1987 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Roster

Opening Day lineup

Player stats

Awards and honors

• Rick Reuschel, P, Reserve

  Transactions

• November 7, 1986 – Released U.L. Washington.
• November 12, 1986 – Released Ray Krawczyk.
• November 26, 1986 – Traded Pat Clements, Cecilio Guante and Rick Rhoden to the New York Yankees. Received Doug Drabek, Logan Easley and Brian Fisher.
• December 4, 1986 – Signed Butch Davis as a free agent.
• December 4, 1986 – Signed Vicente Palacios as a free agent.
• December 4, 1986 – Signed Mark Ross as a free agent.
• December 5, 1986 – Traded Rick Renteria to the Seattle Mariners. Received a player to be named later. The Seattle Mariners sent Bob Siegel to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
• December 8, 1986 – Cecil Espy drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1986 rule 5 draft.
• December 8, 1986 – Vicente Palacios drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1986 rule 5 draft.
• December 10, 1986 – Signed Houston Jimenez as a free agent.
• December 20, 1986 – Released Lee Tunnell.
• January 9, 1987 – Signed Carlos Garcia as an amateur free agent.
• January 20, 1987 – Signed U.L. Washington as a free agent.
• February 6, 1987 – Signed Lee Tunnell as a free agent.
• February 9, 1987 – Signed Onix Concepción as a free agent.
• March 22, 1987 – Purchased Dann Bilardello from the Montreal Expos.
• March 27, 1987 – Traded Jim Winn to the Chicago White Sox. Received John Cangelosi.
• March 31, 1987 – Released Mike Brown.
• April 1, 1987 – Traded Tony Peña to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Mike Dunne, Mike LaValliere and Andy Van Slyke.
• April 3, 1987 – The Milwaukee Brewers returned Vicente Palacios.
• April 6, 1987 – Sold Lee Tunnell to the St. Louis Cardinals.
• April 6, 1987 – Released Larry McWilliams.
• May 19, 1987 – Purchased Paul Wilmet from the St. Louis Cardinals.
• May 29, 1987 – Traded Bill Almon to the New York Mets. Received Scott Little and Al Pedrique.
• June 2, 1987 – Drafted Ben Shelton in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
• June 2, 1987 – Drafted Brian Williams in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
• June 2, 1987 – Drafted Wes Chamberlain in the 4th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1987.
• June 2, 1987 – Drafted Mickey Morandini in the 7th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
• June 2, 1987 – Drafted Kurt Knudsen in the 8th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
• June 2, 1987 – Drafted Steve Carter in the 17th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
• June 2, 1987 – Drafted Mike Fyhrie in the 19th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
• June 2, 1987 – Drafted Bob Ayrault in the 26th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
• June 2, 1987 – Drafted Paul Miller in the 53rd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
• June 15, 1987 – Released Onix Concepción.
• June 26, 1987 – Traded Pete Rice and Shawn Holman to the Detroit Tigers. Received Terry Harper.
• July 23, 1987 – Sold Dann Bilardello to the Kansas City Royals.
• July 31, 1987 – Traded Don Robinson to the San Francisco Giants. Received Mackey Sasser and $50,000.
• August 3, 1987 – Selected Jim Gott off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.
• August 7, 1987 – Traded Jim Morrison to the Detroit Tigers. Received a player to be named later and Darnell Coles. The Detroit Tigers sent Morris Madden to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
• August 21, 1987 – Traded Rick Reuschel to the San Francisco Giants. Received Scott Medvin and Jeff Robinson.
• August 29, 1987 – Traded Johnny Ray to the California Angels. Received a player to be named later and Billie Merrifield. The California Angels sent Miguel Garcia to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
• October 5, 1987 – Released U.L. Washington.
• October 15, 1987 – Butch Davis granted Free Agency.
• October 15, 1987 – Houston Jimenez granted Free Agency.
• October 15, 1987 – Mark Ross granted Free Agency.

  Farm system