1987 Springfield Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 94-46
Finished 1st in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Gaylen Pitts (94-46)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park
Attendance: 154,148, Avg. 2,202
Playoffs - Springfield Cardinals 2 games, Clinton Giants 1
Finals - Kenosha Twins 3 games, Springfield Cardinals 1
The Springfield Cardinals of the Midwest League ended the 1987 season with a record of 94 wins and 46 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Cardinals paced the league with just 492 runs allowed. Springfield scored 745 runs. Todd Zeile powered the team with 25 home runs and drove in 106 runs. Tom Baine topped all regular hitters with a .306 average. Bob Faron paced the squad with 19 wins and a team-best 2.15 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Bien Figueroa, Todd Zeile, Tim Conroy, Steve Engel, Lee Tunnell, Howard Hilton, Ken Dayley, Bernard Gilkey and Mike Pérez were all players from the 1987 Springfield Cardinals who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Gaylen Pitts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Faron | 19 | 2 | .905 | 2.14 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 201.7 | 179 | 57 | 48 | 13 | 30 | 2 | 146 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| Bill Bivens | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.81 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 170.0 | 164 | 80 | 72 | 18 | 50 | 1 | 165 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Scott Hamilton | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.85 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 164.3 | 151 | 62 | 52 | 13 | 34 | 0 | 132 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bob Glisson | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.31 | 40 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 138.7 | 147 | 55 | 51 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 78 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dave Takach | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.59 | 39 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.3 | 76 | 35 | 32 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Howard Hilton | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.10 | 62 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 107.3 | 77 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 107 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mark Mangham | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.13 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 109.0 | 97 | 60 | 50 | 8 | 76 | 4 | 70 | 7 | 1 | 12 | |
| Mike Pérez | 6 | 2 | .750 | 0.85 | 58 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 84.3 | 47 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 119 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Scott Norman | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.37 | 23 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.3 | 42 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brian Farley | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.10 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.3 | 46 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Dave Sala | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.90 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Engel | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.82 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Steve Hill | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.66 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 38 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryce Hulstrom | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bien Figueroa | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Dayley | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Conroy | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lee Tunnell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Agar | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.35 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 30 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 94 | 46 | .671 | 3.10 | 367 | 140 | 122 | 18 | 5 | 49 | 1233.7 | 1130 | 492 | 425 | 98 | 333 | 19 | 1009 | 32 | 7 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Baine | 139 | 604 | 496 | 95 | 152 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 62 | 21 | 8 | 91 | 32 | .306 | .414 | .399 | .813 | 198 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | |
| Todd Zeile | 130 | 561 | 487 | 94 | 142 | 24 | 4 | 25 | 106 | 1 | 3 | 70 | 85 | .292 | .380 | .511 | .891 | 249 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| Bien Figueroa | 134 | 546 | 489 | 52 | 136 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 83 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 46 | .278 | .326 | .329 | .655 | 161 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 2 | |
| Scott Melvin | 115 | 490 | 411 | 77 | 120 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 69 | 1 | 4 | 56 | 76 | .292 | .379 | .428 | .807 | 176 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | |
| Alex Ojea | 131 | 522 | 432 | 63 | 109 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 52 | 12 | 10 | 72 | 89 | .252 | .361 | .354 | .715 | 153 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | |
| Vince Kindred | 111 | 483 | 435 | 68 | 109 | 25 | 3 | 12 | 60 | 19 | 8 | 35 | 92 | .251 | .310 | .405 | .715 | 176 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |
| Scott Raziano | 102 | 374 | 317 | 52 | 87 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 44 | .274 | .361 | .375 | .736 | 119 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
| Tom Amante | 62 | 269 | 229 | 38 | 64 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 28 | .279 | .364 | .367 | .731 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| Ron Johns | 54 | 233 | 209 | 37 | 59 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 25 | .282 | .336 | .431 | .767 | 90 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| John Balfanz | 82 | 308 | 243 | 42 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 59 | .243 | .397 | .362 | .760 | 88 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Larry Breedlove | 77 | 296 | 248 | 38 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 44 | .218 | .340 | .270 | .610 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bernard Gilkey | 46 | 207 | 162 | 30 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 39 | 28 | .228 | .380 | .259 | .640 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tim Lemons | 28 | 97 | 88 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 16 | .273 | .340 | .489 | .829 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ben Abner | 34 | 99 | 81 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | .210 | .340 | .333 | .674 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Johnson | 18 | 78 | 69 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 11 | .188 | .250 | .217 | .467 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Puzey | 17 | 61 | 47 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | .213 | .377 | .383 | .760 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| John Murphy | 30 | 80 | 68 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21 | .147 | .253 | .250 | .503 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Faron | 27 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .120 | .185 | .120 | .305 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Hamilton | 29 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .115 | .148 | .115 | .264 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Norman | 23 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .833 | 1.167 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Meyer | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .286 | .444 | .286 | .730 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Bivens | 31 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Hill | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Pérez | 58 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Glisson | 40 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Farley | 11 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Mangham | 22 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Graham | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Conroy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Engel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Sala | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Takach | 39 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howard Hilton | 62 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1680 | 5457 | 4642 | 745 | 1220 | 215 | 26 | 86 | 654 | 98 | 57 | 651 | 765 | .263 | .355 | .376 | .731 | 1745 | 0 | 42 | 67 | 55 | 32 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Balfanz | 1B | 71 | 632 | 46 | 9 | 54 | .987 | 9.549 | ||||
| Ron Johns | 1B | 36 | 308 | 26 | 3 | 26 | .991 | 9.278 | ||||
| Tim Lemons | 1B | 19 | 139 | 9 | 4 | 14 | .974 | 7.789 | ||||
| Scott Melvin | 1B | 11 | 87 | 11 | 3 | 7 | .970 | 8.909 | ||||
| Tom Amante | 1B | 7 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 5 | .971 | 9.571 | ||||
| Jim Puzey | 1B | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Larry Breedlove | 1B | 2 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 13.500 | ||||
| Steve Meyer | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Alex Ojea | 2B | 121 | 271 | 356 | 15 | 71 | .977 | 5.182 | ||||
| Scott Melvin | 2B | 23 | 37 | 52 | 4 | 14 | .957 | 3.870 | ||||
| Larry Breedlove | 3B | 56 | 34 | 105 | 13 | 5 | .914 | 2.482 | ||||
| Scott Melvin | 3B | 46 | 34 | 94 | 9 | 10 | .934 | 2.783 | ||||
| Scott Raziano | 3B | 40 | 18 | 88 | 6 | 9 | .946 | 2.650 | ||||
| Ron Johns | 3B | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 2.667 | ||||
| Todd Zeile | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Todd Zeile | C | 115 | 866 | 77 | 14 | 2 | .985 | 8.200 | 9 | |||
| John Murphy | C | 21 | 108 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 5.619 | 9 | |||
| Jim Puzey | C | 9 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 3 | |||
| Tom Baine | OF | 130 | 208 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .978 | 1.700 | ||||
| Vince Kindred | OF | 111 | 197 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .971 | 1.829 | ||||
| Tom Amante | OF | 48 | 85 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .968 | 1.917 | ||||
| Bernard Gilkey | OF | 46 | 79 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .955 | 1.826 | ||||
| Scott Raziano | OF | 42 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 1.310 | ||||
| Ben Abner | OF | 31 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.516 | ||||
| Chuck Johnson | OF | 18 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 2.056 | ||||
| Jeff Graham | OF | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Scott Melvin | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| John Murphy | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Bien Figueroa | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Howard Hilton | P | 62 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .306 | ||||
| Mike Pérez | P | 58 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .172 | ||||
| Bob Glisson | P | 40 | 9 | 28 | 4 | 1 | .902 | .925 | ||||
| Dave Takach | P | 39 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .967 | .744 | ||||
| Bill Bivens | P | 30 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 1.300 | ||||
| Bob Faron | P | 27 | 15 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.037 | ||||
| Scott Hamilton | P | 26 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 1.538 | ||||
| Scott Norman | P | 23 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .348 | ||||
| Mark Mangham | P | 22 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Brian Farley | P | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Jeff Agar | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Steve Hill | P | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Steve Engel | P | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Dave Sala | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Ken Dayley | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Lee Tunnell | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bryce Hulstrom | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bien Figueroa | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tim Conroy | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bien Figueroa | SS | 133 | 178 | 368 | 28 | 70 | .951 | 4.105 | ||||
| Alex Ojea | SS | 11 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 5 | .976 | 3.636 | ||||
| Totals | 1536 | 3701 | 1540 | 148 | 318 | .973 | 3.412 | 21 | 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.
