1987 Rewind: League Leaders

Just to put a bow on the 1987 season, here are the Twins who were on the league leaderboards.  We'll look at Twins team leaders tomorrow.

WAR

1.  Roger Clemens, 9.5
4.  Frank Viola, 8.1

BATTING AVERAGE

1.  Wade Boggs, .363
4.  Kirby Puckett, .332

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE

1.  Mark McGwire, .618
9.  Kent Hrbek, .545

OPS

1.  Wade Boggs, 1.049
8.  Kent Hrbek, .934

AT-BATS

1.  Ruben Sierra, 643
T6.  Kirby Puckett, 624

HITS

T1.  Kirby Puckett, 207
T1.  Kevin Seitzer, 207

TOTAL BASES

1.  George Bell, 369
3.  Kirby Puckett, 333

DOUBLES

1.  Paul Molitor, 41
9.  Gary Gaetti, 36

TRIPLES

1.  Willie Wilson, 15
T9.  Greg Gagne, 7

HOME RUNS

1.  Mark McGwire, 49
T3.  Kent Hrbek, 34
T9.  Tom Brunansky, 32

RBIs

1.  George Bell, 134
T7.  Gary Gaetti, 109

WALKS

T1.  Dwight Evans, 106
T1.  Brian Dowing, 106
T7.  Kent Hrbek, 84

SINGLES

1.  Kevin Seitzer, 151
4.  Kirby Puckett, 142

HIT BY PITCH

1.  Don Baylor, 28

SACRIFICE HITS

1.  Marty Barrett, 22
T8.  Greg Gagne, 10

INTENTIONAL WALKS

1.  Wade Boggs, 19
T4.  Kent Hrbek, 12

ERA

1.  Jimmy Key, 2.76
3.  Frank Viola, 2.90

WINS

T1.  Dave Stewart, 20
T1.  Roger Clemens, 20
T8.  Frank Viola, 17

WINNING PERCENTAGE

1.  Jeff Musselman, .706
T9.  Frank Viola, .630

WHIP

1.  Jimmy Key, 1.057
6.  Frank Viola, 1.176

GAMES

1.  Mark Eichhorn, 89
6.  Jeff Reardon, 63
10.  Keith Atherton, 59

SAVES

1.  Tom Henke, 34
T2.  Jeff Reardon, 31

INNINGS PITCHED

1.  Charlie Hough, 285.1
4.  Bert Blyleven, 267
10.  Frank Viola, 251.2

STRIKEOUTS

1.  Mark Langston, 262
7.  Frank Viola, 197
8.  Bert Blyleven, 196

STARTS

1.  Charlie Hough, 40
T2.  Bert Blyleven, 37
T5.  Frank Viola, 36

BATTERS FACED

1.  Charlie Hough, 1237
4.  Bert Blyleven, 1122

GAMES FINISHED

1.  Tom Henke, 62
2.  Jeff Reardon, 58

FIP

1.  Roger Clemens, 2.91
6.  Frank Viola, 3.66

 

6 thoughts on “1987 Rewind: League Leaders”

          1. Twins catchers' OBP in 1987

            Laudner, .252
            Butera, .217
            Nieto, .276
            Salas, .431 (45 at-bats before being traded for Joe Niekro).

            Salas had an OBP of .279 for the Yankees after the trade. That made his season OBP .322, which is much closer to his career OBP of .300.

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