1987 Columbia Mets Statistics
South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 64-75
Finished 6th in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Butch Hobson (64-75)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Ballpark: Capital City Stadium
Attendance: 92,855, Avg. 1,336
1987 Columbia Mets RosterTeam Record: 64-75
Finished 6th in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Butch Hobson (64-75)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Ballpark: Capital City Stadium
Attendance: 92,855, Avg. 1,336
The Columbia Mets of the South Atlantic League ended the 1987 season with a record of 64 wins and 75 losses, finishing sixth in the league's South Division.
The Mets scored 615 runs and surrendered 593 runs. Brandon Bailey paced Columbia with 24 home runs and accounted for 70 RBI. Rodney Murrell topped all regular batters with a .281 average. Rob Hernandez led the squad with 11 wins, while Juan Marina recorded a 2.6 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1987 Columbia Mets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Julio Valera, Chris Donnels and Dave Liddell.
Butch Hobson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Hernandez | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.01 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 170.3 | 141 | 76 | 57 | 10 | 57 | 3 | 113 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Dan McMurtrie | 8 | 2 | .800 | 4.35 | 38 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 107 | 49 | 43 | 3 | 30 | 7 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Julio Valera | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.80 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 125.3 | 114 | 53 | 39 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 97 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mike Anderson | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.59 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 145.3 | 139 | 86 | 58 | 17 | 66 | 2 | 102 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Juan Marina | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.59 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 128.7 | 116 | 50 | 37 | 4 | 59 | 4 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Rick Brown | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.21 | 51 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 87.0 | 80 | 41 | 31 | 7 | 46 | 8 | 90 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Rick Durant | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.05 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126.7 | 129 | 67 | 57 | 11 | 41 | 3 | 78 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Kevin Ponder | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.22 | 33 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74.7 | 79 | 38 | 35 | 8 | 27 | 4 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Victor Garcia | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.46 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 102 | 56 | 50 | 14 | 46 | 0 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Scott Henion | 3 | 9 | .250 | 3.34 | 54 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 70.0 | 63 | 37 | 26 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 11 | |
| Gus Meizoso | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.55 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35.3 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Todd Welborn | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Myres | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Barry Hightower | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.26 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.3 | 32 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Totals | 64 | 75 | .460 | 3.50 | 383 | 139 | 126 | 13 | 3 | 31 | 1196.0 | 1142 | 593 | 465 | 88 | 491 | 41 | 907 | 39 | 13 | 89 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Murrell | 126 | 474 | 406 | 63 | 114 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 60 | 78 | .281 | .373 | .411 | .785 | 167 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| Adam Ging | 106 | 452 | 387 | 49 | 103 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 59 | 58 | .266 | .366 | .372 | .738 | 144 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Brandon Bailey | 124 | 479 | 403 | 63 | 103 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 70 | 2 | 3 | 68 | 108 | .256 | .363 | .476 | .840 | 192 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| Johnny Monell | 100 | 402 | 358 | 61 | 101 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 33 | 40 | .282 | .347 | .402 | .749 | 144 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| Cliff Gonzalez | 125 | 446 | 399 | 56 | 98 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 24 | 7 | 37 | 54 | .246 | .316 | .368 | .684 | 147 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Luis Natera | 125 | 432 | 403 | 40 | 87 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 79 | .216 | .255 | .275 | .530 | 111 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Jaime Roseboro | 113 | 388 | 340 | 41 | 84 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 39 | 54 | .247 | .329 | .321 | .650 | 109 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Rich Lundahl | 104 | 315 | 292 | 28 | 70 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 76 | .240 | .292 | .312 | .604 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Fritz Polka | 106 | 375 | 299 | 49 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 74 | .207 | .354 | .311 | .665 | 93 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Jaime Archibald | 62 | 202 | 177 | 17 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 51 | .260 | .347 | .362 | .708 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Al Jimenez | 44 | 125 | 118 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .314 | .352 | .458 | .810 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Donnels | 41 | 162 | 136 | 20 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 27 | .257 | .370 | .353 | .723 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dre Jacas | 29 | 110 | 90 | 18 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 13 | .344 | .445 | .456 | .901 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Manny Mantrana | 30 | 127 | 118 | 19 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 10 | .246 | .299 | .314 | .613 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Colescott | 60 | 163 | 148 | 12 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 46 | .196 | .253 | .318 | .571 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dave Lau | 49 | 124 | 107 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 19 | .234 | .333 | .374 | .707 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rob Lemle | 37 | 93 | 87 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | .218 | .258 | .253 | .511 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rob Hernandez | 35 | 54 | 45 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .244 | .292 | .267 | .558 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Liddell | 23 | 60 | 53 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .208 | .300 | .264 | .564 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Durant | 33 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .333 | .367 | .519 | .885 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Juan Marina | 28 | 29 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .321 | .321 | .321 | .643 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Naughton | 27 | 44 | 36 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .250 | .386 | .333 | .720 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Julio Valera | 22 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .219 | .265 | .250 | .515 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Kennelley | 9 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .179 | .233 | .214 | .448 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Victor Garcia | 34 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Anderson | 25 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .195 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan McMurtrie | 38 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Hightower | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Henion | 54 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Ponder | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Brown | 51 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1809 | 5228 | 4576 | 615 | 1136 | 189 | 27 | 83 | 524 | 122 | 49 | 536 | 923 | .248 | .330 | .356 | .686 | 1628 | 0 | 42 | 40 | 34 | 24 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Bailey | 1B | 101 | 807 | 62 | 15 | 69 | .983 | 8.604 | ||||
| Al Jimenez | 1B | 25 | 187 | 10 | 4 | 15 | .980 | 7.880 | ||||
| Jaime Archibald | 1B | 15 | 96 | 11 | 1 | 5 | .991 | 7.133 | ||||
| Rich Lundahl | 1B | 12 | 71 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .974 | 6.167 | ||||
| Dave Lau | 1B | 9 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 4.111 | ||||
| Rob Colescott | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Adam Ging | 2B | 89 | 197 | 223 | 13 | 41 | .970 | 4.719 | ||||
| Manny Mantrana | 2B | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rodney Murrell | 2B | 24 | 38 | 46 | 4 | 8 | .955 | 3.500 | ||||
| Steve Kennelley | 2B | 8 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 4 | .917 | 4.125 | ||||
| Rodney Murrell | 3B | 86 | 54 | 162 | 16 | 15 | .931 | 2.512 | ||||
| Chris Donnels | 3B | 39 | 32 | 86 | 10 | 10 | .922 | 3.026 | ||||
| Rob Colescott | 3B | 21 | 18 | 29 | 3 | 4 | .940 | 2.238 | ||||
| Rich Lundahl | 3B | 11 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Fritz Polka | C | 93 | 569 | 45 | 11 | 3 | .982 | 6.602 | 15 | |||
| Dave Lau | C | 27 | 152 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .977 | 6.296 | 2 | |||
| Rob Colescott | C | 24 | 123 | 16 | 6 | 0 | .959 | 5.792 | 3 | |||
| Dave Liddell | C | 19 | 90 | 16 | 8 | 2 | .930 | 5.579 | 3 | |||
| Cliff Gonzalez | OF | 113 | 208 | 7 | 10 | 4 | .956 | 1.903 | ||||
| Jaime Roseboro | OF | 105 | 184 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .970 | 1.829 | ||||
| Johnny Monell | OF | 93 | 129 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .950 | 1.430 | ||||
| Rich Lundahl | OF | 61 | 88 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .960 | 1.590 | ||||
| Rob Lemle | OF | 33 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .979 | 1.424 | ||||
| Dre Jacas | OF | 27 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .938 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jaime Archibald | OF | 27 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 1.407 | ||||
| Danny Naughton | OF | 22 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rodney Murrell | OF | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .818 | ||||
| Al Jimenez | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Henion | P | 54 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .407 | ||||
| Rick Brown | P | 51 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .314 | ||||
| Dan McMurtrie | P | 38 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .395 | ||||
| Victor Garcia | P | 34 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .441 | ||||
| Kevin Ponder | P | 33 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .303 | ||||
| Juan Marina | P | 27 | 15 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.481 | ||||
| Mike Anderson | P | 25 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 0 | .800 | 1.120 | ||||
| Gus Meizoso | P | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rob Hernandez | P | 24 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 1.500 | ||||
| Rick Durant | P | 23 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .912 | 1.348 | ||||
| Julio Valera | P | 22 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .815 | 1.000 | ||||
| Barry Hightower | P | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Todd Welborn | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Doug Myres | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Luis Natera | SS | 125 | 144 | 356 | 51 | 57 | .907 | 4.000 | ||||
| Adam Ging | SS | 23 | 37 | 71 | 7 | 11 | .939 | 4.696 | ||||
| Rodney Murrell | SS | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Totals | 1663 | 3519 | 1385 | 214 | 270 | .958 | 2.949 | 23 | 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.
