1987 Durham Bulls Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 65-75
Finished 4th in the CL's South Division
Manager: Brian Snitker (65-75)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Ballpark: Durham Athletic Park
Attendance: 217,012, Avg. 3,100
1987 Durham Bulls RosterTeam Record: 65-75
Finished 4th in the CL's South Division
Manager: Brian Snitker (65-75)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Ballpark: Durham Athletic Park
Attendance: 217,012, Avg. 3,100
The Durham Bulls of the Carolina League ended the 1987 season with a record of 65 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.
The Bulls allowed 640 runs, least in the league. Durham plated 647 runs, worst in the circuit,. Mark Lemke paced the squad with 20 home runs, while Barry Jones walloped 15 or more, too. Mark Lemke and Alex Smith each accounted for 68 RBI. Alex Smith led all regular batters with a .323 average. Dave Miller topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.6 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1987 Durham Bulls who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Kevin Brown, Kent Mercker, Mark Lemke, Gary Eave, Derek Lilliquist and Rusty Richards.
Brian Snitker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Miller | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.59 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 205.3 | 188 | 92 | 82 | 19 | 53 | 1 | 155 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Jeff Greene | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.81 | 55 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 104.0 | 112 | 57 | 44 | 7 | 45 | 7 | 76 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Rusty Richards | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.54 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 125.0 | 138 | 73 | 63 | 14 | 50 | 1 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 3 | |
| Gary Eave | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.84 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 87.3 | 90 | 51 | 47 | 13 | 35 | 1 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Eddie Mathews | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.94 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51.0 | 42 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Siebert | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.07 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 55.3 | 61 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kevin Brown | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.20 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72.7 | 78 | 46 | 42 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Cesar Jimenez | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.82 | 30 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 68.3 | 57 | 36 | 29 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Sid Akins | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.61 | 30 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67.3 | 75 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Brian Aviles | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.22 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 78 | 43 | 38 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Derek Lilliquist | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.88 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Salisbury | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.17 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45.3 | 48 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Maximo Del Rosario | 2 | 5 | .286 | 1.40 | 41 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 64.3 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mike Scott | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.91 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| D. J. Jones | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.78 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 53 | 33 | 26 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Walt Williams | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 31 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Kent Mercker | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Steve O'Quinn | 0 | 1 | .000 | 32.40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Stewart | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.69 | 35 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.3 | 60 | 33 | 30 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Totals | 65 | 75 | .464 | 4.05 | 368 | 140 | 124 | 16 | 1 | 31 | 1222.7 | 1209 | 640 | 550 | 117 | 505 | 16 | 850 | 39 | 14 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Smith | 115 | 507 | 461 | 82 | 149 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 68 | 10 | 7 | 34 | 54 | .323 | .373 | .451 | .824 | 208 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| Mark Lemke | 127 | 559 | 489 | 75 | 143 | 28 | 3 | 20 | 68 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 45 | .292 | .364 | .485 | .849 | 237 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | |
| Dodd Johnson | 135 | 556 | 479 | 62 | 135 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 65 | 10 | 2 | 69 | 89 | .282 | .376 | .403 | .779 | 193 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Barry Jones | 117 | 480 | 424 | 72 | 120 | 23 | 4 | 15 | 52 | 23 | 10 | 49 | 55 | .283 | .362 | .462 | .824 | 196 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Dennis Hood | 120 | 498 | 438 | 73 | 118 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 62 | 32 | 12 | 51 | 115 | .269 | .349 | .420 | .770 | 184 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rick Morris | 100 | 420 | 340 | 63 | 100 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 57 | 8 | 5 | 67 | 69 | .294 | .414 | .424 | .838 | 144 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| John Alva | 111 | 424 | 388 | 46 | 99 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 17 | 5 | 27 | 36 | .255 | .301 | .314 | .615 | 122 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
| Bob Pfaff | 93 | 378 | 355 | 39 | 88 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 88 | .248 | .284 | .383 | .667 | 136 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Tim Criswell | 89 | 311 | 278 | 34 | 68 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 34 | .245 | .299 | .317 | .616 | 88 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| Gary Newsom | 93 | 349 | 303 | 39 | 67 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 37 | 25 | .221 | .311 | .267 | .579 | 81 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jeff Weiss | 60 | 183 | 160 | 25 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 32 | .238 | .317 | .294 | .611 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Scott Bohlke | 43 | 150 | 134 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 19 | .194 | .262 | .216 | .478 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rich Maloney | 20 | 85 | 73 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | .247 | .353 | .329 | .682 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ellis Roby | 44 | 100 | 86 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .163 | .247 | .198 | .445 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dave Miller | 30 | 31 | 29 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .345 | .345 | .379 | .724 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rusty Richards | 23 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .368 | .722 | 1.091 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Nipper | 7 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .261 | .346 | .522 | .868 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Juan Fredymond | 28 | 59 | 52 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 17 | .115 | .207 | .115 | .322 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Johnny Cuevas | 24 | 79 | 70 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 24 | .057 | .141 | .086 | .227 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Derek Lilliquist | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cesar Jimenez | 30 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Brown | 13 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Williams | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Aviles | 16 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kent Mercker | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Albertson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Stewart | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Siebert | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Scott | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Salisbury | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maximo Del Rosario | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Eave | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Greene | 55 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D. J. Jones | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Mathews | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sid Akins | 30 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1696 | 5329 | 4699 | 647 | 1223 | 217 | 26 | 90 | 583 | 138 | 71 | 501 | 768 | .260 | .334 | .375 | .709 | 1762 | 0 | 44 | 40 | 45 | 19 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodd Johnson | 1B | 135 | 1230 | 94 | 9 | 102 | .993 | 9.807 | ||||
| Tim Criswell | 1B | 5 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 4 | .979 | 9.200 | ||||
| Alex Smith | 1B | 3 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Mark Lemke | 2B | 126 | 248 | 355 | 11 | 83 | .982 | 4.786 | ||||
| Ellis Roby | 2B | 8 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 3 | .966 | 3.500 | ||||
| Gary Newsom | 2B | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.571 | ||||
| Juan Fredymond | 2B | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rick Morris | 3B | 91 | 60 | 185 | 23 | 11 | .914 | 2.692 | ||||
| Gary Newsom | 3B | 51 | 30 | 85 | 4 | 9 | .966 | 2.255 | ||||
| Bob Pfaff | C | 76 | 433 | 63 | 14 | 5 | .973 | 6.526 | 12 | |||
| Tim Criswell | C | 41 | 290 | 19 | 6 | 2 | .981 | 7.537 | 5 | |||
| Johnny Cuevas | C | 24 | 135 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .987 | 6.125 | 2 | |||
| Mike Nipper | C | 7 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.143 | 4 | |||
| Dennis Hood | OF | 118 | 275 | 15 | 9 | 3 | .970 | 2.458 | ||||
| Alex Smith | OF | 110 | 154 | 10 | 7 | 0 | .959 | 1.491 | ||||
| Barry Jones | OF | 110 | 210 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .978 | 2.055 | ||||
| Jeff Weiss | OF | 36 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .939 | 1.278 | ||||
| Scott Bohlke | OF | 33 | 56 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .949 | 1.697 | ||||
| Juan Fredymond | OF | 15 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .862 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ellis Roby | OF | 11 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.909 | ||||
| Gary Newsom | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Greene | P | 55 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .309 | ||||
| Maximo Del Rosario | P | 41 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .969 | .756 | ||||
| John Stewart | P | 35 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .314 | ||||
| Dave Miller | P | 30 | 16 | 38 | 1 | 3 | .982 | 1.800 | ||||
| Cesar Jimenez | P | 30 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .533 | ||||
| Sid Akins | P | 30 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
| D. J. Jones | P | 27 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Rusty Richards | P | 22 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.636 | ||||
| Gary Eave | P | 16 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| Brian Aviles | P | 16 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.125 | ||||
| Kevin Brown | P | 13 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Rick Siebert | P | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Salisbury | P | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Eddie Mathews | P | 10 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Scott | P | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Walt Williams | P | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Kent Mercker | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Derek Lilliquist | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Steve O'Quinn | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Alva | SS | 111 | 185 | 377 | 23 | 69 | .961 | 5.063 | ||||
| Rich Maloney | SS | 20 | 36 | 63 | 4 | 13 | .961 | 4.950 | ||||
| Gary Newsom | SS | 12 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 6 | .907 | 3.250 | ||||
| Totals | 1526 | 3668 | 1592 | 153 | 327 | .972 | 3.447 | 23 | 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.
