Chicago American Giants History - 1987 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1987 Chicago American Giants	78	84	.481	3^rd	19	71-91	7	.250	4.50			2,878,881	$56,335,949	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
All-Star	Trot Nixon	1
Rookie of the Month	Sam Gray (Jul)	1
Player of the Week	Frank Robinson (Aug 17)	1

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+
2B	Ray Durham	34	159	593	150	34	6	17	69	83	69	0	5	3	63	1	1	.253	.329	.417	.746	3.6	107
RF	Frank Robinson	29	141	529	137	28	4	21	76	74	68	5	0	7	94	3	2	.259	.345	.446	.791	3.9	119
C	Carl Taylor	24	141	485	125	26	1	11	53	69	69	1	4	3	77	0	0	.258	.349	.384	.733	3.8	105
CF	Adam C Eaton	31	112	449	114	13	2	10	38	55	44	3	2	2	77	3	4	.254	.323	.359	.682	1.4	90
3B	Andy Reese	22	134	464	97	14	0	14	62	38	19	0	3	10	98	0	0	.209	.235	.330	.565	-0.9	56
SS	Gil McDougald	30	130	441	100	19	3	6	52	44	37	0	0	1	78	0	1	.227	.286	.324	.610	-1.3	70
LF	Glenn Adams	29	128	418	116	28	0	14	70	50	26	1	0	3	59	0	2	.278	.319	.445	.764	1.1	110
1B	Ripper Collins	31	92	335	84	18	4	17	52	49	33	2	0	9	63	0	0	.251	.314	.481	.795	1.8	118
1B	Edgar Wesley	22	75	286	67	6	2	14	35	39	31	1	0	0	31	4	2	.234	.311	.416	.727	0.9	101
LF	Jesus Alou	26	109	271	73	11	4	0	24	28	12	0	0	2	20	0	0	.269	.298	.339	.638	-0.2	78
RF	Willie Keeler	25	96	269	80	9	0	3	22	34	11	0	1	0	32	8	5	.297	.325	.364	.689	0.6	92
2B	Barney Serrell	22	60	239	65	15	4	8	32	36	9	1	4	2	18	3	1	.272	.299	.469	.767	1.8	110
C	Rip Williams	31	93	194	56	7	2	5	25	26	17	0	1	0	27	1	0	.289	.346	.423	.769	1.4	113
SS	Cesar Izturis	25	53	138	29	6	0	0	13	13	5	0	1	1	16	2	1	.210	.236	.254	.490	-0.7	37
P	Dickey Kerr	26	36	86	14	2	0	0	2	11	4	0	10	0	16	0	0	.163	.200	.186	.386	-0.5	9
P	Rex Cecil	29	34	72	13	1	0	0	6	7	2	0	12	1	21	0	0	.181	.200	.194	.394	-0.7	11
RF	Trot Nixon	25	19	71	23	4	1	6	15	10	9	0	0	0	12	1	0	.324	.400	.662	1.062	1.0	190
P	Casey Fossum	26	31	56	10	3	0	0	5	8	7	0	6	1	27	0	0	.179	.266	.232	.498	-0.1	41
P	Pink Hawley	28	29	60	14	3	0	3	9	8	1	0	5	1	13	0	0	.233	.242	.433	.675	0.1	83
P	Sam Gray	25	20	50	10	0	0	1	3	5	1	0	2	0	11	0	0	.200	.216	.260	.476	-0.2	32
CF	Bill Kienzle	27	17	34	12	2	1	1	6	7	2	0	0	1	9	0	0	.353	.378	.559	.937	0.4	157
3B	Craig Shipley	28	19	36	8	1	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	.222	.243	.333	.577	-0.1	59
P	Pedro Astacio	27	34	26	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	12	0	0	.115	.115	.115	.231	-0.4	-35
P	Rafael Soriano	27	38	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Rick Reuschel	39	8	5	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	0.1	287
P	Earl Johnson	32	59	4	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	0.2	367
P	Mychal Givens	26	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Josh Tomlin	30	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Henderson Alvarez	25	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Paul Quantrill	29	49	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.1	461
P	Bill Fagan	36	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
31 Players		27.7	1983	5630	1406	251	34	153	673	705	477	14	64	47	899	26	19	.250	.308	.388	.695	16.9	92
NL Rank				3	6	2	3	7	6	6	5	4	6	3	7	7	7	6	6	7	6	6
ABBA Rank				9	12	8	5	13	11	11	11	6	6	5	11	14	14	12	12	13	12	12

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Dickey Kerr	26	36	36	14	16	0	4.21	261.0	279	140	122	29	92	110	0	7	0	1.42	.288	1.3	96
Rex Cecil	29	34	34	17	12	0	3.49	229.7	219	94	89	16	98	109	0	3	0	1.38	.270	2.5	115
Pink Hawley	28	29	27	8	11	0	4.50	188.0	219	111	94	22	46	81	0	5	0	1.41	.299	1.6	89
Casey Fossum	26	31	31	9	12	0	4.75	187.7	202	111	99	28	81	112	0	2	0	1.51	.296	0.1	85
Sam Gray	25	20	20	9	7	0	4.17	142.3	132	69	66	20	48	97	0	2	0	1.26	.264	1.1	96
Pedro Astacio	27	34	13	4	12	2	5.55	108.7	128	73	67	14	30	75	0	1	1	1.45	.324	0.9	72
Earl Johnson	32	59	0	6	6	28	4.99	88.3	94	50	49	8	45	52	3	0	0	1.57	.303	-0.3	81
Rafael Soriano	27	38	0	1	0	2	6.41	60.3	70	47	43	12	20	51	0	0	0	1.49	.315	-0.5	63
Paul Quantrill	29	49	0	4	3	6	3.53	58.7	69	24	23	5	17	27	9	0	0	1.47	.309	0.2	114
Mychal Givens	26	24	0	1	2	1	3.19	36.7	34	18	13	3	19	23	2	0	0	1.45	.272	-0.1	126
Henderson Alvarez	25	24	0	2	2	1	4.06	31.0	31	16	14	4	12	16	0	0	0	1.39	.260	-0.2	99
Rick Reuschel	39	8	1	3	0	0	3.74	21.7	21	9	9	2	2	15	0	0	0	1.06	.288	0.4	108
Josh Tomlin	30	9	0	0	0	0	7.04	15.3	20	15	12	1	9	7	0	0	0	1.89	.339	-0.1	57
Bill Fagan	36	10	0	0	0	0	10.80	15.0	22	18	18	2	14	9	1	0	0	2.40	.364	-0.4	37
Bob Knepper	33	8	0	0	0	0	5.23	10.3	14	6	6	0	7	5	0	0	0	2.03	.389	0.0	77
Frank Lamanske	28	4	0	0	1	0	10.13	5.3	8	6	6	2	5	3	0	0	0	2.44	.333	-0.3	40
16 Pitchers	27.6	417	162	78	84	40	4.50	1460.0	1562	807	730	168	545	792	15	20	1	1.44	.293	6.2	93
NL Rank		4	1	6	3	3	7	3	7	7	7	4	6	8	3	4	7	7	7	7
ABBA Rank		5	1	11	6	3	13	4	13	12	13	8	12	15	3	10	14	13	13	15

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Kerr	36	36	17	25	2	44	2	.955	261.0	1.45	2.2
R. Cecil	34	34	12	18	1	33	3	.909	229.7	1.18	0.6
P. Hawley	29	27	12	21	0	34	1	.971	188.0	1.58	0.5
C. Fossum	31	31	10	19	0	30	1	.967	187.7	1.39	1.8
S. Gray	20	20	3	14	0	18	1	.944	142.3	1.07	0.2
P. Astacio	34	13	3	11	0	14	0	1.000	108.7	1.16	0.7
E. Johnson	58	0	2	9	0	12	1	.917	88.3	1.12	0.5
R. Soriano	38	0	3	10	0	15	2	.867	60.3	1.94	1.1
P. Quantrill	49	0	4	5	0	10	1	.900	58.7	1.38	0.2
M. Givens	24	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	36.7	0.25	0.0
H. Alvarez	24	0	2	2	0	5	1	.800	31.0	1.16	0.2
R. Reuschel	8	1	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	21.7	0.83	0.1
J. Tomlin	9	0	2	3	0	5	0	1.000	15.3	2.93	-0.0
B. Fagan	9	0	3	2	0	6	1	.833	15.0	3.00	-0.2
B. Knepper	8	0	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	10.3	2.61	0.2
F. Lamanske	4	0	0	1	0	2	1	.500	5.3	1.69	-0.1
Totals	415	162	73	146	3	234	15	.936	1460.0	1.35	8.0

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
C. Taylor	129	128	638	87	9	739	14	.981	1138.7	5.73	-0.5	11	39.7
R. Williams	38	34	201	20	3	227	6	.974	321.3	6.19	-0.4	1	22.6
Totals	167	162	839	107	12	966	20	.979	1460.0	5.83	-0.9	12	36.1

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Collins	86	86	731	49	56	787	7	.991	774.3	9.07	0.9
E. Wesley	72	72	593	39	55	640	8	.988	647.3	8.79	-0.5
R. Williams	3	2	17	1	3	18	0	1.000	20.3	7.97	0.1
G. McDougald	1	1	16	0	2	16	0	1.000	9.0	16.00	0.0
R. Durham	1	1	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	9.0	7.00	0.0
Totals	163	162	1364	89	116	1468	15	.990	1460.0	8.96	0.5

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Durham	103	102	246	298	63	550	6	.989	910.7	5.38	6.8
B. Serrell	55	54	155	163	47	325	7	.978	493.3	5.80	1.3
G. McDougald	7	6	13	12	2	25	0	1.000	53.0	4.25	-0.2
C. Izturis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	166	162	414	473	112	900	13	.986	1460.0	5.47	7.8

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Reese	133	129	72	262	26	348	14	.960	1130.0	2.66	0.6
R. Durham	27	27	21	44	5	66	1	.985	228.0	2.57	-1.6
C. Shipley	9	6	3	15	2	21	3	.857	61.3	2.64	-0.5
C. Izturis	8	0	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	19.0	1.89	0.1
W. Keeler	7	0	1	4	0	5	0	1.000	18.7	2.41	-0.8
C. Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
G. McDougald	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	186	162	98	328	33	444	18	.959	1460.0	2.63	-2.2

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. McDougald	112	108	132	335	50	473	6	.987	964.7	4.36	-22.7
C. Izturis	42	34	58	112	19	176	6	.966	299.7	5.11	-3.6
R. Durham	25	20	24	64	15	90	2	.978	190.7	4.15	-3.9
C. Shipley	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	5.0	1.80	0.0
Totals	181	162	215	511	84	740	14	.981	1460.0	4.48	-30.1

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Adams	106	103	224	8	1	235	3	.987	881.0	2.37	-5.2
J. Alou	60	45	108	4	0	119	7	.941	404.3	2.49	-1.2
W. Keeler	28	13	33	1	0	37	3	.919	148.7	2.06	1.8
B. Kienzle	4	1	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	24.0	2.25	-0.2
T. Nixon	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	-0.0
Totals	200	162	372	13	1	398	13	.967	1460.0	2.37	-4.8

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Eaton	112	111	411	10	2	428	7	.984	994.3	3.81	-2.0
F. Robinson	34	31	106	3	0	111	2	.982	283.0	3.47	-0.9
W. Keeler	12	10	30	1	0	31	0	1.000	88.7	3.15	-3.8
J. Alou	7	7	24	2	1	29	3	.897	60.0	3.90	-2.6
B. Kienzle	5	2	13	0	0	13	0	1.000	26.0	4.50	0.5
G. Adams	1	1	6	0	0	7	1	.857	8.0	6.75	-1.4
Totals	171	162	590	16	3	619	13	.979	1460.0	3.74	-10.2

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
F. Robinson	106	105	254	9	1	267	4	.985	948.0	2.50	4.9
W. Keeler	32	29	77	4	0	83	2	.976	237.3	3.07	1.5
T. Nixon	19	19	51	1	1	52	0	1.000	160.7	2.91	-2.5
J. Alou	20	8	26	4	1	30	0	1.000	92.3	2.92	-0.0
B. Kienzle	2	1	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	13.7	3.95	-0.0
C. Taylor	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	7.0	1.29	-0.1
G. Adams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	181	162	415	18	3	439	6	.986	1460.0	2.67	3.7

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Frank Robinson	.259
On-Base Percentage	Carl Taylor	.349
Slugging Percentage	Frank Robinson	.446
OPS	Frank Robinson	.791
Games	Ray Durham	159
At-Bats	Ray Durham	593
Runs	Ray Durham	83
Hits	Ray Durham	150
Doubles	Ray Durham	34
Triples	Ray Durham	6
Home Runs	Frank Robinson	21
Runs Batted In	Frank Robinson	76
Stolen Bases	Willie Keeler	8
Caught Stealing	Willie Keeler	5
Walks	Ray Durham, Carl Taylor	69
Strikeouts	Andy Reese	98

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Rex Cecil	17
Losses	Dickey Kerr	16
Saves	Earl Johnson	28
Games	Earl Johnson	59
Games Started	Dickey Kerr	36
Complete Games	Dickey Kerr	7
Shutouts	Pedro Astacio	1
Innings Pitched	Dickey Kerr	261.0
Hits Allowed	Dickey Kerr	279
Home Runs Allowed	Dickey Kerr	29
Strikeouts	Casey Fossum	112
Walks Allowed	Rex Cecil	98
Earned Run Average	Rex Cecil	3.49
Walks + Hits per IP	Rex Cecil	1.38
BABIP	Rex Cecil	.270

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
May 18th	2nd Round Draft Pick	to the Kansas City Packers for	CF Adam C Eaton
July 27th	1B Ripper Collins	to the Birmingham Black Barons for	P Rick Reuschel 3rd Round Draft Pick