1987 Knoxville Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 68-76
Finished 5th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Glenn Ezell (68-76)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 124,231, Avg. 1,725
The Knoxville Blue Jays of the Southern League ended the 1987 season with a record of 68 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the league's West Division.
The Blue Jays scored 731 runs and allowed 702 runs. Gerónimo Berroa walloped 36 home runs for Knoxville, while Kevin Sliwinski, Chris Shaddy and Norm Tonucci each added 15 or more also. Gerónimo Berroa accounted for 108 RBI. Luis Reyna led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .297 clip. José Mesa and Oswaldo Peraza topped the squad with 10 wins each, and Oswaldo Peraza registered a 3.13 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Cliff Young, Eric Yelding, Craig McMurtry, Steve Davis, Luis Leal, José Mesa, Jeff Hearron, Gerónimo Berroa, José Escobar, Tom Filer, Enrique Burgos, Matt Stark, Jeff DeWillis, Pat Borders, Dave Walsh, Oswaldo Peraza and Doug Linton were all players from the 1987 Knoxville Blue Jays who played in the Majors during their careers.
Glenn Ezell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oswaldo Peraza | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.12 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 132.7 | 122 | 63 | 46 | 16 | 33 | 1 | 105 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| José Mesa | 10 | 13 | .435 | 5.21 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 193.3 | 206 | 131 | 112 | 19 | 104 | 0 | 115 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| Cliff Young | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.45 | 42 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 119.3 | 148 | 76 | 59 | 15 | 43 | 5 | 81 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| Omar Bencomo | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.14 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 167.3 | 186 | 94 | 77 | 15 | 40 | 3 | 96 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Troy Chestnut | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.77 | 41 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 76.3 | 74 | 39 | 32 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Steve Davis | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.02 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.7 | 54 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Todd Provence | 6 | 13 | .316 | 4.05 | 58 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 97.7 | 105 | 52 | 44 | 6 | 44 | 5 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Craig McMurtry | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.77 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 64 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tom Filer | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.87 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20.7 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike Yearout | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.13 | 34 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 95.0 | 71 | 42 | 33 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Enrique Burgos | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.37 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45.3 | 33 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dave Walsh | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.45 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.7 | 72 | 52 | 41 | 8 | 46 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| Luis Leal | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Gilliam | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Mumaw | 0 | 0 | 6.59 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Doug Linton | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hugh Brinson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.7 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tim Englund | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.98 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38.3 | 55 | 37 | 34 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 68 | 76 | .472 | 4.17 | 387 | 144 | 134 | 10 | 3 | 28 | 1249.7 | 1249 | 702 | 579 | 118 | 525 | 25 | 789 | 33 | 13 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerónimo Berroa | 134 | 581 | 523 | 87 | 150 | 33 | 3 | 36 | 108 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 104 | .287 | .346 | .568 | .914 | 297 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| Luis Reyna | 132 | 529 | 501 | 61 | 149 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 67 | 21 | 10 | 20 | 75 | .297 | .326 | .455 | .781 | 228 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Bernie Tatis | 137 | 618 | 526 | 101 | 147 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 55 | 11 | 80 | 93 | .279 | .372 | .420 | .793 | 221 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | |
| Chris Shaddy | 125 | 555 | 475 | 87 | 138 | 35 | 3 | 19 | 77 | 10 | 6 | 59 | 110 | .291 | .367 | .497 | .864 | 236 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | |
| Kevin Sliwinski | 133 | 563 | 480 | 72 | 123 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 90 | 3 | 4 | 73 | 88 | .256 | .355 | .456 | .811 | 219 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
| Norm Tonucci | 135 | 529 | 482 | 58 | 108 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 55 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 176 | .224 | .285 | .405 | .689 | 195 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Pat Borders | 94 | 374 | 349 | 44 | 102 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 51 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 56 | .292 | .332 | .433 | .764 | 151 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Rocky Coyle | 67 | 277 | 236 | 45 | 77 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 20 | .326 | .420 | .530 | .950 | 125 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Santiago Garcia | 63 | 255 | 239 | 28 | 71 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 22 | .297 | .328 | .427 | .755 | 102 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Kash Beauchamp | 59 | 218 | 188 | 28 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 39 | .298 | .382 | .452 | .835 | 85 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Eric Yelding | 39 | 165 | 150 | 23 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 25 | .200 | .262 | .253 | .516 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Matt Stark | 25 | 101 | 87 | 10 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | .299 | .396 | .448 | .844 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Hearron | 37 | 142 | 118 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 30 | .220 | .333 | .339 | .672 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jose Diaz | 29 | 97 | 90 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29 | .178 | .237 | .356 | .593 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff DeWillis | 39 | 134 | 122 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 23 | .131 | .203 | .254 | .457 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| José Escobar | 26 | 98 | 92 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .141 | .186 | .174 | .359 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Jones | 7 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .292 | .292 | .333 | .625 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Omar Malave | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oswaldo Peraza | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1311 | 5269 | 4690 | 696 | 1256 | 232 | 48 | 160 | 649 | 127 | 59 | 470 | 917 | .268 | .337 | .440 | .777 | 2064 | 0 | 40 | 23 | 46 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Sliwinski | 1B | 93 | 848 | 73 | 13 | 72 | .986 | 9.903 | ||||
| Luis Reyna | 1B | 50 | 401 | 45 | 12 | 38 | .974 | 8.920 | ||||
| Chris Shaddy | 1B | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.500 | ||||
| Jeff DeWillis | 1B | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Bernie Tatis | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Santiago Garcia | 2B | 62 | 139 | 187 | 22 | 36 | .937 | 5.258 | ||||
| Chris Shaddy | 2B | 52 | 104 | 141 | 7 | 35 | .972 | 4.712 | ||||
| Bernie Tatis | 2B | 34 | 64 | 87 | 4 | 20 | .974 | 4.441 | ||||
| Jose Diaz | 2B | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Omar Malave | 2B | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Norm Tonucci | 3B | 135 | 98 | 289 | 33 | 26 | .921 | 2.867 | ||||
| Jose Diaz | 3B | 7 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 2.429 | ||||
| Chris Shaddy | 3B | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
| Pat Borders | C | 77 | 432 | 49 | 12 | 3 | .976 | 6.247 | 16 | |||
| Jeff Hearron | C | 35 | 187 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .981 | 6.029 | 6 | |||
| Jeff DeWillis | C | 34 | 171 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .973 | 5.382 | 5 | |||
| Matt Stark | C | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | |||
| Gerónimo Berroa | OF | 132 | 236 | 6 | 15 | 1 | .942 | 1.833 | ||||
| Bernie Tatis | OF | 104 | 251 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .967 | 2.500 | ||||
| Luis Reyna | OF | 79 | 158 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .976 | 2.038 | ||||
| Ken Kinnard | OF | 49 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kash Beauchamp | OF | 39 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 2.333 | ||||
| Rocky Coyle | OF | 33 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 2.061 | ||||
| Mike Jones | OF | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 2.667 | ||||
| Kevin Sliwinski | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Todd Provence | P | 58 | 12 | 32 | 1 | 4 | .978 | .759 | ||||
| Cliff Young | P | 42 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .973 | .857 | ||||
| Troy Chestnut | P | 41 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .463 | ||||
| Omar Bencomo | P | 38 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .923 | .947 | ||||
| José Mesa | P | 35 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Yearout | P | 34 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .588 | ||||
| Oswaldo Peraza | P | 28 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 1.286 | ||||
| Dave Walsh | P | 24 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Tim Englund | P | 20 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .450 | ||||
| Enrique Burgos | P | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .529 | ||||
| Steve Davis | P | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| Craig McMurtry | P | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Hugh Brinson | P | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Steve Mumaw | P | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Tom Filer | P | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Keith Gilliam | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Doug Linton | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Luis Leal | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Shaddy | SS | 66 | 98 | 195 | 20 | 37 | .936 | 4.439 | ||||
| Eric Yelding | SS | 38 | 64 | 92 | 14 | 22 | .918 | 4.105 | ||||
| José Escobar | SS | 25 | 38 | 77 | 5 | 16 | .958 | 4.600 | ||||
| Jose Diaz | SS | 19 | 20 | 54 | 1 | 8 | .987 | 3.895 | ||||
| Totals | 1574 | 3641 | 1584 | 199 | 337 | .963 | 3.320 | 27 | 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.
