1987 Buffalo Bisons Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 66-74
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Orlando Gomez (0-0), Steve Swisher (0-0)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 495,760, Avg. 7,082

1987 Buffalo Bisons Roster

The Buffalo Bisons of the American Association ended the 1987 season with a record of 66 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.

The Bisons plated 786 runs and yielded 856 runs, most in the circuit. Dave Clark walloped 30 home runs for Buffalo, while Doug Frobel, Don Lovell, Jay Bell, Randy Washington, Eddie Williams and Rod Allen each swatted 15 or more, too. Rod Allen recorded 92 runs batted in. Dave Clark led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .340. Bryan Oelkers topped the squad with 11 wins, and John Farrell recorded a 5.83 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1987 Buffalo Bisons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Reggie Ritter, Ricky Nelson, Dave Gallagher, Ernie Camacho, Craig Smajstrla, John Farrell, Mark Huismann, Jay Bell, Doug Frobel, Rich Yett, Frank Wills, Jeff Kaiser, Tom Waddell, Gibson Alba, Bryan Oelkers, Otis Nixon, Andy Allanson, Brian Dorsett, Roy Thomas, Don Schulze, Eddie Williams, Sammy Stewart, Ron Tingley, Doug Jones, Casey Parsons, José Román, Rod Allen, Dave Clark, Mike Armstrong, Joe Skalski, Jamie Easterly and Junior Noboa.

Orlando Gomez and Steve Swisher served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Bryan Oelkers	11	8	.579	6.28	28	28	0	4	0	0	154.7	178	120	108	22	96	1	79	1	1	15
Reggie Ritter	6	4	.600	4.94	16	15	0	1	0	0	85.7	97	57	47	8	35	0	43	2	0	4
John Farrell	6	12	.333	5.83	25	24	1	2	0	0	156.0	155	109	101	26	64	2	91	8	1	9
Doug Jones	5	2	.714	2.04	23	0	20	0	0	7	61.7	49	18	14	3	12	2	61	0	0	4
Tom Waddell	5	3	.625	5.15	28	5	8	1	0	0	78.7	74	45	45	11	39	6	41	2	2	1
Jeff Kaiser	5	3	.625	5.17	22	8	5	0	0	1	71.3	87	52	41	9	32	1	53	3	2	2
Scott Roberts	5	3	.625	6.35	28	12	1	0	0	1	95.0	130	74	67	17	33	1	52	5	3	3
Mike Murphy	5	14	.263	6.29	37	19	11	0	0	2	136.0	167	108	95	18	69	4	46	3	1	4
Frank Wills	3	2	.600	3.34	36	0	30	0	0	6	56.7	53	28	21	5	22	2	45	0	3	1
Rich Yett	3	3	.500	3.05	7	7	0	1	0	0	44.3	38	17	15	7	18	0	33	1	1	2
Mike Armstrong	2	4	.333	3.12	13	0	7	0	0	3	26.0	27	12	9	2	11	1	26	0	0	1
Kent Murphy	2	5	.286	6.84	13	9	0	0	0	0	51.3	63	42	39	16	22	0	32	0	1	0
Roy Thomas	1	1	.500	4.29	10	0	2	0	0	1	21.0	19	12	10	3	12	1	17	1	0	0
Mark Huismann	1	1	.500	7.56	13	3	5	0	0	0	33.3	43	32	28	9	8	2	31	1	1	0
Ernie Camacho	1	3	.250	1.84	23	0	20	0	0	6	29.3	33	14	6	0	16	2	18	2	0	7
Gibson Alba					9						0.0
Craig Pippin					19						0.0
Jamie Easterly	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	1	2.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Ricky Nelson	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Barry Brunenkant	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
Casey Parsons	0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.3	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
José Román	0	0		17.47	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.7	11	11	11	2	4	0	10	0	2	1
Sammy Stewart	0	1	.000	9.26	6	0	3	0	0	2	11.7	18	13	12	2	6	0	8	0	0	1
Don Schulze	0	1	.000	9.67	5	5	0	0	0	0	22.3	33	25	24	2	12	0	13	2	0	1
Joe Skalski	0	3	.000	10.12	5	5	0	0	0	0	18.7	30	21	21	5	12	0	18	0	2	2
Totals	61	73	.455	5.54	374	140	118	9	0	30	1165.7	1311	815	718	168	527	25	720	33	20	58	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
Don Lovell	133	554	511	77	149	36	5	19	69	0	1	37	41	.292	.341	.493	.834	252		3	0	3	4
Dave Clark	108	481	420	83	143	22	3	30	80	14	11	52	62	.340	.412	.621	1.034	261		3	1	5	7
Rod Allen	126	535	474	85	143	28	7	17	92	0	5	51	80	.302	.370	.498	.868	236		4	0	6	3
Eddie Williams	131	560	488	90	142	29	2	22	85	6	2	55	117	.291	.379	.494	.872	241		15	0	2	5
Craig Smajstrla	111	481	432	63	122	19	4	7	51	14	7	40	41	.282	.343	.394	.737	170		1	6	2	1
Jay Bell	110	440	362	71	94	15	4	17	60	6	5	70	84	.260	.380	.464	.844	168		2	3	3	1
Randy Washington	100	328	283	46	82	12	0	15	48	3	1	39	56	.290	.375	.491	.867	139		1	3	2	0
Casey Parsons	82	320	278	40	80	15	2	12	51	2	5	36	38	.288	.372	.486	.857	135		3	0	3	4
Andy Allanson	76	289	276	21	75	8	0	4	39	2	4	9	36	.272	.295	.344	.639	95		1	1	2	0
Otis Nixon	59	283	249	51	71	13	4	2	23	36	7	34	30	.285	.371	.394	.765	98		0	0	0	0
Doug Frobel	58	232	209	34	63	12	1	15	42	3	1	20	36	.301	.366	.584	.950	122		2	0	1	0
Junior Noboa	43	169	149	26	47	6	2	0	14	2	2	18	16	.315	.387	.383	.769	57		0	1	1	0
Ron Tingley	57	197	167	27	45	8	5	5	30	1	2	25	42	.269	.376	.467	.843	78		4	0	1	1
Ricky Nelson	49	177	167	18	39	9	2	2	17	5	1	8	23	.234	.267	.347	.614	58		0	1	1	2
Winston Ficklin	27	94	89	14	23	4	0	0	5	2	4	4	16	.258	.298	.303	.601	27		1	0	0	0
Brian Dorsett	26	90	86	9	22	5	1	4	14	0	0	3	21	.256	.278	.477	.755	41		0	0	1	1
Bill Crone	28	90	81	11	21	1	1	0	2	3	3	8	13	.259	.333	.296	.630	24		1	0	0	0
Dain Syverson	21	79	63	10	16	2	0	0	9	1	1	14	13	.254	.380	.286	.665	18		0	0	2	0
Dave Gallagher	12	60	46	10	12	4	0	0	6	1	1	11	3	.261	.390	.348	.738	16		0	1	2	0
Barry Brunenkant	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1362	5466	4837	786	1389	248	43	171	737	101	63	534	769	.287	.360	.462	.823	2236	0	41	17	37	29

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Don Lovell	1B	133	1103	102	13	112	.989	9.060
Ron Tingley	1B	5	47	3	0	3	1.000	1.000
Dain Syverson	1B	4	21	2	0	2	1.000	5.750
Doug Frobel	1B	3	14	1	1	1	.938	5.000
Casey Parsons	1B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Barry Brunenkant	1B	1	3	0	0	1	1.000	3.000
Craig Smajstrla	2B	108	195	295	15	74	.970	4.537
Junior Noboa	2B	37	62	98	9	20	.947	4.324
Bill Crone	2B	2	2	3	0	1	1.000	2.500
Jay Bell	2B	1	3	3	0	1	1.000	6.000
Eddie Williams	3B	130	88	237	27	24	.923	2.500
Dain Syverson	3B	9	6	16	1	2	.957	2.444
Ron Tingley	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bill Crone	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Andy Allanson	C	76	428	30	12	2	.974	6.026	12
Ron Tingley	C	51	259	33	6	4	.980	5.725	7
Brian Dorsett	C	21	119	9	1	0	.992	6.095	11
Dain Syverson	C	3	11	1	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
Barry Brunenkant	C	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Dave Clark	OF	107	181	22	6	4	.971	1.897
Randy Washington	OF	94	158	3	2	1	.988	1.713
Casey Parsons	OF	70	145	3	1	0	.993	2.114
Otis Nixon	OF	58	170	3	3	0	.983	2.983
Doug Frobel	OF	49	101	3	1	0	.990	2.122
Ricky Nelson	OF	38	85	7	2	2	.979	2.421
Winston Ficklin	OF	27	62	2	2	1	.970	2.370
Dave Gallagher	OF	12	34	1	0	0	1.000	2.917
Rod Allen	OF	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	.250
Mike Murphy	P	37	17	17	1	2	.971	.919
Frank Wills	P	36	3	5	1	0	.889	.222
Tom Waddell	P	28	4	4	1	0	.889	.286
Scott Roberts	P	28	7	10	1	0	.944	.607
Bryan Oelkers	P	28	13	15	2	1	.933	1.000
John Farrell	P	25	9	18	2	2	.931	1.080
Doug Jones	P	23	3	8	2	1	.846	.478
Ernie Camacho	P	23	2	4	1	1	.857	.261
Jeff Kaiser	P	22	12	15	2	1	.931	1.227
Craig Pippin	P	19						.000
Reggie Ritter	P	16	6	12	3	0	.857	1.125
Kent Murphy	P	13	3	10	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mark Huismann	P	13	3	3	1	0	.857	.462
Mike Armstrong	P	13	2	1	0	0	1.000	.231
Roy Thomas	P	10	0	2	0	0	1.000	.200
Gibson Alba	P	9						.000
Rich Yett	P	7	5	5	0	0	1.000	1.429
Sammy Stewart	P	6	1	3	0	0	1.000	.667
Joe Skalski	P	5	1	3	0	0	1.000	.800
Don Schulze	P	5	3	5	0	0	1.000	1.600
José Román	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Jamie Easterly	P	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Casey Parsons	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ricky Nelson	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Barry Brunenkant	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jay Bell	SS	109	198	322	30	67	.945	4.771
Bill Crone	SS	24	35	67	3	13	.971	4.250
Dain Syverson	SS	6	7	20	1	3	.964	4.500
Junior Noboa	SS	6	8	10	2	4	.900	3.000
Craig Smajstrla	SS	1	3	3	0	0	1.000	6.000
Totals		1568	3646	1442	155	350	.970	3.245	30	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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