Birmingham Black Barons History - 1987 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1987 Birmingham Black Barons	97	65	.599	1^st	-	103-59	-6	.263	3.15	X		3,222,326	$63,622,795	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Jose Mendez (P), Judy Johnson (3B)	2
All-Star	Vida Blue, Dizzy Dean, Howard Johnson	3
Pitcher of the Month	Roy Halladay (Aug)	1
Batter of the Month	Howard Johnson (Aug)	1
Player of the Week	Howard Johnson (Jul 6), Judy Johnson (Aug 31)	2

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+
RF	Howard Johnson	30	159	577	171	35	1	37	104	122	112	1	3	4	127	24	10	.296	.409	.553	.962	8.6	155
2B	Tommy Leach	38	147	570	147	17	5	0	33	99	96	1	1	4	84	35	19	.258	.364	.305	.669	2.8	82
SS	Orlando Arcia	21	160	592	150	14	3	26	92	85	40	0	2	5	97	7	7	.253	.298	.419	.717	4.4	89
LF	Tony Gonzalez	28	156	587	172	34	2	11	73	78	47	1	0	3	76	3	2	.293	.345	.414	.759	2.4	102
3B	Judy Johnson	30	155	556	153	20	4	19	73	72	48	0	0	7	79	5	1	.275	.329	.428	.757	6.0	101
C	Gabby Hartnett	23	151	538	135	25	1	30	100	81	54	1	1	7	87	3	3	.251	.317	.468	.785	4.9	107
CF	Cesar Cedeno	25	119	442	144	18	12	10	67	54	37	1	0	5	60	13	14	.326	.375	.489	.864	4.4	129
1B	Don Baylor	38	115	370	79	12	1	18	67	45	30	9	0	8	81	0	0	.214	.283	.397	.680	-0.2	80
1B	Ripper Collins	31	63	228	59	9	0	12	35	32	29	1	0	0	42	0	0	.259	.345	.456	.801	1.2	112
RF	Bubba Trammell	32	99	155	39	6	0	5	35	18	19	0	0	4	24	0	1	.252	.326	.387	.713	0.3	90
CF	Armando Marsans	27	81	148	44	4	0	2	16	20	17	1	2	1	18	8	2	.297	.371	.365	.736	0.9	98
CF	Nook Logan	27	49	122	33	9	1	0	11	19	10	0	1	1	25	4	2	.270	.323	.361	.684	0.9	83
C	Brayan Pena	28	35	113	23	6	0	0	9	6	4	1	0	1	14	0	0	.204	.235	.257	.492	-0.1	32
P	Jose Mendez	29	40	84	15	2	0	0	5	6	7	0	16	1	16	1	3	.179	.239	.202	.442	-0.5	20
P	Dizzy Dean	29	40	89	15	3	0	1	2	4	1	0	11	0	23	0	0	.169	.178	.236	.414	-0.8	10
P	Roy Halladay	29	40	79	9	4	0	0	9	7	6	0	13	1	40	0	0	.114	.174	.165	.339	-0.9	-8
2B	Cesar Tovar	38	45	86	32	4	1	1	9	17	6	0	0	0	6	2	1	.372	.413	.477	.890	1.0	138
P	Johnny Podres	30	46	75	7	1	0	0	2	3	2	0	15	0	14	0	0	.093	.117	.107	.224	-1.2	-39
2B	Edgardo Alfonzo	39	29	58	14	4	0	0	3	8	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.241	.279	.310	.589	-0.1	58
SS	Johnny Mitchell	28	12	24	4	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	.167	.200	.208	.408	-0.1	10
P	Rick Reuschel	39	21	12	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	-0.0	25
P	Vida Blue	22	84	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	6	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	-0.2	-4
P	George Borchers	27	23	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0.0	8
P	Roric Harrison	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Matt Young	29	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000	0.1	199
25 Players		29.3	1889	5520	1449	228	31	172	752	780	573	17	70	52	931	105	66	.263	.331	.409	.739	33.7	96
NL Rank				5	3	6	6	5	3	3	3	3	5	1	5	2	2	3	2	3	3	3
ABBA Rank				12	9	14	8	8	8	8	4	3	5	1	8	3	2	8	4	8	8	3

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Jose Mendez	29	40	40	17	13	0	3.08	283.0	216	115	97	25	110	232	0	8	3	1.15	.248	5.7	136
Dizzy Dean	29	40	40	22	12	0	2.69	278.0	226	96	83	30	28	221	0	10	2	.91	.250	7.8	156
Roy Halladay	29	40	40	19	10	0	3.13	270.0	241	108	94	32	30	166	0	4	0	1.00	.255	5.5	134
Johnny Podres	30	46	34	14	9	0	2.95	250.0	198	90	82	37	52	210	0	3	0	1.00	.237	4.0	142
Vida Blue	22	84	0	15	8	16	3.00	159.0	124	59	53	21	64	190	9	0	0	1.18	.275	2.5	140
Rick Reuschel	39	21	6	1	3	0	4.70	59.3	67	38	31	12	17	29	0	0	0	1.42	.276	-0.4	89
Len Barker	24	41	0	5	6	12	4.74	38.0	37	20	20	6	21	47	3	0	0	1.53	.333	0.3	89
George Borchers	27	23	1	0	3	1	6.14	36.7	30	27	25	2	28	32	0	0	0	1.58	.283	0.1	68
Matt Young	29	19	0	1	1	5	3.82	30.7	17	14	13	4	22	18	0	0	0	1.27	.148	-0.6	110
Chuck McElroy	28	12	0	0	0	1	1.15	15.7	8	3	2	1	7	10	0	0	0	.96	.167	0.2	365
Mark Brandenburg	28	11	0	3	0	0	1.38	13.0	9	2	2	0	5	11	0	0	0	1.08	.265	0.3	303
Roric Harrison	29	1	1	0	0	0	3.00	6.0	7	2	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	1.17	.286	0.1	140
12 Pitchers	28.6	378	162	97	65	35	3.15	1439.3	1180	574	504	171	384	1169	12	25	5	1.09	.252	25.5	139
NL Rank		6	1	2	7	5	1	4	1	1	1	5	1	1	5	3	3	1	2	2
ABBA Rank		7	1	3	14	7	1	10	1	1	1	9	1	1	5	7	6	1	2	4

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Mendez	40	40	16	28	4	44	0	1.000	283.0	1.40	4.8
D. Dean	40	40	15	23	0	41	3	.927	278.0	1.23	2.3
R. Halladay	40	40	14	31	1	47	2	.957	270.0	1.50	1.4
J. Podres	46	34	10	13	2	24	1	.958	250.0	0.83	1.6
V. Blue	83	0	7	14	1	26	5	.808	159.0	1.19	-0.2
R. Reuschel	21	6	2	6	0	9	1	.889	59.3	1.21	0.6
L. Barker	40	0	1	2	0	4	1	.750	38.0	0.71	0.6
G. Borchers	23	1	3	3	0	6	0	1.000	36.7	1.47	0.4
M. Young	18	0	1	7	0	8	0	1.000	30.7	2.35	0.7
C. McElroy	12	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	15.7	0.57	0.1
M. Brandenburg	11	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.000	13.0	0.69	-0.0
R. Harrison	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	6.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	375	162	70	128	9	211	13	.938	1439.3	1.24	12.2

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
G. Hartnett	133	133	945	101	6	1061	15	.986	1176.3	8.00	3.6	2	40.2
B. Pena	30	29	230	24	1	255	1	.996	263.0	8.69	1.9	2	77.8
Totals	163	162	1175	125	7	1316	16	.988	1439.3	8.13	5.5	4	45.8

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Baylor	103	96	727	57	48	798	14	.982	827.7	8.53	-4.5
R. Collins	63	63	495	34	26	536	7	.987	540.0	8.82	-1.7
H. Johnson	26	3	56	2	1	58	0	1.000	62.0	8.42	0.2
B. Trammell	3	0	7	0	1	8	1	.875	5.0	12.60	-0.5
B. Pena	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	3.0	6.00	0.0
G. Hartnett	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	1.7	16.20	0.0
Totals	197	162	1290	93	76	1405	22	.984	1439.3	8.65	-6.6

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Leach	139	139	267	329	57	618	22	.964	1201.3	4.47	2.0
C. Tovar	22	13	34	31	8	66	1	.985	135.3	4.32	-0.4
E. Alfonzo	19	7	10	18	1	29	1	.966	74.7	3.37	-0.3
J. Mitchell	4	3	7	6	0	13	0	1.000	25.0	4.68	-0.0
H. Johnson	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	0.0
Totals	186	162	318	385	66	727	24	.967	1439.3	4.40	1.2

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Johnson	152	152	79	289	19	378	10	.974	1320.7	2.51	21.7
H. Johnson	8	6	2	5	0	9	2	.778	54.0	1.17	-0.3
T. Leach	8	4	1	11	1	13	1	.923	44.0	2.45	-0.1
E. Alfonzo	7	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	18.7	0.96	0.1
J. Mitchell	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	177	162	83	306	20	402	13	.968	1439.3	2.43	21.4

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
O. Arcia	159	157	187	439	55	641	15	.977	1361.0	4.14	12.5
E. Alfonzo	5	3	1	5	0	6	0	1.000	30.0	1.80	-0.2
J. Mitchell	8	2	6	9	0	15	0	1.000	27.0	5.00	0.2
T. Leach	11	0	3	5	0	9	1	.889	21.3	3.38	-0.2
Totals	183	162	197	458	55	671	16	.976	1439.3	4.10	12.3

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Gonzalez	150	150	268	10	3	282	4	.986	1299.7	1.93	-4.7
B. Trammell	11	9	23	0	0	23	0	1.000	90.0	2.30	0.0
A. Marsans	8	2	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	29.0	1.55	0.4
N. Logan	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	9.0	1.00	-0.1
C. Cedeno	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.7	0.00	0.0
D. Baylor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
C. Tovar	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	-0.0
Totals	175	162	298	10	3	312	4	.987	1439.3	1.93	-4.5

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Cedeno	111	110	372	11	1	387	4	.990	951.3	3.62	9.0
N. Logan	43	26	106	1	0	108	1	.991	261.0	3.69	3.9
A. Marsans	27	25	85	0	0	86	1	.988	223.0	3.43	0.3
H. Johnson	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	4.0	4.50	-0.0
Totals	182	161	565	12	1	583	6	.990	1439.3	3.61	13.1

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
H. Johnson	147	145	277	12	0	296	7	.976	1229.3	2.12	3.6
B. Trammell	25	15	32	1	1	35	2	.943	157.7	1.88	-0.3
C. Cedeno	10	2	6	1	0	8	1	.875	29.3	2.15	-0.4
A. Marsans	12	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	17.0	2.65	0.0
C. Tovar	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.0	0.00	0.0
T. Gonzalez	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	-0.0
Totals	197	162	321	14	1	345	10	.971	1439.3	2.09	2.9

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Howard Johnson	.296
On-Base Percentage	Howard Johnson	.409
Slugging Percentage	Howard Johnson	.553
OPS	Howard Johnson	.962
Games	Orlando Arcia	160
At-Bats	Orlando Arcia	592
Runs	Howard Johnson	122
Hits	Tony Gonzalez	172
Doubles	Howard Johnson	35
Triples	Cesar Cedeno	12
Home Runs	Howard Johnson	37
Runs Batted In	Howard Johnson	104
Stolen Bases	Tommy Leach	35
Caught Stealing	Tommy Leach	19
Walks	Howard Johnson	112
Strikeouts	Howard Johnson	127

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Dizzy Dean	22
Losses	Jose Mendez	13
Saves	Vida Blue	16
Games	Vida Blue	84
Games Started	Jose Mendez, Dizzy Dean, Roy Halladay	40
Complete Games	Dizzy Dean	10
Shutouts	Jose Mendez	3
Innings Pitched	Jose Mendez	283.0
Hits Allowed	Roy Halladay	241
Home Runs Allowed	Johnny Podres	37
Strikeouts	Jose Mendez	232
Walks Allowed	Jose Mendez	110
Earned Run Average	Dizzy Dean	2.69
Walks + Hits per IP	Dizzy Dean	0.91
BABIP	Johnny Podres	.237

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
July 27th	P Rick Reuschel 3rd Round Draft Pick	to the Chicago American Giants for	1B Ripper Collins