Boston Americans History - 1986 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1986 Boston Americans	106	56	.654	1^st	-	100-62	6	.278	3.73	X	X	3,219,270	$64,855,831	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Most Impactful Player Award	Turkey Stearnes	1
Ozzie Award	Deron Johnson (1B)	1
All-Star	John Beckwith, Ted Breitenstein, Lew Camp, Eddie Plank, Turkey Stearnes, Suds Sutherland	6
Pitcher of the Month	Ted Breitenstein (Apr)	1
Batter of the Month	Turkey Stearnes (Apr, May)	2
Rookie of the Month	Suds Sutherland (Apr)	1
Player of the Week	Turkey Stearnes (Apr 21, May 19), Deron Johnson (May 26), Alejandro Oms (Aug 25), Deron Johnson (Sep 1)	5

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+
3B	Wade Boggs	28	157	635	194	30	4	5	70	100	84	0	2	8	71	0	0	.306	.382	.389	.771	3.4	117
1B	John Beckwith	38	162	592	174	13	1	33	121	109	122	0	0	6	51	0	0	.294	.411	.486	.898	5.3	150
CF	Turkey Stearnes	29	156	631	223	42	11	33	111	134	66	1	0	3	119	58	32	.353	.414	.612	1.025	9.9	182
LF	Alejandro Oms	33	157	595	171	33	2	25	101	103	91	1	3	7	86	7	6	.287	.379	.476	.855	6.3	137
RF	Johnny Grubb	36	143	526	137	21	1	20	93	85	74	0	1	6	88	1	0	.260	.348	.418	.766	1.2	113
1B	Deron Johnson	30	148	516	143	26	1	26	91	91	67	0	0	4	145	0	0	.277	.358	.483	.840	3.7	132
SS	Freddie Patek	33	146	532	147	27	2	7	45	69	38	1	6	2	103	55	24	.276	.325	.374	.699	1.1	95
C	Ed Taubensee	23	122	437	106	14	0	19	83	58	33	0	0	7	95	0	0	.243	.291	.405	.696	2.0	92
2B	Ben Zobrist	40	116	376	89	18	1	12	49	56	62	0	1	2	39	2	0	.237	.343	.386	.729	1.1	104
2B	Chester Williams	37	86	305	74	8	0	9	42	34	30	1	0	4	19	5	5	.243	.309	.357	.666	1.1	86
C	Jay Clarke	34	49	159	31	7	0	3	15	14	10	0	0	0	38	1	0	.195	.243	.296	.538	-0.2	50
RF	Steve Braun	34	53	87	16	4	1	1	15	7	18	0	0	1	8	0	0	.184	.321	.287	.608	-0.3	72
RF	Marquis Grissom	30	52	100	25	8	0	1	8	15	3	0	0	0	16	2	1	.250	.272	.360	.632	0.4	75
2B	Skip Schumaker	29	11	33	13	3	0	0	5	5	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	.394	.487	.485	.972	0.6	174
P	Eddie Plank	37	11	29	5	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	0	6	0	0	.172	.172	.172	.345	-0.2	-3
P	Jack Lively	26	10	25	6	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	1	7	0	0	.240	.231	.280	.511	-0.0	42
P	Ted Breitenstein	28	9	27	6	1	1	0	3	4	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	0.1	53
P	Harry Krause	35	6	14	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	-0.1	21
P	Jake Westbrook	32	6	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-0.1	-6
P	Suds Sutherland	26	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
1B	Dots Miller	31	6	2	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0.2	710
P	Tommy Atkins	31	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	-0.0	463
P	Dellin Betances	28	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Bunny Hearn	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
-	Lew Camp	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0
25 Players		32.4	1632	5633	1567	256	26	194	858	893	704	4	23	51	901	131	68	.278	.356	.436	.792	35.5	120
AL Rank				5	1	5	3	2	1	1	1	8	4	1	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
ABBA Rank				6	1	8	7	4	1	1	2	16	12	2	10	1	2	1	1	2	1	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+
Eddie Plank	37	44	44	26	14	0	3.32	344.3	340	150	127	31	105	250	0	19	5	1.29	.290	8.1	121
Ted Breitenstein	28	43	43	28	8	0	3.21	342.3	334	137	122	22	108	196	0	22	6	1.29	.282	7.7	125
Jack Lively	26	41	41	20	11	0	3.84	309.7	321	148	132	15	85	114	0	18	3	1.31	.278	6.5	105
Harry Krause	35	32	32	15	14	0	4.70	227.7	256	133	119	25	76	115	0	11	1	1.46	.302	2.8	85
Suds Sutherland	26	51	0	10	5	26	3.42	68.3	68	28	26	6	23	44	1	0	0	1.33	.291	1.2	117
Jake Westbrook	32	19	0	1	0	0	3.66	59.0	57	28	24	9	29	28	0	0	0	1.46	.250	-0.6	110
Tommy Atkins	31	17	0	0	0	2	3.69	31.7	32	15	13	2	12	17	1	0	0	1.39	.275	0.4	109
Dellin Betances	28	18	0	4	2	1	3.49	28.3	25	13	11	3	13	23	1	0	0	1.34	.262	0.3	115
Mace Brown	25	11	0	0	0	0	5.75	20.3	29	13	13	3	5	11	0	0	0	1.67	.356	0.0	70
Garland Buckeye	24	2	2	0	1	0	8.53	12.7	18	12	12	0	8	9	0	0	0	2.05	.391	0.3	47
Bunny Hearn	22	4	0	2	0	0	0.84	10.7	7	1	1	0	4	9	0	0	0	1.03	.269	0.5	476
John Dobb	37	3	0	0	1	1	9.00	5.0	12	5	5	0	3	1	1	0	0	3.00	.480	0.1	45
12 Pitchers	30.8	285	162	106	56	30	3.73	1460.0	1499	683	605	116	471	817	4	70	15	1.35	.288	27.4	113
AL Rank		8	1	1	8	6	4	3	6	5	4	1	4	7	4	1	1	6	6	1
ABBA Rank		16	1	1	16	11	9	6	13	10	9	2	7	13	7	2	1	12	12	1

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Plank	44	44	21	36	1	60	3	.950	344.3	1.49	2.0
T. Breitenstein	43	43	21	23	1	50	6	.880	342.3	1.16	1.4
J. Lively	41	41	20	25	0	49	4	.918	309.7	1.31	1.2
H. Krause	32	32	10	14	1	26	2	.923	227.7	0.95	0.1
S. Sutherland	51	0	2	4	0	6	0	1.000	68.3	0.79	0.2
J. Westbrook	19	0	3	4	0	8	1	.875	59.0	1.07	-0.1
T. Atkins	17	0	2	0	0	3	1	.667	31.7	0.57	-0.6
D. Betances	18	0	0	2	0	3	1	.667	28.3	0.64	-0.3
M. Brown	11	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	20.3	1.33	0.5
G. Buckeye	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	12.7	0.71	0.1
B. Hearn	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	10.7	0.84	0.5
J. Dobb	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	285	162	81	111	3	210	18	.914	1460.0	1.18	5.1

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
E. Taubensee	120	119	622	66	4	696	8	.989	1066.3	5.81	2.5	4	48.3
J. Clarke	48	43	234	28	5	267	5	.981	393.7	5.99	-0.4	2	36.4
Totals	168	162	856	94	9	963	13	.987	1460.0	5.86	2.2	6	44.0

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Johnson	136	124	1113	81	99	1204	10	.992	1141.3	9.42	2.7
J. Beckwith	38	38	305	18	28	327	4	.988	313.0	9.29	-0.2
D. Miller	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	0.0
W. Boggs	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	1.7	16.20	0.1
B. Zobrist	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	178	162	1423	99	127	1536	14	.991	1460.0	9.38	2.6

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Zobrist	105	101	243	298	76	552	11	.980	903.0	5.39	-6.0
C. Williams	53	52	117	153	34	272	2	.993	453.0	5.36	7.8
S. Schumaker	11	9	15	22	4	37	0	1.000	82.0	4.06	0.5
S. Braun	8	0	3	7	3	11	1	.909	17.0	5.29	-0.9
F. Patek	1	0	1	2	2	3	0	1.000	2.0	13.50	-0.0
D. Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
D. Miller	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00	0.0
Totals	180	162	380	483	120	877	14	.984	1460.0	5.32	1.4

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Boggs	155	155	83	359	29	462	20	.957	1392.0	2.86	2.0
C. Williams	7	7	1	21	4	22	0	1.000	62.0	3.19	0.5
S. Braun	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
F. Patek	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.1
D. Miller	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.1
Totals	167	162	85	381	33	486	20	.959	1460.0	2.87	2.6

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
F. Patek	141	139	204	451	79	691	36	.948	1240.7	4.75	-14.1
C. Williams	25	22	41	71	14	114	2	.982	201.3	5.01	-3.6
B. Zobrist	4	1	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	14.0	1.93	-0.1
S. Braun	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	4.0	2.25	-0.2
Totals	172	162	246	525	93	809	38	.953	1460.0	4.75	-18.1

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Oms	153	153	363	6	1	377	8	.979	1372.0	2.42	12.3
J. Grubb	7	6	14	0	0	14	0	1.000	55.0	2.29	-0.2
D. Johnson	3	3	7	1	0	8	0	1.000	23.0	3.13	-0.8
S. Braun	6	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	10.0	1.80	-0.0
Totals	169	162	386	7	1	401	8	.980	1460.0	2.42	11.2

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Stearnes	154	150	526	14	3	543	3	.994	1356.0	3.58	4.8
M. Grissom	15	10	37	0	0	37	0	1.000	88.0	3.78	1.1
A. Oms	1	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	9.0	4.00	0.1
S. Schumaker	1	1	6	0	0	7	1	.857	7.0	7.71	-0.6
Totals	171	162	573	14	3	591	4	.993	1460.0	3.62	5.4

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Grubb	134	132	282	12	0	301	7	.977	1149.3	2.30	-11.3
M. Grissom	35	14	37	1	0	38	0	1.000	153.7	2.23	2.3
S. Braun	18	15	27	2	0	30	1	.967	141.0	1.85	-1.5
A. Oms	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	7.0	2.57	0.6
T. Stearnes	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	4.0	2.25	-0.0
D. Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.0	0.00	-0.1
B. Zobrist	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	192	162	349	15	0	372	8	.978	1460.0	2.24	-9.9

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Turkey Stearnes	.353
On-Base Percentage	Turkey Stearnes	.414
Slugging Percentage	Turkey Stearnes	.612
OPS	Turkey Stearnes	1.025
Games	John Beckwith	162
At-Bats	Wade Boggs	635
Runs	Turkey Stearnes	134
Hits	Turkey Stearnes	223
Doubles	Turkey Stearnes	42
Triples	Turkey Stearnes	11
Home Runs	John Beckwith, Turkey Stearnes	33
Runs Batted In	John Beckwith	121
Stolen Bases	Turkey Stearnes	58
Caught Stealing	Turkey Stearnes	32
Walks	John Beckwith	122
Strikeouts	Deron Johnson	145

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Ted Breitenstein	28
Losses	Eddie Plank, Harry Krause	14
Saves	Suds Sutherland	26
Games	Suds Sutherland	51
Games Started	Eddie Plank	44
Complete Games	Ted Breitenstein	22
Shutouts	Ted Breitenstein	6
Innings Pitched	Eddie Plank	344.3
Hits Allowed	Eddie Plank	340
Home Runs Allowed	Eddie Plank	31
Strikeouts	Eddie Plank	250
Walks Allowed	Ted Breitenstein	108
Earned Run Average	Ted Breitenstein	3.21
Walks + Hits per IP	Ted Breitenstein	1.29
BABIP	Jack Lively	.278

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
January 23rd	1st Round Draft Pick 2nd Round Draft Pick	to the Chicago American Giants for	C Ed Taubensee
June 2nd	2B Skip Schumaker	to the Houston Eagles for	RF Marquis Grissom
December 16th	P Suds Sutherland	to the Houston Eagles for	4th Round Draft Pick