1987 MLB Wins by Team

The Detroit Tigers led all of MLB in wins in 1987, with 98, 2 ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays. The average across 26 MLB teams is 81.0.

Led all of MLB in 1987 Detroit Tigers 162 games

98 Wins 2 clear of Toronto Blue Jays

#	Team	League	G	W
1	Detroit Tigers	AL	162	98
2	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	162	96
3	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	162	95
4	New York Mets	NL	162	92
5	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	162	91
5	Montreal Expos	NL	162	91
7	San Francisco Giants	NL	162	90
8	New York Yankees	AL	162	89
9	Minnesota Twins	AL	162	85
10	Cincinnati Reds	NL	162	84
11	Kansas City Royals	AL	162	83
12	Oakland Athletics	AL	162	81
	MLB average			81.0
13	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	162	80
13	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	162	80
15	Boston Red Sox	AL	162	78
15	Seattle Mariners	AL	162	78
17	Chicago White Sox	AL	162	77
18	Chicago Cubs	NL	161	76
18	Houston Astros	NL	162	76
20	California Angels	AL	162	75
20	Texas Rangers	AL	162	75
22	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	162	73
23	Atlanta Braves	NL	161	69
24	Baltimore Orioles	AL	162	67
25	San Diego Padres	NL	162	65
26	Cleveland Indians	AL	162	61

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.