1987 Pittsburgh Pirates

80-82 • .494 Win% • 4th in NL E

The 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates went 80-82 (.494) finishing 4th in the NL E division. The club scored 723 runs, allowed 744, and played home games at Three Rivers Stadium. Team leaders included Barry Bonds (25 HR, 59 RBI) and Mike Dunne (13-6, 3.03 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

80 Wins
82 Losses
.494 Win %
4th Rank
723 R 744 RA
Diff -21

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⚡ Quick Stats

723 Runs Scored
744 Runs Allowed
-21 Run Diff
1,161K Attendance

📈 vs. 1987 NL Average

Batting Avg .264 1% above the 1987 league average (.260)
OBP .329 equal to the 1987 league average (.328)
SLG .402 equal to the 1987 league average (.403)
Team ERA 4.20 3% worse than the 1987 league average (4.08)
Runs Scored 723 1% below the 1987 league average (731 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumThree Rivers Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,161,193
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Avg per Game 14,335

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1987

Batting Avg

1 Jose Lind 0.322 2 Al Pedrique 0.301 3 Bobby Bonilla 0.300 4 Mike LaValliere 0.300 5 Andy Van Slyke 0.293

Home Runs

1 Barry Bonds 25 2 Andy Van Slyke 21 3 Mike Diaz 16 4 Bobby Bonilla 15 5 Sid Bream 13

RBI

1 Andy Van Slyke 82 2 Bobby Bonilla 77 3 Sid Bream 65 4 Barry Bonds 59 5 Johnny Ray 54
1987 Pittsburgh Pirates — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Andy Van Slyke 157 564 93 165 36 11 21 82 56 122 34 0.293
Barry Bonds 150 551 99 144 34 9 25 59 54 88 32 0.261
Sid Bream 149 516 64 142 25 3 13 65 49 69 9 0.275
Johnny Ray 123 472 48 129 19 3 5 54 41 36 4 0.273
Bobby Bonilla 141 466 58 140 33 3 15 77 39 64 3 0.300
Jim Morrison 96 348 41 92 22 1 9 46 27 57 8 0.264
Mike LaValliere 121 340 33 102 19 0 1 36 43 32 0 0.300
R. J. Reynolds 117 335 47 87 24 1 7 51 34 80 14 0.260
Al Pedrique 88 246 23 74 10 1 1 27 18 27 5 0.301
Mike Diaz 103 241 28 58 8 2 16 48 31 42 1 0.241
Rafael Belliard 81 203 26 42 4 3 1 15 20 25 5 0.207
Junior Ortiz 75 192 16 52 8 1 1 22 15 23 0 0.271
John Cangelosi 104 182 44 50 8 3 4 18 46 33 21 0.275
Jose Lind 35 143 21 46 8 4 0 11 8 12 2 0.322
Darnell Coles 40 119 20 27 8 0 6 24 19 20 1 0.227
Felix Fermin 23 68 6 17 0 0 0 4 4 9 0 0.250
Terry Harper 36 66 8 19 3 0 1 7 7 11 0 0.288
Rick Reuschel 25 60 7 9 2 0 1 5 4 23 1 0.150
Doug Drabek 30 59 2 7 1 0 0 4 2 24 0 0.119
Brian Fisher 37 58 6 11 1 0 2 9 5 28 0 0.190
Mike Dunne 23 53 2 5 2 0 0 3 5 18 0 0.094
Bob Kipper 26 33 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.242
Bob Walk 39 26 6 6 0 0 0 5 0 6 0 0.231
Mackey Sasser 12 23 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.217
Bill Almon 19 20 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.200
Dorn Taylor 15 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.167
Sam Khalifa 5 17 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.176
Mike Bielecki 8 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.062
Bob Patterson 15 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.083
U. L. Washington 10 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.300
Vicente Palacios 6 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.111
Tom Prince 4 9 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0.222
Tommy Gregg 10 8 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Butch Davis 7 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.143
Denny Gonzalez 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Don Robinson 44 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.143
John Smiley 63 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.143
Houston Jimenez 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Hipolito Peña 16 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.167
Jeff Robinson 18 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0.250
Barry Jones 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Logan Easley 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Onix Concepcion 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Tim Drummond 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Brett Gideon 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000
Jim Gott 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Miguel Garcia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Johnson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Ross 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1987

ERA

1 Jim Gott 1.45 2 Rick Reuschel 2.75 3 Mike Dunne 3.03 4 Bob Walk 3.31 5 Don Robinson 3.86

Wins

1 Mike Dunne 13 2 Doug Drabek 11 3 Brian Fisher 11 4 Rick Reuschel 8 5 Bob Walk 8

Strikeouts

1 Doug Drabek 120 2 Brian Fisher 117 3 Bob Kipper 83 4 Rick Reuschel 80 5 Bob Walk 78
1987 Pittsburgh Pirates — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Brian Fisher 11 9 4.52 37 26 0 185.1 185 93 72 117
Rick Reuschel 8 6 2.75 25 25 0 177.0 163 54 35 80
Doug Drabek 11 12 3.88 29 28 0 176.1 165 76 46 120
Mike Dunne 13 6 3.03 23 23 0 163.1 143 55 68 72
Bob Walk 8 2 3.31 39 12 0 117.0 107 43 51 78
Bob Kipper 5 9 5.94 24 20 0 110.2 117 73 52 83
John Smiley 5 5 5.76 63 0 4 75.0 69 48 50 58
Don Robinson 6 6 3.86 42 0 12 65.1 66 28 22 53
Dorn Taylor 2 3 5.74 14 8 0 53.1 48 34 28 37
Mike Bielecki 2 3 4.73 8 8 0 45.2 43 24 12 25
Barry Jones 2 4 5.61 32 0 1 43.1 55 27 23 28
Bob Patterson 1 4 6.70 15 7 0 43.0 49 32 22 27
Brett Gideon 1 5 4.66 29 0 3 36.2 34 19 10 31
Jim Gott 0 2 1.45 25 0 13 31.0 28 5 8 27
Vicente Palacios 2 1 4.30 6 4 0 29.1 27 14 9 13
Jeff Robinson 2 1 3.04 18 0 4 26.2 20 9 6 19
Logan Easley 1 1 5.47 17 0 1 26.1 23 16 17 21
Hipolito Peña 0 3 4.56 16 1 1 25.2 16 13 26 16
Dave Johnson 0 0 9.95 5 0 0 6.1 13 7 2 4
Tim Drummond 0 0 4.50 6 0 0 6.0 5 3 3 5
Mark Ross 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0
Miguel Garcia 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0

👥 Roster (49)

Bill Almon Rafael Belliard Mike Bielecki Barry Bonds Bobby Bonilla Sid Bream John Cangelosi Darnell Coles Onix Concepcion Butch Davis Mike Diaz Doug Drabek +37 more

49 players

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The 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates in brief

The record for the 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates reads 80 wins and 82 losses, good for 4th in the NL East. The run column shows 723 for and 744 against. Against a league average of .260, the 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates batted .264. The Pittsburgh Pirates staff finished with a 4.20 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.08. Home games were played at Three Rivers Stadium, where 1,161,193 fans came through the gates.

The home run leader was Barry Bonds, who hit 25. Andy Van Slyke led in RBI with 82. On the mound, Mike Dunne won 13 games to lead the staff. Doug Drabek struck out 120, the most on the club. The saves leader was Jim Gott with 13.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates

What was the 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates record?
The 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates finished 80-82 (.494 win pct).
Who led the 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates in home runs?
Barry Bonds led the 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates with 25 home runs.
What was the 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates team ERA?
The 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates posted a team ERA of 4.20.
Did the 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series?
No. The 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates play?
The 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates played home games at Three Rivers Stadium.
Who led the 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Barry Bonds (25 HR, 59 RBI) and Mike Dunne (13-6, 3.03 ERA).
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