1987 Kinston Indians Statistics
Team Record: 75-65
Finished 1st in the CL's South Division
Manager: Mike Hargrove (75-65)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Kinston, North Carolina
Ballpark: Grainger Stadium
Attendance: 68,199, Avg. 974
Playoffs - Kinston Indians 2 games, Winston-Salem Spirits 0
Finals - Salem Buccaneers 3 games, Kinston Indians 1
The Kinston Indians of the Carolina League ended the 1987 season with a record of 75 wins and 65 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Indians plated 737 runs and allowed 662 runs. Kerry Richardson, Milt Harper and Casey Webster paced Kinston with 20 home runs apiece. Casey Webster drove in 111 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .318. Andy Ghelfi led the squad with 12 wins, while Charlie Scott recorded a 2.7 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Rod Nichols, Mike Walker, Jim Bruske, Tommy Hinzo, Tony Ghelfi, Kevin Wickander, Ever Magallanes, Scott Jordan and Albert Belle were all players from the 1987 Kinston Indians who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Mike Hargrove 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Ghelfi | 12 | 6 | .667 | 4.29 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 182.7 | 192 | 97 | 87 | 16 | 42 | 0 | 81 | 9 | 1 | 5 | |
| Charlie Scott | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.69 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 133.7 | 117 | 54 | 40 | 10 | 40 | 0 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Kevin Wickander | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.42 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 147.3 | 128 | 69 | 56 | 7 | 75 | 2 | 118 | 7 | 0 | 14 | |
| Mark Gilles | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.49 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 154.3 | 185 | 101 | 77 | 12 | 63 | 2 | 81 | 9 | 1 | 12 | |
| Mike Poehl | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.14 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 139.0 | 142 | 75 | 64 | 10 | 47 | 0 | 100 | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Charlie Soos | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.27 | 47 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 82.7 | 79 | 40 | 30 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Rod Nichols | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.02 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 56.0 | 53 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Archie Shamblin | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.05 | 39 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 79 | 41 | 36 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Mike Farr | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.95 | 47 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 57.0 | 48 | 29 | 25 | 8 | 39 | 4 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| Mike Walker | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.61 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tony Ghelfi | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.19 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 86.7 | 83 | 57 | 50 | 6 | 58 | 0 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Phil Dillmore | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8.49 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23.3 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Kevin Kuykendall | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.55 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.3 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Jim Grossman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.08 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fritz Fedor | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.7 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Totals | 75 | 65 | .536 | 4.05 | 345 | 140 | 114 | 26 | 7 | 29 | 1223.7 | 1214 | 662 | 551 | 86 | 536 | 16 | 832 | 51 | 8 | 102 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casey Webster | 138 | 593 | 485 | 86 | 154 | 25 | 6 | 20 | 111 | 5 | 1 | 78 | 98 | .318 | .417 | .518 | .934 | 251 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Milt Harper | 135 | 597 | 465 | 100 | 145 | 31 | 5 | 20 | 97 | 6 | 1 | 117 | 69 | .312 | .445 | .529 | .974 | 246 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |
| Scott Jordan | 123 | 542 | 447 | 97 | 126 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 73 | 37 | 10 | 78 | 113 | .282 | .397 | .438 | .836 | 196 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Kerry Richardson | 117 | 474 | 430 | 55 | 103 | 24 | 1 | 20 | 87 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 130 | .240 | .300 | .440 | .740 | 189 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Jim Bruske | 123 | 521 | 439 | 62 | 102 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 61 | 17 | 5 | 65 | 118 | .232 | .344 | .330 | .675 | 145 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Mike Twardoski | 85 | 347 | 267 | 45 | 77 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 73 | 50 | .288 | .438 | .397 | .835 | 106 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Tommy Hinzo | 65 | 301 | 266 | 64 | 74 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 49 | 10 | 32 | 44 | .278 | .362 | .327 | .689 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Swain | 63 | 261 | 208 | 45 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 37 | .288 | .421 | .365 | .786 | 76 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ever Magallanes | 58 | 224 | 205 | 20 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 18 | .244 | .302 | .322 | .624 | 66 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lew Kent | 81 | 261 | 218 | 23 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 67 | .229 | .338 | .376 | .715 | 82 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Keith Bennett | 65 | 280 | 226 | 32 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 44 | 49 | .221 | .349 | .292 | .641 | 66 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Doyle Wilson | 59 | 226 | 191 | 18 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 35 | .225 | .326 | .267 | .593 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Trey Hillman | 62 | 206 | 174 | 23 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 39 | .172 | .286 | .201 | .487 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Peter Kuld | 35 | 126 | 115 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 42 | .183 | .254 | .339 | .593 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Albert Belle | 10 | 45 | 37 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 16 | .324 | .444 | .622 | 1.066 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Workman | 22 | 76 | 71 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | .169 | .211 | .169 | .380 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Scott Buss | 10 | 38 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .226 | .368 | .290 | .659 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darryl Landrum | 10 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .179 | .281 | .179 | .460 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Bresnahan | 9 | 35 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | .179 | .314 | .179 | .493 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1270 | 5185 | 4331 | 699 | 1126 | 192 | 34 | 101 | 651 | 156 | 62 | 710 | 961 | .260 | .368 | .390 | .758 | 1689 | 0 | 65 | 22 | 57 | 12 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milt Harper | 1B | 133 | 1230 | 111 | 12 | 137 | .991 | 1.083 | ||||
| Mike Twardoski | 1B | 6 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .981 | 8.667 | ||||
| Lew Kent | 1B | 6 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 6.667 | ||||
| Tommy Hinzo | 2B | 65 | 129 | 186 | 13 | 46 | .960 | 4.846 | ||||
| Keith Bennett | 2B | 63 | 167 | 207 | 10 | 52 | .974 | 5.937 | ||||
| Trey Hillman | 2B | 9 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 3 | .920 | 2.556 | ||||
| Rob Swain | 2B | 8 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.250 | ||||
| Casey Webster | 3B | 137 | 105 | 303 | 29 | 30 | .934 | 2.978 | ||||
| Kerry Richardson | 3B | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Trey Hillman | 3B | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Rob Swain | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Doyle Wilson | C | 59 | 367 | 53 | 8 | 2 | .981 | 7.119 | 17 | |||
| Lew Kent | C | 51 | 236 | 32 | 7 | 3 | .975 | 5.255 | 9 | |||
| Peter Kuld | C | 35 | 197 | 19 | 4 | 1 | .982 | 6.171 | 2 | |||
| Dave Bresnahan | C | 8 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.250 | 3 | |||
| Jim Bruske | OF | 122 | 188 | 7 | 10 | 2 | .951 | 1.598 | ||||
| Scott Jordan | OF | 121 | 260 | 6 | 12 | 3 | .957 | 2.198 | ||||
| Kerry Richardson | OF | 95 | 134 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .979 | 1.463 | ||||
| Mike Westbrook | OF | 62 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Workman | OF | 19 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.579 | ||||
| Darryl Landrum | OF | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Scott Buss | OF | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.857 | ||||
| Albert Belle | OF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Charlie Soos | P | 47 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .468 | ||||
| Mike Farr | P | 47 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .170 | ||||
| Archie Shamblin | P | 39 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .385 | ||||
| Mark Gilles | P | 30 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 2 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
| Andy Ghelfi | P | 26 | 21 | 31 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kevin Wickander | P | 25 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.040 | ||||
| Phil Dillmore | P | 25 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .714 | .200 | ||||
| Mike Poehl | P | 22 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.682 | ||||
| Charlie Scott | P | 19 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 1.474 | ||||
| Tony Ghelfi | P | 18 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 3 | .962 | 1.389 | ||||
| Fritz Fedor | P | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .357 | ||||
| Kevin Kuykendall | P | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .333 | ||||
| Rod Nichols | P | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Jim Grossman | P | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Walker | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Ever Magallanes | SS | 57 | 79 | 169 | 17 | 36 | .936 | 4.351 | ||||
| Trey Hillman | SS | 51 | 72 | 147 | 6 | 30 | .973 | 4.294 | ||||
| Rob Swain | SS | 43 | 59 | 116 | 15 | 28 | .921 | 4.070 | ||||
| Keith Bennett | SS | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1525 | 3550 | 1595 | 171 | 402 | .968 | 3.374 | 31 | 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.
