1987 Billings Mustangs Statistics
Team Record: 44-25
Finished 2nd in the PL's North Division
Manager: Dave Keller (44-25)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 104,732, Avg. 3,036
The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1987 season with a record of 44 wins and 25 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Mustangs conceded 307 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Billings plated 416 runs. Doug Eastman drove in 45 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .300 clip. Sam Chavez and Keith Kaiser led the team with 6 wins each, while Sam Chavez recorded a 1.99 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1987 Billings Mustangs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Butch Henry, Jack Armstrong, Ed Taubensee, Milt Hill and Reggie Jefferson.
Dave Keller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Chavez | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1.99 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 74 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Keith Kaiser | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.08 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 67 | 37 | 26 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 71 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Bill Dodd | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.96 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52.3 | 52 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Mack Jenkins | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.51 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 84 | 38 | 30 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Scott Economy | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.43 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39.3 | 33 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Butch Henry | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.63 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 | 37 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Steve McCarthy | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.81 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.7 | 75 | 47 | 34 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Jack Armstrong | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.66 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Steve Hester | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.76 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 33 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Quinn Marsh | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.31 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.3 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Bill Shiverick | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.62 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39.0 | 38 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |
| Milt Hill | 21 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Turek | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.87 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.3 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 41 | 24 | .631 | 3.73 | 181 | 69 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 560.3 | 554 | 297 | 232 | 31 | 228 | 2 | 492 | 16 | 10 | 55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Eastman | 66 | 272 | 243 | 50 | 73 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 21 | 8 | 25 | 41 | .300 | .360 | .436 | .797 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Shane Letterio | 64 | 259 | 229 | 42 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 25 | 48 | .284 | .355 | .362 | .718 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Scott Sellner | 45 | 180 | 150 | 39 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 39 | .313 | .428 | .480 | .908 | 72 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dante Johnson | 55 | 193 | 166 | 27 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 51 | .277 | .358 | .440 | .797 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Brad Robinson | 52 | 194 | 168 | 32 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 58 | .268 | .359 | .500 | .859 | 84 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ed Taubensee | 55 | 190 | 162 | 24 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 47 | .265 | .363 | .401 | .764 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Bernie Walker | 33 | 149 | 113 | 36 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 35 | 22 | .354 | .503 | .602 | 1.105 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Keith Thomas | 45 | 150 | 142 | 22 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 45 | .254 | .289 | .408 | .697 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sean O'Hare | 54 | 211 | 172 | 30 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 55 | .203 | .341 | .384 | .725 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Brian Lane | 56 | 198 | 175 | 19 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 73 | .200 | .277 | .297 | .574 | 52 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Eddie Rush | 25 | 96 | 82 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | .305 | .400 | .354 | .754 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Riccio | 50 | 151 | 124 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 41 | .194 | .309 | .274 | .583 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Bryan Ganter | 39 | 116 | 92 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 20 | .228 | .374 | .337 | .711 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Brune | 25 | 78 | 72 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | .236 | .286 | .306 | .591 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Sloan | 28 | 70 | 55 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 18 | .200 | .371 | .291 | .662 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reggie Jefferson | 8 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .364 | .481 | .545 | 1.027 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tori Tomasino | 14 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .188 | .188 | .281 | .469 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve McCarthy | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .286 | .375 | .429 | .804 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Economy | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Chavez | 14 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .154 | .154 | .385 | .538 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Butch Henry | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Kaiser | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Dodd | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Shiverick | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Quinn Marsh | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mack Jenkins | 13 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Hester | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Armstrong | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 865 | 2644 | 2262 | 416 | 585 | 113 | 23 | 50 | 344 | 125 | 47 | 311 | 644 | .259 | .353 | .395 | .748 | 894 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 21 | 12 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean O'Hare | 1B | 54 | 416 | 35 | 7 | 35 | .985 | 8.352 | ||||
| Doug Eastman | 1B | 13 | 84 | 8 | 2 | 9 | .979 | 7.077 | ||||
| Brad Robinson | 1B | 10 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .939 | 4.600 | ||||
| Reggie Jefferson | 1B | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.333 | ||||
| Scott Sellner | 2B | 42 | 70 | 86 | 5 | 18 | .969 | 3.714 | ||||
| Rob Riccio | 2B | 34 | 60 | 54 | 3 | 13 | .974 | 3.353 | ||||
| Eddie Rush | 2B | 9 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .943 | 3.667 | ||||
| Gary Sloan | 2B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1.333 | ||||
| Brian Lane | 3B | 54 | 35 | 107 | 12 | 3 | .922 | 2.630 | ||||
| Rob Riccio | 3B | 16 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .889 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gary Sloan | 3B | 11 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.818 | ||||
| Eddie Rush | 3B | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ed Taubensee | C | 53 | 344 | 29 | 6 | 2 | .984 | 7.038 | 19 | |||
| Jim Brune | C | 25 | 154 | 17 | 8 | 0 | .955 | 6.840 | 6 | |||
| Tori Tomasino | C | 8 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.625 | 0 | |||
| Doug Eastman | OF | 55 | 115 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 2.145 | ||||
| Dante Johnson | OF | 48 | 62 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .893 | 1.396 | ||||
| Brad Robinson | OF | 37 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .918 | 1.216 | ||||
| Bryan Ganter | OF | 36 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.222 | ||||
| Bernie Walker | OF | 33 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.485 | ||||
| Keith Thomas | OF | 30 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Bill Dodd | P | 23 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .609 | ||||
| Milt Hill | P | 21 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Bill Shiverick | P | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .300 | ||||
| Quinn Marsh | P | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .368 | ||||
| Scott Economy | P | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .882 | ||||
| Sam Chavez | P | 14 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 3 | .941 | 2.286 | ||||
| Steve McCarthy | P | 13 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.231 | ||||
| Keith Kaiser | P | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.538 | ||||
| Mack Jenkins | P | 13 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .960 | 1.846 | ||||
| Joe Turek | P | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Butch Henry | P | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Steve Hester | P | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Jack Armstrong | P | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Shane Letterio | SS | 61 | 80 | 146 | 19 | 27 | .922 | 3.705 | ||||
| Eddie Rush | SS | 14 | 20 | 32 | 3 | 7 | .945 | 3.714 | ||||
| Rob Riccio | SS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 835 | 1777 | 709 | 106 | 132 | .959 | 2.977 | 25 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
