1987 Atlanta Braves season

1987 Atlanta Braves
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1876) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (since 1966) Atlanta, Georgia (since 1966)
1987 information
Owner(s)	Ted Turner
General manager(s)	Bobby Cox
Manager(s)	Chuck Tanner
Local television	WTBS Superstation WTBS
Local radio	WSB (Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, John Sterling)
Previous season Next season

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Starting pitchers
  - 3.2.1 Relief pitchers
4 Farm system
5 Notes
6 References

Offseason

November 17, 1986: Chuck Hensley was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves. ^[1]
November 17, 1986: Trench Davis was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves. ^[2]
February 2, 1987: Luis Leal was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Damaso Garcia to the Atlanta Braves for Craig McMurtry.^[3]

Regular season

May 1, 1987: Houston Astros pitcher Nolan Ryan hit a home run off of Braves pitcher Charlie Puleo^[4]
August 17, 1987: Tom Glavine made his major league baseball debut. ^[5] 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.^[6]

Season standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
San Francisco Giants	90	72	--	.556
Cincinnati Reds	84	78	6.0	.519
Houston Astros	76	86	14.0	.469
Los Angeles Dodgers	73	89	17.0	.451
Atlanta Braves	69	92	20.5	.429
San Diego Padres	65	97	25.0	.401

Notable transactions

April 1, 1987: Graig Nettles was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves. ^[7]
May 5, 1987: Doyle Alexander was signed as a free agent by the Braves.^[8]
June 2, 1987: Mike Stanton was drafted by the Braves in the 13th round of the 1987 Major League Baseball Draft. Player signed June 10, 1987.^[9]
July 25, 1987: Joe Boever was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Atlanta Braves for Randy O'Neal. ^[10]
August 12, 1987: Doyle Alexander was traded by the Braves to the Detroit Tigers for John Smoltz.^[8]

Roster

1987 Atlanta Braves

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

20 Bruce Benedict
9 Ozzie Virgil

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

7 Chuck Tanner

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: 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	Virgil, OzzieOzzie Virgil	123	429	106	.247	27	72
1B	Perry, GeraldGerald Perry	142	533	144	.270	12	74
2B	Hubbard, GlennGlenn Hubbard	141	443	117	.264	5	38
3B	Oberkfell, KenKen Oberkfell	135	508	142	.280	3	48
SS	Thomas, AndrésAndrés Thomas	82	324	75	.231	5	39
LF	Griffey, KenKen Griffey	122	399	114	.286	14	64
CF	James, DionDion James	134	494	154	.312	10	61
RF	Murphy, DaleDale Murphy	159	566	167	.295	44	105

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Nettles, GraigGraig Nettles	112	177	37	.209	5	33
Runge, PaulPaul Runge	27	47	10	.213	3	8

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Palmer, DavidDavid Palmer	28	152.1	8	11	4.90	111

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Richmond Braves	International League	Roy Majtyka
AA	Greenville Braves	Southern League	Jim Beauchamp
A	Durham Bulls	Carolina League	Brian Snitker
A	Sumter Braves	South Atlantic League	Buddy Bailey
Rookie	Pulaski Braves	Appalachian League	Grady Little
Rookie	GCL Braves	Gulf Coast League	Pedro González
Rookie	Idaho Falls Braves	Pioneer League	Rod Gilbreath

^[11]

v t e 1987 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1987 All-Star Game 1987 World Series

Atlanta Braves

Formerly the
Based in Atlanta, Georgia

Franchise

History
- Boston
Braves Museum & Hall of Fame
Award winners & league leaders
Records
No-hitters
Seasons
Owners and executives
Managers
Opening Day Starters
- Atlanta
- Boston and Milwaukee
First-round draft picks
Broadcasters
Atlanta Braves Radio Network

Ballparks

Spring training: St. Petersburg Athletic Park; McKechnie Field; Municipal Stadium; Champion Stadium

Culture

Rivalries

New York Mets

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: John C. Malone (Liberty Media)
General Manager: Frank Wren
Club President: John Schuerholz
Manager: Fredi González

World Series
Championships (3)

National League
Championships (17)

National Association
Championships (4)

Other Titles

National League East (12): 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2013
National League West (5): 1969; 1982; 1991; 1992; 1993
Wild card berths (2): 2010; 2012

Minor league
affiliates

AAA: Gwinnett Braves
AA: Mississippi Braves
A: Lynchburg Hillcats; Rome Braves
Rookie: Danville Braves; Gulf Coast League Braves; DSL Braves

Other assets

Seasons (142)

1870s	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879

1880s	1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889

1890s	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Notes

References

1987 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference

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1987 Atlanta Braves season