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26 teams in AL, NL · 2105 regular-season games · 1987-04-06 to 1987-10-04 · attendance 52,011,506

◀ 1986 1988 ▶

World Series champion

Minnesota Twins

MVP

George Bell AL
Andre Dawson NL

Cy Young

Roger Clemens AL
Steve Bedrosian NL

Rookie of the Year

Mark McGwire AL
Benito Santiago NL

All-Star Game

1987-07-14 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Hall of Fame class of 1987

Billy Williams, Catfish Hunter, Ray Dandridge

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
League Championship	St. Louis Cardinals 4–3 San Francisco Giants	7
League Championship	Minnesota Twins 4–1 Detroit Tigers	5
World Series	Minnesota Twins 4–3 St. Louis Cardinals	7

Standings

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Detroit Tigers	98	64	.605	—	735	2,061,830	Sparky Anderson	Division
2	Toronto Blue Jays	96	66	.593	2	655	2,778,429	Jimy Williams
3	Milwaukee Brewers	91	71	.562	7	817	1,909,244	Tom Trebelhorn
4	New York Yankees	89	73	.549	9	758	2,427,672	Lou Piniella
5	Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	20	825	2,231,551	John McNamara
6	Baltimore Orioles	67	95	.414	31	880	1,835,692	Cal Ripken
7	Cleveland Indians	61	101	.377	37	957	1,077,898	Pat Corrales, Doc Edwards

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Minnesota Twins	85	77	.525	—	806	2,081,976	Tom Kelly	World Series Division
2	Kansas City Royals	83	79	.512	2	691	2,392,471	Billy Gardner, John Wathan
3	Oakland Athletics	81	81	.500	4	789	1,678,921	Tony LaRussa
4	Seattle Mariners	78	84	.481	7	801	1,134,255	Dick Williams
5	Chicago White Sox	77	85	.475	8	746	1,208,060	Jim Fregosi
6	California Angels	75	87	.463	10	803	2,696,299	Gene Mauch
6	Texas Rangers	75	87	.463	10	849	1,763,053	Bobby Valentine

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	St. Louis Cardinals	95	67	.586	—	693	3,072,122	Whitey Herzog	Pennant Division
2	New York Mets	92	70	.568	3	698	3,034,129	Davey Johnson
3	Montreal Expos	91	71	.562	4	720	1,850,324	Buck Rodgers
4	Philadelphia Phillies	80	82	.494	15	749	2,100,110	John Felske, Lee Elia
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	80	82	.494	15	744	1,161,193	Jim Leyland
6	Chicago Cubs	76	85	.472	18.5	801	2,035,130	Gene Michael, Frank Lucchesi

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	San Francisco Giants	90	72	.556	—	669	1,917,168	Roger Craig	Division
2	Cincinnati Reds	84	78	.519	6	752	2,185,205	Pete Rose
3	Houston Astros	76	86	.469	14	678	1,909,902	Hal Lanier
4	Los Angeles Dodgers	73	89	.451	17	675	2,797,409	Tom Lasorda
5	Atlanta Braves	69	92	.429	20.5	829	1,217,402	Chuck Tanner
6	San Diego Padres	65	97	.401	25	763	1,454,061	Larry Bowa

Leaders

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NL

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No-hitters

Juan Nieves, Milwaukee Brewers vs. Baltimore Orioles, 1987-04-15

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