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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 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 January 2025. Main article: List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, honors players who have shown exceptional skill at basketball, all-time great coaches, referees, and other major ...
April 15 — Press Maravich, American college and professional player and coach (born 1915) May 7 — Phil Woolpert, American Hall of Fame college coach (San Francisco) (born 1915) June 5 — Joe Bradley, American NBA player (Chicago Stags) (born 1928) June 13 — Johnny High, American NBA player (Phoenix Suns) (born 1957)
The Detroit Tigers finished the 1987 regular season with the best record in all of baseball, at 98–64 (.605). They won the American League East by two games in thrilling fashion over the Toronto Blue Jays, overcoming a 3½-game deficit with a week to go, and clinching the division—and their second postseason appearance in four years—on the last day of the season with a 1–0 win over ...
June 2, 1987: 1987 Major League Baseball Draft. Todd Hundley was drafted by the Mets in the 2nd round. Player signed June 15, 1987. [9] Eric Hillman was drafted by the New York Mets in the 16th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1987. [10] Anthony Young was drafted by the Mets in the 38th round. Player signed June 6, 1987. [11]
May 14 – Luke Sewell, 86, All-Star catcher who played for four American League teams in a span of 20 seasons from 1921 to 1942; managed the St. Louis Browns from June 5, 1941 to August 28, 1946, leading the team to their only AL pennant in 1944; later managed the Cincinnati Reds from September 30, 1949 to July 29, 1952; brother Joe was a Hall ...
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The 1987 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1987 season. The winners of each division advanced to the postseason and faced each other in a League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that faced each other in the World Series.