1987 Wichita Pilots Statistics
Team Record: 69-65
Finished 3rd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Steve Smith (69-65)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 150,952, Avg. 2,253
Playoffs - Wichita Pilots 2 games, El Paso Diablos 1
Finals - Wichita Pilots 4 games, Jackson Mets 2
The Wichita Pilots of the Texas League ended the 1987 season with a record of 69 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Pilots scored 734 runs and allowed 681 runs. Brad Pounders led Wichita with 27 home runs, while Chris Knabenshue and Jerald Clark walloped 15 or more, too. Jerald Clark drove in 95 runs. Thomas Howard paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .332. Greg Harris topped the squad with 12 wins, and Tommy Alexander registered a 3.94 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1987 Wichita Pilots who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Roberto Alomar, Thomas Howard, Eric Nolte, Jerald Clark, Greg Harris, Storm Davis, Gerry Davis, Steve Luebber, Candy Sierra and Sandy Alomar.
Steve Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Harris | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.28 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 174.3 | 205 | 103 | 83 | 32 | 49 | 3 | 170 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |
| Eric Bauer | 9 | 1 | .900 | 4.16 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 97.3 | 97 | 46 | 45 | 13 | 36 | 1 | 64 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Candy Sierra | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.95 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 114.0 | 120 | 57 | 50 | 14 | 42 | 1 | 89 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Tommy Alexander | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.94 | 53 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 112.0 | 95 | 54 | 49 | 20 | 40 | 4 | 106 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| Joe Lynch | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.50 | 62 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 97.7 | 111 | 46 | 38 | 5 | 45 | 11 | 62 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Kevin Brown | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.50 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 122.7 | 130 | 81 | 75 | 18 | 68 | 0 | 76 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Jeff Reece | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.42 | 42 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 75.3 | 73 | 44 | 37 | 6 | 55 | 7 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Eric Nolte | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.88 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 | 62 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mike Young | 4 | 6 | .400 | 7.06 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 73 | 55 | 51 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Mike Costello | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.34 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.7 | 68 | 46 | 42 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kevin Armstrong | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.78 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 103 | 63 | 55 | 11 | 42 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Steve Luebber | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.97 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Stewart | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.50 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24.0 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cam Walker | 30 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Greg Harris | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Storm Davis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 66 | 60 | .524 | 4.60 | 360 | 132 | 104 | 20 | 5 | 27 | 1118.7 | 1188 | 651 | 572 | 148 | 495 | 32 | 852 | 22 | 23 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Alomar | 130 | 595 | 536 | 88 | 171 | 41 | 4 | 12 | 68 | 43 | 15 | 49 | 74 | .319 | .374 | .478 | .851 | 256 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |
| Jerald Clark | 132 | 584 | 531 | 86 | 165 | 36 | 8 | 18 | 95 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 82 | .311 | .363 | .510 | .873 | 271 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Chris Knabenshue | 128 | 540 | 473 | 91 | 146 | 31 | 3 | 15 | 65 | 20 | 14 | 66 | 99 | .309 | .394 | .482 | .876 | 228 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Thomas Howard | 113 | 447 | 401 | 72 | 133 | 27 | 4 | 14 | 60 | 26 | 8 | 36 | 72 | .332 | .387 | .524 | .911 | 210 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Mike Debutch | 114 | 508 | 446 | 76 | 130 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 25 | 16 | 49 | 66 | .291 | .365 | .330 | .695 | 147 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tom Brassil | 106 | 407 | 390 | 59 | 124 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 38 | .318 | .339 | .482 | .821 | 188 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Sandy Alomar | 103 | 411 | 375 | 50 | 115 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 65 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 37 | .307 | .346 | .427 | .772 | 160 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |
| Brad Pounders | 79 | 349 | 309 | 63 | 97 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 79 | .314 | .381 | .628 | 1.009 | 194 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| Mark Gillaspie | 41 | 175 | 148 | 27 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 24 | .324 | .425 | .534 | .959 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dave Cortez | 64 | 208 | 186 | 25 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 57 | .247 | .324 | .349 | .673 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeff Yurtin | 54 | 175 | 161 | 20 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 28 | .236 | .276 | .354 | .630 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Scott Parsons | 48 | 166 | 153 | 14 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 28 | .242 | .295 | .340 | .635 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bill Wrona | 32 | 126 | 109 | 17 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | .303 | .371 | .394 | .765 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Scott Rainey | 58 | 197 | 182 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 45 | .165 | .218 | .242 | .460 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Steve Miller | 25 | 78 | 69 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21 | .246 | .325 | .304 | .629 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerry Davis | 14 | 42 | 31 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | .290 | .452 | .452 | .904 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jim Riggs | 10 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .320 | .320 | .600 | .920 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Nolte | 10 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .357 | .400 | .357 | .757 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Wasem | 10 | 35 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .179 | .286 | .214 | .500 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Eric Bauer | 15 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .333 | .467 | .417 | .883 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Harris | 28 | 29 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .154 | .148 | .154 | .302 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Young | 13 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Candy Sierra | 19 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .091 | .091 | .136 | .227 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Stewart | 16 | 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 | |
| Kevin Brown | 33 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Davis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Reece | 42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Armstrong | 15 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Lynch | 62 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Costello | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Alexander | 53 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1579 | 5212 | 4676 | 734 | 1371 | 255 | 26 | 131 | 662 | 130 | 70 | 422 | 812 | .293 | .353 | .443 | .796 | 2071 | 0 | 32 | 39 | 43 | 47 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Pounders | 1B | 78 | 693 | 39 | 8 | 62 | .989 | 9.385 | ||||
| Tom Brassil | 1B | 43 | 323 | 21 | 7 | 27 | .980 | 8.000 | ||||
| Scott Parsons | 1B | 13 | 94 | 9 | 5 | 7 | .954 | 7.923 | ||||
| Jeff Yurtin | 1B | 4 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Mark Gillaspie | 1B | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 5.667 | ||||
| Dave Cortez | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Mike Debutch | 2B | 107 | 221 | 274 | 16 | 59 | .969 | 4.626 | ||||
| Bill Wrona | 2B | 12 | 37 | 41 | 1 | 10 | .987 | 6.500 | ||||
| Roberto Alomar | 2B | 12 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 6 | .955 | 3.500 | ||||
| Dave Cortez | 2B | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.800 | ||||
| Steve Miller | 2B | 2 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .947 | 9.000 | ||||
| Jim Wasem | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dave Cortez | 3B | 45 | 19 | 81 | 7 | 7 | .935 | 2.222 | ||||
| Jeff Yurtin | 3B | 35 | 19 | 60 | 2 | 8 | .975 | 2.257 | ||||
| Tom Brassil | 3B | 24 | 16 | 42 | 7 | 3 | .892 | 2.417 | ||||
| Bill Wrona | 3B | 16 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 5 | .932 | 2.562 | ||||
| Steve Miller | 3B | 15 | 6 | 34 | 2 | 1 | .952 | 2.667 | ||||
| Jim Wasem | 3B | 7 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .909 | 2.857 | ||||
| Jim Riggs | 3B | 7 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.714 | ||||
| Sandy Alomar | C | 90 | 606 | 50 | 15 | 6 | .978 | 7.289 | 5 | |||
| Scott Rainey | C | 48 | 308 | 39 | 3 | 7 | .991 | 7.229 | 9 | |||
| Jerald Clark | OF | 129 | 262 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .989 | 2.109 | ||||
| Chris Knabenshue | OF | 126 | 277 | 14 | 7 | 3 | .977 | 2.310 | ||||
| Thomas Howard | OF | 104 | 226 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .975 | 2.231 | ||||
| Mark Gillaspie | OF | 21 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .861 | 1.476 | ||||
| Scott Parsons | OF | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Gerry Davis | OF | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Dave Cortez | OF | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Jeff Yurtin | OF | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Scott Rainey | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Joe Lynch | P | 62 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 3 | .938 | .484 | ||||
| Tommy Alexander | P | 53 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .264 | ||||
| Jeff Reece | P | 42 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .357 | ||||
| Kevin Brown | P | 33 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .947 | .545 | ||||
| Cam Walker | P | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Harris | P | 27 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .962 | .926 | ||||
| Candy Sierra | P | 19 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 1.211 | ||||
| Jeff Stewart | P | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .312 | ||||
| Kevin Armstrong | P | 15 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Eric Bauer | P | 14 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Mike Young | P | 13 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 1 | .871 | 2.077 | ||||
| Steve Luebber | P | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Mike Costello | P | 11 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Eric Nolte | P | 10 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Greg Harris | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Storm Davis | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Roberto Alomar | SS | 113 | 167 | 288 | 34 | 60 | .930 | 4.027 | ||||
| Tom Brassil | SS | 19 | 22 | 61 | 3 | 7 | .965 | 4.368 | ||||
| Bill Wrona | SS | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 4.000 | ||||
| Steve Miller | SS | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Mike Debutch | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1479 | 3520 | 1367 | 162 | 304 | .968 | 3.304 | 14 | 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.
