League History - 1987 CBML Season


Year in Review (writeup)
League Draft
Year End Standings
Playoff Results
Team Statistics
TOP 10 Lists for Hitters Statistics
TOP 10 Lists for Pitchers Statistics

Year in Review (writeup)

After last year'smany changes, this year was very static. One new manager, Jeff Guthart, was brought in to take the helm of Philadelphia. A few new rules were added, the most significant was the "C.B. rule", which states that a team must win 20 games or the manager may, at the league's discression, have to forfiet his team. Craig Bergeron and his Houston team struggled, but managed to beat the mark with a 22-74 record.

The Lakeside division again dominated with 5 out of 6 (poor Houston) finishing .500 or better. Pittsburgh again led the way and wound up the World Series champs, sweeping Philadelphia in the finals.


League Draft

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Year End Standings

LAKESIDE DIVISION Manager Wins Losses Win % Games Back
Pittsburgh Doug Smith 63 33 0.688
Oakland Lucian Lesage 60 36 0.625 3.0
Baltimore Daryl Cooper 57 39 0.594 6.0
Cincinnati Ken Robinson 51 45 0.531 12.0
Montreal Dennis Fitzgerald 48 48 0.500 15.0
Houston Craig Bergeron 22 74 0.229 41.0
LAUREL DIVISION Manager Wins Losses Win % Games Back
St. Louis Steve Corby 54 42 0.563
Philadelphia Jeff Guthart 53 43 0.552 1.0
New York (NL) Jay Corwith 50 46 0.521 4.0
Boston Lucian Lesage 45 51 0.469 9.0
Milwaukee Bob Glaub 38 58 0.396 16.0
Chicago (AL) Bob Glaub 35 61 0.365 19.0

Playoff Results



                    1  Pittsburgh        4
                    -------------------  
2  Oakland           3                 |   Pittsburgh        4
-------------------                    |-------------------
                   |   Oakland         | 3                 |
                   |-------------------                    |
3  Baltimore       | 1                                     |
-------------------                                        |
                                                           |   Pittsburgh
                                                           |----------------
2  Philadelphia      3                                     |
-------------------                                        |
                   |   Philadelphia      4                 |
                   |-------------------                    |
3  New York (NL)   | 2                 |   Philadelphia    | 0
-------------------                    |-------------------
                    1  St. Louis       | 1
                    -------------------

Lakeside First Round - Best 3 of 5
Oakland wins 3-1

Laurel First Round - Best 3 of 5
Philadelphia wins 3-2

Lakeside Division Championship - Best 4 of 7
OAK  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0    0  5  0  WP: Rhoden
PIT  0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 x    1  6  0  LP: Witt
   HR: None

OAK  0 0 0  1 0 0  2 1 0    4 11  0  WP: Tudor
PIT  0 0 4  1 0 0  0 0 x    5  7  0  LP: Scott
   HR: PIT - Pena, Ripken            SV: Tekulve

PIT  0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0    1  4  1  WP: Ryan
OAK  0 3 0  0 1 0  2 0 x    6 13  0  LP: Reuschel
   HR: None

PIT  0 1 0  0 0 0  0 2 1    4 10  1  WP: Rhoden
OAK  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1    1  3  2  LP: Witt
   HR: OAK - Baines

PIT  1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0    1  6  1  WP: Scott
OAK  0 0 3  0 0 0  0 0 x    3  9  1  LP: Tudor
   HR: None

OAK  0 2 1  2 0 0  0 1 0    6 10  1  WP: Show
PIT  0 0 2  0 1 1  0 0 0    4  7  1  LP: Reuschel
   HR: OAK - Brown, Deer, Milner     SV: Aase
       PIT - Morrison

OAK  0 0 0  0 1 0  1 0 0    2  7  0  WP: Rhoden
PIT  0 0 3  1 0 2  0 0 x    6 11  0  LP: Witt
   HR: OAK - Milner
       PIT - Morrison

Pittsburgh wins 4-3

Laurel Division Championship - Best 4 of 7
Philadelphia wins 4-3

World Series - Best 4 of 7
PHI  0 0 2  1 1 0  0 0 0    4  7  2  WP: Honeycutt
PIT  2 2 0  0 4 0  0 2 x   10 14  1  LP: Guidry
   HR: PHI - Henderson, Ward
       PIT - Lansford, Leonard, Morrison, Murray, Ray

PHI  1 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0    2  6  0  WP: Rhoden
PIT  0 0 5  0 0 0  0 0 x    5  7  1  LP: Welsh
   HR: PHI - Wilson                  SV: Tekulve
       PIT - Ripken

PIT  2 4 3  0 0 0  0 3 0   12 20  0  WP: Reuschel
PHI  0 3 0  0 0 1  0 0 0    4 11  0  LP: Gullickson
   HR: PIT - Davis, McDowell, Mulliniks
       PHI - Schmidt 2

PIT  0 3 0  0 1 0  1 0 2    7 15  1  WP: Tudor
PHI  0 1 0  0 1 0  0 0 0    2  8  1  LP: Hershiser
   HR: PIT - Leonard, Morrison, Pena
       PHI - Incaviglia

Pittsburgh wins 4-0 

Team Statistics

Team Batter Statistics
Team AB Runs Hits RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB K HBP E SAC GIDP Ave OB% SL% F%
Pittsburgh 3481 493 967 472 210 19 97 45 389 518 18 58 23 101 0.278 0.353 0.433 0.984
Baltimore 3387 469 928 451 182 30 108 80 299 514 17 90 77 69 0.274 0.336 0.441 0.975
Montreal 3298 464 890 459 160 37 106 126 360 469 28 96 75 68 0.270 0.348 0.447 0.973
Boston 3500 403 910 392 184 18 77 56 331 651 20 80 50 98 0.260 0.327 0.389 0.979
Cincinnati 3369 431 877 420 178 30 86 77 327 588 26 55 42 77 0.260 0.328 0.408 0.984
Oakland 3228 395 817 378 150 20 75 112 305 526 21 95 81 65 0.253 0.322 0.382 0.973
St. Louis 3372 416 851 404 165 24 98 111 326 545 30 60 50 62 0.252 0.321 0.402 0.983
New York (NL) 3345 420 844 412 166 29 101 54 369 589 3 47 60 69 0.252 0.327 0.410 0.987
Philadelphia 3329 423 809 406 149 18 114 58 326 658 26 71 46 0.243 0.314 0.401 0.980
Milwaukee 3319 322 770 309 143 26 61 69 277 628 13 36 20 80 0.232 0.292 0.346 0.990
Houston 3191 303 712 290 135 16 75 80 263 695 17 71 132 69 0.223 0.286 0.346 0.980
Chicago (AL) 3250 351 723 312 134 30 75 42 328 609 24 74 37 84 0.222 0.296 0.351 0.980

Team Pitcher Statistics
Team Record Games IP Hits BB K Runs ER SHO CG Saves ERA
Oakland 60-36 196 857.0 715 320 669 330 278 12 35 26 2.92
St. Louis 54-42 243 886.0 794 322 577 351 320 4 19 25 3.25
Milwaukee 38-58 204 866.0 820 278 551 364 343 7 29 20 3.56
Philadelphia 54-42 167 876.1 891 271 631 395 348 5 39 22 3.58
Boston 45-51 239 903.2 830 337 692 404 364 5 19 23 3.63
New York (NL) 50-46 875.1 786 363 675 403 362 5 22 3.72
Chicago (AL) 35-61 188 860.0 836 362 486 420 378 5 35 11 3.77
Cincinnati 51-45 247 864.0 916 274 578 416 378 5 15 17 3.94
montreal 48-48 234 862.2 819 432 590 453 378 6 20 23 3.94
Pittsburgh 63-33 210 879.2 886 269 479 419 398 7 34 21 4.08
Baltimore 57-39 203 870.1 865 379 567 463 413 3 29 24 4.27
Houston 22-74 177 855.2 935 293 570 480 430 2 32 5 4.59

TOP 10 Lists for Hitters Statistics

Runs Hits RBIs
Henderson BAL 70
Raines MON 64
Bass STL 62
Barfield CIN 61
Griffin BAL 59
Bradley CIN 58
Schmidt PHI 57
Ripken PIT 56
Reynolds BAL 55
Gwynn BAL 141
Mattingly STL 131
Griffin BAL 125
Ripken PIT 120
Carter OAK 119
Raines MON 115
Boggs BOS 113
Fernandez CIN 110
Bass STL 109
Barfield CIN 107
Barfield CIN 82
Schmidt PHI 77
McReynolds BAL 71
Morrison PIT 68
Gwynn BAL 65
Ripken PIT 64
Carter OAK 60
Ray PIT 60
Brett BAL 59
Raines MON 53
Doubles Triples Home Runs
Davis PIT 33
Mattingly STL 30
Bass STL 29
Boggs BOS 28
Barfield CIN 27
Gwynn BAL 27
Hayes PHI 27
Carter OAK 24
Davis OAK 24
Ray PIT 23
McReynolds BAL 10
Raines MON 10
Dykstra NYM 9
Fernandez CIN 7
Durham MIL 6
Jacoby MIL 6
Webster MON 6
5 tied with 5
Schmidt PHI 26
Barfield CIN 22
Morrison PIT 21
Strawberry NYM 19
Ripken PIT 17
McReynolds BAL 16
Pasqua MON 16
6 tied with 14
Average On Base % Slugging %
Gwynn BAL 0.359
Davis PIT 0.346
Griffin BAL 0.331
Mattingly STL 0.328
Tabler BOS 0.319
Carter OAK 0.315
Boggs BOS 0.314
Raines MON 0.314
Ripken PIT 0.306
Barrett BOS 0.304
Davis PIT 0.433
Boggs BOS 0.420
Bradley CIN 0.396
Randolph CHW 0.391
Raines MON 0.389
Gwynn BAL 0.388
Ripken PIT 0.380
Mattingly STL 0.379
Hernandez NYM 0.376
Griffin BAL 0.374
Morrison PIT 0.572
Schmidt PHI 0.550
Barfield CIN 0.537
Gwynn BAL 0.534
McReynolds BAL 0.528
Davis PIT 0.527
Carter OAK 0.503
Raines MON 0.503
Strawberry NYM 0.498
Ripken PIT 0.492
Stolen Bases
Davis HOU 49
Raines MON 41
Henderson BAL 36
Doran OAK 31
Bass STL 27
Fernandez CIN 27
Coleman STL 26
Carter OAK 22
Sax PHI 22
Webster MON 22

TOP 10 Lists for Pitchers Statistics

Innings Wins Saves
Scott OAK 179.1
Morris STL 172.0
Witt OAK 171.1
Clemens BOS 165.2
Gooden NYM 163.0
Krukow STL 160.2
Candiotti BOS 159.1
Knepper CHI 157.1
Rhoden PIT 151.0
Welsh PHI 149.1
Witt OAK 14-4
Scott OAK 13-9
Rhoden PIT 12-5
Morris STL 12-6
Guidry PHI 11-4
LaCoss STL 11-6
Boddicker BAL 10-5
Fernandez NYM 10-6
Key CIN 10-7
Tekulve PIT 9-0
Clements BAL 16
Eichorn CIN 15
Aase OAK 14
Smith MIL 14
Williams STL 14
Schiraldi BOS 12
King MON 11
Robinson PHI 11
McDowell NYM 10
Righetti OAK 10
Complete Games Shut Outs Strikeouts
Higura CIN 12
Knepper CHW 11
Scott OAK 11
Valenzuela PHI 11
McCaskill HOU 9
Morris STL 9
Rhoden PIT 8
Tudor PIT 8
Witt OAK 8
Witt OAK 5
Gullickson PHI 3
Knepper CHW 3
Snow OAK 3
9 tied with 2
Scott OAK 168
Valenzuela PHI 150
Clemens BOS 145
Witt OAK 133
Morris STL 131
Fernandez NYM 129
Boddicker BAL 127
Higuerra MIL 116
Langston MON 116
McCaskill HOU 114
Earned Run Average
Krukow STL 2.12
Witt OAK 2.15
Stewart BAL 2.23
Fernandez NYM 2.29
Welsh PHI 2.35
Sanderson MIL 2.35
Scott OAK 2.51
Knepper CHW 2.75
Higguerra MIL 2.83
Hershiser PHI 2.83

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