1987 Charleston Wheelers Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 66-73
Finished 2nd in the SAL's North Division
Manager: Hal Dyer (66-73)
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Ballpark: Watt Powell Stadium
Attendance: 97,563, Avg. 1,404

1987 Charleston Wheelers Roster

The Charleston Wheelers of the South Atlantic League ended the 1987 season with a record of 66 wins and 73 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.

The Wheelers scored 552 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 648 runs. Tim McMillan led Charleston with 11 home runs John Knapp drove in 56 runs. Cesar Bernhardt paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .252 clip. Tim Sossamon topped the squad with 13 wins, while Carl Grovom recorded a 2.44 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Steve Scarsone and Norberto Martin both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Hal Dyer 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
Tim Sossamon	13	10	.565	3.80	26	25	0	8	2	0	151.7	147	87	64	10	76	1	114	22	1	17
Carl Grovom	12	6	.667	2.44	26	24	1	6	4	0	170.0	143	63	46	7	70	1	147	4	1	19
Gary Pifer	8	5	.615	3.55	19	15	2	2	0	2	109.0	107	55	43	5	30	1	64	5	4	10
Tony Lapoint	5	5	.500	5.21	40	0	30	0	0	7	46.7	48	37	27	3	44	3	35	7	1	7
Danny Weems	5	8	.385	3.39	28	25	1	2	2	1	164.7	159	91	62	7	58	0	100	9	0	12
Jim Hendrix	4	4	.500	3.53	40	3	9	0	0	0	89.3	100	45	35	2	41	4	53	7	1	5
Randy Robinson	4	7	.364	3.06	36	7	19	3	1	5	79.3	74	39	27	4	14	0	53	4	0	7
Gil Villanueva	3	5	.375	3.35	16	6	4	0	0	1	43.0	32	21	16	0	39	0	56	3	0	14
Rene Garcia	2	1	.667	3.00	21	0	14	0	0	4	24.0	19	11	8	0	10	1	17	1	0	4
Tom Abrell	2	2	.500	5.43	31	8	7	0	0	3	64.7	73	53	39	4	34	0	33	4	1	9
Bill Melvin	2	3	.400	3.42	17	3	8	1	0	1	47.3	41	23	18	2	34	1	32	2	0	2
Tracy Toy	2	4	.333	3.73	16	4	6	0	0	1	50.7	56	30	21	0	13	0	26	3	0	2
Jimmie Gardner	2	9	.182	5.17	21	14	4	0	0	0	78.3	91	60	45	3	49	0	51	7	3	19
Steve O'Quinn	1	1	.500	1.96	3	2	0	1	1	0	18.3	9	4	4	1	3	1	7	1	0	0
Kevin Main	1	3	.250	5.87	9	3	3	0	0	1	23.0	25	21	15	1	15	0	11	2	2	2
Jesus Sandoval	0	0		1.93	4	0	3	0	0	1	4.7	4	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1
Francisco Abreu	0	0		4.76	7	0	5	0	0	0	11.3	16	7	6	0	9	0	6	1	0	3
Totals	66	73	.475	3.65	360	139	116	23	10	27	1176.0	1144	648	477	49	541	13	807	82	14	133	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
Cesar Bernhardt	122	478	444	56	112	28	5	5	53	15	9	25	59	.252	.301	.372	.673	165		7	0	2	1
John Knapp	133	558	471	65	107	17	3	7	56	42	14	74	103	.227	.329	.321	.649	151		2	1	10	1
Tim McMillan	111	396	366	54	98	17	3	11	45	23	13	21	106	.268	.313	.421	.734	154		5	0	4	3
Rod Brunelle	119	433	385	47	96	18	3	10	53	14	7	41	108	.249	.328	.390	.718	150		5	0	2	1
Larry Allen	106	386	338	35	91	19	0	3	35	21	14	46	45	.269	.358	.352	.710	119		1	0	1	2
Norberto Martin	68	278	250	44	78	14	1	5	35	14	4	17	40	.312	.361	.436	.797	109		4	4	3	1
Pete Callas	93	344	271	32	69	14	0	7	45	2	6	69	82	.255	.401	.384	.785	104		0	0	4	5
Jack Peel	67	249	208	31	60	12	2	3	33	8	8	32	27	.288	.386	.409	.795	85		3	3	3	0
Bob Strickland	87	296	258	30	60	13	0	6	34	5	5	34	72	.233	.324	.353	.677	91		2	0	2	2
Steve Mehl	130	406	357	45	60	9	1	2	19	32	15	38	77	.168	.257	.216	.473	77		5	5	1	1
Steve Scarsone	95	296	259	35	56	11	1	1	17	8	5	31	64	.216	.307	.278	.585	72		3	3	0	0
Don Cohoon	48	148	137	11	38	6	1	0	10	4	4	9	24	.277	.320	.336	.655	46		0	1	1	0
Johnny Cuevas	47	148	139	9	27	3	1	1	15	0	1	8	29	.194	.236	.252	.488	35		0	0	1	0
Sal D'Alessandro	25	95	85	8	19	5	0	2	10	0	2	7	9	.224	.295	.353	.648	30		2	0	1	0
Doyle Balthazar	36	100	87	10	19	1	0	0	2	5	0	11	20	.218	.306	.230	.536	20		0	2	0	0
Ron Scruggs	29	94	84	11	15	1	2	1	2	8	2	8	32	.179	.258	.274	.532	23		1	1	0	0
Bob Gsellman	31	98	84	15	14	4	0	3	12	1	0	13	46	.167	.278	.321	.600	27		0	1	0	0
Glenn Braxton	26	81	68	6	13	4	1	0	9	3	7	10	23	.191	.309	.279	.588	19		2	0	1	0
Allen Wilson	19	65	56	4	8	3	0	1	8	0	0	8	21	.143	.250	.250	.500	14		0	1	0	0
Miguel Audain	14	37	31	1	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	.129	.250	.194	.444	6		2	1	0	0
Totals	1406	4986	4378	549	1044	201	24	68	493	207	116	505	990	.238	.321	.342	.663	1497	0	44	23	36	17

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Larry Allen	1B	76	635	36	10	46	.985	8.829
Pete Callas	1B	33	277	17	5	35	.983	8.909
Bob Strickland	1B	30	229	13	6	25	.976	8.067
Rod Brunelle	1B	12	85	4	2	8	.978	7.417
Don Cohoon	1B	2	12	0	2	0	.857	6.000
Cesar Bernhardt	2B	109	225	255	21	63	.958	4.404
Steve Scarsone	2B	32	67	83	7	23	.955	4.688
Steve Mehl	2B	5	6	12	1	2	.947	3.600
Don Cohoon	2B	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Norberto Martin	2B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Miguel Audain	2B	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.000
John Knapp	3B	100	84	199	20	18	.934	2.830
Don Cohoon	3B	23	11	53	12	7	.842	2.783
Bob Strickland	3B	11	5	22	3	3	.900	2.455
Steve Scarsone	3B	8	4	7	0	1	1.000	1.375
Miguel Audain	3B	8	6	17	4	1	.852	2.875
Johnny Cuevas	C	47	257	35	6	4	.980	6.213	3
Doyle Balthazar	C	33	178	26	8	0	.962	6.182	2
Bob Gsellman	C	30	165	20	4	2	.979	6.167	0
Sal D'Alessandro	C	25	139	29	2	2	.988	6.720	1
Allen Wilson	C	18	92	18	2	1	.982	6.111	3
Bob Strickland	C	2	5	1	0	1	1.000	3.000	4
Rod Brunelle	C	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	1
Steve Mehl	OF	126	230	15	10	1	.961	1.944
Tim McMillan	OF	102	154	8	13	0	.926	1.588
Rod Brunelle	OF	100	142	6	12	0	.925	1.480
Jack Peel	OF	55	107	6	7	2	.942	2.055
Bob Strickland	OF	36	50	2	1	1	.981	1.444
Ron Scruggs	OF	28	44	3	2	0	.959	1.679
Glenn Braxton	OF	23	32	2	1	1	.971	1.478
Larry Allen	OF	6	6	1	1	0	.875	1.167
Don Cohoon	OF	3	3	0	1	0	.750	1.000
Norberto Martin	OF	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.500
Doyle Balthazar	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Tony Lapoint	P	40	2	3	1	0	.833	.125
Jim Hendrix	P	40	5	12	2	0	.895	.425
Randy Robinson	P	36	2	14	2	0	.889	.444
Tom Abrell	P	31	5	12	3	1	.850	.548
Danny Weems	P	28	7	30	7	3	.841	1.321
Tim Sossamon	P	26	7	25	4	2	.889	1.231
Carl Grovom	P	26	6	59	3	1	.956	2.500
Jimmie Gardner	P	21	4	17	5	0	.808	1.000
Rene Garcia	P	21	5	4	0	0	1.000	.429
Gary Pifer	P	19						.000
Bill Melvin	P	17	1	4	0	0	1.000	.294
Gil Villanueva	P	16	6	8	2	1	.875	.875
Tracy Toy	P	16						.000
Kevin Main	P	9	5	6	1	3	.917	1.222
Francisco Abreu	P	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	.143
Jesus Sandoval	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Steve O'Quinn	P	3						.000
Steve Scarsone	SS	51	56	122	18	23	.908	3.490
Norberto Martin	SS	48	80	151	25	32	.902	4.812
John Knapp	SS	33	45	101	10	15	.936	4.424
Don Cohoon	SS	16	15	49	2	9	.970	4.000
Miguel Audain	SS	5	10	10	2	1	.909	4.000
Totals		1606	3520	1525	250	338	.953	3.141	14	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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