1987 Birmingham Barons Statistics
Team Record: 68-75
Finished 3rd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Rico Petrocelli (68-75)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 147,279, Avg. 2,060
Playoffs - Birmingham Barons 3 games, Huntsville Stars 0
Finals - Birmingham Barons 3 games, Charlotte O's 1
The Birmingham Barons of the Southern League ended the 1987 season with a record of 68 wins and 75 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Barons scored 662 runs and yielded 736 runs, most in the circuit. Rondal Rollin walloped 39 home runs for Birmingham, and Jim O'Dell added 15 or more, too. Rondal Rollin drove in 106 runs. Marlin McPhail paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .290 clip. Adam Peterson topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.91 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1987 Birmingham Barons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Carlos Martínez, Jeff Bettendorf, Jack McDowell, Jack Hardy, Tony Menéndez, Matt Merullo, Adam Peterson, John Pawlowski, Bill Lindsey and Donn Pall.
Rico Petrocelli served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Peterson | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.90 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 170.7 | 165 | 79 | 74 | 12 | 73 | 1 | 124 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Tony Menéndez | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.83 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 173.3 | 193 | 111 | 93 | 19 | 76 | 1 | 102 | 7 | 2 | 12 | |
| Jeff Bettendorf | 9 | 1 | .900 | 4.55 | 43 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 89.0 | 88 | 54 | 45 | 3 | 42 | 6 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 6 | |
| Donn Pall | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.27 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 158.0 | 173 | 100 | 75 | 18 | 63 | 4 | 139 | 8 | 2 | 9 | |
| John Boling | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.96 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 51.7 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Pawlowski | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.70 | 35 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69.0 | 69 | 44 | 36 | 7 | 38 | 1 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rich Gaynor | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.40 | 51 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 98.0 | 89 | 46 | 37 | 7 | 61 | 3 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |
| Grady Hall | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.72 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 54 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Larry Acker | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.42 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 93 | 57 | 47 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Virgil Conley | 3 | 9 | .250 | 5.11 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100.3 | 117 | 69 | 57 | 11 | 33 | 3 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tony Blasucci | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.70 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kevin Renz | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.55 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25.3 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tim Scott | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.79 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jack McDowell | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.84 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20.7 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Manny Salinas | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Hardy | 0 | 0 | 1.64 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Forrester | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Troy Thomas | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lindsey | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Rasmussen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.06 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17.7 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jim O'Dell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 17.61 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jim Hickey | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 28 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Mecerod | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 39 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 68 | 75 | .476 | 4.53 | 375 | 143 | 128 | 15 | 4 | 23 | 1229.0 | 1240 | 736 | 618 | 121 | 562 | 25 | 822 | 60 | 10 | 67 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Pruitt | 138 | 601 | 542 | 88 | 141 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 26 | 17 | 45 | 85 | .260 | .318 | .369 | .687 | 200 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| Troy Thomas | 128 | 536 | 460 | 69 | 132 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 59 | 21 | 7 | 69 | 78 | .287 | .378 | .383 | .760 | 176 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| Rondal Rollin | 140 | 588 | 513 | 90 | 125 | 28 | 0 | 39 | 106 | 4 | 5 | 65 | 218 | .244 | .329 | .526 | .855 | 270 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |
| Marlin McPhail | 125 | 472 | 420 | 60 | 122 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 53 | .290 | .361 | .448 | .809 | 188 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jim O'Dell | 131 | 509 | 449 | 67 | 114 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 56 | .254 | .332 | .425 | .757 | 191 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| Pete Venturini | 96 | 417 | 378 | 37 | 96 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 48 | .254 | .312 | .331 | .643 | 125 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Manny Salinas | 76 | 333 | 305 | 40 | 85 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 10 | .279 | .326 | .449 | .775 | 137 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Jim Winters | 104 | 401 | 351 | 47 | 83 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 45 | 78 | .236 | .322 | .336 | .658 | 118 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tom Forrester | 59 | 226 | 204 | 27 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 45 | .289 | .358 | .475 | .834 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Lindsey | 63 | 244 | 206 | 35 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 16 | .282 | .375 | .447 | .822 | 92 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Rolando Pino | 95 | 342 | 288 | 36 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 51 | .184 | .307 | .285 | .592 | 82 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Merullo | 48 | 173 | 167 | 13 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .275 | .301 | .353 | .654 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilmer Caraballo | 52 | 178 | 166 | 24 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28 | .265 | .292 | .410 | .702 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Jerry Bertolani | 24 | 103 | 94 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | .298 | .350 | .394 | .743 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jorge Alcazar | 43 | 140 | 125 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 29 | .200 | .268 | .264 | .532 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kent Torve | 17 | 52 | 46 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .304 | .385 | .435 | .819 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carlos Martínez | 9 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .233 | .258 | .267 | .525 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adam Peterson | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1374 | 5347 | 4744 | 662 | 1232 | 219 | 24 | 134 | 609 | 90 | 66 | 515 | 844 | .260 | .333 | .401 | .733 | 1901 | 0 | 21 | 30 | 37 | 26 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim O'Dell | 1B | 101 | 774 | 39 | 13 | 64 | .984 | 8.050 | ||||
| Tom Forrester | 1B | 36 | 278 | 25 | 2 | 34 | .993 | 8.417 | ||||
| Marlin McPhail | 1B | 14 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.929 | ||||
| Kent Torve | 1B | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.200 | ||||
| Wilmer Caraballo | 1B | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Manny Salinas | 2B | 76 | 177 | 198 | 8 | 33 | .979 | 4.934 | ||||
| Rolando Pino | 2B | 45 | 75 | 116 | 6 | 26 | .970 | 4.244 | ||||
| Marlin McPhail | 2B | 26 | 48 | 59 | 6 | 12 | .947 | 4.115 | ||||
| Pete Venturini | 2B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Marlin McPhail | 3B | 89 | 64 | 159 | 33 | 17 | .871 | 2.506 | ||||
| Wilmer Caraballo | 3B | 41 | 23 | 73 | 4 | 16 | .960 | 2.341 | ||||
| Rolando Pino | 3B | 9 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.444 | ||||
| Carlos Martínez | 3B | 9 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 2.444 | ||||
| Darrell Pruitt | 3B | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Bill Lindsey | C | 62 | 376 | 50 | 6 | 7 | .986 | 6.871 | 5 | |||
| Matt Merullo | C | 47 | 278 | 24 | 8 | 3 | .974 | 6.426 | 12 | |||
| Jorge Alcazar | C | 40 | 223 | 15 | 13 | 1 | .948 | 5.950 | 12 | |||
| Darrell Pruitt | OF | 133 | 390 | 7 | 10 | 2 | .975 | 2.985 | ||||
| Troy Thomas | OF | 119 | 237 | 11 | 5 | 2 | .980 | 2.084 | ||||
| Jim Winters | OF | 98 | 191 | 10 | 7 | 1 | .966 | 2.051 | ||||
| Rondal Rollin | OF | 73 | 140 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .961 | 2.014 | ||||
| Jim O'Dell | OF | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.154 | ||||
| Marlin McPhail | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wilmer Caraballo | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rich Gaynor | P | 51 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .294 | ||||
| Jeff Bettendorf | P | 43 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 3 | .840 | .488 | ||||
| John Boling | P | 40 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| John Pawlowski | P | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Donn Pall | P | 30 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 1.233 | ||||
| Tony Menéndez | P | 27 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | .812 | .481 | ||||
| Adam Peterson | P | 26 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 1.000 | ||||
| Virgil Conley | P | 17 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .789 | .882 | ||||
| Tony Blasucci | P | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .083 | ||||
| Larry Acker | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Scott | P | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Kevin Renz | P | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Grady Hall | P | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| George Mecerod | P | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .778 | ||||
| Jack Hardy | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Jim Rasmussen | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Jim Hickey | P | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Jim O'Dell | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jack McDowell | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Troy Thomas | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Tom Forrester | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Manny Salinas | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Lindsey | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Venturini | SS | 86 | 132 | 239 | 29 | 43 | .928 | 4.314 | ||||
| Rolando Pino | SS | 36 | 68 | 83 | 10 | 24 | .938 | 4.194 | ||||
| Jerry Bertolani | SS | 24 | 34 | 63 | 7 | 11 | .933 | 4.042 | ||||
| Totals | 1571 | 3686 | 1351 | 194 | 324 | .963 | 3.206 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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