The 1987 Chicago Cubs season was the 116th season of the

Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of the National League (NL) Central division. The club plays its home games at Wrigley Field, which is located ...

franchise, the 112th in the

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and the 72nd at

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. The Cubs finished sixth and last in the

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with a record of 76–85, 18½ games behind the division and pennant-winning St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

Spring training

The team opened camp in Mesa, Arizona, apparently content with

Brian Dayett Brian Kelly Dayett (born January 22, 1957) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played five seasons between and for the New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs. He also spent some time in Japan, playing for the Nippon-Ham Fighte ...

to start in right field. However, Andre Dawson and his agent Dick Moss showed up after camp opened hoping that Green would consider signing the all-star outfielder. Dawson was one of the top free agents on the market during the off-season, but he garnered little interest. He made no secret that he wanted to leave

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, where his knees were battered by the

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. He also made it known during the off season that the Cubs were his top choice, as

had a natural grass surface and had no lights. Dawson hit considerably better during the day. After a couple weeks of Green saying he was flatly uninterested in Dawson, Dawson and Moss presented Green with a "blank" signed contract. Green filled in the amount -- $500,000 for one year. Spring training also began with the dark news of broadcaster Harry Caray suffering a stroke in Palm Springs. WGN announced that until Caray was well enough to return, guest announcers would fill in and sit alongside color analyst Steve Stone.

Notable transactions

* December 9, 1986:

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was drafted by the Cubs from the

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in the 1986 minor league draft. * February 17, 1987: Guy Hoffman was traded by the Cubs to the

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for

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. * March 9, 1987:

Andre Dawson Andre Nolan Dawson (born July 10, 1954), nicknamed "The Hawk" and "Awesome Dawson", is an American former professional baseball player and inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame. During a 21-year baseball career, he played for four different tea ...

was signed as a free agent by the Cubs. * March 23, 1987: Mike Martin was released by the Cubs. * March 30, 1987: Thad Bosley and Dave Gumpert were traded by the Cubs to the

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for

Jim Sundberg James Howard Sundberg (born May 18, 1951) is an American former professional baseball player, television sports analyst and executive. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1974 to 1989. A three-time All-Star player, Sundberg estab ...

Regular season

The 1987 season featured a career year from free-agent acquisition

, who captured National League Most Valuable Player honors following a 49-home run season. It was also the rookie season for starting pitcher

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, the final full season for

without lights, and the last year for general manager Dallas Green, who resigned in late October 1987.

Season summary

An 18–10 May propelled the Cubs into the race, and they spent time in first place in early June. However, injuries to

Ryne Sandberg Ryne Dee Sandberg (born September 18, 1959), nicknamed "Ryno", is an American former professional baseball player, coach, and manager. He played sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies (19 ...

and Shawon Dunston within days of each other crippled the Cubs' middle infield and hampered their offense. Their replacements were

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and Mike Brumley, respectively, Brumley having been acquired as "thrown-in" in the 1984 Buckner-for- Eckersley trade. Neither player was able to come close to replacing the lost production from Sandberg and Dunston and, consequentially, the team struggled. In the month of August, two incidents occurred in which players cheated against the Cubs. Phillies pitcher Kevin Gross was pitching against the Chicago Cubs on Aug 10, 1987. Gross was caught with sandpaper in his glove and suspended for 10 games. Astros batter Billy Hatcher was batting against the Chicago Cubs on Aug 31, 1987, when he broke his bat and it flew down the third base line. Cubs third baseman Keith Moreland saw cork, and Hatcher was suspended for 10 games. Later on, Hatcher claimed that he was using pitcher Dave Smith's bat, and not his own. After a woeful August, Michael told the press that he was planning on resigning after the season. Green said that he would accept the resignation, effective immediately, and replaced Michael with

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, a longtime scout in the Philadelphia organization who had become a Cubs roving instructor. As the Cubs played out the string under Luchessi, they finished last, although they were a markedly improved team over the '86 club, with a promising future.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

* April 6, 1987: Dickie Noles was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.Dickie Noles
at ''Baseball Reference'' * July 13, 1987:

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was traded by the Cubs to the

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for

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, Rich Scheid, and Dean Wilkins. * September 22, 1987: Dickie Noles was loaned by the Cubs to the

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Opening Day starters

* Jody Davis *

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* Shawon Dunston * Leon Durham * Keith Moreland *

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Roster

Game log

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(1-0), , K. Gross (0-1), , Noles (1), , 43,212 , , 1-2, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 4, , April 11, , @ Phillies, , 9 – 1 , , Sutcliffe (1-1), , Cowley (0-1), , , , 21,581 , , 2-2, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 5, , April 12, , @ Phillies, , 9 – 8 10, , Bedrosian (1-0), , Smith (0-1), , , , 23,769 , , 2-3, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 6, , April 13, , @ Phillies, , 5 – 2 , , Moyer (1-0), , Carman (0-1), , Smith (1), , 15,366 , , 3-3, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 7, , April 15, ,

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, , 6 – 0 , , Kipper (1-1), ,

(1-1), , , , 6,956 , , 3-5, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 9, , April 17, ,

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, , 4 – 2 , , Sebra (1-1), , Maddux (0-1), , St. Claire (2), , 32,613 , , 4-6, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 11, , April 19, ,

, , 3 – 1 , , Sorensen (1-0), , Moyer (1-1), , McGaffigan (1), , 19,889 , , 4-7, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 12, , April 21, , @ Cardinals, , 5 – 4 , , Noles (1-1), , Dawley (0-1), , Smith (2), , 26,333 , , 5-7, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 13, , April 22, , @ Cardinals, , 5 – 4 , , Sutcliffe (3-1), , Dawley (0-2), , Smith (3), , 23,784 , , 6-7, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 14, , April 23, , @ Cardinals, , 5 – 2 , , Cox (3-0), , Maddux (0-2), , , , 29,347 , , 6-8, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 15, , April 24, , @

, , 6 – 4 , , Moyer (2-1), , Sebra (1-2), , Smith (4), , 7,752 , , 7-8, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 16, , April 25, , @

, , 9 – 4 , ,

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(1-0), , Tibbs (1-3), , , , 11,824 , , 8-8, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 17, , April 26, , @

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(1-1), , Sorensen (1-1), , , , 12,052 , , 9-8, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 18, , April 28, , Giants, , 6 – 2 , , Krukow (1-3), , Sutcliffe (3-2), , , , 10,097 , , 9-9, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 19, , April 29, , Giants, , 8 – 4 , , Maddux (1-2), ,

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(1-1), ,

(1), , 11,120 , , 10-9, , ''Dawson hits for cycle'' , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 20, , April 30, , Giants, , 5 – 4 , , Garrelts (3-2), , Smith (0-2), , Minton (1), , 11,934 , , 10-10, , , - , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 21, , May 1, , Padres, , 7 – 5 , , DiPino (1-0), , McCullers (2-3), , Smith (5), , 16,100 , , 11-10, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 22, , May 2, , Padres, , 7 – 3 , ,

(2-1), , Whitson (3-3), ,

(2), , 25,428 , , 12-10, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 23, , May 3, , Padres, , 4 – 2 , , Sutcliffe (4-2), , Hawkins (0-3), , Smith (6), , 27,202 , , 13-10, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 24, , May 4, ,

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, , 5 – 4 , , Noles (2-1), , Howell (2-1), , , , 17,487 , , 14-10, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 25, , May 5, ,

, , 3 – 1 , , Welch (4-1), , Moyer (2-2), , , , 18,021 , , 14-11, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 26, , May 6, , @ Giants, , 9 – 4 , ,

(2-0), , M. Davis (3-2), , Smith (7), , 15,123 , , 15-11, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 27, , May 7, , @ Giants, , 11 – 1 , , LaCoss (3-1), ,

(1-2), , J. Robinson (6), , 12,228 , , 15-12, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 28, , May 8, , @ Padres, , 6 – 3 , , Sutcliffe (5-2), , S. Davis (1-5), , Smith (8), , 46,533 , , 16-12, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 29, , May 9, , @ Padres, , 5 – 2 , , Maddux (2-2), ,

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(1-3), , Smith (9), , 19,088 , , 17-12, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 30, , May 10, , @ Padres, , 14 – 2 , , Whitson (4-4), , Moyer (2-3), , Booker (1), , 14,682 , , 17-13, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 31, , May 11, , @

, , 6 – 3 , ,

(3-0), , Hershiser (3-4), , Smith (10), , 35,819 , , 18-13, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 32, , May 12, , @

, , 7 – 0 , , Honeycutt (2-1), ,

(1-3), , , , 41,216 , , 18-14, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 33, , May 13, , @

, , 5 – 0 , , Sutcliffe (6-2), , Pena (0-3), , , , 39,294 , , 19-14, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 34, , May 15, , @

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, , 3 – 1 , , Maddux (3-2), , Darwin (2-3), , Smith (11), , 23,471 , , 20-14, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 35, , May 16, , @

, , 2 – 1 , , Moyer (3-3), ,

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(2-3), , DiPino (1), , 34,921 , , 21-14, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 36, , May 17, , @

, , 6 – 4 , ,

(1-0), , Knepper (2-3), , Smith (12), , 20,678 , , 22-14, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 37, , May 19, ,

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, , 9 – 2 , , Sutcliffe (7-2), , Browning (4-5), ,

(3), , 28,890 , , 23-14, , ''Harry Caray returns from stroke'' , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 38, , May 20, ,

, , 6 – 2 , , Gullickson (5-2), , Maddux (3-3), , , , 27,150 , , 23-15, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 39, , May 21, ,

, , 8 – 7 , , Smith (1-2), , Franco (1-1), , , , 21,718 , , 24-15, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 40, , May 22, ,

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, , 9 – 5 , , Palmer (4-4), ,

(3-1), , Acker (4), , 28,667 , , 24-16, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 41, , May 23, ,

, , 7 – 6 16, , Moyer (4-3), , Acker (0-3), , , , 33,225 , , 25-16, , ''Dawson homers with 2 outs in 9th to tie'' , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 42, , May 24, ,

, , 3 – 2 12, , Noles (3-1), , Dedmon (2-1), , , , 37,259 , , 26-16, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 43, , May 25, , @

, , 5 – 4 , , Gullickson (6-2), , Maddux (3-4), , Franco (8), , 24,684 , , 26-17, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 44, , May 26, , @

, , 3 – 2 , , Franco (2-1), , Smith (1-3), , , , 21,388 , , 26-18, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 45, , May 27, , @

, , 4 – 1 , , Moyer (5-3), , Reuss (0-3), , Smith (13), , 23,304 , , 27-18, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 46, , May 29, , @

, , 6 – 5 12, , Garber (6-3), ,

(1-4), , , , 21,982 , , 27-19, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 47, , May 30, , @

, , 11 – 6 , , Maddux (4-4), , Z. Smith (5-3), , Noles (2), , 35,394 , , 28-19, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 48, , May 31, , @

, , 2 – 1 10, , Garber (7-3), ,

(1-5), , , , 24,353 , , 28-20, , , - , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 49, , June 1, ,

, , 6 – 5 10, , Andersen (4-2), , DiPino (1-1), , Smith (9), , 14,556 , , 28-21, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 50, , June 2, ,

, , 13 – 2 , ,

(2-0), ,

(2-5), , , , 13,891 , , 29-21, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 51, , June 3, ,

, , 22 – 7 , , Sutcliffe (8-2), , Knepper (2-6), , , , 19,725 , , 30-21, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 52, , June 4, , Cardinals, , 3 – 1 , , Cox (6-2), , Maddux (4-5), , Worrell (12), , 32,102 , , 30-22, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 53, , June 5, , Cardinals, , 5 – 1 , , Mathews (3-4), ,

(3-2), , , , 36,818 , , 30-23, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 54, , June 6, , Cardinals, , 6 – 5 , , Moyer (6-3), , Forsch (4-2), , Smith (14), , 39,008 , , 31-23, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 55, , June 7, , Cardinals, , 13 – 9 , , Dawley (2-4), ,

(2-1), , Worrell (13), , 38,388 , , 31-24, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 56, , June 8, ,

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, , 4 – 2 , , Smith (2-3), , Sisk (1-1), , , , 28,063 , , 32-24, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 57, , June 9, ,

, , 6 – 5 , , Noles (4-1), ,

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(0-2), , Smith (15), , 31,252 , , 33-24, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 58, , June 10, ,

, , 13 – 2 , ,

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(2-0), ,

(3-3), , , , 35,190 , , 33-25, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 59, , June 12, , @ Cardinals, , 4 – 1 , , Forsch (5-2), , Moyer (6-4), , Worrell (15), , 48,096 , , 33-26, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 60, , June 13, , @ Cardinals, , 9 – 2 , , Tunnell (3-1), , Sutcliffe (8-3), , , , 47,395 , , 33-27, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 61, , June 14, , @ Cardinals, , 3 – 2 , , Cox (7-3), ,

(3-4), , Worrell (16), , 46,106 , , 33-28, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 62, , June 15, , Phillies, , 3 – 2 , , Tekulve (2-2), , Smith (2-4), , Bedrosian (16), , 18,643 , , 33-29, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 63, , June 16, , Phillies, , 7 – 2 , ,

(3-1), , K. Gross (4-6), , Smith (16), , 30,007 , , 34-29, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 64, , June 17, , Phillies, , 5 – 3 , , Moyer (7-4), , Rawley (7-4), , Smith (17), , 26,447 , , 35-29, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 65, , June 18, , Phillies, , 9 – 7 , , Sutcliffe (9-3), , M. Jackson (1-5), , Smith (18), , 22,870 , , 36-29, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 66, , June 19, ,

, , 4 – 0 , , Fisher (3-4), , Noles (4-2), , , , 33,529 , , 36-30, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 67, , June 20, ,

, , 8 – 2 , , Dunne (3-1), , Maddux (4-6), , , , 34,384 , , 36-31, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 68, , June 21, ,

, , 6 – 3 , ,

(4-1), , Drabek (1-6), , Smith (19), , 33,418 , , 37-31, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 69, , June 22, ,

, , 3 – 2 , , Moyer (8-4), , Reuschel (5-4), , , , 27,064 , , 38-31, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 70, , June 23, , @

, , 4 – 1 , , Sutcliffe (10-3), ,

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(2-5), , Smith (20), , 39,789 , , 39-31, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 71, , June 24, , @

, , 2 – 1 , , McDowell (4-2), , Smith (2-5), , , , 42,196 , , 39-32, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 72, , June 25, , @

, , 8 – 2 , ,

(4-1), ,

(4-2), , , , 40,167 , , 39-33, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 73, , June 26, , @

, , 5 – 2 , , Jones (1-1), , Maddux (4-7), , D. Robinson (10), , 20,408 , , 39-34, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 74, , June 27, , @

, , 7 – 0 , , Reuschel (6-4), , Moyer (8-5), , , , 31,595 , , 39-35, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 75, , June 28, , @

, , 6 – 2 , , Jones (2-1), , Sutcliffe (10-4), , , , 25,304 , , 39-36, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 76, , June 29, , @

, , 9 – 5 , , Lancaster (1-0), , Sorensen (3-4), ,

(4), , 15,117 , , 40-36, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 77, , June 30, , @

, , 5 – 4 , , Martinez (3-0), ,

(4-3), , Parrett (2), , 13,777 , , 40-37, , , - , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 78, , July 1, , @

, , 1 – 0 , , Maddux (5-7), , Sebra (4-9), , , , 15,740 , , 41-37, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 79, , July 3, , Giants, , 3 – 1 , , Downs (7-4), , Moyer (8-6), , J. Robinson (9), , 37,650 , , 41-38, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 80, , July 4, , Giants, , 5 – 3 , , Sutcliffe (11-4), , Hammaker (4-6), , Smith (21), , 30,929 , , 42-38, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 81, , July 5, , Giants, , 7 – 5 , , Price (1-0), ,

(1-6), , Garrelts (10), , 32,304 , , 42-39, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 82, , July 6, , Padres, , 7 – 0 , ,

(5-3), , Grant (1-3), , , , 20,508 , , 43-39, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 83, , July 7, , Padres, , 7 – 5 , ,

(4-4), ,

(4-10), , Smith (22), , 26,615 , , 44-39, , ''Show beans Dawson'' , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 84, , July 8, , Padres, , 12 – 8 , , Lancaster (2-0), , McCullers (4-6), , , , 31,278 , , 45-39, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 85, , July 9, ,

, , 12 – 5 , , Sutcliffe (12-4), , Honeycutt (2-9), ,

(1), , 33,606 , , 46-39, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 86, , July 10, ,

, , 5 – 4 10, , Young (4-5), , Smith (2-6), , , , 36,003 , , 46-40, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 87, , July 11, ,

, , 7 – 0 , ,

(6-3), , Leary (1-5), , , , 37,045 , , 47-40, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 88, , July 12, ,

, , 12 – 0 , , Welch (9-5), , Lancaster (2-1), , , , 35,895 , , 47-41, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 89, , July 16, , @ Giants, , 4 – 1 , , Moyer (9-6), , Dravecky (4-8), ,

(2), , 14,024 , , 48-41, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 90, , July 17, , @ Giants, , 5 – 1 , , Sutcliffe (13-4), , Downs (8-5), , Smith (23), , 13,868 , , 49-41, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 91, , July 18, , @ Giants, , 9 – 2 , , Hammaker (5-7), , Maddux (5-8), , , , 26,504 , , 49-42, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 92, , July 19, , @ Giants, , 4 – 3 , , Garrelts (7-6), ,

(4-5), , , , 35,865 , , 49-43, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 93, , July 20, , @ Padres, , 7 – 4 , , McCullers (6-6), ,

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(0-1), , M. Davis (2), , 15,113 , , 49-44, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 94, , July 21, , @ Padres, , 4 – 3 , , M. Davis (5-5), , Moyer (9-7), , , , 17,305 , , 49-45, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 95, , July 22, , @ Padres, , 6 – 3 , , Sutcliffe (14-4), , Grant (2-5), , , , 18,614 , , 50-45, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 96, , July 24, , @

, , 6 – 4 , , Maddux (6-8), , Leary (1-6), , Smith (24), , 38,052 , , 51-45, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 97, , July 25, , @

, , 7 – 2 , , Howell (3-3), ,

(0-2), , Pena (2), , 32,143 , , 51-46, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 98, , July 26, , @

, , 7 – 6 , , Holton (3-1), , DiPino (1-2), , Young (8), , 40,523 , , 51-47, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 99, , July 28, ,

, , 8 – 3 , , Sutcliffe (15-4), , McGaffigan (2-2), , Smith (25), , 35,299 , , 52-47, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 100, , July 29, ,

, , 11 – 3 , , Smith (7-4), , Maddux (6-9), , , , 37,019 , , 52-48, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 101, , July 30, ,

, , 6 – 1 , , Heaton (12-4), ,

(0-3), , , , 28,128 , , 52-49, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 102, , July 31, , Phillies, , 8 – 5 , , Tekulve (5-3), ,

(4-6), , Bedrosian (30), , 32,930 , , 52-50, , , - , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 103, , August 1, , Phillies, , 5 – 3 , , Lancaster (3-1), , Hume (1-3), , Smith (26), , 33,002 , , 53-50, , ''Dawson hits three home runs'' , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 104, , August 2, , Phillies, , 3 – 2 10, , Smith (3-6), , Calhoun (0-1), , , , 33,629 , , 54-50, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 105, , August 3, , @

, , 6 – 4 , , Drabek (3-10), , Maddux (6-10), , Gott (1), , 7,281 , , 54-51, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 106, , August 4, , @

, , 3 – 2 11, ,

(3-1), , Gideon (1-2), , , , 8,744 , , 55-51, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 107, , August 5, , @

, , 10 – 0 , , Fisher (7-6), , Moyer (9-8), , , , 7,726 , , 55-52, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 108, , August 6, , @

, , 7 – 6 , , McDowell (7-3), , Smith (3-7), , , , 37,584 , , 55-53, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 109, , August 7, , @

, , 7 – 1 , ,

(8-7), , Sutcliffe (15-5), , , , 43,440 , , 55-54, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 110, , August 8, , @

, , 5 – 3 , ,

(4-1), , Schulze (1-2), , Smith (27), , 47,893 , , 56-54, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 111, , August 9, , @

, , 6 – 3 , ,

(5-6), ,

(9-4), , Smith (28), , 49,031 , , 57-54, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 112, , August 10, , @ Phillies, , 4 – 2 , , Frohwirth (1-0), , Moyer (9-9), , Bedrosian (31), , 26,796 , , 57-55, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 113, , August 11, , @ Phillies, , 9 – 8 13, , K. Gross (7-10), ,

(0-4), , , , 30,459 , , 57-56, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 114, , August 12, , @ Phillies, , 13 – 7 , , Calhoun (1-1), ,

(1-7), , , , 36,190 , , 57-57, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 115, , August 13, ,

, , 7 – 5 , , DiPino (2-2), , McDowell (7-4), , Smith (29), , 35,033 , , 58-57, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 116, , August 14, ,

, , 6 – 1 , ,

(6-6), , Mitchell (3-5), , , , 17,811 , , 59-57, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 117, , August 15, ,

, , 7 – 3 , , Moyer (10-9), , Leach (10-1), , DiPino (2), , 32,425 , , 60-57, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 118, , August 16, ,

, , 23 – 10 , ,

(10-7), , Maddux (6-11), , , , 32,731 , , 60-58, , ''Billy Williams day ruined by football score'' , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 119, , August 18, , @

, , 9 – 5 , , Mahler (7-12), ,

(1-8), , Acker (8), , 17,469 , , 60-59, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 120, , August 19, , @

, , 9 – 1 , ,

(7-6), , Puleo (5-6), , , , 10,523 , , 61-59, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 121, , August 20, , @

, , 13 – 4 , , Acker (1-5), , Moyer (10-10), , , , 11,647 , , 61-60, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 122, , August 21, ,

, , 7 – 5 , , DiPino (3-2), , Deshaies (10-5), , Smith (30), , 31,006 , , 62-60, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 123, , August 22, ,

, , 5 – 4 11, , Andersen (8-4), , DiPino (3-3), , Smith (21), , 32,552 , , 62-61, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 124, , August 23, ,

, , 4 – 2 , , Heathcock (3-1), , Sutcliffe (15-6), , Smith (22), , 33,934 , , 62-62, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 125, , August 27, ,

, , 5 – 2 , , Z. Smith (14-7), , Moyer (10-11), , , , , , 62-63, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 126, , August 27, ,

, , 8 – 6 8, , Lancaster (4-1), , Mahler (7-13), , DiPino (3), , 19,006 , , 63-63, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 127, , August 28, , @

, , 6 – 5 10, , Smith (4-7), , Franco (7-5), , , , 28,223 , , 64-63, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 128, , August 29, , @

, , 4 – 1 , , Browning (6-11), ,

(7-7), , , , 37,783 , , 64-64, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 129, , August 30, , @

, , 3 – 1 , ,

(2-8), , Rasmussen (0-1), , Smith (31), , 33,485 , , 65-64, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 130, , August 31, , @

, , 4 – 3 , , Lancaster (5-1), , Darwin (8-9), , Smith (32), , 17,734 , , 66-64, , , - , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 131, , September 1, , @

, , 3 – 2 , , Moyer (11-11), , Hernandez (0-1), , Smith (33), , 14,026 , , 67-64, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 132, , September 2, , @

, , 10 – 1 , , Scott (14-10), , Sutcliffe (15-7), , , , 17,406 , , 67-65, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 133, , September 4, ,

, , 4 – 3 , , Williams (4-0), , Smith (4-8), , Franco (26), , 19,715 , , 67-66, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 134, , September 5, ,

, , 10 – 5 , , Rasmussen (1-1), ,

(2-9), , , , 33,336 , , 67-67, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 135, , September 6, ,

, , 3 – 1 , , Lancaster (6-1), , Power (10-10), , Smith (34), , 33,093 , , 68-67, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 136, , September 7, ,

, , 3 – 2 , , Fisher (8-9), , Moyer (11-12), , J. Robinson (11), , 21,745 , , 68-68, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 137, , September 8, ,

, , 4 – 1 , , Palacios (1-0), , Sutcliffe (15-8), , Gott (8), , 8,331 , , 68-69, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 138, , September 9, ,

, , 4 – 3 , , J. Robinson (8-8), , Smith (4-9), , Gott (9), , 8,054 , , 68-70, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 139, , September 11, ,

, , 8 – 4 , , Lancaster (7-1), , Youmans (9-8), , , , 10,174 , , 69-70, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 140, , September 12, ,

, , 7 – 1 , , Perez (3-0), , Moyer (11-13), , , , 25,681 , , 69-71, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 141, , September 13, ,

, , 5 – 2 , , Sutcliffe (16-8), , Smith (9-7), , , , 25,444 , , 70-71, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 142, , September 14, , @

, , 6 – 5 , , Aguilera (9-2), ,

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(0-1), , Orosco (15), , 27,693 , , 70-72, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 143, , September 15, , @

, , 12 – 4 , , Fernandez (11-8), , Maddux (6-12), , , , 31,806 , , 70-73, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 144, , September 16, , @ Phillies, , 8 – 5 , , Maddux (2-0), , Smith (4-10), , Bedrosian (37), , 17,598 , , 70-74, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 145, , September 17, , @ Phillies, , 4 – 3 , , Carman (11-10), , Moyer (11-14), , Bedrosian (38), , 10,338 , , 70-75, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 146, , September 18, , @ Cardinals, , 8 – 1 , , Sutcliffe (17-8), , Cox (9-8), , , , 44,189 , , 71-75, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 147, , September 19, , @ Cardinals, , 5 – 3 , , Magrane (8-7), ,

(7-8), , Worrell (30), , 48,387 , , 71-76, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 148, , September 20, , @ Cardinals, , 10 – 2 , , Forsch (11-5), , Maddux (6-13), , , , 44,894 , , 71-77, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 149, , September 21, ,

, , 7 – 1 , ,

(15-6), , Lancaster (7-2), , , , 8,229 , , 71-78, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 150, , September 22, ,

, , 6 – 2 , , Sutcliffe (18-8), , Cone (5-5), , , , 11,672 , , 72-78, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 151, , September 23, , Phillies, , 5 – 0 , , Ruffin (11-14), , Moyer (11-15), , , , 7,160 , , 72-79, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 152, , September 24, , Phillies, , 3 – 2 11, , Bedrosian (5-2), , Baller (0-1), , , , 6,904 , , 72-80, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 153, , September 25, , Cardinals, , 2 – 1 , ,

(8-8), , Forsch (11-6), , DiPino (4), , 21,561 , , 73-80, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 154, , September 26, , Cardinals, , 5 – 3 , , Tudor (9-2), , Sutcliffe (18-9), , Dayley (4), , 35,669 , , 73-81, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 155, , September 27, , Cardinals, , 7 – 3 , , Lancaster (8-2), , Cox (10-9), , Smith (35), , 33,912 , , 74-81, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 156, , September 30, , @

, , 5 – 3 , , Fisher (11-9), , Sutcliffe (18-10), , J. Robinson (13), , , , 74-82, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 157, , September 30, , @

, , 10 – 8 , ,

(1-1), , Smiley (5-5), , , , 6,985 , , 75-82, , , - , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 158, , October 1, , @

, , 12 – 3 , , Drabek (11-12), ,

(8-9), , , , 5,294 , , 75-83, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 159, , October 2, , @

, , 7 – 1 , , Heaton (13-10), , Maddux (6-14), , McGaffigan (12), , 13,301 , , 75-84, , , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" , 160, , October 3, , @

, , 5 – 4 , , Parrett (7-5), , Lancaster (8-3), , Burke (18), , 15,517 , , 75-85, , , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 161, , October 4, , @

, , 7 – 5 , , Moyer (12-15), , Parrett (7-6), , Smith (36), , 29,487 , , 76-85, , , -

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''

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Awards and honors

– National League Most Valuable Player * Andre Dawson – National League Leader Home Runs (49) * Andre Dawson – National League Leader RBI (137) * Andre Dawson, Outfield,

Gold Glove Award The Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to as simply the Gold Glove, is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in bo ...

* Andre Dawson, Outfield,

Silver Slugger Award The Silver Slugger Award has been awarded annually since 1980 to the best offensive player at each position in both the American League and the National League, as determined by the coaches and managers of Major League Baseball. These voters cons ...

, Second Baseman,

, Pitcher,

Lou Gehrig Award The Lou Gehrig Memorial Award is given annually to a Major League Baseball (MLB) player who best exhibits the character and integrity of Lou Gehrig, both Sportsmanship, on the field and off it. The award was created by the Phi Delta Theta fratern ...

* Rick Sutcliffe,

Roberto Clemente Award The Roberto Clemente Award is given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player who "best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team", as voted on by baseball fans a ...

All-Star Game

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

External links

1987 Chicago Cubs at Baseball Reference1987 Cubs on a Chicago-centric wiki1987 Chicago Cubs on Baseball AlmanacList of guest announcers for Harry Caray
{{1987 MLB season by team Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season

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