1987 Salem Buccaneers Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 80-59
Finished 1st in the CL's North Division
Manager: Steve Demeter (80-59)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Salem, Virginia
Ballpark: Salem Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 111,661, Avg. 1,607
1987 Salem Buccaneers RosterTeam Record: 80-59
Finished 1st in the CL's North Division
Manager: Steve Demeter (80-59)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Salem, Virginia
Ballpark: Salem Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 111,661, Avg. 1,607
Playoffs - Salem Buccaneers 2 games, Hagerstown Suns 0
Finals - Salem Buccaneers 3 games, Kinston Indians 1
The Salem Buccaneers of the Carolina League ended the 1987 season with a record of 80 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Buccaneers led the league with 771 runs, sparked by 137 home runs. Salem allowed 640 runs, least in the league. Jeff King paced the team with 26 home runs, while Tony Chance and John Rigos walloped 15 or more also. Tony Chance drove in 96 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .318. Mike Walker paced the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.73 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Bill Sampen, Jeff King, Mike Walker, José Meléndez, Paul Wilmet, Matías Carrillo, Scott Ruskin and Scott Little were all players from the 1987 Salem Buccaneers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Steve Demeter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Walker | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.71 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 135.7 | 140 | 67 | 56 | 14 | 57 | 1 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Bill Copp | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.82 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 129.7 | 126 | 64 | 55 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 98 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| José Meléndez | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.56 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 116.3 | 96 | 62 | 59 | 17 | 56 | 0 | 86 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Bill Sampen | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.84 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 152.3 | 126 | 77 | 65 | 16 | 72 | 1 | 137 | 7 | 2 | 3 | |
| Larry Melton | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.38 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.7 | 57 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Orlando Lind | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 72 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Clyde Reichard | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.96 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37.3 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bob Koopmann | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.68 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 93 | 47 | 39 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| Ben Morrow | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.74 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 43.3 | 55 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Hernandez | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.03 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77.0 | 89 | 51 | 43 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Paul Wilmet | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.50 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 36.0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Guillermo Mercedes | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.96 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36.3 | 42 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tim Kirk | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.42 | 37 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 55.3 | 58 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Rob Hatfield | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.69 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55.7 | 54 | 36 | 29 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Kevin Gordon | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.58 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Greg Stading | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.58 | 44 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 70.3 | 62 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 41 | 4 | 87 | 6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Octavio Cepeda | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.68 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Greg Maysonet | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Adams | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Franchi | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.14 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22.0 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Clay Daniel | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 80 | 59 | .576 | 3.80 | 376 | 139 | 120 | 19 | 6 | 40 | 1234.3 | 1198 | 640 | 521 | 134 | 504 | 14 | 991 | 44 | 14 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Chance | 133 | 591 | 525 | 99 | 167 | 23 | 6 | 23 | 96 | 26 | 13 | 50 | 104 | .318 | .385 | .516 | .901 | 271 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Steve Moser | 135 | 611 | 532 | 87 | 158 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 72 | 31 | 10 | 57 | 49 | .297 | .369 | .387 | .756 | 206 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | |
| John Rigos | 129 | 602 | 536 | 80 | 154 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 69 | 31 | 9 | 53 | 67 | .287 | .353 | .437 | .790 | 234 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| Kevin Davis | 137 | 533 | 486 | 64 | 126 | 36 | 3 | 13 | 65 | 12 | 5 | 30 | 95 | .259 | .302 | .426 | .728 | 207 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | |
| Jeff Cook | 69 | 332 | 298 | 48 | 101 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 39 | 7 | 26 | 30 | .339 | .390 | .406 | .796 | 121 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Jeff King | 90 | 374 | 310 | 68 | 86 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 71 | 6 | 2 | 61 | 88 | .277 | .396 | .565 | .960 | 175 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Matías Carrillo | 90 | 309 | 284 | 42 | 77 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 41 | .271 | .317 | .415 | .733 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Mike Dotzler | 72 | 255 | 231 | 34 | 60 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 66 | .260 | .325 | .459 | .784 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Doug Pittman | 73 | 260 | 234 | 41 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 51 | .235 | .300 | .393 | .693 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Reggie Barringer | 75 | 192 | 163 | 24 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 13 | .313 | .406 | .325 | .731 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Gilberto Roca | 54 | 182 | 170 | 19 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 22 | .300 | .337 | .453 | .790 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pete Rice | 52 | 208 | 170 | 38 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 71 | .276 | .404 | .506 | .910 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Todd Smith | 41 | 150 | 133 | 19 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 35 | .233 | .315 | .331 | .646 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Ruskin | 23 | 96 | 83 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 20 | .301 | .375 | .470 | .845 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mike Stevanus | 39 | 108 | 98 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 24 | .224 | .283 | .255 | .538 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rafael Muratti | 32 | 109 | 96 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 22 | .156 | .217 | .281 | .498 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mike Stevens | 7 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .227 | .261 | .364 | .625 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Walker | 21 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .278 | .375 | .653 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Clyde Reichard | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Melton | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Koopmann | 12 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Orlando Lind | 11 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Copp | 19 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .059 | .238 | .059 | .297 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Sampen | 26 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Stading | 44 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Morrow | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Octavio Cepeda | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Englett | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Franchi | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Gordon | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Hatfield | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .000 | .600 | .000 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Martin Hernandez | 19 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Kirk | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Maysonet | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| José Meléndez | 20 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guillermo Mercedes | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Wilmet | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1623 | 5100 | 4508 | 711 | 1245 | 185 | 32 | 137 | 643 | 202 | 73 | 459 | 852 | .276 | .345 | .423 | .768 | 1905 | 0 | 41 | 43 | 49 | 18 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff King | 1B | 65 | 554 | 55 | 4 | 51 | .993 | 9.369 | ||||
| Pete Rice | 1B | 38 | 330 | 27 | 9 | 32 | .975 | 9.395 | ||||
| Scott Ruskin | 1B | 23 | 151 | 16 | 1 | 14 | .994 | 7.261 | ||||
| Doug Pittman | 1B | 14 | 102 | 7 | 1 | 8 | .991 | 7.786 | ||||
| Gilberto Roca | 1B | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.333 | ||||
| Mike Stevens | 1B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| John Rigos | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Dotzler | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Steve Moser | 2B | 133 | 277 | 347 | 34 | 78 | .948 | 4.692 | ||||
| Reggie Barringer | 2B | 11 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 3 | .973 | 3.273 | ||||
| Mike Stevanus | 2B | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Scott Little | 3B | 58 | 45 | 84 | 14 | 12 | .902 | 2.224 | ||||
| Reggie Barringer | 3B | 53 | 21 | 72 | 13 | 6 | .877 | 1.755 | ||||
| Mike Stevanus | 3B | 31 | 14 | 45 | 7 | 3 | .894 | 1.903 | ||||
| Jeff King | 3B | 20 | 18 | 51 | 9 | 4 | .885 | 3.450 | ||||
| John Rigos | 3B | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Mike Dotzler | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Dotzler | C | 63 | 429 | 66 | 9 | 3 | .982 | 7.857 | 9 | |||
| Gilberto Roca | C | 42 | 292 | 25 | 5 | 3 | .984 | 7.548 | 3 | |||
| Doug Pittman | C | 41 | 294 | 29 | 5 | 4 | .985 | 7.878 | 4 | |||
| Tony Chance | OF | 132 | 206 | 14 | 9 | 1 | .961 | 1.667 | ||||
| John Rigos | OF | 126 | 283 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .980 | 2.294 | ||||
| Jeff Cook | OF | 68 | 149 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .975 | 2.279 | ||||
| Todd Smith | OF | 33 | 61 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .957 | 2.000 | ||||
| Matías Carrillo | OF | 33 | 55 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .951 | 1.758 | ||||
| Rafael Muratti | OF | 23 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.609 | ||||
| Scott Little | OF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Stevens | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Scott Ruskin | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Greg Stading | P | 44 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .273 | ||||
| Tim Kirk | P | 37 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .297 | ||||
| Rob Hatfield | P | 27 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .824 | .519 | ||||
| Bill Sampen | P | 26 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ben Morrow | P | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .083 | ||||
| Paul Wilmet | P | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Clyde Reichard | P | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .318 | ||||
| Mike Walker | P | 21 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| José Meléndez | P | 20 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Guillermo Mercedes | P | 19 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .737 | ||||
| Martin Hernandez | P | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .474 | ||||
| Bill Copp | P | 19 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 2.158 | ||||
| Kevin Franchi | P | 17 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .412 | ||||
| Larry Melton | P | 12 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Bob Koopmann | P | 12 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 0 | .897 | 2.167 | ||||
| Orlando Lind | P | 11 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .957 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kevin Gordon | P | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Octavio Cepeda | P | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Clay Daniel | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Steve Adams | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Greg Maysonet | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kevin Davis | SS | 137 | 223 | 392 | 45 | 78 | .932 | 4.489 | ||||
| Mike Stevanus | SS | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Reggie Barringer | SS | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
| Totals | 1562 | 3677 | 1493 | 204 | 331 | .962 | 3.310 | 16 | 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.
