1987 Vancouver Canadians Statistics
Team Record: 72-72
Finished 3rd in the PCL's North Division
Manager: Rocky Bridges (72-72)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ballpark: Nat Bailey Stadium
Attendance: 338,614, Avg. 4,703
The Vancouver Canadians of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1987 season with a record of 72 wins and 72 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Canadians topped the league with just 573 runs allowed. Vancouver scored 580 runs. Benny Distefano led the squad with 15 home runs Tom Dunbar and Benny Distefano each drove in 77 runs. Benny Distefano paced all regular batters by connecting at a .278 clip. Vicente Palacios paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.58 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1987 Vancouver Canadians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Patterson, Dann Bilardello, Dave Johnson, Morris Madden, Tony Walker, Denny González, Logan Easley, Sam Khalifa, Joe Orsulak, Vicente Palacios, Dave Leeper, Rubén Rodríguez, U. L. Washington, Randy Kramer, Hipólito Peña, Mackey Sasser, Scott Medvin, Tim Drummond, Tom Dunbar, Stan Fansler, Benny Distefano, Butch Davis, Larry Ray, Mike Bielecki, Houston Jiménez, Mark Ross, Dorn Taylor, José Lind, Barry Jones, Bob Kipper and Mike Dunne.
Rocky Bridges 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 |
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Vicente Palacios | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2.58 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 185.0 | 140 | 63 | 53 | 10 | 85 | 1 | 148 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |
Stan Fansler | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.80 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 161.0 | 138 | 76 | 68 | 5 | 107 | 0 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 17 | |
Mike Bielecki | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.78 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 181.0 | 194 | 89 | 76 | 12 | 78 | 3 | 140 | 5 | 2 | 12 | |
Dave Johnson | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.51 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 153.7 | 133 | 74 | 60 | 9 | 68 | 0 | 76 | 10 | 3 | 8 | |
Bob Patterson | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.12 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 89.0 | 62 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Mark Ross | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.02 | 32 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 89.3 | 87 | 40 | 30 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
Hipólito Peña | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.72 | 27 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 77.3 | 69 | 37 | 32 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
Dave Leeper | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.10 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.3 | 43 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mike Dunne | 3 | 5 | .375 | 1.76 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 61.3 | 61 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Logan Easley | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.81 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 28.3 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Drummond | 2 | 6 | .250 | 2.97 | 46 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 63.7 | 62 | 35 | 21 | 2 | 43 | 5 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
Barry Jones | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.20 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 25.3 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Copp | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.73 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Scott Medvin | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Randy Kramer | 0 | 0 | 6.11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Morris Madden | 0 | 0 | 8.59 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Rubén Rodríguez | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Kipper | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1.78 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.3 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dorn Taylor | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2.65 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57.7 | 46 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
Totals | 72 | 72 | .500 | 3.30 | 316 | 144 | 109 | 33 | 13 | 34 | 1277.3 | 1142 | 572 | 468 | 68 | 614 | 24 | 894 | 43 | 15 | 70 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
José Lind | 128 | 575 | 533 | 75 | 143 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 35 | 52 | .268 | .316 | .326 | .643 | 174 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
Tom Dunbar | 140 | 600 | 501 | 76 | 134 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 77 | 16 | 9 | 91 | 73 | .267 | .379 | .357 | .736 | 179 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
Benny Distefano | 130 | 527 | 431 | 67 | 120 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 77 | 7 | 6 | 77 | 53 | .278 | .402 | .448 | .850 | 193 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
Butch Davis | 111 | 454 | 424 | 58 | 115 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 57 | 22 | 6 | 22 | 73 | .271 | .305 | .394 | .699 | 167 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
Denny González | 113 | 494 | 413 | 62 | 108 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 57 | 19 | 14 | 71 | 91 | .262 | .369 | .404 | .773 | 167 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
Sam Khalifa | 111 | 435 | 367 | 39 | 83 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 62 | 67 | .226 | .339 | .286 | .625 | 105 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Rubén Rodríguez | 88 | 306 | 285 | 24 | 63 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 53 | .221 | .257 | .277 | .534 | 79 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
U. L. Washington | 73 | 304 | 261 | 28 | 62 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 40 | 46 | .238 | .337 | .314 | .651 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Sam Haro | 69 | 268 | 238 | 26 | 54 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 35 | .227 | .298 | .290 | .588 | 69 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
Dave Leeper | 72 | 200 | 191 | 17 | 53 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 19 | .277 | .302 | .408 | .710 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Ron Harrison | 66 | 230 | 219 | 19 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 23 | .205 | .226 | .301 | .527 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
Joe Orsulak | 39 | 165 | 143 | 20 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | .231 | .319 | .308 | .627 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Houston Jiménez | 49 | 149 | 131 | 16 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 14 | .237 | .311 | .290 | .601 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Dann Bilardello | 37 | 108 | 97 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .216 | .283 | .278 | .561 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Johns | 18 | 64 | 57 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .175 | .226 | .193 | .419 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Kerry Baker | 9 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .276 | .364 | .310 | .674 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Bielecki | 26 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .233 | .281 | .233 | .515 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Stan Fansler | 25 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .300 | .391 | .350 | .741 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Lorenzo Bundy | 4 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .455 | .538 | .727 | 1.266 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vicente Palacios | 27 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .200 | .286 | .200 | .486 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Dunne | 9 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Johnson | 23 | 33 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .065 | .094 | .065 | .158 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Logan Easley | 9 | 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 | |
Randy Kramer | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Drummond | 46 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Ray | 16 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .053 | .240 | .053 | .293 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Bob Kipper | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Patterson | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Barry Jones | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mark Ross | 32 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .000 | .273 | .000 | .273 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Dorn Taylor | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hipólito Peña | 27 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1557 | 5131 | 4507 | 553 | 1115 | 187 | 36 | 50 | 499 | 138 | 81 | 512 | 709 | .247 | .326 | .338 | .664 | 1524 | 0 | 35 | 36 | 41 | 36 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
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Benny Distefano | 1B | 109 | 992 | 61 | 5 | 85 | .995 | 9.661 | ||||
Dave Leeper | 1B | 20 | 186 | 16 | 1 | 12 | .995 | 1.100 | ||||
Ron Johns | 1B | 18 | 133 | 5 | 1 | 19 | .993 | 7.667 | ||||
Lorenzo Bundy | 1B | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Mackey Sasser | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
José Lind | 2B | 128 | 311 | 432 | 21 | 84 | .973 | 5.805 | ||||
Houston Jiménez | 2B | 10 | 20 | 31 | 4 | 8 | .927 | 5.100 | ||||
U. L. Washington | 2B | 8 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 6 | .944 | 4.250 | ||||
Denny González | 3B | 111 | 76 | 232 | 25 | 22 | .925 | 2.775 | ||||
U. L. Washington | 3B | 31 | 17 | 58 | 5 | 5 | .938 | 2.419 | ||||
Houston Jiménez | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Rubén Rodríguez | C | 86 | 524 | 69 | 11 | 11 | .982 | 6.895 | 22 | |||
Dann Bilardello | C | 35 | 186 | 30 | 4 | 0 | .982 | 6.171 | 9 | |||
Kerry Baker | C | 8 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.625 | 1 | |||
Tom Dunbar | OF | 122 | 223 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .991 | 1.893 | ||||
Butch Davis | OF | 108 | 232 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .984 | 2.222 | ||||
Ron Harrison | OF | 62 | 105 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 1.758 | ||||
Sam Haro | OF | 60 | 90 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .970 | 1.617 | ||||
Joe Orsulak | OF | 37 | 58 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .968 | 1.622 | ||||
Benny Distefano | OF | 22 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .982 | 2.545 | ||||
Tim Drummond | P | 46 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .152 | ||||
Mark Ross | P | 32 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .719 | ||||
Hipólito Peña | P | 27 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .407 | ||||
Vicente Palacios | P | 27 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 1.074 | ||||
Mike Bielecki | P | 26 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 1.192 | ||||
Stan Fansler | P | 25 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 1.160 | ||||
Dave Johnson | P | 23 | 10 | 32 | 5 | 2 | .894 | 1.826 | ||||
Dave Leeper | P | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
Barry Jones | P | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
Bob Patterson | P | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
Randy Kramer | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .091 | ||||
Dorn Taylor | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .444 | ||||
Logan Easley | P | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
Mike Dunne | P | 9 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.556 | ||||
Morris Madden | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .167 | ||||
Bob Kipper | P | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Bill Copp | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
Rubén Rodríguez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Scott Medvin | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Sam Khalifa | SS | 111 | 193 | 325 | 35 | 49 | .937 | 4.667 | ||||
U. L. Washington | SS | 27 | 48 | 89 | 6 | 22 | .958 | 5.074 | ||||
Houston Jiménez | SS | 8 | 10 | 32 | 1 | 6 | .977 | 5.250 | ||||
Totals | 1441 | 3591 | 1601 | 149 | 344 | .972 | 3.603 | 32 | 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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