1987 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 85-53
Finished 1st in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Buck Showalter (85-53)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Fort Lauderdale Stadium
Attendance: 50,074, Avg. 726
Playoffs - Fort Lauderdale Yankees 2 games, Lakeland Tigers 0
Finals - Fort Lauderdale Yankees 3 games, Osceola Astros 1
The Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League ended the 1987 season with a record of 85 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Yankees led the league with 671 runs. Fort Lauderdale yielded 555 runs. Kevin Maas paced the squad with 11 home runs and drove in 73 runs. Jim Leyritz and Andy Stankiewicz topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .307 average. Troy Evers and Mike Christopher paced the squad with 13 wins each, while Mike Christopher registered a 2.45 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1987 Fort Lauderdale Yankees who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jim Leyritz, Mike Christopher, Kevin Maas, Dave Eiland, Andy Stankiewicz, Ron Guidry, Rich Scheid, Steve Adkins, Turner Ward, Dean Wilkins, Bernie Williams, Tim Stoddard, Hensley Meulens, Ken Patterson and Oscar Azócar.
Buck Showalter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Evers | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.11 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 147.7 | 126 | 61 | 51 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mike Christopher | 13 | 8 | .619 | 2.44 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 169.3 | 183 | 63 | 46 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dean Wilkins | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.73 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 105.7 | 95 | 41 | 32 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 76 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| Rich Scheid | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.95 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 43 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mark Rose | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.49 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95.3 | 102 | 51 | 37 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| Scottie Gay | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.65 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 120.0 | 122 | 70 | 62 | 11 | 78 | 2 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Jeff Pries | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.57 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 67 | 39 | 33 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dave Eiland | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.88 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 62.3 | 57 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dana Ridenour | 5 | 4 | .556 | 1.77 | 43 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 66.0 | 38 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Chris Carroll | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.60 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40.0 | 39 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gabriel Rodriguez | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.14 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 30 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Gerry Rub | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.67 | 38 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 61.3 | 52 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Mo Guercio | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.88 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.7 | 33 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bill Voeltz | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.59 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeff Hellman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.40 | 24 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.3 | 58 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Steve Adkins | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.64 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ken Patterson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.33 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.7 | 46 | 34 | 30 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Ron Guidry | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Stoddard | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Moose Marris | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fernando Figueroa | 0 | 0 | 12.27 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 85 | 53 | .616 | 3.38 | 309 | 138 | 102 | 36 | 9 | 32 | 1200.7 | 1152 | 555 | 451 | 56 | 501 | 15 | 718 | 29 | 15 | 80 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Ward | 130 | 573 | 493 | 83 | 145 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 55 | 25 | 3 | 64 | 83 | .294 | .380 | .375 | .755 | 185 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
| Andy Stankiewicz | 119 | 530 | 456 | 80 | 140 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 47 | 26 | 13 | 62 | 84 | .307 | .394 | .390 | .784 | 178 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kevin Maas | 116 | 502 | 439 | 77 | 122 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 73 | 14 | 4 | 53 | 108 | .278 | .353 | .435 | .788 | 191 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | |
| Jim Leyritz | 102 | 429 | 374 | 48 | 115 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 54 | .307 | .377 | .414 | .791 | 155 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
| Bobby Green | 118 | 479 | 409 | 67 | 112 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 67 | 7 | 4 | 60 | 94 | .274 | .362 | .413 | .775 | 169 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
| Tim Becker | 130 | 503 | 450 | 54 | 104 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 28 | 12 | 35 | 38 | .231 | .288 | .269 | .557 | 121 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | |
| Scott Shaw | 82 | 359 | 320 | 42 | 94 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 48 | .294 | .368 | .394 | .761 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Manering | 82 | 332 | 297 | 44 | 89 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 32 | .300 | .369 | .364 | .732 | 108 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Oscar Azócar | 53 | 195 | 192 | 25 | 69 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | .359 | .369 | .542 | .911 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Maas | 64 | 266 | 226 | 42 | 64 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 36 | 29 | .283 | .379 | .381 | .759 | 86 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dennis Brow | 67 | 226 | 196 | 24 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 40 | .281 | .367 | .378 | .745 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jose Laboy | 60 | 196 | 175 | 18 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 37 | .246 | .321 | .314 | .636 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dan Arendas | 36 | 147 | 126 | 17 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 17 | .254 | .338 | .294 | .632 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mel Rosario | 46 | 139 | 124 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 44 | .169 | .235 | .218 | .453 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Fred Carter | 25 | 84 | 74 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 14 | .270 | .357 | .365 | .722 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Crofton | 14 | 52 | 50 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .220 | .231 | .360 | .591 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bobby Dickerson | 23 | 64 | 56 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .196 | .281 | .286 | .567 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bernie Williams | 25 | 94 | 71 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 22 | .155 | .348 | .197 | .545 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hensley Meulens | 17 | 65 | 58 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 25 | .172 | .262 | .224 | .486 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luc Berube | 8 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .172 | .172 | .207 | .379 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Bishop | 9 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .125 | .120 | .125 | .245 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ricardo Martinez | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1329 | 5297 | 4646 | 671 | 1277 | 220 | 29 | 53 | 595 | 142 | 53 | 529 | 825 | .275 | .351 | .369 | .720 | 1714 | 0 | 38 | 39 | 45 | 20 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Maas | 1B | 76 | 667 | 51 | 10 | 67 | .986 | 9.447 | ||||
| Mark Manering | 1B | 55 | 535 | 34 | 2 | 44 | .996 | 1.345 | ||||
| Fred Carter | 1B | 9 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.556 | ||||
| Scott Shaw | 1B | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Oscar Azócar | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Andy Stankiewicz | 2B | 118 | 233 | 347 | 16 | 83 | .973 | 4.915 | ||||
| Scott Shaw | 2B | 13 | 27 | 29 | 2 | 7 | .966 | 4.308 | ||||
| Bobby Dickerson | 2B | 8 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 5.000 | ||||
| Ricardo Martinez | 2B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Scott Shaw | 3B | 63 | 40 | 126 | 8 | 11 | .954 | 2.635 | ||||
| Jose Laboy | 3B | 43 | 21 | 73 | 16 | 6 | .855 | 2.186 | ||||
| Jason Maas | 3B | 19 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 0 | .806 | 1.316 | ||||
| Hensley Meulens | 3B | 17 | 18 | 37 | 7 | 4 | .887 | 3.235 | ||||
| Bobby Dickerson | 3B | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 2.600 | ||||
| Turner Ward | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jim Leyritz | C | 91 | 458 | 76 | 13 | 7 | .976 | 5.868 | 25 | |||
| Mel Rosario | C | 45 | 205 | 33 | 6 | 1 | .975 | 5.289 | 7 | |||
| Kevin Crofton | C | 13 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 5.846 | 2 | |||
| Turner Ward | OF | 129 | 330 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .977 | 2.636 | ||||
| Bobby Green | OF | 110 | 213 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .974 | 2.018 | ||||
| Dennis Brow | OF | 51 | 78 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 1.569 | ||||
| Oscar Azócar | OF | 51 | 111 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .975 | 2.255 | ||||
| Jason Maas | OF | 23 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .935 | 1.870 | ||||
| Bernie Williams | OF | 22 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.273 | ||||
| Tim Bishop | OF | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Fred Carter | OF | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.286 | ||||
| Dan Arendas | OF | 3 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 21.667 | ||||
| Dana Ridenour | P | 43 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .326 | ||||
| Gerry Rub | P | 38 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .941 | .421 | ||||
| Jeff Hellman | P | 24 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .417 | ||||
| Scottie Gay | P | 24 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.000 | ||||
| Troy Evers | P | 24 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.125 | ||||
| Mike Christopher | P | 24 | 17 | 35 | 2 | 5 | .963 | 2.167 | ||||
| Chris Carroll | P | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .700 | .368 | ||||
| Mark Rose | P | 17 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 4 | .826 | 1.118 | ||||
| Dean Wilkins | P | 15 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .929 | 1.733 | ||||
| Gabriel Rodriguez | P | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .500 | ||||
| Jeff Pries | P | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Rich Scheid | P | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Ken Patterson | P | 9 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .722 | 1.444 | ||||
| Mo Guercio | P | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Bill Voeltz | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Eiland | P | 8 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.125 | ||||
| Steve Adkins | P | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Fernando Figueroa | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Tim Stoddard | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ron Guidry | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Moose Marris | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tim Becker | SS | 130 | 233 | 396 | 29 | 80 | .956 | 4.838 | ||||
| Bobby Dickerson | SS | 11 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.545 | ||||
| Jose Laboy | SS | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1441 | 3602 | 1511 | 172 | 340 | .967 | 3.548 | 34 | 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.
