1987 Arkansas Travelers Statistics
Team Record: 72-63
Finished 2nd in the TL's East Division
Manager: Jim Riggleman (72-63)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 256,365, Avg. 3,798
The Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League ended the 1987 season with a record of 72 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Travelers plated 598 runs and yielded 566 runs. Mike Fitzgerald paced Arkansas with 27 home runs and accounted for 108 RBI, while leading batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .286 clip. Chuck McGrath and Scott Arnold topped the squad with 12 wins each, and Chuck McGrath recorded a 2.7 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1987 Arkansas Travelers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Marty Pevey, Alex Cole, Paul Wilmet, Ray Stephens, Steve Peters, Matt Kinzer, Luis Alicea, Scott Arnold, John Costello, Ken Hill, Craig Wilson, Mike Fitzgerald, Jeff Fassero and Tim Jones.
Jim Riggleman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck McGrath | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.69 | 32 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 143.7 | 117 | 53 | 43 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Scott Arnold | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.05 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 169.0 | 151 | 84 | 76 | 15 | 74 | 6 | 120 | 14 | 2 | 17 | |
| Craig Weissmann | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.77 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 171.7 | 189 | 83 | 72 | 20 | 42 | 3 | 95 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| Jeff Fassero | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.10 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 151.3 | 168 | 90 | 69 | 16 | 67 | 7 | 118 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| John Costello | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.31 | 44 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 74.0 | 64 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeff Oyster | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.33 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 97.3 | 111 | 47 | 36 | 2 | 38 | 4 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Matt Kinzer | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.73 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 91.3 | 82 | 57 | 48 | 10 | 34 | 1 | 74 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Steve Peters | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1.57 | 47 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 74.3 | 51 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ken Hill | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53.7 | 60 | 33 | 31 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Jim Leopold | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.51 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32.3 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Calderon | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hans Herzog | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.40 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Benito Malave | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.15 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.3 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Scott Norman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.61 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Paul Wilmet | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.70 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23.0 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| John Young | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.09 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 72 | 63 | .533 | 3.61 | 383 | 135 | 118 | 17 | 4 | 39 | 1162.3 | 1145 | 566 | 466 | 88 | 454 | 48 | 877 | 32 | 10 | 55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fitzgerald | 126 | 493 | 447 | 72 | 128 | 36 | 4 | 27 | 108 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 94 | .286 | .339 | .566 | .905 | 253 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | |
| Alex Cole | 125 | 527 | 477 | 68 | 122 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 68 | 29 | 44 | 55 | .256 | .318 | .310 | .628 | 148 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| Mike Robinson | 122 | 446 | 410 | 62 | 114 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 19 | 5 | 22 | 88 | .278 | .320 | .449 | .769 | 184 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| Roy Silver | 110 | 362 | 320 | 51 | 103 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 38 | .322 | .388 | .478 | .866 | 153 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| Kennedy Infante | 108 | 373 | 348 | 35 | 101 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 67 | .290 | .320 | .402 | .722 | 140 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| Dennis Carter | 115 | 427 | 386 | 46 | 96 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 141 | .249 | .312 | .430 | .742 | 166 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Luis Alicea | 101 | 398 | 337 | 57 | 91 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 13 | 8 | 49 | 28 | .270 | .361 | .365 | .726 | 123 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
| Jim Fregosi | 115 | 363 | 303 | 35 | 81 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 49 | .267 | .377 | .340 | .717 | 103 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Ray Stephens | 100 | 351 | 307 | 35 | 77 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 68 | .251 | .335 | .394 | .729 | 121 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Craig Wilson | 66 | 274 | 238 | 37 | 69 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 19 | .290 | .369 | .366 | .735 | 87 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tim Jones | 61 | 213 | 176 | 23 | 58 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 29 | 16 | .330 | .424 | .449 | .873 | 79 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Marty Pevey | 80 | 210 | 197 | 28 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 33 | .279 | .316 | .391 | .707 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sal Agostinelli | 84 | 218 | 186 | 25 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 17 | .242 | .340 | .328 | .667 | 61 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jim Reboulet | 21 | 94 | 77 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 7 | .286 | .402 | .364 | .766 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck McGrath | 32 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .233 | .233 | .367 | .600 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Arnold | 29 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .091 | .189 | .121 | .310 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Breedlove | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .222 | .364 | .333 | .697 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Oyster | 32 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Fassero | 28 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Costello | 44 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Young | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Hill | 18 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Peters | 49 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .067 | .222 | .133 | .356 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Kinzer | 17 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Benito Malave | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Weissmann | 29 | 39 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Wilmet | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Norman | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Leopold | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1699 | 4982 | 4409 | 598 | 1182 | 247 | 36 | 83 | 546 | 181 | 86 | 439 | 798 | .268 | .337 | .397 | .734 | 1750 | 0 | 40 | 55 | 39 | 49 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fitzgerald | 1B | 111 | 839 | 76 | 25 | 81 | .973 | 8.243 | ||||
| Marty Pevey | 1B | 37 | 180 | 21 | 3 | 19 | .985 | 5.432 | ||||
| Roy Silver | 1B | 17 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .971 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jim Fregosi | 1B | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Luis Alicea | 2B | 95 | 184 | 251 | 11 | 56 | .975 | 4.579 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | 2B | 34 | 89 | 103 | 7 | 23 | .965 | 5.647 | ||||
| Jim Reboulet | 2B | 9 | 22 | 37 | 3 | 7 | .952 | 6.556 | ||||
| Tim Jones | 2B | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Kennedy Infante | 3B | 92 | 67 | 132 | 22 | 8 | .900 | 2.163 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | 3B | 27 | 16 | 49 | 1 | 3 | .985 | 2.407 | ||||
| Jim Fregosi | 3B | 25 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .953 | 1.640 | ||||
| Roy Silver | 3B | 15 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .938 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Reboulet | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Larry Breedlove | 3B | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ray Stephens | C | 89 | 553 | 75 | 5 | 4 | .992 | 7.056 | 4 | |||
| Sal Agostinelli | C | 43 | 244 | 28 | 6 | 2 | .978 | 6.326 | 2 | |||
| Marty Pevey | C | 22 | 98 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .972 | 4.727 | 0 | |||
| Roy Silver | C | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 1 | |||
| Alex Cole | OF | 121 | 289 | 14 | 10 | 5 | .968 | 2.504 | ||||
| Mike Robinson | OF | 115 | 187 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .980 | 1.704 | ||||
| Dennis Carter | OF | 111 | 169 | 9 | 13 | 2 | .932 | 1.604 | ||||
| Roy Silver | OF | 59 | 98 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .971 | 1.695 | ||||
| Sal Agostinelli | OF | 18 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .611 | ||||
| Jim Reboulet | OF | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Marty Pevey | OF | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | OF | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Steve Peters | P | 47 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .319 | ||||
| John Costello | P | 44 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .295 | ||||
| Jeff Oyster | P | 32 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .783 | .562 | ||||
| Chuck McGrath | P | 32 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .969 | .969 | ||||
| Craig Weissmann | P | 29 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 4 | .970 | 1.103 | ||||
| Scott Arnold | P | 29 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .879 | 1.000 | ||||
| Benito Malave | P | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .286 | ||||
| Jeff Fassero | P | 28 | 9 | 32 | 4 | 3 | .911 | 1.464 | ||||
| Hans Herzog | P | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .238 | ||||
| Jim Leopold | P | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Ken Hill | P | 18 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .778 | ||||
| Paul Wilmet | P | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .294 | ||||
| Matt Kinzer | P | 17 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.118 | ||||
| John Young | P | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Jose Calderon | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Scott Norman | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Jim Fregosi | SS | 89 | 145 | 230 | 17 | 50 | .957 | 4.213 | ||||
| Tim Jones | SS | 59 | 77 | 149 | 9 | 26 | .962 | 3.831 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | SS | 6 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.833 | ||||
| Totals | 1609 | 3487 | 1420 | 173 | 311 | .966 | 3.050 | 7 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
