Detroit Stars History - 1987 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1987 Detroit Stars	95	67	.586	2^nd	2	94-68	1	.267	3.71	X		3,088,077	$65,762,507	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Kirk Gibson (LF), Bill North (RF)	2
All-Star	Frank Chance, Jeff Kent, Bill North	3
Batter of the Month	Jeff Kent (Jul)	1
Rookie of the Month	Ernie T Johnson (May, Aug)	2
Player of the Week	The Legend of Hank Wyse (May 25), Kirk Gibson (Jul 20, Jul 27), Jeff Kent (Aug 3), Andres Galarraga (Sep 7, Sep 14), Robin Ventura (Sep 21)	7

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
LF	Kirk Gibson	32	155	578	175	23	4	33	108	111	73	2	1	9	152	17	6	.303	.378	.528	.905	6.4	147
CF	John Kane	24	157	572	132	17	0	25	86	99	62	5	18	4	98	30	18	.231	.309	.392	.701	1.7	92
RF	Bill North	31	143	538	155	15	2	10	60	102	106	1	1	4	130	54	26	.288	.404	.379	.783	6.1	118
3B	Robin Ventura	25	157	564	153	30	1	20	83	81	72	1	1	2	81	3	0	.271	.354	.434	.788	5.6	116
C	Frank Chance	25	144	509	149	38	4	2	60	80	80	6	12	3	89	43	28	.293	.393	.395	.788	4.5	119
1B	Andres Galarraga	27	149	564	164	33	3	22	85	70	35	2	1	6	157	1	4	.291	.331	.477	.808	3.0	120
2B	Jeff Kent	32	140	531	151	23	4	34	121	86	51	3	0	6	120	4	4	.284	.347	.535	.882	6.4	139
SS	Orville Riggins	26	103	342	80	10	0	6	36	39	41	2	0	2	63	6	2	.234	.318	.316	.634	1.8	76
SS	Buster Hoover	26	106	289	80	18	3	1	33	26	8	1	2	0	63	5	5	.277	.299	.370	.669	-0.2	83
2B	Lou Boudreau	34	91	197	55	13	1	4	27	24	20	2	3	0	24	0	1	.279	.352	.416	.768	0.6	111
LF	Ellis Burks	38	78	131	35	3	0	2	15	15	17	1	0	1	37	0	0	.267	.353	.336	.689	0.4	92
C	Curt Blefary	30	44	115	23	2	1	4	16	15	18	0	0	1	22	0	0	.200	.306	.339	.645	0.6	78
P	The Legend of Hank Wyse	25	40	93	15	3	0	0	4	10	5	0	16	0	21	0	0	.161	.204	.194	.398	-0.9	11
P	Hal Newhouser	35	40	87	17	3	0	0	9	4	7	0	16	3	27	0	0	.195	.247	.230	.477	-0.4	33
RF	Al Bumbry	37	81	99	21	3	0	1	12	15	7	0	0	3	18	1	1	.212	.257	.273	.530	0.1	46
P	Johan Santana	30	40	90	10	6	0	0	7	8	5	0	13	0	33	0	0	.111	.158	.178	.336	-1.0	-7
P	Josh Beckett	33	27	48	13	4	0	1	5	7	3	0	20	0	15	0	0	.271	.314	.417	.730	-0.0	100
P	Amos Rusie	30	15	43	10	1	0	1	9	8	0	0	4	1	8	0	0	.233	.227	.326	.553	-0.2	50
2B	Luis Alicea	32	25	38	14	4	2	1	5	6	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	.368	.442	.658	1.100	0.7	199
2B	Lou Klein	28	8	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.429	.500	.929	0.1	156
P	Don Kaiser	26	23	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-0.1	-7
P	Eddie Kolb	18	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Ernie T Johnson	25	60	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
LF	Jim Norris	30	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.0	85
P	Mike Kircher	24	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Ambrose Puttmann	23	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Norm Lehr	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
27 Players		28.6	1878	5454	1456	250	25	167	783	808	616	26	111	45	1163	164	95	.267	.342	.414	.755	34.9	107
NL Rank				7	2	3	7	6	2	2	2	1	1	4	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2
ABBA Rank				15	8	9	11	9	7	7	2	1	1	8	2	1	1	6	3	7	5	2

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Hal Newhouser	35	40	40	17	17	0	3.34	298.7	288	122	111	35	69	178	0	11	2	1.20	.272	4.4	122
Johan Santana	30	40	40	19	12	0	3.97	286.0	261	146	126	46	83	212	0	4	0	1.20	.257	2.5	103
The Legend of Hank Wyse	25	40	40	21	16	0	3.79	285.3	284	131	120	40	43	130	0	10	4	1.15	.259	2.9	107
Josh Beckett	33	27	27	12	9	0	4.51	175.7	158	105	88	33	73	111	0	5	2	1.31	.239	-0.4	90
Amos Rusie	30	15	15	9	4	0	3.17	119.3	102	51	42	12	31	119	0	6	1	1.11	.283	3.4	128
Ernie T Johnson	25	60	0	5	6	38	2.77	68.3	59	30	21	7	25	50	3	0	0	1.23	.249	0.7	147
Masanori Murakami	19	40	0	9	1	5	1.28	49.3	27	7	7	5	16	44	5	0	0	.87	.182	0.7	318
Don Kaiser	26	23	0	1	0	0	1.85	43.7	21	9	9	2	16	16	0	0	0	.85	.141	0.2	219
Eddie Kolb	18	23	0	0	0	0	5.45	33.0	32	21	20	4	23	33	0	0	0	1.67	.304	-0.1	75
Frank Barrett	37	16	0	1	1	0	3.38	24.0	19	12	9	2	9	15	2	0	0	1.17	.221	0.1	120
Mike Kircher	24	18	0	1	0	0	5.56	22.7	33	14	14	2	8	6	1	0	0	1.81	.352	-0.1	73
Wally Holborow	29	12	0	0	1	0	1.69	16.0	12	5	3	0	4	10	1	0	0	1.00	.245	0.4	241
Ambrose Puttmann	23	7	0	0	0	0	13.14	12.3	16	19	18	4	10	11	0	0	0	2.11	.316	-0.5	31
Manny Salvo	29	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.00	.333	0.0	0
Norm Lehr	26	1	0	0	0	0	54.00	0.7	3	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	7.50	1.000	-0.2	8
Jeremy Accardo	25	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	.333	0.0	0
16 Pitchers	29.3	364	162	95	67	43	3.71	1436.7	1317	676	592	193	412	938	12	36	9	1.20	.257	14.0	121
NL Rank		7	1	3	6	2	6	6	4	6	6	7	2	6	5	2	2	4	3	6
ABBA Rank		9	1	4	12	2	6	13	4	6	6	12	3	8	5	2	4	4	3	12

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
H. Newhouser	40	40	19	23	0	43	1	.977	298.7	1.27	2.6
J. Santana	40	40	8	26	1	37	3	.919	286.0	1.07	1.8
T. Wyse	40	40	12	26	3	38	0	1.000	285.3	1.20	1.9
J. Beckett	27	27	5	16	1	21	0	1.000	175.7	1.08	1.5
A. Rusie	15	15	5	11	0	17	1	.941	119.3	1.21	0.2
E. Johnson	60	0	2	4	0	7	1	.857	68.3	0.79	-0.2
M. Murakami	40	0	2	4	0	6	0	1.000	49.3	1.09	0.7
D. Kaiser	23	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	43.7	0.41	0.2
E. Kolb	23	0	4	1	0	5	0	1.000	33.0	1.36	0.1
F. Barrett	16	0	2	1	0	4	1	.750	24.0	1.12	0.6
M. Kircher	18	0	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	22.7	1.19	0.1
W. Holborow	12	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	16.0	0.56	0.1
A. Puttmann	7	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	12.3	1.46	0.0
M. Salvo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
J. Accardo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.7	0.00	0.0
N. Lehr	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	364	162	62	117	5	186	7	.962	1436.7	1.12	9.6

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
F. Chance	136	131	790	77	7	877	10	.989	1162.0	6.72	0.5	8	43.1
C. Blefary	35	31	173	25	5	200	2	.990	274.7	6.49	0.6	3	50.0
Totals	171	162	963	102	12	1077	12	.989	1436.7	6.67	1.2	11	44.6

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Galarraga	145	144	1134	73	84	1215	8	.993	1260.7	8.62	1.4
B. Hoover	14	11	111	10	6	121	0	1.000	100.0	10.89	1.3
L. Boudreau	9	5	51	4	3	57	2	.965	53.0	9.34	-1.3
J. Kent	2	2	13	1	1	14	0	1.000	16.0	7.88	0.3
L. Alicea	2	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	5.0	5.40	0.1
C. Blefary	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
Totals	173	162	1312	89	94	1411	10	.993	1436.7	8.78	1.7

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Kent	135	134	261	317	69	583	5	.991	1166.7	4.46	9.5
L. Boudreau	24	24	52	59	16	117	6	.949	212.3	4.70	0.7
L. Alicea	10	3	14	16	2	30	0	1.000	46.7	5.79	-0.0
B. Hoover	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	9.0	2.00	0.2
L. Klein	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00	-0.0
Totals	172	162	330	393	87	734	11	.985	1436.7	4.53	10.5

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Ventura	154	154	85	307	23	410	18	.956	1348.3	2.62	13.2
L. Boudreau	5	5	4	10	0	15	1	.933	45.0	2.80	-0.6
L. Alicea	10	2	3	11	0	14	0	1.000	32.3	3.90	0.9
O. Riggins	1	1	0	3	1	3	0	1.000	9.0	3.00	0.1
J. Kane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	-0.2
Totals	171	162	92	331	24	442	19	.957	1436.7	2.65	13.5

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
O. Riggins	102	100	147	301	44	462	14	.970	868.3	4.64	8.8
B. Hoover	57	51	65	157	25	238	16	.933	454.7	4.39	-10.4
L. Boudreau	22	11	11	35	1	50	4	.920	111.7	3.71	-2.1
L. Klein	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	182	162	223	493	70	750	34	.955	1436.7	4.49	-3.7

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Gibson	148	148	357	7	2	376	12	.968	1296.7	2.53	1.8
E. Burks	13	13	33	0	0	33	0	1.000	113.0	2.63	-0.2
B. North	4	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	20.0	1.35	0.0
C. Blefary	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.0	0.00	0.0
J. Norris	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	-0.0
Totals	169	162	394	7	2	413	12	.971	1436.7	2.51	1.6

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Kane	152	152	492	10	3	514	12	.977	1294.7	3.49	-6.7
A. Bumbry	57	10	58	1	0	59	0	1.000	139.3	3.81	0.0
B. North	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.7	3.37	-0.0
Totals	212	162	551	11	3	574	12	.979	1436.7	3.52	-6.7

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. North	138	137	318	11	2	335	6	.982	1201.0	2.47	12.8
A. Bumbry	20	15	48	0	0	48	0	1.000	143.0	3.02	4.0
E. Burks	14	10	17	0	0	18	1	.944	91.7	1.67	-1.7
J. Norris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	173	162	383	11	2	401	7	.983	1436.7	2.47	15.1

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Kirk Gibson	.303
On-Base Percentage	Bill North	.404
Slugging Percentage	Jeff Kent	.535
OPS	Kirk Gibson	.905
Games	John Kane, Robin Ventura	157
At-Bats	Kirk Gibson	578
Runs	Kirk Gibson	111
Hits	Kirk Gibson	175
Doubles	Frank Chance	38
Triples	Kirk Gibson, Frank Chance, Jeff Kent	4
Home Runs	Jeff Kent	34
Runs Batted In	Jeff Kent	121
Stolen Bases	Bill North	54
Caught Stealing	Frank Chance	28
Walks	Bill North	106
Strikeouts	Andres Galarraga	157

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	The Legend of Hank Wyse	21
Losses	Hal Newhouser	17
Saves	Ernie T Johnson	38
Games	Ernie T Johnson	60
Games Started	Hal Newhouser, Johan Santana, The Legend of Hank Wyse	40
Complete Games	Hal Newhouser	11
Shutouts	The Legend of Hank Wyse	4
Innings Pitched	Hal Newhouser	298.7
Hits Allowed	Hal Newhouser	288
Home Runs Allowed	Johan Santana	46
Strikeouts	Johan Santana	212
Walks Allowed	Johan Santana	83
Earned Run Average	Hal Newhouser	3.34
Walks + Hits per IP	The Legend of Hank Wyse	1.15
BABIP	Josh Beckett	.239

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
July 27th	2nd Round Draft Pick	to the New York Black Yankees for	P Amos Rusie
November 9th	2B Lou Boudreau P Masanori Murakami	to the Houston Eagles for	P Tyler Skaggs