1987 Bristol Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 20-49
Finished 4th in the AL's South Division
Manager: Rick Magnante (20-49)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Bristol, Virginia
Ballpark: DeVault Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 15,337, Avg. 445
The Bristol Tigers of the Appalachian League ended the 1987 season with a record of 20 wins and 49 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.
The Tigers plated 258 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 402 runs, most in the league. Steve Pegues led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .284. Don Vesling topped Bristol with 6 wins and a team-best 3.15 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1987 Bristol Tigers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Travis Fryman, Rob Richie, Steve Pegues and Mike Schwabe.
Rick Magnante 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Vesling | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.14 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.3 | 83 | 36 | 28 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Larry Coker | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.33 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43.7 | 41 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Franklin Pena | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.78 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.7 | 39 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mike Schwabe | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.26 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ron Cook | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.39 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49.0 | 44 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mike Wilkins | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.70 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 65 | 51 | 38 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Chuck Steward | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.86 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.3 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Chuck Duquette | 1 | 3 | .250 | 1.23 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22.0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Doug Biggs | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Julio Rosa | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Rivera | 0 | 0 | 9.95 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Alvaro Canarte | 0 | 0 | 14.25 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 29 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Hank Lott | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.74 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| David Dawson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.61 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Chuck Everson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1.61 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22.3 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Martin McCarthy | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.58 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 38 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dave Richards | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.40 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 49 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Paul Nozling | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.71 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 29 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blaine Rudolph | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.40 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 37 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Jim Hayes | 0 | 7 | .000 | 8.35 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.7 | 40 | 41 | 34 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 13 | |
| Totals | 20 | 49 | .290 | 4.78 | 202 | 69 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 594.7 | 624 | 402 | 316 | 43 | 286 | 4 | 473 | 28 | 8 | 53 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Pegues | 59 | 254 | 236 | 36 | 67 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 16 | 43 | .284 | .327 | .377 | .704 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Andy Toney | 68 | 305 | 258 | 46 | 61 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 35 | 57 | .236 | .340 | .306 | .646 | 79 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Travis Fryman | 67 | 273 | 248 | 25 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 40 | .234 | .297 | .294 | .591 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Steve Strong | 55 | 210 | 179 | 20 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 31 | .240 | .343 | .285 | .628 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jim Murphy | 53 | 193 | 178 | 20 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 55 | .219 | .275 | .382 | .657 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Robert Shipman | 61 | 220 | 186 | 17 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 75 | .210 | .323 | .333 | .656 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Chris Schnurbusch | 51 | 194 | 166 | 21 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 37 | .217 | .325 | .301 | .626 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Henderson | 55 | 218 | 196 | 14 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 34 | .179 | .248 | .235 | .482 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Luis Galindo | 29 | 123 | 103 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | .282 | .398 | .301 | .699 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francisco Lara | 42 | 122 | 112 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 33 | .214 | .270 | .259 | .529 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Christian Harley | 43 | 120 | 104 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 48 | .154 | .261 | .240 | .501 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Biggs | 49 | 123 | 94 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 33 | .149 | .344 | .191 | .536 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Julio Rosa | 41 | 117 | 104 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 25 | .135 | .207 | .202 | .409 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Hoascar Mateo | 14 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .129 | .182 | .161 | .343 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Richie | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Monzon | 7 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marcos Gonzales | 12 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .048 | .167 | .048 | .214 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 709 | 2554 | 2240 | 258 | 486 | 65 | 13 | 26 | 208 | 102 | 42 | 264 | 548 | .217 | .304 | .292 | .597 | 655 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Murphy | 1B | 51 | 440 | 25 | 11 | 34 | .977 | 9.118 | ||||
| Francisco Lara | 1B | 28 | 177 | 21 | 5 | 14 | .975 | 7.071 | ||||
| Doug Biggs | 1B | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Chris Schnurbusch | 2B | 34 | 59 | 91 | 10 | 19 | .938 | 4.412 | ||||
| Julio Rosa | 2B | 33 | 47 | 90 | 6 | 13 | .958 | 4.152 | ||||
| Luis Galindo | 2B | 9 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Christian Harley | 2B | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Christian Harley | 3B | 38 | 23 | 52 | 10 | 3 | .882 | 1.974 | ||||
| Chris Schnurbusch | 3B | 23 | 15 | 36 | 9 | 2 | .850 | 2.217 | ||||
| Luis Galindo | 3B | 16 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .925 | 2.312 | ||||
| Francisco Lara | 3B | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Bill Henderson | C | 37 | 261 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .986 | 7.703 | 15 | |||
| Steve Strong | C | 25 | 137 | 20 | 5 | 1 | .969 | 6.280 | 8 | |||
| Hoascar Mateo | C | 12 | 55 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .954 | 5.167 | 4 | |||
| Jose Monzon | C | 7 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 3.143 | 0 | |||
| Andy Toney | OF | 67 | 121 | 2 | 11 | 2 | .918 | 1.836 | ||||
| Steve Pegues | OF | 57 | 114 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .922 | 2.070 | ||||
| Robert Shipman | OF | 56 | 76 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .952 | 1.429 | ||||
| Doug Biggs | OF | 29 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .933 | .966 | ||||
| Marcos Gonzales | OF | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Rob Richie | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Francisco Lara | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Coker | P | 23 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .840 | .913 | ||||
| Dave Richards | P | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .250 | ||||
| Ron Cook | P | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .278 | ||||
| Don Vesling | P | 12 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.917 | ||||
| Carlos Rivera | P | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Chuck Everson | P | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Mike Wilkins | P | 11 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .840 | 1.909 | ||||
| Franklin Pena | P | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Jim Hayes | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .636 | .636 | ||||
| Chuck Duquette | P | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .273 | ||||
| Blaine Rudolph | P | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Paul Nozling | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .400 | ||||
| Alvaro Canarte | P | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Hank Lott | P | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| Martin McCarthy | P | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Chuck Steward | P | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.667 | ||||
| David Dawson | P | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Mike Schwabe | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Julio Rosa | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Doug Biggs | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Travis Fryman | SS | 66 | 103 | 187 | 23 | 41 | .927 | 4.394 | ||||
| Julio Rosa | SS | 7 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.857 | ||||
| Totals | 820 | 1784 | 731 | 144 | 152 | .946 | 3.067 | 27 | 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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