1987 San Francisco Giants season

MLB yearly infobox alt
name = San Francisco Giants
season = 1987
misc = 1987 NL West Champions

current league = National League
y1 = 1883
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Candlestick Park
y4 = 1960
city = San Francisco, California
y5 = 1958
owners = Bob Lurie
general managers = Al Rosen
managers = Roger Craig
television = KTVU
(Ron Fairly, Gary Park)
GiantsVision
(Joe Morgan, Duane Kuiper)
radio = KNBR
(Ron Fairly, Wayne Hagin)
KIQI
(Tito Fuentes, Edgard Martinez)|

Offseason

*February 4, 1987: Atlee Hammaker was signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hammaat01.shtml]
*March 31, 1987: Dan Gladden was traded by the San Francisco Giants with David Blakely (minors) to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later, Jose Dominguez (minors), and Ray Velasquez (minors). The Minnesota Twins sent Bryan Hickerson (June 15, 1987) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gladdda01.shtml]

Regular season

*On September 9, 1987, Nolan Ryan struck out Mike Aldrete for the 4500th strikeout in his career. [http://www.smackbomb.com/nolanryan/strikeouts.html]

Opening Day starters

*Bob Brenly
*Chris Brown
*Will Clark
*Chili Davis
*Mike Krukow
*Jeffrey Leonard
*Candy Maldonado
*Robby Thompson
*Jose Uribe [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1987&t=SFN]

eason standings

Transactions

*May 28, 1987: Greg Minton was released by the San Francisco Giants. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mintogr01.shtml]
*June 2, 1987: Mike Benjamin was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1987. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/benjami01.shtml]
*July 5, 1987: Mark Davis was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Chris Brown, Keith Comstock, and Mark Grant to the San Diego Padres for Dave Dravecky, Craig Lefferts, and Kevin Mitchell. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/davisma01.shtml]
*July 31, 1987: Mackey Sasser was traded by the San Francisco Giants with $50,000 to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Don Robinson. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sassema01.shtml]
*August 21, 1987: Rick Reuschel was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the San Francisco Giants for Jeff Robinson and Scott Medvin. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/reuscri01.shtml]

Roster

Other batters

Relief pitchers

National League Championship Series

Award Winners

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/1987.shtml 1987 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1987&t=SFN 1987 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac]