1987 American Association season

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The 1987 American Association season was the 80th in the league's history, and ended with the Indianapolis Indians winning their second straight league championship.

The league went back to a single-division setup with a four-team playoff format.

Final standings[edit]

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Denver Zephyrs	79	61	.564	--	Terry Bevington	Milwaukee Brewers
Louisville Redbirds	78	62	.557	1	Mike Jorgensen	St. Louis Cardinals
Indianapolis Indians	74	64	.536	4	Joe Sparks	Montreal Expos
Oklahoma City 89ers	69	71	.493	10	Toby Harrah	Texas Rangers
Buffalo Bisons	66	74	.471	13	Orlando Gomez/Steve Swisher	Cleveland Indians
Iowa Cubs	64	74	.464	14	Larry Cox	Chicago Cubs
Omaha Royals	64	76	.457	15	John Wathan/Frank Funk	Kansas City Royals
Nashville Sounds	64	76	.457	15	Jack Lind	Cincinnati Reds

Playoffs[edit]

	First Round					Championship Finals

	1	Denver Zephyrs	3
	4	Oklahoma City 89ers	2
						1	Denver Zephyrs	1
						3	Indianapolis Indians	4
	2	Louisville Redbirds	2
	3	Indianapolis Indians	3

First Round[edit]

Denver vs. Oklahoma City
Date	Away	Home
September 4	Denver 6	Oklahoma City 5
September 5	Denver 5	Oklahoma City 7
September 6	Oklahoma City 6	Denver 8
September 7	Oklahoma City 3	Denver 2
September 8	Oklahoma City 4	Denver 8
Denver wins series 3-2

Louisville vs. Indianapolis
Date	Away	Home
September 4	Louisville 2	Indianapolis 4
September 5	Louisville 0	Indianapolis 1
September 6	Indianapolis 2	Louisville 7
September 7	Indianapolis 5	Louisville 6
September 8	Indianapolis 5	Louisville 2
Indianapolis wins series 3-2

Championship Finals[edit]

Denver vs. Indianapolis
Date	Away	Home
September 9	Indianapolis 1	Denver 2
September 10	Indianapolis 4	Denver 2
September 11	Indianapolis 14	Denver 4
September 12	Denver 1	Indianapolis 5
September 13	Denver 5	Indianapolis 10
Indianapolis wins series 4-1

League Leaders[edit]

Batting[edit]

Batting Average Dallas Williams, Indianapolis, .357
Runs Scored Billy Bates, Denver, 117
Hits Steve Stanicek, Denver, 167
Doubles Stanicek, 40
Triples Luis Quinones, Iowa, 12
Home Runs Brad Komminsk, Denver, 32
Runs Batted In Wade Rowdon, Iowa, 113
Stolen Bases Gary Thurman, Omaha, 57

Pitching[edit]

Wins Billy Taylor, Oklahoma City, 12
Earned Run Average Pascual Perez, Indianapolis, 3.79
Complete Games Scott Terry, Nashville, 10
Shutouts Five tied with 2
Strikeouts Sergio Valdez, Indianapolis, 128
Saves Joe Boever, Louisville, 21

All-Star Team[edit]

First Base Jack Daugherty, Indianapolis
Second Base Billy Bates, Denver
Shortstop Luis Rivera, Indianapolis
Third Base Steve Kiefer, Denver
Outfield Lance Johnson, Louisville; Dave Clark, Buffalo; Dallas Williams, Indianapolis; Steve Stanicek, Denver
Catcher Tom Pagnozzi, Louisville; Damon Berryhill, Iowa
Designated Hitter Joey Meyer, Denver
Right-Handed Pitcher Pascual Perez, Indianapolis
Left-Handed Pitcher Paul Cherry, Louisville

References[edit]

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.

1988 Baseball Almanac

External Links[edit]

1987 AA - The Baseball Cube

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