1987 West Palm Beach Expos Statistics
Team Record: 75-63
Finished 2nd in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Felipe Alou (75-63)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 110,633, Avg. 1,603
The West Palm Beach Expos of the Florida State League ended the 1987 season with a record of 75 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Expos plated 607 runs and conceded 567 runs. Pat Sipe paced West Palm Beach with 17 home runs, and Mike Blowers walloped 15 or more, too. Pat Sipe recorded 84 runs batted in. Kevin Dean led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .288 average. Al Cardwood and Eddie Dixon topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Al Cardwood recorded a 3.35 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1987 West Palm Beach Expos who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gene Harris, Edgar Cáceres, Jeff Huson, Mike Blowers, Bryn Smith, Jeff Tabaka, John Vander Wal, Yorkis Pérez, Charlie Lea and César Hernández.
Felipe Alou 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Cardwood | 10 | 2 | .833 | 3.35 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 113.0 | 82 | 47 | 42 | 8 | 81 | 3 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Eddie Dixon | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.27 | 43 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 87.3 | 82 | 35 | 22 | 5 | 28 | 7 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gene Harris | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.37 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 179.0 | 178 | 101 | 87 | 7 | 77 | 1 | 121 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Bob Devlin | 8 | 1 | .889 | 0.85 | 36 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 53.0 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Collins | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.15 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 91.3 | 82 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 47 | 4 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Jeff Tabaka | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.17 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 95.0 | 90 | 46 | 44 | 3 | 58 | 3 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Rob Williams | 7 | 12 | .368 | 3.41 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 124.0 | 136 | 65 | 47 | 5 | 46 | 4 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Yorkis Pérez | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.34 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 78 | 36 | 26 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Bob Sudo | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.04 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 91.3 | 104 | 46 | 41 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bill Cunningham | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.49 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Charlie Lea | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.68 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 70 | 33 | 29 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Kevin Kristan | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.83 | 39 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47.0 | 57 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Steve Rousey | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Marino | 0 | 0 | 3.58 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 32 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Thomas Traen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.49 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28.3 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mitch McKelvey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bryn Smith | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.08 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rich Stoll | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.12 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 75 | 63 | .543 | 3.50 | 386 | 138 | 116 | 22 | 4 | 33 | 1192.0 | 1131 | 567 | 463 | 62 | 546 | 32 | 886 | 25 | 8 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Dean | 127 | 556 | 475 | 80 | 137 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 24 | 12 | 65 | 91 | .288 | .384 | .400 | .784 | 190 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Pat Sipe | 129 | 507 | 478 | 70 | 131 | 24 | 3 | 17 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 62 | .274 | .308 | .444 | .751 | 212 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | |
| Jeff Huson | 131 | 520 | 455 | 54 | 130 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 33 | 9 | 50 | 30 | .286 | .352 | .343 | .695 | 156 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | |
| Mike Blowers | 136 | 542 | 491 | 68 | 124 | 30 | 3 | 16 | 71 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 118 | .253 | .317 | .424 | .741 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Derrell Baker | 126 | 537 | 449 | 67 | 119 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 56 | 6 | 4 | 77 | 31 | .265 | .373 | .310 | .682 | 139 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
| Edgar Cáceres | 105 | 430 | 390 | 55 | 105 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 27 | 30 | .269 | .324 | .326 | .650 | 127 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Don Burke | 108 | 344 | 292 | 33 | 71 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 47 | 38 | .243 | .346 | .267 | .613 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Geff Davis | 91 | 317 | 281 | 32 | 63 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 25 | .224 | .297 | .331 | .628 | 93 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| John Vander Wal | 50 | 223 | 189 | 29 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 25 | .286 | .378 | .397 | .775 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Mel Houston | 45 | 182 | 159 | 23 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 14 | .245 | .305 | .321 | .626 | 51 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Rob Leary | 64 | 214 | 192 | 20 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 39 | .198 | .274 | .271 | .544 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bob Caffrey | 42 | 167 | 154 | 15 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 39 | .221 | .275 | .357 | .633 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tim Touma | 59 | 145 | 124 | 14 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 | .258 | .331 | .274 | .605 | 34 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Paul Frye | 36 | 133 | 116 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 21 | .224 | .316 | .362 | .678 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| César Hernández | 32 | 112 | 106 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 29 | .236 | .268 | .340 | .607 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bobby Gaylor | 44 | 117 | 104 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 11 | .231 | .308 | .279 | .587 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Al Cardwood | 29 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .278 | .316 | .556 | .871 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Harris | 26 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .200 | .273 | .250 | .523 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Collins | 34 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Lea | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Sudo | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Tabaka | 28 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Williams | 21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yorkis Pérez | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Omer Munoz | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Kristan | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thomas Traen | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Cunningham | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Dixon | 43 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Marino | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitch McKelvey | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Rousey | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Devlin | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Stoll | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Bryn Smith | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1717 | 5177 | 4566 | 607 | 1169 | 173 | 18 | 74 | 537 | 129 | 56 | 489 | 660 | .256 | .330 | .350 | .680 | 1600 | 0 | 34 | 47 | 41 | 25 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Sipe | 1B | 114 | 955 | 73 | 9 | 94 | .991 | 9.018 | ||||
| Bob Caffrey | 1B | 31 | 258 | 11 | 6 | 24 | .978 | 8.677 | ||||
| Mike Blowers | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Edgar Cáceres | 2B | 94 | 168 | 267 | 5 | 54 | .989 | 4.628 | ||||
| Mel Houston | 2B | 38 | 61 | 101 | 7 | 13 | .959 | 4.263 | ||||
| Tim Touma | 2B | 17 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 6 | .941 | 1.882 | ||||
| Bobby Gaylor | 2B | 8 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 5 | .970 | 4.000 | ||||
| Derrell Baker | 2B | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Omer Munoz | 2B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jeff Huson | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Blowers | 3B | 128 | 72 | 234 | 18 | 27 | .944 | 2.391 | ||||
| Tim Touma | 3B | 13 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 3 | .941 | 2.462 | ||||
| Bobby Gaylor | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Edgar Cáceres | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Geff Davis | C | 87 | 528 | 72 | 16 | 10 | .974 | 6.897 | 12 | |||
| Rob Leary | C | 62 | 371 | 41 | 3 | 5 | .993 | 6.645 | 5 | |||
| Bob Caffrey | C | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.333 | 0 | |||
| Tim Touma | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Dean | OF | 127 | 252 | 13 | 6 | 6 | .978 | 2.087 | ||||
| Derrell Baker | OF | 105 | 167 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 1.629 | ||||
| Don Burke | OF | 97 | 149 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .981 | 1.577 | ||||
| John Vander Wal | OF | 50 | 103 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .972 | 2.080 | ||||
| César Hernández | OF | 31 | 60 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .955 | 2.065 | ||||
| Paul Frye | OF | 27 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.593 | ||||
| Mel Houston | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Jeff Huson | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Eddie Dixon | P | 43 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .349 | ||||
| Kevin Kristan | P | 39 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .308 | ||||
| Bob Devlin | P | 36 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .938 | .417 | ||||
| Al Collins | P | 34 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .529 | ||||
| Jeff Tabaka | P | 28 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 3 | .958 | .821 | ||||
| John Marino | P | 28 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .429 | ||||
| Al Cardwood | P | 28 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .944 | .607 | ||||
| Gene Harris | P | 26 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 1 | .868 | 1.269 | ||||
| Rob Williams | P | 21 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .826 | .905 | ||||
| Charlie Lea | P | 19 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .526 | ||||
| Bob Sudo | P | 17 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 5 | .971 | 2.000 | ||||
| Yorkis Pérez | P | 15 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
| Bill Cunningham | P | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .214 | ||||
| Rich Stoll | P | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| Thomas Traen | P | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| Steve Rousey | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Bryn Smith | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mitch McKelvey | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
| Jeff Huson | SS | 124 | 232 | 346 | 34 | 70 | .944 | 4.661 | ||||
| Bobby Gaylor | SS | 10 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 6 | .895 | 3.400 | ||||
| Mel Houston | SS | 9 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 4 | .943 | 3.667 | ||||
| Omer Munoz | SS | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Blowers | SS | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Tim Touma | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Edgar Cáceres | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1584 | 3576 | 1490 | 153 | 352 | .971 | 3.198 | 17 | 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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