1987 Burlington Expos Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 62-75
Finished 3rd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: J. R. Miner (62-75)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 71,098, Avg. 1,038

1987 Burlington Expos Roster

The Burlington Expos of the Midwest League ended the 1987 season with a record of 62 wins and 75 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.

The Expos scored 601 runs and yielded 585 runs. Doug Duke led Burlington with 22 home runs, while Jeff Oller, Mike Dull and Bob Caffrey each walloped 15 or more also. Mike Dull recorded 85 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .311. Tony Welborn paced the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.72 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1987 Burlington Expos who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mel Rojas, Mike Jones, Quinn Mack and Kent Bottenfield.

J. R. Miner served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Tony Welborn	10	5	.667	2.72	20	19	1	7	0	1	129.0	103	57	39	5	59	1	105	7	1	10
Kent Bottenfield	9	13	.409	4.53	27	27	0	6	3	0	161.0	175	98	81	12	42	0	103	2	2	9
Doug Vontz	8	9	.471	2.09	41	0	26	0	0	5	82.0	68	33	19	3	36	6	60	1	0	7
Mel Rojas	8	9	.471	3.80	25	25	0	4	1	0	158.7	146	84	67	10	67	1	100	3	0	8
Nels Jacobson	7	2	.778	2.81	30	16	6	3	0	1	121.7	95	45	38	5	70	0	135	2	0	11
John Howes	7	9	.438	2.75	28	17	4	6	3	0	134.0	114	52	41	9	64	1	103	6	0	7
Mike Jones	3	4	.429	1.52	8	8	0	2	1	0	59.3	53	20	10	0	19	0	31	1	0	4
Jim Olson	3	6	.333	4.68	14	14	0	1	0	0	77.0	80	55	40	11	43	1	77	0	0	7
Rob DeYoung	3	8	.273	3.98	46	1	35	0	0	9	86.0	65	43	38	7	47	2	115	6	1	3
John Marino	2	1	.667	2.78	5	5	0	2	0	0	32.3	26	12	10	3	4	1	33	0	0	0
Leonard Kelly	1	1	.500	3.68	21	2	10	0	0	1	44.0	34	27	18	2	42	1	37	0	2	4
Steve Rousey	1	5	.167	2.97	28	3	14	0	0	1	72.7	60	33	24	4	37	5	46	5	0	15
Sal Vaccaro	0	0		1.93	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.7	2	2	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	1
Dan Larsen	0	1	.000	9.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	8	7	6	0	3	0	5	2	0	3
Ronald McCormack	0	2	.000	2.64	13	0	6	0	0	1	30.7	33	17	9	1	16	1	28	0	2	6
Totals	62	75	.453	3.31	314	137	106	31	8	19	1199.0	1062	585	441	72	552	20	980	35	8	95	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 Dull	135	574	498	88	155	38	7	18	85	7	5	63	69	.311	.391	.524	.915	261		6	1	6	6
Doug Duke	123	479	439	51	104	25	1	22	75	2	2	27	101	.237	.288	.449	.737	197		6	3	4	4
Jeff Oller	110	473	406	53	99	24	3	15	54	2	6	54	105	.244	.340	.429	.768	174		6	5	2	3
Gary Weinberger	79	341	304	44	86	21	1	5	33	7	6	29	27	.283	.345	.408	.753	124		2	2	4	0
Bob Caffrey	89	366	338	51	85	20	2	16	57	0	1	23	81	.251	.298	.464	.762	157		1	0	4	2
Scott Clemo	104	359	314	50	81	20	3	10	33	9	5	39	57	.258	.339	.436	.775	137		1	2	3	2
Jose Alou	102	364	319	40	80	18	1	8	45	14	7	32	83	.251	.322	.389	.711	124		3	7	3	0
Russ Schueler	106	380	339	42	69	6	5	1	29	18	5	30	63	.204	.277	.260	.536	88		5	4	2	4
Dave Morrow	94	326	294	27	64	22	1	0	21	3	2	29	73	.218	.292	.299	.592	88		2	1	0	1
Omer Munoz	52	211	195	22	47	8	2	0	16	5	3	7	13	.241	.278	.303	.581	59		3	6	0	0
Quinn Mack	59	177	164	15	44	10	1	2	15	0	3	11	22	.268	.322	.378	.700	62		2	0	0	1
Ben Spitale	57	193	168	18	42	9	2	1	21	5	3	18	27	.250	.337	.345	.682	58		4	3	0	3
Steve St. Claire	63	184	165	27	40	15	1	4	15	5	2	15	53	.242	.321	.418	.739	69		4	0	0	0
Bobby Gaylor	31	128	112	11	28	4	0	0	6	6	3	11	9	.250	.312	.286	.598	32		0	3	2	0
Mark Hardy	35	122	103	17	20	4	1	4	9	5	1	16	57	.194	.314	.369	.683	38		2	1	0	0
Scott McHugh	21	77	64	11	18	4	0	1	8	0	0	9	11	.281	.390	.391	.780	25		3	0	1	0
Delwyn Young	19	71	51	12	16	4	0	0	2	9	2	19	5	.314	.500	.392	.892	20		0	1	0	1
Kevin Finigan	23	57	55	4	7	0	0	0	3	2	2	2	23	.127	.158	.127	.285	7		0	0	0	0
Corey Viltz	13	52	41	8	6	2	0	0	1	2	1	10	8	.146	.308	.195	.503	8		0	0	1	0
Mike Ishmael	20	52	47	4	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	9	.106	.192	.106	.299	5		1	0	0	0
Mel Rojas	25	29	27	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	8	.148	.179	.148	.327	4		0	1	0	0
Kent Bottenfield	27	15	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.214	.267	.214	.481	3		1	0	0	0
Tony Welborn	20	17	15	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	9	.200	.200	.400	.600	6		0	2	0	0
Jeff Wedvick	5	16	15	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	.200	.250	.267	.517	4		0	0	0	0
Jim Olson	14	12	10	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.200	.273	.300	.573	3		0	1	0	0
Mike Jones	8	14	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.154	.154	.154	.308	2		0	1	0	0
John Howes	28	18	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	.125	.176	.125	.301	2		0	1	0	0
Doug Vontz	41	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1		0	2	0	0
John Marino	5	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1		0	0	0	0
Rob DeYoung	46	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Steve Rousey	29	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	2	0	0
Nels Jacobson	30	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	3	0	0
Leonard Kelly	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	1	0	0
Totals	1634	5140	4548	601	1117	256	31	108	537	103	61	455	944	.246	.319	.387	.706	1759	0	52	53	32	27

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bob Caffrey	1B	73	646	37	13	48	.981	9.356
Dave Morrow	1B	37	302	29	4	31	.988	8.946
Ben Spitale	1B	32	232	16	10	15	.961	7.750
Doug Duke	1B	3	26	3	1	2	.967	9.667
Jeff Oller	1B	2	4	0	0	1	1.000	2.000
Scott Clemo	2B	94	174	246	23	51	.948	4.468
Russ Schueler	2B	29	57	61	8	14	.937	4.069
Bobby Gaylor	2B	12	29	23	0	6	1.000	4.333
Delwyn Young	2B	11	24	21	3	2	.938	4.091
Mike Ishmael	2B	7	5	10	1	3	.938	2.143
Jeff Oller	3B	108	86	220	36	20	.895	2.833
Scott McHugh	3B	20	12	33	5	3	.900	2.250
Bobby Gaylor	3B	7	5	7	0	0	1.000	1.714
Mike Dull	3B	4	4	4	4	2	.667	2.000
Russ Schueler	3B	2	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.500
Mike Ishmael	3B	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500
Scott Clemo	3B	1	1	2	1	0	.750	3.000
Doug Duke	C	90	605	69	6	8	.991	7.489	8
Dave Morrow	C	43	308	28	7	5	.980	7.814	9
Bob Caffrey	C	9	41	4	1	0	.978	5.000	3
Jeff Wedvick	C	5	36	5	1	1	.976	8.200	2
Mike Dull	OF	133	184	14	8	1	.961	1.489
Jose Alou	OF	92	197	5	4	2	.981	2.196
Gary Weinberger	OF	66	121	1	5	0	.961	1.848
Steve St. Claire	OF	49	49	5	2	1	.964	1.102
Quinn Mack	OF	44	65	2	2	0	.971	1.523
Mark Hardy	OF	29	38	3	4	0	.911	1.414
Kevin Finigan	OF	14	23	2	1	1	.962	1.786
Corey Viltz	OF	12	17	2	1	1	.950	1.583
Delwyn Young	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Bobby Gaylor	OF	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Rob DeYoung	P	46	4	15	0	1	1.000	.413
Doug Vontz	P	41	10	15	2	1	.926	.610
Nels Jacobson	P	30	9	19	0	1	1.000	.933
Steve Rousey	P	28	9	13	0	1	1.000	.786
John Howes	P	28	6	29	2	1	.946	1.250
Kent Bottenfield	P	27	14	28	2	1	.955	1.556
Mel Rojas	P	25	16	29	5	4	.900	1.800
Leonard Kelly	P	21	4	6	2	1	.833	.476
Tony Welborn	P	20	12	21	2	0	.943	1.650
Jim Olson	P	14	3	16	4	1	.826	1.357
Ronald McCormack	P	13	1	5	1	0	.857	.462
Mike Jones	P	8	2	13	0	1	1.000	1.875
John Marino	P	5	1	2	0	0	1.000	.600
Sal Vaccaro	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Dan Larsen	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Russ Schueler	SS	73	103	201	26	32	.921	4.164
Omer Munoz	SS	52	78	174	15	36	.944	4.846
Bobby Gaylor	SS	12	10	37	4	7	.922	3.917
Mike Ishmael	SS	7	18	20	0	2	1.000	5.429
Delwyn Young	SS	1	2	1	3	0	.500	3.000
Scott McHugh	SS	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
Totals		1493	3597	1506	219	308	.959	3.418	22	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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