1987 Tulsa Drillers Statistics
Team Record: 52-84
Finished 4th in the TL's East Division
Manager: Bill Stearns (52-84)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Driller Stadium
Attendance: 170,932, Avg. 2,514
The Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League ended the 1987 season with a record of 52 wins and 84 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Drillers scored 544 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 727 runs. Wes Clements and Ed Jurak led Tulsa with 10 home runs apiece. Jim St. Laurent accounted for 70 RBI and topped all regular batters by hitting .287. Tommy West and Rick Odekirk paced the team with 9 wins each, while Rick Knapp recorded a 4.35 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1987 Tulsa Drillers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gary Mielke, Bob Jones, Jeff Zaske, Dave Pavlas, Kenny Rogers, José Cecena, Bob Malloy, Ed Jurak, Mike Couchee, José Mota, Bobby Witt, Efrain Valdez and Kevin Brown.
Bill Stearns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy West | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.68 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 144.3 | 174 | 85 | 75 | 13 | 44 | 1 | 57 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
| Rick Odekirk | 9 | 13 | .409 | 5.84 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 148.0 | 192 | 109 | 96 | 15 | 58 | 0 | 69 | 8 | 4 | 14 | |
| Rick Knapp | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.33 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 153.7 | 163 | 89 | 74 | 14 | 43 | 5 | 98 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| Dave Harman | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.67 | 46 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 95.7 | 97 | 43 | 39 | 6 | 30 | 11 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Darrell Whitaker | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.33 | 39 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92.7 | 77 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 14 | |
| Gary Mielke | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.98 | 28 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 45.3 | 34 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| José Cecena | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.28 | 43 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61.0 | 54 | 37 | 29 | 7 | 37 | 4 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Rick Raether | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.76 | 31 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 34.0 | 34 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeff Zaske | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.64 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Greg Ferlenda | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.75 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 46 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Bob Malloy | 2 | 10 | .167 | 4.89 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 97 | 55 | 50 | 10 | 39 | 2 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
| Efrain Valdez | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49.3 | 62 | 44 | 39 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Kevin Brown | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.29 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 53 | 36 | 34 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kenny Rogers | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.35 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 69.0 | 80 | 51 | 41 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |
| Dave Pavlas | 1 | 6 | .143 | 7.69 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.7 | 79 | 51 | 51 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Jeff Melrose | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Couchee | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Rodgers | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Witt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kyle Money | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.75 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.7 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 52 | 84 | .382 | 4.90 | 367 | 136 | 125 | 11 | 2 | 34 | 1176.0 | 1300 | 727 | 640 | 118 | 457 | 45 | 782 | 46 | 11 | 95 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim St. Laurent | 132 | 579 | 533 | 53 | 153 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 70 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 76 | .287 | .334 | .375 | .709 | 200 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| Jeff Melrose | 127 | 500 | 472 | 43 | 119 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 76 | .252 | .279 | .324 | .603 | 153 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Ed Jurak | 98 | 410 | 338 | 67 | 117 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 47 | 19 | 6 | 70 | 44 | .346 | .459 | .509 | .967 | 172 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| George Threadgill | 93 | 371 | 323 | 42 | 93 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 36 | 59 | .288 | .371 | .396 | .768 | 128 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Larry Klein | 107 | 387 | 342 | 44 | 88 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 59 | .257 | .322 | .351 | .673 | 120 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | |
| Tom Duggan | 91 | 326 | 288 | 30 | 79 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 63 | .274 | .345 | .354 | .699 | 102 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
| Brad Hill | 85 | 298 | 269 | 33 | 70 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 40 | .260 | .313 | .383 | .696 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Dario Guzman | 73 | 280 | 256 | 34 | 69 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 59 | .270 | .320 | .324 | .644 | 83 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mike Jirschele | 76 | 310 | 265 | 31 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 65 | .226 | .333 | .321 | .654 | 85 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bob Jones | 65 | 212 | 178 | 20 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 38 | .303 | .410 | .500 | .910 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Otto Gonzalez | 59 | 227 | 188 | 24 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 44 | .277 | .385 | .415 | .800 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Burk Goldthorn | 51 | 194 | 161 | 16 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 37 | .292 | .404 | .447 | .851 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kurt Beamesderfer | 59 | 227 | 188 | 25 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 18 | .245 | .367 | .293 | .660 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wes Clements | 48 | 207 | 170 | 24 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 45 | .235 | .362 | .453 | .815 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Gar Millay | 28 | 121 | 115 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .243 | .281 | .357 | .638 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gary Alexander | 23 | 104 | 96 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .281 | .330 | .469 | .799 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Bootay | 29 | 115 | 105 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | .229 | .289 | .286 | .575 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Murray | 38 | 127 | 109 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | .174 | .278 | .220 | .498 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jeff Hubbard | 21 | 67 | 58 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .172 | .284 | .241 | .525 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rodney Lung | 17 | 54 | 49 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .122 | .157 | .265 | .422 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Harman | 46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| José Cecena | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1409 | 5119 | 4506 | 533 | 1202 | 200 | 26 | 77 | 486 | 107 | 59 | 506 | 807 | .267 | .344 | .374 | .718 | 1685 | 0 | 40 | 33 | 34 | 28 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Melrose | 1B | 124 | 1153 | 72 | 6 | 94 | .995 | 9.879 | ||||
| Tom Duggan | 1B | 9 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .985 | 7.333 | ||||
| Wes Clements | 1B | 9 | 85 | 7 | 5 | 7 | .948 | 1.222 | ||||
| Jeff Hubbard | 1B | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Jones | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Larry Klein | 2B | 70 | 153 | 214 | 11 | 45 | .971 | 5.243 | ||||
| Dave Murray | 2B | 36 | 72 | 108 | 5 | 19 | .973 | 5.000 | ||||
| José Mota | 2B | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Jurak | 2B | 13 | 14 | 29 | 3 | 3 | .935 | 3.308 | ||||
| Mike Jirschele | 2B | 7 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.429 | ||||
| Tom Duggan | 3B | 41 | 31 | 70 | 5 | 4 | .953 | 2.463 | ||||
| Mike Jirschele | 3B | 40 | 32 | 91 | 2 | 7 | .984 | 3.075 | ||||
| Larry Klein | 3B | 27 | 9 | 37 | 7 | 2 | .868 | 1.704 | ||||
| Gar Millay | 3B | 26 | 16 | 57 | 4 | 2 | .948 | 2.808 | ||||
| Jeff Hubbard | 3B | 11 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.909 | ||||
| Wes Clements | 3B | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 2.400 | ||||
| Kurt Beamesderfer | C | 57 | 335 | 43 | 6 | 4 | .984 | 6.632 | 7 | |||
| Burk Goldthorn | C | 42 | 257 | 30 | 6 | 2 | .980 | 6.833 | 5 | |||
| Otto Gonzalez | C | 22 | 97 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 5.091 | 4 | |||
| Rodney Lung | C | 16 | 80 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .967 | 5.562 | 2 | |||
| Wes Clements | C | 9 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .958 | 5.111 | 5 | |||
| Jim St. Laurent | OF | 130 | 194 | 18 | 11 | 5 | .951 | 1.631 | ||||
| George Threadgill | OF | 87 | 141 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .979 | 1.644 | ||||
| Dario Guzman | OF | 72 | 143 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .955 | 2.042 | ||||
| Brad Hill | OF | 66 | 106 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .966 | 1.712 | ||||
| Kevin Bootay | OF | 29 | 64 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .943 | 2.276 | ||||
| Gary Alexander | OF | 23 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.609 | ||||
| Bob Jones | OF | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tom Duggan | OF | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Jeff Hubbard | OF | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.833 | ||||
| Wes Clements | OF | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gar Millay | OF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dave Harman | P | 46 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .543 | ||||
| José Cecena | P | 43 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .279 | ||||
| Darrell Whitaker | P | 39 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Rick Raether | P | 32 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .219 | ||||
| Kenny Rogers | P | 28 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 2 | .818 | .964 | ||||
| Gary Mielke | P | 28 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .321 | ||||
| Tommy West | P | 26 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.577 | ||||
| Rick Odekirk | P | 26 | 9 | 32 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 1.577 | ||||
| Rick Knapp | P | 24 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.833 | ||||
| Bob Malloy | P | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .562 | ||||
| Dave Pavlas | P | 13 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.000 | ||||
| Efrain Valdez | P | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .909 | ||||
| Kyle Money | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Greg Ferlenda | P | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Kevin Brown | P | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .769 | 1.250 | ||||
| Tim Rodgers | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jeff Zaske | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Couchee | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bobby Witt | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jeff Melrose | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Jurak | SS | 78 | 139 | 218 | 16 | 45 | .957 | 4.577 | ||||
| Mike Jirschele | SS | 33 | 41 | 75 | 3 | 14 | .975 | 3.515 | ||||
| Tom Duggan | SS | 25 | 35 | 82 | 1 | 14 | .992 | 4.680 | ||||
| Larry Klein | SS | 9 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1536 | 3485 | 1482 | 142 | 306 | .972 | 3.234 | 23 | 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.
