1987 New Britain Red Sox Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 61-79
Finished 6th in the EL
Manager: Dave Holt (61-79)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: New Britain, Connecticut
Ballpark: Beehive Field
Attendance: 83,338, Avg. 1,191

1987 New Britain Red Sox Roster

The New Britain Red Sox of the Eastern League ended the 1987 season with a record of 61 wins and 79 losses, finishing sixth in the EL.

The Red Sox scored 573 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 654 runs. Tary Scott led New Britain with 13 home runs Jose Birriel drove in 57 runs. Angel Gonzalez paced all regular batters by connecting at a .300 clip. Steve Bast topped the team with 9 wins, while Dana Kiecker recorded a 3.82 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1987 New Britain Red Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Carlos Quintana, Josías Manzanillo, Zach Crouch, Daryl Irvine, Dan Gakeler, Dana Williams, Brady Anderson, Jeff Plympton, Eddie Zambrano, Dana Kiecker and Mike Dalton.

Dave Holt 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
Steve Bast	9	13	.409	4.46	28	26	1	6	1	1	175.7	183	96	87	13	63	7	93	4	7	6
Dan Gakeler	8	13	.381	4.63	30	25	3	5	1	0	173.0	188	112	89	14	63	5	90	7	3	7
Mike Clarkin	7	7	.500	4.78	44	9	27	0	0	6	111.0	99	65	59	6	66	8	73	5	0	10
Dana Kiecker	7	10	.412	3.82	39	17	18	2	0	6	153.0	164	76	65	6	66	5	66	10	1	9
Zach Crouch	6	9	.400	3.90	24	19	1	5	1	0	131.7	129	63	57	9	61	3	90	1	2	4
Jose Birriel	5	2	.714	1.90	11	5	5	5	2	1	52.0	45	11	11	0	20	2	19	0	3	1
Bill Zupka	5	8	.385	3.72	55	1	39	0	0	5	109.0	101	52	45	5	35	4	53	3	1	11
Jeff Plympton	4	1	.800	3.82	23	6	7	1	0	1	63.7	61	35	27	2	34	2	60	2	3	4
Daryl Irvine	4	13	.235	5.31	37	16	8	3	0	0	127.0	156	101	75	7	59	4	70	2	9	16
Luis Vasquez	3	2	.600	2.80	10	9	0	0	0	0	61.0	63	23	19	4	19	0	26	1	2	0
Josías Manzanillo	2	0	1.000	4.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	8	5	5	1	8	0	12	0	0	0
Mike Dalton	1	0	1.000	0.00	4	0	4	0	0	1	5.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0
Paul Brown	0	1	.000	5.96	7	5	0	0	0	0	22.7	21	15	15	2	18	0	10	0	0	6
Totals	61	79	.436	4.17	314	140	113	27	5	21	1194.7	1219	654	554	69	514	40	669	35	31	74	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
Bob Zambrano	131	527	460	67	133	21	10	6	56	7	6	56	70	.289	.365	.417	.782	192		3	1	7	1
Angel Gonzalez	113	461	406	57	122	18	0	9	45	24	9	46	43	.300	.369	.411	.780	167		1	3	5	1
Jose Birriel	117	472	390	50	114	21	0	10	57	1	3	70	57	.292	.399	.423	.822	165		3	3	6	4
Dana Williams	78	332	310	48	104	18	3	3	38	10	3	9	16	.335	.358	.442	.800	137		6	0	7	0
Chris Moritz	91	360	322	64	94	13	5	0	30	18	8	28	59	.292	.352	.363	.715	117		3	5	2	4
Tary Scott	105	367	338	35	84	21	0	13	49	0	0	20	65	.249	.297	.426	.723	144		5	0	4	3
John Roberts	79	310	278	20	77	7	0	0	20	18	7	20	15	.277	.325	.302	.627	84		1	8	3	0
Bill McInnis	100	362	327	42	74	11	2	0	15	7	7	27	29	.226	.291	.272	.563	89		3	4	1	5
Ed Estrada	92	314	293	19	68	11	1	2	31	3	2	18	41	.232	.276	.297	.573	87		0	2	1	1
Carlos Quintana	56	235	206	31	64	11	3	2	31	3	3	24	33	.311	.379	.422	.801	87		1	0	4	3
Tony DeFrancesco	82	276	238	16	58	12	0	5	39	0	4	32	34	.244	.338	.357	.695	85		3	1	2	0
Greg Lotzar	57	201	181	27	55	6	2	1	8	14	3	17	16	.304	.364	.376	.739	68		0	3	0	1
Brady Anderson	52	219	170	30	50	4	3	6	35	7	3	45	24	.294	.445	.459	.904	78		2	1	1	3
Gary Tremblay	81	261	242	20	50	8	1	3	26	0	1	14	67	.207	.247	.285	.532	69		0	2	3	0
Eddie Zambrano	33	132	118	16	29	11	1	2	11	1	2	10	21	.246	.313	.407	.720	48		2	1	1	1
Greg Bochesa	19	77	63	8	19	4	0	1	4	0	3	10	8	.302	.429	.413	.841	26		4	0	0	2
Mike Mesh	22	85	77	8	19	3	1	0	4	1	3	4	10	.247	.298	.312	.609	24		2	1	1	0
Alex Flores	31	107	96	6	19	1	0	0	6	0	2	8	23	.198	.274	.208	.482	20		2	1	0	1
John Toale	15	56	52	4	11	1	0	1	3	0	0	4	8	.212	.268	.288	.556	15		0	0	0	1
Roger Haggerty	2	8	7	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.429	.714	3		0	1	0	0
Paul Brown	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0	0
Luis Vasquez	10	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2		0	0	0	0
Dana Kiecker	39	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	1	0	0
Paul Thoutsis	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Zach Crouch	24	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Daryl Irvine	37	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Bill Zupka	55	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1529	5179	4589	572	1248	204	32	64	510	114	69	463	647	.272	.341	.372	.713	1708	0	41	38	48	31

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jose Birriel	1B	79	599	57	6	55	.991	8.304
Tary Scott	1B	71	581	39	8	46	.987	8.732
Gary Tremblay	1B	5	26	2	0	0	1.000	5.600
Mike Mesh	1B	1	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.000
Bill McInnis	1B	1	11	0	0	2	1.000	11.000
Ed Estrada	1B	1	8	0	0	2	1.000	8.000
Angel Gonzalez	2B	102	236	316	21	61	.963	5.412
Ed Estrada	2B	26	52	60	4	10	.966	4.308
Alex Flores	2B	17	43	45	2	12	.978	5.176
Bob Zambrano	3B	78	50	146	21	9	.903	2.513
Ed Estrada	3B	50	30	83	13	8	.897	2.260
John Toale	3B	15	7	23	6	2	.833	2.000
Tony DeFrancesco	3B	7	5	15	5	0	.800	2.857
Angel Gonzalez	3B	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Gary Tremblay	C	69	325	49	7	4	.982	5.420	3
Tony DeFrancesco	C	66	284	44	8	2	.976	4.970	3
Greg Bochesa	C	19	103	10	3	1	.974	5.947	5
Bill McInnis	OF	91	214	9	6	3	.974	2.451
John Roberts	OF	79	143	5	4	1	.974	1.873
Dana Williams	OF	71	148	7	5	1	.969	2.183
Carlos Quintana	OF	53	100	4	2	2	.981	1.962
Brady Anderson	OF	41	127	2	2	1	.985	3.146
Eddie Zambrano	OF	32	62	3	3	0	.956	2.031
Bob Zambrano	OF	31	51	4	3	0	.948	1.774
Greg Lotzar	OF	15	31	1	0	0	1.000	2.133
Jose Birriel	OF	14	22	2	2	0	.923	1.714
Tony DeFrancesco	OF	5	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.200
Chris Moritz	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Mike Mesh	OF	2	4	1	0	0	1.000	2.500
Roger Haggerty	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Ed Estrada	OF	2	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Gary Tremblay	OF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Paul Thoutsis	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Bill Zupka	P	55	10	25	3	1	.921	.636
Mike Clarkin	P	44	9	10	2	0	.905	.432
Dana Kiecker	P	39	15	27	3	3	.933	1.077
Daryl Irvine	P	37	8	33	3	5	.932	1.108
Dan Gakeler	P	30	14	27	4	1	.911	1.367
Steve Bast	P	28	7	32	2	0	.951	1.393
Zach Crouch	P	24	2	16	0	0	1.000	.750
Jeff Plympton	P	23	2	9	4	0	.733	.478
Jose Birriel	P	11	0	8	2	0	.800	.727
Luis Vasquez	P	10	2	8	0	1	1.000	1.000
Paul Brown	P	7	6	4	0	0	1.000	1.429
Mike Dalton	P	4	2	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Josías Manzanillo	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Chris Moritz	SS	81	141	250	18	39	.956	4.827
Bob Zambrano	SS	21	31	60	8	13	.919	4.333
Mike Mesh	SS	19	27	60	7	14	.926	4.579
Alex Flores	SS	14	18	33	4	8	.927	3.643
Angel Gonzalez	SS	7	8	15	4	3	.852	3.286
Ed Estrada	SS	4	6	10	0	4	1.000	4.000
Totals		1513	3584	1557	196	315	.963	3.398	11	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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