1987 Modesto A's Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 79-63
Finished 2nd in the CL's North Division
Manager: Tommie Reynolds (79-63)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Modesto, California
Ballpark: John Thurman Field
Attendance: 78,357, Avg. 1,104

1987 Modesto A's Roster

The Modesto A's of the California League ended the 1987 season with a record of 79 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.

The A's scored 684 runs and surrendered 613 runs. Bill Savarino drove in 78 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .279 average. Scott Holcomb led the squad with 12 wins, while Joe Law earned a 2.89 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Kevin Tapani, Mickey Tettleton, Bruce Walton, Mike Bordick, Russ McGinnis, Dann Howitt, Lance Blankenship, Dave Veres and Jim Corsi were all players from the 1987 Modesto A's who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Tommie Reynolds 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
Scott Holcomb	12	6	.667	3.38	28	27	0	1	0	0	151.7	138	64	57	13	86	1	111	7	0	11
Joe Law	10	1	.909	2.88	18	18	0	5	2	0	118.7	87	45	38	11	40	1	123	4	0	1
Kevin Tapani	10	7	.588	3.76	24	24	0	6	1	0	148.3	122	74	62	14	60	2	121	5	0	21
Kevin Williamson	9	7	.562	4.83	34	11	9	0	0	1	108.0	94	67	58	7	53	4	92	3	0	7
Bruce Walton	8	6	.571	2.88	16	16	0	3	1	0	106.3	97	44	34	6	27	0	84	4	0	2
Dave Veres	8	9	.471	4.79	26	26	0	2	0	0	148.3	124	90	79	9	108	3	124	6	0	29
Chris Hayes	5	4	.556	3.50	11	6	3	1	0	0	54.0	47	29	21	5	28	0	55	3	0	2
Jeff Whitney	4	5	.444	3.72	22	6	10	3	1	3	87.0	86	38	36	3	29	3	54	1	0	5
Jim Corsi	3	1	.750	3.60	19	0	10	0	0	6	30.0	23	16	12	1	10	1	45	1	0	4
Rich Berg	3	3	.500	4.24	21	2	11	0	0	1	51.0	45	29	24	2	37	2	38	4	0	12
Felix Caraballo	2	0	1.000	0.96	12	0	5	0	0	1	28.0	19	4	3	1	7	1	22	0	0	2
Bob Fingers	2	0	1.000	2.96	27	0	11	0	0	3	54.7	47	21	18	6	16	0	37	3	0	7
Pat Wernig	1	4	.200	4.99	22	3	9	0	0	1	39.7	40	24	22	3	33	4	29	3	0	5
Dave Shotkoski	1	4	.200	15.00	8	3	2	0	0	1	18.0	29	30	30	3	22	0	20	4	0	4
Bo Kent	1	6	.143	2.27	49	0	47	0	0	24	79.3	48	33	20	3	35	3	60	7	1	10
Dann Howitt	0	0		1.80	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	1
Dave Finley	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Gavin	0	0		18.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	79	63	.556	3.79	342	142	121	21	5	41	1233.0	1060	613	519	87	599	25	1019	55	1	124	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
Mike Bordick	133	601	497	73	133	17	0	3	75	8	8	87	92	.268	.377	.320	.697	159		5	4	8	3
Bill Savarino	122	516	448	66	125	25	3	8	78	5	5	56	74	.279	.360	.402	.762	180		4	2	6	4
Jerome Nelson	125	550	437	92	115	15	10	0	40	51	20	99	69	.263	.398	.343	.741	150		2	7	5	3
Jeremias Peguero	136	516	453	59	103	11	6	1	45	31	22	49	88	.227	.307	.285	.592	129		5	5	4	0
Bobby Gould	99	427	336	58	94	20	4	4	45	25	17	65	71	.280	.423	.399	.821	134		21	1	4	2
Pat Britt	92	347	308	33	73	11	0	2	39	2	2	34	67	.237	.311	.292	.603	90		1	0	4	1
John Minch	78	310	257	35	72	18	0	0	33	7	4	40	41	.280	.395	.350	.745	90		10	1	2	0
Dann Howitt	109	405	336	44	70	11	2	8	42	7	9	59	110	.208	.331	.324	.655	109		4	3	3	1
Drew Stratton	89	344	304	35	64	11	1	5	32	2	6	32	83	.211	.293	.303	.596	92		4	3	1	4
Russ McGinnis	47	196	165	24	42	9	0	8	31	1	1	23	33	.255	.347	.455	.802	75		2	3	3	1
Dave Gavin	72	232	198	31	39	7	1	3	21	4	3	28	63	.197	.304	.288	.592	57		3	2	1	0
Frank Masters	52	202	162	22	38	9	1	3	23	2	0	38	44	.235	.380	.358	.738	58		0	2	0	2
Marteese Robinson	48	191	171	18	38	5	3	1	22	7	3	16	39	.222	.289	.304	.594	52		1	1	2	0
Gary Gorski	44	167	128	21	32	7	0	1	12	5	1	32	34	.250	.418	.328	.746	42		5	2	0	2
Lance Blankenship	22	98	84	14	23	9	2	0	17	12	3	12	29	.274	.371	.429	.800	36		1	1	0	1
Steve Iannini	36	124	98	20	19	2	0	2	7	7	9	20	26	.194	.325	.276	.601	27		1	1	4	0
Dave Finley	32	103	89	14	18	5	1	0	5	1	0	13	25	.202	.311	.281	.592	25		1	0	0	1
Mike Duncan	32	141	107	21	18	7	2	3	11	4	2	34	25	.168	.369	.355	.724	38		0	0	0	2
Mickey Tettleton	3	12	11	4	4	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	4	.364	.417	1.000	1.417	11		0	0	0	0
Totals	1371	5482	4589	684	1120	200	36	54	580	181	115	738	1017	.244	.354	.339	.693	1554	0	70	38	47	27

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Marteese Robinson	1B	48	387	10	1	29	.997	8.271
Frank Masters	1B	31	226	21	4	16	.984	7.968
Mike Duncan	1B	31	243	23	4	18	.985	8.581
Dann Howitt	1B	17	119	10	2	8	.985	7.588
John Minch	1B	15	97	4	5	3	.953	6.733
Russ McGinnis	1B	8	60	2	2	5	.969	7.750
Gary Gorski	1B	6	34	5	1	2	.975	6.500
Jeremias Peguero	2B	127	242	354	23	67	.963	4.693
Bill Savarino	2B	23	29	57	2	4	.977	3.739
Dave Finley	2B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Bill Savarino	3B	41	34	52	12	1	.878	2.098
John Minch	3B	31	16	33	13	3	.790	1.581
Gary Gorski	3B	30	19	40	7	2	.894	1.967
Dave Finley	3B	30	28	47	7	2	.915	2.500
Lance Blankenship	3B	14	8	23	7	0	.816	2.214
Russ McGinnis	3B	11	6	11	1	1	.944	1.545
Frank Masters	3B	3	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.333
Bill Savarino	C	56	374	54	4	5	.991	7.643	18
Pat Britt	C	56	375	31	8	2	.981	7.250	1
John Minch	C	19	127	8	2	2	.985	7.105	2
Frank Masters	C	16	101	16	3	1	.975	7.312	2
Russ McGinnis	C	11	71	8	1	0	.988	7.182	1
Mickey Tettleton	C	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Jerome Nelson	OF	117	233	5	4	0	.983	2.034
Dann Howitt	OF	88	144	13	4	6	.975	1.784
Bobby Gould	OF	87	153	4	4	1	.975	1.805
Drew Stratton	OF	77	114	6	3	2	.976	1.558
Dave Gavin	OF	49	67	1	4	0	.944	1.388
Steve Iannini	OF	24	40	0	0	0	1.000	1.667
Lance Blankenship	OF	6	12	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Gary Gorski	OF	5	9	2	0	0	1.000	2.200
Mike Duncan	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bo Kent	P	49	6	17	2	0	.920	.469
Kevin Williamson	P	34	9	10	2	3	.905	.559
Scott Holcomb	P	28	5	20	2	1	.926	.893
Bob Fingers	P	27	3	2	2	0	.714	.185
Dave Veres	P	26	14	25	7	2	.848	1.500
Kevin Tapani	P	24	9	35	2	1	.957	1.833
Jeff Whitney	P	22	14	21	0	1	1.000	1.591
Pat Wernig	P	22	0	5	2	0	.714	.227
Rich Berg	P	21	3	11	1	2	.933	.667
Jim Corsi	P	19	1	5	0	0	1.000	.316
Joe Law	P	18	2	17	2	0	.905	1.056
Bruce Walton	P	16	10	14	2	0	.923	1.500
Felix Caraballo	P	12	0	3	0	0	1.000	.250
Chris Hayes	P	11	7	6	0	0	1.000	1.182
Dave Shotkoski	P	8	0	3	1	0	.750	.375
Dann Howitt	P	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Dave Gavin	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Dave Finley	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Bordick	SS	131	216	305	17	53	.968	3.977
Jeremias Peguero	SS	10	11	16	2	3	.931	2.700
Lance Blankenship	SS	3	6	7	1	2	.929	4.333
Bill Savarino	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Gary Gorski	SS	1	2	2	2	0	.667	4.000
Totals		1568	3695	1369	175	248	.967	3.230	24	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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