1987 Tidewater Tides Statistics
Team Record: 81-59
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Mike Cubbage (81-59)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Ballpark: Metropolitan Park
Attendance: 175,104, Avg. 2,501
Playoffs - Tidewater Tides 3 games, Pawtucket Red Sox 1
Finals - Columbus Clippers 3 games, Tidewater Tides 0
The Tidewater Tides of the International League ended the 1987 season with a record of 81 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the IL.
The Tides paced the league with 725 runs. Tidewater surrendered 574 runs, fewest in the league. Randy Milligan powered the team with 29 home runs, and Andre David walloped 15 or more, too. Randy Milligan accounted for 103 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .326. Reggie Dobie led the squad with 12 wins, while DeWayne Vaughn registered a 2.66 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1987 Tidewater Tides who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rick Aguilera, Bill Latham, Ed Glynn, Ricky Nelson, John Gibbons, Bob Buchanan, Bob Gibson, Steve Springer, Randy Myers, Jeff Innis, DeWayne Vaughn, Brian Givens, John Mitchell, Al Pedrique, Tom McCarthy, Tom Edens, Kevin Elster, Jeff McKnight, Don Schulze, David Cone, Mark Carreon, Randy Milligan, Gene Walter, Greg Olson, Terry Blocker, Andre David, José Román, Dwight Gooden, Clint Hurdle and Keith Miller.
Mike Cubbage 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Dobie | 12 | 10 | .545 | 4.36 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 169.3 | 147 | 89 | 82 | 14 | 63 | 5 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Don Schulze | 11 | 1 | .917 | 3.63 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 89.3 | 81 | 37 | 36 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bob Gibson | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.34 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 137.0 | 131 | 75 | 66 | 12 | 61 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Tom Edens | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.59 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 138.0 | 140 | 69 | 55 | 10 | 55 | 0 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jeff Innis | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.03 | 29 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 44.3 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dave Wyatt | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.93 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 101.3 | 88 | 40 | 33 | 10 | 42 | 1 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| José Román | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.07 | 45 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 55.7 | 46 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 39 | 5 | 65 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| DeWayne Vaughn | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.66 | 50 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 122.0 | 103 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bob Buchanan | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.60 | 29 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60.0 | 60 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Dwight Gooden | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.05 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Mitchell | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.33 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48.7 | 44 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Bill Latham | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.79 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.3 | 95 | 47 | 42 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ed Glynn | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.72 | 40 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43.0 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rick Aguilera | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.69 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Walter | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.93 | 33 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 49.3 | 37 | 33 | 27 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| Jeff McKnight | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Myers | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| David Cone | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.73 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Givens | 0 | 1 | .000 | 24.55 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tom McCarthy | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.26 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 81 | 59 | .579 | 3.72 | 385 | 140 | 121 | 19 | 3 | 32 | 1201.3 | 1107 | 574 | 497 | 91 | 487 | 22 | 746 | 36 | 5 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Elster | 134 | 591 | 549 | 83 | 170 | 33 | 7 | 8 | 74 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 62 | .310 | .350 | .439 | .789 | 241 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Terry Blocker | 124 | 557 | 525 | 89 | 164 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 33 | 11 | 26 | 71 | .312 | .344 | .406 | .749 | 213 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mark Carreon | 133 | 563 | 525 | 83 | 164 | 41 | 5 | 10 | 89 | 31 | 6 | 34 | 48 | .312 | .352 | .467 | .818 | 245 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| Randy Milligan | 136 | 557 | 457 | 99 | 149 | 28 | 4 | 29 | 103 | 8 | 4 | 91 | 77 | .326 | .438 | .595 | 1.033 | 272 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |
| Andre David | 133 | 576 | 480 | 97 | 144 | 22 | 4 | 17 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 36 | .300 | .403 | .469 | .872 | 225 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 5 | |
| Steve Springer | 132 | 520 | 467 | 65 | 131 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 54 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 78 | .281 | .339 | .392 | .731 | 183 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| John Gibbons | 103 | 382 | 323 | 43 | 86 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 97 | .266 | .367 | .455 | .823 | 147 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| Clint Hurdle | 97 | 341 | 288 | 38 | 74 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 47 | .257 | .358 | .424 | .781 | 122 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |
| Rick Lockwood | 65 | 247 | 228 | 31 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 42 | .241 | .290 | .399 | .689 | 91 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Keith Miller | 53 | 220 | 202 | 29 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 36 | .248 | .300 | .391 | .691 | 79 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeff McKnight | 87 | 214 | 184 | 21 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 22 | .255 | .338 | .359 | .697 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Tom Lombarski | 73 | 196 | 173 | 21 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 31 | .214 | .301 | .272 | .573 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Greg Olson | 47 | 138 | 120 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | .283 | .353 | .417 | .770 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ricky Nelson | 17 | 51 | 51 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | .157 | .157 | .275 | .431 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Pedrique | 10 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .259 | .250 | .259 | .509 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jason Felice | 8 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .150 | .190 | .350 | .540 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reggie Dobie | 26 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .167 | .125 | .292 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dwight Gooden | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DeWayne Vaughn | 50 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Gelatt | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Wyatt | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Latham | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .111 | .273 | .222 | .495 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gibson | 25 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .139 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Schulze | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Walter | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Monell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Jaster | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Innis | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Glynn | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Edens | 25 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Angelo Cuevas | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Buchanan | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Aguilera | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1673 | 5320 | 4720 | 725 | 1331 | 262 | 37 | 117 | 665 | 104 | 34 | 500 | 720 | .282 | .351 | .428 | .779 | 2018 | 0 | 28 | 26 | 46 | 45 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Milligan | 1B | 101 | 858 | 88 | 10 | 66 | .990 | 9.366 | ||||
| Clint Hurdle | 1B | 24 | 199 | 9 | 1 | 16 | .995 | 8.667 | ||||
| Andre David | 1B | 15 | 141 | 7 | 1 | 12 | .993 | 9.867 | ||||
| Tom Lombarski | 1B | 13 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 4.769 | ||||
| Jeff McKnight | 1B | 12 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Al Pedrique | 1B | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Steve Springer | 2B | 68 | 102 | 188 | 16 | 41 | .948 | 4.265 | ||||
| Jeff McKnight | 2B | 51 | 73 | 99 | 8 | 21 | .956 | 3.373 | ||||
| Keith Miller | 2B | 44 | 100 | 128 | 5 | 24 | .979 | 5.182 | ||||
| Al Pedrique | 2B | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.250 | ||||
| Dave Gelatt | 2B | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
| Steve Springer | 3B | 80 | 40 | 125 | 9 | 10 | .948 | 2.062 | ||||
| Tom Lombarski | 3B | 45 | 20 | 76 | 5 | 2 | .950 | 2.133 | ||||
| Rick Lockwood | 3B | 42 | 19 | 73 | 1 | 10 | .989 | 2.190 | ||||
| Jeff McKnight | 3B | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Al Pedrique | 3B | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Gibbons | C | 99 | 506 | 31 | 7 | 3 | .987 | 5.424 | 3 | |||
| Greg Olson | C | 39 | 219 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .987 | 5.923 | 0 | |||
| Clint Hurdle | C | 11 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 5.818 | 1 | |||
| Mark Carreon | OF | 133 | 237 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .980 | 1.842 | ||||
| Terry Blocker | OF | 123 | 286 | 8 | 7 | 6 | .977 | 2.390 | ||||
| Andre David | OF | 114 | 201 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .986 | 1.798 | ||||
| Jeff McKnight | OF | 20 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.150 | ||||
| Ricky Nelson | OF | 17 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 1.765 | ||||
| Clint Hurdle | OF | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.357 | ||||
| Jason Felice | OF | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Keith Miller | OF | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.167 | ||||
| Steve Springer | OF | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Angelo Cuevas | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| DeWayne Vaughn | P | 50 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .966 | .560 | ||||
| José Román | P | 45 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .133 | ||||
| Ed Glynn | P | 40 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .175 | ||||
| Gene Walter | P | 33 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .455 | ||||
| Jeff Innis | P | 29 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .517 | ||||
| Bob Buchanan | P | 29 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .690 | ||||
| Reggie Dobie | P | 26 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Bob Gibson | P | 25 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .800 | ||||
| Tom Edens | P | 25 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .760 | ||||
| Dave Wyatt | P | 18 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Don Schulze | P | 15 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.067 | ||||
| Bill Latham | P | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .933 | ||||
| Tom McCarthy | P | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| John Mitchell | P | 8 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
| Randy Myers | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Dwight Gooden | P | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Cone | P | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick Aguilera | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jeff McKnight | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Givens | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kevin Elster | SS | 133 | 219 | 419 | 21 | 74 | .968 | 4.797 | ||||
| Steve Springer | SS | 5 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 4 | .972 | 7.000 | ||||
| Jeff McKnight | SS | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
| Al Pedrique | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1630 | 3604 | 1523 | 122 | 322 | .977 | 3.145 | 4 | 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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