1987 St. Petersburg Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 85-57
Finished 1st in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Dave Bialas (85-57)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 121,732, Avg. 1,715
Playoffs - Osceola Astros 2 games, St. Petersburg Cardinals 0
The St. Petersburg Cardinals of the Florida State League ended the 1987 season with a record of 85 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Cardinals tallied 659 runs and allowed 562 runs. Mike Senne paced St. Petersburg with 10 home runs and drove in 82 runs. Jesus Mendez led batters with significant playing time by hitting .305. Rob Livchak topped the team with 14 wins, while Mike Sassone recorded a 2.6 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Craig Wilson and Ken Hill both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Dave Bialas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Livchak | 14 | 5 | .737 | 2.99 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 159.3 | 154 | 64 | 53 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jay North | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.67 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 165.0 | 164 | 64 | 49 | 9 | 53 | 2 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mike Sassone | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.59 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 166.7 | 125 | 59 | 48 | 5 | 56 | 3 | 116 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Dave Osteen | 10 | 3 | .769 | 3.20 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 112.7 | 123 | 47 | 40 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Greg Becker | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.10 | 43 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 90.0 | 89 | 37 | 31 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Tom Mauch | 7 | 2 | .778 | 4.44 | 33 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77.0 | 77 | 45 | 38 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 11 | |
| Hans Herzog | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.19 | 30 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 43.0 | 55 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dave DeCordova | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.58 | 37 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 92.3 | 103 | 55 | 47 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 72 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Chris Forrest | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.88 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 82 | 49 | 39 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Bill Hershman | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.11 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 104.0 | 106 | 64 | 59 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Benito Malave | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.02 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 40.0 | 37 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ken Hill | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.17 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41.0 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jim Strichek | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.40 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.7 | 30 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stan Zaltsman | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 85 | 57 | .599 | 3.56 | 351 | 142 | 116 | 26 | 3 | 35 | 1195.7 | 1186 | 562 | 473 | 47 | 404 | 22 | 679 | 20 | 6 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus Mendez | 137 | 579 | 522 | 63 | 159 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 78 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 24 | .305 | .358 | .368 | .725 | 192 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |
| Brett Harrison | 139 | 617 | 537 | 87 | 141 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 57 | 18 | 4 | 69 | 96 | .263 | .345 | .350 | .695 | 188 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| Mike Senne | 140 | 574 | 505 | 79 | 132 | 28 | 3 | 10 | 82 | 16 | 6 | 55 | 90 | .261 | .334 | .388 | .722 | 196 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | |
| Mauricio Nunez | 132 | 553 | 493 | 66 | 127 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 75 | 44 | 16 | 47 | 68 | .258 | .324 | .363 | .687 | 179 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
| Mike Fox | 125 | 497 | 448 | 53 | 122 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 71 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 52 | .272 | .327 | .382 | .708 | 171 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | |
| Mike Robertson | 119 | 505 | 425 | 79 | 119 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 13 | 9 | 68 | 57 | .280 | .381 | .344 | .725 | 146 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
| Crucito Lara | 134 | 492 | 445 | 53 | 103 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 83 | .231 | .295 | .276 | .571 | 123 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |
| Joe Cunningham | 91 | 338 | 276 | 40 | 73 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 47 | .264 | .385 | .348 | .733 | 96 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Craig Wilson | 38 | 176 | 162 | 35 | 58 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 5 | .358 | .409 | .444 | .854 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Elliot | 64 | 221 | 203 | 28 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 31 | .246 | .297 | .305 | .602 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Randy Butts | 72 | 203 | 177 | 19 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 38 | .237 | .335 | .305 | .640 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dave Horton | 73 | 192 | 166 | 23 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 29 | .235 | .316 | .277 | .593 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tom Amante | 30 | 128 | 106 | 16 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 22 | .292 | .398 | .425 | .823 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rob Livchak | 29 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .382 | .447 | .529 | .977 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Osteen | 19 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .300 | .333 | .350 | .683 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Murphy | 9 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .312 | .500 | .438 | .938 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Sassone | 27 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .217 | .250 | .217 | .467 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay North | 27 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .120 | .185 | .160 | .345 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hershman | 28 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tom Mauch | 33 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Forrest | 24 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .125 | .143 | .268 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dave DeCordova | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hans Herzog | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Benito Malave | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Becker | 43 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Strichek | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Hill | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1659 | 5257 | 4618 | 659 | 1231 | 206 | 30 | 39 | 588 | 129 | 64 | 518 | 699 | .267 | .341 | .350 | .691 | 1614 | 0 | 31 | 41 | 49 | 25 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus Mendez | 1B | 125 | 1138 | 81 | 11 | 104 | .991 | 9.752 | ||||
| Randy Butts | 1B | 17 | 115 | 6 | 2 | 9 | .984 | 7.118 | ||||
| Mike Robertson | 1B | 3 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 6.000 | ||||
| Mike Fox | 1B | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 9.500 | ||||
| Joe Cunningham | 1B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Brett Harrison | 2B | 131 | 274 | 367 | 18 | 88 | .973 | 4.893 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | 2B | 9 | 14 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Dave Horton | 2B | 7 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 3.143 | ||||
| Joe Cunningham | 3B | 83 | 66 | 134 | 9 | 12 | .957 | 2.410 | ||||
| Dave Horton | 3B | 35 | 16 | 58 | 7 | 4 | .914 | 2.114 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | 3B | 31 | 21 | 60 | 6 | 1 | .931 | 2.613 | ||||
| Mike Fox | C | 90 | 428 | 75 | 7 | 5 | .986 | 5.589 | 16 | |||
| Terry Elliot | C | 52 | 247 | 47 | 6 | 6 | .980 | 5.654 | 4 | |||
| John Murphy | C | 9 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.667 | 1 | |||
| Mike Senne | OF | 139 | 260 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .996 | 1.978 | ||||
| Mauricio Nunez | OF | 129 | 324 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .991 | 2.566 | ||||
| Mike Robertson | OF | 113 | 214 | 12 | 7 | 2 | .970 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tom Amante | OF | 26 | 58 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .909 | 2.308 | ||||
| Jesus Mendez | OF | 16 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | ||||
| Dave Horton | OF | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| Mike Fox | OF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Greg Becker | P | 43 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .395 | ||||
| Dave DeCordova | P | 37 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .622 | ||||
| Tom Mauch | P | 33 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .576 | ||||
| Hans Herzog | P | 30 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Bill Hershman | P | 28 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .864 | .679 | ||||
| Mike Sassone | P | 27 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .909 | .741 | ||||
| Jay North | P | 27 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .919 | 1.259 | ||||
| Rob Livchak | P | 25 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .893 | 1.000 | ||||
| Benito Malave | P | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .292 | ||||
| Chris Forrest | P | 22 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .875 | .955 | ||||
| Dave Osteen | P | 19 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.211 | ||||
| Ken Hill | P | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jim Strichek | P | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .176 | ||||
| Stan Zaltsman | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Crucito Lara | SS | 134 | 218 | 427 | 45 | 97 | .935 | 4.813 | ||||
| Brett Harrison | SS | 13 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 3 | .913 | 3.231 | ||||
| Joe Cunningham | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1527 | 3587 | 1541 | 154 | 361 | .971 | 3.358 | 21 | 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.
