1987 Utica Blue Sox Statistics
New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 31-43
Finished 5th in the NYPL's East Division
Manager: Tony Taylor (31-43)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Utica, New York
Ballpark: Donovan Stadium
Attendance: 51,435, Avg. 1,390
1987 Utica Blue Sox RosterTeam Record: 31-43
Finished 5th in the NYPL's East Division
Manager: Tony Taylor (31-43)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Utica, New York
Ballpark: Donovan Stadium
Attendance: 51,435, Avg. 1,390
The Utica Blue Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1987 season with a record of 31 wins and 43 losses, finishing fifth in the league's East Division.
The Blue Sox scored 315 runs and surrendered 393 runs. Jimmy Barragan accounted for 47 RBI and topped all regular batters by hitting .318. Royal Thomas led the team with 6 wins and a team-best 1.89 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Andy Ashby, Ricky Trlicek, Greg McCarthy, Andy Carter, Kim Batiste, Doug Lindsey and Jim Vatcher were all players from the 1987 Utica Blue Sox who played in the Majors during their careers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Thomas | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.89 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 76.0 | 67 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bob Chadwick | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.26 | 25 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38.0 | 33 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Greg McCarthy | 4 | 1 | .800 | 0.91 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29.7 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Matt Rambo | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.74 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 74.7 | 79 | 41 | 31 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| John Larosa | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.46 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 74.7 | 75 | 42 | 37 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Andy Ashby | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.05 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 56 | 38 | 27 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Ricky Trlicek | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.10 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37.3 | 43 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Tim Peek | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.40 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Darrell Coulter | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.21 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Shelby McDonald | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.42 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52.7 | 53 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Phil Fagnano | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.00 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 67 | 43 | 30 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dave Allen | 0 | 0 | 0.93 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Matt Viggiano | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Andy Carter | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.65 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 27 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Marc Lopez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.82 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Steve Dell'Amico | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.55 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 42 | 35 | 26 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bob Hurta | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.70 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.3 | 44 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 31 | 43 | .419 | 3.93 | 223 | 74 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 652.0 | 651 | 393 | 285 | 34 | 322 | 19 | 520 | 32 | 9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Kirkpatrick | 72 | 319 | 287 | 45 | 83 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 28 | 26 | .289 | .356 | .439 | .795 | 126 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jimmy Barragan | 67 | 278 | 245 | 36 | 78 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 47 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 33 | .318 | .388 | .482 | .870 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Jim Vatcher | 67 | 282 | 249 | 44 | 67 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 31 | .269 | .346 | .382 | .728 | 95 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Scott Ruckman | 57 | 225 | 209 | 32 | 56 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 45 | .268 | .316 | .431 | .746 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dave Willes | 42 | 192 | 161 | 25 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 13 | .304 | .400 | .484 | .884 | 78 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Doug Lindsey | 52 | 195 | 169 | 23 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 34 | .243 | .328 | .302 | .630 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Rafael Bustamante | 53 | 163 | 151 | 11 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 21 | .258 | .296 | .298 | .594 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mark Cobb | 55 | 197 | 180 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 46 | .206 | .255 | .289 | .544 | 52 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gary White | 38 | 119 | 105 | 9 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 33 | .267 | .342 | .371 | .713 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kim Batiste | 46 | 157 | 150 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 65 | .173 | .210 | .280 | .490 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Leroy Ventress | 44 | 137 | 120 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 39 | .208 | .294 | .275 | .569 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Manlio Perez | 38 | 108 | 95 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 24 | .168 | .238 | .200 | .438 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ike Galloway | 33 | 89 | 82 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 20 | .183 | .247 | .195 | .442 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scotti Reaves | 19 | 63 | 54 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | .185 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Joe Williams | 24 | 61 | 56 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .179 | .246 | .179 | .424 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Greene | 7 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .217 | .250 | .261 | .511 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Scott | 11 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .211 | .304 | .211 | .515 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| David Monteiro | 30 | 50 | 46 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .087 | .160 | .087 | .247 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Larosa | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .400 | .333 | .733 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Royal Thomas | 19 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Dell'Amico | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .444 | .286 | .730 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Rambo | 13 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Peek | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Troy Zerb | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .091 | .167 | .273 | .439 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Ashby | 13 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Trlicek | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Corey Smith | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shelby McDonald | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg McCarthy | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marc Lopez | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Hurta | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Fagnano | 12 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darrell Coulter | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Allen | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 952 | 2804 | 2511 | 315 | 606 | 109 | 22 | 34 | 263 | 64 | 44 | 240 | 531 | .241 | .309 | .343 | .652 | 861 | 0 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Barragan | 1B | 62 | 529 | 29 | 7 | 47 | .988 | 9.000 | ||||
| Rafael Bustamante | 1B | 11 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 9 | .974 | 6.818 | ||||
| Gary White | 1B | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.250 | ||||
| Corey Smith | 1B | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Scott Ruckman | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Scotti Reaves | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Willes | 2B | 40 | 100 | 111 | 5 | 30 | .977 | 5.275 | ||||
| Manlio Perez | 2B | 26 | 47 | 52 | 3 | 8 | .971 | 3.808 | ||||
| Rafael Bustamante | 2B | 15 | 29 | 40 | 2 | 8 | .972 | 4.600 | ||||
| Troy Zerb | 2B | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Scott Ruckman | 3B | 53 | 25 | 117 | 14 | 11 | .910 | 2.679 | ||||
| Kim Batiste | 3B | 15 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .914 | 2.133 | ||||
| Scotti Reaves | 3B | 9 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 2.667 | ||||
| Rafael Bustamante | 3B | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Manlio Perez | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Doug Lindsey | C | 52 | 337 | 41 | 8 | 4 | .979 | 7.269 | 13 | |||
| Gary White | C | 25 | 159 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .977 | 6.920 | 13 | |||
| Jeff Scott | C | 9 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 1 | |||
| Corey Smith | C | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 0 | |||
| Rafael Bustamante | C | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1 | |||
| Steve Kirkpatrick | OF | 72 | 166 | 9 | 4 | 3 | .978 | 2.431 | ||||
| Jim Vatcher | OF | 63 | 116 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .977 | 2.016 | ||||
| Mark Cobb | OF | 55 | 72 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 1.436 | ||||
| Ike Galloway | OF | 31 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .742 | .742 | ||||
| David Monteiro | OF | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .500 | ||||
| Joe Williams | OF | 15 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Keith Greene | OF | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Shelby McDonald | P | 29 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .552 | ||||
| Bob Chadwick | P | 25 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .360 | ||||
| Bob Hurta | P | 21 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .733 | .524 | ||||
| Greg McCarthy | P | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .300 | ||||
| Royal Thomas | P | 19 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .889 | .842 | ||||
| John Larosa | P | 15 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.067 | ||||
| Matt Rambo | P | 13 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.000 | ||||
| Andy Ashby | P | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.000 | ||||
| Phil Fagnano | P | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Andy Carter | P | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .250 | ||||
| Steve Dell'Amico | P | 11 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .812 | 1.182 | ||||
| Ricky Trlicek | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .500 | ||||
| Darrell Coulter | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Marc Lopez | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .400 | ||||
| Dave Allen | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .200 | ||||
| Tim Peek | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Matt Viggiano | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Leroy Ventress | SS | 42 | 54 | 90 | 23 | 24 | .862 | 3.429 | ||||
| Kim Batiste | SS | 31 | 51 | 71 | 13 | 10 | .904 | 3.935 | ||||
| Rafael Bustamante | SS | 12 | 11 | 33 | 1 | 9 | .978 | 3.667 | ||||
| Manlio Perez | SS | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 2.167 | ||||
| Jim Vatcher | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 917 | 1956 | 817 | 134 | 182 | .954 | 3.024 | 28 | 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.
