1987 Oklahoma City 89ers Statistics
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 4th in the AA
Manager: Toby Harrah (69-71)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: All Sports Stadium
Attendance: 277,722, Avg. 3,967
Playoffs - Denver Zephyrs 3 games, Oklahoma City 89ers 2
The Oklahoma City 89ers of the American Association ended the 1987 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the AA.
The 89ers scored 761 runs and allowed 810 runs. Steve Kemp led Oklahoma City with 20 home runs, while Dave Meier and Javier Ortiz walloped 15 or more also. Dave Meier drove in 86 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .320 clip. Billy Taylor paced the squad with 12 wins, and Mike Jeffcoat recorded a 4.81 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1987 Oklahoma City 89ers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dave Meier, Ron Meridith, Jeff Russell, Nick Capra, Frank Pastore, Ed Jurak, Don Werner, Greg Tabor, Mike Stanley, Dwayne Henry, Billy Taylor, Steve Kemp, Scott Anderson, Paul Kilgus, Larry See, Javier Ortiz, Jeff Kunkel, Keith Creel, Kevin Brown, Mike Loynd, Bobby Witt, Glen Cook, Mike Jeffcoat, Dave Rucker, Alan Knicely, Cecil Espy, Steve Howe, Larry McWilliams, Tom O'Malley, Jeff Zaske, Gary Mielke and Dave Owen.
Toby Harrah 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Taylor | 12 | 9 | .571 | 5.61 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.3 | 198 | 122 | 105 | 10 | 91 | 0 | 100 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
Mike Jeffcoat | 11 | 8 | .579 | 4.79 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 159.7 | 193 | 99 | 85 | 14 | 41 | 0 | 101 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Keith Creel | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.92 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 146.3 | 176 | 91 | 80 | 21 | 41 | 0 | 99 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
Kirk Killingsworth | 6 | 14 | .300 | 5.81 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0 | 204 | 114 | 104 | 18 | 78 | 1 | 74 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
Scott Anderson | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.62 | 49 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 64.0 | 79 | 44 | 40 | 4 | 35 | 7 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Tim Rodgers | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.96 | 33 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65.3 | 80 | 43 | 36 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Dwayne Henry | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.96 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69.0 | 66 | 39 | 38 | 11 | 50 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Dave Rucker | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.25 | 53 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 65.7 | 59 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
Paul Kilgus | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.01 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24.7 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Jeff Zaske | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.34 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 62 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 38 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
Steve Howe | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.48 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Glen Cook | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.53 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 57.7 | 54 | 33 | 29 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Gary Mielke | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.10 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37.3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
Ron Meridith | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Witt | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Pastore | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.46 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 37 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Larry McWilliams | 1 | 4 | .200 | 11.28 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 44 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Jeff Russell | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Mike Loynd | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.7 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Rick Knapp | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.59 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kevin Brown | 0 | 5 | .000 | 10.73 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
Totals | 69 | 71 | .493 | 5.31 | 413 | 140 | 133 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 1217.7 | 1419 | 810 | 719 | 132 | 555 | 20 | 742 | 31 | 19 | 51 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greg Tabor | 137 | 568 | 528 | 78 | 160 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 66 | 22 | 14 | 31 | 82 | .303 | .342 | .438 | .780 | 231 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
Dave Meier | 129 | 516 | 447 | 72 | 143 | 36 | 4 | 18 | 86 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 67 | .320 | .392 | .539 | .931 | 241 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |
Tom O'Malley | 109 | 507 | 431 | 83 | 134 | 27 | 2 | 12 | 70 | 4 | 6 | 69 | 62 | .311 | .408 | .466 | .875 | 201 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
Cecil Espy | 118 | 482 | 443 | 76 | 134 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 46 | 14 | 31 | 66 | .302 | .347 | .377 | .724 | 167 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
Steve Kemp | 121 | 499 | 421 | 73 | 112 | 28 | 6 | 20 | 84 | 2 | 3 | 71 | 112 | .266 | .371 | .504 | .874 | 212 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
Nick Capra | 97 | 424 | 353 | 69 | 107 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 21 | 13 | 62 | 53 | .303 | .404 | .380 | .784 | 134 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
Javier Ortiz | 119 | 454 | 381 | 58 | 105 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 69 | 5 | 2 | 58 | 99 | .276 | .369 | .491 | .859 | 187 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | |
Alan Knicely | 84 | 296 | 258 | 39 | 72 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 46 | .279 | .361 | .453 | .815 | 117 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
Larry See | 69 | 292 | 258 | 35 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 40 | .271 | .347 | .411 | .758 | 106 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Mike Stanley | 46 | 216 | 182 | 43 | 61 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 36 | .335 | .431 | .626 | 1.057 | 114 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Burk Goldthorn | 72 | 256 | 220 | 26 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 35 | .259 | .353 | .323 | .676 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Jeff Kunkel | 58 | 219 | 193 | 31 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 58 | .254 | .338 | .472 | .809 | 91 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Greg Smith | 62 | 207 | 187 | 21 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 31 | .219 | .277 | .342 | .619 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Ed Jurak | 31 | 112 | 94 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11 | .309 | .414 | .426 | .840 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Don Werner | 54 | 158 | 142 | 19 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 30 | .204 | .274 | .310 | .584 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Mike Jeffcoat | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1333 | 5207 | 4539 | 732 | 1303 | 260 | 44 | 123 | 689 | 111 | 68 | 567 | 829 | .287 | .366 | .445 | .811 | 2020 | 0 | 30 | 21 | 50 | 28 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry See | 1B | 58 | 518 | 35 | 6 | 58 | .989 | 9.534 | ||||
Greg Smith | 1B | 48 | 379 | 35 | 3 | 36 | .993 | 8.625 | ||||
Alan Knicely | 1B | 43 | 352 | 18 | 6 | 34 | .984 | 8.605 | ||||
Mike Stanley | 1B | 4 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
Greg Tabor | 2B | 132 | 275 | 387 | 19 | 94 | .972 | 5.015 | ||||
Jeff Kunkel | 2B | 10 | 13 | 37 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 5.000 | ||||
Dave Owen | 2B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
Tom O'Malley | 3B | 104 | 112 | 198 | 9 | 22 | .972 | 2.981 | ||||
Ed Jurak | 3B | 17 | 13 | 25 | 3 | 3 | .927 | 2.235 | ||||
Larry See | 3B | 11 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .893 | 2.273 | ||||
Dave Meier | 3B | 10 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Dave Owen | 3B | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Jeff Kunkel | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Burk Goldthorn | C | 68 | 375 | 45 | 10 | 7 | .977 | 6.176 | 6 | |||
Don Werner | C | 44 | 176 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .989 | 4.227 | 1 | |||
Mike Stanley | C | 41 | 239 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .993 | 6.512 | 6 | |||
Alan Knicely | C | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.250 | 0 | |||
Javier Ortiz | OF | 117 | 209 | 16 | 6 | 3 | .974 | 1.923 | ||||
Dave Meier | OF | 112 | 163 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .966 | 1.536 | ||||
Nick Capra | OF | 96 | 250 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .992 | 2.719 | ||||
Cecil Espy | OF | 62 | 115 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .960 | 1.919 | ||||
Steve Kemp | OF | 36 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 1.528 | ||||
Jeff Kunkel | OF | 18 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.833 | ||||
Greg Smith | OF | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
Don Werner | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
Dave Rucker | P | 53 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .208 | ||||
Scott Anderson | P | 49 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .286 | ||||
Tim Rodgers | P | 33 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .424 | ||||
Glen Cook | P | 31 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .323 | ||||
Dwayne Henry | P | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .267 | ||||
Billy Taylor | P | 28 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 4 | .918 | 1.607 | ||||
Gary Mielke | P | 28 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .464 | ||||
Kirk Killingsworth | P | 28 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .929 | ||||
Mike Jeffcoat | P | 26 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
Jeff Zaske | P | 23 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .739 | ||||
Paul Kilgus | P | 21 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .429 | ||||
Keith Creel | P | 21 | 11 | 29 | 4 | 3 | .909 | 1.905 | ||||
Ron Meridith | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
Larry McWilliams | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .286 | ||||
Steve Howe | P | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
Mike Loynd | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .667 | .400 | ||||
Kevin Brown | P | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1.000 | ||||
Jeff Russell | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
Frank Pastore | P | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Rick Knapp | P | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
Bobby Witt | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Dave Owen | SS | 67 | .000 | |||||||||
Cecil Espy | SS | 51 | 80 | 157 | 11 | 37 | .956 | 4.647 | ||||
Jeff Kunkel | SS | 20 | 23 | 57 | 3 | 9 | .964 | 4.000 | ||||
Ed Jurak | SS | 13 | 16 | 37 | 1 | 6 | .981 | 4.077 | ||||
Greg Tabor | SS | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .938 | 3.750 | ||||
Totals | 1616 | 3554 | 1370 | 123 | 346 | .976 | 3.047 | 13 | 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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