Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees
Major League Baseball team season
The 1987
New York Yankees
season was the 85th season for the Yankees. The team finished in fourth place with a record of 89?73, finishing 9 games behind the
Detroit Tigers
. New York was managed by
Lou Piniella
. The Yankees played at
Yankee Stadium
.
Offseason
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Regular season
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The Yankees hit 10
grand slams
, the most by an MLB team in 1987.
[7]
Six of those were hit by
Don Mattingly
, who set a record for most grand slam home runs in one season with six.
[8]
His record was matched by
Travis Hafner
during the 2006 season. Mattingly's grand slams in 1987 were also the only six grand slams of his career. In addition, Mattingly had tied
Dale Long
's major league record by hitting home runs in eight consecutive games (record later tied again by
Ken Griffey Jr.
, of Seattle in 1993), as well as stroking an extra base hit in ten consecutive games. Mattingly had a record 10 home runs during this streak (Long & Griffey had eight of them).
In June 1987, it was reported that Mattingly injured his back during some clubhouse horseplay with pitcher
Bob Shirley
though both denied this.
[9]
Nevertheless, he finished with a .327 batting average, 30 home runs, and 115 RBIs, his fourth straight year with at least 110 RBIs.
On July 13, 1987, George Steinbrenner told manager Lou Piniella that the acquisition of Steve Trout would win the Yankees the pennant.
[10]
Trout never won a game for the Yankees, going 0?4 in 14 games.
[11]
Season standings
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Record vs. opponents
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Sources:
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Team
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BAL
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BOS
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CAL
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CWS
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CLE
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DET
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KC
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MIL
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MIN
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NYY
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OAK
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SEA
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TEX
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TOR
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Baltimore
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?
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1?12
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9?3
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8?4
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7?6
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4?9
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9?3
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2?11
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5?7
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3?10
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7?5
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4?8
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7?5
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1?12
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Boston
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12?1
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?
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4?8
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3?9
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7?6
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2?11
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6?6
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6?7
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7?5
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7?6
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4?8
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7?5
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7?5
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6?7
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California
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3?9
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8?4
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?
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8?5
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7?5
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3?9
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5?8
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7?5
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8?5
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3?9
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6?7
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7?6
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5?8
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5?7
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Chicago
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4?8
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9?3
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5?8
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?
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7?5
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3?9
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6?7
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6?6
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6?7
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5?7
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9?4
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6?7
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7?6
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4?8
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Cleveland
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6?7
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6?7
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5?7
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5?7
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?
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4?9
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6?6
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4?9
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3?9
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6?7
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4?8
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5?7
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2?10
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5?8
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Detroit
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9?4
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11?2
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9?3
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9?3
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9?4
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?
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5?7
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6?7
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8?4
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5?8
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5?7
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7?5
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8?4
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7?6
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Kansas City
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3?9
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6?6
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8?5
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7?6
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6?6
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7?5
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?
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4?8
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8?5
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5?7
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5?8
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9?4
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7?6
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8?4
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Milwaukee
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11?2
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7?6
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5?7
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6?6
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9?4
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7?6
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8?4
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?
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3?9
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7?6
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6?6
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4?8
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9?3
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9?4
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Minnesota
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7?5
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5?7
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5?8
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7?6
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9?3
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4?8
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5?8
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9?3
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?
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6?6
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10?3
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9?4
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6?7
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3?9
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New York
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10?3
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6?7
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9?3
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7?5
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7?6
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8?5
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7?5
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6?7
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6?6
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?
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5?7
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7?5
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5?7
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6?7
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Oakland
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5?7
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8?4
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7?6
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4?9
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8?4
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7?5
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8?5
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6?6
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3?10
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7?5
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?
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5?8
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6?7
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7?5
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Seattle
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8?4
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5?7
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6?7
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7?6
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7?5
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5?7
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4?9
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8?4
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4?9
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5?7
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8?5
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?
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9?4
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2?10
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Texas
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5?7
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5?7
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8?5
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6?7
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10?2
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4?8
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6?7
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3?9
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7?6
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7?5
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7?6
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4?9
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?
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3?9
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Toronto
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12?1
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7?6
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7?5
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8?4
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8?5
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6?7
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4?8
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4?9
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9?3
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7?6
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5?7
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10?2
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9?3
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?
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Notable transactions
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- April 10, 1987:
Rich Bordi
was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
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- May 15, 1987:
Rafael Quirico
was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.
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- June 10, 1987:
Keith Hughes
and
Shane Turner
were traded by the Yankees to the
Philadelphia Phillies
for
Mike Easler
.
[14]
- June 22, 1987: Alan Mills was sent by the California Angels to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on December 19, 1986.
[15]
- July 13, 1987:
Bob Tewksbury
,
Rich Scheid
, and
Dean Wilkins
were traded by the Yankees to the
Chicago Cubs
for
Steve Trout
.
[16]
- August 26, 1987:
Dennis Rasmussen
was traded by the Yankees to the
Cincinnati
Reds for
Bill Gullickson
.
[17]
- August 26, 1987:
Ken Patterson
and a player to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the
Chicago White Sox
for
Jerry Royster
and Mike Soper (minors). The New York Yankees completed the deal by sending Jeff Pries (minors) to the White Sox on September 19.
[18]
- September 17, 1987:
Sherman Obando
was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.
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Roster
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1987 New York Yankees
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Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
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Player stats
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Batting
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Starters by position
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Other batters
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pitching
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Starting pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Other pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Relief pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Awards and records
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Farm system
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, Fort Lauderdale
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References
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- ^
Rick Rhoden
at
Baseball Reference
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"Lenn Sakata Stats"
.
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"Ron Romanick Stats"
.
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Randy Velarde
at
Baseball Reference
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Willie Randolph
at
Baseball Reference
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Rick Cerone
at
Baseball Reference
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"Team Batting Event Finder: 1987, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123"
.
Baseball Reference
. Retrieved
July 3,
2018
.
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Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures
, 2008 Edition, p.232, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
ISBN
978-0-451-22363-0
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Chass, Murray (June 9, 1987).
"Doctor's orders: Rest for Mattingly"
.
New York Times
. Retrieved
April 9,
2010
.
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Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball
, p. 265, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010,
ISBN
978-0-06-169031-0
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Sports Illustrated
, August 2, 2010, "The Right Thing" by Tom Verducci, p.35, Published by Time Inc.
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Rich Bordi
at
Baseball Reference
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Rafael Quirico
Archived
November 8, 2010, at the
Wayback Machine
at
Baseball Reference
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Shane Turner
at
Baseball Reference
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"Alan Mills Stats"
.
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Steve Trout
at
Baseball Reference
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Bill Gullickson
at
Baseball Reference
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Jerry Royster
at
Baseball Reference
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Sherman Obando
at
Baseball Reference
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Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures
, 2008 Edition, p.259, David Nemec and Scott Latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
ISBN
978-0-451-22363-0
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Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed.,
The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball
, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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