1987 Phoenix Firebirds Statistics
Team Record: 77-67
Finished 2nd in the PCL's South Division
Manager: Wendell Kim (77-67)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Ballpark: Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 183,798, Avg. 2,553
The Phoenix Firebirds of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1987 season with a record of 77 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Firebirds plated 766 runs and conceded 757 runs. Jessie Reid paced Phoenix with 16 home runs Francisco Meléndez recorded 85 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .327 clip. Jon Perlman led the squad with 12 wins, while Jeff Brantley recorded a 4.66 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1987 Phoenix Firebirds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Chris Jones, Rob Wilfong, Jon Perlman, Dennis Cook, Roger Mason, Alan Cockrell, Kevin Hickey, Mark Grant, Rod Scurry, Greg Litton, Dave Kingman, Mark Wasinger, Jeff Brantley, Keith Comstock, Phil Ouellette, Scott Medvin, Mackey Sasser, Jessie Reid, Joe Price, Atlee Hammaker, Iván de Jesús, Terry Mulholland, Eddie Milner, Randy Kutcher, Rusty Tillman, Ángel Escobar, Colin Ward, Dave Schuler, Francisco Meléndez, Randy Bockus, Matt Williams and Mike Woodard.
Wendell Kim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Perlman | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.81 | 52 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 89.7 | 93 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 37 | 7 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Charlie Corbell | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.80 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 172.3 | 212 | 109 | 92 | 10 | 48 | 2 | 81 | 5 | 3 | 4 | |
| Randy Bockus | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.49 | 36 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 108.3 | 133 | 60 | 54 | 7 | 41 | 4 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Terry Mulholland | 7 | 12 | .368 | 5.07 | 37 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 172.3 | 200 | 124 | 97 | 7 | 90 | 0 | 94 | 4 | 3 | 17 | |
| Joe Price | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.49 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61.3 | 45 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jeff Brantley | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.65 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.3 | 187 | 110 | 88 | 13 | 82 | 3 | 111 | 11 | 7 | 5 | |
| Roger Mason | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 62 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Ed Puikunas | 5 | 1 | .833 | 6.68 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.0 | 32 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Keith Comstock | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.77 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39.0 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| George Ferran | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.19 | 40 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73.0 | 81 | 40 | 34 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rod Scurry | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.77 | 28 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 59.7 | 53 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| Mark Grant | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Schuler | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.57 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.3 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack McKnight | 2 | 2 | .500 | 9.21 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.3 | 37 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Dennis Cook | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 72 | 45 | 36 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| Atlee Hammaker | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Medvin | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Hickey | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Colin Ward | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Verducci | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Miller | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 65 | .542 | 4.46 | 386 | 142 | 122 | 14 | 1 | 37 | 1210.0 | 1313 | 721 | 599 | 80 | 560 | 25 | 732 | 34 | 29 | 69 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Meléndez | 138 | 612 | 514 | 78 | 168 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 85 | 2 | 1 | 83 | 68 | .327 | .417 | .418 | .835 | 215 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |
| Jessie Reid | 128 | 526 | 433 | 83 | 117 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 84 | 19 | 8 | 84 | 80 | .270 | .392 | .455 | .847 | 197 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Ángel Escobar | 130 | 516 | 434 | 68 | 115 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 50 | 11 | 7 | 73 | 59 | .265 | .373 | .346 | .718 | 150 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |
| Alan Cockrell | 129 | 513 | 432 | 82 | 111 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 72 | 7 | 3 | 69 | 131 | .257 | .360 | .410 | .770 | 177 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| Rusty Tillman | 94 | 345 | 304 | 50 | 96 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 54 | .316 | .379 | .467 | .846 | 142 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
| Randy Kutcher | 92 | 398 | 349 | 68 | 89 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 31 | 9 | 42 | 61 | .255 | .337 | .378 | .715 | 132 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| Chris Jones | 104 | 332 | 280 | 64 | 72 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 42 | 42 | .257 | .353 | .357 | .710 | 100 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
| Matt Williams | 56 | 235 | 211 | 36 | 61 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 53 | .289 | .345 | .464 | .809 | 98 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Greg Litton | 60 | 228 | 203 | 24 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 40 | .217 | .283 | .291 | .574 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Pat Adams | 54 | 184 | 157 | 12 | 40 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 43 | .255 | .342 | .401 | .744 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Phil Ouellette | 55 | 201 | 159 | 20 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 21 | .233 | .375 | .327 | .702 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Todd Thomas | 26 | 97 | 85 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 7 | .259 | .344 | .306 | .650 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Burrell | 44 | 94 | 85 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 19 | .235 | .298 | .329 | .627 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Eddie Milner | 17 | 68 | 62 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .274 | .313 | .339 | .652 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Iván de Jesús | 17 | 67 | 54 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | .259 | .394 | .370 | .764 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Everett Graham | 13 | 52 | 44 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | .295 | .392 | .614 | 1.006 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| John Verducci | 30 | 92 | 75 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 20 | .173 | .311 | .187 | .498 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dave Kingman | 20 | 73 | 59 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | .203 | .342 | .356 | .698 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Rubel | 16 | 59 | 47 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .191 | .345 | .277 | .621 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dave Stockstill | 18 | 53 | 47 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .170 | .264 | .362 | .626 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Felipe Gonzalez | 8 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Corbell | 32 | 33 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .160 | .276 | .160 | .436 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Wilfong | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Cook | 12 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .516 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Mulholland | 37 | 30 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .111 | .143 | .148 | .291 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Brantley | 34 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .105 | .227 | .105 | .333 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Schuler | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlee Hammaker | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .600 | .333 | .933 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Price | 17 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Ferran | 40 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rod Scurry | 28 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Bockus | 36 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | .143 | .600 | .143 | .743 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Miller | 9 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .091 | .267 | .091 | .358 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Grant | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Comstock | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack McKnight | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Puikunas | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Perlman | 52 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Mason | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1632 | 4956 | 4207 | 675 | 1104 | 194 | 49 | 68 | 625 | 108 | 45 | 621 | 804 | .262 | .359 | .380 | .739 | 1600 | 0 | 37 | 44 | 47 | 48 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Meléndez | 1B | 127 | 1019 | 86 | 13 | 98 | .988 | 8.701 | ||||
| Pat Adams | 1B | 17 | 133 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 8.294 | ||||
| Mike Rubel | 1B | 6 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 7.500 | ||||
| Dave Kingman | 1B | 4 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Randy Kutcher | 1B | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| Greg Litton | 2B | 55 | 139 | 161 | 8 | 35 | .974 | 5.455 | ||||
| John Verducci | 2B | 28 | 51 | 70 | 4 | 18 | .968 | 4.321 | ||||
| Todd Thomas | 2B | 16 | 20 | 38 | 5 | 4 | .921 | 3.625 | ||||
| Randy Kutcher | 2B | 10 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.300 | ||||
| Iván de Jesús | 2B | 7 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.143 | ||||
| Matt Williams | 2B | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .933 | 14.000 | ||||
| Rob Wilfong | 2B | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Steve Miller | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Matt Williams | 3B | 53 | 45 | 128 | 12 | 15 | .935 | 3.264 | ||||
| Randy Kutcher | 3B | 33 | 29 | 71 | 5 | 6 | .952 | 3.030 | ||||
| Pat Adams | 3B | 16 | 8 | 40 | 5 | 4 | .906 | 3.000 | ||||
| Todd Thomas | 3B | 8 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .895 | 2.125 | ||||
| Mackey Sasser | 3B | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 2.400 | ||||
| Iván de Jesús | 3B | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Steve Miller | 3B | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Phil Ouellette | C | 55 | 259 | 34 | 4 | 4 | .987 | 5.327 | 6 | |||
| Kevin Burrell | C | 35 | 126 | 13 | 7 | 4 | .952 | 3.971 | 4 | |||
| Felipe Gonzalez | C | 8 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.250 | 2 | |||
| Alan Cockrell | OF | 125 | 204 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .977 | 1.704 | ||||
| Jessie Reid | OF | 122 | 274 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .986 | 2.320 | ||||
| Chris Jones | OF | 72 | 127 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .985 | 1.833 | ||||
| Rusty Tillman | OF | 52 | 99 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .946 | 2.019 | ||||
| Randy Kutcher | OF | 44 | 91 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .970 | 2.227 | ||||
| Eddie Milner | OF | 16 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.375 | ||||
| Dave Stockstill | OF | 14 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Everett Graham | OF | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Francisco Meléndez | OF | 7 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 2.571 | ||||
| Mark Wasinger | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jon Perlman | P | 52 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .966 | .538 | ||||
| George Ferran | P | 40 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .525 | ||||
| Terry Mulholland | P | 37 | 7 | 32 | 4 | 2 | .907 | 1.054 | ||||
| Randy Bockus | P | 36 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .931 | .750 | ||||
| Charlie Corbell | P | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 4 | .938 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Brantley | P | 29 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.138 | ||||
| Rod Scurry | P | 28 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .357 | ||||
| Ed Puikunas | P | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .125 | ||||
| Joe Price | P | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .471 | ||||
| Keith Comstock | P | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .588 | ||||
| Dave Schuler | P | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Scott Medvin | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack McKnight | P | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Dennis Cook | P | 12 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.417 | ||||
| Roger Mason | P | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Colin Ward | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Hickey | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Atlee Hammaker | P | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Mark Grant | P | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Steve Miller | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Verducci | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ángel Escobar | SS | 127 | 200 | 378 | 39 | 71 | .937 | 4.551 | ||||
| Iván de Jesús | SS | 7 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 5 | .933 | 4.000 | ||||
| Randy Kutcher | SS | 6 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | .788 | 4.333 | ||||
| Greg Litton | SS | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.800 | ||||
| Steve Miller | SS | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Matt Williams | SS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mark Wasinger | SS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| John Verducci | SS | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 8.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1496 | 3202 | 1386 | 157 | 329 | .967 | 3.067 | 12 | 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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