1987 Cleveland Indians season

1987 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Richard Jacobs
General manager(s) Joe Klein
Manager(s) Pat Corrales, Doc Edwards
Local television WUAB
Joe Tait, Jack Corrigan
Local radio WWWE
Herb Score, Steve Lamar
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The Cleveland Indians finished in seventh place in the American League East. Sports Illustrated magazine predicted that the Indians would finish in first. Club president Peter Bavasi would resign before the regular season began. Bavasi had joined the Indians in November 1984. As president of the Cleveland Indians, he served on Major League Baseball's Executive Council.[1] During the 1986 season, the team had an 84-78 record, its best since 1968, and attendance of 1.47 million, its highest since 1959.[2] There was a lot of optimism that the team would reach its full potential in 1987.

Sluggers Joe Carter and Cory Snyder were featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated on April 6, 1987, with the headline "Indian Uprising". The Indians were being predicted as the best team in baseball on the back of their two 30+ home run hitters. What sports writers overlooked was that Cleveland had the worst performing pitching staff in the majors, despite the presence of 300 game winners Phil Niekro and Steve Carlton, as well as Tom Candiotti (with Niekro and Candiotti, Cleveland had two starters whose main pitch was the Knuckleball). The 1987 Indians season would go on to be associated with the Sports Illustrated cover jinx.

Offseason

Regular season

In 1987, the Cleveland Indians achieved a baseball first. The Indians had veteran pitchers Steve Carlton and Phil Niekro on their roster to add experience. Their most notable accomplishment was appearing in a game together against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Carlton and Niekro became the first teammates and 300-game winners to appear in the same game. Both were ineffective in a 10-6 Yankee victory. It would be Carlton's first and only pitching appearance at the legendary stadium. Neither pitcher would finish the season with the Indians. Carlton would end up with the Minnesota Twins and win a World Series championship. Niekro would be picked up by the Toronto Blue Jays and come within two games of winning the American League East Championship.

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 98 64 0.605 — 54–27 44–37
Toronto Blue Jays 96 66 0.593 2 52–29 44–37
Milwaukee Brewers 91 71 0.562 7 48–33 43–38
New York Yankees 89 73 0.549 9 51–30 38–43
Boston Red Sox 78 84 0.481 20 50–30 28–54
Baltimore Orioles 67 95 0.414 31 31–51 36–44
Cleveland Indians 61 101 0.377 37 35–46 26–55

Record vs. opponents

1987 American League Records

Sources:

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 1–12 9–3 8–4 7–6 4–9 9–3 2–11 5–7 3–10 7–5 4–8 7–5 1–12
Boston 12–1 — 4–8 3–9 7–6 2–11 6–6 6–7 7–5 7–6 4–8 7–5 7–5 6–7
California 3–9 8–4 — 8–5 7–5 3–9 5–8 7–5 8–5 3–9 6–7 7–6 5–8 5–7
Chicago 4–8 9–3 5–8 — 7–5 3–9 6–7 6–6 6–7 5–7 9–4 6–7 7–6 4–8
Cleveland 6–7 6–7 5–7 5–7 — 4–9 6–6 4–9 3–9 6–7 4–8 5–7 2–10 5–8
Detroit 9–4 11–2 9–3 9–3 9–4 — 5–7 6–7 8–4 5–8 5–7 7–5 8–4 7–6
Kansas City 3–9 6–6 8–5 7–6 6–6 7–5 — 4–8 8–5 5–7 5–8 9–4 7–6 8–4
Milwaukee 11–2 7–6 5–7 6–6 9–4 7–6 8–4 — 3–9 7–6 6–6 4–8 9–3 9–4
Minnesota 7–5 5–7 5–8 7–6 9–3 4–8 5–8 9–3 — 6–6 10–3 9–4 6–7 3–9
New York 10–3 6–7 9–3 7–5 7–6 8–5 7–5 6–7 6–6 — 5–7 7–5 5–7 6–7
Oakland 5–7 8–4 7–6 4–9 8–4 7–5 8–5 6–6 3–10 7–5 — 5–8 6–7 7–5
Seattle 8–4 5–7 6–7 7–6 7–5 5–7 4–9 8–4 4–9 5–7 8–5 — 9–4 2–10
Texas 5–7 5–7 8–5 6–7 10–2 4–8 6–7 3–9 7–6 7–5 7–6 4–9 — 3–9
Toronto 12–1 7–6 7–5 8–4 8–5 6–7 4–8 4–9 9–3 7–6 5–7 10–2 9–3 —

Transactions

Draft picks

Roster

1987 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Statistics

Batting

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Allanson, AndyAndy Allanson 50 154 17 41 6 0 3 16 .266 1
Bando, ChrisChris Bando 89 211 20 46 9 0 5 16 .218 0
Bell, JayJay Bell 38 125 14 27 9 1 2 13 .216 2
Bernazard, TonyTony Bernazard 79 293 39 70 12 1 11 30 .239 7
Butler, BrettBrett Butler 137 522 91 154 25 8 9 41 .295 33
Carter, JoeJoe Carter 149 588 83 155 27 2 32 106 .264 31
Castillo, CarmeloCarmelo Castillo 89 220 27 55 17 0 11 31 .250 1
Clark, DaveDave Clark 29 87 11 18 5 0 3 12 .207 1
Dempsey, RickRick Dempsey 60 141 16 25 10 0 1 9 .177 0
Dorsett, BrianBrian Dorsett 5 11 2 3 0 0 1 3 .273 0
Franco, JulioJulio Franco 128 495 86 158 24 3 8 52 .319 32
Frobel, DougDoug Frobel 29 40 5 4 0 0 2 5 .100 0
Gallagher, DaveDave Gallagher 15 36 2 4 1 1 0 1 .111 2
Hall, MelMel Hall 142 485 57 136 21 1 18 76 .280 5
Hinzo, TommyTommy Hinzo 67 257 31 68 9 3 3 21 .265 9
Jacoby, BrookBrook Jacoby 155 540 73 162 26 4 32 69 .300 2
Nixon, OtisOtis Nixon 19 17 2 1 0 0 0 1 .059 2
Noboa, JuniorJunior Noboa 39 80 7 18 2 1 0 7 .225 1
Parsons, CaseyCasey Parsons 18 25 2 4 0 0 1 5 .160 0
Snyder, CoryCory Snyder 157 577 74 136 24 2 33 82 .236 5
Tabler, PatPat Tabler 151 553 66 170 34 3 11 86 .307 5
Thornton, AndreAndre Thornton 36 85 8 10 2 0 0 5 .118 1
Williams, EddieEddie Williams 22 64 9 11 4 0 1 4 .172 0
Totals 162 5606 742 1476 267 30 187 691 .263 140

Pitching

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Akerfelds, DarrelDarrel Akerfelds 2 6 6.75 16 13 0 74.2 60 56 38 42
Armstrong, MikeMike Armstrong 1 0 8.68 14 0 1 18.2 18 18 10 9
Bailes, ScottScott Bailes 7 8 4.64 39 17 6 120.1 75 62 47 65
Camacho, ErnieErnie Camacho 0 1 9.22 15 0 1 13.2 14 14 5 9
Candiotti, TomTom Candiotti 7 18 4.78 32 32 0 201.2 132 107 93 111
Carlton, SteveSteve Carlton 5 9 5.37 23 14 1 109.0 76 65 63 71
Easterly, JamieJamie Easterly 1 1 4.55 16 0 0 31.2 17 16 13 22
Farrell, JohnJohn Farrell 5 1 3.39 10 9 0 69.0 29 26 22 28
Gordon, DonDon Gordon 0 3 4.08 21 0 1 39.2 31 18 12 20
Huismann, MarkMark Huismann 2 3 5.09 20 0 2 35.1 22 20 8 23
Jones, DougDoug Jones 6 5 3.15 49 0 8 91.1 45 32 24 87
Kaiser, JeffJeff Kaiser 0 0 16.20 2 0 0 3.1 6 6 3 2
Niekro, PhilPhil Niekro 7 11 5.89 22 22 0 123.2 83 81 53 57
Ritter, ReggieReggie Ritter 1 1 6.08 14 0 0 26.2 21 18 16 11
Schrom, KenKen Schrom 6 13 6.50 32 29 0 153.2 126 111 57 61
Stewart, SammySammy Stewart 4 2 5.67 25 0 3 27.0 22 17 21 25
Swindell, GregGreg Swindell 3 8 5.10 16 15 0 102.1 62 58 37 97
Vande Berg, EdEd Vande Berg 1 0 5.10 55 0 0 72.1 42 41 21 40
Waddell, TomTom Waddell 0 1 14.29 6 0 0 5.2 10 9 7 6
Wills, FrankFrank Wills 0 1 5.06 6 0 1 5.1 3 3 7 4
Yett, RichRich Yett 3 9 5.25 37 11 1 97.2 63 57 49 59
Totals 61 101 5.28 162 162 25 1422.2 957 835 606 849

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Buffalo Bisons American Association Orlando Gómez and Steve Swisher
AA Williamsport Bills Eastern League Steve Swisher and Orlando Gómez
A Kinston Indians Carolina League Mike Hargrove
A Waterloo Indians Midwest League Glenn Adams
Rookie Burlington Indians Appalachian League Tom Chandler

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Burlington[13]

References

  1. ↑ Principals
  2. ↑ New York Times, January 24, 1987
  3. ↑ Fran Mullins page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Casey Parsons page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ John Butcher page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/frobedo01.shtml
  7. ↑ Jeff Kaiser page at Baseball Reference
  8. 1 2 Steve Carlton page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Don Schulze page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Mark Huismann page at Baseball Reference
  11. ↑ Albert Belle page at Baseball Reference
  12. ↑ Beau Allred page at Baseball Reference
  13. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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