1987 Huntsville Stars Statistics
Team Record: 74-70
Finished 1st in the SL's West Division
Manager: Brad Fischer (74-70)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Ballpark: Joe W. Davis Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 256,090, Avg. 3,557
Playoffs - Birmingham Barons 3 games, Huntsville Stars 0
The Huntsville Stars of the Southern League ended the 1987 season with a record of 74 wins and 70 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Stars plated 616 runs and yielded 635 runs. Tyler Brilinski paced Huntsville with 16 home runs and accounted for 68 RBI. Joe Xavier led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .301. Wally Whitehurst topped the squad with 11 wins, while Jeff Shaver recorded a 3.4 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Félix José, Wally Whitehurst, Jim Corsi, Dave Otto, José Tolentino, Bruce Walton, Todd Burns, Bill Mooneyham, Steve Howard, Larry Arndt, Jeff Shaver, Lance Blankenship, Scott Hemond, Walt Weiss, Curt Wardle, Tim Birtsas and Greg Cadaret were all players from the 1987 Huntsville Stars who played in the Majors during their careers.
Brad Fischer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Whitehurst | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.98 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 183.3 | 192 | 104 | 81 | 12 | 42 | 3 | 106 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Jim Corsi | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.81 | 28 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 48.0 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Doug Scherer | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.74 | 37 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 95.0 | 110 | 64 | 50 | 3 | 42 | 2 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Brian Criswell | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.91 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 111.3 | 106 | 42 | 36 | 8 | 38 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Jeff Shaver | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.39 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 140.7 | 147 | 69 | 53 | 14 | 51 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Russ Kibler | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.09 | 41 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 96.0 | 103 | 41 | 33 | 11 | 33 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Greg Cadaret | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.90 | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 40.3 | 31 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Tim Birtsas | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.61 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114.7 | 109 | 54 | 46 | 8 | 53 | 0 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dave Otto | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.34 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 36 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Reese Lambert | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.24 | 29 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Todd Burns | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.97 | 34 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 63.7 | 49 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bruce Walton | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.10 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58.0 | 61 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Phil Cundari | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7.66 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 | 36 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Hilton | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.68 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 85 | 52 | 41 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Bill Mooneyham | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.75 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.7 | 68 | 36 | 32 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bo Kent | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Carroll | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Greg Sparks | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kirk McDonald | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.73 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Curt Wardle | 0 | 5 | .000 | 9.47 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 74 | 70 | .514 | 3.79 | 367 | 144 | 132 | 12 | 4 | 36 | 1243.7 | 1257 | 635 | 524 | 91 | 450 | 23 | 762 | 18 | 10 | 64 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Xavier | 137 | 591 | 492 | 74 | 148 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 23 | 15 | 77 | 72 | .301 | .397 | .429 | .826 | 211 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | |
| Tyler Brilinski | 136 | 542 | 480 | 60 | 127 | 35 | 1 | 16 | 68 | 7 | 2 | 55 | 108 | .265 | .343 | .442 | .785 | 212 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Steve Howard | 133 | 538 | 439 | 79 | 112 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 66 | 9 | 8 | 76 | 142 | .255 | .375 | .401 | .776 | 176 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |
| Larry Arndt | 124 | 491 | 422 | 48 | 103 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 60 | 111 | .244 | .338 | .313 | .651 | 132 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
| Lance Blankenship | 107 | 471 | 390 | 64 | 99 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 34 | 7 | 67 | 60 | .254 | .368 | .354 | .721 | 138 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Walt Weiss | 91 | 394 | 337 | 43 | 96 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 47 | 67 | .285 | .374 | .353 | .727 | 119 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mark Howie | 92 | 397 | 342 | 42 | 88 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 44 | 48 | .257 | .341 | .333 | .674 | 114 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| Félix José | 91 | 330 | 296 | 29 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 61 | .226 | .295 | .321 | .616 | 95 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Pat Dietrick | 115 | 376 | 328 | 50 | 67 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 39 | 91 | .204 | .298 | .262 | .560 | 86 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Jones | 72 | 281 | 227 | 27 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 39 | .269 | .399 | .308 | .708 | 70 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Greg Sparks | 57 | 189 | 172 | 18 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 35 | .279 | .333 | .413 | .746 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Roy Anderson | 72 | 240 | 198 | 29 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 53 | .237 | .350 | .389 | .739 | 77 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| José Tolentino | 49 | 197 | 173 | 20 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 28 | .237 | .321 | .376 | .697 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Darrin Duffy | 38 | 128 | 117 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 24 | .179 | .226 | .222 | .448 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Hemond | 33 | 115 | 110 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 30 | .182 | .211 | .255 | .465 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Kramer | 42 | 123 | 103 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 34 | .184 | .303 | .330 | .633 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tony Arias | 15 | 49 | 46 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | .261 | .306 | .391 | .697 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Camilo Veras | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Corsi | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1434 | 5462 | 4682 | 615 | 1177 | 225 | 26 | 73 | 533 | 165 | 69 | 640 | 1017 | .251 | .345 | .357 | .702 | 1673 | 0 | 47 | 53 | 40 | 21 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Brilinski | 1B | 100 | 854 | 104 | 8 | 66 | .992 | 9.580 | ||||
| José Tolentino | 1B | 37 | 387 | 30 | 6 | 26 | .986 | 11.270 | ||||
| Larry Arndt | 1B | 8 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .964 | 6.625 | ||||
| Greg Sparks | 1B | 6 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .983 | 9.667 | ||||
| Tony Arias | 1B | 5 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.200 | ||||
| Mark Howie | 2B | 67 | 100 | 165 | 12 | 26 | .957 | 3.955 | ||||
| Joe Xavier | 2B | 64 | 122 | 185 | 5 | 28 | .984 | 4.797 | ||||
| Lance Blankenship | 2B | 21 | 34 | 63 | 1 | 11 | .990 | 4.619 | ||||
| Larry Arndt | 2B | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Larry Arndt | 3B | 112 | 80 | 221 | 28 | 1 | .915 | 2.688 | ||||
| Lance Blankenship | 3B | 18 | 14 | 33 | 4 | 0 | .922 | 2.611 | ||||
| Joe Xavier | 3B | 10 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 3 | .960 | 2.400 | ||||
| Tony Arias | 3B | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mark Howie | 3B | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 3.500 | ||||
| Scott Hemond | 3B | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| José Tolentino | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Jim Jones | C | 65 | 301 | 40 | 4 | 3 | .988 | 5.246 | 2 | |||
| Roy Anderson | C | 60 | 323 | 40 | 4 | 5 | .989 | 6.050 | 4 | |||
| Scott Hemond | C | 29 | 160 | 27 | 6 | 2 | .969 | 6.448 | 5 | |||
| Steve Howard | OF | 119 | 197 | 1 | 15 | 0 | .930 | 1.664 | ||||
| Pat Dietrick | OF | 113 | 243 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .973 | 2.204 | ||||
| Félix José | OF | 71 | 131 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .945 | 1.944 | ||||
| Lance Blankenship | OF | 71 | 137 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .979 | 1.972 | ||||
| Greg Sparks | OF | 38 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .961 | 1.289 | ||||
| Joe Kramer | OF | 33 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .968 | 1.848 | ||||
| Mark Howie | OF | 20 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Roy Anderson | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Camilo Veras | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Russ Kibler | P | 41 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .463 | ||||
| Doug Scherer | P | 37 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .595 | ||||
| Todd Burns | P | 34 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .471 | ||||
| Brian Criswell | P | 32 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .781 | ||||
| Reese Lambert | P | 29 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .276 | ||||
| Wally Whitehurst | P | 28 | 16 | 42 | 4 | 1 | .935 | 2.071 | ||||
| Jim Corsi | P | 28 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .393 | ||||
| Greg Cadaret | P | 24 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .250 | ||||
| Jeff Shaver | P | 23 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 1.826 | ||||
| Bruce Walton | P | 18 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .889 | ||||
| Tim Birtsas | P | 17 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.059 | ||||
| Stan Hilton | P | 14 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Bill Mooneyham | P | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| Dave Otto | P | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.556 | ||||
| Curt Wardle | P | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kirk McDonald | P | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Phil Cundari | P | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Jim Carroll | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Greg Sparks | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bo Kent | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Walt Weiss | SS | 90 | 152 | 259 | 17 | 40 | .960 | 4.567 | ||||
| Darrin Duffy | SS | 38 | 54 | 99 | 8 | 16 | .950 | 4.026 | ||||
| Joe Xavier | SS | 24 | 27 | 57 | 3 | 11 | .966 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1606 | 3731 | 1591 | 174 | 260 | .968 | 3.314 | 11 | 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.
