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1987 Baltimore Orioles season

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Record
  
67–95 (.414)

General manager(s)
  
Hank Peters

Divisional place
  
6th

Manager(s)
  
Cal Ripken, Sr.

Owner(s)
  
Edward Bennett Williams

Local television
  
WMAR-TV (Chuck Thompson, Brooks Robinson) Home Team Sports (Rex Barney, Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein)

The 1987 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 6th in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses.

Contents

Offseason

  • January 30, 1987: Jack O'Connor was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.
  • February 12, 1987: Ray Knight was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.
  • March 30, 1987: Rich Bordi was released by the Orioles.

    • Regular season

  • On April 15, 1987, Juan Nieves threw the first no hitter in Milwaukee Brewers history. The Brewers beat the Baltimore Orioles by a score of 7-0.

    • Notable transactions

  • May 22, 1987: John Shelby and Brad Havens were traded by the Orioles to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tom Niedenfuer.
  • June 2, 1987: Jack Voigt was drafted by the Orioles in the 9th round of the 1987 Major League Baseball Draft.
  • June 23, 1987: Doug Corbett was signed as a free agent with the Orioles.
  • August 21, 1987: Doug Corbett was released by the Orioles.
  • August 31, 1987: Mike Flanagan was traded by the Orioles to the Toronto Blue Jays for Oswaldo Peraza and a player to be named later. The Blue Jays completed the deal by sending José Mesa to the Orioles on September 4.

    • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

    References

    1987 Baltimore Orioles season Wikipedia
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