# 1987 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1987 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 18th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, and their 19th overall. The Brewers finished in third place in the American League East, with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses. The team began the season at a red-hot pace, winning their first 13 games under first-year manager Tom Trebelhorn before losing 12 games in a row in May. Other highlights included Paul Molitor's 39-game hitting streak, the seventh-longest streak in MLB history and second-longest streak post-World War Two (as of 2024), and Juan Nieves tossing the first no-hitter in Brewers history on April 15 with a 7-0 blanking of the Baltimore Orioles.

## Offseason

* December 10, 1986: Tim Leary and Tim Crews were traded by the Brewers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Greg Brock.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 98 | 64 | .605 | — | 54‍–‍27 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 96 | 66 | .593 | 2 | 52‍–‍29 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 91 | 71 | .562 | 7 | 48‍–‍33 | 43‍–‍38 |
| New York Yankees | 89 | 73 | .549 | 9 | 51‍–‍30 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Boston Red Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 20 | 50‍–‍30 | 28‍–‍54 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 67 | 95 | .414 | 31 | 31‍–‍51 | 36‍–‍44 |
| Cleveland Indians | 61 | 101 | .377 | 37 | 35‍–‍46 | 26‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1987 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 1–12 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 9–3 | 2–11 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 1–12 |
| Boston | 12–1 | — | 4–8 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 2–11 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 |
| California | 3–9 | 8–4 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
| Chicago | 4–8 | 9–3 | 5–8 | — | 7–5 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 4–8 |
| Cleveland | 6–7 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 2–10 | 5–8 |
| Detroit | 9–4 | 11–2 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 9–4 | — | 5–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–6 |
| Kansas City | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 8–4 |
| Milwaukee | 11–2 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 8–4 | — | 3–9 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 9–4 |
| Minnesota | 7–5 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 9–3 | — | 6–6 | 10–3 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 3–9 |
| New York | 10–3 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 |
| Oakland | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 3–10 | 7–5 | — | 5–8 | 6–7 | 7–5 |
| Seattle | 8–4 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 8–5 | — | 9–4 | 2–10 |
| Texas | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 10–2 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–9 | — | 3–9 |
| Toronto | 12–1 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–9 | 9–3 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 10–2 | 9–3 | — |

### Notable transactions

* June 2, 1987: 1987 Major League Baseball draft
** Brian Turang was drafted by the Brewers in the 20th round, but did not sign.
** Mark Kiefer was drafted by the Brewers in the 21st round.
* June 15, 1987: Jim Morris was released by the Brewers.
* June 29, 1987: Russ McGinnis was traded by the Brewers to the Oakland Athletics for Bill Mooneyham.
* July 16, 1987: Skeeter Barnes was purchased by the Brewers from the St. Louis Cardinals.
* July 30, 1987: Ray Burris was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.

### Game log

Legend :
| | Brewers win |
| | Brewers loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Brewers team member |
1987 regular season game log: 91–71 (Home: 48–33; Away: 43–38) :
April: 18–3 (Home: 9–0; Away: 9–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 6Red Sox5–1Higuera (1–0)Stanley (0–1)52,5851–0W1
2April 8Red Sox3–2Crim (1–0)Gardner (0–1)Plesac (1)7,4122–0W2
3April 9Red Sox12–11Bosio (1–0)Crawford (0–1)Clear (1)9,6283–0W3
4April 10@ Rangers11–8Nieves (1–0)Guzmán (0–1)42,4154–0W4
5April 11@ Rangers8–6Higuera (2–0)Hough (0–1)Plesac (2)23,0375–0W5
6April 12@ Rangers7–5 (12)Clear (1–0)Anderson (0–1)Bosio (1)19,7826–0W6
7April 13@ Orioles6–3Bosio (2–0)McGregor (0–1)12,9867–0W7
8April 14@ Orioles7–4Ciardi (1–0)Dixon (1–1)Plesac (3)14,0498–0W8
9April 15@ Orioles7–0Nieves (2–0)Flanagan (0–1)11,4079–0W9
10April 17Rangers10–2Higuera (3–0)Mason (0–2)41,54810–0W10
11April 18Rangers4–3Wegman (1–0)Witt (0–1)Plesac (4)39,71511–0W11
12April 19Rangers6–4Clear (2–0)Harris (0–2)29,35712–0W12
13April 20@ White Sox5–4Crim (2–0)DeLeón (2–1)Plesac (5)24,01913–0W13
14April 21@ White Sox1–7Davis (1–1)Ciardi (1–1)Winn (1)17,02313–1L1
–April 22@ White SoxPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 8
15April 24Orioles6–4Higuera (4–0)McGregor (0–3)23,40014–1W1
16April 25Orioles8–2Wegman (2–0)Dixon (1–2)26,36615–1W2
17April 26Orioles5–3Birkbeck (1–0)Flanagan (0–3)Plesac (6)38,52316–1W3
18April 27@ Angels10–7 (12)Mirabella (1–0)Finley (0–2)32,29017–1W4
19April 28@ Angels5–10Buice (1–0)Crim (2–1)31,35817–2L1
20April 29@ Athletics8–7Bosio (3–0)G. Nelson (0–1)Plesac (7)11,87918–2W1
21April 30@ Athletics1–4Stewart (3–2)Wegman (2–1)Howell (3)10,26218–3L1 :
May: 6–18 (Home: 2–10; Away: 10–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
22May 1@ Mariners10–8Mirabella (2–0)Wilkinson (0–1)Plesac (8)13,68919–3W1
23May 2@ Mariners6–4Clear (3–0)Langston (3–3)Plesac (9)23,70120–3W2
24May 3@ Mariners3–7Morgan (2–3)Higuera (4–1)12,63220–4L1
25May 5Angels0–2Sutton (2–3)Wegman (2–2)Moore (4)13,13720–5L2
26May 6Angels0–3Witt (4–2)Birkbeck (1–1)Buice (1)13,55220–6L3
27May 8Mariners3–4 (12)Clarke (2–0)Bosio (3–1)Wilkinson (1)20,51220–7L4
28May 9Mariners2–8Morgan (3–3)Nieves (2–1)43,50220–8L5
29May 10Mariners1–5Moore (2–3)Wegman (2–3)25,49620–9L6
30May 12Athletics8–10Stewart (4–3)Mirabella (2–1)Howell (6)9,45920–10L7
31May 13Athletics2–8Young (5–1)Higuera (4–2)12,99720–11L8
32May 15@ Royals3–4Quisenberry (2–0)Clear (3–1)38,53220–12L9
33May 16@ Royals0–13Leibrandt (5–2)Wegman (2–4)40,09220–13L10
34May 17@ Royals2–3Farr (2–1)Birkbeck (1–2)Gleaton (3)35,72420–14L11
35May 19White Sox1–5DeLeón (4–3)Higuera (4–3)James (3)11,90320–15L12
36May 20White Sox5–1Nieves (3–1)Davis (1–3)14,37121–15W1
37May 22Indians4–2Wegman (3–4)Niekro (2–4)Plesac (10)15,01722–15W2
38May 23Indians2–6Carlton (3–4)Birkbeck (1–3)27,23422–16L1
39May 24Indians3–5Schrom (4–4)Higuera (4–4)Bailes (2)36,33822–17L2
40May 26@ Twins2–4Blyleven (4–4)Nieves (3–2)Reardon (10)23,27622–18L3
41May 27@ Twins2–7Viola (3–5)Wegman (3–5)Frazier (1)22,94722–19L4
42May 28@ Twins1–13Berenguer (3–0)Birkbeck (1–4)26,20322–20L5
43May 29@ Indians6–9Bailes (2–0)Higuera (4–5)47,44222–21L6
44May 30@ Indians6–5 (10)Clear (4–1)Huismann (0–3)Plesac (11)13,61923–21W1
45May 31@ Indians7–1Nieves (4–2)Swindell (3–5)12,83124–21W2 :
June: 13–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
46June 1Royals3–2Wegman (4–5)Leibrandt (6–4)Plesac (12)9,67025–21W3
47June 2Royals14–3Crim (3–1)Black (2–2)Clear (2)12,24026–21W4
48June 3Royals4–2Barker (1–0)Gubicza (3–6)Plesac (13)17,74027–21W5
49June 4Yankees9–3Higuera (5–5)Niekro (3–4)23,09328–21W6
50June 5Yankees1–13John (6–1)Nieves (4–3)36,95128–22L1
51June 6Yankees7–6Plesac (1–0)Righetti (4–2)52,36629–22W1
52June 7Yankees3–5Bordi (2–0)Crim (3–2)Clements (1)52,77029–23L1
53June 9@ Tigers5–8Morris (8–2)Higuera (5–6)16,64529–24L2
54June 10@ Tigers8–5 (10)Plesac (2–0)King (3–5)16,99830–24W1
55June 11@ Tigers8–5Wegman (5–5)King (3–6)Bosio (2)20,78031–24W2
56June 12@ Yankees3–8Rasmussen (4–4)Crim (3–3)31,78931–25L1
57June 13@ Yankees1–4Rhoden (7–4)Nieves (4–4)Righetti (13)30,23131–26L2
58June 14@ Yankees6–4Plesac (3–0)Righetti (4–3)50,35132–26W1
59June 15Twins0–5Blyleven (5–5)Wegman (5–6)18,40332–27L1
60June 16Twins3–7Viola (6–5)Crim (3–4)Reardon (13)21,61332–28L2
61June 17Twins8–5Clear (5–1)Straker (2–4)Plesac (14)23,38933–28W1
62June 18@ Blue Jays6–3Nieves (5–4)Stieb (5–4)Plesac (15)31,35334–28W2
63June 19@ Blue Jays6–15Musselman (5–1)Clear (5–2)31,23034–29L1
64June 20@ Blue Jays3–2Wegman (6–6)Key (8–5)Plesac (16)38,46535–29W1
65June 21@ Blue Jays6–7Musselman (6–1)Crim (3–5)Henke (12)44,44435–30L1
66June 22@ Red Sox2–5 (8)Boyd (1–0)Johnson (0–1)29,54635–31L2
67June 23@ Red Sox5–9Crawford (3–2)Wegman (6–7)Schiraldi (3)31,10435–32L3
68June 24@ Red Sox7–8Hurst (8–5)Higuera (5–7)Schiraldi (4)34,37635–33L4
69June 26Blue Jays10–5Plesac (4–0)Henke (0–2)29,46136–33W1
70June 27Blue Jays1–8Clancy (8–5)Nieves (5–5)48,15936–34L1
71June 28Blue Jays11–5Higuera (6–7)Stieb (6–5)42,38937–34W1
72June 29Tigers1–11Morris (11–3)Bosio (3–2)21,48737–35L1
73June 30Tigers5–8Petry (5–4)Clear (5–3)Hernández (4)21,60937–36L2 :
July: 15–13 (Home: 9–5; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
74July 1Tigers13–2Wegman (7–7)Terrell (6–8)24,52838–36W1
75July 2@ Angels7–9 (13)Finley (1–3)Clear (5–4)28,11638–37L1
76July 3@ Angels6–4Higuera (7–7)Fraser (5–6)32,75939–37W1
77July 4@ Angels2–1Bosio (4–2)Sutton (5–9)Plesac (17)62,53140–37W2
78July 5@ Angels3–4 (12)Finley (2–3)Clear (5–5)27,52540–38L1
79July 6@ Mariners2–3Morgan (7–9)Wegman (7–8)Núñez (10)15,92240–39L2
80July 7@ Mariners5–9Guetterman (7–1)Nieves (5–6)Reed (2)9,04140–40L3
81July 8@ Mariners2–5 (11)Wilkinson (2–2)Plesac (4–1)8,48240–41L4
82July 9@ Athletics8–3Bosio (5–2)Rijo (1–5)15,07241–41W1
83July 10@ Athletics3–7Stewart (11–7)Knudson (0–1)Eckersley (6)14,73341–42L1
84July 11@ Athletics5–6Eckersley (6–4)Plesac (4–2)28,39942–42L2
85July 12@ Athletics4–3Nieves (6–6)Howell (2–3)Plesac (18)33,51942–43W1
ASGJuly 14NL @ AL2–0Smith (1–0)Howell (0–1)Fernandez (1)49,671––
86July 16Angels6–4Higuera (8–7)McCaskill (2–1)Plesac (19)24,32543–43W2
87July 17Angels12–2Wegman (8–8)Witt (11–6)19,85844–43W3
88July 18Angels6–12Buice (4–3)Plesac (4–3)35,03844–44L1
89July 19Angels5–8Lazorko (3–5)Aldrich (0–1)Minton (7)30,63544–45L2
90July 20Mariners13–11Crim (4–5)Morgan (7–11)Clear (3)10,57745–45W1
91July 21Mariners6–4Higuera (9–7)Moore (3–12)13,37346–45W2
92July 22Mariners1–2Langston (11–9)Wegman (8–9)19,22146–46L1
93July 23Athletics12–5Bosio (6–2)Andújar (3–3)14,47547–46W1
94July 24Athletics10–2Nieves (7–6)Ontiveros (5–4)20,82848–46W2
95July 25Athletics4–13Young (10–5)Knudson (0–2)34,34448–47L1
96July 26Athletics7–4Higuera (10–7)Lamp (1–1)Plesac (20)25,76449–47W1
97July 27@ Rangers4–5Williams (6–3)Plesac (4–4)16,62149–48L1
98July 28@ Rangers9–2Bosio (7–2)Guzmán (8–10)Clear (4)17,89950–48W1
99July 29@ Rangers9–8 (12)Plesac (5–4)Kilgus (1–2)17,15751–48W2
100July 30White Sox6–1Knudson (1–2)Allen (0–5)Crim (1)16,54752–48W3
101July 31White Sox6–8Dotson (8–7)Higuera (10–8)Thigpen (2)24,72252–49L1 :
August: 18–11 (Home: 10–7; Away: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
102August 1White Sox2–3LaPoint (1–0)Wegman (8–10)Searage (2)43.33552–50L2
103August 2White Sox3–7Long (6–6)Bosio (7–3)Thigpen (3)30,58252–51L3
104August 4Orioles9–8 (12)Knudson (2–2)Williamson (5–8)19,29653–51W1
105August 5Orioles5–1Higuera (11–8)Bell (9–8)14,28154–51W2
106August 6Orioles11–8Aldrich (1–1)Griffin (2–4)Crim (2)24,35355–51W3
107August 7@ White Sox7–4 (10)Clear (6–5)Thigpen (3–3)Plesac (21)22,65856–51W4
108August 8@ White Sox5–3Burris (1–0)DeLeón (5–10)Crim (3)–57–51W5
109August 8@ White Sox6–8Bannister (7–9)Bosio (7–4)Thigpen (4)18,99357–52L1
110August 9@ White Sox8–4Nieves (8–6)Allen (0–7)15,49858–52W1
111August 10Rangers4–3 (12)Aldrich (2–1)Russell (4–2)21,25759–52W2
112August 11Rangers1–7Harris (5–8)Knudson (2–3)17,50259–53L1
113August 12Rangers3–12Kilgus (2–4)Burris (1–1)21,60959–54L2
114August 13@ Orioles4–5Boddicker (8–6)Bosio (7–5)Niedenfuer (8)24,91059–55L3
115August 14@ Orioles6–2Nieves (9–6)Bell (9–9)Crim (4)19,76160–55W1
116August 15@ Orioles1–2Flanagan (2–5)Higuera (11–9)29,24360–56L1
117August 16@ Orioles6–2Crim (5–5)Schmidt (10–4)Plesac (22)25,95061–56W1
118August 17@ Indians5–3Knudson (3–3)Bailes (6–5)7,01162–56W2
119August 18@ Indians8–9 (12)Farrell (1–0)Burris (1–2)10,20562–57L1
120August 19@ Indians13–2Nieves (10–6)Candiotti (6–12)8,28863–57W1
121August 20@ Indians14–2Higuera (12–9)Schrom (5–10)7,85564–57W2
122August 21Royals3–0Barker (3–0)D. Jackson (6–15)Crim (5)37,14165–57W3
123August 22Royals7–8Gleaton (3–4)Knudson (3–4)37,74065–58L1
124August 23Royals10–5Aldrich (3–1)Stoddard (1–2)33,88766–58W1
125August 25Indians10–9Nieves (11–6)Schrom (5–11)Crim (6)15,58067–58W2
126August 26Indians1–0 (10)Higuera (13–9)Jones (3–4)11,24668–58W3
127August 27Indians4–3Knudson (4–4)Akerfelds (1–4)Crim (7)15,17569–58W4
128August 28Twins1–0Bosio (8–5)Straker (6–9)22,46170–58W5
129August 29Twins3–12Blyleven (13–10)Barker (2–1)34,83470–59L1
130August 30Twins6–10Atherton (5–4)Crim (5–6)Reardon (25)22,41770–60L2 :
September: 20–9 (Home: 10–4; Away: 4–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
131September 1@ Royals2–0Higuera (14–9)Saberhagen (16–8)19,06771–60W1
132September 2@ Royals3–2Wegman (9–10)Leibrandt (13–10)Plesac (23)19,43072–60W2
133September 3@ Royals8–2Bosio (9–5)Gubicza (9–16)Crim (8)23,12273–60W3
134September 4@ Twins1–2 (12)Berenguer (6–0)Plesac (5–5)27,38073–61L1
135September 5@ Twins1–2Atherton (7–4)Crim (5–7)51,12273–62L2
136September 6@ Twins6–0Higuera (15–9)Carlton (6–14)36,58674–62W1
137September 7Blue Jays3–5Ward (1–0)Plesac (5–6)Henke (32)16,93574–63L1
138September 8Blue Jays6–4Bosio (10–5)Stieb (13–8)Crim (9)8,05375–63W1
139September 9Blue Jays6–4Clear (7–5)Wells (1–3)10,55576–63W2
140September 10Tigers4–3Nieves (12–6)Tanana (13–10)Mirabella (1)9,71577–63W3
141September 11Tigers5–2Higuera (16–9)Henneman (9–2)21,16178–63W4
142September 12Tigers11–2Wegman (10–10)Morris (17–8)50,28879–63W5
143September 13Tigers1–5Terrell (14–10)Bosio (10–6)21,88079–64L1
144September 14@ Yankees6–4Stapleton (1–0)Gullickson (2–2)Clear (5)20,21180–64W1
145September 15@ Yankees3–4Leiter (1–0)Nieves (12–7)Righetti (28)22,10280–65L1
146September 16@ Yankees5–4Higuera (17–9)Stoddard (4–3)20,23281–65W1
147September 18@ Tigers6–7Terrell (15–10)Wegman (10–11)King (9)30,10481–66L1
148September 19@ Tigers2–5Alexander (7–0)Bosio (10–7)34,00681–67L2
149September 20@ Tigers11–4Nieves (13–7)Morris (18–9)Crim (10)42,14382–67W1
–September 21YankeesPostponed (wet grounds); Makeup: September 22
150September 22Yankees7–2Higuera (18–9)John (12–6)Mirabella (2)–83–67W2
151September 22Yankees8–10Clements (3–2)Crim (5–8)Righetti (30)12,65183–68L1
152September 23Yankees8–7 (10)Crim (6–8)Righetti (8–5)11,21984–68W1
153September 24Red Sox7–6Clear (8–5)Sambito (2–5)7,74585–68W2
154September 25Red Sox2–9Clemens (18–9)Nieves (13–8)12,87885–69L1
155September 26Red Sox3–2Stapleton (2–0)Nipper (10–12)19,20686–69W1
156September 27Red Sox9–6Burris (2–2)Stanley (4–15)Crim (11)26,17587–69W2
157September 28@ Blue Jays6–4Wegman (11–11)Flanagan (6–8)Clear (6)34,11388–69W3
158September 29@ Blue Jays5–3Bosio (11–7)Key (17–7)34,31489–69W4
159September 30@ Blue Jays5–2Nieves (14–8)Stieb (13–9)35,24590–69W5 :
October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
160October 2@ Red Sox2–3 (12)Gardner (3–6)Higuera (18–10)20,07790–70L1
161October 3@ Red Sox8–4Wegman (12–11)Leister (0–2)Crim (12)21,96291–70W1
162October 4@ Red Sox0–4Clemens (20–9)Bosio (11–8)25,45491–71L1 :

## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | B. J. Surhoff | 115 | 395 | 118 | .299 | 7 | 68 |
| 1B | Greg Brock | 141 | 532 | 159 | .299 | 13 | 85 |
| 2B | Juan Castillo | 116 | 321 | 72 | .224 | 3 | 28 |
| 3B | Ernest Riles | 83 | 276 | 72 | .261 | 4 | 38 |
| SS | Dale Sveum | 153 | 535 | 135 | .252 | 25 | 95 |
| LF | Rob Deer | 134 | 474 | 113 | .238 | 28 | 80 |
| CF | Robin Yount | 158 | 635 | 218 | .312 | 21 | 103 |
| RF | Glenn Braggs | 132 | 505 | 136 | .269 | 13 | 77 |
| DH | Cecil Cooper | 63 | 250 | 62 | .248 | 6 | 36 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Paul Molitor | 118 | 465 | 164 | .353 | 16 | 75 |
| Mike Felder | 108 | 289 | 77 | .266 | 2 | 31 |
| Jim Gantner | 81 | 265 | 72 | .272 | 4 | 30 |
| Bill Schroeder | 75 | 250 | 83 | .332 | 14 | 42 |
| Rick Manning | 97 | 114 | 26 | .228 | 0 | 13 |
| Jim Paciorek | 48 | 101 | 23 | .228 | 2 | 10 |
| Steve Kiefer | 28 | 99 | 20 | .202 | 5 | 17 |
| Billy Jo Robidoux | 23 | 62 | 12 | .194 | 0 | 4 |
| Charlie O'Brien | 10 | 35 | 7 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Komminsk | 7 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Stanicek | 4 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Teddy Higuera | 35 | 261.2 | 18 | 10 | 3.85 | 240 |
| Bill Wegman | 34 | 225.0 | 12 | 11 | 4.24 | 102 |
| Juan Nieves | 34 | 195.2 | 14 | 8 | 4.88 | 163 |
| Mike Birkbeck | 10 | 45.0 | 1 | 4 | 6.20 | 25 |
| Len Barker | 11 | 43.2 | 2 | 1 | 5.36 | 22 |
| Mark Ciardi | 4 | 16.1 | 1 | 1 | 9.37 | 8 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Chris Bosio | 46 | 170.0 | 11 | 8 | 5.24 | 150 |
| Mark Knudson | 15 | 62.0 | 4 | 4 | 5.37 | 26 |
| John Henry Johnson | 10 | 26.1 | 0 | 1 | 9.57 | 18 |
| Ray Burris | 10 | 23.0 | 2 | 2 | 5.87 | 8 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Dan Plesac | 57 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 2.61 | 89 |
| Chuck Crim | 53 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 3.67 | 56 |
| Mark Clear | 58 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4.48 | 81 |
| Paul Mirabella | 29 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4.91 | 14 |
| Jay Aldrich | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.94 | 22 |
| Dave Stapleton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.84 | 14 |
| Alex Madrid | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.19 | 1 |

## Awards and honors

* Paul Molitor, Hutch Award

## Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of five minor league affiliates in 1987.
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| Triple-A | Denver Zephyrs | American Association | Terry Bevington |
| Double-A | El Paso Diablos | Texas League | Duffy Dyer |
| Class A | Stockton Ports | California League | Dave Machemer |
| Class A | Beloit Brewers | Midwest League | Gomer Hodge |
| Rookie | Helena Brewers | Pioneer League | Dave Huppert |