1987 Medicine Hat Blue Jays Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: R
Team Record: 26-43
Finished 4th in the PL's North Division
Manager: Eddie Dennis (26-43)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Ballpark: Athletic Park
Attendance: 25,948, Avg. 752

1987 Medicine Hat Blue Jays Roster

The Medicine Hat Blue Jays of the Pioneer League ended the 1987 season with a record of 26 wins and 43 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.

The Blue Jays plated 328 runs and surrendered 463 runs. Greg Vella and Dan Etzweiler paced Medicine Hat with 11 home runs apiece. Greg Vella drove in 43 runs. Juan De La Rosa topped batters with significant playing time with a .290 average, while Christopher Lariviere recorded a 3.88 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1987 Medicine Hat Blue Jays who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Randy Knorr, Bob Macdonald, Ryan Thompson and Mike Timlin.

Eddie Dennis served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Mark Granato	4	3	.571	6.80	18	6	5	0	0	46.3	62	45	35	6	26	1	39	3	0	3
Nate Cromwell	4	6	.400	4.31	15	11	2	1	0	54.3	54	36	26	1	37	0	47	1	0	10
Christopher Lariviere	4	7	.364	3.86	15	15	0	0	0	81.7	89	46	35	2	29	0	47	0	1	6
Mike Timlin	4	8	.333	5.14	13	12	0	2	0	75.3	79	50	43	4	26	0	66	5	5	9
Bob Macdonald	3	1	.750	2.92	13	0	9	0	2	24.7	22	13	8	0	12	1	26	1	0	5
Joe Newcomb	3	3	.500	4.86	11	11	0	1	0	66.7	67	46	36	8	33	0	43	2	2	3
Bob Bevis	1	1	.500	3.20	11	1	8	0	2	25.3	32	15	9	1	6	1	22	0	0	2
Rod Richey	1	2	.333	2.08	12	0	10	0	4	21.7	16	9	5	0	9	2	26	0	0	4
Bobby Maitia	1	3	.250	6.35	24	2	10	0	3	45.3	49	41	32	5	34	1	45	4	2	5
Terry Wilson	1	4	.200	5.23	15	4	4	0	0	41.3	53	32	24	2	27	0	35	0	3	10
Tim Foley	0	0		8.68	5	0	1	0	0	9.3	14	10	9	0	2	0	6	1	0	1
Pablo Castro	0	0		36.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Cuff	0	1	.000	6.79	18	3	6	0	1	50.3	85	57	38	5	18	1	22	2	4	4
Tony Conliffe	0	1	.000	7.03	17	0	7	0	1	24.3	39	26	19	1	13	0	19	2	1	5
Geovanny Colon	0	3	.000	8.04	12	4	3	0	0	31.3	44	33	28	2	13	1	27	4	0	1
Totals	26	43	.377	5.27	200	69	65	4	13	599.0	709	463	351	38	285	8	471	25	18	69	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
Andy Dziadkowiec	65	251	228	30	62	13	3	1	25	4	2	16	36	.272	.327	.368	.695	84		3	3	1	0
Greg Vella	67	273	230	43	61	11	0	11	43	4	2	34	49	.265	.365	.457	.822	105		4	2	3	0
Juan De La Rosa	57	206	200	29	58	9	2	1	24	14	5	2	38	.290	.293	.370	.663	74		0	1	3	0
Steve Baucom	58	252	231	32	56	11	0	3	21	3	9	15	19	.242	.300	.329	.629	76		4	2	0	0
Dan Etzweiler	65	248	212	34	54	15	3	11	36	1	6	31	69	.255	.355	.509	.864	108		3	0	2	2
Matt Gilmore	46	168	153	20	38	2	0	1	18	4	3	13	42	.248	.304	.281	.585	43		0	0	2	1
Mark Young	29	116	105	24	35	7	2	2	7	4	3	10	27	.333	.397	.495	.892	52		1	0	0	0
Randy Knorr	26	115	106	21	31	7	0	10	24	0	0	5	26	.292	.322	.642	.963	68		1	0	3	3
Will Fillard	40	141	119	14	29	4	1	5	18	6	5	20	41	.244	.355	.420	.775	50		1	0	1	0
Ryan Thompson	40	116	110	13	27	3	1	1	9	1	2	6	34	.245	.284	.318	.603	35		0	0	0	0
Cisco Johnson	34	139	121	19	27	5	3	2	18	6	5	16	29	.223	.312	.364	.675	44		0	1	1	0
Derek Ware	27	98	91	11	23	1	0	0	8	7	3	7	27	.253	.306	.264	.570	24		0	0	0	0
Winston Brown	36	121	108	5	20	6	0	0	8	3	5	11	37	.185	.261	.241	.501	26		0	2	0	0
Eddy Mendez	20	75	70	10	17	2	0	1	6	4	2	5	20	.243	.293	.314	.608	22		0	0	0	0
Steve Roberts	31	92	87	6	15	1	0	1	6	0	0	3	31	.172	.209	.218	.427	19		1	1	0	0
Chris Floyd	20	60	54	5	14	1	0	2	6	0	2	5	15	.259	.322	.389	.711	21		0	1	0	0
Steve Berriatua	11	46	41	7	11	1	0	0	3	1	0	5	7	.268	.348	.293	.641	12		0	0	0	0
Barry Morphew	15	44	38	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	14	.132	.250	.132	.382	5		0	0	0	0
Ed Smith	12	16	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.133	.188	.133	.321	2		0	0	0	0
Totals	699	2577	2319	328	585	99	15	52	281	62	54	211	573	.252	.317	.375	.693	870	0	18	13	16	6

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Greg Vella	1B	66	588	27	8	53	.987	9.318
Steve Roberts	1B	9	48	1	1	5	.980	5.444
Steve Baucom	2B	58	122	158	10	40	.966	4.828
Mark Young	2B	6	8	14	2	2	.917	3.667
Barry Morphew	2B	3	6	6	2	0	.857	4.000
Juan De La Rosa	2B	3	5	4	2	1	.818	3.000
Dan Etzweiler	2B	2	4	5	1	1	.900	4.500
Dan Etzweiler	3B	50	43	99	19	12	.882	2.840
Chris Floyd	3B	11	5	8	2	0	.867	1.182
Barry Morphew	3B	3	6	6	2	0	.857	4.000
Will Fillard	3B	2	3	0	2	0	.600	1.500
Juan De La Rosa	3B	2	1	7	0	1	1.000	4.000
Matt Gilmore	3B	1	1	2	1	0	.750	3.000
Andy Dziadkowiec	C	55	377	60	14	2	.969	7.945	9
Randy Knorr	C	12	70	5	4	0	.949	6.250	3
Chris Floyd	C	7	28	8	0	0	1.000	5.143	2
Juan De La Rosa	OF	52	103	6	5	1	.956	2.096
Will Fillard	OF	34	35	2	2	0	.949	1.088
Winston Brown	OF	34	45	0	2	0	.957	1.324
Cisco Johnson	OF	30	44	0	2	0	.957	1.467
Ryan Thompson	OF	29	56	2	4	1	.935	2.000
Mark Young	OF	21	31	8	1	1	.975	1.857
Derek Ware	OF	12	17	1	0	0	1.000	1.500
Ed Smith	OF	9	4	0	1	0	.800	.444
Steve Roberts	OF	9	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.111
Eddy Mendez	OF	9	13	4	0	0	1.000	1.889
Bobby Maitia	P	24	2	10	3	0	.800	.500
Mark Granato	P	18	2	5	1	0	.875	.389
Bob Cuff	P	18	1	14	2	0	.882	.833
Tony Conliffe	P	17	2	1	0	0	1.000	.176
Terry Wilson	P	15	2	7	2	0	.818	.600
Christopher Lariviere	P	15	8	18	2	5	.929	1.733
Nate Cromwell	P	15	0	15	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mike Timlin	P	13	3	11	2	2	.875	1.077
Bob Macdonald	P	13	0	3	0	0	1.000	.231
Rod Richey	P	12	2	3	1	2	.833	.417
Geovanny Colon	P	12	0	4	2	0	.667	.333
Joe Newcomb	P	11	4	30	0	2	1.000	3.091
Bob Bevis	P	11	1	3	0	0	1.000	.364
Tim Foley	P	5	0	1	0	1	1.000	.200
Pablo Castro	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Matt Gilmore	SS	45	74	122	36	26	.845	4.356
Dan Etzweiler	SS	16	22	44	8	6	.892	4.125
Steve Berriatua	SS	11	14	26	3	6	.930	3.636
Totals		801	1810	750	149	170	.945	3.196	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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