1987 SEASON

Had another great season, compiling nearly the same statistics he posted the year before when he won the MVP

Had the entire baseball world following his road to 500 homers early in the season

#500 came on April 18 at Pittsburgh, off Don Robinson in the 9th inning; it was a two-out, two-run, game-winning shot

Season was characterized by numerous other milestones, including: Broke club record for runs scored (set by Ed Delahanty in 1901) on May 12

Homered off Curt Brown at Montreal on June 14 for his 2,000th career hit (the 153rd player)

Broke all-time major league records for third basemen in career home runs, RBI and extra base hits

Was selected to the NL All-Star Team for the 11th time

Hit two homers twice, at Cincinnati on May 9 and at St. Louis, August 15

Hit three homers for the second time in his career on June 14 at Montreal

Finished the season in ninth place all-time and third place on NL list

Hit 30 homers for the 13th time; only Hank Aaron has more (15)

Hit 35 homers for the 11th time; only Babe Ruth has more (12)

Has hit 30 homers 9 straight years

Raised $534,150 for the United Way with his 35 home runs

Missed 13 games from May 26 to June 10 with a strained muscle in his left side, just beneath the rib cage

Was injured May 21 and placed on the 15-day disabled list

Ranked among the NL leaders in HR, RBI, slugging, walks, total bases and HR per at bat ratio

Started 133 games at third base and 8 at first

Batted .313 with runners in scoring position and drove in 79 runs

Drove in 100 runs for the 9th time in his career

Batted .342 at the Vet

Had an errorless streak at third base; snapped April 13 after 63 games

Had the fifth highest RBI total of his career

Led third basemen in double plays and was second in assists

Broke Ron Santo's career NL marks for assists and total chances

Was inducted into the Reading Phillies Hall of Fame, along with Greg Luzinski and long-time owner Joe Buzas