
1987 Columbus Clippers Statistics
Team Record: 77-63
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Bucky Dent (77-63)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 570,599, Avg. 8,151
Playoffs - Columbus Clippers 3 games, Rochester Red Wings 0
Finals - Columbus Clippers 3 games, Tidewater Tides 0
The Columbus Clippers of the International League ended the 1987 season with a record of 77 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the IL.
The Clippers tallied 699 runs and allowed 611 runs. Jay Buhner walloped 31 home runs for Columbus, while Pete Dalena and Orestes Destrade swatted 15 or more, too. Jay Buhner drove in 85 runs. Pete Dalena led all regular hitters by connecting at a .282 clip. Pete Filson and Brad Arnsberg topped the squad with 12 wins each, and Brad Arnsberg recorded a 2.88 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1987 Columbus Clippers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Meacham, Jeff Moronko, Shane Turner, Roberto Kelly, Paul Zuvella, Brad Arnsberg, Cliff Speck, Pete Filson, Al Holland, Bob Tewksbury, Bill Fulton, Orestes Destrade, Bob Shirley, Randy Velarde, Juan Espino, Pat Clements, Dan Pasqua, Juan Bonilla, Darren Reed, Mark Salas, Lenn Sakata, Dennis Rasmussen, Henry Cotto, Ron Romanick, Dick Scott, Alfonso Pulido, Jay Buhner, Bob Geren, Amalio Carreño, Mike Armstrong, Joel Skinner, Steve Frey, Steve Rosenberg, Keith Hughes, Phil Lombardi, Charles Hudson, Ron Guidry, Pete Dalena, Ron Kittle, Mitch Lyden, Al Leiter, Tim Layana, Bryan Little, Rich Thompson and Rich Bordi.
Bucky Dent 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Filson | 12 | 4 | .750 | 3.73 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 135.0 | 153 | 62 | 56 | 9 | 43 | 3 | 73 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
Brad Arnsberg | 12 | 5 | .706 | 2.88 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 144.0 | 140 | 55 | 46 | 9 | 37 | 1 | 83 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Alfonso Pulido | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.56 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 126.3 | 122 | 54 | 50 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Bill Fulton | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.73 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 144.7 | 179 | 89 | 76 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
Bob Tewksbury | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.53 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74.7 | 68 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Ron Romanick | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.16 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 103.0 | 115 | 76 | 59 | 10 | 44 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
Steve Rosenberg | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.08 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35.3 | 43 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
Tim Layana | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.76 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 77 | 37 | 37 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
Al Holland | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.14 | 33 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 54.3 | 52 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
Randy Graham | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.26 | 41 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 66.3 | 71 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Steve Frey | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.04 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 47.3 | 45 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Rich Bordi | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.74 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 46.7 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Ron Guidry | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dennis Rasmussen | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pat Clements | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.79 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Amalio Carreño | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.79 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.3 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve George | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.74 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Leiter | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Cliff Speck | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mike Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pete Dalena | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rich Thompson | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Jeff Knox | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charles Hudson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.93 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.7 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Shirley | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.40 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 38 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 76 | 62 | .551 | 3.94 | 341 | 138 | 113 | 22 | 4 | 36 | 1191.0 | 1272 | 604 | 522 | 97 | 369 | 26 | 649 | 17 | 13 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jay Buhner | 134 | 563 | 502 | 83 | 140 | 23 | 1 | 31 | 85 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 124 | .279 | .351 | .514 | .865 | 258 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Roberto Kelly | 118 | 516 | 471 | 77 | 131 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 62 | 51 | 10 | 33 | 116 | .278 | .324 | .435 | .760 | 205 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
Pete Dalena | 116 | 474 | 433 | 74 | 122 | 21 | 4 | 18 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 46 | .282 | .333 | .473 | .807 | 205 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
Orestes Destrade | 135 | 552 | 465 | 76 | 119 | 26 | 3 | 25 | 81 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 118 | .256 | .368 | .486 | .854 | 226 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
Jeff Moronko | 100 | 391 | 347 | 52 | 85 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 56 | 17 | 10 | 40 | 79 | .245 | .325 | .452 | .777 | 157 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Paul Zuvella | 69 | 299 | 269 | 47 | 81 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 21 | .301 | .358 | .409 | .767 | 110 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Randy Velarde | 49 | 204 | 185 | 21 | 59 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 36 | .319 | .377 | .519 | .896 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Phil Lombardi | 67 | 258 | 209 | 32 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 28 | .268 | .385 | .426 | .811 | 89 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
Bryan Little | 76 | 257 | 223 | 25 | 55 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 17 | .247 | .320 | .323 | .643 | 72 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |
Joel Skinner | 49 | 192 | 178 | 19 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 44 | .242 | .283 | .421 | .704 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Bob Meacham | 40 | 188 | 154 | 28 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 24 | .273 | .380 | .403 | .783 | 62 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
Henry Cotto | 34 | 141 | 129 | 26 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 16 | .302 | .355 | .504 | .858 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Juan Espino | 53 | 177 | 153 | 13 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 24 | .229 | .316 | .333 | .650 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
Dick Scott | 51 | 179 | 166 | 14 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 33 | .199 | .244 | .271 | .515 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Dan Pasqua | 23 | 92 | 85 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .341 | .385 | .624 | 1.008 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Darren Reed | 21 | 83 | 79 | 15 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | .329 | .361 | .747 | 1.108 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Cathcart | 31 | 101 | 87 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 19 | .253 | .340 | .368 | .708 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Mitch Lyden | 29 | 109 | 100 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .220 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
Tony Russell | 15 | 60 | 51 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | .333 | .414 | .471 | .884 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Shane Turner | 25 | 82 | 76 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | .224 | .272 | .276 | .548 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Chris Alvarez | 19 | 71 | 64 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .203 | .282 | .219 | .500 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mark Salas | 12 | 48 | 43 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .233 | .312 | .395 | .708 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Juan Bonilla | 7 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .240 | .269 | .240 | .509 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Lenn Sakata | 8 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .312 | .400 | .312 | .712 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Ron Kittle | 4 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .222 | .263 | .222 | .485 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Glenn Sherlock | 6 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .214 | .267 | .214 | .481 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Geren | 5 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .150 | .150 | .300 | .450 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1296 | 5141 | 4562 | 678 | 1217 | 214 | 55 | 148 | 633 | 139 | 52 | 464 | 868 | .267 | .337 | .435 | .772 | 1985 | 0 | 39 | 35 | 41 | 29 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Dalena | 1B | 84 | 727 | 56 | 6 | 68 | .992 | 9.321 | ||||
Orestes Destrade | 1B | 60 | 509 | 47 | 6 | 48 | .989 | 9.267 | ||||
Bryan Little | 2B | 59 | 106 | 118 | 4 | 27 | .982 | 3.797 | ||||
Bob Meacham | 2B | 31 | 59 | 80 | 1 | 16 | .993 | 4.484 | ||||
Dick Scott | 2B | 26 | 51 | 85 | 1 | 23 | .993 | 5.231 | ||||
Paul Zuvella | 2B | 24 | 52 | 57 | 2 | 14 | .982 | 4.542 | ||||
Lenn Sakata | 2B | 8 | 13 | 26 | 1 | 6 | .975 | 4.875 | ||||
Juan Bonilla | 2B | 5 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.600 | ||||
Jeff Moronko | 3B | 78 | 57 | 165 | 10 | 16 | .957 | 2.846 | ||||
Phil Lombardi | 3B | 26 | 17 | 49 | 15 | 3 | .815 | 2.538 | ||||
Bryan Little | 3B | 20 | 9 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.150 | ||||
Chris Alvarez | 3B | 19 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 2 | .979 | 2.474 | ||||
Dick Scott | 3B | 14 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.786 | ||||
Juan Bonilla | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Joel Skinner | C | 45 | 226 | 25 | 4 | 6 | .984 | 5.578 | 1 | |||
Juan Espino | C | 43 | 209 | 22 | 4 | 3 | .983 | 5.372 | 4 | |||
Mitch Lyden | C | 24 | 120 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .970 | 5.458 | 2 | |||
Phil Lombardi | C | 12 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.750 | 0 | |||
Mark Salas | C | 9 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.667 | 1 | |||
Glenn Sherlock | C | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.200 | 0 | |||
Bob Geren | C | 5 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 4.600 | 1 | |||
Jay Buhner | OF | 133 | 275 | 20 | 6 | 6 | .980 | 2.218 | ||||
Roberto Kelly | OF | 115 | 331 | 4 | 10 | 3 | .971 | 2.913 | ||||
Keith Hughes | OF | 35 | .000 | |||||||||
Henry Cotto | OF | 32 | 73 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .974 | 2.375 | ||||
Gary Cathcart | OF | 28 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.143 | ||||
Dan Pasqua | OF | 20 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 2.750 | ||||
Darren Reed | OF | 19 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 1.842 | ||||
Phil Lombardi | OF | 14 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
Tony Russell | OF | 13 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Jeff Moronko | OF | 12 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 2.250 | ||||
Pete Dalena | OF | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.900 | ||||
Randy Graham | P | 41 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .220 | ||||
Alfonso Pulido | P | 34 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .853 | ||||
Al Holland | P | 33 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | .923 | .364 | ||||
Bill Fulton | P | 31 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 1 | .875 | 1.129 | ||||
Rich Bordi | P | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .280 | ||||
Steve Frey | P | 23 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .696 | ||||
Pete Filson | P | 22 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.955 | ||||
Steve Rosenberg | P | 21 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
Brad Arnsberg | P | 19 | 15 | 22 | 2 | 3 | .949 | 1.947 | ||||
Ron Romanick | P | 18 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.278 | ||||
Tim Layana | P | 13 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 1.923 | ||||
Bob Tewksbury | P | 11 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.636 | ||||
Amalio Carreño | P | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
Cliff Speck | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Bob Shirley | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
Al Leiter | P | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
Charles Hudson | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
Pat Clements | P | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
Mike Armstrong | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Rich Thompson | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Jeff Knox | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Steve George | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Dennis Rasmussen | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Ron Guidry | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Pete Dalena | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Randy Velarde | SS | 49 | 100 | 164 | 16 | 34 | .943 | 5.388 | ||||
Paul Zuvella | SS | 45 | 79 | 121 | 9 | 25 | .957 | 4.444 | ||||
Shane Turner | SS | 24 | 35 | 53 | 8 | 14 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
Dick Scott | SS | 11 | 16 | 31 | 3 | 4 | .940 | 4.273 | ||||
Bob Meacham | SS | 11 | 23 | 44 | 3 | 11 | .957 | 6.091 | ||||
Jeff Moronko | SS | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
Totals | 1514 | 3584 | 1524 | 136 | 363 | .974 | 3.374 | 9 | 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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