1987 Greenville Braves Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 70-74
Finished 3rd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Jim Beauchamp (70-74)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Ballpark: Greenville Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 206,468, Avg. 2,868

1987 Greenville Braves Roster

The Greenville Braves of the Southern League ended the 1987 season with a record of 70 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.

The Braves scored 611 runs and yielded 615 runs. Drew Denson and Ron Gant led Greenville with 14 home runs apiece. Ron Gant recorded 82 runs batted in. Jeff Wetherby paced all regular batters by connecting at a .303 clip. Kevin Coffman and Tommy Greene topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Tommy Greene recorded a 3.29 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1987 Greenville Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ned Yost, Gary Eave, Jeff Blauser, David Justice, Drew Denson, David Palmer, José Álvarez, Kevin Coffman, Pete Smith, Mark Lemke, Larry McWilliams, Tommy Greene, Jeff Wetherby, Greg Tubbs, Kevin Blankenship and Ron Gant.

Jim Beauchamp served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Tommy Greene	11	8	.579	3.29	23	23	0	4	2	0	142.3	103	60	52	13	66	1	101	4	2	7
Kevin Coffman	11	11	.500	4.41	30	30	0	1	0	0	181.7	162	102	89	9	130	3	153	6	1	21
Bean Stringfellow	10	3	.769	3.46	20	14	4	3	1	2	104.0	90	46	40	10	32	1	60	3	1	2
Pete Smith	9	9	.500	3.35	29	25	2	5	1	1	177.3	162	76	66	10	67	0	119	3	2	11
John Kilner	7	8	.467	4.58	26	24	1	0	0	0	127.7	136	74	65	12	72	2	63	0	2	6
Kevin Blankenship	4	7	.364	4.13	40	6	9	0	0	1	102.3	96	51	47	5	53	2	78	5	2	6
Sid Akins	3	1	.750	0.87	16	0	10	0	0	4	41.3	30	4	4	1	9	2	31	0	0	0
Mike Scott	3	5	.375	6.98	15	11	3	1	1	0	59.3	59	51	46	4	50	1	41	8	2	5
Eddie Mathews	3	7	.300	3.58	37	1	28	0	0	11	65.3	63	28	26	3	30	6	45	1	0	3
Larry Heise	2	2	.500	4.88	33	1	14	0	0	5	51.7	52	33	28	7	26	3	40	0	0	6
Gary Eave	2	5	.286	2.82	25	1	19	0	0	7	54.3	39	19	17	9	23	4	52	1	1	1
David Palmer	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	0
José Álvarez	1	0	1.000	0.84	9	0	8	0	0	5	21.3	14	2	2	0	8	2	20	0	0	0
Keith Gilliam	1	0	1.000	4.05	5	0		0	0	0	6.7	3	3	3	0	10	0	4	1	0	4
Larry McWilliams	1	2	.333	5.45	7	7	0	0	0	0	33.0	33	24	20	3	26	1	27	5	0	4
Bryan Farmer	1	3	.250	3.43	39	0	20	0	0	1	60.3	57	23	23	4	19	3	32	1	2	4
Maximo Del Rosario	0	3	.000	3.42	19	0	11	0	0	1	26.3	33	19	10	1	17	5	15	4	0	1
Totals	70	74	.486	3.84	374	144	129	14	5	38	1260.0	1135	615	538	91	641	36	887	42	15	81	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 Wetherby	140	557	488	67	148	31	4	12	78	7	4	63	87	.303	.384	.457	.841	223		2	2	2	5
Greg Tubbs	141	636	540	97	145	19	7	3	40	24	19	86	86	.269	.370	.346	.717	187		2	7	1	2
Ron Gant	140	598	527	78	130	27	3	14	82	24	4	59	92	.247	.321	.389	.710	205		2	3	7	0
Drew Denson	128	494	447	54	98	23	1	14	55	1	2	33	95	.219	.288	.369	.657	165		11	1	2	1
David Justice	93	405	348	38	79	12	4	6	40	3	2	53	48	.227	.327	.336	.663	117		0	1	3	6
Todd Dewey	99	366	320	34	76	13	2	5	35	2	3	39	59	.238	.318	.338	.655	108		0	4	3	3
Chip Childress	90	379	335	43	72	16	0	6	36	10	5	34	55	.215	.286	.316	.603	106		1	5	4	3
Jeff Blauser	72	311	265	35	66	13	3	4	32	5	3	34	49	.249	.338	.366	.704	97		3	6	3	0
Inocencio Guerrero	53	209	171	25	49	9	0	3	31	0	0	37	35	.287	.411	.392	.803	67		0	0	1	1
Carlos Rios	41	185	158	20	46	7	1	0	10	0	1	18	13	.291	.367	.348	.715	55		2	5	2	0
Bob Tumpane	57	211	192	26	42	2	1	9	24	1	2	19	45	.219	.289	.380	.669	73		0	0	0	0
Mark Strucher	51	189	172	19	39	13	2	5	18	1	0	12	37	.227	.280	.413	.693	71		2	0	3	2
Jon Hatcher	28	105	99	13	32	6	0	2	9	2	3	5	9	.323	.362	.444	.806	44		1	0	0	0
Randy Ingle	47	129	121	10	25	3	0	0	9	0	1	5	30	.207	.236	.231	.468	28		0	2	1	0
Mike Nipper	38	140	123	18	25	8	0	3	11	0	0	16	29	.203	.300	.341	.641	42		1	0	0	1
Ned Yost	40	127	115	6	19	1	0	1	8	0	0	8	24	.165	.218	.200	.418	23		0	3	1	0
John Alva	19	69	65	8	16	2	0	1	7	0	0	1	14	.246	.269	.323	.592	21		1	2	0	0
Sal D'Alessandro	6	23	22	0	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.318	.348	.364	.711	8		0	0	0	0
Mark Lemke	6	27	26	0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	.231	.231	.231	.462	6		0	1	0	0
Alex Smith	9	29	29	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.138	.138	.138	.276	4		0	0	0	0
Bean Stringfellow	20	10	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	3		0	1	0	0
Kevin Coffman	30	24	23	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	10	.130	.167	.130	.297	3		0	0	0	0
Mike Scott	18	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2		0	0	0	0
Sid Akins	16	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0	0
Tommy Greene	23	10	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.222	.333	2		0	1	0	0
Pete Smith	29	14	11	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	4	.091	.231	.091	.322	1		0	1	0	0
Ellis Roby	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Gary Eave	25	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Eddie Mathews	37	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
John Kilner	26	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Kevin Blankenship	40	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Bryan Farmer	39	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	1	0	0
Larry Heise	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		2	0	0	0
Totals	1638	5278	4642	597	1135	207	28	88	538	80	50	527	847	.245	.323	.358	.681	1662	0	30	46	33	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Drew Denson	1B	115	998	50	10	105	.991	9.113
Bob Tumpane	1B	19	178	19	0	20	1.000	1.368
Inocencio Guerrero	1B	5	37	3	0	2	1.000	8.000
Todd Dewey	1B	4	27	2	1	3	.967	7.250
Randy Ingle	1B	2	8	0	0	1	1.000	4.000
Chip Childress	1B	2	15	2	1	4	.944	8.500
Jon Hatcher	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Ron Gant	2B	140	328	434	21	108	.973	5.443
Randy Ingle	2B	9	15	27	1	5	.977	4.667
Chip Childress	3B	81	38	152	13	1	.936	2.346
Mark Strucher	3B	29	20	55	6	7	.926	2.586
Randy Ingle	3B	12	3	18	1	0	.955	1.750
Todd Dewey	3B	10	2	19	5	4	.808	2.100
Mike Nipper	3B	8	7	8	4	0	.789	1.875
Mark Lemke	3B	6	4	12	1	3	.941	2.667
Alex Smith	3B	4	1	6	2	1	.778	1.750
Todd Dewey	C	82	505	44	5	6	.991	6.695	9
Ned Yost	C	35	197	15	4	2	.981	6.057	5
Mike Nipper	C	24	126	13	4	1	.972	5.792	8
Sal D'Alessandro	C	6	55	11	0	0	1.000	11.000	2
Mark Strucher	C	4	19	2	0	1	1.000	5.250	0
Greg Tubbs	OF	140	364	9	6	3	.984	2.664
Jeff Wetherby	OF	139	240	10	6	2	.977	1.799
David Justice	OF	91	199	4	8	0	.962	2.231
Ken Kinnard	OF	34						.000
Jon Hatcher	OF	26	42	3	1	1	.978	1.731
Chip Childress	OF	9	17	0	0	0	1.000	1.889
Alex Smith	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Kevin Blankenship	P	40	4	21	2	0	.926	.625
Bryan Farmer	P	39	3	6	1	2	.900	.231
Eddie Mathews	P	37	7	15	2	2	.917	.595
Larry Heise	P	33	1	3	1	2	.800	.121
Kevin Coffman	P	30	11	25	4	0	.900	1.200
Pete Smith	P	29	9	15	3	1	.889	.828
John Kilner	P	26	6	10	2	1	.889	.615
Gary Eave	P	25	1	6	0	1	1.000	.280
Tommy Greene	P	23	7	12	1	1	.950	.826
Bean Stringfellow	P	20	4	18	1	0	.957	1.100
Maximo Del Rosario	P	19	1	4	0	1	1.000	.263
Sid Akins	P	16	3	4	0	2	1.000	.438
Mike Scott	P	15	1	3	0	0	1.000	.267
José Álvarez	P	9	0	2	0	0	1.000	.222
Larry McWilliams	P	7	3	6	0	1	1.000	1.286
Keith Gilliam	P	5	0	0	0	0		.000
David Palmer	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jeff Blauser	SS	72	101	225	8	49	.976	4.528
Carlos Rios	SS	41	61	114	5	28	.972	4.268
John Alva	SS	19	30	61	2	13	.978	4.789
Randy Ingle	SS	14	13	43	6	5	.903	4.000
Totals		1558	3715	1511	138	389	.974	3.354	24	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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