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1987 Milwaukee Brewers season

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The 1987 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 18th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 19th as an MLB franchise. The Brewers finished in third place in the American League East, with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses. The team began the season at a red-hot pace, winning their first 13 games under first-year manager Tom Trebelhorn before losing 12 games in a row in May. Other highlights included Paul Molitor's 39-game hitting streak, the seventh-longest streak in MLB history and second-longest streak post-World War Two (as of 2024),[1] and Juan Nieves tossing the first no-hitter in Brewers history on April 15 with a 7–0 blanking of the Baltimore Orioles.[2]

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
Record91–71 (.562)
OwnersBud Selig
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1987 Milwaukee Brewers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Record91–71 (.562)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersBud Selig
General managersHarry Dalton
ManagersTom Trebelhorn
TelevisionWVTV
(Jim Paschke, Mike Hegan)
RadioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

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AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9864 .605 — 54‍–‍27 44‍–‍37
Toronto Blue Jays 9666 .593 2 52‍–‍29 44‍–‍37
Milwaukee Brewers 9171 .562 7 48‍–‍33 43‍–‍38
New York Yankees 8973 .549 9 51‍–‍30 38‍–‍43
Boston Red Sox 7884 .481 20 50‍–‍30 28‍–‍54
Baltimore Orioles 6795 .414 31 31‍–‍51 36‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians 61101 .377 37 35‍–‍46 26‍–‍55
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Record vs. opponents

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1987 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —1–129–38–47–64–99–32–115–73–107–54–87–51–12
Boston 12–1—4–83–97–62–116–66–77–57–64–87–57–56–7
California 3–98–4—8–57–53–95–87–58–53–96–77–65–85–7
Chicago 4–89–35–8—7–53–96–76–66–75–79–46–77–64–8
Cleveland 6–76–75–75–7—4–96–64–93–96–74–85–72–105–8
Detroit 9–411–29–39–39–4—5–76–78–45–85–77–58–47–6
Kansas City 3–96–68–57–66–67–5—4–88–55–75–89–47–68–4
Milwaukee 11–27–65–76–69–47–68–4—3–97–66–64–89–39–4
Minnesota 7–55–75–87–69–34–85–89–3—6–610–39–46–73–9
New York 10–36–79–37–57–68–57–56–76–6—5–77–55–76–7
Oakland 5–78–47–64–98–47–58–56–63–107–5—5–86–77–5
Seattle 8–45–76–77–67–55–74–98–44–95–78–5—9–42–10
Texas 5–75–78–56–710–24–86–73–97–67–57–64–9—3–9
Toronto 12–17–67–58–48–56–74–84–99–37–65–710–29–3—
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Roster

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Infielders

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Game log

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1987 regular season game log: 91–71 (Home: 48–33; Away: 43–38)
April: 18–3 (Home: 9–0; Away: 9–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 6Red Sox5–1Higuera (1–0)Stanley (0–1)52,5851–0W1
2April 8Red Sox3–2Crim (1–0)Gardner (0–1)Plesac (1)7,4122–0W2
3April 9Red Sox12–11Bosio (1–0)Crawford (0–1)Clear (1)9,6283–0W3
4April 10@ Rangers11–8Nieves (1–0)Guzmán (0–1)42,4154–0W4
5April 11@ Rangers8–6Higuera (2–0)Hough (0–1)Plesac (2)23,0375–0W5
6April 12@ Rangers7–5 (12)Clear (1–0)Anderson (0–1)Bosio (1)19,7826–0W6
7April 13@ Orioles6–3Bosio (2–0)McGregor (0–1)12,9867–0W7
8April 14@ Orioles7–4Ciardi (1–0)Dixon (1–1)Plesac (3)14,0498–0W8
9April 15@ Orioles7–0Nieves (2–0)Flanagan (0–1)11,4079–0W9
10April 17Rangers10–2Higuera (3–0)Mason (0–2)41,54810–0W10
11April 18Rangers4–3Wegman (1–0)Witt (0–1)Plesac (4)39,71511–0W11
12April 19Rangers6–4Clear (2–0)Harris (0–2)29,35712–0W12
13April 20@ White Sox5–4Crim (2–0)DeLeón (2–1)Plesac (5)24,01913–0W13
14April 21@ White Sox1–7Davis (1–1)Ciardi (1–1)Winn (1)17,02313–1L1
–April 22@ White SoxPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 8
15April 24Orioles6–4Higuera (4–0)McGregor (0–3)23,40014–1W1
16April 25Orioles8–2Wegman (2–0)Dixon (1–2)26,36615–1W2
17April 26Orioles5–3Birkbeck (1–0)Flanagan (0–3)Plesac (6)38,52316–1W3
18April 27@ Angels10–7 (12)Mirabella (1–0)Finley (0–2)32,29017–1W4
19April 28@ Angels5–10Buice (1–0)Crim (2–1)31,35817–2L1
20April 29@ Athletics8–7Bosio (3–0)G. Nelson (0–1)Plesac (7)11,87918–2W1
21April 30@ Athletics1–4Stewart (3–2)Wegman (2–1)Howell (3)10,26218–3L1
May: 6–18 (Home: 2–10; Away: 10–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
22May 1@ Mariners10–8Mirabella (2–0)Wilkinson (0–1)Plesac (8)13,68919–3W1
23May 2@ Mariners6–4Clear (3–0)Langston (3–3)Plesac (9)23,70120–3W2
24May 3@ Mariners3–7Morgan (2–3)Higuera (4–1)12,63220–4L1
25May 5Angels0–2Sutton (2–3)Wegman (2–2)Moore (4)13,13720–5L2
26May 6Angels0–3Witt (4–2)Birkbeck (1–1)Buice (1)13,55220–6L3
27May 8Mariners3–4 (12)Clarke (2–0)Bosio (3–1)Wilkinson (1)20,51220–7L4
28May 9Mariners2–8Morgan (3–3)Nieves (2–1)43,50220–8L5
29May 10Mariners1–5Moore (2–3)Wegman (2–3)25,49620–9L6
30May 12Athletics8–10Stewart (4–3)Mirabella (2–1)Howell (6)9,45920–10L7
31May 13Athletics2–8Young (5–1)Higuera (4–2)12,99720–11L8
32May 15@ Royals3–4Quisenberry (2–0)Clear (3–1)38,53220–12L9
33May 16@ Royals0–13Leibrandt (5–2)Wegman (2–4)40,09220–13L10
34May 17@ Royals2–3Farr (2–1)Birkbeck (1–2)Gleaton (3)35,72420–14L11
35May 19White Sox1–5DeLeón (4–3)Higuera (4–3)James (3)11,90320–15L12
36May 20White Sox5–1Nieves (3–1)Davis (1–3)14,37121–15W1
37May 22Indians4–2Wegman (3–4)Niekro (2–4)Plesac (10)15,01722–15W2
38May 23Indians2–6Carlton (3–4)Birkbeck (1–3)27,23422–16L1
39May 24Indians3–5Schrom (4–4)Higuera (4–4)Bailes (2)36,33822–17L2
40May 26@ Twins2–4Blyleven (4–4)Nieves (3–2)Reardon (10)23,27622–18L3
41May 27@ Twins2–7Viola (3–5)Wegman (3–5)Frazier (1)22,94722–19L4
42May 28@ Twins1–13Berenguer (3–0)Birkbeck (1–4)26,20322–20L5
43May 29@ Indians6–9Bailes (2–0)Higuera (4–5)47,44222–21L6
44May 30@ Indians6–5 (10)Clear (4–1)Huismann (0–3)Plesac (11)13,61923–21W1
45May 31@ Indians7–1Nieves (4–2)Swindell (3–5)12,83124–21W2
June: 13–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
46June 1Royals3–2Wegman (4–5)Leibrandt (6–4)Plesac (12)9,67025–21W3
47June 2Royals14–3Crim (3–1)Black (2–2)Clear (2)12,24026–21W4
48June 3Royals4–2Barker (1–0)Gubicza (3–6)Plesac (13)17,74027–21W5
49June 4Yankees9–3Higuera (5–5)Niekro (3–4)23,09328–21W6
50June 5Yankees1–13John (6–1)Nieves (4–3)36,95128–22L1
51June 6Yankees7–6Plesac (1–0)Righetti (4–2)52,36629–22W1
52June 7Yankees3–5Bordi (2–0)Crim (3–2)Clements (1)52,77029–23L1
53June 9@ Tigers5–8Morris (8–2)Higuera (5–6)16,64529–24L2
54June 10@ Tigers8–5 (10)Plesac (2–0)King (3–5)16,99830–24W1
55June 11@ Tigers8–5Wegman (5–5)King (3–6)Bosio (2)20,78031–24W2
56June 12@ Yankees3–8Rasmussen (4–4)Crim (3–3)31,78931–25L1
57June 13@ Yankees1–4Rhoden (7–4)Nieves (4–4)Righetti (13)30,23131–26L2
58June 14@ Yankees6–4Plesac (3–0)Righetti (4–3)50,35132–26W1
59June 15Twins0–5Blyleven (5–5)Wegman (5–6)18,40332–27L1
60June 16Twins3–7Viola (6–5)Crim (3–4)Reardon (13)21,61332–28L2
61June 17Twins8–5Clear (5–1)Straker (2–4)Plesac (14)23,38933–28W1
62June 18@ Blue Jays6–3Nieves (5–4)Stieb (5–4)Plesac (15)31,35334–28W2
63June 19@ Blue Jays6–15Musselman (5–1)Clear (5–2)31,23034–29L1
64June 20@ Blue Jays3–2Wegman (6–6)Key (8–5)Plesac (16)38,46535–29W1
65June 21@ Blue Jays6–7Musselman (6–1)Crim (3–5)Henke (12)44,44435–30L1
66June 22@ Red Sox2–5 (8)Boyd (1–0)Johnson (0–1)29,54635–31L2
67June 23@ Red Sox5–9Crawford (3–2)Wegman (6–7)Schiraldi (3)31,10435–32L3
68June 24@ Red Sox7–8Hurst (8–5)Higuera (5–7)Schiraldi (4)34,37635–33L4
69June 26Blue Jays10–5Plesac (4–0)Henke (0–2)29,46136–33W1
70June 27Blue Jays1–8Clancy (8–5)Nieves (5–5)48,15936–34L1
71June 28Blue Jays11–5Higuera (6–7)Stieb (6–5)42,38937–34W1
72June 29Tigers1–11Morris (11–3)Bosio (3–2)21,48737–35L1
73June 30Tigers5–8Petry (5–4)Clear (5–3)Hernández (4)21,60937–36L2
July: 15–13 (Home: 9–5; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
74July 1Tigers13–2Wegman (7–7)Terrell (6–8)24,52838–36W1
75July 2@ Angels7–9 (13)Finley (1–3)Clear (5–4)28,11638–37L1
76July 3@ Angels6–4Higuera (7–7)Fraser (5–6)32,75939–37W1
77July 4@ Angels2–1Bosio (4–2)Sutton (5–9)Plesac (17)62,53140–37W2
78July 5@ Angels3–4 (12)Finley (2–3)Clear (5–5)27,52540–38L1
79July 6@ Mariners2–3Morgan (7–9)Wegman (7–8)Núñez (10)15,92240–39L2
80July 7@ Mariners5–9Guetterman (7–1)Nieves (5–6)Reed (2)9,04140–40L3
81July 8@ Mariners2–5 (11)Wilkinson (2–2)Plesac (4–1)8,48240–41L4
82July 9@ Athletics8–3Bosio (5–2)Rijo (1–5)15,07241–41W1
83July 10@ Athletics3–7Stewart (11–7)Knudson (0–1)Eckersley (6)14,73341–42L1
84July 11@ Athletics5–6Eckersley (6–4)Plesac (4–2)28,39942–42L2
85July 12@ Athletics4–3Nieves (6–6)Howell (2–3)Plesac (18)33,51942–43W1
ASGJuly 14NL @ AL2–0Smith (1–0)Howell (0–1)Fernandez (1)49,671––
86July 16Angels6–4Higuera (8–7)McCaskill (2–1)Plesac (19)24,32543–43W2
87July 17Angels12–2Wegman (8–8)Witt (11–6)19,85844–43W3
88July 18Angels6–12Buice (4–3)Plesac (4–3)35,03844–44L1
89July 19Angels5–8Lazorko (3–5)Aldrich (0–1)Minton (7)30,63544–45L2
90July 20Mariners13–11Crim (4–5)Morgan (7–11)Clear (3)10,57745–45W1
91July 21Mariners6–4Higuera (9–7)Moore (3–12)13,37346–45W2
92July 22Mariners1–2Langston (11–9)Wegman (8–9)19,22146–46L1
93July 23Athletics12–5Bosio (6–2)Andújar (3–3)14,47547–46W1
94July 24Athletics10–2Nieves (7–6)Ontiveros (5–4)20,82848–46W2
95July 25Athletics4–13Young (10–5)Knudson (0–2)34,34448–47L1
96July 26Athletics7–4Higuera (10–7)Lamp (1–1)Plesac (20)25,76449–47W1
97July 27@ Rangers4–5Williams (6–3)Plesac (4–4)16,62149–48L1
98July 28@ Rangers9–2Bosio (7–2)Guzmán (8–10)Clear (4)17,89950–48W1
99July 29@ Rangers9–8 (12)Plesac (5–4)Kilgus (1–2)17,15751–48W2
100July 30White Sox6–1Knudson (1–2)Allen (0–5)Crim (1)16,54752–48W3
101July 31White Sox6–8Dotson (8–7)Higuera (10–8)Thigpen (2)24,72252–49L1
August: 18–11 (Home: 10–7; Away: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
102August 1White Sox2–3LaPoint (1–0)Wegman (8–10)Searage (2)43.33552–50L2
103August 2White Sox3–7Long (6–6)Bosio (7–3)Thigpen (3)30,58252–51L3
104August 4Orioles9–8 (12)Knudson (2–2)Williamson (5–8)19,29653–51W1
105August 5Orioles5–1Higuera (11–8)Bell (9–8)14,28154–51W2
106August 6Orioles11–8Aldrich (1–1)Griffin (2–4)Crim (2)24,35355–51W3
107August 7@ White Sox7–4 (10)Clear (6–5)Thigpen (3–3)Plesac (21)22,65856–51W4
108August 8@ White Sox5–3Burris (1–0)DeLeón (5–10)Crim (3)–57–51W5
109August 8@ White Sox6–8Bannister (7–9)Bosio (7–4)Thigpen (4)18,99357–52L1
110August 9@ White Sox8–4Nieves (8–6)Allen (0–7)15,49858–52W1
111August 10Rangers4–3 (12)Aldrich (2–1)Russell (4–2)21,25759–52W2
112August 11Rangers1–7Harris (5–8)Knudson (2–3)17,50259–53L1
113August 12Rangers3–12Kilgus (2–4)Burris (1–1)21,60959–54L2
114August 13@ Orioles4–5Boddicker (8–6)Bosio (7–5)Niedenfuer (8)24,91059–55L3
115August 14@ Orioles6–2Nieves (9–6)Bell (9–9)Crim (4)19,76160–55W1
116August 15@ Orioles1–2Flanagan (2–5)Higuera (11–9)29,24360–56L1
117August 16@ Orioles6–2Crim (5–5)Schmidt (10–4)Plesac (22)25,95061–56W1
118August 17@ Indians5–3Knudson (3–3)Bailes (6–5)7,01162–56W2
119August 18@ Indians8–9 (12)Farrell (1–0)Burris (1–2)10,20562–57L1
120August 19@ Indians13–2Nieves (10–6)Candiotti (6–12)8,28863–57W1
121August 20@ Indians14–2Higuera (12–9)Schrom (5–10)7,85564–57W2
122August 21Royals3–0Barker (3–0)D. Jackson (6–15)Crim (5)37,14165–57W3
123August 22Royals7–8Gleaton (3–4)Knudson (3–4)37,74065–58L1
124August 23Royals10–5Aldrich (3–1)Stoddard (1–2)33,88766–58W1
125August 25Indians10–9Nieves (11–6)Schrom (5–11)Crim (6)15,58067–58W2
126August 26Indians1–0 (10)Higuera (13–9)Jones (3–4)11,24668–58W3
127August 27Indians4–3Knudson (4–4)Akerfelds (1–4)Crim (7)15,17569–58W4
128August 28Twins1–0Bosio (8–5)Straker (6–9)22,46170–58W5
129August 29Twins3–12Blyleven (13–10)Barker (2–1)34,83470–59L1
130August 30Twins6–10Atherton (5–4)Crim (5–6)Reardon (25)22,41770–60L2
September: 20–9 (Home: 10–4; Away: 4–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
131September 1@ Royals2–0Higuera (14–9)Saberhagen (16–8)19,06771–60W1
132September 2@ Royals3–2Wegman (9–10)Leibrandt (13–10)Plesac (23)19,43072–60W2
133September 3@ Royals8–2Bosio (9–5)Gubicza (9–16)Crim (8)23,12273–60W3
134September 4@ Twins1–2 (12)Berenguer (6–0)Plesac (5–5)27,38073–61L1
135September 5@ Twins1–2Atherton (7–4)Crim (5–7)51,12273–62L2
136September 6@ Twins6–0Higuera (15–9)Carlton (6–14)36,58674–62W1
137September 7Blue Jays3–5Ward (1–0)Plesac (5–6)Henke (32)16,93574–63L1
138September 8Blue Jays6–4Bosio (10–5)Stieb (13–8)Crim (9)8,05375–63W1
139September 9Blue Jays6–4Clear (7–5)Wells (1–3)10,55576–63W2
140September 10Tigers4–3Nieves (12–6)Tanana (13–10)Mirabella (1)9,71577–63W3
141September 11Tigers5–2Higuera (16–9)Henneman (9–2)21,16178–63W4
142September 12Tigers11–2Wegman (10–10)Morris (17–8)50,28879–63W5
143September 13Tigers1–5Terrell (14–10)Bosio (10–6)21,88079–64L1
144September 14@ Yankees6–4Stapleton (1–0)Gullickson (2–2)Clear (5)20,21180–64W1
145September 15@ Yankees3–4Leiter (1–0)Nieves (12–7)Righetti (28)22,10280–65L1
146September 16@ Yankees5–4Higuera (17–9)Stoddard (4–3)20,23281–65W1
147September 18@ Tigers6–7Terrell (15–10)Wegman (10–11)King (9)30,10481–66L1
148September 19@ Tigers2–5Alexander (7–0)Bosio (10–7)34,00681–67L2
149September 20@ Tigers11–4Nieves (13–7)Morris (18–9)Crim (10)42,14382–67W1
–September 21YankeesPostponed (wet grounds); Makeup: September 22
150September 22Yankees7–2Higuera (18–9)John (12–6)Mirabella (2)–83–67W2
151September 22Yankees8–10Clements (3–2)Crim (5–8)Righetti (30)12,65183–68L1
152September 23Yankees8–7 (10)Crim (6–8)Righetti (8–5)11,21984–68W1
153September 24Red Sox7–6Clear (8–5)Sambito (2–5)7,74585–68W2
154September 25Red Sox2–9Clemens (18–9)Nieves (13–8)12,87885–69L1
155September 26Red Sox3–2Stapleton (2–0)Nipper (10–12)19,20686–69W1
156September 27Red Sox9–6Burris (2–2)Stanley (4–15)Crim (11)26,17587–69W2
157September 28@ Blue Jays6–4Wegman (11–11)Flanagan (6–8)Clear (6)34,11388–69W3
158September 29@ Blue Jays5–3Bosio (11–7)Key (17–7)34,31489–69W4
159September 30@ Blue Jays5–2Nieves (14–8)Stieb (13–9)35,24590–69W5
October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
160October 2@ Red Sox2–3 (12)Gardner (3–6)Higuera (18–10)20,07790–70L1
161October 3@ Red Sox8–4Wegman (12–11)Leister (0–2)Crim (12)21,96291–70W1
162October 4@ Red Sox0–4Clemens (20–9)Bosio (11–8)25,45491–71L1
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Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CB. J. Surhoff115395118.299768
1BGreg Brock141532159.2991385
2BJuan Castillo11632172.224328
3BErnest Riles8327672.261438
SSDale Sveum153535135.2522595
LFRob Deer134474113.2382880
CFRobin Yount158635218.31221103
RFGlenn Braggs132505136.2691377
DHCecil Cooper6325062.248636
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Paul Molitor118465164.3531675
Mike Felder10828977.266231
Jim Gantner8126572.272430
Bill Schroeder7525083.3321442
Rick Manning9711426.228013
Jim Paciorek4810123.228210
Steve Kiefer289920.202517
Billy Jo Robidoux236212.19404
Charlie O'Brien10357.20000
Brad Komminsk7151.06700
Steve Stanicek472.28600
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Teddy Higuera35261.218103.85240
Bill Wegman34225.012114.24102
Juan Nieves34195.21484.88163
Mike Birkbeck1045.0146.2025
Len Barker1143.2215.3622
Mark Ciardi416.1119.378
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Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Chris Bosio46170.01185.24150
Mark Knudson1562.0445.3726
John Henry Johnson1026.1019.5718
Ray Burris1023.0225.878
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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

More information Player, G ...
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Dan Plesac5756232.6189
Chuck Crim5368123.6756
Mark Clear588564.4881
Paul Mirabella292124.9114
Jay Aldrich313104.9422
Dave Stapleton42001.8414
Alex Madrid300015.191
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Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1987.[11]

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Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Denver Zephyrs American Association Terry Bevington
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Duffy Dyer
Class A Stockton Ports California League Dave Machemer
Class A Beloit Brewers Midwest League Gomer Hodge
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Dave Huppert
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