Gooden would go 15-7 with a 3.21 earned run average in 1987, finishing 5th in Cy Young Award voting.
Sources: Baseball Reference Boxscore and Trading Card Database.
Sunday, June 5, 2022
1987 Season Highlights: June 5, 1987
Topps Through the Years: Wally Joyner
In our latest Topps Through the Years installment, we are highlighting Wally Joyner's Topps cards through the years. Wally played in Major League Baseball for 16 seasons (California/Anaheim Angels 1986-1991, 2001; Kansas City Royals 1992-1995; San Diego Padres 1996-1999; Atlanta Braves 2000) and was represented on 18 Topps cards (15 regular issue and 3 Topps Traded cards) as a player.
1986 Topps Traded #51T XRC
Random 1987 Topps Card: #331 Mets Leaders
Featuring the Mets batting and Pitching leaders from the 1986 season. The Mets (108-54) faced the Boston Red Sox (95-66) in the 1986 World Series with the Mets winning the series 4 games to 3. Gary Carter and Darryl Strawberry are featured on the card.
Batting Leaders (1986)
Runs ... Keith Hernandez ... 94
Hits ... Keith Hernandez ... 171
Doubles ... Keith Hernandez ... 34
Triples ... Len Dykstra ... 7
Home Runs ... Darryl Strawberry ... 27
Runs Batted In ... Gary Carter ... 105
Stolen Bases ... Len Dykstra ... 31
Batting Average ... Keith Hernandez ... .310
Pitching Leaders (1986)
Games ... Roger McDowell ... 75
Innings ... Dwight Gooden ... 250
Wins ... Bob Ojeda ... 18
Strikeouts ... Sid Fernandez / Dwight Gooden ... 200
Complete Games ... Dwight Gooden ... 12
Shutouts ... 3 players tied with ... 2
Saves ... Roger McDowell ... 22
Earned Run Average ... Bob Ojeda ... 2.57
Source(s): Trading Card Database
Saturday, June 4, 2022
Random 1987 Topps Card: #6 Ruben Sierra ('86 Record Breaker)
"He won't turn 21 until October 6th"
SIERRA SLUGS FROM EACH SIDE AT THE YOUNGEST AGE
Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 13 1986: Rangers' Ruben Sierra has become the youngest player to belt Homers both lefty & righty in one game. Orioles' Eddie Murray was 21 years, 5 months, 10 days old when he achieved feat, August 3, 1977.
On August 28, 2003, Jose Reyes of the New York Mets became the youngest player to belt Homers both lefty & righty in one game. He was 20 years, 2 months, 17 days old.
Friday, June 3, 2022
On This Date: July 23, 1986
Andre Thornton hit his 250th career HR. Andre’s 1986 Topps card was #59. (From the back of Wally Joyner’s 1987 Topps card #80.)
Thornton’s 250th home run came in the bottom of the 4th inning off Chicago White Sox pitcher Dave Schmidt, giving the Cleveland Indians a 6-2 lead. The Indians would go on to win the game 7-2. Thornton’s last season playing would be in 1987 and he would finish with 253 career home runs.
Source(s): Baseball Reference Boxscore and Trading Card Database
Random 1987 Topps Card: #410 Fernando Valenzuela
Fernando Valenzuela was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 6, 1979. His major league debut was on September 15, 1980 for the Dodgers against the Atlanta Braves. He entered the game in the 6th inning, pitched 2 innings, allowed 1 hit and struck out 1 in the 9-0 loss by the Dodgers. In his rookie season of 1981, Fernando won the the Rookie of the Year Award, Cy Young Award, Silver Slugger Award, elected to the All-Star game and finished 5th in the Most Valuable Player Award voting. He became the first and only player to win the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year in the same season. He would be elected to 6 straight All-Star games from 1981-1986. Fernando played in the major leagues for 17 seasons with the Dodgers (1980-1990), California Angels (1991), Baltimore Orioles (1993), Philadelphia Phillies (1994), San Diego Padres (1995-1997) and St. Louis Cardinals (1997).
1987 Season Summary
W: 14 | L: 14 | ERA: 3.98 | G: 34 | GS: 34 | IP: 251.0 | SO: 190 | WHIP: 1.506
Fernando Trivia (from back of the card):
Fernando visited the White House in 1981.
Source(s): Baseball Reference and Trading Card Database
Thursday, June 2, 2022
1987 Season Highlights: June 2, 1987
Father and son would play together on the same team in 1990 and 1991 with the Mariners, the first time that happened in the history of baseball. Junior would play 22 years in the big leagues for the Seattle Mariners (1989-1999; 2009-2010), Cincinnati Reds (2000-2008) and Chicago White Sox (2008).
Griffey Jr. would be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016, garnering 99.3% of the vote. Who the heck didn't vote for him? He was the first #1 overall pick to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame!
Random 1987 Topps Card: #767 Ron Cey
Ron Cey was drafted by the New York Mets in the 19th round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft and by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1968 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase. His major league debut was on September 3, 1971 for the Dodgers against the Cincinnati Reds. He went 0-1 in a 6-5 win by the Dodgers. He finished 6th in the Rookie of the Year voting in 1973 and was a 6-time All-Star with the Dodgers (1974-1979). He would play 17 seasons for the Dodgers (1971-1982), Chicago Cubs (1983-1986) and Oakland A's (1987). On January 30, 1987 he was traded by the Cubs to the Oakland A's and would have a 1987 Topps Traded card (#22T) showing him in an A's jersey.
1987 Season Summary (with Oakland A's)
G: 45 | H: 23 | HR: 4 | BA: .221 | R: 12 | RBI: 11 | OBP: .359 | SLG: .394 | OPS: .754
Source: Baseball Reference and Trading Card Database
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
1987 Season Highlights: June 1, 1987
On June 1, 1987, Phil Niekro of the Cleveland Indians won his 314th career game, a 9-6 win for the Indians over the Detroit Tigers. Along with his brother, Joe Niekro’s 216 career victories they have a combined 530 career victories, which surpasses Gaylord and Jim Perry for most career victories for siblings.
On June 7, 1987, Joe Niekro was traded by the New York Yankees to the Minnesota Twins. On August 9, 1987, Phil Niekro was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays. Joe was featured in the 1987 Topps Traded set (#89T) with the Twins and would pitch one more season with the Twins in 1988. Phil would retire after the 1987 season.
The brothers would end their careers with a combined 539 career victories, 318 for Phil and 221 for Joe. Phil was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997.
Check out the BOXSCORE for this game at Baseball Reference.
Topps Through the Years: Gary Gaetti
In our latest Topps Through the Years installment, we are highlighting Gary Gaetti's Topps cards through the years. Gary played in Major League Baseball for 20 seasons (Minnesota Twins 1981-1990; California Angels 1991-1993; Kansas City Royals 1993-1995; St. Louis Cardinals 1996-1998; Chicago Cubs 1998-1999; Boston Red Sox 2000) and was represented on 18 Topps cards (17 regular issue cards and 1 Topps Traded cards) as a player.
1983 Topps #431 RC
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