1987 American League Stats

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1987 American League Standings

1987 National League <<1986 American League 1988 American League>>

Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Detroit Tigers98-64 (0.605)-89673596-66 (0.590)102-60 (0.630)2,061,83054.530.22.621.7
2Toronto Blue Jays96-66 (0.593)2.0845655100-62 (0.614)103-59 (0.636)2,778,42955.420.4-0.235.2
3Milwaukee Brewers91-71 (0.562)7.086281785-77 (0.525)82-80 (0.506)1,909,24435.023.0-2.013.9
4New York Yankees89-73 (0.549)9.078875884-78 (0.518)87-75 (0.537)2,427,67239.619.33.616.7
5Boston Red Sox78-84 (0.481)20.084282583-79 (0.509)82-80 (0.506)2,231,55134.421.6-1.414.1
6Baltimore Orioles67-95 (0.414)31.072988067-95 (0.415)66-96 (0.407)1,835,69218.412.45.30.6
7Cleveland Indians61-101 (0.377)37.074295762-100 (0.386)54-108 (0.333)1,077,8986.811.4-0.2-4.3

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Minnesota Twins85-77 (0.525)-78680679-83 (0.489)74-88 (0.457)2,081,97626.812.10.913.8
2Kansas City Royals83-79 (0.512)2.071569184-78 (0.516)91-71 (0.562)2,392,47143.711.73.128.9
3Oakland Athletics81-81 (0.500)4.080678983-79 (0.510)77-85 (0.475)1,678,92129.722.6-3.911.1
4Seattle Mariners78-84 (0.481)7.076080177-85 (0.476)82-80 (0.506)1,134,25534.216.62.115.6
5Chicago White Sox77-85 (0.475)8.074874681-81 (0.501)89-73 (0.549)1,208,06041.16.77.327.0
6Texas Rangers75-87 (0.463)10.082384979-83 (0.486)67-95 (0.414)1,763,05319.714.7-6.311.3
6California Angels75-87 (0.463)10.077080378-84 (0.481)77-85 (0.475)2,696,29929.711.82.315.6

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Pos Age Batting WAR Shark WAR G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SB CS wRC OBP SLG
1 Wade Boggs BOS 3B 29 9.0 9.6 147 667 200 40 6 24 105 1 3 147.876 0.461 0.588
2 Alan Trammell DET SS 29 7.5 7.7 151 668 205 34 3 28 60 21 2 124.768 0.402 0.551
3 Paul Molitor ML4 3B 30 7.4 7.2 118 542 164 41 5 16 69 45 10 111.551 0.438 0.566
4 Mark McGwire OAK 1B 23 7.1 5.5 151 641 161 28 4 49 71 1 1 121.118 0.370 0.618
5 Dwight Evans BOS 1B 35 6.9 4.9 154 657 165 37 2 34 106 4 6 129.621 0.417 0.569
6 Danny Tartabull KCA RF 24 6.0 4.8 158 667 180 27 3 34 79 9 4 119.168 0.390 0.541
7 George Bell TOR LF 27 6.0 5.2 156 665 188 32 4 47 39 5 1 118.882 0.352 0.605
8 Don Mattingly NYA 1B 26 5.7 6.4 141 629 186 38 2 30 51 1 4 111.845 0.378 0.559
9 Brian Downing CAL LF 36 5.6 5.5 155 695 154 29 3 29 106 5 5 117.720 0.400 0.487
10 Brook Jacoby CLE 3B 27 5.3 5.0 155 620 162 26 4 32 75 2 3 110.287 0.387 0.541
11 Kevin Seitzer KCA 3B 25 5.3 6.8 161 725 207 33 8 15 80 12 7 118.986 0.399 0.470
12 Robin Yount ML4 CF 31 5.1 5.2 158 723 198 25 9 21 76 19 9 113.781 0.384 0.479
13 Rickey Henderson NYA CF 28 5.0 5.6 95 440 104 17 3 17 80 41 8 80.641 0.423 0.497
14 Phil Bradley SEA LF 28 5.0 4.5 158 701 179 38 10 14 84 40 10 109.371 0.387 0.463
15 Wally Joyner CAL 1B 25 5.0 6.0 149 653 161 33 1 34 72 8 2 106.043 0.366 0.528
16 Kent Hrbek MIN 1B 27 4.9 5.8 143 566 136 20 1 34 84 5 2 101.108 0.389 0.545
17 Kirby Puckett MIN CF 27 4.8 4.4 157 668 207 32 5 28 32 12 7 111.159 0.367 0.534
18 Alvin Davis SEA 1B 26 4.7 3.2 157 662 171 37 2 29 72 0 0 107.181 0.370 0.515
19 Darrell Evans DET 1B 40 4.6 6.0 150 609 128 20 0 34 100 6 5 98.732 0.379 0.501
20 Larry Sheets BAL LF 27 4.3 4.2 135 508 148 23 0 31 31 1 1 86.746 0.358 0.563
21 Kirk Gibson DET LF 30 4.3 4.6 128 568 135 25 3 24 71 26 7 88.776 0.372 0.489
22 Ken Phelps SEA 1B 32 4.3 4.2 120 424 86 13 1 27 80 1 1 80.116 0.410 0.548
23 Mike Greenwell BOS LF 23 4.3 4.2 125 456 135 31 6 19 35 5 4 84.472 0.386 0.570
24 Carney Lansford OAK 3B 30 4.2 4.8 151 631 160 27 4 19 60 27 8 90.658 0.366 0.455
25 Lloyd Moseby TOR CF 27 4.1 2.7 155 670 167 27 4 26 70 39 7 97.405 0.358 0.473
26 Ivan Calderon CHA RF 25 4.0 4.4 144 607 159 38 2 28 60 10 5 98.344 0.362 0.526
27 Willie Randolph NYA 2B 32 4.0 4.6 120 543 137 24 2 7 82 11 1 83.453 0.411 0.414
28 Chet Lemon DET CF 32 3.9 4.3 146 553 130 30 3 20 70 0 0 86.355 0.376 0.481
29 George Brett KCA 1B 34 3.7 3.5 115 508 124 18 2 22 72 6 3 83.585 0.388 0.496
30 Eddie Murray BAL 1B 31 3.7 4.8 160 694 171 28 3 30 73 1 2 100.007 0.352 0.477
31 Matt Nokes DET C 23 3.6 2.5 135 508 133 14 2 32 35 2 1 79.416 0.345 0.536
32 Brett Butler CLE CF 30 3.6 4.5 137 618 154 25 8 9 91 33 16 94.148 0.399 0.425
33 Dave Winfield NYA RF 35 3.3 2.9 156 655 158 22 1 27 76 5 6 92.737 0.358 0.457
34 Julio Franco CLE SS 28 3.3 2.3 128 560 158 24 3 8 57 32 9 82.729 0.389 0.428
35 Tony Fernandez TOR SS 25 3.2 4.4 146 642 186 29 8 5 51 32 12 90.608 0.379 0.426
36 Rob Deer ML4 LF 26 3.1 3.4 134 566 113 15 2 28 86 12 4 81.327 0.360 0.456
37 Greg Brock ML4 1B 30 3.1 1.0 141 602 159 29 3 13 57 5 4 85.243 0.371 0.438
38 Pat Tabler CLE 1B 29 2.9 3.2 151 618 170 34 3 11 51 5 2 86.876 0.369 0.439
39 Tom Brunansky MIN RF 26 2.8 3.1 155 614 138 22 2 32 74 11 11 90.424 0.352 0.489
40 Jose Canseco OAK LF 22 2.6 2.9 159 691 162 35 3 31 50 15 3 83.652 0.310 0.470
41 Harold Baines CHA RF 28 2.6 2.6 132 554 148 26 4 20 46 0 0 80.147 0.352 0.479
42 Greg Walker CHA 1B 27 2.6 1.5 157 652 145 33 2 27 75 2 1 89.653 0.346 0.465
43 Pete Incaviglia TEX LF 23 2.6 1.7 139 563 138 26 4 27 48 9 3 78.617 0.332 0.497
44 Fred McGriff TOR 1B 23 2.5 2.3 107 356 73 16 0 20 60 3 2 58.363 0.376 0.505
45 Bill Schroeder ML4 C 28 2.5 1.2 75 270 83 12 0 14 16 5 2 47.882 0.379 0.548
46 Lou Whitaker DET 2B 30 2.5 2.3 149 684 160 38 6 16 71 13 5 85.040 0.341 0.427
47 Rance Mulliniks TOR 3B 31 2.4 2.3 124 372 103 28 1 11 34 1 1 58.562 0.371 0.500
48 Larry Parrish TEX 3B 33 2.4 1.4 152 613 149 22 1 32 49 3 1 82.436 0.328 0.483
49 Terry Steinbach OAK C 25 2.4 1.5 122 438 111 16 3 16 32 1 2 60.511 0.349 0.463
50 Mike Davis OAK RF 28 2.3 1.7 139 547 131 32 1 22 42 19 7 68.296 0.320 0.468

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Age Pitching WAR Shark WAR G GS IP W L CG SV R BB SO Pitch Runs Saved ERA WHIP SOper9
1 Roger Clemens BOS 24 11.6 11.6 36 36 281.67 20 9 18 0 100 83 256 100.31 2.97 1.18 8.18
2 Jimmy Key TOR 26 10.3 10.3 36 36 261.00 17 8 8 0 93 66 161 89.15 2.76 1.06 5.55
3 Frank Viola MIN 27 9.0 9.0 36 36 251.67 17 10 7 0 91 66 197 86.59 2.90 1.18 7.04
4 Bret Saberhagen KCA 23 8.5 8.5 33 33 257.00 18 10 15 0 99 53 163 78.27 3.36 1.16 5.71
5 Floyd Bannister CHA 32 7.6 7.6 34 34 228.67 16 11 11 0 100 49 124 59.54 3.58 1.16 4.88
6 Jack Morris DET 32 7.4 7.4 34 34 266.00 18 11 13 0 111 93 208 68.56 3.38 1.20 7.04
7 Jim Clancy TOR 31 6.9 6.9 37 37 241.33 15 11 5 0 103 80 180 60.23 3.54 1.30 6.71
8 Charlie Leibrandt KCA 30 6.6 6.6 35 35 240.33 16 11 8 0 104 74 151 60.90 3.41 1.29 5.65
9 Teddy Higuera ML4 29 6.5 6.5 35 35 261.67 18 10 14 0 120 87 240 56.35 3.85 1.23 8.25
10 Mark Langston SEA 26 6.3 6.3 35 35 272.00 19 13 14 0 132 114 262 57.70 3.84 1.31 8.67
11 Dave Stewart OAK 30 5.5 5.5 37 37 261.33 20 13 8 0 121 105 205 48.02 3.68 1.26 7.06
12 Charlie Hough TEX 39 5.2 5.2 40 40 285.33 18 13 13 0 159 124 223 44.89 3.79 1.27 7.03
13 Bert Blyleven MIN 36 5.1 5.1 37 37 267.00 15 12 8 0 132 101 196 49.16 4.01 1.31 6.61
14 Doyle Alexander DET 36 5.0 5.0 11 11 88.33 9 0 3 0 16 26 44 46.57 1.53 1.01 4.48
15 Tom Henke TOR 29 4.8 4.8 72 0 94.00 0 6 0 34 27 25 128 42.02 2.49 0.93 12.26
16 Mark Gubicza KCA 24 4.8 4.8 35 35 241.67 13 18 10 0 114 120 166 44.45 3.98 1.45 6.18
17 Jose DeLeon CHA 26 4.4 4.4 33 31 206.00 11 12 2 0 106 97 153 34.51 4.02 1.33 6.68
18 Mike Witt CAL 26 4.3 4.3 36 36 247.00 16 14 10 0 128 84 192 39.38 4.01 1.36 7.00
19 Bruce Hurst BOS 29 4.3 4.3 33 33 238.67 15 13 15 0 124 76 190 37.06 4.41 1.32 7.16
20 Richard Dotson CHA 28 4.1 4.1 31 31 211.33 11 12 7 0 109 86 114 32.44 4.17 1.36 4.85
21 Rick Rhoden NYA 34 4.1 4.1 30 29 181.67 16 10 4 0 84 61 107 33.32 3.86 1.35 5.30
22 Frank Tanana DET 33 4.0 4.0 34 34 218.67 15 10 5 0 106 56 146 37.20 3.91 1.24 6.01
23 Bobby Thigpen CHA 23 4.0 4.0 51 0 89.00 7 5 0 16 30 24 52 31.62 2.73 1.24 5.26
24 Dennis Eckersley OAK 32 4.0 4.0 54 2 115.67 6 8 0 16 41 17 113 34.48 3.03 1.00 8.79
25 Mark Eichhorn TOR 26 3.9 3.9 89 0 127.67 10 6 0 4 47 52 96 34.18 3.17 1.27 6.77
26 Mike Boddicker BAL 29 3.9 3.9 33 33 226.00 10 12 7 0 114 78 152 30.65 4.18 1.28 6.05
27 Dale Mohorcic TEX 31 3.7 3.7 74 0 99.33 7 6 0 16 34 19 48 32.25 2.99 1.08 4.35
28 Danny Jackson KCA 25 3.7 3.7 36 34 224.00 9 18 11 0 115 109 152 34.06 4.02 1.46 6.11
29 Charles Hudson NYA 28 3.6 3.6 35 16 154.67 11 7 6 0 63 57 100 29.91 3.61 1.25 5.82
30 Walt Terrell DET 29 3.6 3.6 35 35 244.67 17 10 10 0 123 94 143 33.21 4.05 1.42 5.26
31 Bill Wegman ML4 24 3.6 3.6 34 33 225.00 12 11 7 0 113 53 102 30.99 4.24 1.25 4.08
32 Dave LaPoint CHA 27 3.5 3.5 14 12 82.67 6 3 2 0 29 31 43 27.52 2.94 1.21 4.68
33 Bill Long CHA 27 3.5 3.5 29 23 169.00 8 8 5 1 85 28 72 27.41 4.37 1.22 3.83
34 Willie Fraser CAL 23 3.4 3.4 36 23 176.67 10 10 5 1 85 63 106 31.36 3.92 1.26 5.40
35 Dan Plesac ML4 25 3.3 3.3 57 0 79.33 5 6 0 23 30 23 89 29.04 2.61 1.08 10.10
36 Dave Stieb TOR 29 3.3 3.3 33 31 185.00 13 9 3 0 92 87 115 28.60 4.09 1.36 5.59
37 DeWayne Buice CAL 29 3.2 3.2 57 0 114.00 6 7 0 17 45 40 109 29.72 3.39 1.11 8.61
38 Ron Guidry NYA 36 3.2 3.2 22 17 117.67 5 8 2 0 50 38 96 26.56 3.67 1.27 7.34
39 Curt Young OAK 27 3.0 2.9 31 31 203.00 13 7 6 0 102 44 124 25.79 4.08 1.17 5.50
40 Mike Henneman DET 25 2.9 2.9 55 0 96.67 11 3 0 7 36 30 75 26.78 2.98 1.20 6.98
41 Tommy John NYA 44 2.8 2.8 33 33 187.67 13 6 3 0 95 47 63 23.12 4.03 1.38 3.02
42 Mitch Williams TEX 22 2.8 2.8 85 1 108.67 8 6 0 6 47 94 129 23.94 3.23 1.44 10.68
43 Dave Schmidt BAL 30 2.7 2.7 35 14 124.00 10 5 2 1 57 26 70 21.15 3.77 1.24 5.08
44 Chuck Crim ML4 25 2.6 2.6 53 5 130.00 6 8 0 12 60 39 56 22.96 3.67 1.32 3.88
45 Jose Guzman TEX 24 2.5 2.5 37 30 208.33 14 14 6 0 115 82 143 21.53 4.67 1.33 6.18
46 Tim Stoddard NYA 34 2.4 2.4 57 0 92.67 4 3 0 8 38 30 78 20.11 3.50 1.22 7.58
47 Doug Jones CLE 30 2.4 2.4 49 0 91.33 6 5 0 8 45 24 87 21.18 3.15 1.37 8.57
48 Dave Righetti NYA 28 2.4 2.4 60 0 95.00 8 6 0 31 45 44 77 20.01 3.51 1.46 7.29
49 Buddy Black KCA 30 2.4 2.4 29 18 122.33 8 6 0 1 63 35 61 22.33 3.60 1.32 4.49
50 Mike Flanagan 2 teams 35 2.4 2.4 23 23 144.00 6 8 4 0 72 51 93 20.68 4.06 1.38 5.81

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Larry Owen KCA 32 2.0 75.0 510.7 370.0 38.0 7.0 4.0 15.383
2 B. J. Surhoff ML4 22 1.7 98.0 830.3 645.0 49.0 11.0 10.0 14.316
3 Carlton Fisk CHA 39 1.5 122.0 939.3 550.0 57.0 6.0 15.0 14.829
4 Mike Heath DET 32 1.3 67.0 486.7 337.0 38.0 4.0 5.0 10.331
5 Ernie Whitt TOR 35 1.3 131.0 1032.7 803.0 55.0 5.0 10.0 11.139
6 Butch Wynegar CAL 31 1.0 28.0 211.3 162.0 12.0 1.0 3.0 8.107
7 Charlie O'Brien ML4 27 1.0 10.0 91.0 78.0 11.0 0.0 0.0 8.270
8 Rick Cerone NYA 33 0.8 111.0 778.0 538.0 38.0 1.0 6.0 8.048
1B 1 Pete O'Brien TEX 29 2.1 158.0 1301.0 1233.0 146.0 11.0 118.0 18.274
2 Darrell Evans DET 40 1.2 105.0 855.3 810.0 100.0 3.0 86.0 9.376
3 Eddie Murray BAL 31 1.1 156.0 1380.3 1371.0 145.0 10.0 146.0 10.120
4 Wally Joyner CAL 25 1.0 149.0 1306.0 1276.0 92.0 10.0 133.0 7.788
5 Kent Hrbek MIN 27 0.9 137.0 1161.0 1179.0 68.0 5.0 112.0 7.075
6 Don Mattingly NYA 26 0.7 140.0 1226.7 1239.0 91.0 5.0 122.0 6.430
7 Willie Upshaw TOR 30 0.7 146.0 1234.0 1169.0 127.0 9.0 114.0 5.694
8 Kevin Seitzer KCA 25 0.5 25.0 171.7 183.0 23.0 2.0 19.0 3.868
2B 1 Marty Barrett BOS 29 2.7 137.0 1191.0 320.0 438.0 9.0 108.0 23.361
2 Harold Reynolds SEA 26 1.7 160.0 1387.7 347.0 507.0 20.0 111.0 13.265
3 Frank White KCA 36 1.1 152.0 1277.3 320.0 458.0 10.0 89.0 8.344
4 Jim Gantner ML4 34 0.7 57.0 418.7 95.0 153.0 4.0 36.0 6.114
5 Billy Ripken BAL 22 0.7 58.0 503.3 133.0 162.0 3.0 53.0 6.740
6 Willie Randolph NYA 32 0.6 119.0 1039.7 286.0 338.0 12.0 89.0 6.049
7 Fred Manrique CHA 25 0.6 92.0 666.7 147.0 234.0 6.0 58.0 5.856
8 Mike Gallego OAK 26 0.5 31.0 186.3 49.0 73.0 4.0 22.0 4.723
3B 1 Jim Presley SEA 25 1.7 148.0 1262.7 113.0 311.0 21.0 28.0 13.780
2 Ray Knight BAL 34 1.7 130.0 1123.3 110.0 282.0 18.0 28.0 15.905
3 Mike Pagliarulo NYA 27 1.1 147.0 1251.0 96.0 297.0 17.0 35.0 11.066
4 Kevin Seitzer KCA 25 1.1 141.0 1205.3 105.0 292.0 22.0 32.0 8.505
5 Jim Morrison DET 34 0.7 16.0 126.0 10.0 41.0 2.0 1.0 5.291
6 Steve Lyons CHA 27 0.6 51.0 396.7 35.0 99.0 4.0 11.0 6.104
7 Wade Boggs BOS 29 0.6 145.0 1267.0 111.0 277.0 14.0 37.0 5.345
8 Jack Howell CAL 25 0.6 48.0 355.0 31.0 85.0 4.0 13.0 4.621
SS 1 Ozzie Guillen CHA 23 2.6 149.0 1291.0 266.0 475.0 19.0 105.0 25.214
2 Angel Salazar KCA 25 2.4 116.0 829.3 134.0 332.0 9.0 56.0 18.697
3 Greg Gagne MIN 25 1.8 136.0 1079.0 194.0 391.0 18.0 75.0 14.071
4 Tony Fernandez TOR 25 1.2 146.0 1210.3 270.0 396.0 14.0 88.0 10.177
5 Cal Ripken BAL 26 0.7 162.0 1430.7 240.0 480.0 20.0 103.0 6.406
6 Bill Pecota KCA 27 0.6 36.0 223.7 40.0 85.0 3.0 20.0 4.720
7 Wayne Tolleson NYA 31 0.4 119.0 948.7 162.0 321.0 15.0 64.0 3.872
8 Glenn Hoffman BOS 28 0.3 16.0 124.3 14.0 49.0 1.0 9.0 2.873
LF 1 Mel Hall CLE 26 0.8 122.0 964.3 264.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 7.823
2 Dan Gladden MIN 29 0.6 105.0 829.7 212.0 9.0 3.0 2.0 4.870
3 Mike Felder ML4 25 0.5 80.0 518.0 146.0 7.0 5.0 3.0 4.115
4 Rob Deer ML4 26 0.4 98.0 827.3 203.0 6.0 3.0 1.0 3.628
5 Luis Polonia OAK 23 0.3 35.0 251.3 73.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.862
6 Kirk Gibson DET 30 0.3 119.0 1026.3 250.0 6.0 7.0 0.0 2.542
7 Jose Canseco OAK 22 0.3 130.0 1122.7 267.0 12.0 7.0 3.0 2.706
8 Tom Brunansky MIN 26 0.3 58.0 432.7 107.0 5.0 1.0 0.0 2.262
CF 1 Gary Pettis CAL 29 1.0 131.0 990.7 344.0 2.0 7.0 2.0 7.622
2 Brett Butler CLE 30 0.9 136.0 1170.7 390.0 4.0 4.0 2.0 8.434
3 Devon White CAL 24 0.6 64.0 451.7 169.0 3.0 5.0 1.0 4.721
4 Chet Lemon DET 32 0.4 145.0 1171.3 348.0 4.0 3.0 1.0 3.252
5 Ken Williams CHA 23 0.4 111.0 928.7 297.0 6.0 6.0 3.0 3.917
6 Gary Ward NYA 33 0.3 30.0 214.0 81.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 3.025
7 Bill Bean DET 23 0.3 17.0 105.3 42.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.183
8 Rickey Henderson NYA 28 0.2 39.0 316.7 109.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 2.401
RF 1 Glenn Braggs ML4 24 1.1 123.0 1038.3 301.0 6.0 9.0 1.0 9.156
2 Mike Kingery SEA 26 1.0 111.0 826.7 221.0 15.0 2.0 3.0 7.653
3 Jesse Barfield TOR 27 0.9 153.0 1250.7 313.0 16.0 3.0 3.0 7.907
4 Devon White CAL 24 0.7 120.0 918.7 237.0 13.0 4.0 2.0 5.197
5 Todd Benzinger BOS 24 0.5 47.0 400.7 112.0 3.0 1.0 2.0 4.309
6 Ivan Calderon CHA 25 0.4 134.0 1176.0 288.0 7.0 5.0 3.0 3.701
7 Cory Snyder CLE 24 0.3 134.0 1073.0 267.0 16.0 9.0 3.0 2.530
8 Ruppert Jones CAL 32 0.2 21.0 102.3 32.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.631