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1987 MLB NL West standings
The San Francisco Giants won the 1987 MLB NL West division race at 90-72, 6 games ahead of the Cincinnati Reds.
🏆How the 1987 playoffs went
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NL West standings, 1987
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| San Francisco Giants (SF) | 90 | 72 | .556 | - | 7-3 | W2 |
| Cincinnati Reds (CIN) | 84 | 78 | .519 | 6 | 8-2 | W1 |
| Houston Astros (HOU) | 76 | 86 | .469 | 14 | 4-6 | L1 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers (LA) | 73 | 89 | .451 | 17 | 7-3 | W1 |
| Atlanta Braves (ATL) | 69 | 92 | .429 | 20.5 | 3-7 | L2 |
| San Diego Padres (SD) | 65 | 97 | .401 | 25 | 1-9 | L1 |
Final standings.
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 13 times.
- The San Francisco Giants trailed by as many as 5.5 games on July 4, 1987.
- The San Francisco Giants took first place for good on August 21, 1987.
- The Cincinnati Reds led by 4 games as late as July 23, 1987.
- The San Francisco Giants went 29-11 from August 6, 1987 to September 19, 1987, turning a deficit of 5 games into a lead of 9 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 82 of the 177 days played.
- Three teams held first place.
- The Cincinnati Reds held first place for 82 straight days, the season's longest run.
- The San Francisco Giants spent 89 of the season's 182 charted days in first place.