Offseason

• November 26, 1986: Doug Drabek
  Doug Drabek
  Douglas Dean Drabek is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. Known for his fluid pitching motion and sound mechanics, he won the National League Cy Young Award in 1990.-Early life:...
  
  , Brian Fisher
  Brian Fisher (baseball)
  Brian Kevin Fisher is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during seven seasons at the major league level for the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, and Seattle Mariners. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the amateur draft...
  
  , and Logan Easley
  Logan Easley
  Kenneth Logan Easley is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Easley played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in and ....
  
   were traded by the Yankees to the Pittsburgh Pirates
  Pittsburgh Pirates
  The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...
  
   for Rick Rhoden
  Rick Rhoden
  Richard Alan Rhoden is a professional golfer and was a Major League Baseball pitcher. During his 16 year baseball career, he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers , Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros of the National League; and the New York Yankees of the American League.-Early years:Rhoden was...
  
  , Pat Clements
  Pat Clements
  Patrick Brian Clements is a retired professional baseball player who played eight seasons for the California Angels, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, and Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball.-External links:...
  
   and Cecilio Guante
  Cecilio Guante
  Cecilio Guante Magallane is a former professional Major League Baseball player who played from 1982 to 1990. He made his MLB debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates and ended his career after playing with the Cleveland Indians. He finished his career with a 29-34 won/loss record and a 3.48 ERA...
  
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• December 17, 1986: Lenn Sakata
  Lenn Sakata
  Lenn Haruki Sakata is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as a utility player from 1977–1987 and was a member of the Baltimore Orioles 1983 World Series Championship team. He was the second Asian American to play Major League Baseball. He is Yonsei...
  
   was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
• December 19, 1986: Ron Romanick was traded by the California Angels with a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Butch Wynegar.
• January 5, 1987: Scott Nielsen
  Scott Nielsen
  Jeffrey Scott Nielsen is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during four seasons at the major league level for the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox. He was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the amateur draft...
  
   and Mike Soper (minors) were traded by the Yankees to the Chicago White Sox
  Chicago White Sox
  The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...
  
   for Randy Velarde
  Randy Velarde
  Randy Lee Velarde is a former Major League Baseball infielder who played for the New York Yankees, California/Anaheim Angels, Oakland Athletics, and Texas Rangers from to...
  
   and Pete Filson
  Pete Filson
  William Peter Filson is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during seven seasons at the major league level for the Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, and Kansas City Royals. He was drafted by the Yankees in the 9th round of the amateur draft out of Temple...
  
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• January 8, 1987: Willie Randolph
  Willie Randolph
  Willie Larry Randolph is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and manager, most recently the third base coach for the Baltimore Orioles...
  
   was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
• February 13, 1987: Rick Cerone
  Rick Cerone
  Richard Aldo Cerone from Seton Hall University is a former Major League Baseball player from 1975 to 1992 for the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, and Montreal Expos...
  
   was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.

Regular season

• Don Mattingly
  Don Mattingly
  Donald Arthur "Don" Mattingly is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and current manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicknamed "The Hit Man" and "Donnie Baseball", he played his entire 14-year baseball career for the New York Yankees...
  
   set a record for most Grand Slam Home Runs in one season with six. His record matched by Travis Hafner
  Travis Hafner
  Travis Lee Hafner is a left-handed hitting designated hitter for the Cleveland Indians of the American League Central Division. His nickname, "Pronk", was given to him by former teammate Bill Selby during spring training of when people sometimes referred to him as "The Project" and other times...
  
   during the 2006 season. Mattingly's Grand Slams in 1987 were also the only six Grand Slams of his career.
• In addition, Mattingly had tied Dale Long
  Dale Long
  Richard Dale Long was a first baseman in professional baseball. Between 1951 and 1963, Long played in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates , St. Louis Browns , Chicago Cubs , San Francisco Giants , New York Yankees and Washington Senators...
  
  's major league record by hitting home runs in eight consecutive games (record later tied again by Ken Griffey, Jr.
  Ken Griffey, Jr.
  George Kenneth "Ken" Griffey, Jr. , nicknamed "Junior" and "The Kid", is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and during his final years, designated hitter...
  
  , of Seattle in 1993), as well as stroking an extra base hit in ten consecutive games. Mattingly had a record 10 home runs during this streak (Long & Griffey had eight of them).
• In June 1987, it was reported that Mattingly injured his back during some clubhouse horseplay with pitcher Bob Shirley
  Bob Shirley
  Robert Charles Shirley is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of eleven seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1977 to 1987, for the San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals...
  
   though both denied this. Nevertheless, he finished with a .327 batting average, 30 home runs, and 115 RBIs, his fourth straight year with at least 110 RBIs. Between 1985 and 1987, Mattingly hit 96 home runs with just 114 strikeouts.
• On July 13, 1987, George Steinbrenner had told manager Lou Piniella that the acquisition of Steve Trout would win the Yankees the pennant. Trout never won a game for the Yankees, going 0-4 in 14 games.

Notable transactions

• April 10, 1987: Rich Bordi
  Rich Bordi
  Richard Albert Bordi is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played from -. He played for the Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles. Bordi threw and batted right-handed, was 6'7" tall, and weighed 220 pounds. He attended Fresno State...
  
   was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
• May 15, 1987: Rafael Quirico
  Rafael Quirico
  Rafael Octavio Quirico Dottin is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He appeared in one game for the Philadelphia Phillies in...
  
   was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.
• June 10, 1987: Keith Hughes
  Keith Hughes
  Keith Wills Hughes is a former Major League Baseball player who played for five teams in his major league career which lasted for parts of four seasons. He made his debut on May 19, 1987 with the New York Yankees. Then the Yankees traded him and Shane Rawley to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mike...
  
   and Shane Turner
  Shane Turner
  Shane Lee Turner is a former professional baseball player. He played in parts of three seasons in the Major League Baseball for three different teams....
  
   were traded by the Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies
  Philadelphia Phillies
  The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
  
   for Mike Easler
  Mike Easler
  Michael Anthony Easler is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder who enjoyed a 14 year major league career from 1973 to 1987 with the Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, California Angels, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees...
  
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• June 22, 1987: Alan Mills was sent by the California Angels to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on December 19, 1986.
• July 13, 1987: Bob Tewksbury
  Bob Tewksbury
  Robert Alan Tewksbury is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.Tewksbury's talent was initially discovered by Andy Michael in Concord. Michael contacted the New York Yankees and Tewksbury was drafted by them out of Saint Leo University in the 19th round of the 1981 draft...
  
  , Rich Scheid
  Rich Scheid
  Richard Paul Scheid is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Houston Astros and Florida Marlins .-External links:*...
  
  , and Dean Wilkins
  Dean Wilkins (baseball)
  Dean Allan Wilkins , is a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1989 to 1991. He played for the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros.-External links:...
  
   were traded by the Yankees to the Chicago Cubs
  Chicago Cubs
  The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...
  
   for Steve Trout
  Steve Trout
  Steven Russell Trout is a former major league baseball pitcher who played during the 1980s.He is the son of former major league pitcher Dizzy Trout. Teammates and friends often referred to him simply as "Sorenson" along with the fairly obvious nickname Rainbow Trout...
  
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• August 26, 1987: Dennis Rasmussen
  Dennis Rasmussen
  Dennis Lee Rasmussen is a former starting pitcher for Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres , New York Yankees , Cincinnati Reds , Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals...
  
   was traded by the Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds for Bill Gullickson
  Bill Gullickson
  William Lee Gullickson is a former major league baseball pitcher who played for six different major-league teams, in Canada, the U.S...
  
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• August 26, 1987: Ken Patterson
  Ken Patterson
  Kenneth Brian Patterson , is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1988-1994. He is currently the pitching coach for the Arkansas Travelers, an AA affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels on Anaheim...
  
   and a player to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the Chicago White Sox
  Chicago White Sox
  The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...
  
   for Jerry Royster
  Jerry Royster
  Jeron Kennis Royster was a third baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox, and the New York Yankees, as well as a former manager of the Milwaukee Brewers and of the Lotte Giants in the Korea Baseball Organization.-Career:He was signed by the Dodgers...
  
   and Mike Soper (minors). The New York Yankees completed the deal by sending Jeff Pries (minors) to the White Sox on September 19.
• September 17, 1987: Sherman Obando
  Sherman Obando
  Sherman Omar Obando Gainor is a former major league baseball player who played for the Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos. His main position was outfield, but often played as a first baseman or designated hitter...
  
   was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.

Roster

Starters by position

Other batters

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and records

• Don Mattingly
  Don Mattingly
  Donald Arthur "Don" Mattingly is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and current manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicknamed "The Hit Man" and "Donnie Baseball", he played his entire 14-year baseball career for the New York Yankees...
  
  , American League record, Most Grand Slams in One Season (6)
• Don Mattingly, Silver Slugger
  Silver Slugger
  The Silver Slugger Award is awarded annually to the best offensive player at each position in both the American League and the National League, as determined by the coaches and managers of Major League Baseball...
  
   award

  MLB-record six Grand Slams in one season 1
  #	Date	Against	Pitcher	Venue	Score
  1	May 14	Texas Rangers Texas Rangers (baseball) The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...	Mike Mason Mike Mason (baseball) Michael Paul Mason , is a retired Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from - for the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, and Minnesota Twins. He is currently the pitching coach for the Iowa Cubs. His best season came as a member of the 1984 Texas Rangers.-External links:...	Yankee Stadium	9-1 W
  2	Jun 29	Toronto Blue Jays Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball 's American League ....	John Cerutti John Cerutti John Joseph Cerutti was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, and later a broadcaster for the Toronto Blue Jays.-Playing career:...	Exhibition Stadium Exhibition Stadium Canadian National Exhibition Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, that formerly stood on the Exhibition Place grounds, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada....	15-14 W
  3	Jul 10	Chicago White Sox Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...	Joel McKeon Joel McKeon Joel Jacob McKeon is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He played for the Chicago White Sox for 30 games during the 1986 Chicago White Sox season and 13 games during the 1987 Chicago White Sox season.-External links:...	Yankee Stadium	9-5 W
  4	Jul 16	Texas Rangers Texas Rangers (baseball) The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...	Charlie Hough Charlie Hough Charles Oliver Hough is a former Major League Baseball knuckleball pitcher. He is currently a senior adviser of player development for the Los Angeles Dodgers.-Playing career:...	Arlington Stadium Arlington Stadium Arlington Stadium was a baseball stadium located in Arlington, Texas, United States, located between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. It served as the home for the Texas Rangers from 1972 until 1993, when the team moved into The Ballpark in Arlington .-1960s:The stadium was built in 1965 as Turnpike...	12-3 W
  5	Sep 25	Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...	Jose Mesa José Mesa José Ramón Nova Mesa [MAY-sah] is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. His nickname was "Joe Table," the literal translation of his name in the English language....	Memorial Stadium Memorial Stadium (Baltimore) Memorial Stadium was a sports stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, that formerly stood on 33rd Street on an over-sized block also bounded by Ellerslie Avenue , 36th Street , and Ednor Road...	8-4 W
  6	Sep 29	Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...	Bruce Hurst Bruce Hurst Bruce Vee Hurst is a former Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher. He is best remembered for his brilliant performance for the Boston Red Sox in the postseason. He was even named World Series M.V.P...	Yankee Stadium	6-0 W

Farm system

External links

• 1987 New York Yankees
• 1987 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com