1987

1987 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1987.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Seibu Lions (PL) over the Yomiuri Giants (CL), 4 - 2 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Yomiuri Giants (Details)
    • Pacific League: Seibu Lions (Details)
• Korea Baseball Organization: Haitai Tigers defeated the Samsung Lions in the Korean Series (Details)
• Claxton Shield: Queensland

Europe

• European Cup: World Vision Parma, Serie A1 (Details)
  • Division Élite: Paris Université Club
  • Baseball-Bundesliga: Mannheim Tornados
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Detach Pirates Amsterdam
    • Holland Series: Amsterdam Pirates defeated the SC Neptunus in the series, 2 - 1 (Details)
  • Serie A1: Trevi Rimini

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Minnesota Twins (AL) over the St. Louis Cardinals (NL), 4 - 3 (Details)
    • American League: Minnesota Twins (Details)
    • National League: St. Louis Cardinals (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • American Association: Indianapolis Indians (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Burlington Indians
  • California League: Fresno Giants
  • Carolina League: Salem Buccaneers
  • Eastern League: Harrisburg Senators
  • Florida State League: Fort Lauderdale Yankees
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL Dodgers
  • International League: Columbus Clippers (Details)
  • Midwest League: Kenosha Twins
  • New York-Penn League: Geneva Cubs
  • Northwest League: Spokane Indians
  • Pacific Coast League: Albuquerque Dukes (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Salt Lake City Trappers
  • South Atlantic League: Myrtle Beach Blue Jays
  • Southern League: Birmingham Barons
  • Texas League: Wichita Pilots

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Diablos Rojos del México defeated the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos in the finals, 4 - 1

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Vegueros (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Hermosillo, México; Criollos de Caguas (Puerto Rico) (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Águilas Cibaeñas defeated the Estrellas Orientales in the finals, 4 - 1
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Venados de Mazatlán
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Criollos de Caguas
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Leones del Caracas defeated the Tiburones de La Guaira in the finals, 4 - 0

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): Stanford University defeated Oklahoma State University in the finals, 9 - 5 (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: Troy State University over the the University of Tampa, 7 - 5 in the finals
  • Division III Baseball Championship: Montclair State University over the the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, 13 - 12 (10 inn.) in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: Lewis-Clark State College over the Emporia State University, 11 - 4 in the finals
  • NJCAA Baseball World Series: San Jacinto College North
• Community College League of California: Cerritos College over Sacramento City College 5 - 1 in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Mat-Su Miners (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Keio University defeated the Tohoku Fukushi University in the final, 3 - 2 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: PL Gakuen High School (Osaka) defeat Kanto Daiichi High School (Tokyo), 7 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: PL Gakuen High School (Osaka) defeat Joso Gakuin High School (Ibaragi), 5 - 2 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Hua Lian (Hua Lian, Taiwan) defeat Northwood (Irvine, CA), 21 - 1 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Intercontinental Cup in Cuba (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); United States (Silver); Japan (Bronze)
• World Junior Championship in Windsor, Ontario, Canada (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); United States (Silver); Canada (Bronze)
• Asian Championship in Osaka, Japan (Details)
  • Chinese Taipei (Gold); Japan (Silver); South Korea (Bronze)
• European Championship in Barcelona, Spain (Details)
  • The Netherlands (Gold); Italy (Silver); Spain (Bronze)
• Pan American Games in Indianapolis, United States (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); United States (Silver); Puerto Rico (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• Billyball, by Billy Martin and Phil Pepe
• Can't Miss, by Michael Bowen
• Dandy, Day, and the Devil, by James Riley
• Legends of Baseball: An Oral History of the Game's Golden Age, by Walter M. Langford
• The Pitcher, by John Thorn and John Holway
• She's On First, by Barbara Gregorich
• Slick, by Whitey Ford and Phil Pepe

Film

• Long Gone

Births

Further information: Births in 1987

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1987

Further Reading

• Zander Hollander, ed.: The Complete Handbook of Baseball: 1987 Season, Signet Books, New American Library, New York, NY, 1987. ISBN 0-451-14761-8
• Will Leitch: "Bash Brothers and 100 steals: 1987 was wild - 10 fun facts from a wild season", mlb.com, March 18, 2020. [1]