1986 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 72-67
Finished 5th in the IL
Manager: Doug Ault (72-67)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 187,758, Avg. 2,702
The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1986 season with a record of 72 wins and 67 losses, finishing fifth in the IL.
The Chiefs scored 623 runs and surrendered 574 runs. Fred McGriff led Syracuse with 19 home runs, while Chris Johnston and Cecil Fielder walloped 15 or more, too. Fred McGriff drove in 74 runs. Mike Sharperson paced all regular hitters by hitting .289. Joe Beckwith and Ron Musselman topped the team with 9 wins each, and Ron Musselman recorded a 3.04 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1986 Syracuse Chiefs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Oswaldo Peraza, Don Cooper, Lou Thornton, Cecil Fielder, Ron Musselman, Mike Sharperson, David Wells, Don Gordon, John Cerutti, Manuel Lee, Steve Davis, Joe Beckwith, Bobby Mitchell, Luis Leal, Luis Aquino, Duane Ward, Ron Shepherd, Jeff Hearron, Alexis Infante, José Escobar, Gibson Alba, Stan Clarke and Fred McGriff.
Doug Ault 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Beckwith | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.88 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 125.3 | 123 | 59 | 54 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ron Musselman | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.03 | 33 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 145.7 | 125 | 60 | 49 | 5 | 55 | 2 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Don Gordon | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.89 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 109.0 | 105 | 42 | 35 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 62 | 7 | 2 | 2 | |
| Stan Clarke | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.89 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 138.7 | 138 | 68 | 60 | 14 | 57 | 2 | 64 | 5 | 2 | 6 | |
| Keith Gilliam | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.96 | 33 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 48.7 | 44 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rich Carlucci | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.05 | 37 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 61.3 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Don Cooper | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.80 | 32 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 68.7 | 64 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Steve Davis | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.59 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 104.7 | 104 | 67 | 65 | 15 | 57 | 0 | 80 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Luis Leal | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.14 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 87 | 40 | 35 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Luis Aquino | 3 | 7 | .300 | 2.88 | 43 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 84.3 | 70 | 30 | 27 | 7 | 34 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Gibson Alba | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.62 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37.0 | 36 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tony Hudson | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.70 | 28 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.3 | 62 | 39 | 32 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| John Cerutti | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43.7 | 44 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Duane Ward | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Colin McLaughlin | 0 | 0 | 0.79 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Howard | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Oswaldo Peraza | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Wells | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.82 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 66 | 63 | .512 | 3.72 | 404 | 125 | 126 | 10 | 4 | 38 | 1125.0 | 1060 | 531 | 465 | 94 | 449 | 15 | 711 | 25 | 13 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Sharperson | 133 | 600 | 519 | 86 | 150 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 45 | 17 | 13 | 69 | 67 | .289 | .379 | .382 | .761 | 198 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Otis Green | 122 | 526 | 480 | 66 | 135 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 62 | .281 | .331 | .396 | .727 | 190 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Fred McGriff | 133 | 563 | 468 | 69 | 121 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 74 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 119 | .259 | .369 | .447 | .816 | 209 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| José Castro | 122 | 469 | 413 | 52 | 119 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 54 | 0 | 8 | 45 | 34 | .288 | .356 | .436 | .791 | 180 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |
| Chris Johnston | 117 | 471 | 414 | 58 | 118 | 33 | 3 | 17 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 105 | .285 | .359 | .502 | .861 | 208 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| Cecil Fielder | 88 | 363 | 325 | 47 | 91 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 91 | .280 | .347 | .505 | .852 | 164 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Jeff Hearron | 92 | 352 | 320 | 31 | 79 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 56 | .247 | .305 | .378 | .683 | 121 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Bobby Mitchell | 93 | 280 | 228 | 43 | 63 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 29 | .276 | .399 | .404 | .803 | 92 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Lou Thornton | 64 | 251 | 231 | 34 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 33 | .260 | .304 | .320 | .624 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Manuel Lee | 76 | 260 | 236 | 34 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 39 | .246 | .307 | .292 | .600 | 69 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Stenhouse | 68 | 210 | 197 | 13 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 22 | .284 | .322 | .340 | .662 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alexis Infante | 57 | 212 | 193 | 27 | 53 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 20 | .275 | .330 | .326 | .657 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kash Beauchamp | 55 | 213 | 198 | 23 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 44 | .263 | .311 | .434 | .746 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| José Escobar | 62 | 153 | 143 | 12 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | .245 | .270 | .322 | .592 | 46 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Shepherd | 34 | 140 | 128 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 24 | .211 | .271 | .312 | .584 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Poole | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Diaz | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1330 | 5077 | 4505 | 610 | 1217 | 205 | 38 | 103 | 555 | 80 | 69 | 473 | 761 | .270 | .341 | .401 | .742 | 1807 | 0 | 32 | 30 | 37 | 24 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred McGriff | 1B | 131 | 1219 | 85 | 10 | 108 | .992 | 9.954 | ||||
| Cecil Fielder | 1B | 7 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.857 | ||||
| Chris Johnston | 1B | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 9.000 | ||||
| Mike Sharperson | 2B | 122 | 249 | 348 | 16 | 63 | .974 | 4.893 | ||||
| Manuel Lee | 2B | 17 | 45 | 52 | 2 | 16 | .980 | 5.706 | ||||
| José Escobar | 2B | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Jose Diaz | 2B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| José Castro | 3B | 119 | 74 | 222 | 23 | 24 | .928 | 2.487 | ||||
| José Escobar | 3B | 23 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 1.696 | ||||
| Mike Sharperson | 3B | 12 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 2 | .947 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jose Diaz | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Dale Holman | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jeff Hearron | C | 90 | 502 | 53 | 9 | 7 | .984 | 6.167 | 10 | |||
| Dave Stenhouse | C | 62 | 283 | 36 | 4 | 2 | .988 | 5.145 | 7 | |||
| Mark Poole | C | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Otis Green | OF | 119 | 226 | 13 | 8 | 3 | .968 | 2.008 | ||||
| Bobby Mitchell | OF | 87 | 173 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.023 | ||||
| Lou Thornton | OF | 61 | 114 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .967 | 1.951 | ||||
| Kash Beauchamp | OF | 55 | 126 | 3 | 4 | 3 | .970 | 2.345 | ||||
| Cecil Fielder | OF | 38 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.579 | ||||
| Ron Shepherd | OF | 34 | 80 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 2.441 | ||||
| Dale Holman | OF | 33 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Johnston | OF | 28 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.571 | ||||
| José Castro | OF | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Luis Aquino | P | 43 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .140 | ||||
| Rich Carlucci | P | 37 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .351 | ||||
| Luis Leal | P | 34 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .850 | .500 | ||||
| Ron Musselman | P | 33 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 3 | .974 | 1.121 | ||||
| Keith Gilliam | P | 33 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Don Cooper | P | 32 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .344 | ||||
| Stan Clarke | P | 31 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .645 | ||||
| Tony Hudson | P | 28 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Gibson Alba | P | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .179 | ||||
| Don Gordon | P | 25 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.280 | ||||
| Steve Davis | P | 23 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .435 | ||||
| Joe Beckwith | P | 23 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 1.174 | ||||
| Duane Ward | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Cerutti | P | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Colin McLaughlin | P | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| David Wells | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Oswaldo Peraza | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dennis Howard | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Manuel Lee | SS | 58 | 87 | 185 | 16 | 34 | .944 | 4.690 | ||||
| Alexis Infante | SS | 57 | 73 | 172 | 14 | 29 | .946 | 4.298 | ||||
| José Escobar | SS | 28 | 46 | 92 | 4 | 12 | .972 | 4.929 | ||||
| Jose Diaz | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Totals | 1614 | 3564 | 1513 | 133 | 324 | .974 | 3.146 | 17 | 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.
