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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.
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 ...
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.
The 1987 National League Championship Series took place in Major League Baseball’s 1987 postseason between October 6 and 14 at Busch Memorial Stadium (Games 1, 2, 6, and 7) and Candlestick Park (Games 3, 4, and 5).
The 1987 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1987 season. The 84th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Minnesota Twins and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals. The Twins defeated the Cardinals four games to three to ...
October 12 – Snake Henry, 92, first baseman for the Boston Braves from 1922 to 1923, whose greatest achievements were in Minor League Baseball, where he posted a .302 lifetime batting average in 24 seasons, collecting more than 3,200 hits and two MVP Awards, [6] serving also as a manager for the Kinston Eagles in 1939.
Baseball teams are abandoning cities across California. How some are fighting back. Bill Shaikin. Why this story stuck with me: When the Dodgers won the World Series, Los Angeles erupted in joy ...
The 1987 Carolina League was a Class A baseball season played between April 9 and August 30. Eight teams played a 140-game schedule, with the winners of each half of the season competing in the playoffs. The Salem Buccaneers won the Carolina League championship, defeating the Kinston Indians in the final round of the playoffs.