1987 Vancouver Canadians Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 72-72
Finished 3rd in the PCL's North Division
Manager: Rocky Bridges (72-72)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ballpark: Nat Bailey Stadium
Attendance: 338,614, Avg. 4,703
1987 Vancouver Canadians Roster

The Vancouver Canadians of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1987 season with a record of 72 wins and 72 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.

The Canadians topped the league with just 573 runs allowed. Vancouver scored 580 runs. Benny Distefano led the squad with 15 home runs Benny Distefano and Tom Dunbar each drove in 77 runs. Benny Distefano paced all regular batters by connecting at a .278 clip. Vicente Palacios paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.58 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1987 Vancouver Canadians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mike Bielecki, Dann Bilardello, Butch Davis, Benny Distefano, Tim Drummond, Tom Dunbar, Mike Dunne, Logan Easley, Stan Fansler, Denny González, Houston Jiménez, Dave Johnson, Barry Jones, Sam Khalifa, Bob Kipper, Randy Kramer, Dave Leeper, José Lind, Morris Madden, Scott Medvin, Joe Orsulak, Vicente Palacios, Bob Patterson, Hipólito Peña, Larry Ray, Rubén Rodríguez, Mark Ross, Mackey Sasser, Dorn Taylor, Tony Walker and U. L. Washington.

Rocky Bridges served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Vicente Palacios135.7222.5827260750185.0140635310851148565
Stan Fansler127.6323.8025250410161.01387668510707711117
Mike Bielecki1210.5453.7826260330181.01948976127831405212
Dave Johnson810.4443.5123221920153.713374609680761038
Bob Patterson52.7142.121412151089.0622121530092012
Mark Ross56.4553.023211500489.3874030521648201
Hipólito Peña56.4553.722771500477.36937324370620110
Dave Leeper34.4295.102101100042.3433024420122001
Mike Dunne35.3751.7699031061.3612112223141211
Logan Easley22.5003.8193610328.3201612119317100
Tim Drummond26.2502.9746032001063.7623521243549403
Barry Jones12.3333.2020020001125.32199214127000
Bill Copp12.3335.7333000011.0181070406100
Scott Medvin10.0
Randy Kramer006.11111100017.7161412219116003
Morris Madden008.596030007.388701014103
Rubén Rodríguez0018.001010001.01220300000
Bob Kipper02.0001.7862200125.3237524122001
Dorn Taylor03.0002.6597110157.7462017329047103
Totals7272.5003.303161441093313341277.3114257246868614248944315700

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
José Lind128575533751431633302193552.268.316.326.6431743310
Tom Dunbar140600501761343223771699173.267.379.357.7361791345
Benny Distefano130527431671202041577767753.278.402.448.85019315047
Butch Davis111454424581151777572262273.271.305.394.6991671161
Denny González11349441362108200135719147191.262.369.404.7731672354
Sam Khalifa1114353673983125031876267.226.339.286.6251052131
Rubén Rodríguez88306285246354128041353.221.257.277.534792241
U. L. Washington7330426128621022211974046.238.337.314.651820121
Sam Haro6926823826541500221452235.227.298.290.588693324
Dave Leeper72200191175314132912619.277.302.408.710781111
Ron Harrison66230219194510412125723.205.226.301.527660042
Joe Orsulak39165143203361112241721.231.319.308.627442215
Houston Jiménez4914913116313206721514.237.311.290.601380124
Dann Bilardello37108977213011100813.216.283.278.561271200
Ron Johns18645741010080039.175.226.193.419111210
Kerry Baker933292810030049.276.364.310.67490000
Mike Bielecki26343037000100212.233.281.233.51570200
Stan Fansler2526201610010034.300.391.350.74170300
Lorenzo Bundy413113511010020.455.538.7271.26680000
Vicente Palacios27312525000200310.200.286.200.48650300
Mike Dunne914141300000003.214.214.214.42930000
Dave Johnson2333310200010016.065.094.065.15820100
Logan Easley91101000000001.0001.0001.0002.00010000
Randy Kramer11220100000000.500.500.5001.00010000
Tim Drummond46550100000003.200.200.200.40010000
Larry Ray1625191100020144.053.240.053.29311010
Bob Kipper6110000000001.000.000.000.00000000
Bob Patterson14642000000013.000.200.000.20000100
Barry Jones20220000000001.000.000.000.00000000
Mark Ross321280000010035.000.273.000.27300100
Dorn Taylor9770000000002.000.000.000.00000000
Hipólito Peña27770000000004.000.000.000.00000000
Totals1557513145075531115187365049913881512709.247.326.338.6641524035364136


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Benny Distefano1B10999261585.9959.661
Dave Leeper1B2018616112.9951.100
Ron Johns1B181335119.9937.667
Lorenzo Bundy1B2191011.0001.000
Mackey Sasser1B110001.0001.000
José Lind2B1283114322184.9735.805
Houston Jiménez2B10203148.9275.100
U. L. Washington2B8191526.9444.250
Denny González3B111762322522.9252.775
U. L. Washington3B31175855.9382.419
Houston Jiménez3B111001.0002.000
Rubén RodríguezC86524691111.9826.89522
Dann BilardelloC351863040.9826.1719
Kerry BakerC8396021.0005.6251
Tom DunbarOF122223821.9911.893
Butch DavisOF108232842.9842.222
Ron HarrisonOF62105411.9911.758
Sam HaroOF6090730.9701.617
Joe OrsulakOF3758221.9681.622
Benny DistefanoOF2250612.9822.545
Tim DrummondP462510.875.152
Mark RossP3251810.958.719
Hipólito PeñaP2729001.000.407
Vicente PalaciosP2752411.9671.074
Mike BieleckiP26121921.9391.192
Stan FanslerP2592011.9671.160
Dave JohnsonP23103252.8941.826
Dave LeeperP2116001.000.333
Barry JonesP2013001.000.200
Bob PattersonP1424001.000.429
Randy KramerP110110.500.091
Dorn TaylorP91310.800.444
Logan EasleyP934001.000.778
Mike DunneP9311001.0001.556
Morris MaddenP60110.500.167
Bob KipperP622001.000.667
Bill CoppP30110.500.333
Rubén RodríguezP10000.000
Scott MedvinP1.000
Sam KhalifaSS1111933253549.9374.667
U. L. WashingtonSS274889622.9585.074
Houston JiménezSS8103216.9775.250
Totals144135911601149344.9723.6033200

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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