1987 Richmond Braves Statistics
Team Record: 56-83
Finished 8th in the IL
Manager: Roy Majtyka (56-83)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: The Diamond
Attendance: 332,440, Avg. 4,783
The Richmond Braves of the International League ended the 1987 season with a record of 56 wins and 83 losses, finishing eighth in the IL.
The Braves scored 515 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 670 runs. John Rabb paced Richmond with 20 home runs, while Alan Griffin walloped 15 or more, too. Darryl Motley and Alan Griffin each drove in 58 runs. Trench Davis led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .256. Marty Clary topped the squad with 11 wins, and Tom Glavine recorded a 3.36 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Stan Cliburn, Cliff Speck, Paul Assenmacher, Randy O'Neal, John Mizerock, Dave Schuler, Juan Eichelberger, Steve Ziem, Mike Fischlin, Chuck Cary, Ed Olwine, Trench Davis, Paul Runge, Chuck Hensley, Dámaso García, John Rabb, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, José Álvarez, Jeff Blauser, Joe Boever, Darryl Motley, Mike Brown, Kelly Heath, Floyd Chiffer, Ned Yost, Marty Clary and Al Pardo were all players from the 1987 Richmond Braves who played in the Majors during their careers.
Roy Majtyka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Clary | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.74 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 178.0 | 180 | 86 | 74 | 13 | 75 | 2 | 91 | 4 | 0 | 10 | |
| José Álvarez | 9 | 13 | .409 | 4.34 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 145.0 | 142 | 80 | 70 | 9 | 53 | 0 | 108 | 14 | 1 | 8 | |
| Juan Eichelberger | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.38 | 40 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 127.7 | 105 | 53 | 48 | 6 | 38 | 3 | 86 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Tom Glavine | 6 | 12 | .333 | 3.35 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150.3 | 142 | 70 | 56 | 15 | 56 | 3 | 91 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Steve Ziem | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.02 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55.3 | 77 | 43 | 37 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Chuck Cary | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.68 | 40 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 105.7 | 104 | 64 | 55 | 12 | 43 | 0 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Ed Olwine | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.91 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 33.0 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Matt West | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.78 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 79 | 50 | 43 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Floyd Chiffer | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.66 | 43 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 56.0 | 65 | 34 | 29 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Chuck Hensley | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.98 | 45 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 86.7 | 94 | 49 | 48 | 10 | 48 | 4 | 73 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Joe Boever | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Assenmacher | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.65 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bean Stringfellow | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.79 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 44 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Cliff Speck | 20 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Randy O'Neal | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Smoltz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dave Schuler | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.33 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 32 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 55 | 74 | .426 | 4.22 | 356 | 126 | 116 | 18 | 4 | 26 | 1119.0 | 1157 | 604 | 525 | 95 | 454 | 19 | 749 | 39 | 7 | 62 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Griffin | 128 | 512 | 463 | 50 | 115 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 99 | .248 | .312 | .395 | .708 | 183 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Trench Davis | 114 | 480 | 441 | 51 | 113 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 44 | 15 | 35 | 45 | .256 | .312 | .327 | .638 | 144 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Darryl Motley | 113 | 460 | 422 | 54 | 107 | 24 | 1 | 13 | 58 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 65 | .254 | .309 | .408 | .716 | 172 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| John Rabb | 121 | 460 | 403 | 57 | 91 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 50 | 11 | 11 | 50 | 87 | .226 | .312 | .427 | .738 | 172 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Kelly Heath | 114 | 418 | 352 | 49 | 86 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 59 | 64 | .244 | .351 | .378 | .729 | 133 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| John Mizerock | 90 | 310 | 277 | 21 | 77 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 38 | .278 | .341 | .372 | .713 | 103 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Paul Runge | 70 | 303 | 235 | 34 | 65 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 63 | 26 | .277 | .430 | .387 | .817 | 91 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Inocencio Guerrero | 79 | 282 | 250 | 33 | 64 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 63 | .256 | .337 | .420 | .757 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Fischlin | 103 | 362 | 306 | 32 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 50 | .203 | .309 | .239 | .548 | 73 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
| Carlos Rios | 52 | 209 | 190 | 21 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 16 | .274 | .302 | .358 | .660 | 68 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
| Chip Childress | 48 | 193 | 179 | 29 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 24 | .246 | .283 | .374 | .657 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jon Hatcher | 61 | 185 | 179 | 9 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | .229 | .245 | .313 | .557 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dale Holman | 67 | 192 | 165 | 17 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 25 | .242 | .330 | .345 | .675 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Mark Strucher | 27 | 92 | 87 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | .230 | .272 | .333 | .605 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Blauser | 33 | 127 | 113 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 24 | .177 | .244 | .212 | .456 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Sal D'Alessandro | 29 | 86 | 78 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .231 | .282 | .308 | .590 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Brown | 25 | 94 | 83 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .217 | .309 | .241 | .549 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Pardo | 16 | 54 | 47 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .213 | .315 | .404 | .719 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Tumpane | 33 | 64 | 57 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .175 | .266 | .333 | .599 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Cliburn | 19 | 67 | 54 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | .148 | .303 | .167 | .470 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ned Yost | 9 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .304 | .304 | .478 | .783 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Newsom | 10 | 38 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .171 | .194 | .257 | .452 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt West | 18 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .273 | .333 | .364 | .697 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Ziem | 23 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Hensley | 45 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Clary | 26 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .105 | .150 | .158 | .308 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Juan Eichelberger | 40 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Cary | 40 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| José Álvarez | 22 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Schuler | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dámaso García | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Floyd Chiffer | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Glavine | 22 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Assenmacher | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Smoltz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1661 | 5108 | 4521 | 515 | 1086 | 212 | 23 | 87 | 475 | 112 | 57 | 491 | 756 | .240 | .315 | .355 | .670 | 1605 | 0 | 20 | 40 | 36 | 18 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Griffin | 1B | 119 | 1012 | 99 | 6 | 94 | .995 | 9.336 | ||||
| Bob Tumpane | 1B | 19 | 114 | 4 | 2 | 12 | .983 | 6.211 | ||||
| Inocencio Guerrero | 1B | 12 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 6.250 | ||||
| Mark Strucher | 1B | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.500 | ||||
| Dale Holman | 1B | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Paul Runge | 2B | 58 | 100 | 167 | 7 | 40 | .974 | 4.603 | ||||
| Kelly Heath | 2B | 40 | 96 | 115 | 4 | 38 | .981 | 5.275 | ||||
| Carlos Rios | 2B | 15 | 29 | 40 | 3 | 10 | .958 | 4.600 | ||||
| Jeff Blauser | 2B | 13 | 24 | 40 | 3 | 8 | .955 | 4.923 | ||||
| Chip Childress | 2B | 9 | 13 | 35 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 5.333 | ||||
| Gary Newsom | 2B | 6 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .925 | 6.167 | ||||
| John Rabb | 2B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chip Childress | 3B | 39 | 26 | 98 | 6 | 6 | .954 | 3.179 | ||||
| Kelly Heath | 3B | 35 | 14 | 67 | 9 | 8 | .900 | 2.314 | ||||
| Carlos Rios | 3B | 28 | 20 | 43 | 1 | 3 | .984 | 2.250 | ||||
| John Rabb | 3B | 17 | 12 | 34 | 7 | 3 | .868 | 2.706 | ||||
| Mark Strucher | 3B | 15 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 3 | .895 | 2.267 | ||||
| Paul Runge | 3B | 13 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.462 | ||||
| Dale Holman | 3B | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gary Newsom | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Mizerock | C | 87 | 504 | 54 | 13 | 7 | .977 | 6.414 | 7 | |||
| Sal D'Alessandro | C | 26 | 138 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 5.808 | 0 | |||
| Stan Cliburn | C | 18 | 115 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .977 | 7.222 | 4 | |||
| Al Pardo | C | 12 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.333 | 0 | |||
| Ned Yost | C | 7 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .897 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| Trench Davis | OF | 113 | 272 | 10 | 9 | 0 | .969 | 2.496 | ||||
| Darryl Motley | OF | 109 | 188 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .990 | 1.789 | ||||
| John Rabb | OF | 81 | 161 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .977 | 2.062 | ||||
| Jon Hatcher | OF | 51 | 81 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .966 | 1.647 | ||||
| Dale Holman | OF | 34 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .960 | 1.412 | ||||
| Kelly Heath | OF | 29 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.483 | ||||
| Mike Brown | OF | 25 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 1.400 | ||||
| Bob Tumpane | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Inocencio Guerrero | OF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chuck Hensley | P | 45 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .378 | ||||
| Floyd Chiffer | P | 43 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .163 | ||||
| Juan Eichelberger | P | 40 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .941 | .800 | ||||
| Chuck Cary | P | 40 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 3 | .938 | .750 | ||||
| Marty Clary | P | 26 | 18 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .957 | 1.731 | ||||
| Steve Ziem | P | 23 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .739 | ||||
| Ed Olwine | P | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .227 | ||||
| Tom Glavine | P | 22 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| José Álvarez | P | 22 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| Cliff Speck | P | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt West | P | 18 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .944 | ||||
| Dave Schuler | P | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bean Stringfellow | P | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Joe Boever | P | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Paul Assenmacher | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Smoltz | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Randy O'Neal | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Fischlin | SS | 103 | 159 | 300 | 11 | 70 | .977 | 4.456 | ||||
| Jeff Blauser | SS | 21 | 32 | 66 | 6 | 13 | .942 | 4.667 | ||||
| Carlos Rios | SS | 16 | 25 | 35 | 1 | 7 | .984 | 3.750 | ||||
| Kelly Heath | SS | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Gary Newsom | SS | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 4.333 | ||||
| Chip Childress | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Totals | 1554 | 3589 | 1537 | 134 | 356 | .975 | 3.299 | 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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