1987 Denver Zephyrs Statistics
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Terry Bevington (79-61)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 314,549, Avg. 4,494
Playoffs - Denver Zephyrs 3 games, Oklahoma City 89ers 2
Finals - Indianapolis Indians 4 games, Denver Zephyrs 1
The Denver Zephyrs of the American Association ended the 1987 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the AA.
The Zephyrs plated 928 runs, tops in the circuit. Denver gave up 829 runs. Brad Komminsk walloped 32 home runs for the squad, while Steve Stanicek, Joey Meyer and Steve Kiefer each swatted 15 or more, too. Steve Stanicek accounted for 106 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .352. Dave Stapleton led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 4.05 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1987 Denver Zephyrs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jim Paciorek, Mark Ciardi, Len Barker, Edgar Díaz, Don August, Mike Birkbeck, Alex Madrid, Juan Castillo, Keith Smith, John Henry Johnson, Steve Stanicek, Skeeter Barnes, Al Jones, Billy Bates, Billy Jo Robidoux, Bill Mooneyham, Bryan Clutterbuck, Brad Komminsk, Jim Adduci, Joey Meyer, Jay Aldrich, Curt Brown, Tim Pyznarski, Gibson Alba, Roy Lee Jackson, Ray Burris, Charlie O'Brien, Paul Mirabella, Dave Schuler, Dave Stapleton, Mark Knudson, Steve Kiefer, Donnie Scott, Mike Felder and Ricky Wright.
Terry Bevington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Stapleton | 11 | 3 | .786 | 4.05 | 44 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 129.0 | 141 | 64 | 58 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Don August | 10 | 9 | .526 | 5.57 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 179.3 | 220 | 124 | 111 | 16 | 55 | 3 | 91 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mark Knudson | 7 | 2 | .778 | 5.86 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78.3 | 89 | 53 | 51 | 11 | 30 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mark Ciardi | 7 | 5 | .583 | 5.61 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 112.3 | 134 | 82 | 70 | 18 | 31 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Paul Mirabella | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.31 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 39.0 | 39 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Madrid | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.35 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 99.3 | 114 | 64 | 59 | 13 | 31 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Len Barker | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.69 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 48 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| John Henry Johnson | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.72 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46.0 | 44 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Daniel Scarpetta | 4 | 5 | .444 | 7.20 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 99 | 63 | 60 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bryan Clutterbuck | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.67 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 49 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bill Mooneyham | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.78 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69.7 | 76 | 42 | 37 | 7 | 38 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Al Jones | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.71 | 50 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 69.3 | 88 | 49 | 44 | 12 | 35 | 3 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Arturo Gonzalez | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.65 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ricky Wright | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.79 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jay Aldrich | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.41 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29.0 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Clay | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.94 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gibson Alba | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Curt Brown | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Konderla | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dave Klipstein | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Burris | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Schuler | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Lee Jackson | 0 | 0 | 8.64 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Donnie Scott | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Beuerlein | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Kendrick | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.59 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Birkbeck | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.64 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 72 | 53 | .576 | 5.30 | 391 | 128 | 108 | 19 | 1 | 29 | 1112.7 | 1324 | 729 | 655 | 124 | 391 | 23 | 592 | 18 | 7 | 33 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Stanicek | 117 | 515 | 474 | 90 | 167 | 40 | 5 | 25 | 106 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 82 | .352 | .396 | .616 | 1.012 | 292 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| Billy Bates | 130 | 591 | 506 | 117 | 160 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 62 | 51 | 13 | 73 | 52 | .316 | .397 | .403 | .800 | 204 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |
| Brad Komminsk | 135 | 569 | 494 | 110 | 147 | 31 | 4 | 32 | 95 | 18 | 9 | 66 | 127 | .298 | .381 | .571 | .952 | 282 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| Steve Kiefer | 90 | 404 | 361 | 90 | 119 | 21 | 4 | 31 | 95 | 11 | 2 | 37 | 63 | .330 | .391 | .668 | 1.059 | 241 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| Keith Smith | 117 | 472 | 413 | 70 | 117 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 24 | 7 | 49 | 73 | .283 | .357 | .416 | .773 | 172 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | |
| Dave Klipstein | 117 | 440 | 382 | 72 | 106 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 60 | 12 | 7 | 46 | 42 | .277 | .361 | .385 | .746 | 147 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Joey Meyer | 79 | 334 | 296 | 58 | 92 | 23 | 0 | 29 | 92 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 88 | .311 | .386 | .682 | 1.069 | 202 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Charlie O'Brien | 80 | 318 | 266 | 37 | 75 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 33 | .282 | .381 | .425 | .806 | 113 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
| Jim Paciorek | 47 | 205 | 175 | 29 | 57 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 25 | .326 | .417 | .526 | .942 | 92 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Alan Cartwright | 71 | 238 | 216 | 30 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 41 | .236 | .300 | .394 | .693 | 85 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jesus Alfaro | 46 | 198 | 180 | 27 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 29 | .272 | .330 | .461 | .791 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Edgar Díaz | 48 | 182 | 162 | 24 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | .272 | .343 | .358 | .701 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Donnie Scott | 65 | 228 | 196 | 21 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 26 | .224 | .316 | .352 | .668 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| Mike Felder | 27 | 130 | 113 | 26 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 6 | .363 | .434 | .504 | .939 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tim Pyznarski | 39 | 170 | 141 | 31 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 42 | .284 | .400 | .532 | .932 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Billy Jo Robidoux | 30 | 134 | 116 | 27 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | .284 | .381 | .491 | .872 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jim Adduci | 16 | 69 | 59 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .288 | .348 | .441 | .789 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| John Beuerlein | 26 | 69 | 61 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .246 | .333 | .377 | .710 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garrett Nago | 4 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .429 | .804 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Davidsmeier | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Juan Castillo | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ron Harrison | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Jones | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Len Barker | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Wright | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1369 | 5306 | 4645 | 886 | 1382 | 258 | 53 | 181 | 829 | 162 | 65 | 567 | 793 | .298 | .374 | .493 | .866 | 2289 | 0 | 24 | 25 | 45 | 24 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Meyer | 1B | 43 | 392 | 23 | 8 | 49 | .981 | 9.651 | ||||
| Skeeter Barnes | 1B | 27 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Jo Robidoux | 1B | 22 | 184 | 14 | 4 | 16 | .980 | 9.000 | ||||
| Tim Pyznarski | 1B | 17 | 156 | 15 | 2 | 14 | .988 | 1.059 | ||||
| Steve Stanicek | 1B | 14 | 107 | 9 | 2 | 11 | .983 | 8.286 | ||||
| Jim Paciorek | 1B | 13 | 108 | 15 | 2 | 8 | .984 | 9.462 | ||||
| Keith Smith | 1B | 5 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Donnie Scott | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Beuerlein | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jim Adduci | 1B | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Billy Bates | 2B | 126 | 254 | 393 | 17 | 93 | .974 | 5.135 | ||||
| Keith Smith | 2B | 12 | 22 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Jesus Alfaro | 2B | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Mike Felder | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Dan Davidsmeier | 2B | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Steve Kiefer | 3B | 77 | 60 | 161 | 15 | 11 | .936 | 2.870 | ||||
| Skeeter Barnes | 3B | 48 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesus Alfaro | 3B | 38 | 32 | 66 | 6 | 12 | .942 | 2.579 | ||||
| Steve Stanicek | 3B | 11 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 0 | .833 | 2.273 | ||||
| Jim Paciorek | 3B | 10 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .857 | 1.800 | ||||
| Keith Smith | 3B | 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Billy Jo Robidoux | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Dan Davidsmeier | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 2.000 | ||||
| Charlie O'Brien | C | 79 | 415 | 53 | 6 | 8 | .987 | 5.924 | 8 | |||
| Donnie Scott | C | 49 | 215 | 24 | 5 | 6 | .980 | 4.878 | 6 | |||
| John Beuerlein | C | 14 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 4.429 | 3 | |||
| Garrett Nago | C | 4 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.250 | 1 | |||
| Brad Komminsk | OF | 133 | 269 | 16 | 5 | 2 | .983 | 2.143 | ||||
| Dave Klipstein | OF | 112 | 314 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .994 | 2.830 | ||||
| Steve Stanicek | OF | 64 | 114 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .975 | 1.797 | ||||
| Alan Cartwright | OF | 54 | 117 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .976 | 2.241 | ||||
| Mike Felder | OF | 27 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.889 | ||||
| Jim Paciorek | OF | 19 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.421 | ||||
| Jim Adduci | OF | 11 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.909 | ||||
| Tim Pyznarski | OF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Skeeter Barnes | OF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Harrison | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Al Jones | P | 50 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .260 | ||||
| Dave Stapleton | P | 44 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .892 | .750 | ||||
| Don August | P | 28 | 18 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.679 | ||||
| Alex Madrid | P | 27 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .667 | ||||
| John Henry Johnson | P | 26 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .231 | ||||
| Paul Mirabella | P | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .240 | ||||
| Daniel Scarpetta | P | 20 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .923 | .600 | ||||
| Jay Aldrich | P | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Mark Ciardi | P | 19 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 1.368 | ||||
| Gibson Alba | P | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ricky Wright | P | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Mark Knudson | P | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.071 | ||||
| Curt Brown | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Len Barker | P | 13 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Bill Mooneyham | P | 12 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| Mike Konderla | P | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bryan Clutterbuck | P | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Dave Clay | P | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Pete Kendrick | P | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Roy Lee Jackson | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Arturo Gonzalez | P | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Dave Schuler | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| John Beuerlein | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Klipstein | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Donnie Scott | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Burris | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Birkbeck | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Keith Smith | SS | 94 | 147 | 309 | 16 | 74 | .966 | 4.851 | ||||
| Edgar Díaz | SS | 48 | 95 | 144 | 10 | 30 | .960 | 4.979 | ||||
| Jesus Alfaro | SS | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Juan Castillo | SS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1608 | 3381 | 1520 | 129 | 371 | .974 | 3.048 | 18 | 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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