1987 Milwaukee Brewers season

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]

1987 Milwaukee Brewers
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Milwaukee County Stadium
City	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Record	91–71 (.562)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Bud Selig
General managers	Harry Dalton
Managers	Tom Trebelhorn
Television	WVTV (Jim Paschke, Mike Hegan)
Radio	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Pat Hughes)
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Offseason

• December 10, 1986: Tim Leary and Tim Crews were traded by the Brewers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Greg Brock.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	98	64	.605	—	54‍–‍27	44‍–‍37
Toronto Blue Jays	96	66	.593	2	52‍–‍29	44‍–‍37
Milwaukee Brewers	91	71	.562	7	48‍–‍33	43‍–‍38
New York Yankees	89	73	.549	9	51‍–‍30	38‍–‍43
Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	20	50‍–‍30	28‍–‍54
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	.414	31	31‍–‍51	36‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians	61	101	.377	37	35‍–‍46	26‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1987 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	1–12	9–3	8–4	7–6	4–9	9–3	2–11	5–7	3–10	7–5	4–8	7–5	1–12
Boston	12–1	—	4–8	3–9	7–6	2–11	6–6	6–7	7–5	7–6	4–8	7–5	7–5	6–7
California	3–9	8–4	—	8–5	7–5	3–9	5–8	7–5	8–5	3–9	6–7	7–6	5–8	5–7
Chicago	4–8	9–3	5–8	—	7–5	3–9	6–7	6–6	6–7	5–7	9–4	6–7	7–6	4–8
Cleveland	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	—	4–9	6–6	4–9	3–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	2–10	5–8
Detroit	9–4	11–2	9–3	9–3	9–4	—	5–7	6–7	8–4	5–8	5–7	7–5	8–4	7–6
Kansas City	3–9	6–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	7–5	—	4–8	8–5	5–7	5–8	9–4	7–6	8–4
Milwaukee	11–2	7–6	5–7	6–6	9–4	7–6	8–4	—	3–9	7–6	6–6	4–8	9–3	9–4
Minnesota	7–5	5–7	5–8	7–6	9–3	4–8	5–8	9–3	—	6–6	10–3	9–4	6–7	3–9
New York	10–3	6–7	9–3	7–5	7–6	8–5	7–5	6–7	6–6	—	5–7	7–5	5–7	6–7
Oakland	5–7	8–4	7–6	4–9	8–4	7–5	8–5	6–6	3–10	7–5	—	5–8	6–7	7–5
Seattle	8–4	5–7	6–7	7–6	7–5	5–7	4–9	8–4	4–9	5–7	8–5	—	9–4	2–10
Texas	5–7	5–7	8–5	6–7	10–2	4–8	6–7	3–9	7–6	7–5	7–6	4–9	—	3–9
Toronto	12–1	7–6	7–5	8–4	8–5	6–7	4–8	4–9	9–3	7–6	5–7	10–2	9–3	—

Notable transactions

• June 2, 1987: 1987 Major League Baseball draft
  • Brian Turang was drafted by the Brewers in the 20th round, but did not sign.^[4]
  • Mark Kiefer was drafted by the Brewers in the 21st round.^[5]
• June 15, 1987: Jim Morris was released by the Brewers.^[6]
• June 29, 1987: Russ McGinnis was traded by the Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for Bill Mooneyham.^[7]
• July 16, 1987: Skeeter Barnes was purchased by the Brewers from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[8]
• July 30, 1987: Ray Burris was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[9]

Roster

1987 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers 33 Jay Aldrich 39 Len Barker 40 Mike Birkbeck 29 Chris Bosio 48 Ray Burris 34 Mark Ciardi 25 Mark Clear 32 Chuck Crim 49 Teddy Higuera 38 John Henry Johnson 41 Mark Knudson 31 Alex Madrid 27 Paul Mirabella 20 Juan Nieves 37 Dan Plesac 43 Dave Stapleton 46 Bill Wegman		Catchers 11 Charlie O'Brien 21 Bill Schroeder  5 B. J. Surhoff Infielders  9 Greg Brock  3 Juan Castillo 17 Jim Gantner 30 Steve Kiefer  4 Paul Molitor 14 Jim Paciorek  1 Ernest Riles 13 Billy Jo Robidoux  7 Dale Sveum		Outfielders 26 Glenn Braggs 45 Rob Deer 16 Mike Felder 36 Brad Komminsk 28 Rick Manning 19 Robin Yount Other batters 15 Cecil Cooper 22 Steve Stanicek		Manager 42 Tom Trebelhorn Coaches  8 Andy Etchebarren (Bench) 12 Larry Haney (Bullpen) 24 Chuck Hartenstein (Pitching) 10 Dave Hilton (First base) 35 Tony Muser (Third base/hitting)

Game log

Legend
	Brewers win
	Brewers loss
	Postponement
Bold	Brewers team member

1987 regular season game log: 91–71 (Home: 48–33; Away: 43–38)
April: 18–3 (Home: 9–0; Away: 9–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 April 6 Red Sox 5–1 Higuera (1–0) Stanley (0–1) 52,585 1–0 W1 2 April 8 Red Sox 3–2 Crim (1–0) Gardner (0–1) Plesac (1) 7,412 2–0 W2 3 April 9 Red Sox 12–11 Bosio (1–0) Crawford (0–1) Clear (1) 9,628 3–0 W3 4 April 10 @ Rangers 11–8 Nieves (1–0) Guzmán (0–1) 42,415 4–0 W4 5 April 11 @ Rangers 8–6 Higuera (2–0) Hough (0–1) Plesac (2) 23,037 5–0 W5 6 April 12 @ Rangers 7–5 (12) Clear (1–0) Anderson (0–1) Bosio (1) 19,782 6–0 W6 7 April 13 @ Orioles 6–3 Bosio (2–0) McGregor (0–1) 12,986 7–0 W7 8 April 14 @ Orioles 7–4 Ciardi (1–0) Dixon (1–1) Plesac (3) 14,049 8–0 W8 9 April 15 @ Orioles 7–0 Nieves (2–0) Flanagan (0–1) 11,407 9–0 W9 10 April 17 Rangers 10–2 Higuera (3–0) Mason (0–2) 41,548 10–0 W10 11 April 18 Rangers 4–3 Wegman (1–0) Witt (0–1) Plesac (4) 39,715 11–0 W11 12 April 19 Rangers 6–4 Clear (2–0) Harris (0–2) 29,357 12–0 W12 13 April 20 @ White Sox 5–4 Crim (2–0) DeLeón (2–1) Plesac (5) 24,019 13–0 W13 14 April 21 @ White Sox 1–7 Davis (1–1) Ciardi (1–1) Winn (1) 17,023 13–1 L1 – April 22 @ White Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 8 15 April 24 Orioles 6–4 Higuera (4–0) McGregor (0–3) 23,400 14–1 W1 16 April 25 Orioles 8–2 Wegman (2–0) Dixon (1–2) 26,366 15–1 W2 17 April 26 Orioles 5–3 Birkbeck (1–0) Flanagan (0–3) Plesac (6) 38,523 16–1 W3 18 April 27 @ Angels 10–7 (12) Mirabella (1–0) Finley (0–2) 32,290 17–1 W4 19 April 28 @ Angels 5–10 Buice (1–0) Crim (2–1) 31,358 17–2 L1 20 April 29 @ Athletics 8–7 Bosio (3–0) G. Nelson (0–1) Plesac (7) 11,879 18–2 W1 21 April 30 @ Athletics 1–4 Stewart (3–2) Wegman (2–1) Howell (3) 10,262 18–3 L1
May: 6–18 (Home: 2–10; Away: 10–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 22 May 1 @ Mariners 10–8 Mirabella (2–0) Wilkinson (0–1) Plesac (8) 13,689 19–3 W1 23 May 2 @ Mariners 6–4 Clear (3–0) Langston (3–3) Plesac (9) 23,701 20–3 W2 24 May 3 @ Mariners 3–7 Morgan (2–3) Higuera (4–1) 12,632 20–4 L1 25 May 5 Angels 0–2 Sutton (2–3) Wegman (2–2) Moore (4) 13,137 20–5 L2 26 May 6 Angels 0–3 Witt (4–2) Birkbeck (1–1) Buice (1) 13,552 20–6 L3 27 May 8 Mariners 3–4 (12) Clarke (2–0) Bosio (3–1) Wilkinson (1) 20,512 20–7 L4 28 May 9 Mariners 2–8 Morgan (3–3) Nieves (2–1) 43,502 20–8 L5 29 May 10 Mariners 1–5 Moore (2–3) Wegman (2–3) 25,496 20–9 L6 30 May 12 Athletics 8–10 Stewart (4–3) Mirabella (2–1) Howell (6) 9,459 20–10 L7 31 May 13 Athletics 2–8 Young (5–1) Higuera (4–2) 12,997 20–11 L8 32 May 15 @ Royals 3–4 Quisenberry (2–0) Clear (3–1) 38,532 20–12 L9 33 May 16 @ Royals 0–13 Leibrandt (5–2) Wegman (2–4) 40,092 20–13 L10 34 May 17 @ Royals 2–3 Farr (2–1) Birkbeck (1–2) Gleaton (3) 35,724 20–14 L11 35 May 19 White Sox 1–5 DeLeón (4–3) Higuera (4–3) James (3) 11,903 20–15 L12 36 May 20 White Sox 5–1 Nieves (3–1) Davis (1–3) 14,371 21–15 W1 37 May 22 Indians 4–2 Wegman (3–4) Niekro (2–4) Plesac (10) 15,017 22–15 W2 38 May 23 Indians 2–6 Carlton (3–4) Birkbeck (1–3) 27,234 22–16 L1 39 May 24 Indians 3–5 Schrom (4–4) Higuera (4–4) Bailes (2) 36,338 22–17 L2 40 May 26 @ Twins 2–4 Blyleven (4–4) Nieves (3–2) Reardon (10) 23,276 22–18 L3 41 May 27 @ Twins 2–7 Viola (3–5) Wegman (3–5) Frazier (1) 22,947 22–19 L4 42 May 28 @ Twins 1–13 Berenguer (3–0) Birkbeck (1–4) 26,203 22–20 L5 43 May 29 @ Indians 6–9 Bailes (2–0) Higuera (4–5) 47,442 22–21 L6 44 May 30 @ Indians 6–5 (10) Clear (4–1) Huismann (0–3) Plesac (11) 13,619 23–21 W1 45 May 31 @ Indians 7–1 Nieves (4–2) Swindell (3–5) 12,831 24–21 W2
June: 13–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 46 June 1 Royals 3–2 Wegman (4–5) Leibrandt (6–4) Plesac (12) 9,670 25–21 W3 47 June 2 Royals 14–3 Crim (3–1) Black (2–2) Clear (2) 12,240 26–21 W4 48 June 3 Royals 4–2 Barker (1–0) Gubicza (3–6) Plesac (13) 17,740 27–21 W5 49 June 4 Yankees 9–3 Higuera (5–5) Niekro (3–4) 23,093 28–21 W6 50 June 5 Yankees 1–13 John (6–1) Nieves (4–3) 36,951 28–22 L1 51 June 6 Yankees 7–6 Plesac (1–0) Righetti (4–2) 52,366 29–22 W1 52 June 7 Yankees 3–5 Bordi (2–0) Crim (3–2) Clements (1) 52,770 29–23 L1 53 June 9 @ Tigers 5–8 Morris (8–2) Higuera (5–6) 16,645 29–24 L2 54 June 10 @ Tigers 8–5 (10) Plesac (2–0) King (3–5) 16,998 30–24 W1 55 June 11 @ Tigers 8–5 Wegman (5–5) King (3–6) Bosio (2) 20,780 31–24 W2 56 June 12 @ Yankees 3–8 Rasmussen (4–4) Crim (3–3) 31,789 31–25 L1 57 June 13 @ Yankees 1–4 Rhoden (7–4) Nieves (4–4) Righetti (13) 30,231 31–26 L2 58 June 14 @ Yankees 6–4 Plesac (3–0) Righetti (4–3) 50,351 32–26 W1 59 June 15 Twins 0–5 Blyleven (5–5) Wegman (5–6) 18,403 32–27 L1 60 June 16 Twins 3–7 Viola (6–5) Crim (3–4) Reardon (13) 21,613 32–28 L2 61 June 17 Twins 8–5 Clear (5–1) Straker (2–4) Plesac (14) 23,389 33–28 W1 62 June 18 @ Blue Jays 6–3 Nieves (5–4) Stieb (5–4) Plesac (15) 31,353 34–28 W2 63 June 19 @ Blue Jays 6–15 Musselman (5–1) Clear (5–2) 31,230 34–29 L1 64 June 20 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Wegman (6–6) Key (8–5) Plesac (16) 38,465 35–29 W1 65 June 21 @ Blue Jays 6–7 Musselman (6–1) Crim (3–5) Henke (12) 44,444 35–30 L1 66 June 22 @ Red Sox 2–5 (8) Boyd (1–0) Johnson (0–1) 29,546 35–31 L2 67 June 23 @ Red Sox 5–9 Crawford (3–2) Wegman (6–7) Schiraldi (3) 31,104 35–32 L3 68 June 24 @ Red Sox 7–8 Hurst (8–5) Higuera (5–7) Schiraldi (4) 34,376 35–33 L4 69 June 26 Blue Jays 10–5 Plesac (4–0) Henke (0–2) 29,461 36–33 W1 70 June 27 Blue Jays 1–8 Clancy (8–5) Nieves (5–5) 48,159 36–34 L1 71 June 28 Blue Jays 11–5 Higuera (6–7) Stieb (6–5) 42,389 37–34 W1 72 June 29 Tigers 1–11 Morris (11–3) Bosio (3–2) 21,487 37–35 L1 73 June 30 Tigers 5–8 Petry (5–4) Clear (5–3) Hernández (4) 21,609 37–36 L2
July: 15–13 (Home: 9–5; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 74 July 1 Tigers 13–2 Wegman (7–7) Terrell (6–8) 24,528 38–36 W1 75 July 2 @ Angels 7–9 (13) Finley (1–3) Clear (5–4) 28,116 38–37 L1 76 July 3 @ Angels 6–4 Higuera (7–7) Fraser (5–6) 32,759 39–37 W1 77 July 4 @ Angels 2–1 Bosio (4–2) Sutton (5–9) Plesac (17) 62,531 40–37 W2 78 July 5 @ Angels 3–4 (12) Finley (2–3) Clear (5–5) 27,525 40–38 L1 79 July 6 @ Mariners 2–3 Morgan (7–9) Wegman (7–8) Núñez (10) 15,922 40–39 L2 80 July 7 @ Mariners 5–9 Guetterman (7–1) Nieves (5–6) Reed (2) 9,041 40–40 L3 81 July 8 @ Mariners 2–5 (11) Wilkinson (2–2) Plesac (4–1) 8,482 40–41 L4 82 July 9 @ Athletics 8–3 Bosio (5–2) Rijo (1–5) 15,072 41–41 W1 83 July 10 @ Athletics 3–7 Stewart (11–7) Knudson (0–1) Eckersley (6) 14,733 41–42 L1 84 July 11 @ Athletics 5–6 Eckersley (6–4) Plesac (4–2) 28,399 42–42 L2 85 July 12 @ Athletics 4–3 Nieves (6–6) Howell (2–3) Plesac (18) 33,519 42–43 W1 ASG July 14 NL @ AL 2–0 Smith (1–0) Howell (0–1) Fernandez (1) 49,671 – – 86 July 16 Angels 6–4 Higuera (8–7) McCaskill (2–1) Plesac (19) 24,325 43–43 W2 87 July 17 Angels 12–2 Wegman (8–8) Witt (11–6) 19,858 44–43 W3 88 July 18 Angels 6–12 Buice (4–3) Plesac (4–3) 35,038 44–44 L1 89 July 19 Angels 5–8 Lazorko (3–5) Aldrich (0–1) Minton (7) 30,635 44–45 L2 90 July 20 Mariners 13–11 Crim (4–5) Morgan (7–11) Clear (3) 10,577 45–45 W1 91 July 21 Mariners 6–4 Higuera (9–7) Moore (3–12) 13,373 46–45 W2 92 July 22 Mariners 1–2 Langston (11–9) Wegman (8–9) 19,221 46–46 L1 93 July 23 Athletics 12–5 Bosio (6–2) Andújar (3–3) 14,475 47–46 W1 94 July 24 Athletics 10–2 Nieves (7–6) Ontiveros (5–4) 20,828 48–46 W2 95 July 25 Athletics 4–13 Young (10–5) Knudson (0–2) 34,344 48–47 L1 96 July 26 Athletics 7–4 Higuera (10–7) Lamp (1–1) Plesac (20) 25,764 49–47 W1 97 July 27 @ Rangers 4–5 Williams (6–3) Plesac (4–4) 16,621 49–48 L1 98 July 28 @ Rangers 9–2 Bosio (7–2) Guzmán (8–10) Clear (4) 17,899 50–48 W1 99 July 29 @ Rangers 9–8 (12) Plesac (5–4) Kilgus (1–2) 17,157 51–48 W2 100 July 30 White Sox 6–1 Knudson (1–2) Allen (0–5) Crim (1) 16,547 52–48 W3 101 July 31 White Sox 6–8 Dotson (8–7) Higuera (10–8) Thigpen (2) 24,722 52–49 L1
August: 18–11 (Home: 10–7; Away: 8–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 102 August 1 White Sox 2–3 LaPoint (1–0) Wegman (8–10) Searage (2) 43.335 52–50 L2 103 August 2 White Sox 3–7 Long (6–6) Bosio (7–3) Thigpen (3) 30,582 52–51 L3 104 August 4 Orioles 9–8 (12) Knudson (2–2) Williamson (5–8) 19,296 53–51 W1 105 August 5 Orioles 5–1 Higuera (11–8) Bell (9–8) 14,281 54–51 W2 106 August 6 Orioles 11–8 Aldrich (1–1) Griffin (2–4) Crim (2) 24,353 55–51 W3 107 August 7 @ White Sox 7–4 (10) Clear (6–5) Thigpen (3–3) Plesac (21) 22,658 56–51 W4 108 August 8 @ White Sox 5–3 Burris (1–0) DeLeón (5–10) Crim (3) – 57–51 W5 109 August 8 @ White Sox 6–8 Bannister (7–9) Bosio (7–4) Thigpen (4) 18,993 57–52 L1 110 August 9 @ White Sox 8–4 Nieves (8–6) Allen (0–7) 15,498 58–52 W1 111 August 10 Rangers 4–3 (12) Aldrich (2–1) Russell (4–2) 21,257 59–52 W2 112 August 11 Rangers 1–7 Harris (5–8) Knudson (2–3) 17,502 59–53 L1 113 August 12 Rangers 3–12 Kilgus (2–4) Burris (1–1) 21,609 59–54 L2 114 August 13 @ Orioles 4–5 Boddicker (8–6) Bosio (7–5) Niedenfuer (8) 24,910 59–55 L3 115 August 14 @ Orioles 6–2 Nieves (9–6) Bell (9–9) Crim (4) 19,761 60–55 W1 116 August 15 @ Orioles 1–2 Flanagan (2–5) Higuera (11–9) 29,243 60–56 L1 117 August 16 @ Orioles 6–2 Crim (5–5) Schmidt (10–4) Plesac (22) 25,950 61–56 W1 118 August 17 @ Indians 5–3 Knudson (3–3) Bailes (6–5) 7,011 62–56 W2 119 August 18 @ Indians 8–9 (12) Farrell (1–0) Burris (1–2) 10,205 62–57 L1 120 August 19 @ Indians 13–2 Nieves (10–6) Candiotti (6–12) 8,288 63–57 W1 121 August 20 @ Indians 14–2 Higuera (12–9) Schrom (5–10) 7,855 64–57 W2 122 August 21 Royals 3–0 Barker (3–0) D. Jackson (6–15) Crim (5) 37,141 65–57 W3 123 August 22 Royals 7–8 Gleaton (3–4) Knudson (3–4) 37,740 65–58 L1 124 August 23 Royals 10–5 Aldrich (3–1) Stoddard (1–2) 33,887 66–58 W1 125 August 25 Indians 10–9 Nieves (11–6) Schrom (5–11) Crim (6) 15,580 67–58 W2 126 August 26 Indians 1–0 (10) Higuera (13–9) Jones (3–4) 11,246 68–58 W3 127 August 27 Indians 4–3 Knudson (4–4) Akerfelds (1–4) Crim (7) 15,175 69–58 W4 128 August 28 Twins 1–0 Bosio (8–5) Straker (6–9) 22,461 70–58 W5 129 August 29 Twins 3–12 Blyleven (13–10) Barker (2–1) 34,834 70–59 L1 130 August 30 Twins 6–10 Atherton (5–4) Crim (5–6) Reardon (25) 22,417 70–60 L2
September: 20–9 (Home: 10–4; Away: 4–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 131 September 1 @ Royals 2–0 Higuera (14–9) Saberhagen (16–8) 19,067 71–60 W1 132 September 2 @ Royals 3–2 Wegman (9–10) Leibrandt (13–10) Plesac (23) 19,430 72–60 W2 133 September 3 @ Royals 8–2 Bosio (9–5) Gubicza (9–16) Crim (8) 23,122 73–60 W3 134 September 4 @ Twins 1–2 (12) Berenguer (6–0) Plesac (5–5) 27,380 73–61 L1 135 September 5 @ Twins 1–2 Atherton (7–4) Crim (5–7) 51,122 73–62 L2 136 September 6 @ Twins 6–0 Higuera (15–9) Carlton (6–14) 36,586 74–62 W1 137 September 7 Blue Jays 3–5 Ward (1–0) Plesac (5–6) Henke (32) 16,935 74–63 L1 138 September 8 Blue Jays 6–4 Bosio (10–5) Stieb (13–8) Crim (9) 8,053 75–63 W1 139 September 9 Blue Jays 6–4 Clear (7–5) Wells (1–3) 10,555 76–63 W2 140 September 10 Tigers 4–3 Nieves (12–6) Tanana (13–10) Mirabella (1) 9,715 77–63 W3 141 September 11 Tigers 5–2 Higuera (16–9) Henneman (9–2) 21,161 78–63 W4 142 September 12 Tigers 11–2 Wegman (10–10) Morris (17–8) 50,288 79–63 W5 143 September 13 Tigers 1–5 Terrell (14–10) Bosio (10–6) 21,880 79–64 L1 144 September 14 @ Yankees 6–4 Stapleton (1–0) Gullickson (2–2) Clear (5) 20,211 80–64 W1 145 September 15 @ Yankees 3–4 Leiter (1–0) Nieves (12–7) Righetti (28) 22,102 80–65 L1 146 September 16 @ Yankees 5–4 Higuera (17–9) Stoddard (4–3) 20,232 81–65 W1 147 September 18 @ Tigers 6–7 Terrell (15–10) Wegman (10–11) King (9) 30,104 81–66 L1 148 September 19 @ Tigers 2–5 Alexander (7–0) Bosio (10–7) 34,006 81–67 L2 149 September 20 @ Tigers 11–4 Nieves (13–7) Morris (18–9) Crim (10) 42,143 82–67 W1 – September 21 Yankees Postponed (wet grounds); Makeup: September 22 150 September 22 Yankees 7–2 Higuera (18–9) John (12–6) Mirabella (2) – 83–67 W2 151 September 22 Yankees 8–10 Clements (3–2) Crim (5–8) Righetti (30) 12,651 83–68 L1 152 September 23 Yankees 8–7 (10) Crim (6–8) Righetti (8–5) 11,219 84–68 W1 153 September 24 Red Sox 7–6 Clear (8–5) Sambito (2–5) 7,745 85–68 W2 154 September 25 Red Sox 2–9 Clemens (18–9) Nieves (13–8) 12,878 85–69 L1 155 September 26 Red Sox 3–2 Stapleton (2–0) Nipper (10–12) 19,206 86–69 W1 156 September 27 Red Sox 9–6 Burris (2–2) Stanley (4–15) Crim (11) 26,175 87–69 W2 157 September 28 @ Blue Jays 6–4 Wegman (11–11) Flanagan (6–8) Clear (6) 34,113 88–69 W3 158 September 29 @ Blue Jays 5–3 Bosio (11–7) Key (17–7) 34,314 89–69 W4 159 September 30 @ Blue Jays 5–2 Nieves (14–8) Stieb (13–9) 35,245 90–69 W5
October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 160 October 2 @ Red Sox 2–3 (12) Gardner (3–6) Higuera (18–10) 20,077 90–70 L1 161 October 3 @ Red Sox 8–4 Wegman (12–11) Leister (0–2) Crim (12) 21,962 91–70 W1 162 October 4 @ Red Sox 0–4 Clemens (20–9) Bosio (11–8) 25,454 91–71 L1

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	B. J. Surhoff	115	395	118	.299	7	68
1B	Greg Brock	141	532	159	.299	13	85
2B	Juan Castillo	116	321	72	.224	3	28
3B	Ernest Riles	83	276	72	.261	4	38
SS	Dale Sveum	153	535	135	.252	25	95
LF	Rob Deer	134	474	113	.238	28	80
CF	Robin Yount	158	635	218	.312	21	103
RF	Glenn Braggs	132	505	136	.269	13	77
DH	Cecil Cooper	63	250	62	.248	6	36

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Paul Molitor	118	465	164	.353	16	75
Mike Felder	108	289	77	.266	2	31
Jim Gantner	81	265	72	.272	4	30
Bill Schroeder	75	250	83	.332	14	42
Rick Manning	97	114	26	.228	0	13
Jim Paciorek	48	101	23	.228	2	10
Steve Kiefer	28	99	20	.202	5	17
Billy Jo Robidoux	23	62	12	.194	0	4
Charlie O'Brien	10	35	7	.200	0	0
Brad Komminsk	7	15	1	.067	0	0
Steve Stanicek	4	7	2	.286	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Teddy Higuera	35	261.2	18	10	3.85	240
Bill Wegman	34	225.0	12	11	4.24	102
Juan Nieves	34	195.2	14	8	4.88	163
Mike Birkbeck	10	45.0	1	4	6.20	25
Len Barker	11	43.2	2	1	5.36	22
Mark Ciardi	4	16.1	1	1	9.37	8

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chris Bosio	46	170.0	11	8	5.24	150
Mark Knudson	15	62.0	4	4	5.37	26
John Henry Johnson	10	26.1	0	1	9.57	18
Ray Burris	10	23.0	2	2	5.87	8

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Dan Plesac	57	5	6	23	2.61	89
Chuck Crim	53	6	8	12	3.67	56
Mark Clear	58	8	5	6	4.48	81
Paul Mirabella	29	2	1	2	4.91	14
Jay Aldrich	31	3	1	0	4.94	22
Dave Stapleton	4	2	0	0	1.84	14
Alex Madrid	3	0	0	0	15.19	1

Awards and honors

• Paul Molitor, Hutch Award^[10]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

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