1987 Fresno Giants Statistics
Team Record: 80-63
Finished 1st in the CL's South Division
Manager: R. J. Harrison (80-63)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Fresno, California
Ballpark: John Euless Park
Attendance: 107,908, Avg. 1,509
Finals - Fresno Giants 4 games, Reno Padres 3
The Fresno Giants of the California League ended the 1987 season with a record of 80 wins and 63 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Giants scored 692 runs and surrendered 603 runs. Rick Nelson led Fresno with 14 home runs John Skurla drove in 91 runs. Harry Davis paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .296 average. Tim McCoy topped the team with 14 wins, while George Bonilla registered a 2.85 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1987 Fresno Giants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Gil Heredia, Russ Swan, Craig Colbert, Mike Benjamin, Joe Kmak and Roger Samuels.
R. J. Harrison 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim McCoy | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.97 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 181.3 | 176 | 91 | 80 | 14 | 88 | 1 | 165 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |
| George Bonilla | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2.83 | 36 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 120.7 | 117 | 50 | 38 | 9 | 41 | 2 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Tom Messier | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.25 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 131.3 | 128 | 72 | 62 | 11 | 77 | 0 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 16 | |
| Joe Olker | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.11 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 98 | 45 | 37 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Darrell Rodgers | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.79 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 97.3 | 90 | 61 | 41 | 8 | 58 | 2 | 76 | 6 | 1 | 10 | |
| Russ Swan | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.80 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 54 | 40 | 27 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Gil Heredia | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.90 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 80.7 | 62 | 28 | 26 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Jose Dominguez | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.62 | 46 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 89.3 | 70 | 43 | 26 | 3 | 49 | 4 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 15 | |
| David Morris | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.50 | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 36.0 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kevin Meier | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.65 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49.3 | 45 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Eric Pilkington | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.77 | 35 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 75 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 52 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Roger Samuels | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.84 | 27 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 42.7 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tom Meagher | 24 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Hogan | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Tate | 0 | 0 | 11.35 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 | 38 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 75 | 58 | .564 | 3.56 | 338 | 124 | 119 | 16 | 6 | 44 | 1100.7 | 1016 | 544 | 435 | 79 | 517 | 17 | 916 | 27 | 5 | 89 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Carter | 135 | 620 | 510 | 109 | 140 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 50 | 49 | 25 | 94 | 75 | .275 | .388 | .380 | .768 | 194 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | |
| John Skurla | 129 | 529 | 456 | 77 | 126 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 91 | 15 | 13 | 66 | 99 | .276 | .368 | .441 | .809 | 201 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Harry Davis | 116 | 479 | 415 | 76 | 123 | 39 | 2 | 6 | 58 | 21 | 13 | 47 | 87 | .296 | .371 | .443 | .814 | 184 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | |
| Greg Conner | 129 | 522 | 480 | 51 | 116 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 70 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 122 | .242 | .285 | .379 | .665 | 182 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| John Barry | 110 | 446 | 395 | 35 | 107 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 72 | .271 | .343 | .296 | .639 | 117 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Craig Colbert | 115 | 422 | 388 | 41 | 95 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 51 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 89 | .245 | .289 | .343 | .632 | 133 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
| Rick Nelson | 98 | 407 | 333 | 74 | 87 | 21 | 4 | 14 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 103 | .261 | .385 | .474 | .860 | 158 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Gary Jones | 94 | 341 | 300 | 28 | 80 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 66 | .267 | .348 | .340 | .688 | 102 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Paul Blair | 92 | 336 | 298 | 49 | 77 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 56 | .258 | .328 | .299 | .627 | 89 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jose Pena | 80 | 287 | 266 | 43 | 74 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 43 | .278 | .315 | .372 | .687 | 99 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Mike Benjamin | 64 | 240 | 212 | 25 | 51 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 71 | .241 | .324 | .392 | .715 | 83 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Joe Kmak | 48 | 175 | 154 | 18 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 32 | .221 | .302 | .273 | .575 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Nash | 62 | 202 | 159 | 22 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 46 | .214 | .368 | .302 | .670 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Todd Miller | 61 | 166 | 144 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 53 | .167 | .265 | .188 | .453 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Elanis Westbrooks | 24 | 64 | 58 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | .259 | .317 | .362 | .680 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Van Stone | 17 | 47 | 39 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | .231 | .362 | .231 | .592 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Olker | 17 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .385 | .429 | .385 | .813 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Bonilla | 36 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Messier | 24 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .176 | .263 | .235 | .498 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gil Heredia | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Pilkington | 35 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Dominguez | 46 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Meier | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darrell Rodgers | 26 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Samuels | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim McCoy | 28 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Swan | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Morris | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1676 | 5376 | 4685 | 692 | 1209 | 202 | 46 | 69 | 588 | 146 | 100 | 545 | 1054 | .258 | .340 | .365 | .705 | 1710 | 0 | 59 | 39 | 48 | 24 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Skurla | 1B | 67 | 580 | 59 | 11 | 50 | .983 | 9.537 | ||||
| Rick Nelson | 1B | 34 | 276 | 29 | 6 | 34 | .981 | 8.971 | ||||
| Paul Blair | 1B | 22 | 165 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 8.318 | ||||
| John Barry | 1B | 19 | 142 | 11 | 1 | 9 | .994 | 8.053 | ||||
| Paul Van Stone | 1B | 5 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 9.400 | ||||
| Gary Jones | 1B | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jeff Carter | 2B | 134 | 262 | 362 | 22 | 75 | .966 | 4.657 | ||||
| Paul Blair | 2B | 9 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 5 | .911 | 4.556 | ||||
| Paul Van Stone | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Barry | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Craig Colbert | 3B | 113 | 86 | 225 | 34 | 22 | .901 | 2.752 | ||||
| Paul Blair | 3B | 32 | 16 | 66 | 7 | 2 | .921 | 2.562 | ||||
| Paul Van Stone | 3B | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Barry | 3B | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Gary Jones | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gary Jones | C | 65 | 446 | 57 | 7 | 2 | .986 | 7.738 | 17 | |||
| Joe Kmak | C | 45 | 323 | 35 | 4 | 1 | .989 | 7.956 | 14 | |||
| Jose Pena | C | 42 | 254 | 46 | 8 | 2 | .974 | 7.143 | 6 | |||
| Greg Conner | OF | 113 | 141 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .966 | 1.265 | ||||
| Harry Davis | OF | 107 | 235 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .972 | 2.271 | ||||
| Rick Nelson | OF | 60 | 97 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .972 | 1.717 | ||||
| John Skurla | OF | 59 | 99 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 1.746 | ||||
| Todd Miller | OF | 48 | 85 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .935 | 1.812 | ||||
| Dave Nash | OF | 45 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .934 | 1.267 | ||||
| Elanis Westbrooks | OF | 19 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.579 | ||||
| Jose Dominguez | P | 46 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .852 | .500 | ||||
| George Bonilla | P | 36 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Eric Pilkington | P | 35 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Tim McCoy | P | 28 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Roger Samuels | P | 27 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .500 | .148 | ||||
| David Morris | P | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Darrell Rodgers | P | 26 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Tom Messier | P | 24 | 9 | 26 | 4 | 1 | .897 | 1.458 | ||||
| Tom Meagher | P | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Olker | P | 17 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 2 | .885 | 1.353 | ||||
| Kevin Meier | P | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Russ Swan | P | 12 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 1.500 | ||||
| Chuck Tate | P | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Gil Heredia | P | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Mike Hogan | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Barry | SS | 78 | 108 | 194 | 27 | 43 | .918 | 3.872 | ||||
| Mike Benjamin | SS | 63 | 89 | 188 | 21 | 41 | .930 | 4.397 | ||||
| Paul Blair | SS | 12 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 2 | .839 | 2.167 | ||||
| Paul Van Stone | SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1541 | 3664 | 1543 | 212 | 327 | .961 | 3.379 | 37 | 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.
