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1987 Springfield Cardinals

1987 > Class A > 1987 Midwest League (South)
Overall: 94-46
Scored 745 runs, Allowed 492 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-45

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Gaylen Pitts
Represented: Springfield, IL
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium (Springfield, IL)
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 Ben Abner 24 34 99 81 14 17 4 0 2 11 1 1 14 13 .210 .340 .333 .674 27 2 2 0 0
2 Thomas Amante 26 62 269 229 38 64 9 1 3 33 2 0 32 28 .279 .364 .367 .731 84 2 0 6 1
3 Tom Baine 24 139 604 496 95 152 29 4 3 62 21 8 91 32 .306 .414 .399 .813 198 4 7 6 2
4 John Balfanz* 22 82 308 243 42 59 8 0 7 28 0 1 58 59 .243 .397 .362 .760 88 5 1 1 8
5 William Bivens? 23 31 16 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .154 .214 .154 .368 2 0 2 0 0
6 Larry Breedlove 25 77 296 248 38 54 8 1 1 18 2 5 46 44 .218 .340 .270 .610 67 0 2 0 2
7 Tim Conroy* 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
8 Steve Engel 25 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
9 Brian Farley? 26 11 11 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .222 .333 2 0 2 0 0
10 Robert Faron? 24 27 30 25 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .120 .185 .120 .305 3 0 3 0 0
11 Bien Figueroa 23 134 546 489 52 136 13 3 2 83 7 7 34 46 .278 .326 .329 .655 161 4 12 7 2
12 Bernard Gilkey 20 46 207 162 30 37 5 0 0 9 18 5 39 28 .228 .380 .259 .640 42 2 2 2 1
13 Robert Glisson? 22 40 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 1 0 0
14 Jeffrey Graham 24 5 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 0 0 0 0
15 Scott Hamilton 23 29 27 26 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .115 .148 .115 .264 3 0 0 0 0
16 Stephen Hill? 24 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0
17 Howard Hilton 23 62 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 0 1 0 0
18 Ron Johns 24 54 233 209 37 59 17 1 4 32 1 1 17 25 .282 .336 .431 .767 90 2 1 4 0
19 Chuck Johnson 24 18 78 69 8 13 2 0 0 7 9 1 6 11 .188 .250 .217 .467 15 0 2 1 0
20 Vincent Kindred 22 111 483 435 68 109 25 3 12 60 19 8 35 92 .251 .310 .405 .715 176 5 3 5 1
21 Tim Lemons 25 28 97 88 11 24 5 1 4 16 1 1 9 16 .273 .340 .489 .829 43 0 0 0 1
22 Mark Mangham 24 22 10 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 0 0 0 0
23 Scott Melvin 23 115 490 411 77 120 19 5 9 69 1 4 56 76 .292 .379 .428 .807 176 7 7 9 5
24 Stephen Meyer* 22 8 9 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .286 .444 .286 .730 2 0 0 0 0
25 John Murphy 24 30 80 68 8 10 4 0 1 7 0 0 8 21 .147 .253 .250 .503 17 2 1 1 0
26 Scott Norman? 24 23 7 6 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .833 1.167 5 0 1 0 0
27 Alexander Ojea# 23 131 522 432 63 109 24 1 6 52 12 10 72 89 .252 .361 .354 .715 153 4 9 5 1
28 Mike Perez 22 58 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0
29 Jim Puzey* 23 17 61 47 10 10 1 2 1 6 1 0 13 4 .213 .377 .383 .760 18 0 0 1 1
30 Scott Raziano 24 102 374 317 52 87 17 0 5 50 2 2 43 44 .274 .361 .375 .736 119 2 8 4 0
31 David Sala? 22 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0
32 Dave Takach? 24 39 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
33 Todd Zeile 21 130 561 487 94 142 24 4 25 106 1 3 70 85 .292 .380 .511 .891 249 1 0 3 7
33 Players 23.1 140 5457 4642 745 1220 215 26 86 654 98 57 651 765 .263 .355 .376 .731 1745 42 67 55 32
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 Jeffrey Agar 24 0 2 .000 9.35 9 0 3 0 0 0 17.1 30 20 18 3 8 0 20 1 0 3 2.192 15.6 1.6 4.2 10.4 2.50
2 William Bivens 23 13 5 .722 3.81 30 24 2 2 1 0 170.0 164 80 72 18 50 1 165 1 0 3 1.259 8.7 1.0 2.6 8.7 3.30
3 Tim Conroy* 27 0 0 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3.500 27.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
4 Ken Dayley* 28 0 0 0.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 3.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0.545 2.5 0.0 2.5 7.4 3.00
5 Steve Engel* 25 1 0 1.000 4.82 4 3 0 0 0 0 18.2 18 10 10 5 6 0 15 0 0 2 1.286 8.7 2.4 2.9 7.2 2.50
6 Brian Farley 26 2 2 .500 4.10 11 9 0 0 0 0 48.1 46 27 22 5 14 0 37 2 2 5 1.241 8.6 0.9 2.6 6.9 2.64
7 Robert Faron 24 19 2 .905 2.14 27 27 0 7 2 0 201.2 179 57 48 13 30 2 146 5 1 5 1.036 8.0 0.6 1.3 6.5 4.87
8 Bien Figueroa 23 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.500 0.0 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
9 Robert Glisson* 22 11 3 .786 3.31 40 16 15 3 0 1 138.2 147 55 51 7 31 1 78 7 2 2 1.284 9.5 0.5 2.0 5.1 2.52
10 Scott Hamilton 23 12 6 .667 2.85 26 25 1 4 1 0 164.1 151 62 52 13 34 0 132 1 0 3 1.126 8.3 0.7 1.9 7.2 3.88
11 Stephen Hill* 24 1 3 .250 6.66 7 7 0 0 0 0 24.1 38 20 18 3 10 0 21 0 0 0 1.973 14.1 1.1 3.7 7.8 2.10
12 Howard Hilton 23 8 6 .571 2.10 62 0 26 0 0 7 107.1 77 33 25 11 17 5 107 2 1 4 0.876 6.5 0.9 1.4 9.0 6.29
13 Bryce Hulstrom* 21 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
14 Mark Mangham 24 7 7 .500 4.13 22 19 0 1 1 0 109.0 97 60 50 8 76 4 70 7 1 12 1.587 8.0 0.7 6.3 5.8 0.92
15 Scott Norman 24 4 1 .800 2.37 23 2 12 0 0 0 49.1 42 15 13 1 12 2 26 2 0 1 1.095 7.7 0.2 2.2 4.7 2.17
16 Mike Perez 22 6 2 .750 0.85 58 0 51 0 0 41 84.1 47 12 8 2 21 3 119 2 0 2 0.806 5.0 0.2 2.2 12.7 5.67
17 David Sala* 22 1 0 1.000 0.90 3 3 0 0 0 0 10.0 5 1 1 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 0.800 4.5 0.0 2.7 9.0 3.33
18 Dave Takach* 24 9 6 .600 3.59 39 1 10 1 0 0 80.1 76 35 32 8 18 1 54 2 0 3 1.170 8.5 0.9 2.0 6.0 3.00
19 Lee Tunnell 26 0 1 .000 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 10.1
19 Players 23.2 94 46 .671 3.10 140 140 122 18 9 49 1233.2 1130 492 425 98 333 19 1009 32 7 46 1.186 8.2 0.7 2.4 7.4 3.03

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
Todd Zeile 115 866 77 14 2 .985 8.20 9
John Murphy 21 108 10 1 1 .992 5.62 9
Jim Puzey 9 64 8 0 1 1.000 8.00 3

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Balfanz 71 632 46 9 54 .987 9.55
Ron Johns 36 308 26 3 26 .991 9.28
Tim Lemons 19 139 9 4 14 .974 7.79
Scott Melvin 11 87 11 3 7 .970 8.91
Thomas Amante 7 55 12 2 5 .971 9.57
Larry Breedlove 2 25 2 0 1 1.000 13.50
Jim Puzey 2 8 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
Stephen Meyer 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Alexander Ojea 121 271 356 15 71 .977 5.18
Scott Melvin 23 37 52 4 14 .957 3.87

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Larry Breedlove 56 34 105 13 5 .914 2.48
Scott Melvin 46 34 94 9 10 .934 2.78
Scott Raziano 40 18 88 6 9 .946 2.65
Ron Johns 6 5 11 1 2 .941 2.67
Todd Zeile 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bien Figueroa 133 178 368 28 70 .951 4.11
Alexander Ojea 11 13 27 1 5 .976 3.64

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tom Baine 130 208 13 5 1 .978 1.70
Vincent Kindred 111 197 6 6 0 .971 1.83
Thomas Amante 48 85 7 3 0 .968 1.92
Bernard Gilkey 46 79 5 4 1 .955 1.83
Scott Raziano 42 52 3 1 0 .982 1.31
Ben Abner 31 45 2 0 0 1.000 1.52
Chuck Johnson 18 36 1 1 1 .974 2.06
Jeffrey Graham 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.40
Scott Melvin 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33
John Murphy 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Bien Figueroa 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Howard Hilton 62 8 11 1 1 .950 0.31
Mike Perez 58 4 6 2 1 .833 0.17
Robert Glisson 40 9 28 4 1 .902 0.93
Dave Takach 39 8 21 1 1 .967 0.74
William Bivens 30 16 23 2 1 .951 1.30
Robert Faron 27 15 40 0 5 1.000 2.04
Scott Hamilton 26 17 23 1 3 .976 1.54
Scott Norman 23 2 6 1 0 .889 0.35
Mark Mangham 22 11 15 0 0 1.000 1.18
Brian Farley 11 5 7 1 1 .923 1.09
Jeffrey Agar 9 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.22
Stephen Hill 7 1 8 1 1 .900 1.29
Steve Engel 4 5 5 0 0 1.000 2.50
David Sala 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67
Ken Dayley 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
Tim Conroy 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
Bien Figueroa 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bryce Hulstrom 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Lee Tunnell 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Ben Abner 24 R R 6' 0.0" 175 May 14, 1963
Jeffrey Agar 24 R 6' 3.0" 195 1963
Thomas Amante 26 R R 5' 10.0" 185 Jan 20, 1961 Grand Rapids, MI, US
Tom Baine 24 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Apr 26, 1963
John Balfanz 22 L R 6' 3.0" 205 1965
William Bivens 23 R 6' 0.0" 195 Jan 17, 1964
Larry Breedlove 25 R R 6' 0.0" 155 Mar 11, 1962
Tim Conroy 27 L L 6' 0.0" 178 Apr 3, 1960 McKeesport, PA, US
Ken Dayley 28 L L 6' 0.0" 171 Feb 25, 1959 Jerome, ID, US
Steve Engel 25 R L 6' 3.0" 216 Dec 31, 1961 Cincinnati, OH, US
Brian Farley 26 R 6' 3.0" 190 Dec 14, 1960 Methuen, MA, US
Robert Faron 24 R 6' 2.0" 190 Apr 8, 1963
Bien Figueroa 23 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Feb 7, 1964 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Bernard Gilkey 20 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Sep 24, 1966 St. Louis, MO, US
Robert Glisson 22 L 6' 1.0" 205 Aug 23, 1964
Jeffrey Graham 24 R R 6' 0.0" 187 May 15, 1963
Scott Hamilton 23 R R 6' 3.0" 210 Dec 17, 1963
Stephen Hill 24 L 6' 0.0" 170 Mar 14, 1963
Howard Hilton 23 R R 6' 3.0" 230 Jan 3, 1964 Oxnard, CA, US
Bryce Hulstrom 21 L 6' 2.0" 185 Aug 19, 1965
Ron Johns 24 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Oct 7, 1962
Chuck Johnson 24 R R 5' 8.0" 165 Dec 6, 1962
Vincent Kindred 22 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Sep 17, 1964
Tim Lemons 25 R R 6' 5.0" 210 Mar 23, 1962
Mark Mangham 24 R R 6' 3.0" 185 Nov 27, 1962 Shreveport, LA, US
Scott Melvin 23 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Oct 3, 1963 Quincy, IL, US
Stephen Meyer 22 L L 6' 0.0" 195 Jan 27, 1965
John Murphy 24 R R 5' 11.0" 198 1963
Scott Norman 24 R 6' 3.0" 205 Sep 12, 1962
Alexander Ojea 23 S R 6' 0.0" 165 Dec 5, 1963
Mike Perez 22 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Oct 19, 1964 Yauco, PR
Jim Puzey 23 L R 6' 2.0" 190 Sep 19, 1963
Scott Raziano 24 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Sep 12, 1962
David Sala 22 L 6' 1.0" 180 Feb 16, 1965
Dave Takach 24 L 6' 1.0" 180 Jan 8, 1963
Lee Tunnell 26 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Oct 30, 1960 Tyler, TX, US
Todd Zeile 21 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Sep 9, 1965 Van Nuys, CA, US

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