1987 Burlington Indians Statistics
Team Record: 51-19
Finished 1st in the AL's North Division
Manager: Tom Chandler (51-19)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Burlington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Burlington Athletic Park
Attendance: 76,653, Avg. 2,190
Playoffs - Burlington Indians 2 games, Johnson City Cardinals 0
The Burlington Indians of the Appalachian League ended the 1987 season with a record of 51 wins and 19 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Indians led the circuit with 437 runs, fueled by 62 home runs. Burlington allowed 270 runs, least in the league. Beau Allred and Troy Neel paced the squad with 10 home runs apiece. Troy Neel recorded 59 runs batted in. William Narleski topped all regular batters by connecting at a .324 clip. Kevin Bearse, Greg Roscoe and Tom Kramer paced the team with 7 wins each, while Dave Harwell recorded a 1.7 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1987 Burlington Indians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Beau Allred, Tom Kramer, Kevin Bearse, Steve Olin and Troy Neel.
Tom Chandler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Bearse | 7 | 1 | .875 | 1.71 | 22 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 63.0 | 45 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Greg Roscoe | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.89 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71.7 | 64 | 33 | 23 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tom Kramer | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.01 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 71.7 | 57 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Kurczewski | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.96 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Willie Garza | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.64 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54.3 | 39 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Angel Ortiz | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.33 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83.7 | 68 | 45 | 31 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 85 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Dave Harwell | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.69 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58.7 | 37 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 91 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Steve Olin | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.35 | 26 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 57.3 | 42 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Angel Baez | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.20 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39.3 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Dave Oliveras | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.80 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 31 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Manny Mercado | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.63 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Scaglione | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Todd Ogden | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Stitz | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 51 | 19 | .729 | 2.85 | 169 | 70 | 66 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 616.3 | 496 | 270 | 195 | 25 | 271 | 6 | 606 | 26 | 8 | 30 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Narleski | 60 | 272 | 225 | 55 | 73 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 31 | .324 | .430 | .427 | .856 | 96 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Beau Allred | 54 | 209 | 167 | 39 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 33 | .341 | .449 | .617 | 1.066 | 103 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| Troy Neel | 59 | 225 | 192 | 36 | 54 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 59 | .281 | .364 | .526 | .890 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | |
| Julio Liriano | 44 | 155 | 148 | 26 | 48 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 29 | .324 | .355 | .493 | .848 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Axel Castillo | 51 | 193 | 175 | 19 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 48 | .240 | .306 | .371 | .677 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Brent Roberts | 37 | 137 | 123 | 19 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 26 | .301 | .358 | .537 | .894 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Sam Ferretti | 48 | 151 | 123 | 34 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 17 | .268 | .380 | .382 | .762 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jamie Allison | 52 | 168 | 131 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 18 | .244 | .401 | .366 | .768 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Chuck Baldwin | 28 | 106 | 96 | 19 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | .302 | .368 | .385 | .753 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Baxter | 37 | 132 | 98 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 28 | .276 | .450 | .459 | .910 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Rountree | 41 | 148 | 115 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 32 | 42 | .217 | .385 | .443 | .829 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ivan McBride | 41 | 114 | 101 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | .218 | .295 | .307 | .602 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Frank Sommerkamp | 38 | 97 | 82 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 25 | .244 | .344 | .378 | .722 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Vince Barranco | 34 | 86 | 67 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 16 | .284 | .430 | .313 | .744 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Robby Rogers | 38 | 93 | 79 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 22 | .203 | .323 | .304 | .626 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ramon Bautista | 27 | 97 | 79 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 23 | .203 | .323 | .342 | .665 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Fabio Gomez | 22 | 80 | 76 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23 | .184 | .212 | .289 | .502 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Chris Dunham | 35 | 102 | 62 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 12 | .210 | .500 | .435 | .935 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| John Power | 16 | 61 | 53 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .226 | .311 | .321 | .632 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pops Mitchell | 13 | 46 | 43 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | .256 | .304 | .279 | .583 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pedro Arias | 23 | 67 | 60 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 28 | .167 | .242 | .300 | .542 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carlos Mota | 15 | 51 | 42 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .214 | .353 | .262 | .615 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Dariah | 7 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .158 | .238 | .158 | .396 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 820 | 2811 | 2356 | 437 | 622 | 132 | 18 | 62 | 377 | 69 | 34 | 385 | 542 | .264 | .370 | .414 | .785 | 976 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 28 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Neel | 1B | 56 | 424 | 33 | 9 | 28 | .981 | 8.161 | ||||
| Chris Dunham | 1B | 30 | 175 | 14 | 4 | 15 | .979 | 6.300 | ||||
| Sam Ferretti | 2B | 48 | 78 | 87 | 10 | 13 | .943 | 3.438 | ||||
| Fabio Gomez | 2B | 18 | 30 | 41 | 10 | 12 | .877 | 3.944 | ||||
| Pedro Arias | 2B | 10 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 5 | .882 | 3.000 | ||||
| Bruce Dariah | 2B | 7 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.857 | ||||
| Chuck Baldwin | 2B | 7 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .955 | 3.000 | ||||
| Axel Castillo | 3B | 36 | 14 | 50 | 10 | 1 | .865 | 1.778 | ||||
| Robby Rogers | 3B | 22 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 2 | .917 | 1.500 | ||||
| Chuck Baldwin | 3B | 21 | 16 | 36 | 10 | 6 | .839 | 2.476 | ||||
| Pedro Arias | 3B | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 1.200 | ||||
| William Narleski | 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Frank Sommerkamp | C | 38 | 252 | 21 | 1 | 4 | .996 | 7.184 | 5 | |||
| Jim Baxter | C | 37 | 243 | 33 | 5 | 1 | .982 | 7.459 | 10 | |||
| Carlos Mota | C | 15 | 111 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .976 | 8.000 | 10 | |||
| Jamie Allison | OF | 50 | 71 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .974 | 1.480 | ||||
| Beau Allred | OF | 47 | 61 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .940 | 1.340 | ||||
| Ivan McBride | OF | 37 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .933 | 1.135 | ||||
| Julio Liriano | OF | 37 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .930 | 1.081 | ||||
| Mike Rountree | OF | 31 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.355 | ||||
| Vince Barranco | OF | 26 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .979 | 1.808 | ||||
| Brent Roberts | OF | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .875 | .700 | ||||
| John Power | OF | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pedro Arias | OF | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Robby Rogers | OF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Steve Olin | P | 26 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .808 | ||||
| Kevin Bearse | P | 22 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .409 | ||||
| Dave Harwell | P | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .737 | ||||
| Angel Baez | P | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .188 | ||||
| Angel Ortiz | P | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .929 | ||||
| Willie Garza | P | 14 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Greg Roscoe | P | 13 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.462 | ||||
| Tom Kramer | P | 12 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
| Dave Oliveras | P | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Tommy Kurczewski | P | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Tony Scaglione | P | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Manny Mercado | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Stitz | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Todd Ogden | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| William Narleski | SS | 46 | 58 | 122 | 11 | 21 | .942 | 3.913 | ||||
| Ramon Bautista | SS | 26 | 31 | 51 | 8 | 8 | .911 | 3.154 | ||||
| Robby Rogers | SS | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 4.500 | ||||
| Pedro Arias | SS | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 866 | 1849 | 689 | 114 | 134 | .957 | 2.931 | 25 | 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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