This article is about the 1987 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1987 in baseball.
Sports season
1987 MLB season
League
Major League Baseball
Sport
Baseball
Duration
April 6 – October 25, 1987
Number of games
162
Number of teams
26
TV partner(s)
ABC, NBC
Draft
Top draft pick
Ken Griffey Jr.
Picked by
Seattle Mariners
Regular season
Season MVP
NL: Andre Dawson (CHC) AL: George Bell (TOR)
Postseason
AL champions
Minnesota Twins
AL runners-up
Detroit Tigers
NL champions
St. Louis Cardinals
NL runners-up
San Francisco Giants
World Series
Champions
Minnesota Twins
Runners-up
St. Louis Cardinals
World Series MVP
Frank Viola (MIN)
MLB seasons
← 1986
1988 →
The 1987 Major League Baseball season ended with the American League Champion Minnesota Twins winning the World Series over the National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals, four games to three, as all seven games were won by the home team.
In June, future Hall of Fame outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. was selected with the number one overall pick in the Major League Baseball draft, by the Seattle Mariners.
and 29 Related for: 1987 Major League Baseball season information
The 1987MajorLeagueBaseballseason ended with the American League Champion Minnesota Twins winning the World Series over the National League Champion...
The 1987MajorLeagueBaseball draft is the process by which MajorLeagueBaseball (MLB) teams select athletes to play for their organization. High school...
The 2023 MajorLeagueBaseballseason (MLB) began on March 30. The 93rd All-Star Game was played on July 11, hosted by the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile...
This is a list of seasons of MajorLeagueBaseball. Contents 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s...
The 2018 MajorLeagueBaseballseason began on March 29. The regular season ended on October 1, extended a day for tiebreaker games to decide the winners...
1996 MajorLeagueBaseballseason was the final season of league-only play before the beginning of interleague play the following season. The season ended...
The 1991 MajorLeagueBaseballseason saw the Minnesota Twins defeat the Atlanta Braves for the World Series title, in a series where every game was won...
The 2016 MajorLeagueBaseballseason began on April 3, 2016, with a Sunday afternoon matchup between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates...
The 2012 MajorLeagueBaseballseason began on April 5 because during the MLB Spring Training it was the first of a two-game series between the Seattle...
The 2008 MajorLeagueBaseballseason began on March 25, 2008, in Tokyo, Japan with the 2007 World Series champion Boston Red Sox defeating the Oakland...
The 2014 MajorLeagueBaseballseason began on March 22 at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia, between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona...
The 1988 MajorLeagueBaseballseason ended with the underdog Los Angeles Dodgers shocking the Oakland Athletics, who had won 104 games during the regular...
The 2020 MajorLeagueBaseballseason began on July 23 and ended on September 27 with only 60 games amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The full 162-game regular...
for stolen bases within MajorLeagueBaseball (MLB). For individual players, leaders in stolen bases for a career, single season, and single game are provided...
The 2010 MajorLeagueBaseballseason began April 4, with the regular season ending on October 3. The 2010 All-Star Game was played on July 13 at Angel...
The 1986 MajorLeagueBaseballseason saw the New York Mets win their second World Series title, their first since 1969. Baseball Hall of Fame Bobby Doerr...
The MajorLeagueBaseball (MLB) season schedule consists of 162 games for each of the 30 teams in the American League (AL) and National League (NL), played...
Giants Phillies Pirates Cardinals The 1916 majorleaguebaseballseason began on April 12, 1916. The regular season ended on October 5, with the Brooklyn Robins...
The uniforms worn by MajorLeagueBaseball teams have changed significantly since professional baseball was first played in the 19th century. In the late...
2001, the owners of the 30 teams in MajorLeagueBaseball (MLB) voted 28–2 to eliminate two teams for the 2002 season. The two teams expected to be eliminated...
Global Information