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1987 Atlanta Braves season

Field	Value
name	Atlanta Braves
season	1987
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
city	Atlanta
record	69–92 (.429)
divisional_place	5th
owners	Ted Turner
general_managers	Bobby Cox
managers	Chuck Tanner
television	WTBS
Superstation WTBS
radio	WSB
(Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, John Sterling)

Superstation WTBS (Ernie Johnson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, John Sterling) |}} 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.

Offseason

November 17, 1986: Chuck Hensley was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
November 17, 1986: Trench Davis was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
February 2, 1987: Luis Leal was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Damaso Garcia to the Atlanta Braves for Craig McMurtry.

Regular season

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

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 1, 1987: Graig Nettles was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
April 3, 1987: John Mizerock was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.
May 5, 1987: Doyle Alexander was signed as a free agent by the Braves.
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.
July 25, 1987: Joe Boever was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Atlanta Braves for Randy O'Neal.
August 12, 1987: Doyle Alexander was traded by the Braves to the Detroit Tigers for John Smoltz.

Roster

1987 Atlanta Braves
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	123	429	106	.247	27	72
1B	142	533	144	.270	12	74
2B	141	443	117	.264	5	38
3B	135	508	142	.280	3	48
SS	82	324	75	.231	5	39
LF	122	399	114	.286	14	64
CF	134	494	154	.312	10	61
RF	159	566	167	.295	44	105

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 Hall	92	292	83	.284	3	24
Rafael Ramírez	56	179	47	.263	1	21
	112	177	37	.209	5	33
Ted Simmons	73	177	49	.277	4	30
Jeff Blauser	51	165	40	.242	2	15
Gary Roenicke	67	151	33	.219	9	28
Bruce Benedict	37	95	14	.147	1	5
Ron Gant	21	83	22	.265	2	9
	27	47	10	.213	3	8
Darryl Motley	6	8	0	.000	0	1
Trench Davis	6	3	0	.000	0	0
Terry Bell	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Mike Fischlin	1	0	0	----	0	0

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 Smith	36	242.0	15	10	4.09	130
Rick Mahler	39	197.0	8	13	4.98	95
	28	152.1	8	11	4.90	111
Doyle Alexander	16	117.2	5	10	4.13	64
Tom Glavine	9	50.1	2	4	5.54	20
Pete Smith	6	31.2	1	2	4.83	11
Kevin Coffman	5	25.1	2	3	4.62	14
Phil Niekro	1	3.0	0	0	15.00	0

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 Puleo	35	123.1	6	8	4.23	99
Randy O'Neal	16	61.0	4	2	5.61	33
Larry McWilliams	9	20.1	0	1	5.75	13
Marty Clary	7	14.2	0	1	6.14	7

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 Acker	68	4	9	14	4.16	68
Gene Garber	49	8	10	10	4.41	48
Jeff Dedmon	53	3	4	4	3.91	40
Paul Assenmacher	52	1	1	2	5.10	39
Ed Olwine	27	0	1	1	5.01	12
Joe Boever	14	1	0	0	7.36	18
Chuck Cary	13	1	1	1	3.78	15
Steve Ziem	2	0	1	0	7.71	0

Farm system

Notes

References

1987 Atlanta Braves season at Baseball Reference

References

"Braves Uniforms {{!}} Atlanta Braves".
Bell, Demetrieus. (January 20, 2019). "Atlanta Braves Make Subtle But Strong Changes To Their Uniforms". Forbes.
Radom, Todd. (June 13, 2013). "1987-the Year that MLB's Uniforms Stepped Backwards". Todd Radom.
"Chuck Hensley Stats".
"Trench Davis Stats".
"Luis Leal Stats".
"Nolan Ryan Career Home Runs".
"Tom Glavine".
"Box Score of Game played on Monday, August 17, 1987 at Astrodome".
"Graig Nettles Stats".
"John Mizerock: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference.
"Doyle Alexander".
"Mike Stanton".
"Joe Boever Stats".
Johnson, Lloyd. (1997). "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". [[Baseball America]].

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