The 1987 Atlanta Braves season was the 117th in franchise history and their 22nd in Atlanta. The team introduced new uniforms this season harkening back to the 1950s, which, with a slight change made in 2019, continue to be the team's uniforms to this day, replacing their pullover jersey/beltless pants combo worn since 1980.[1][2][3]

Offseason

Regular season

  • May 1, 1987: Houston Astros pitcher Nolan Ryan hit a home run off of Braves pitcher Charlie Puleo.[7]
  • August 17, 1987: Tom Glavine made his major league baseball debut.[8] 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 allowed 5 bases on balls and recorded one strikeout.[9]
  • September 27, 1987: 48-year old Phil Niekro is signed by the Braves for one final major league start against the San Francisco Giants. Niekro had been released by the Toronto Blue Jays almost a month earlier. He pitches three innings, giving up six hits and 5 runs in a 15-6 loss.

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9072 .556 — 46‍–‍35 44‍–‍37
Cincinnati Reds 8478 .519 6 42‍–‍39 42‍–‍39
Houston Astros 7686 .469 14 47‍–‍34 29‍–‍52
Los Angeles Dodgers 7389 .451 17 40‍–‍41 33‍–‍48
Atlanta Braves 6992 .429 20½ 42‍–‍39 27‍–‍53
San Diego Padres 6597 .401 25 37‍–‍44 28‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1987 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–58–108–106–123–97–57–57–56–128–103–9
Chicago 5–6—6–68–46–610–89–98–104–149–35–76–12
Cincinnati 10–86–6—13–510–86–67–55–74–812–67–114–8
Houston 10–84–85–13—12–67–56–66–66–65–1310–85–7
Los Angeles 12–66–68–106–12—3–96–62–106–611–710–83–9
Montreal 9–38–106–65–79–3—8–1010–811–79–35–711–7
New York 5–79–95–76–66–610–8—13–512–68–49–39–9
Philadelphia 5–710–87–56–610–28–105–13—11–78–42–108–10
Pittsburgh 5–714–48–46–66–67–116–127–11—8–46–67–11
San Diego 12–63–96–1213–57–113–94–84–84–8—5–134–8
San Francisco 10–87–511–78–108–107–53–910–26–613–5—7–5
St. Louis 9–312–68–47–59–37–119–910–811–78–45–7—

Notable transactions

Roster

1987 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
COzzie Virgil123429106.2472772
1BGerald Perry142533144.2701274
2BGlenn Hubbard141443117.264538
3BKen Oberkfell135508142.280348
SSAndrés Thomas8232475.231539
LFKen Griffey122399114.2861464
CFDion James134494154.3121061
RFDale Murphy159566167.29544105

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Albert Hall9229283.284324
Rafael Ramírez5617947.263121
Graig Nettles11217737.209533
Ted Simmons7317749.277430
Jeff Blauser5116540.242215
Gary Roenicke6715133.219928
Bruce Benedict379514.14715
Ron Gant218322.26529
Paul Runge274710.21338
Darryl Motley680.00001
Trench Davis630.00000
Terry Bell110.00000
Mike Fischlin100----00

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Zane Smith36242.015104.09130
Rick Mahler39197.08134.9895
David Palmer28152.18114.90111
Doyle Alexander16117.25104.1364
Tom Glavine950.1245.5420
Pete Smith631.2124.8311
Kevin Coffman525.1234.6214
Phil Niekro13.00015.000

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Charlie Puleo35123.1684.2399
Randy O'Neal1661.0425.6133
Larry McWilliams920.1015.7513
Marty Clary714.2016.147

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jim Acker6849144.1668
Gene Garber49810104.4148
Jeff Dedmon533443.9140
Paul Assenmacher521125.1039
Ed Olwine270115.0112
Joe Boever141007.3618
Chuck Cary131113.7815
Steve Ziem20107.710

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

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Notes

  1. ↑ "Braves Uniforms | Atlanta Braves". MLB.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  2. ↑ Bell, Demetrieus (January 20, 2019). "Atlanta Braves Make Subtle But Strong Changes To Their Uniforms". forbes.com. Forbes. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  3. ↑ Radom, Todd (June 13, 2013). "1987-the Year that MLB's Uniforms Stepped Backwards". toddradom.com. Todd Radom. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Chuck Hensley Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Trench Davis Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Luis Leal Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Nolan Ryan Career Home Runs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Tom Glavine". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Box Score of Game played on Monday, August 17, 1987 at Astrodome". www.baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Graig Nettles Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  11. ↑ "John Mizerock: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Doyle Alexander". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Mike Stanton". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Joe Boever Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  15. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-96-371897-6.

References

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Atlanta_Braves_season