1987 Myrtle Beach Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 83-56
Finished 1st in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Barry Foote (83-56)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Ballpark: Coastal Carolina College Field
Attendance: 74,179, Avg. 1,067
Playoffs - Myrtle Beach Blue Jays 3 games, Asheville Tourists 2
The Myrtle Beach Blue Jays of the South Atlantic League ended the 1987 season with a record of 83 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Blue Jays paced the league with just 542 runs allowed. Myrtle Beach scored 660 runs. Wayne Davis led the squad with 21 home runs, while Julian Yan and Mark Whiten walloped 15 or more also. Wayne Davis drove in 76 runs. Junior Félix topped hitters with significant playing time with a .290 average. Doug Linton paced the team with 14 wins and a team-best 1.55 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1987 Myrtle Beach Blue Jays who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Darren Hall, Doug Linton, Tom Quinlan, Junior Félix, Luis Sojo, Enrique Burgos, Vince Horsman, Pat Hentgen, Mark Whiten, Francisco Cabrera, Randy Knorr, Bob Macdonald, Alex Sanchez and Eric Yelding.
Barry Foote 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Linton | 14 | 2 | .875 | 1.55 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 122.0 | 94 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 155 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
Pat Hentgen | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.35 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 188.0 | 145 | 62 | 49 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 131 | 8 | 3 | 14 | |
John Shea | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.47 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 140.0 | 147 | 67 | 54 | 13 | 42 | 1 | 92 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
Cesar Mejia | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.73 | 33 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 125.3 | 108 | 42 | 38 | 8 | 27 | 4 | 90 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
Vince Horsman | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.32 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.0 | 144 | 74 | 55 | 20 | 37 | 2 | 109 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
Speedboat Jones | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.75 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.7 | 51 | 37 | 21 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Enrique Burgos | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.11 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 38.3 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Darren Hall | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.51 | 41 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 66.7 | 57 | 31 | 26 | 7 | 28 | 5 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Rich DePastino | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.92 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53.0 | 48 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 5 | |
Joe Humphries | 4 | 9 | .308 | 5.95 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65.0 | 78 | 53 | 43 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |
Bob Watts | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.84 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Jim Tracy | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.17 | 28 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 74.7 | 69 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Bob Macdonald | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.66 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Victor Diaz | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.53 | 34 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 43.3 | 39 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Alex Sanchez | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Guenther | 0 | 0 | 5.87 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Jose Diaz | 0 | 0 | 16.62 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Pat Saitta | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 83 | 56 | .597 | 3.13 | 361 | 139 | 133 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 1191.7 | 1065 | 542 | 415 | 89 | 417 | 23 | 990 | 43 | 11 | 80 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Junior Félix | 124 | 523 | 466 | 70 | 135 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 51 | 64 | 28 | 43 | 124 | .290 | .361 | .438 | .799 | 204 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
Mark Whiten | 139 | 587 | 494 | 90 | 125 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 64 | 49 | 14 | 76 | 149 | .253 | .370 | .409 | .779 | 202 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
Francisco Cabrera | 129 | 498 | 449 | 61 | 124 | 27 | 1 | 14 | 72 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 82 | .276 | .335 | .434 | .770 | 195 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
Wayne Davis | 137 | 561 | 518 | 78 | 123 | 25 | 1 | 21 | 76 | 46 | 13 | 28 | 166 | .237 | .283 | .411 | .695 | 213 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
Oscar Escobar | 120 | 483 | 445 | 62 | 119 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 20 | 8 | 25 | 44 | .267 | .316 | .346 | .662 | 154 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
Julian Yan | 132 | 535 | 481 | 67 | 111 | 21 | 2 | 17 | 71 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 129 | .231 | .299 | .389 | .688 | 187 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
Eric Yelding | 88 | 384 | 357 | 53 | 109 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 73 | 13 | 18 | 30 | .305 | .342 | .359 | .701 | 128 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
Paul Rodgers | 120 | 462 | 377 | 70 | 98 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 45 | 28 | 10 | 77 | 93 | .260 | .386 | .416 | .802 | 157 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
Tom Quinlan | 132 | 484 | 435 | 42 | 97 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 130 | .223 | .285 | .317 | .602 | 138 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
Luis Sojo | 72 | 245 | 223 | 23 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 18 | .211 | .266 | .296 | .562 | 66 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
Randy Knorr | 46 | 137 | 129 | 17 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 46 | .264 | .292 | .434 | .726 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Jose Diaz | 21 | 69 | 61 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .230 | .299 | .377 | .676 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Andy Dziadkowiec | 17 | 48 | 39 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .282 | .404 | .308 | .712 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Lindsay Foster | 21 | 63 | 59 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | .186 | .238 | .237 | .475 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Rivers | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Raul Rodriguez | 8 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charlie Romero | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sean McMahon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cisco Johnson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1315 | 5105 | 4556 | 660 | 1164 | 195 | 32 | 111 | 558 | 295 | 95 | 425 | 1056 | .255 | .325 | .385 | .711 | 1756 | 0 | 66 | 18 | 40 | 28 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Julian Yan | 1B | 131 | 1047 | 87 | 17 | 90 | .985 | 8.656 | ||||
Randy Knorr | 1B | 7 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .984 | 8.714 | ||||
Tom Quinlan | 1B | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
Oscar Escobar | 2B | 119 | 227 | 265 | 23 | 56 | .955 | 4.134 | ||||
Luis Sojo | 2B | 18 | 45 | 29 | 3 | 11 | .961 | 4.111 | ||||
Jose Diaz | 2B | 6 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
Randy Knorr | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Tom Quinlan | 3B | 130 | 96 | 232 | 40 | 29 | .891 | 2.523 | ||||
Lindsay Foster | 3B | 10 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 2.200 | ||||
Luis Sojo | 3B | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1.750 | ||||
Jose Diaz | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Francisco Cabrera | C | 123 | 849 | 89 | 21 | 5 | .978 | 7.626 | 20 | |||
Andy Dziadkowiec | C | 12 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 5.583 | 0 | |||
Randy Knorr | C | 10 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 1 | |||
Raul Rodriguez | C | 7 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.286 | 3 | |||
Ken Rivers | C | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.500 | 1 | |||
Mark Whiten | OF | 135 | 292 | 18 | 12 | 4 | .963 | 2.296 | ||||
Wayne Davis | OF | 133 | 209 | 11 | 15 | 3 | .936 | 1.654 | ||||
Junior Félix | OF | 85 | 188 | 8 | 9 | 1 | .956 | 2.306 | ||||
Paul Rodgers | OF | 63 | 110 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 1.762 | ||||
Luis Sojo | OF | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
Charlie Romero | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Cisco Johnson | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Darren Hall | P | 41 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .268 | ||||
Victor Diaz | P | 34 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .294 | ||||
Cesar Mejia | P | 33 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .909 | .909 | ||||
Pat Hentgen | P | 32 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .897 | .812 | ||||
Vince Horsman | P | 30 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .923 | .800 | ||||
Jim Tracy | P | 28 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .875 | .500 | ||||
John Shea | P | 26 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
Rich DePastino | P | 25 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .280 | ||||
Enrique Burgos | P | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .261 | ||||
Speedboat Jones | P | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
Doug Linton | P | 20 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 1.100 | ||||
Joe Humphries | P | 20 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .550 | ||||
Bob Watts | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .600 | ||||
Bob Macdonald | P | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
Bob Guenther | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
Alex Sanchez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Pat Saitta | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Jose Diaz | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Eric Yelding | SS | 88 | 126 | 226 | 45 | 27 | .887 | 4.000 | ||||
Luis Sojo | SS | 42 | 49 | 90 | 9 | 18 | .939 | 3.310 | ||||
Jose Diaz | SS | 14 | 18 | 39 | 5 | 10 | .919 | 4.071 | ||||
Oscar Escobar | SS | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
Totals | 1511 | 3575 | 1309 | 229 | 273 | .955 | 3.232 | 25 | 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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