1986 Utica Blue Sox Statistics
Team Record: 26-52
Finished 4th in the NYPL's Yawkey Division
Manager: Tony Taylor (26-52)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Utica, New York
Ballpark: Donovan Stadium
Attendance: 29,950, Avg. 768
The Utica Blue Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1986 season with a record of 26 wins and 52 losses, finishing fourth in the league's Yawkey Division.
The Blue Sox tallied 259 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 410 runs, most in the league. Bobby Behnsch drove in 33 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .276. Scott Service led the team with 5 wins and a team-best 2.69 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1986 Utica Blue Sox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jason Grimsley, Chuck McElroy, Scott Service and Cliff Brantley.
Tony Taylor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Service | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.67 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70.7 | 65 | 30 | 21 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| Warren Magee | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.12 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54.7 | 44 | 30 | 25 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Chuck McElroy | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.95 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 94.7 | 85 | 40 | 31 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Michel LaMarche | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.68 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43.7 | 45 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 4 | |
| Cliff Brantley | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.30 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.7 | 68 | 37 | 29 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Bladimir Perez | 2 | 5 | .286 | 7.00 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 59 | 39 | 35 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Steve McDevitt | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curt Befort | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.12 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19.7 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tim Collins | 1 | 6 | .143 | 6.27 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.3 | 59 | 50 | 33 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 16 | |
| Mark Sims | 1 | 10 | .091 | 4.25 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 78.3 | 78 | 47 | 37 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
| Jason Grimsley | 1 | 10 | .091 | 6.40 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64.7 | 63 | 61 | 46 | 3 | 77 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 0 | 18 | |
| John McKinney | 0 | 0 | 4.56 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Chris Johnson | 0 | 0 | 5.21 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Lance Triplett | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 26 | 52 | .333 | 4.38 | 192 | 78 | 66 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 644.7 | 654 | 410 | 314 | 22 | 363 | 3 | 504 | 44 | 8 | 68 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Brumfield | 77 | 330 | 288 | 42 | 76 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 40 | 71 | .264 | .358 | .385 | .743 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Behnsch | 72 | 276 | 228 | 30 | 63 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 69 | .276 | .395 | .412 | .807 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Rod Brunelle | 72 | 276 | 244 | 18 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 29 | 73 | .172 | .264 | .234 | .498 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Joel Faulk | 54 | 191 | 167 | 14 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 45 | .234 | .319 | .263 | .583 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cesar DeLaRosa | 64 | 212 | 198 | 13 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 60 | .177 | .227 | .197 | .424 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Jarner | 45 | 132 | 121 | 16 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 29 | .264 | .311 | .306 | .616 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Clyde Powell | 54 | 164 | 149 | 11 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 41 | .208 | .274 | .275 | .550 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Steve Ochoa | 45 | 171 | 136 | 21 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 28 | .213 | .359 | .331 | .690 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mike Smith | 40 | 138 | 126 | 9 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 35 | .222 | .279 | .325 | .605 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Stark | 39 | 143 | 129 | 9 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 22 | .209 | .262 | .279 | .541 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bob Gsellman | 49 | 161 | 135 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 62 | .185 | .311 | .326 | .636 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Doug Hodo | 19 | 74 | 65 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | .292 | .351 | .385 | .736 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mario Valdez | 45 | 113 | 109 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 45 | .156 | .186 | .211 | .397 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Olen Parker | 20 | 50 | 44 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | .250 | .327 | .341 | .667 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck McElroy | 14 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .368 | .333 | .702 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lance Triplett | 30 | 67 | 57 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 23 | .105 | .227 | .140 | .368 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Service | 10 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .235 | .250 | .485 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Cliff Brantley | 11 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .231 | .286 | .462 | .747 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Warren Magee | 24 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bladimir Perez | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curt Befort | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michel LaMarche | 25 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve McDevitt | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Love | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .143 | .455 | .143 | .597 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Sims | 14 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John McKinney | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Johnson | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Grimsley | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Collins | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 918 | 2618 | 2299 | 250 | 502 | 71 | 20 | 24 | 204 | 90 | 68 | 272 | 649 | .218 | .304 | .298 | .602 | 685 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 5 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Brunelle | 1B | 48 | 398 | 23 | 8 | 25 | .981 | 8.771 | ||||
| Bobby Behnsch | 1B | 31 | 204 | 20 | 3 | 19 | .987 | 7.226 | ||||
| Mario Valdez | 1B | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
| Rafael Garcia | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joel Faulk | 2B | 50 | 68 | 127 | 10 | 16 | .951 | 3.900 | ||||
| Genaro Castro | 2B | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Olen Parker | 2B | 15 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 6 | .951 | 3.867 | ||||
| Bobby Behnsch | 3B | 38 | 18 | 44 | 11 | 4 | .849 | 1.632 | ||||
| Ken Jarner | 3B | 17 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 2 | .892 | 1.941 | ||||
| Clyde Powell | 3B | 16 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 2 | .750 | 1.875 | ||||
| Mario Valdez | 3B | 15 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 4 | .886 | 2.067 | ||||
| Bob Gsellman | C | 43 | 302 | 29 | 6 | 7 | .982 | 7.698 | 14 | |||
| Mike Smith | C | 38 | 227 | 26 | 9 | 1 | .966 | 6.658 | 6 | |||
| Mario Valdez | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1 | |||
| Bobby Behnsch | C | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| Harvey Brumfield | OF | 77 | 193 | 12 | 3 | 4 | .986 | 2.662 | ||||
| Steve Ochoa | OF | 45 | 81 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .966 | 1.911 | ||||
| Jeff Stark | OF | 35 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 1.543 | ||||
| Rod Brunelle | OF | 21 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .917 | 2.095 | ||||
| Clyde Powell | OF | 20 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 1.200 | ||||
| Doug Hodo | OF | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .947 | ||||
| Lance Triplett | OF | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .923 | ||||
| Ken Jarner | OF | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Carl Love | OF | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Michel LaMarche | P | 25 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .480 | ||||
| Warren Magee | P | 24 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Tim Collins | P | 24 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .750 | ||||
| Mark Sims | P | 14 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .897 | 1.857 | ||||
| John McKinney | P | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .214 | ||||
| Chuck McElroy | P | 14 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.071 | ||||
| Jason Grimsley | P | 14 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .769 | .714 | ||||
| Bladimir Perez | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .385 | ||||
| Chris Johnson | P | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Cliff Brantley | P | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Curt Befort | P | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .667 | .182 | ||||
| Scott Service | P | 10 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Steve McDevitt | P | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Lance Triplett | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Cesar DeLaRosa | SS | 64 | 98 | 171 | 25 | 27 | .915 | 4.203 | ||||
| Ken Jarner | SS | 17 | 17 | 25 | 4 | 1 | .913 | 2.471 | ||||
| Genaro Castro | SS | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Olen Parker | SS | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Joel Faulk | SS | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 864 | 1900 | 711 | 129 | 140 | .953 | 3.022 | 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.
