1987 Williamsport Bills Statistics
Team Record: 60-79
Finished 7th in the EL
Manager: Steve Swisher (0-0), Orlando Gomez (0-0)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bowman Field 1924-
Attendance: 77,140, Avg. 1,110
The Williamsport Bills of the Eastern League ended the 1987 season with a record of 60 wins and 79 losses, finishing seventh in the EL.
The Bills scored 612 runs and conceded 707 runs. Bernardo Brito led Williamsport with 24 home runs, while Mark Higgins and Luis Medina walloped 15 or more as well. Bernardo Brito and Mark Higgins each drove in 79 runs. Mark Higgins paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .312 clip. Joe Skalski and Greg LaFever topped the team with 8 wins each, and Joe Skalski recorded a 4.21 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Mark Higgins, Joe Skalski, Rod Nichols, Luis Encarnación, Bernardo Brito, Dar Smith, Luis Medina, Chris Beasley and Tommy Hinzo were all players from the 1987 Williamsport Bills who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Steve Swisher and Orlando Gomez 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Skalski | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.20 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 113.7 | 105 | 62 | 53 | 15 | 35 | 0 | 76 | 5 | 10 | 5 | |
| Greg LaFever | 8 | 13 | .381 | 5.43 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 155.7 | 179 | 103 | 94 | 19 | 55 | 1 | 83 | 8 | 1 | 7 | |
| Bob Link | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.51 | 56 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 105.0 | 105 | 51 | 41 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Roger Wilson | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.48 | 45 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 88.0 | 85 | 43 | 34 | 3 | 44 | 3 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |
| Mike Bellaman | 6 | 14 | .300 | 4.36 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 165.0 | 199 | 102 | 80 | 12 | 69 | 1 | 84 | 11 | 2 | 10 | |
| Stan Hilton | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 54 | 24 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Rod Nichols | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.69 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 107 | 53 | 41 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 5 | |
| Kent Murphy | 4 | 3 | .571 | 6.49 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 58 | 35 | 31 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Luis Encarnación | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.90 | 43 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 55.3 | 61 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mike Poehl | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.01 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.7 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Greg Karpuk | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.40 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.7 | 76 | 37 | 36 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Chris Beasley | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.65 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.3 | 93 | 63 | 49 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jeff Perry | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.57 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Scott Sabo | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gene Morgan | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.71 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.0 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dar Smith | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Oscar Mejia | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Kuykendall | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Greg Dube | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Charlie Scott | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 59 | 78 | .431 | 4.51 | 340 | 137 | 116 | 23 | 2 | 27 | 1167.0 | 1286 | 699 | 585 | 107 | 444 | 23 | 670 | 59 | 22 | 75 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernardo Brito | 124 | 487 | 452 | 64 | 125 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 79 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 121 | .277 | .316 | .498 | .814 | 225 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| Mark Higgins | 108 | 454 | 394 | 76 | 123 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 79 | 4 | 2 | 54 | 57 | .312 | .401 | .515 | .916 | 203 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Miguel Roman | 124 | 491 | 459 | 47 | 120 | 35 | 4 | 10 | 63 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 98 | .261 | .296 | .420 | .716 | 193 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| Winston Ficklin | 98 | 406 | 361 | 67 | 112 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 47 | 16 | 42 | 47 | .310 | .387 | .429 | .816 | 155 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Luis Medina | 96 | 402 | 341 | 61 | 109 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 68 | 10 | 2 | 48 | 75 | .320 | .403 | .540 | .943 | 184 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | |
| Oscar Mejia | 110 | 417 | 371 | 50 | 109 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 20 | .294 | .358 | .383 | .741 | 142 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
| Bob Gergen | 85 | 333 | 295 | 46 | 90 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 41 | .305 | .370 | .488 | .859 | 144 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Steve Moses | 89 | 345 | 298 | 48 | 85 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 38 | 22 | .285 | .373 | .346 | .719 | 103 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Turner Gill | 130 | 474 | 438 | 41 | 83 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 108 | .189 | .239 | .267 | .506 | 117 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dain Syverson | 67 | 260 | 220 | 22 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 29 | .218 | .331 | .318 | .649 | 70 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Doyle Wilson | 53 | 165 | 149 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 30 | .195 | .250 | .201 | .451 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Bennett | 46 | 166 | 128 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 36 | 26 | .195 | .380 | .227 | .606 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Hinzo | 26 | 113 | 99 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 18 | .242 | .330 | .283 | .613 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Riley Polk | 33 | 120 | 104 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | .212 | .317 | .269 | .586 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Bresnahan | 52 | 174 | 147 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 36 | .150 | .282 | .184 | .465 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Rob Swain | 35 | 120 | 111 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 23 | .162 | .218 | .225 | .444 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mark Pike | 26 | 93 | 86 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 | .163 | .226 | .198 | .423 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Bishop | 20 | 67 | 58 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 17 | .190 | .299 | .224 | .523 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1322 | 5087 | 4511 | 611 | 1169 | 213 | 30 | 97 | 552 | 143 | 82 | 464 | 809 | .259 | .334 | .384 | .718 | 1733 | 0 | 56 | 27 | 29 | 35 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Higgins | 1B | 87 | 709 | 80 | 19 | 82 | .976 | 9.069 | ||||
| Bob Gergen | 1B | 30 | 219 | 13 | 1 | 20 | .996 | 7.733 | ||||
| Luis Medina | 1B | 13 | 120 | 5 | 2 | 7 | .984 | 9.615 | ||||
| Dave Bresnahan | 1B | 11 | 77 | 5 | 2 | 6 | .976 | 7.455 | ||||
| Miguel Roman | 1B | 5 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 5.200 | ||||
| Doyle Wilson | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dain Syverson | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Rob Swain | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Bernardo Brito | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Oscar Mejia | 2B | 47 | 94 | 142 | 6 | 34 | .975 | 5.021 | ||||
| Keith Bennett | 2B | 39 | 70 | 103 | 4 | 19 | .977 | 4.436 | ||||
| Riley Polk | 2B | 31 | 74 | 70 | 2 | 20 | .986 | 4.645 | ||||
| Tommy Hinzo | 2B | 26 | 58 | 78 | 3 | 19 | .978 | 5.231 | ||||
| Rob Swain | 2B | 9 | 16 | 30 | 1 | 6 | .979 | 5.111 | ||||
| Dain Syverson | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Oscar Mejia | 3B | 56 | 33 | 98 | 10 | 9 | .929 | 2.339 | ||||
| Bob Gergen | 3B | 49 | 30 | 64 | 12 | 10 | .887 | 1.918 | ||||
| Rob Swain | 3B | 24 | 7 | 35 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 1.750 | ||||
| Jim Bishop | 3B | 19 | 15 | 27 | 4 | 2 | .913 | 2.211 | ||||
| Dain Syverson | 3B | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
| Keith Bennett | 3B | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Dain Syverson | C | 60 | 281 | 50 | 11 | 5 | .968 | 5.517 | 3 | |||
| Doyle Wilson | C | 52 | 248 | 34 | 6 | 6 | .979 | 5.423 | 13 | |||
| Dave Bresnahan | C | 36 | 181 | 26 | 6 | 4 | .972 | 5.750 | 3 | |||
| Oscar Mejia | C | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | |||
| Miguel Roman | OF | 120 | 212 | 12 | 14 | 5 | .941 | 1.867 | ||||
| Winston Ficklin | OF | 97 | 247 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .984 | 2.619 | ||||
| Steve Moses | OF | 84 | 176 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .984 | 2.167 | ||||
| Luis Medina | OF | 69 | 140 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .986 | 2.101 | ||||
| Bernardo Brito | OF | 36 | 46 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .904 | 1.306 | ||||
| Mark Pike | OF | 26 | 85 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .978 | 3.385 | ||||
| Keith Bennett | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dain Syverson | OF | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Bob Link | P | 56 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .889 | .286 | ||||
| Roger Wilson | P | 45 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 3 | .865 | .711 | ||||
| Luis Encarnación | P | 43 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .256 | ||||
| Greg LaFever | P | 27 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 1.481 | ||||
| Mike Bellaman | P | 27 | 14 | 35 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.815 | ||||
| Greg Karpuk | P | 25 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Joe Skalski | P | 18 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .750 | .833 | ||||
| Rod Nichols | P | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Scott Sabo | P | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Stan Hilton | P | 12 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .917 | ||||
| Chris Beasley | P | 11 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 2.545 | ||||
| Kent Murphy | P | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Greg Dube | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Kevin Kuykendall | P | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Gene Morgan | P | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Poehl | P | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.800 | ||||
| Charlie Scott | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Jeff Perry | P | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dar Smith | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Oscar Mejia | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Turner Gill | SS | 130 | 201 | 369 | 31 | 80 | .948 | 4.385 | ||||
| Oscar Mejia | SS | 12 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 3 | .889 | 3.333 | ||||
| Dain Syverson | SS | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 8.000 | ||||
| Riley Polk | SS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Keith Bennett | SS | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1531 | 3523 | 1494 | 186 | 367 | .964 | 3.277 | 20 | 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.
