1987 Gastonia Rangers Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 58-82
Finished 5th in the SAL's North Division
Manager: Chino Cadahia (58-82)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 71,110, Avg. 1,016

1987 Gastonia Rangers Roster

The Gastonia Rangers of the South Atlantic League ended the 1987 season with a record of 58 wins and 82 losses, finishing fifth in the league's North Division.

The Rangers scored 591 runs and yielded 726 runs, most in the circuit. Jose Velez and Juan González led Gastonia with 14 home runs apiece. Juan González accounted for 74 RBI. Sammy Sosa paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .279. Phil Bryant topped the team with 9 wins, while Felipe Castillo registered a 4.38 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1987 Gastonia Rangers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bill Haselman, Wayne Rosenthal, Roger Pavlik, Juan González, Bob Malloy, Sammy Sosa, Wilson Álvarez, Dean Palmer, Rey Sánchez and Terry Mathews.

Chino Cadahia 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
Phil Bryant	9	11	.450	5.31	31	23	0	0	0	0	142.3	159	108	84	18	54	1	132	9	0	22
Ross Jones	8	10	.444	4.65	32	18	4	2	0	0	147.0	152	91	76	11	52	2	105	2	0	8
Jimmy Meadows	7	4	.636	2.95	14	14	0	2	1	0	79.3	58	37	26	4	18	0	53	5	0	2
Felipe Castillo	7	8	.467	4.36	26	22	1	0	0	0	119.7	118	70	58	2	66	1	86	5	3	8
Bob Malloy	5	0	1.000	2.53	9	9	0	1	0	0	57.0	51	21	16	5	13	0	66	0	0	5
Jeff Mays	4	5	.444	4.55	18	9	5	0	0	0	57.3	60	39	29	4	22	0	41	0	0	5
Gus Meizoso	3	0	1.000	1.95	20	0	6	0	0	1	32.3	19	9	7	0	22	1	35	0	0	8
Terry Mathews	3	3	.500	5.59	34	1	13	0	0	0	48.3	53	35	30	5	32	4	46	2	1	7
Darrell Whitaker	2	3	.400	2.13	13	0	7	0	0	2	25.3	17	7	6	1	5	0	26	5	0	2
Adam Lamle	2	3	.400	4.31	15	5	3	0	0	0	48.0	62	32	23	7	10	0	29	0	1	1
Roger Pavlik	2	7	.222	4.95	15	14	0	0	0	0	67.3	66	46	37	3	42	0	55	5	0	6
Mike Taylor	1	3	.250	4.46	13	3	2	0	0	2	38.3	48	26	19	3	12	0	30	2	2	4
Ed Soto	1	3	.250	11.88	6	4	1	0	0	0	16.7	26	23	22	0	18	1	11	2	0	6
Edwin Morales	1	4	.200	4.44	17	4	6	1	0	0	48.7	46	29	24	5	17	0	43	2	0	2
Wayne Rosenthal	1	5	.167	1.70	56	0	55	0	0	30	68.7	44	19	13	6	25	5	101	0	0	10
Lino Rivera	1	5	.167	2.69	51	2	22	0	0	5	103.7	92	41	31	4	38	3	93	0	3	11
Wilson Álvarez	1	5	.167	6.47	8	6	1	0	0	0	32.0	39	24	23	5	23	0	19	4	0	0
Paul Postier	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.3	1	3	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
Glenn Patterson	0	0		5.40	8	2	0	0	0	0	16.7	14	14	10	0	15	0	15	0	0	4
Brian Steiner	0	1	.000	17.65	6	1	0	0	0	0	8.7	17	18	17	1	8	0	8	1	0	0
John Burgos	0	2	.000	5.24	21	3	6	0	0	0	55.0	61	34	32	4	14	2	42	2	0	4
Totals	58	82	.414	4.32	415	140	134	6	1	40	1214.7	1203	726	583	88	510	20	1037	46	10	115	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
Sammy Sosa	129	548	519	73	145	27	4	11	59	22	8	21	123	.279	.312	.410	.722	213		5	0	3	0
Juan González	127	549	509	69	135	21	2	14	74	9	4	30	92	.265	.310	.397	.707	202		5	1	4	2
Dean Palmer	128	527	484	51	104	16	0	9	54	4	4	36	126	.215	.277	.304	.581	147		6	0	1	1
Jose Velez	110	419	403	51	103	21	2	14	50	1	3	9	91	.256	.284	.422	.706	170		7	0	0	0
Paul Postier	118	442	398	36	92	13	0	0	37	2	4	37	57	.231	.298	.264	.562	105		2	3	2	1
Darrin Garner	103	419	343	53	80	6	0	0	28	39	8	59	66	.233	.357	.251	.608	86		9	5	3	1
Bill Haselman	61	256	235	35	72	13	1	8	33	1	2	19	46	.306	.359	.472	.832	111		1	0	1	0
Bubba Jackson	89	339	291	35	61	9	1	3	24	2	5	39	63	.210	.305	.278	.583	81		3	1	5	0
Gary Alexander	50	211	184	27	54	15	0	4	14	3	0	26	36	.293	.381	.440	.821	81		0	1	0	0
Bob Gross	59	194	169	19	45	10	0	2	14	0	1	18	18	.266	.339	.361	.699	61		2	2	3	1
Todd Van Horn	59	215	189	26	40	5	4	0	17	6	5	23	35	.212	.302	.280	.583	53		2	0	1	0
Mike Scanlin	45	198	167	19	37	2	0	7	22	4	7	28	47	.222	.333	.359	.693	60		1	0	2	2
Rey Sánchez	50	187	160	19	35	1	2	1	10	6	3	22	17	.219	.321	.269	.589	43		2	3	0	0
Robert Lavender	49	178	150	22	31	4	0	6	17	2	3	23	27	.207	.311	.353	.664	53		1	1	3	0
Saul Barretto	36	136	130	16	29	4	2	0	7	2	1	6	6	.223	.257	.285	.542	37		0	0	0	0
Jim McCutchen	45	161	142	10	27	5	0	0	7	2	0	18	55	.190	.281	.225	.507	32		0	1	0	0
Rafael Cruz	38	133	114	19	25	6	0	0	15	16	3	17	25	.219	.316	.272	.588	31		0	0	2	2
Todd Schultz	28	80	70	8	17	1	0	0	6	2	1	9	16	.243	.329	.257	.586	18		0	1	0	0
Randy Sawyer	5	16	15	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.267	.312	.267	.579	4		0	0	0	0
Totals	1329	5208	4672	591	1136	179	18	79	489	123	62	441	949	.243	.313	.340	.653	1588	0	46	19	30	10

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jose Velez	1B	101	794	68	17	56	.981	8.535
Paul Postier	1B	24	216	19	0	18	1.000	9.792
Bob Gross	1B	22	148	5	1	6	.994	6.955
Mike Scanlin	1B	3	17	1	0	1	1.000	6.000
Darrin Garner	2B	99	188	256	17	45	.963	4.485
Todd Schultz	2B	27	38	52	4	9	.957	3.333
Rafael Cruz	2B	21	35	42	2	9	.975	3.667
Paul Postier	2B	8	12	14	2	4	.929	3.250
Dean Palmer	3B	107	58	209	59	12	.819	2.495
Paul Postier	3B	36	23	57	9	2	.899	2.222
Darrin Garner	3B	2	0	2	0	1	1.000	1.000
Bubba Jackson	C	88	677	75	9	3	.988	8.545	22
Saul Barretto	C	29	206	18	6	2	.974	7.724	5
Bob Gross	C	25	143	11	5	0	.969	6.160	10
Bill Haselman	C	4	26	2	2	0	.933	7.000	1
Juan González	OF	126	234	10	12	1	.953	1.937
Sammy Sosa	OF	113	183	12	17	4	.920	1.726
Gary Alexander	OF	48	73	4	6	0	.928	1.604
Robert Lavender	OF	44	72	3	4	0	.949	1.705
Mike Scanlin	OF	40	72	2	2	1	.974	1.850
Jim McCutchen	OF	35	63	2	4	0	.942	1.857
Paul Postier	OF	18	34	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Randy Sawyer	OF	5	4	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Todd Schultz	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Bob Gross	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Wayne Rosenthal	P	56	5	5	1	0	.909	.179
Lino Rivera	P	51	9	14	2	2	.920	.451
Terry Mathews	P	34	2	14	1	0	.941	.471
Ross Jones	P	32	17	25	4	0	.913	1.312
Phil Bryant	P	31	11	21	8	1	.800	1.032
Felipe Castillo	P	26	6	21	1	4	.964	1.038
John Burgos	P	21	1	9	0	0	1.000	.476
Gus Meizoso	P	20						.000
Jeff Mays	P	18	7	8	2	1	.882	.833
Edwin Morales	P	17	3	7	1	0	.909	.588
Roger Pavlik	P	15	7	15	2	0	.917	1.467
Adam Lamle	P	15	3	10	1	0	.929	.867
Jimmy Meadows	P	14	14	12	1	0	.963	1.857
Darrell Whitaker	P	13	0	1	0	0	1.000	.077
Mike Taylor	P	13	1	4	0	0	1.000	.385
Bob Malloy	P	9	3	4	2	0	.778	.778
Glenn Patterson	P	8	1	0	0	0	1.000	.125
Wilson Álvarez	P	8	1	6	0	0	1.000	.875
Brian Steiner	P	6	0	0	0	0		.000
Ed Soto	P	6	2	3	1	1	.833	.833
Paul Postier	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Todd Van Horn	SS	54	75	151	18	24	.926	4.185
Rey Sánchez	SS	47	88	162	18	25	.933	5.319
Paul Postier	SS	31	53	72	3	19	.977	4.032
Rafael Cruz	SS	10	13	25	3	0	.927	3.800
Totals		1585	3643	1456	247	251	.954	3.217	38	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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