) * NL Player of the Week **

(June 8–14) **

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(Sep. 28-Oct.4)

Farm system

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball Draft

The draft was altered this year and the January drafts and the secondary phase of the June draft were eliminated, leaving just the one June draft, which was expanded to more rounds to allow the Junior College players to be included. The Dodgers drafted 51 players in this draft, the largest collection of players they had ever drafted in one draft. Of those, ten of them would eventually play Major League baseball. The top pick in this years draft was right-handed pitcher Dan Opperman from Valley High School in

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. However, Opperman injured his arm pitching in the state high school playoffs his Senior season and would not be able to pitch professionally until 1989. He would eventually play in parts of four seasons with the Dodgers farm teams in

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and the last two with the AAA

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. In 63 games (all but one as a starter) he had a record of 19-22 and an ERA of 3.95. None of the players from this years draft would leave much of an impression on the Majors. Pitchers Dennis Springer and Mike James had the longest careers, but were just average players at best.

References

External links

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