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1987 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
Team Record: 66-74
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Orlando Gomez (0-0), Steve Swisher (0-0)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 495,760, Avg. 7,082
The Buffalo Bisons of the American Association ended the 1987 season with a record of 66 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.
The Bisons plated 786 runs and yielded 856 runs, most in the circuit. Dave Clark walloped 30 home runs for Buffalo, while Randy Washington, Don Lovell, Doug Frobel, Jay Bell, Eddie Williams and Rod Allen each swatted 15 or more, too. Rod Allen recorded 92 runs batted in. Dave Clark led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .340. Bryan Oelkers topped the squad with 11 wins, and John Farrell recorded a 5.83 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1987 Buffalo Bisons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Reggie Ritter, Tom Waddell, Doug Frobel, Craig Smajstrla, Ernie Camacho, John Farrell, Mark Huismann, Dave Gallagher, Ricky Nelson, Jay Bell, Jeff Kaiser, Rich Yett, Frank Wills, Andy Allanson, Otis Nixon, Bryan Oelkers, Ron Tingley, Doug Jones, Eddie Williams, Sammy Stewart, Don Schulze, Gibson Alba, Roy Thomas, Brian Dorsett, Casey Parsons, Joe Skalski, Jamie Easterly, Junior Noboa, Dave Clark, Mike Armstrong, Rod Allen and José Román.
Orlando Gomez and Steve Swisher 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bryan Oelkers | 11 | 8 | .579 | 6.28 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 154.7 | 178 | 120 | 108 | 22 | 96 | 1 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
Reggie Ritter | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.94 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85.7 | 97 | 57 | 47 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
John Farrell | 6 | 12 | .333 | 5.83 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 156.0 | 155 | 109 | 101 | 26 | 64 | 2 | 91 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
Doug Jones | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.04 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 61.7 | 49 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Tom Waddell | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.15 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78.7 | 74 | 45 | 45 | 11 | 39 | 6 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
Jeff Kaiser | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.17 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71.3 | 87 | 52 | 41 | 9 | 32 | 1 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
Scott Roberts | 5 | 3 | .625 | 6.35 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 95.0 | 130 | 74 | 67 | 17 | 33 | 1 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |
Mike Murphy | 5 | 14 | .263 | 6.29 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 136.0 | 167 | 108 | 95 | 18 | 69 | 4 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Frank Wills | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.34 | 36 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 56.7 | 53 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
Rich Yett | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.05 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.3 | 38 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Mike Armstrong | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.12 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26.0 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Kent Murphy | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.84 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.3 | 63 | 42 | 39 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Roy Thomas | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.29 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.0 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mark Huismann | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.56 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 43 | 32 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Ernie Camacho | 1 | 3 | .250 | 1.84 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29.3 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
Gibson Alba | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Craig Pippin | 19 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jamie Easterly | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ricky Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Barry Brunenkant | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Casey Parsons | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
José Román | 0 | 0 | 17.47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Sammy Stewart | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11.7 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Don Schulze | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.67 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 33 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
Joe Skalski | 0 | 3 | .000 | 10.12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Totals | 61 | 73 | .455 | 5.54 | 374 | 140 | 118 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 1165.7 | 1311 | 815 | 718 | 168 | 527 | 25 | 720 | 33 | 20 | 58 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Lovell | 133 | 554 | 511 | 77 | 149 | 36 | 5 | 19 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 41 | .292 | .341 | .493 | .834 | 252 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
Dave Clark | 108 | 481 | 420 | 83 | 143 | 22 | 3 | 30 | 80 | 14 | 11 | 52 | 62 | .340 | .412 | .621 | 1.034 | 261 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
Rod Allen | 126 | 535 | 474 | 85 | 143 | 28 | 7 | 17 | 92 | 0 | 5 | 51 | 80 | .302 | .370 | .498 | .868 | 236 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
Eddie Williams | 131 | 560 | 488 | 90 | 142 | 29 | 2 | 22 | 85 | 6 | 2 | 55 | 117 | .291 | .379 | .494 | .872 | 241 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
Craig Smajstrla | 111 | 481 | 432 | 63 | 122 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 14 | 7 | 40 | 41 | .282 | .343 | .394 | .737 | 170 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
Jay Bell | 110 | 440 | 362 | 71 | 94 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 60 | 6 | 5 | 70 | 84 | .260 | .380 | .464 | .844 | 168 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
Randy Washington | 100 | 328 | 283 | 46 | 82 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 56 | .290 | .375 | .491 | .867 | 139 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
Casey Parsons | 82 | 320 | 278 | 40 | 80 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 51 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 38 | .288 | .372 | .486 | .857 | 135 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
Andy Allanson | 76 | 289 | 276 | 21 | 75 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 36 | .272 | .295 | .344 | .639 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Otis Nixon | 59 | 283 | 249 | 51 | 71 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 36 | 7 | 34 | 30 | .285 | .371 | .394 | .765 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Doug Frobel | 58 | 232 | 209 | 34 | 63 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 36 | .301 | .366 | .584 | .950 | 122 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Junior Noboa | 43 | 169 | 149 | 26 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 16 | .315 | .387 | .383 | .769 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Ron Tingley | 57 | 197 | 167 | 27 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 42 | .269 | .376 | .467 | .843 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Ricky Nelson | 49 | 177 | 167 | 18 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 23 | .234 | .267 | .347 | .614 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Winston Ficklin | 27 | 94 | 89 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | .258 | .298 | .303 | .601 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brian Dorsett | 26 | 90 | 86 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .256 | .278 | .477 | .755 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Bill Crone | 28 | 90 | 81 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | .259 | .333 | .296 | .630 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dain Syverson | 21 | 79 | 63 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | .254 | .380 | .286 | .665 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Dave Gallagher | 12 | 60 | 46 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | .261 | .390 | .348 | .738 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Barry Brunenkant | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1362 | 5466 | 4837 | 786 | 1389 | 248 | 43 | 171 | 737 | 101 | 63 | 534 | 769 | .287 | .360 | .462 | .823 | 2236 | 0 | 41 | 17 | 37 | 29 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Lovell | 1B | 133 | 1103 | 102 | 13 | 112 | .989 | 9.060 | ||||
Ron Tingley | 1B | 5 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Dain Syverson | 1B | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.750 | ||||
Doug Frobel | 1B | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 5.000 | ||||
Casey Parsons | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Barry Brunenkant | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Craig Smajstrla | 2B | 108 | 195 | 295 | 15 | 74 | .970 | 4.537 | ||||
Junior Noboa | 2B | 37 | 62 | 98 | 9 | 20 | .947 | 4.324 | ||||
Bill Crone | 2B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
Jay Bell | 2B | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
Eddie Williams | 3B | 130 | 88 | 237 | 27 | 24 | .923 | 2.500 | ||||
Dain Syverson | 3B | 9 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 2.444 | ||||
Ron Tingley | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Bill Crone | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Andy Allanson | C | 76 | 428 | 30 | 12 | 2 | .974 | 6.026 | 12 | |||
Ron Tingley | C | 51 | 259 | 33 | 6 | 4 | .980 | 5.725 | 7 | |||
Brian Dorsett | C | 21 | 119 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 6.095 | 11 | |||
Dain Syverson | C | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
Barry Brunenkant | C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
Dave Clark | OF | 107 | 181 | 22 | 6 | 4 | .971 | 1.897 | ||||
Randy Washington | OF | 94 | 158 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 1.713 | ||||
Casey Parsons | OF | 70 | 145 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 2.114 | ||||
Otis Nixon | OF | 58 | 170 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .983 | 2.983 | ||||
Doug Frobel | OF | 49 | 101 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 2.122 | ||||
Ricky Nelson | OF | 38 | 85 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .979 | 2.421 | ||||
Winston Ficklin | OF | 27 | 62 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .970 | 2.370 | ||||
Dave Gallagher | OF | 12 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.917 | ||||
Rod Allen | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
Mike Murphy | P | 37 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .971 | .919 | ||||
Frank Wills | P | 36 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .222 | ||||
Tom Waddell | P | 28 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .286 | ||||
Scott Roberts | P | 28 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .607 | ||||
Bryan Oelkers | P | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.000 | ||||
John Farrell | P | 25 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .931 | 1.080 | ||||
Doug Jones | P | 23 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .478 | ||||
Ernie Camacho | P | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .261 | ||||
Jeff Kaiser | P | 22 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.227 | ||||
Craig Pippin | P | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
Reggie Ritter | P | 16 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 1.125 | ||||
Kent Murphy | P | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Mark Huismann | P | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .462 | ||||
Mike Armstrong | P | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
Roy Thomas | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
Gibson Alba | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Rich Yett | P | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
Sammy Stewart | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Joe Skalski | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
Don Schulze | P | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
José Román | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Jamie Easterly | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Casey Parsons | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Ricky Nelson | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Barry Brunenkant | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Jay Bell | SS | 109 | 198 | 322 | 30 | 67 | .945 | 4.771 | ||||
Bill Crone | SS | 24 | 35 | 67 | 3 | 13 | .971 | 4.250 | ||||
Dain Syverson | SS | 6 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 3 | .964 | 4.500 | ||||
Junior Noboa | SS | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
Craig Smajstrla | SS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
Totals | 1568 | 3646 | 1442 | 155 | 350 | .970 | 3.245 | 30 | 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.
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