1987 Pulaski Braves Statistics
Team Record: 39-31
Finished 2nd in the AL's North Division
Manager: Grady Little (39-31)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Pulaski, Virginia
Ballpark: Calfee Park
Attendance: 14,468, Avg. 413
The Pulaski Braves of the Appalachian League ended the 1987 season with a record of 39 wins and 31 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Braves plated 388 runs and yielded 326 runs. Theron Todd paced Pulaski with 10 home runs and drove in 45 runs. Rich Casarotti topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .304. Pat Tilmon led the team with 8 wins and a team-best 1.57 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1987 Pulaski Braves who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mike Stanton, Brian Hunter, Andy Tomberlin and Dale Polley.
Grady Little 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Tilmon | 8 | 1 | .889 | 1.56 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 80.7 | 55 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Doug Stockam | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.68 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 64.3 | 46 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 80 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Brian Cummings | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.16 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85.3 | 96 | 46 | 30 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Andy Tomberlin | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.43 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.7 | 35 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mike Stanton | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.24 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 83.3 | 64 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Chad Smith | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6.82 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.7 | 69 | 53 | 46 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| John Reilley | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.29 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.7 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Seth Reeser | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.75 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47.3 | 42 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Brian Murphy | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.91 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27.3 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Larry Knight | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.80 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.0 | 31 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Craig Gourlay | 1 | 2 | .333 | 18.32 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 15 | 45 | 38 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | |
| Errol Flynn | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Champion | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Scarborough | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Randy Hartsfield | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Polley | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1.75 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25.7 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 39 | 31 | .557 | 4.02 | 177 | 70 | 63 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 600.0 | 526 | 326 | 268 | 28 | 344 | 16 | 588 | 32 | 6 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Casarotti | 66 | 284 | 260 | 39 | 79 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 22 | 50 | .304 | .358 | .419 | .777 | 109 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brian Champion | 67 | 289 | 261 | 38 | 74 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 62 | .284 | .346 | .441 | .787 | 115 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Theron Todd | 70 | 284 | 253 | 42 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 51 | .273 | .333 | .439 | .772 | 111 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Greg Cloninger | 54 | 246 | 216 | 39 | 63 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 24 | .292 | .371 | .444 | .816 | 96 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brian Hunter | 65 | 275 | 251 | 38 | 58 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 47 | .231 | .295 | .382 | .677 | 96 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tony Baldwin | 54 | 214 | 183 | 36 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 29 | 53 | .301 | .399 | .475 | .874 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike Fowler | 59 | 199 | 175 | 37 | 48 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 40 | .274 | .357 | .474 | .831 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jesse Minton | 52 | 192 | 174 | 25 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 34 | .264 | .328 | .391 | .719 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rick Berg | 41 | 125 | 106 | 15 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 19 | .292 | .392 | .387 | .779 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Errol Flynn | 49 | 153 | 130 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 32 | .238 | .342 | .338 | .681 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Greg Harper | 45 | 134 | 122 | 14 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 49 | .221 | .280 | .320 | .600 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Lee Long | 39 | 85 | 79 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 21 | .241 | .294 | .418 | .712 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| John Albertson | 34 | 85 | 68 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 33 | .191 | .329 | .250 | .579 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Paul Reis | 12 | 40 | 36 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .194 | .275 | .222 | .497 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Cummings | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | .400 | .625 | .400 | 1.025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Hartsfield | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Murphy | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 1.500 | 2.000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Tomberlin | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Smith | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Knight | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Gourlay | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Seth Reeser | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Stockam | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .600 | 1.000 | 1.600 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Stanton | 15 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .091 | .167 | .182 | .348 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Polley | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Tilmon | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .000 | .375 | .000 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 874 | 2683 | 2374 | 388 | 637 | 116 | 9 | 67 | 328 | 92 | 34 | 250 | 539 | .268 | .344 | .409 | .754 | 972 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 10 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Hunter | 1B | 62 | 497 | 29 | 11 | 43 | .980 | 8.484 | ||||
| Jesse Minton | 1B | 9 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 7.333 | ||||
| Mike Fowler | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Rich Casarotti | 2B | 60 | 133 | 160 | 11 | 35 | .964 | 4.883 | ||||
| Rick Berg | 2B | 10 | 17 | 25 | 4 | 4 | .913 | 4.200 | ||||
| Greg Cloninger | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brian Champion | 3B | 64 | 39 | 110 | 22 | 12 | .871 | 2.328 | ||||
| Rick Berg | 3B | 10 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 4 | .913 | 2.100 | ||||
| Greg Cloninger | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Greg Harper | C | 45 | 299 | 42 | 5 | 5 | .986 | 7.578 | 20 | |||
| John Albertson | C | 22 | 161 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .994 | 7.773 | 5 | |||
| Lee Long | C | 18 | 87 | 11 | 5 | 3 | .951 | 5.444 | 8 | |||
| Rick Berg | C | 6 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 7.500 | 3 | |||
| Theron Todd | OF | 68 | 119 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .940 | 1.838 | ||||
| Mike Fowler | OF | 54 | 64 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .959 | 1.296 | ||||
| Errol Flynn | OF | 45 | 63 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .956 | 1.444 | ||||
| Tony Baldwin | OF | 38 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .964 | 1.421 | ||||
| Jesse Minton | OF | 23 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .944 | 1.478 | ||||
| Rick Berg | OF | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Brian Hunter | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Seth Reeser | P | 21 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .476 | ||||
| Larry Knight | P | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .333 | ||||
| Pat Tilmon | P | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .667 | ||||
| Doug Stockam | P | 15 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .733 | ||||
| Mike Stanton | P | 15 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .933 | ||||
| Brian Cummings | P | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Dale Polley | P | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Craig Gourlay | P | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| Andy Tomberlin | P | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Chad Smith | P | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | P | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| John Reilley | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Randy Hartsfield | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Stan Scarborough | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Errol Flynn | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brian Champion | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Greg Cloninger | SS | 53 | 57 | 155 | 14 | 27 | .938 | 4.000 | ||||
| Paul Reis | SS | 12 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 5 | .956 | 3.583 | ||||
| Rich Casarotti | SS | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Rick Berg | SS | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .833 | 3.750 | ||||
| Totals | 796 | 1800 | 707 | 109 | 158 | .958 | 3.149 | 36 | 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.
