1987 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1987 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Three Rivers Stadium
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record	80–82 (.494)
Divisional place	4th (tie)
Owners	Pittsburgh Associates
General managers	Syd Thrift
Managers	Jim Leyland
Television	KDKA-TV (Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker, John Sanders) Pirates Cable Network (Steve Blass, Mike Lange)
Radio	KDKA-AM (Lanny Frattare, Jim Rooker)
Seasons

The 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 106th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; and their 101st season in the National League. This was their 18th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 80–82.

Regular season

Season standings

NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	95	67	.586	—	49‍–‍32	46‍–‍35
New York Mets	92	70	.568	3	49‍–‍32	43‍–‍38
Montreal Expos	91	71	.562	4	48‍–‍33	43‍–‍38
Philadelphia Phillies	80	82	.494	15	43‍–‍38	37‍–‍44
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	82	.494	15	47‍–‍34	33‍–‍48
Chicago Cubs	76	85	.472	18½	40‍–‍40	36‍–‍45

Game log

1987 Game Log: 80–82 (Home: 47–34; Away: 33–48)
April: 8–11 (Home: 6–7; Away: 2–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 7 @ Mets 2–3 Ojeda Patterson (0–1) Orosco 46,102 0–1 2 April 9 @ Mets 2–4 Walter Easley (0–1) Orosco 20,598 0–2 3 April 10 Cardinals 4–3 Robinson (1–0) LaPoint — 52,119 1–2 4 April 11 Cardinals 3–6 Forsch Kipper (0–1) Worrell 6,720 1–3 5 April 12 Cardinals 7–4 Patterson (1–1) Tudor Robinson (1) 6,749 2–3 6 April 13 Cardinals 4–8 Cox Drabek (0–1) Horton 5,182 2–4 7 April 15 @ Cubs 3–1 (10) Robinson (2–0) Noles — 5,369 3–4 8 April 16 @ Cubs 6–0 Kipper (1–1) Lynch — 6,956 4–4 9 April 17 Phillies 2–6 (10) Bedrosian Jones (0–1) — 10,105 4–5 10 April 18 Phillies 6–8 Tekulve Robinson (2–1) — 19,361 4–6 11 April 19 Phillies 5–2 Drabek (1–1) Ruffin Robinson (2) 7,962 5–6 12 April 20 Mets 9–6 Easley (1–1) Myers — 8,267 6–6 13 April 21 Mets 6–9 Ojeda Kipper (1–2) Orosco 13,368 6–7 14 April 22 Mets 7–8 Darling Patterson (1–2) Orosco 13,911 6–8 15 April 25 @ Phillies 2–3 Carman Drabek (1–2) Tekulve 18,553 6–9 16 April 26 @ Phillies 4–6 Ruffin Reuschel (0–1) Bedrosian 30,234 6–10 17 April 28 Dodgers 6–1 Kipper (2–2) Valenzuela Easley (1) 3,420 7–10 18 April 29 Dodgers 2–10 Welch Patterson (1–3) — 4,668 7–11 19 April 30 Dodgers 5–4 Smiley (1–0) Hershiser Robinson (3) 7,114 8–11
May: 13–14 (Home: 8–6; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 20 May 1 Giants 4–2 Reuschel (1–1) Davis — 10,651 9–11 21 May 2 Giants 1–0 Smiley (2–0) Downs Robinson (4) 14,736 10–11 22 May 4 @ Padres 5–9 Davis Patterson (1–4) McCullers 22,306 10–12 23 May 5 @ Padres 10–8 Walk (1–0) Show Robinson (5) 12,642 11–12 24 May 6 @ Dodgers 1–2 Hershiser Reuschel (1–2) — 32,789 11–13 25 May 7 @ Dodgers 3–6 Honeycutt Kipper (2–3) Young 27,621 11–14 26 May 8 @ Giants 2–4 Downs Fisher (0–1) Garrelts 17,985 11–15 27 May 9 @ Giants 4–9 Hammaker Walk (1–1) — 17,609 11–16 28 May 10 @ Giants 4–1 (11) Robinson (3–1) Garrelts — 29,652 12–16 29 May 12 Padres 12–5 Reuschel (2–2) Hawkins — 5,744 13–16 30 May 13 Padres 9–5 Walk (2–1) Lefferts Robinson (6) 7,916 14–16 31 May 14 Padres 10–3 Fisher (1–1) Show Smiley (1) 5,592 15–16 32 May 15 Braves 3–9 Assenmacher Pena (0–1) — 18,137 15–17 33 May 16 Braves 8–10 Dedmon Smiley (2–1) Garber 16,939 15–18 34 May 17 Braves 6–5 Robinson (4–1) Olwine — 26,469 16–18 35 May 18 Astros 1–4 Scott Kipper (2–4) — 4,213 16–19 36 May 19 Astros 5–2 Smiley (3–1) Meads Robinson (7) 6,238 17–19 37 May 20 Astros 5–3 Taylor (1–0) Darwin Pena (1) 14,096 18–19 38 May 22 @ Reds 4–1 Reuschel (3–2) Robinson Smiley (2) 25,678 19–19 39 May 23 @ Reds 3–2 Kipper (3–4) Pacillo Robinson (8) 33,887 20–19 40 May 24 @ Reds 7–2 Fisher (2–1) Browning — 30,082 21–19 41 May 25 @ Astros 2–7 Deshaies Taylor (1–1) — 9,618 21–20 42 May 26 @ Astros 3–10 Meads Pena (0–2) — 9,632 21–21 43 May 27 @ Astros 2–7 Lopez Robinson (4–3) Smith 14,863 21–22 44 May 29 Reds 6–13 Hoffman Kipper (3–5) — 26,835 21–23 45 May 30 Reds 2–6 Gullickson Taylor (1–2) — 28,853 21–24 46 May 31 Reds 2–5 Power Drabek (1–3) Franco 24,786 21–25
June: 13–17 (Home: 5–4; Away: 8–13) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 47 June 2 @ Braves 4–1 Reuschel (4–2) Mahler — 8,890 22–25 48 June 3 @ Braves 4–1 Kipper (4–5) Palmer — 5,368 23–25 49 June 4 @ Braves 3–8 Smith Fisher (2–2) Dedmon 6,460 23–26 50 June 5 @ Mets 1–5 Gooden Dunne (0–1) Orosco 51,402 23–27 51 June 6 @ Mets 2–4 Fernandez Drabek (1–4) McDowell 47,603 23–28 52 June 7 @ Mets 4–5 (10) McDowell Robinson (4–4) — 23–29 53 June 7 @ Mets 10–9 Taylor (2–2) McDowell Robinson (9) 42,516 24–29 54 June 8 @ Expos 1–7 Heaton Fisher (2–3) — 11,973 24–30 55 June 9 @ Expos 8–1 Dunne (1–1) Sorensen — 13,132 25–30 56 June 10 @ Expos 3–4 (11) McClure Robinson (4–5) — 10,134 25–31 57 June 12 Mets 2–10 Fernandez Reuschel (4–3) — 27,465 25–32 58 June 13 Mets 4–3 Robinson (5–5) Myers — 26,894 26–32 59 June 14 Mets 3–7 Sisk Fisher (2–4) — 30,477 26–33 60 June 15 @ Cardinals 3–1 Dunne (2–1) Mathews — 30,887 27–33 61 June 16 @ Cardinals 1–11 Dawley Drabek (1–5) Horton 27,048 27–34 62 June 17 @ Cardinals 4–1 Reuschel (5–3) Forsch — 30,891 28–34 63 June 18 @ Cardinals 6–8 (10) Dawley Robinson (5–6) — 35,264 28–35 64 June 19 @ Cubs 4–0 Fisher (3–4) Noles — 33,529 29–35 65 June 20 @ Cubs 8–2 Dunne (3–1) Maddux — 34,384 30–35 66 June 21 @ Cubs 3–6 Trout Drabek (1–6) Smith 33,418 30–36 67 June 22 @ Cubs 2–3 Moyer Reuschel (5–4) — 27,064 30–37 68 June 23 Expos 2–8 Heaton Kipper (4–6) Parrett 9,276 30–38 69 June 24 Expos 9–6 Fisher (4–4) Fischer — 21,564 31–38 70 June 25 Expos 2–7 Martinez Dunne (3–2) McGaffigan 10,836 31–39 71 June 26 Cubs 5–2 Jones (1–1) Maddux Robinson (10) 20,408 32–39 72 June 27 Cubs 7–0 Reuschel (6–4) Moyer — 31,595 33–39 73 June 28 Cubs 6–2 Jones (2–1) Sutcliffe — 25,304 34–39 74 June 29 @ Phillies 5–6 Jackson Jones (2–2) Bedrosian 34–40 75 June 29 @ Phillies 3–11 Bair Dunne (3–3) Ritchie 30,046 34–41 76 June 30 @ Phillies 4–6 Gross Drabek (1–7) Bedrosian 20,598 34–42
July: 11–15 (Home: 5–8; Away: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 77 July 1 @ Phillies 4–11 Rawley Taylor (2–3) — 19,977 34–43 78 July 3 Dodgers 6–0 Reuschel (7–4) Valenzuela — 22,454 35–43 79 July 4 Dodgers 4–2 Kipper (5–6) Welch Robinson (11) 12,935 36–43 80 July 5 Dodgers 1–6 Hershiser Fisher (4–5) Young 13,438 36–44 81 July 6 Giants 5–7 Dravecky Dunne (3–4) Garrelts 36–45 82 July 6 Giants 4–7 LaCoss Drabek (1–8) Lefferts 11,204 36–46 83 July 7 Giants 6–4 (12) Gideon (1–0) Price — 7,027 37–46 84 July 8 Giants 4–8 (14) Robinson Gideon (1–1) — 10,868 37–47 85 July 10 Padres 6–5 (11) Robinson (7–6) Gossage — 13,109 38–47 86 July 11 Padres 1–3 Grant Fisher (4–6) Davis 27,476 38–48 87 July 12 Padres 4–2 Dunne (4–4) Show Gideon (1) 13,276 39–48 88 July 16 @ Dodgers 0–7 Valenzuela Kipper (5–7) — 32,845 39–49 89 July 17 @ Dodgers 2–3 (10) Young Robinson (7–7) — 28,466 39–50 90 July 18 @ Dodgers 4–2 Drabek (2–8) Hershiser Jones (1) 34,864 40–50 91 July 19 @ Dodgers 7–2 Dunne (5–4) Honeycutt Smiley (3) 37,548 41–50 92 July 20 @ Giants 7–6 Fisher (5–6) LaCoss Robinson (12) 6,919 42–50 93 July 21 @ Giants 0–7 Dravecky Kipper (5–8) — 8,382 42–51 94 July 22 @ Giants 4–0 Reuschel (8–4) Downs — 14,472 43–51 95 July 23 @ Padres 1–2 Show Drabek (2–9) Gossage 14,911 43–52 96 July 24 @ Padres 3–2 Dunne (6–4) Jones Gideon (2) 17,136 44–52 97 July 25 @ Padres 9–3 Fisher (6–6) Hawkins — 19,764 45–52 98 July 26 @ Padres 4–7 Whitson Kipper (5–9) — 13,219 45–53 99 July 28 Phillies 2–5 Rawley Reuschel (8–5) — 16,270 45–54 100 July 29 Phillies 3–4 Carman Drabek (2–10) Bedrosian 28,392 45–55 101 July 30 Phillies 0–1 Ruffin Smiley (3–2) Bedrosian 11,769 45–56 102 July 31 @ Cardinals 3–4 Dayley Jones (2–4) — 38,757 45–57
August: 15–14 (Home: 13–4; Away: 2–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 103 August 1 @ Cardinals 6–7 (10) Worrell Jones (2–5) — 47,106 45–58 104 August 2 @ Cardinals 1–9 Magrane Pena (0–3) — 44,695 45–59 105 August 3 Cubs 6–4 Drabek (3–10) Maddux Gott (1) 7,281 46–59 106 August 4 Cubs 2–3 (11) Mason Gideon (1–2) — 8,744 46–60 107 August 5 Cubs 10–0 Fisher (7–6) Moyer — 7,726 47–60 108 August 6 Expos 3–6 Parrett Gott (0–1) Burke 7,755 47–61 109 August 7 Expos 9–3 Walk (3–1) Sebra Gideon (3) 22,075 48–61 110 August 8 Expos 5–2 Drabek (4–10) Smith Smiley (4) 18,285 49–61 111 August 9 Expos 4–3 Dunne (7–4) Parrett Gott (2) 18,829 50–61 112 August 10 Cardinals 0–6 Forsch Fisher (7–7) — 11,445 50–62 113 August 11 Cardinals 5–6 Dayley Reuschel (8–6) Worrell 14,637 50–63 114 August 12 Cardinals 11–0 Walk (4–1) Magrane — 15,186 51–63 115 August 13 @ Expos 7–9 McGaffigan Gideon (1–3) McClure 23,609 51–64 116 August 14 @ Expos 3–4 McClure Smiley (3–3) — 20,501 51–65 117 August 15 @ Expos 3–6 Burke Fisher (7–8) — 23,894 51–66 118 August 16 @ Expos 7–10 Parrett Gideon (1–4) — 26,134 51–67 119 August 18 @ Reds 7–4 Walk (5–1) Murphy Gott (3) 29,385 52–67 120 August 19 @ Reds 10–9 Drabek (5–10) Browning — 24,179 53–67 121 August 20 @ Reds 3–5 Power Dunne (7–5) Franco 22,542 53–68 122 August 21 @ Braves 4–5 Smith Smiley (3–4) Olwine 15,783 53–69 123 August 22 @ Braves 3–10 Glavine Walk (5–2) — 22,173 53–70 124 August 23 @ Braves 2–6 Palmer Bielecki (0–1) — 10,699 53–71 125 August 24 Reds 5–4 Drabek (6–10) Browning Gott (4) 11,020 54–71 126 August 25 Reds 1–0 Dunne (8–5) Power — 10,149 55–71 127 August 26 Reds 6–5 Robinson (8–7) Franco — 13,722 56–71 128 August 28 Astros 4–2 Walk (6–2) Scott Gott (5) 11,917 57–71 129 August 29 Astros 8–2 Bielecki (1–1) Ryan — 26,585 58–71 130 August 30 Astros 7–0 Drabek (7–10) Knepper — 26,867 59–71 131 August 31 Braves 7–3 Dunne (9–5) Dedmon — 4,930 60–71
September: 16–11 (Home: 6–5; Away: 10–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 132 September 1 Braves 0–4 Smith Fisher (7–9) — 7,498 60–72 133 September 2 Braves 2–0 Walk (7–2) Glavine Gott (6) 6,259 61–72 134 September 4 @ Astros 0–2 Ryan Bielecki (1–2) Agosto 16,367 61–73 135 September 5 @ Astros 1–5 Knepper Drabek (7–11) — 27,887 61–74 136 September 6 @ Astros 4–3 Dunne (10–5) Hernandez Gott (7) 25,374 62–74 137 September 7 @ Cubs 3–2 Fisher (8–9) Moyer Robinson (13) 21,745 63–74 138 September 8 @ Cubs 4–1 Palacios (1–0) Sutcliffe Gott (8) 8,331 64–74 139 September 9 @ Cubs 4–3 Robinson (9–7) Smith Gott (9) 8,054 65–74 140 September 11 @ Phillies 4–2 Drabek (8–11) Gross Gott (10) 20,085 66–74 141 September 12 @ Phillies 12–4 Dunne (11–5) Carman — 15,440 67–74 142 September 13 @ Phillies 6–1 Fisher (9–9) Ruffin — 12,610 68–74 143 September 14 Expos 4–6 (14) McGaffigan Gideon (1–5) Parrett 5,869 68–75 144 September 15 Expos 5–1 Bielecki (2–2) Heaton — 5,852 69–75 145 September 16 Cardinals 5–8 Tudor Drabek (8–12) — 15,323 69–76 146 September 17 Cardinals 1–0 Dunne (12–5) Mathews Gott (11) 5,640 70–76 147 September 18 Mets 10–9 Smiley (4–4) Myers Gott (12) 15,308 71–76 148 September 19 Mets 4–5 Aguilera Palacios (1–1) McDowell 20,933 71–77 149 September 20 Mets 9–8 (14) Smiley (5–4) Ojeda — 19,122 72–77 150 September 21 @ Expos 5–2 Drabek (9–12) Sebra Robinson (14) 13,206 73–77 151 September 22 @ Expos 3–4 Perez Gott (0–2) Burke 16,407 73–78 152 September 23 @ Cardinals 2–0 Fisher (10–9) Mathews — 30,235 74–78 153 September 24 @ Cardinals 2–3 Horton Robinson (9–8) — 35,921 74–79 154 September 25 @ Mets 2–10 Fernandez Bielecki (2–3) — 41,987 74–80 155 September 26 @ Mets 8–2 Drabek (10–12) Gooden — 48,695 75–80 156 September 27 @ Mets 3–12 Ojeda Dunne (12–6) Orosco 48,588 75–81 157 September 30 Cubs 5–3 Fisher (11–9) Sutcliffe Robinson (15) 76–81 158 September 30 Cubs 8–10 Hall Smiley (5–5) — 6,985 76–82
October: 4–0 (Home: 4–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 159 October 1 Cubs 12–3 Drabek (11–12) Sanderson — 5,294 77–82 160 October 2 Phillies 6–4 Walk (8–2) Jackson Gott (13) 8,245 78–82 161 October 3 Phillies 10–5 Palacios (2–1) Gross — 12,790 79–82 162 October 4 Phillies 4–2 Dunne (13–6) Bedrosian Robinson (16) 26,734 80–82
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member

Record vs. opponents

1987 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	6–5	8–10	8–10	6–12	3–9	7–5	7–5	7–5	6–12	8–10	3–9
Chicago	5–6	—	6–6	8–4	6–6	10–8	9–9	8–10	4–14	9–3	5–7	6–12
Cincinnati	10–8	6–6	—	13–5	10–8	6–6	7–5	5–7	4–8	12–6	7–11	4–8
Houston	10–8	4–8	5–13	—	12–6	7–5	6–6	6–6	6–6	5–13	10–8	5–7
Los Angeles	12–6	6–6	8–10	6–12	—	3–9	6–6	2–10	6–6	11–7	10–8	3–9
Montreal	9–3	8–10	6–6	5–7	9–3	—	8–10	10–8	11–7	9–3	5–7	11–7
New York	5–7	9–9	5–7	6–6	6–6	10–8	—	13–5	12–6	8–4	9–3	9–9
Philadelphia	5-7	10–8	7–5	6–6	10–2	8–10	5–13	—	11–7	8–4	2–10	8–10
Pittsburgh	5–7	14–4	8–4	6–6	6–6	7–11	6–12	7–11	—	8–4	6–6	7–11
San Diego	12–6	3–9	6–12	13–5	7–11	3–9	4–8	4–8	4–8	—	5–13	4–8
San Francisco	10–8	7–5	11–7	8–10	8–10	7–5	3–9	10–2	6–6	13–5	—	7–5
St. Louis	9–3	12–6	8–4	7–5	9–3	7–11	9–9	10–8	11–7	8–4	5–7	—

Detailed records

National League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
NL East
Chicago Cubs	14	4	0.778	98	45
Montreal Expos	7	11	0.389	83	89
New York Mets	6	12	0.333	88	119
Philadelphia Phillies	7	11	0.389	82	87
St. Louis Cardinals	7	11	0.389	68	85
Total	41	49	0.456	419	425
NL West
Atlanta Braves	5	7	0.417	46	62
Cincinnati Reds	8	4	0.667	56	56
Houston Astros	6	6	0.500	42	47
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	6	0.500	41	45
San Diego Padres	8	4	0.667	74	54
San Francisco Giants	6	6	0.500	45	55
Total	39	33	0.542	304	319
Season Total	80	82	0.494	723	744

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	19	8	11	0.421	85	92
May	27	13	14	0.481	124	140
June	30	13	17	0.433	123	145
July	26	11	15	0.423	94	110
August	29	15	14	0.517	149	133
September	27	16	11	0.593	116	110
October	4	4	0	1.000	32	14
Total	162	80	82	0.494	723	744

	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	47	34	0.580	404	363
Away	81	33	48	0.407	319	381
Total	162	80	82	0.494	723	744

Roster

1987 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 34 Mike Bielecki 15 Doug Drabek 55 Tim Drummond 41 Mike Dunne 42 Logan Easley 36,54 Brian Fisher 28 Miguel García 58 Brett Gideon 35 Jim Gott 56 Dave Johnson 50 Barry Jones 16 Bob Kipper 38 Vicente Palacios 30 Bob Patterson 49 Hipólito Peña 48 Rick Reuschel 43 Don Robinson 49 Jeff Robinson 49 Mark Ross 57 John Smiley 52 Dorn Taylor 17 Bob Walk	Catchers 4,12 Mike LaValliere 26 Junior Ortiz 46 Tom Prince  2 Mackey Sasser Infielders 12 Bill Almon  6 Rafael Belliard 25 Bobby Bonilla  5 Sid Bream 29 Onix Concepción 29 Félix Fermín 28 Denny González 19 Houston Jiménez 27 Sammy Khalifa 13 José Lind  2 Jim Morrison 22 Al Pedrique  3 Johnny Ray  3 U L Washington	Outfielders 24 Barry Bonds 22,44 John Cangelosi  7 Darnell Coles 58 Butch Davis 14 Mike Diaz 47 Tommy Gregg 19 Terry Harper 23 R. J. Reynolds 18 Andy Van Slyke	Manager 10 Jim Leyland Coaches 45 Rich Donnelly (bullpen) 32 Gene Lamont (third base) 39 Milt May (hitting) 31 Ray Miller (pitching) 37 Tommy Sandt (first base)

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
24	Barry Bonds	CF
26	Junior Ortiz	C
3	Johnny Ray	2B
25	Bobby Bonilla	LF
18	Andy Van Slyke	RF
2	Jim Morrison	3B
5	Sid Bream	1B
6	Rafael Belliard	SS
30	Bob Patterson	SP

Player stats

Batting

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

Regular Season

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
O. Concepción	1	1	1	1.000	0	0
B. Gideon	29	1	1	1.000	0	2
J. Lind	35	143	46	0.322	0	11
A. Pedrique	88	246	74	0.301	1	27
B. Bonilla	141	466	140	0.300	15	77
M. LaValliere	121	340	102	0.300	1	36
U. Washington	10	10	3	0.300	0	0
A. Van Slyke	157	564	165	0.293	21	82
T. Harper	36	66	19	0.288	1	7
S. Bream	149	516	142	0.275	13	65
J. Cangelosi	104	182	50	0.275	4	18
J. Ray	123	472	129	0.273	5	54
J. Ortiz	75	192	52	0.271	1	22
J. Morrison	96	348	92	0.264	9	46
B. Bonds	150	551	144	0.261	25	59
R. Reynolds	117	335	87	0.260	7	51
F. Fermín	23	68	17	0.250	0	4
T. Gregg	10	8	2	0.250	0	0
J. Robinson	18	4	1	0.250	1	1
B. Kipper	26	33	8	0.242	0	0
M. Diaz	103	241	58	0.241	16	48
B. Walk	39	26	6	0.231	0	5
D. Coles	40	119	27	0.227	6	24
T. Prince	4	9	2	0.222	1	2
M. Sasser	12	23	5	0.217	0	2
R. Belliard	81	203	42	0.207	1	15
B. Almon	19	20	4	0.200	0	1
B. Fisher	37	58	11	0.190	2	9
S. Khalifa	5	17	3	0.176	0	2
H. Peña	16	6	1	0.167	0	0
D. Taylor	15	18	3	0.167	0	0
R. Reuschel	25	60	9	0.150	1	5
B. Davis	7	7	1	0.143	0	0
D. Robinson	44	7	1	0.143	0	1
J. Smiley	63	7	1	0.143	0	1
D. Drabek	30	59	7	0.119	0	4
V. Palacios	6	9	1	0.111	0	0
M. Dunne	23	53	5	0.094	0	3
B. Patterson	15	12	1	0.083	0	0
M. Bielecki	8	16	1	0.063	0	0
T. Drummond	6	1	0	0.000	0	0
L. Easley	17	2	0	0.000	0	0
D. González	5	7	0	0.000	0	0
J. Gott	25	1	0	0.000	0	0
H. Jiménez	5	6	0	0.000	0	0
B. Jones	32	3	0	0.000	0	0
M. García	1	0	0	—	0	0
D. Johnson	5	0	0	—	0	0
M. Ross	1	0	0	—	0	0
Team Totals	162	5,536	1,464	0.264	131	684

Pitching

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

Regular Season

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
M. García	1	2⁄3	0	0	0.00	0
J. Gott	25	31	0	2	1.45	27
R. Reuschel	25	177	8	6	2.75	80
M. Dunne	23	1631⁄3	13	6	3.03	72
J. Robinson	18	262⁄3	2	1	3.04	19
B. Walk	39	117	8	2	3.31	78
D. Robinson	42	651⁄3	6	6	3.86	53
D. Drabek	29	1761⁄3	11	12	3.88	120
V. Palacios	6	291⁄3	2	1	4.30	13
T. Drummond	6	6	0	0	4.50	5
B. Fisher	37	1851⁄3	11	9	4.52	117
H. Peña	16	252⁄3	0	3	4.56	16
B. Gideon	29	362⁄3	1	5	4.66	31
M. Bielecki	8	452⁄3	2	3	4.73	25
L. Easley	17	261⁄3	1	1	5.47	21
B. Jones	32	431⁄3	2	4	5.61	28
D. Taylor	14	531⁄3	2	3	5.74	37
J. Smiley	63	75	5	5	5.76	58
B. Kipper	24	1102⁄3	5	9	5.94	83
B. Patterson	15	43	1	4	6.70	27
M. Ross	1	1	0	0	9.00	0
D. Johnson	5	61⁄3	0	0	9.95	4
Team Totals	162	1445	80	82	4.20	914

Awards and honors

1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Rick Reuschel, P, reserve

Transactions

• November 7, 1986 – Released U.L. Washington.
• November 12, 1986 – Released Ray Krawczyk.
• November 26, 1986 – Traded Pat Clements, Cecilio Guante and Rick Rhoden to the New York Yankees. Received Doug Drabek, Logan Easley and Brian Fisher.
• December 4, 1986 – Signed Butch Davis as a free agent.
• December 4, 1986 – Signed Vicente Palacios as a free agent.
• December 4, 1986 – Signed Mark Ross as a free agent.
• December 5, 1986 – Traded Rick Renteria to the Seattle Mariners. Received a player to be named later. The Seattle Mariners sent Bob Siegel (minors) (December 10, 1986) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
• December 8, 1986 – Cecil Espy drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1986 rule 5 draft.
• December 8, 1986 – Vicente Palacios drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1986 rule 5 draft.
• December 10, 1986 – Signed Houston Jimenez as a free agent.
• December 20, 1986 – Released Lee Tunnell.
• January 9, 1987 – Signed Carlos Garcia as an amateur free agent.
• January 20, 1987 – Signed U.L. Washington as a free agent.
• February 6, 1987 – Signed Lee Tunnell as a free agent.
• February 9, 1987 – Signed Onix Concepción as a free agent.
• March 22, 1987 – Purchased Dann Bilardello from the Montreal Expos.
• March 27, 1987 – Traded Jim Winn to the Chicago White Sox. Received John Cangelosi.
• March 31, 1987 – Released Mike Brown.
• April 1, 1987 – Traded Tony Peña to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Mike Dunne, Mike LaValliere and Andy Van Slyke.
• April 3, 1987 – The Milwaukee Brewers returned Vicente Palacios (earlier draft pick).
• April 6, 1987 – Sold Lee Tunnell to the St. Louis Cardinals.
• April 6, 1987 – Released Larry McWilliams.
• May 19, 1987 – Purchased Paul Wilmet from the St. Louis Cardinals.
• May 29, 1987 – Traded Bill Almon to the New York Mets. Received Scott Little and Al Pedrique.
• June 2, 1987 – Drafted Ben Shelton in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
• June 2, 1987 – Drafted Brian Williams in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
• June 2, 1987 – Drafted Wes Chamberlain in the 4th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1987.
• June 2, 1987 – Drafted Mickey Morandini in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
• June 2, 1987 – Drafted Kurt Knudsen in the 8th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
• June 2, 1987 – Drafted Steve Carter in the 17th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
• June 2, 1987 – Drafted Mike Fyhrie in the 19th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
• June 2, 1987 – Drafted Bob Ayrault in the 26th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
• June 2, 1987 – Drafted Paul Miller in the 53rd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
• June 15, 1987 – Released Onix Concepción.
• June 26, 1987 – Traded Pete Rice (minors) and Shawn Holman to the Detroit Tigers. Received Terry Harper.
• July 23, 1987 – Sold Dann Bilardello to the Kansas City Royals.
• July 31, 1987 – Traded Don Robinson to the San Francisco Giants. Received Mackey Sasser and $50,000.
• August 3, 1987 – Selected Jim Gott off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.
• August 7, 1987 – Traded Jim Morrison to the Detroit Tigers. Received a player to be named later and Darnell Coles. The Detroit Tigers sent Morris Madden (August 12, 1987) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
• August 21, 1987 – Traded Rick Reuschel to the San Francisco Giants. Received Scott Medvin and Jeff Robinson.
• August 29, 1987 – Traded Johnny Ray to the California Angels. Received a player to be named later and Billie Merrifield (minors). The California Angels sent Miguel Garcia (September 3, 1987) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
• October 5, 1987 – Released U.L. Washington.
• October 15, 1987 – Butch Davis granted free agency.
• October 15, 1987 – Houston Jimenez granted free agency.
• October 15, 1987 – Mark Ross granted free agency.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Vancouver Canadians	Pacific Coast League	Rocky Bridges
AA	Harrisburg Senators	Eastern League	Dave Trembley
A	Salem Buccaneers	Carolina League	Steve Demeter
A	Macon Pirates	South Atlantic League	Dennis Rogers
A-Short Season	Watertown Pirates	New York–Penn League	Jeff Cox
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg, Salem

References

• 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Reference
• 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.