1987 Watertown Pirates Statistics
New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 44-32
Finished 1st in the NYPL's East Division
Manager: Jeff Cox (44-32)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Watertown, New York
Ballpark: Alex Duffy Stadium
Attendance: 33,004, Avg. 869
1987 Watertown Pirates RosterTeam Record: 44-32
Finished 1st in the NYPL's East Division
Manager: Jeff Cox (44-32)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Watertown, New York
Ballpark: Alex Duffy Stadium
Attendance: 33,004, Avg. 869
Playoffs - Geneva Cubs 2 games, Watertown Pirates 0
The Watertown Pirates of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1987 season with a record of 44 wins and 32 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Pirates tallied 409 runs and gave up 349 runs. Kevin Burdick drove in 43 runs. Steve Carter led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .310 clip. Pete Murphy topped the team with 9 wins, while Doug Torborg recorded a 3.14 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1987 Watertown Pirates who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Moisés Alou, Orlando Merced, Keith Shepherd, Willie Smith, Steve Carter and Wes Chamberlain.
Jeff Cox 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Murphy | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.54 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 89.0 | 76 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Joe Pacholec | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.76 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 82 | 46 | 33 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 80 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| Keith Shepherd | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.20 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 70.7 | 66 | 40 | 33 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Doug Torborg | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.14 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83.0 | 72 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Chip Duncan | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.36 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 49.7 | 45 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mark Koller | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.57 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58.0 | 55 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Smith | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.43 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rodger Castner | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7.36 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25.7 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Scott Runge | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.00 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 46 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Clemente Acosta | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1.32 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 47.7 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ben Webb | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.50 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 39.7 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Joe Macavage | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.59 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Daryl Boyd | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Lyle Befort | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Junior Vizcaino | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Bromley | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rob Barnwell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.32 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeff Griffith | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 44 | 32 | .579 | 3.62 | 214 | 76 | 73 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 676.3 | 617 | 349 | 272 | 29 | 317 | 13 | 582 | 31 | 6 | 49 | 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 Burdick | 71 | 323 | 293 | 44 | 82 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 20 | 4 | 23 | 24 | .280 | .331 | .396 | .727 | 116 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Steve Carter | 66 | 282 | 242 | 50 | 75 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 24 | 8 | 33 | 37 | .310 | .397 | .393 | .790 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Wes Chamberlain | 66 | 287 | 258 | 50 | 67 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 7 | 25 | 48 | .260 | .324 | .399 | .723 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Junior Vizcaino | 51 | 206 | 180 | 33 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 53 | .306 | .388 | .472 | .861 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Robert Harris | 49 | 211 | 180 | 34 | 49 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 30 | 7 | 25 | 48 | .272 | .361 | .383 | .744 | 69 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ed Hartman | 39 | 164 | 135 | 23 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 22 | .296 | .399 | .504 | .902 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Jim Garrison | 61 | 221 | 175 | 30 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 37 | 47 | .217 | .349 | .251 | .600 | 44 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| Scott Barczi | 40 | 146 | 117 | 25 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 22 | .308 | .425 | .462 | .886 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ed Shea | 41 | 151 | 135 | 18 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 31 | .259 | .318 | .348 | .666 | 47 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Thomas | 33 | 120 | 108 | 22 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 49 | .231 | .300 | .463 | .763 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Moisés Alou | 39 | 139 | 117 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 36 | .214 | .324 | .402 | .725 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jeff Griffith | 41 | 146 | 133 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 58 | .180 | .253 | .256 | .509 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Keith Raisanen | 41 | 106 | 92 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 33 | .217 | .311 | .315 | .627 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Norm Bromley | 19 | 64 | 57 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .211 | .258 | .351 | .609 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Domingo Merejo | 35 | 93 | 88 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 23 | .136 | .172 | .170 | .342 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pete Murphy | 27 | 39 | 35 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .286 | .359 | .314 | .673 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jody Williams | 24 | 66 | 47 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 19 | .149 | .354 | .149 | .503 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Orlando Merced | 4 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .417 | .500 | .583 | 1.083 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mickey Peyton | 10 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .227 | .346 | .227 | .573 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Freeman | 10 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .222 | .300 | .278 | .578 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Koller | 23 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Vaughn | 8 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .182 | .308 | .273 | .580 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Shepherd | 17 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Torborg | 16 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .133 | .133 | .200 | .333 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Smith | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Webb | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Macavage | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Runge | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Pacholec | 15 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .062 | .000 | .062 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chip Duncan | 24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rodger Castner | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daryl Boyd | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Barnwell | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clemente Acosta | 20 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 968 | 2936 | 2538 | 409 | 637 | 123 | 22 | 40 | 329 | 158 | 64 | 319 | 613 | .251 | .336 | .364 | .700 | 924 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 30 | 12 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Vizcaino | 1B | 44 | 352 | 36 | 5 | 37 | .987 | 8.818 | ||||
| Ed Hartman | 1B | 32 | 262 | 22 | 4 | 19 | .986 | 8.875 | ||||
| Pete Freeman | 1B | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 4.750 | ||||
| Jeff Griffith | 1B | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Jim Garrison | 2B | 61 | 115 | 153 | 14 | 28 | .950 | 4.393 | ||||
| Jody Williams | 2B | 19 | 29 | 51 | 4 | 9 | .952 | 4.211 | ||||
| Tim Vaughn | 2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Orlando Merced | 2B | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Jeff Griffith | 3B | 39 | 25 | 43 | 12 | 6 | .850 | 1.744 | ||||
| Mark Thomas | 3B | 29 | 15 | 45 | 8 | 5 | .882 | 2.069 | ||||
| Norm Bromley | 3B | 18 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Ed Shea | C | 41 | 317 | 29 | 8 | 4 | .977 | 8.439 | 9 | |||
| Scott Barczi | C | 40 | 273 | 15 | 9 | 1 | .970 | 7.200 | 12 | |||
| Pete Freeman | C | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.667 | 0 | |||
| Wes Chamberlain | OF | 64 | 121 | 9 | 7 | 3 | .949 | 2.031 | ||||
| Steve Carter | OF | 61 | 132 | 4 | 8 | 1 | .944 | 2.230 | ||||
| Robert Harris | OF | 46 | 58 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .954 | 1.348 | ||||
| Moisés Alou | OF | 27 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.630 | ||||
| Keith Raisanen | OF | 22 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.364 | ||||
| Domingo Merejo | OF | 14 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .917 | 1.571 | ||||
| Mickey Peyton | OF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Chip Duncan | P | 24 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .923 | .500 | ||||
| Ben Webb | P | 23 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .304 | ||||
| Mark Koller | P | 23 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .818 | .391 | ||||
| Clemente Acosta | P | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Shepherd | P | 17 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.000 | ||||
| Doug Torborg | P | 16 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.188 | ||||
| Joe Pacholec | P | 15 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .933 | ||||
| Rodger Castner | P | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Rob Barnwell | P | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Pete Murphy | P | 14 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.643 | ||||
| Scott Runge | P | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .900 | ||||
| Joe Macavage | P | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Willie Smith | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Lyle Befort | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Junior Vizcaino | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Daryl Boyd | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Jeff Griffith | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Norm Bromley | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kevin Burdick | SS | 71 | 106 | 204 | 27 | 42 | .920 | 4.366 | ||||
| Jody Williams | SS | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tim Vaughn | SS | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 873 | 2022 | 767 | 141 | 170 | .952 | 3.195 | 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.
