1987 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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Dodger Stadium pictured beneath the Los Angeles skyline in 1987.
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| Owner(s) | Peter O'Malley |
| General manager(s) | Al Campanis, Fred Claire |
| Manager(s) | Tommy Lasorda |
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KTTV (11) (Eddie Doucette, Al Downing, Rick Monday) |
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KABC (Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas) |
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KTTV (11)
(Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter)
KABC
(Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett, Ross Porter)
The 1987 Dodgers finished the season in fourth place in the Western Division of the National League.
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In
Teams in BOLD won League Championships
The draft was altered this year and the January drafts and the secondary phase of the June draft were eliminated, leaving just the one June draft, which was expanded to more rounds to allow the Junior College players to be included. The Dodgers drafted 51 players in this draft, the largest collection of players they had ever drafted in one draft. Of those, ten of them would eventually play Major League baseball.
The top pick in this years draft was right handed pitcher Dan Opperman from Valley High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, Opperman injured his arm pitching in the state high school playoffs his Senior season and would not be able to pitch professionally until 1989. He would eventually play in parts of four seasons with the Dodgers farm teams in Vero Beach, San Antonio and the last two with the AAA Albuquerque Dukes. In 63 games (all but one as a starter) he had a record of 19-22 and an ERA of 3.95.
None of the players from this years draft would leave much of an impression on the Majors. Pitchers Dennis Springer and Mike James had the longest careers, but were just average players at best.
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