Owner(s) Peter O'Malley | Manager(s) Tommy Lasorda | |
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General manager(s) Al Campanis, Fred Claire Local television KTTV (11)
(Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter)
Dodgervision
(Eddie Doucette, Al Downing, Rick Monday) Local radio KABC
(Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter)
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(Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas) | ||
The 1987 Dodgers finished the season in fourth place in the Western Division of the National League.
Contents
Offseason
Notable transactions
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
1987 awards
Farm system
Teams in BOLD won League Championships
Major League Baseball Draft
The draft was altered this year and the January drafts and the secondary phase of the June draft were eliminated, leaving just the one June draft, which was expanded to more rounds to allow the Junior College players to be included. The Dodgers drafted 51 players in this draft, the largest collection of players they had ever drafted in one draft. Of those, ten of them would eventually play Major League baseball.
The top pick in this years draft was right handed pitcher Dan Opperman from Valley High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, Opperman injured his arm pitching in the state high school playoffs his Senior season and would not be able to pitch professionally until 1989. He would eventually play in parts of four seasons with the Dodgers farm teams in Vero Beach, San Antonio and the last two with the AAA Albuquerque Dukes. In 63 games (all but one as a starter) he had a record of 19-22 and an ERA of 3.95.
None of the players from this years draft would leave much of an impression on the Majors. Pitchers Dennis Springer and Mike James had the longest careers, but were just average players at best.