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1987 Phoenix Firebirds

1987 > Class AAA > 1987 Pacific Coast League (South)
Overall: 77-67
Scored 766 runs, Allowed 757 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-71

Affiliation: San Francisco Giants-NL
Manager: n/a
Represented: Phoenix, AZ
Ballpark: Phoenix Municipal Stadium (II) (Phoenix, AZ)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1986 / 1988

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Pat Adams	28	54	184	157	12	40	14	0	3	22	1	0	16	43	.255	.342	.401	.744	63	7	0	4	1
2	Randy Bockus*	26	36	16	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	.143	.600	.143	.743	1	0	1	0	0
3	Jeff Brantley	23	34	22	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.105	.227	.105	.333	2	1	0	0	0
4	Kevin Burrell	24	44	94	85	11	20	5	0	1	11	0	2	7	19	.235	.298	.329	.627	28	1	0	1	0
5	Alan Cockrell	24	129	513	432	82	111	23	5	11	72	7	3	69	131	.257	.360	.410	.770	177	3	5	4	4
6	Keith Comstock*	31	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
7	Dennis Cook*	24	12	15	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.231	.286	.231	.516	3	0	1	0	0
8	Charlie Corbell	26	32	33	25	3	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	8	.160	.276	.160	.436	4	0	4	0	0
9	Ivan de Jesus	34	17	67	54	8	14	4	1	0	2	1	1	12	9	.259	.394	.370	.764	20	0	1	0	0
10	Angel Escobar#	22	130	516	434	68	115	13	8	2	50	11	7	73	59	.265	.373	.346	.718	150	2	6	1	5
11	George Ferran	22	40	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0
12	Felipe Gonzalez	22	8	16	16	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	0	0	0	0
13	Everett Graham*	25	13	52	44	8	13	6	1	2	10	1	1	7	5	.295	.392	.614	1.006	27	0	1	0	2
14	Mark Grant	23	3	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
15	Atlee Hammaker#	29	3	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	1	0	0	0	0
16	Chris Jones*	29	104	332	280	64	72	14	4	2	43	8	3	42	42	.257	.353	.357	.710	100	2	3	5	2
17	Dave Kingman	38	20	73	59	11	12	3	0	2	11	0	0	12	11	.203	.342	.356	.698	21	1	0	1	0
18	Randy Kutcher	27	92	398	349	68	89	15	5	6	53	31	9	42	61	.255	.337	.378	.715	132	3	0	4	2
19	Greg Litton	22	60	228	203	24	44	8	2	1	22	0	1	18	40	.217	.283	.291	.574	59	2	2	3	1
20	Roger Mason	29	10	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0
21	Jack McKnight?	26	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
22	Scott Medvin	25	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
23	Francisco Melendez*	23	138	612	514	78	168	20	9	3	85	2	1	83	68	.327	.417	.418	.835	215	3	3	9	11
24	Stephen Miller*	24	9	15	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.091	.267	.091	.358	1	0	0	1	1
25	Eddie Milner*	32	17	68	62	10	17	2	1	0	8	5	0	4	6	.274	.313	.339	.652	21	0	1	1	0
26	Terry Mulholland	24	37	30	27	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	11	.111	.143	.148	.291	4	0	2	0	0
27	Phil Ouellette#	25	55	201	159	20	37	10	1	1	19	2	1	38	21	.233	.375	.327	.702	52	0	1	3	3
28	Jon Perlman*	30	52	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0	0
29	Joe Price	30	17	7	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	0	0
30	Ed Puikunas?	24	24	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
31	Jessie Reid*	25	128	526	433	83	117	22	5	16	84	19	8	84	80	.270	.392	.455	.847	197	5	1	3	8
32	Mike Rubel	27	16	59	47	6	9	2	1	0	8	0	0	9	9	.191	.345	.277	.621	13	2	1	0	1
33	Mackey Sasser*	24	115	441	400	53	127	24	1	3	56	3	3	32	19	.318	.369	.405	.774	162	3	2	4	3	Stats for 2 teams
34	Dave Schuler	33	15	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0
35	Rod Scurry*	31	28	8	7	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.286	.429	2	0	1	0	0
36	Dave Stockstill*	29	18	53	47	3	8	1	1	2	9	0	0	6	4	.170	.264	.362	.626	17	0	0	0	1
37	Todd Thomas*	26	26	97	85	12	22	2	1	0	11	6	3	11	7	.259	.344	.306	.650	26	0	1	0	0
38	Rusty Tillman	26	94	345	304	50	96	12	2	10	52	8	2	32	54	.316	.379	.467	.846	142	2	2	5	2
39	John Verducci	24	30	92	75	7	13	1	0	0	4	0	1	12	20	.173	.311	.187	.498	14	3	2	0	1
40	Colin Ward*	26	15	8	7	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.571	1.000	4	0	1	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
41	Mark Wasinger	25	50	207	170	28	38	4	2	1	16	4	3	34	20	.224	.359	.288	.647	49	2	1	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
42	Rob Wilfong*	33	2	9	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	3	0	0	0	0
43	Matt Williams	21	56	235	211	36	61	15	2	6	37	6	2	19	53	.289	.345	.464	.809	98	0	3	2	3
44	Mike Woodard*	27	104	438	381	56	95	10	5	0	36	23	8	47	30	.249	.335	.302	.637	115	3	5	2	1	Stats for 2 teams
	44 Players	25.2	144	5662	4830	766	1273	224	51	69	694	121	53	690	844	.264	.357	.374	.731	1806	42	48	52	50

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Randy Bockus	26	7	5	.583	4.49	36	13	19	2	0	7	108.1	133	60	54	7	41	4	64	2	1	4	1.606	11.0	0.6	3.4	5.3	1.56
2	Jeff Brantley	23	6	11	.353	4.65	29	28	0	2	0	0	170.1	187	110	88	13	82	3	111	11	7	5	1.579	9.9	0.7	4.3	5.9	1.35
3	Keith Comstock*	31	4	2	.667	2.77	17	1	7	0	0	2	39.0	24	12	12	0	23	0	35	0	1	1	1.205	5.5	0.0	5.3	8.1	1.52
4	Dennis Cook*	24	2	5	.286	5.23	12	11	0	1	0	0	62.0	72	45	36	8	26	2	24	1	4	4	1.581	10.5	1.2	3.8	3.5	0.92
5	Charlie Corbell	26	9	7	.563	4.80	30	28	0	3	1	0	172.1	212	109	92	10	48	2	81	5	3	4	1.509	11.1	0.5	2.5	4.2	1.69
6	George Ferran	22	4	5	.444	4.19	40	1	9	0	0	1	73.0	81	40	34	3	37	3	51	3	1	2	1.616	10.0	0.4	4.6	6.3	1.38
7	Mark Grant	23	2	1	.667	3.13	3	3	0	2	0	0	23.0	20	8	8	2	5	0	12	1	0	0	1.087	7.8	0.8	2.0	4.7	2.40
8	Atlee Hammaker*	29	1	2	.333	4.15	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.1	19	9	8	1	6	0	8	1	0	0	1.442	9.9	0.5	3.1	4.2	1.33
9	Kevin Hickey*	31	4	5	.444	5.01	46	4	18	0	0	8	82.2	88	52	46	8	36	4	48	1	1	3	1.500	9.6	0.9	3.9	5.2	1.33	Stats for 2 teams
10	Roger Mason	29	5	1	.833	4.13	10	10	0	1	0	0	61.0	62	34	28	4	20	0	49	0	1	5	1.344	9.1	0.6	3.0	7.2	2.45
11	Jack McKnight	26	2	2	.500	9.21	12	3	3	0	0	0	28.1	37	36	29	7	28	0	12	0	1	6	2.294	11.8	2.2	8.9	3.8	0.43
12	Scott Medvin	25	0	1	.000	5.24	13	0	9	0	0	2	22.1	22	17	13	3	18	1	16	0	0	2	1.791	8.9	1.2	7.3	6.4	0.89	Stats for 2 teams
13	Stephen Miller	24	0	0		13.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	5	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.750	11.2	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
14	Terry Mulholland*	24	7	12	.368	5.07	37	29	4	3	0	1	172.1	200	124	97	7	90	0	94	4	3	17	1.683	10.4	0.4	4.7	4.9	1.04
15	Jon Perlman	30	12	6	.667	2.81	52	0	44	0	0	18	89.2	93	36	28	3	37	7	49	2	1	6	1.450	9.3	0.3	3.7	4.9	1.32
16	Joe Price*	30	6	0	1.000	2.49	17	8	5	0	0	2	61.1	45	21	17	3	40	1	49	2	1	2	1.386	6.6	0.4	5.9	7.2	1.23
17	Ed Puikunas*	24	5	1	.833	6.68	24	0	12	0	0	1	31.0	32	25	23	2	22	3	20	1	3	3	1.742	9.3	0.6	6.4	5.8	0.91
18	Dave Schuler*	33	2	2	.500	3.57	15	1	6	0	0	1	35.1	36	19	14	6	12	0	14	0	0	0	1.358	9.2	1.5	3.1	3.6	1.17
19	Rod Scurry*	31	3	3	.500	3.77	28	3	11	0	0	4	59.2	53	27	25	4	41	0	57	1	2	9	1.575	8.0	0.6	6.2	8.6	1.39
20	John Verducci	24	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
21	Colin Ward*	26	1	6	.143	10.12	15	10	0	0	0	0	42.2	64	51	48	2	41	0	34	1	4	10	2.461	13.5	0.4	8.6	7.2	0.83	Stats for 2 teams
	21 Players	26.8	77	67	.535	4.55	144	144	130	14	2	39	1248.1	1360	757	631	84	588	26	761	35	30	76	1.560	9.8	0.6	4.2	5.5	1.29

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Mackey Sasser	100	584	63	16	10	.976	6.47	18	Stats for 2 teams
Phil Ouellette	55	259	34	4	4	.987	5.33	6
Kevin Burrell	35	126	13	7	4	.952	3.97	4
Felipe Gonzalez	8	31	3	0	0	1.000	4.25	2

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Francisco Melendez	127	1019	86	13	98	.988	8.70
Pat Adams	17	133	8	0	11	1.000	8.29
Mike Rubel	6	42	3	0	8	1.000	7.50
Dave Kingman	4	27	1	0	7	1.000	7.00
Randy Kutcher	1	12	0	0	0	1.000	12.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Mike Woodard	88	193	242	16	58	.965	4.94	Stats for 2 teams
Greg Litton	55	139	161	8	35	.974	5.45
John Verducci	28	51	70	4	18	.968	4.32
Todd Thomas	16	20	38	5	4	.921	3.63
Mark Wasinger	12	29	21	4	5	.926	4.17	Stats for 2 teams
Randy Kutcher	10	11	22	0	2	1.000	3.30
Ivan de Jesus	7	11	18	0	3	1.000	4.14
Stephen Miller	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.00
Rob Wilfong	1	3	2	0	1	1.000	5.00
Matt Williams	1	6	8	1	3	.933	14.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Matt Williams	53	45	128	12	15	.935	3.26
Randy Kutcher	33	29	71	5	6	.952	3.03
Mark Wasinger	27	14	51	3	5	.956	2.41	Stats for 2 teams
Pat Adams	16	8	40	5	4	.906	3.00
Mike Woodard	13	7	21	2	4	.933	2.15	Stats for 2 teams
Todd Thomas	8	6	11	2	2	.895	2.13
Ivan de Jesus	4	2	8	0	0	1.000	2.50
Stephen Miller	3	0	4	1	1	.800	1.33

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Angel Escobar	127	200	378	39	71	.937	4.55
Ivan de Jesus	7	11	17	2	5	.933	4.00
Randy Kutcher	6	10	16	7	2	.788	4.33
Greg Litton	5	7	12	0	2	1.000	3.80
Stephen Miller	3	2	4	1	3	.857	2.00
John Verducci	1	4	4	1	0	.889	8.00
Matt Williams	1	2	0	1	0	.667	2.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Alan Cockrell	125	204	9	5	1	.977	1.70
Jessie Reid	122	274	9	4	2	.986	2.32
Chris Jones	72	127	5	2	2	.985	1.83
Rusty Tillman	52	99	6	6	0	.946	2.02
Randy Kutcher	44	91	7	3	1	.970	2.23
Eddie Milner	16	38	0	0	0	1.000	2.38
Dave Stockstill	14	15	1	1	0	.941	1.14
Everett Graham	12	30	0	0	0	1.000	2.50
Francisco Melendez	7	17	1	1	0	.947	2.57
Mike Woodard	5	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.40	Stats for 2 teams

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jon Perlman	52	10	18	1	0	.966	0.54
Kevin Hickey	46	1	13	0	0	1.000	0.30	Stats for 2 teams
George Ferran	40	9	12	1	0	.955	0.53
Terry Mulholland	37	7	32	4	2	.907	1.05
Randy Bockus	36	10	17	2	2	.931	0.75
Charlie Corbell	30	12	18	2	4	.938	1.00
Jeff Brantley	29	10	23	0	2	1.000	1.14
Rod Scurry	28	2	8	2	0	.833	0.36
Ed Puikunas	24	2	1	1	0	.750	0.13
Keith Comstock	17	5	5	0	1	1.000	0.59
Joe Price	17	1	7	0	1	1.000	0.47
Dave Schuler	15	1	4	0	0	1.000	0.33
Colin Ward	15	2	7	0	0	1.000	0.60	Stats for 2 teams
Scott Medvin	13	1	1	1	0	.667	0.15	Stats for 2 teams
Dennis Cook	12	2	15	0	1	1.000	1.42
Jack McKnight	12	3	5	1	1	.889	0.67
Roger Mason	10	6	6	0	0	1.000	1.20
Mark Grant	3	1	4	1	0	.833	1.67
Atlee Hammaker	3	3	1	0	0	1.000	1.33
Stephen Miller	2	0	0	0	0		0.00
John Verducci	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Pat Adams	28	R	R	6' 5.0"	215	Jun 12, 1959
Randy Bockus	26	L	R	6' 2.0"	190	Oct 5, 1960	Canton, OH, US
Jeff Brantley	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Sep 5, 1963	Florence, AL, US
Kevin Burrell	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	187	Dec 2, 1962	Pomona, CA, US
Alan Cockrell	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	Dec 5, 1962	Kansas City, KS, US
Keith Comstock	31	L	L	6' 0.0"	174	Dec 23, 1955	San Francisco, CA, US
Dennis Cook	24	L	L	6' 3.0"	185	Oct 4, 1962	La Marque, TX, US
Charlie Corbell	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Nov 30, 1960	Baytown, TX, US
Ivan de Jesus	34	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Jan 9, 1953	Santurce, PR
Angel Escobar	22	S	R	6' 0.0"	160	May 12, 1965	La Sabana, Vargas, VE
George Ferran	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Aug 27, 1964
Felipe Gonzalez	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	176	Oct 19, 1964
Everett Graham	25	L	L	6' 2.0"	190	Feb 20, 1962
Mark Grant	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Oct 24, 1963	Aurora, IL, US
Atlee Hammaker	29	S	L	6' 3.0"	200	Jan 24, 1958	Carmel, CA, US
Kevin Hickey	31	L	L	6' 1.0"	170	Feb 25, 1956	Chicago, IL, US
Chris Jones	29	L	L	6' 0.0"	183	Jul 13, 1957	Los Angeles, CA, US
Dave Kingman	38	R	R	6' 6.0"	210	Dec 21, 1948	Pendleton, OR, US
Randy Kutcher	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Apr 30, 1960	Anchorage, AK, US
Greg Litton	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 13, 1964	New Orleans, LA, US
Roger Mason	29	R	R	6' 6.0"	215	Sep 18, 1957	Bellaire, MI, US
Jack McKnight	26		R	6' 2.0"	180	Jun 7, 1961
Scott Medvin	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Sep 16, 1961	North Olmsted, OH, US
Francisco Melendez	23	L	L	6' 0.0"	190	Jan 25, 1964	Rio Piedras, PR
Stephen Miller	24	L	R	6' 1.0"	160	Feb 12, 1963
Eddie Milner	32	L	L	5' 11.0"	173	May 21, 1955	Columbus, OH, US
Terry Mulholland	24	R	L	6' 3.0"	200	Mar 9, 1963	Uniontown, PA, US
Phil Ouellette	25	S	R	6' 0.0"	190	Nov 10, 1961	Salem, OR, US
Jon Perlman	30	L	R	6' 3.0"	185	Dec 13, 1956	Dallas, TX, US
Joe Price	30	R	L	6' 4.0"	220	Nov 29, 1956	Inglewood, CA, US
Ed Puikunas	24		L	6' 2.0"	180	Aug 19, 1962
Jessie Reid	25	L	L	6' 1.0"	200	Jun 1, 1962	Honolulu, HI, US
Mike Rubel	27	R	R	6' 4.0"	215	Jan 9, 1960
Mackey Sasser	24	L	R	6' 1.0"	190	Aug 3, 1962	Fort Gaines, GA, US
Dave Schuler	33	R	L	6' 4.0"	210	Oct 4, 1953	Framingham, MA, US
Rod Scurry	31	L	L	6' 2.0"	180	Mar 17, 1956	Sacramento, CA, US
Dave Stockstill	29	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	Oct 4, 1957	Springfield, MO, US
Todd Thomas	26	L	R	5' 8.0"	170	Mar 15, 1961
Rusty Tillman	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Aug 29, 1960	Jacksonville, FL, US
John Verducci	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Mar 25, 1963
Colin Ward	26	L	L	6' 3.0"	190	Nov 22, 1960	Los Angeles, CA, US
Mark Wasinger	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Aug 4, 1961	Monterey, CA, US
Rob Wilfong	33	L	R	6' 1.0"	180	Sep 1, 1953	Pasadena, CA, US
Matt Williams	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Nov 28, 1965	Bishop, CA, US
Mike Woodard	27	L	R	5' 9.0"	155	Mar 2, 1960	Melrose Park, IL, US

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