1987 Peoria Chiefs Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 71-69
Finished 2nd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Jim Tracy (71-69)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Peoria, Illinois
Ballpark: Pete Vonachen Stadium
Attendance: 195,832, Avg. 2,798

1987 Peoria Chiefs Roster

The Peoria Chiefs of the Midwest League ended the 1987 season with a record of 71 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.

The Chiefs scored 632 runs and allowed 631 runs. Butch Garcia led Peoria with 16 home runs and drove in 104 runs. Jerome Walton paced all regular batters with a .335 average. Heathcliff Slocumb topped the squad with 10 wins, while Steve Parker recorded a 3.09 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1987 Peoria Chiefs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Steve Trout, Jeff Schwarz, Pat Gomez, Derrick May, Greg Smith, Kelly Mann, Heathcliff Slocumb, Shawn Boskie, Mike Harkey and Jerome Walton.

Jim Tracy 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
Heathcliff Slocumb	10	4	.714	2.60	16	16	0	3	1	0	103.7	97	44	30	2	42	3	81	3	0	15
Shawn Boskie	9	11	.450	4.35	26	25	0	1	0	0	149.0	149	91	72	12	56	2	100	17	5	7
John Berringer	7	0	1.000	4.50	41	0	15	0	0	5	66.0	72	36	33	6	24	2	54	1	0	3
Fernando Zarranz	7	2	.778	2.63	13	13	0	3	1	0	85.7	77	36	25	2	26	0	74	2	5	8
Steve Parker	7	8	.467	3.08	27	20	0	2	1	0	125.7	125	63	43	11	41	1	74	3	0	4
Phil Harrison	7	10	.412	3.66	34	16	4	2	0	2	132.7	110	63	54	9	82	4	118	2	4	11
Brian Otten	6	6	.500	2.18	58	0	47	0	0	20	70.3	62	24	17	2	22	6	50	3	0	1
Jeff Schwarz	5	7	.417	4.58	20	13	1	2	2	0	92.3	79	59	47	7	59	1	91	8	1	9
Greg Kallevig	3	1	.750	3.28	10	4	3	1	0	1	35.7	35	14	13	0	5	1	17	4	0	1
Pat Gomez	3	6	.333	4.31	20	17	3	1	0	0	94.0	88	55	45	4	71	2	95	1	3	13
Mike Harkey	2	3	.400	3.55	12	12	0	3	0	0	76.0	81	45	30	3	28	2	48	6	3	2
John Green	2	4	.333	3.05	26	0	15	0	0	3	38.3	26	18	13	1	18	5	30	4	1	0
Steve Trout	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1
Ray Mullino	1	3	.250	4.84	17	0	7	0	0	0	35.3	42	27	19	2	21	1	36	2	1	5
Dave Hartnett					18						0.0
Bill Kazmierczak	0	0		5.40	6	1	0	0	0	0	18.3	17	12	11	1	8	0	17	1	0	2
Gabby Robles	0	1	.000	4.21	11	1	6	0	0	0	25.7	32	16	12	1	11	0	13	0	0	1
David Rosario	0	2	.000	3.55	23	0	16	0	0	5	25.3	23	14	10	1	24	0	31	4	2	0
Totals	70	68	.507	3.61	379	139	117	18	5	36	1182.0	1121	617	474	64	538	30	935	62	25	83	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
Jerome Walton	128	580	472	102	158	24	11	6	38	49	25	91	91	.335	.452	.470	.923	222		11	5	1	2
Derrick May	128	487	439	60	131	19	8	9	52	5	7	42	106	.298	.357	.440	.797	193		1	0	5	4
Steve Hill	130	546	492	56	130	21	4	4	54	20	12	43	60	.264	.324	.348	.672	171		2	6	3	0
Butch Garcia	123	512	479	53	126	24	4	16	104	2	1	25	112	.263	.301	.430	.731	206		3	0	5	1
Greg Smith	124	522	444	69	120	23	5	6	56	26	9	62	96	.270	.361	.385	.746	171		4	7	5	5
Jerry LaPenta	119	431	343	59	96	21	2	9	52	3	3	81	67	.280	.421	.431	.852	148		4	1	2	7
Parnell Perry	110	386	361	47	91	12	3	0	26	20	7	22	81	.252	.294	.302	.595	109		0	1	2	1
Harry Shelton	113	372	337	47	80	11	1	3	31	18	12	30	65	.237	.297	.303	.600	102		0	2	3	1
Kelly Mann	95	321	287	24	73	16	1	4	45	1	1	23	66	.254	.314	.359	.673	103		4	3	4	0
Sergio Espinal	76	236	209	24	52	5	1	2	20	5	3	22	56	.249	.326	.311	.637	65		3	0	2	1
Lenny Bell	54	203	184	20	47	14	1	1	25	2	0	15	63	.255	.317	.359	.676	66		2	1	1	2
Dick Canan	45	173	157	20	31	9	0	1	24	2	1	14	42	.197	.266	.274	.540	43		1	0	1	1
Elvin Paulino	49	144	117	22	24	2	0	1	13	1	2	24	26	.205	.347	.248	.595	29		2	0	1	1
Mike Miller	30	91	84	8	15	2	0	2	8	0	1	3	19	.179	.202	.274	.476	23		0	2	2	0
Greg Iavarone	24	55	49	1	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	12	.204	.278	.224	.502	11		1	1	0	0
Eddie Williams	14	38	32	5	7	1	0	0	2	1	1	6	17	.219	.342	.250	.592	8		0	0	0	0
Steve Parker	29	20	18	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.222	.263	.222	.485	4		0	1	0	0
Simeon Mejias	22	34	31	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	.129	.182	.129	.311	4		0	1	0	0
Mike Harkey	12	15	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.214	.214	.214	.429	3		0	1	0	0
Heathcliff Slocumb	17	17	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.200	.400	3		0	2	0	0
Jeff Schwarz	20	12	10	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	2		0	2	0	0
Ken Taylor	8	15	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.182	.333	.182	.515	2		0	0	1	2
Gabby Robles	11	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0	0
John Green	26	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0	0
Greg Kallevig	10	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2		0	0	0	0
Fernando Zarranz	14	13	8	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.125	.364	.125	.489	1		2	2	0	0
Pat Gomez	20	10	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.200	.300	2		0	0	0	0
Phil Harrison	34	16	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.083	.143	.083	.226	1		0	2	1	0
Shawn Boskie	26	22	19	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	7	.053	.143	.158	.301	3		0	1	0	0
David Rosario	24	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Ray Mullino	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Steve Trout	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
John Berringer	41	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Eric Woods	6	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Bill Kazmierczak	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1706	5295	4658	632	1216	207	42	64	560	157	85	517	1024	.261	.337	.365	.702	1699	0	40	41	39	28

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jerry LaPenta	1B	72	608	53	8	51	.988	9.181
Elvin Paulino	1B	38	280	21	5	17	.984	7.921
Butch Garcia	1B	33	307	17	5	21	.985	9.818
Lenny Bell	1B	12	61	10	1	6	.986	5.917
Steve Hill	2B	125	232	347	25	56	.959	4.632
Sergio Espinal	2B	10	15	25	3	7	.930	4.000
Greg Smith	2B	5	4	16	1	3	.952	4.000
Simeon Mejias	2B	4	7	5	0	0	1.000	3.000
Lenny Bell	3B	42	31	74	13	6	.890	2.500
Sergio Espinal	3B	37	22	48	14	1	.833	1.892
Butch Garcia	3B	35	30	60	8	4	.918	2.571
Dick Canan	3B	31	18	52	15	3	.824	2.258
Simeon Mejias	3B	5	6	3	4	1	.692	1.800
Kelly Mann	C	86	582	63	9	7	.986	7.500	16
Mike Miller	C	28	173	11	6	2	.968	6.571	7
Greg Iavarone	C	22	107	6	5	0	.958	5.136	0
Butch Garcia	C	22	126	14	2	2	.986	6.364	2
Ken Taylor	C	2	7	1	1	0	.889	4.000	0
Jerome Walton	OF	125	255	9	7	3	.974	2.112
Derrick May	OF	115	181	13	8	1	.960	1.687
Parnell Perry	OF	99	158	10	5	2	.971	1.697
Harry Shelton	OF	94	126	9	7	1	.951	1.436
Eddie Williams	OF	9	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.778
Eric Woods	OF	5	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.600
Elvin Paulino	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Brian Otten	P	58	0	16	2	1	.889	.276
John Berringer	P	41	4	12	1	1	.941	.390
Phil Harrison	P	34	6	47	2	2	.964	1.559
Steve Parker	P	27	8	33	1	3	.976	1.519
John Green	P	26	0	5	0	0	1.000	.192
Shawn Boskie	P	26	12	27	6	2	.867	1.500
David Rosario	P	23	0	4	1	0	.800	.174
Jeff Schwarz	P	20	4	12	6	1	.727	.800
Pat Gomez	P	20	4	21	4	0	.862	1.250
Dave Hartnett	P	18						.000
Ray Mullino	P	17	0	8	0	0	1.000	.471
Heathcliff Slocumb	P	16	5	16	4	1	.840	1.312
Fernando Zarranz	P	13	7	14	2	0	.913	1.615
Mike Harkey	P	12	4	18	2	0	.917	1.833
Gabby Robles	P	11	0	1	0	0	1.000	.091
Greg Kallevig	P	10	3	5	2	0	.800	.800
Bill Kazmierczak	P	6	0	9	0	1	1.000	1.500
Steve Trout	P	1	1	3	0	1	1.000	4.000
Greg Smith	SS	117	189	331	48	59	.915	4.444
Dick Canan	SS	15	30	32	11	10	.849	4.133
Sergio Espinal	SS	10	14	29	5	2	.896	4.300
Simeon Mejias	SS	1	0	0	2	0	.000	.000
Totals		1580	3653	1510	251	278	.954	3.268	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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