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1987 Oklahoma City 89ers

1987 > Class AAA > 1987 American Association
Overall: 69-71
Scored 761 runs, Allowed 810 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-74

Affiliation: Texas Rangers-AL
Manager: Toby Harrah
Represented: Oklahoma City, OK
Ballpark: All Sports Stadium (Oklahoma City, OK)
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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Nick Capra 29 97 424 353 69 107 18 3 1 39 21 13 62 53 .303 .404 .380 .784 134 0 6 3 3
2 Cecil Espy# 24 118 482 443 76 134 18 6 1 37 46 14 31 66 .302 .347 .377 .724 167 1 4 3 2
3 Burk Goldthorn* 28 72 256 220 26 57 5 0 3 25 0 2 32 35 .259 .353 .323 .676 71 1 1 2 1
4 Mike Jeffcoat* 27 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
5 Ed Jurak 29 31 112 94 9 29 0 1 3 8 1 0 17 11 .309 .414 .426 .840 40 0 1 0 1
6 Steve Kemp* 32 121 499 421 73 112 28 6 20 84 2 3 71 112 .266 .371 .504 .874 212 2 0 5 5
7 Alan Knicely 32 84 296 258 39 72 19 1 8 40 2 4 32 46 .279 .361 .453 .815 117 3 0 3 2
8 Jeff Kunkel 25 58 219 193 31 49 9 3 9 34 2 4 20 58 .254 .338 .472 .809 91 5 0 1 0
9 Dave Meier 27 129 516 447 72 143 36 4 18 86 2 3 57 67 .320 .392 .539 .931 241 2 1 9 2
10 Tom O'Malley* 26 109 507 431 83 134 27 2 12 70 4 6 69 62 .311 .408 .466 .875 201 4 0 3 6
11 Javier Ortiz 24 119 454 381 58 105 23 7 15 69 5 2 58 99 .276 .369 .491 .859 187 4 1 10 2
12 Dave Owen# 29 93 329 276 36 63 8 7 2 31 4 5 49 50 .228 .345 .330 .674 91 1 1 2 1 Stats for 2 teams
13 Larry See 27 69 292 258 35 70 16 1 6 45 0 3 31 40 .271 .347 .411 .758 106 0 1 2 1
14 Greg Smith* 27 62 207 187 21 41 12 1 3 19 1 0 14 31 .219 .277 .342 .619 64 2 1 3 1
15 Mike Stanley 24 46 216 182 43 61 8 3 13 54 2 0 29 36 .335 .431 .626 1.057 114 3 0 2 1
16 Greg Tabor 26 137 568 528 78 160 35 6 8 66 22 14 31 82 .303 .342 .438 .780 231 2 4 3 1
17 Don Werner 34 54 158 142 19 29 6 0 3 13 1 0 13 30 .204 .274 .310 .584 44 1 1 1 0
17 Players 27.4 140 5453 4747 761 1351 265 51 125 711 115 73 602 866 .285 .365 .441 .806 2093 30 22 52 29
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 BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Scott Anderson 24 5 3 .625 5.62 49 0 36 0 0 8 64.0 79 44 40 4 35 7 39 2 0 2 1.781 11.1 0.6 4.9 5.5 1.11
2 Kevin Brown 22 0 5 .000 10.73 5 5 0 0 0 0 24.1 32 32 29 2 17 0 9 4 2 1 2.014 11.8 0.7 6.3 3.3 0.53
3 Glen Cook 27 2 2 .500 4.53 31 0 8 0 0 4 57.2 54 33 29 7 23 0 36 1 2 3 1.335 8.4 1.1 3.6 5.6 1.57
4 Keith Creel 28 10 10 .500 4.92 21 21 0 4 0 0 146.1 176 91 80 21 41 0 99 6 2 3 1.483 10.8 1.3 2.5 6.1 2.41
5 Dwayne Henry 25 4 4 .500 4.96 30 8 15 0 0 3 69.0 66 39 38 11 50 3 55 0 0 3 1.681 8.6 1.4 6.5 7.2 1.10
6 Steve Howe* 29 2 2 .500 3.48 7 3 1 0 0 0 20.2 26 8 8 1 5 0 14 1 0 1 1.500 11.3 0.4 2.2 6.1 2.80
7 Mike Jeffcoat* 27 11 8 .579 4.79 26 24 2 3 1 0 159.2 193 99 85 14 41 0 101 1 2 3 1.466 10.9 0.8 2.3 5.7 2.46
8 Paul Kilgus* 25 2 0 1.000 4.01 21 0 17 0 0 7 24.2 23 12 11 2 10 3 14 2 1 1 1.338 8.4 0.7 3.6 5.1 1.40
9 Kirk Killingsworth 26 6 14 .300 5.81 28 28 0 0 0 0 161.0 204 114 104 18 78 1 74 4 1 6 1.752 11.4 1.0 4.4 4.1 0.95
10 Rick Knapp 25 0 1 .000 6.59 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.2 17 10 10 6 4 0 3 0 0 0 1.537 11.2 4.0 2.6 2.0 0.75
11 Mike Loynd 23 0 0 4.26 5 0 2 0 0 1 12.2 13 7 6 2 9 0 11 1 2 2 1.737 9.2 1.4 6.4 7.8 1.22
12 Larry McWilliams* 33 1 4 .200 11.28 7 6 0 0 0 0 22.1 44 29 28 1 20 0 13 1 0 2 2.866 17.7 0.4 8.1 5.2 0.65
13 Ron Meridith* 30 1 0 1.000 0.00 7 0 5 0 0 0 12.1 10 2 0 0 5 1 5 0 0 0 1.216 7.3 0.0 3.6 3.6 1.00
14 Gary Mielke 24 2 4 .333 4.10 28 0 15 0 0 3 37.1 36 20 17 0 16 2 34 1 3 0 1.393 8.7 0.0 3.9 8.2 2.13
15 Frank Pastore 29 1 3 .250 8.46 4 4 0 0 0 0 22.1 37 24 21 7 3 0 15 0 1 2 1.791 14.9 2.8 1.2 6.0 5.00
16 Tim Rodgers 27 4 0 1.000 4.96 33 1 10 0 0 1 65.1 80 43 36 8 25 1 35 2 0 2 1.607 11.0 1.1 3.4 4.8 1.40
17 Dave Rucker* 29 3 2 .600 4.25 53 3 14 0 0 5 65.2 59 38 31 7 40 1 37 1 0 5 1.508 8.1 1.0 5.5 5.1 0.93
18 Jeff Russell 25 0 0 1.42 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 5 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 0.947 7.1 0.0 1.4 7.1 5.00
19 Billy Taylor 25 12 9 .571 5.61 28 28 0 0 0 0 168.1 198 122 105 10 91 0 100 2 2 8 1.717 10.6 0.5 4.9 5.3 1.10
20 Bobby Witt 23 1 0 1.000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 5 5 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 1.600 9.0 1.8 5.4 3.6 0.67
21 Jeff Zaske 26 2 0 1.000 5.34 23 6 6 0 0 0 59.0 62 37 35 10 38 1 41 2 0 7 1.695 9.5 1.5 5.8 6.3 1.08
21 Players 26.3 69 71 .493 5.30 140 140 133 7 2 32 1217.2 1419 810 717 132 555 20 742 31 19 51 1.621 10.5 1.0 4.1 5.5 1.34

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Burk Goldthorn 68 375 45 10 7 .977 6.18 6
Don Werner 44 176 10 2 2 .989 4.23 1
Mike Stanley 41 239 28 2 1 .993 6.51 6
Alan Knicely 4 12 1 0 0 1.000 3.25 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Larry See 58 518 35 6 58 .989 9.53
Greg Smith 48 379 35 3 36 .993 8.63
Alan Knicely 43 352 18 6 34 .984 8.60
Mike Stanley 4 38 4 0 3 1.000 10.50

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Greg Tabor 132 275 387 19 94 .972 5.02
Jeff Kunkel 10 13 37 1 3 .980 5.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tom O'Malley 104 112 198 9 22 .972 2.98
Ed Jurak 17 13 25 3 3 .927 2.24
Larry See 11 6 19 3 1 .893 2.27
Dave Meier 10 8 22 0 2 1.000 3.00
Dave Owen 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 Stats for 2 teams
Jeff Kunkel 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dave Owen 87 139 239 19 59 .952 4.34 Stats for 2 teams
Cecil Espy 51 80 157 11 37 .956 4.65
Jeff Kunkel 20 23 57 3 9 .964 4.00
Ed Jurak 13 16 37 1 6 .981 4.08
Greg Tabor 4 5 10 1 3 .938 3.75

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Javier Ortiz 117 209 16 6 3 .974 1.92
Dave Meier 112 163 9 6 1 .966 1.54
Nick Capra 96 250 11 2 2 .992 2.72
Cecil Espy 62 115 4 5 0 .960 1.92
Steve Kemp 36 49 6 1 1 .982 1.53
Jeff Kunkel 18 29 4 1 0 .971 1.83
Greg Smith 6 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.83
Don Werner 4 4 0 1 0 .800 1.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dave Rucker 53 2 9 0 1 1.000 0.21
Scott Anderson 49 5 9 1 0 .933 0.29
Tim Rodgers 33 5 9 0 0 1.000 0.42
Glen Cook 31 3 7 0 0 1.000 0.32
Dwayne Henry 30 3 5 1 1 .889 0.27
Kirk Killingsworth 28 9 17 1 0 .963 0.93
Gary Mielke 28 3 10 1 1 .929 0.46
Billy Taylor 28 19 26 4 4 .918 1.61
Mike Jeffcoat 26 5 27 2 2 .941 1.23
Jeff Zaske 23 4 13 2 0 .895 0.74
Keith Creel 21 11 29 4 3 .909 1.90
Paul Kilgus 21 3 6 1 1 .900 0.43
Steve Howe 7 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.14
Larry McWilliams 7 1 1 1 0 .667 0.29
Ron Meridith 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.43
Kevin Brown 5 2 3 2 0 .714 1.00
Mike Loynd 5 0 2 1 2 .667 0.40
Frank Pastore 4 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.00
Jeff Russell 4 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.25
Rick Knapp 2 3 2 0 0 1.000 2.50
Bobby Witt 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Scott Anderson 24 R R 6' 6.0" 190 Aug 1, 1962 Corvallis, OR, US
Kevin Brown 22 R R 6' 4.0" 195 Mar 14, 1965 Milledgeville, GA, US
Nick Capra 29 R R 5' 8.0" 165 Mar 8, 1958 Denver, CO, US
Glen Cook 27 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Sep 8, 1959 Buffalo, NY, US
Keith Creel 28 R R 6' 2.0" 180 Feb 4, 1959 Dallas, TX, US
Cecil Espy 24 S R 6' 3.0" 195 Jan 20, 1963 San Diego, CA, US
Burk Goldthorn 28 L R 6' 3.0" 205 Dec 19, 1958 Harlingen, TX, US
Dwayne Henry 25 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Feb 16, 1962 Elkton, MD, US
Steve Howe 29 L L 6' 1.0" 180 Mar 10, 1958 Pontiac, MI, US
Mike Jeffcoat 27 L L 6' 2.0" 187 Aug 3, 1959 Pine Bluff, AR, US
Ed Jurak 29 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Oct 24, 1957 Hollywood, CA, US
Steve Kemp 32 L L 6' 0.0" 195 Aug 7, 1954 San Angelo, TX, US
Paul Kilgus 25 L L 6' 1.0" 175 Feb 2, 1962 Bowling Green, KY, US
Kirk Killingsworth 26 R 6' 2.0" 190 Feb 4, 1961 TX, US
Rick Knapp 25 R 6' 4.0" 190 Dec 11, 1961 Baltimore, MD, US
Alan Knicely 32 R R 6' 0.0" 190 May 19, 1955 Harrisonburg, VA, US
Jeff Kunkel 25 R R 6' 2.0" 180 Mar 25, 1962 West Palm Beach, FL, US
Mike Loynd 23 R R 6' 4.0" 210 Mar 26, 1964 St. Louis, MO, US
Larry McWilliams 33 L L 6' 5.0" 180 Feb 10, 1954 Wichita, KS, US
Dave Meier 27 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Aug 8, 1959 Helena, MT, US
Ron Meridith 30 L L 6' 0.0" 175 Nov 26, 1956 San Pedro, CA, US
Gary Mielke 24 R R 6' 3.0" 185 Jan 28, 1963 St. James, MN, US
Tom O'Malley 26 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Dec 25, 1960 Orange, NJ, US
Javier Ortiz 24 R R 6' 4.0" 220 Jan 22, 1963 Boston, MA, US
Dave Owen 29 S R 6' 2.0" 170 Apr 25, 1958 Cleburne, TX, US
Frank Pastore 29 R R 6' 2.0" 188 Aug 21, 1957 Alhambra, CA, US
Tim Rodgers 27 R 6' 0.0" 173 Feb 2, 1960
Dave Rucker 29 L L 6' 1.0" 185 Sep 1, 1957 San Bernardino, CA, US
Jeff Russell 25 R R 6' 4.0" 200 Sep 2, 1961 Cincinnati, OH, US
Larry See 27 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Jun 20, 1960 Norwalk, CA, US
Greg Smith 27 L R 6' 2.0" 180 Aug 25, 1959
Mike Stanley 24 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Jun 25, 1963 Fort Lauderdale, FL, US
Greg Tabor 26 R R 6' 0.0" 165 May 21, 1961 Castro Valley, CA, US
Billy Taylor 25 R R 6' 8.0" 200 Oct 16, 1961 Monticello, FL, US
Don Werner 34 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Mar 8, 1953 Appleton, WI, US
Bobby Witt 23 R R 6' 2.0" 190 May 11, 1964 Arlington, VA, US
Jeff Zaske 26 R R 6' 5.0" 180 Oct 6, 1960 Seattle, WA, US

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