1987 Milwaukee Brewers season
The 1987 Milwaukee Brewers season featured the team finish in third place in the American League East, with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses. The team began the season at a red-hot pace, winning their first 13 games under first-year manager Tom Trebelhorn. Other highlights included Paul Molitor capturing the imaginations of Milwaukee fans with a 39-game hitting streak and Juan Nieves tossing the first and only no-hitter in Brewers history on April 15 with a 7-0 blanking of the Baltimore Orioles.Offseason
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
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
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
C | | 115 | 395 | 118 | .299 | 7 | 68 |
1B | | 141 | 532 | 159 | .299 | 13 | 85 |
2B | | 116 | 321 | 72 | .224 | 3 | 28 |
3B | | 83 | 276 | 72 | .261 | 4 | 38 |
SS | | 153 | 535 | 135 | .252 | 25 | 95 |
LF | | 134 | 474 | 113 | .238 | 28 | 80 |
CF | | 158 | 635 | 218 | .312 | 21 | 103 |
RF | | 132 | 505 | 136 | .269 | 13 | 77 |
DH | | 63 | 250 | 62 | .248 | 6 | 36 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| 118 | 465 | 164 | .353 | 16 | 75 |
| 108 | 289 | 77 | .266 | 2 | 31 |
| 81 | 265 | 72 | .272 | 4 | 30 |
| 75 | 250 | 83 | .332 | 14 | 42 |
| 97 | 114 | 26 | .228 | 0 | 13 |
| 48 | 101 | 23 | .228 | 2 | 10 |
| 28 | 99 | 20 | .202 | 5 | 17 |
| 23 | 62 | 12 | .194 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | 35 | 7 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 35 | 261.2 | 18 | 10 | 3.85 | 240 |
| 34 | 225 | 12 | 11 | 4.24 | 102 |
| 34 | 195.2 | 14 | 8 | 4.88 | 163 |
| 11 | 43.2 | 2 | 1 | 5.36 | 22 |
| 10 | 45 | 1 | 4 | 6.20 | 25 |
| 4 | 16.1 | 1 | 1 | 9.37 | 8 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 46 | 170 | 11 | 8 | 5.24 | 150 |
| 15 | 62 | 4 | 4 | 5.37 | 26 |
| 10 | 26.1 | 0 | 1 | 9.57 | 18 |
| 10 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 5.87 | 8 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| 57 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 2.61 | 89 |
| 53 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 3.67 | 56 |
| 58 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4.48 | 81 |
| 29 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4.91 | 14 |
| 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.94 | 22 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.84 | 14 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.19 | 1 |
Awards and honors