Florida Marlins History - 1987 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1987 Toronto Blue Jays	98	64	.605	2^nd	11	95-67	3	.258	3.69	X		2,948,177	$5,100,850	$8,702,112

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Most Valuable Player	Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Gold Glove	Cal Ripken Jr. (SS)	1
All-Star	Cardell Camper, Kelly Downs, Cal Ripken Jr.	3
Pitcher of the Month	Kelly Downs (May)	1
Batter of the Month	Cal Ripken Jr. (Aug)	1
Rookie of the Month	Tim Belcher (Jun, Jul)	2
Player of the Week	Tim Teufel (Jul 27), Ellis Burks (Sep 7)	2

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
RF	Ellis Burks	22	154	616	159	31	3	31	92	100	60	3	0	3	107	40	16	.258	.326	.469	.795	3.9	113
2B	Tim Teufel	28	151	589	152	40	4	17	88	86	77	2	0	6	132	1	1	.258	.343	.426	.769	4.1	108
SS	Cal Ripken Jr.	26	153	597	176	28	1	36	113	102	63	5	0	6	78	3	0	.295	.364	.526	.890	9.1	139
1B	Kevin Bass	28	155	590	161	26	5	19	69	90	37	4	10	8	80	33	8	.273	.316	.431	.747	2.1	101
LF	Mark Carreon	23	153	592	162	38	1	17	76	71	34	3	0	8	85	2	4	.274	.312	.427	.740	1.9	99
C	Clint Hurdle	29	130	487	125	30	4	6	53	59	46	4	0	1	89	2	0	.257	.325	.372	.697	2.5	90
3B	Joe Lefebvre	31	123	445	111	25	3	12	60	70	47	3	1	1	85	4	3	.249	.325	.400	.725	2.4	96
DH	Alvin Davis	26	94	351	96	17	1	13	54	50	54	2	0	4	55	1	0	.274	.370	.439	.809	1.9	120
CF	Eddie Milner	32	71	237	56	9	3	7	30	36	29	0	1	2	40	11	3	.236	.317	.388	.705	1.7	91
1B	Mike Ivie	34	51	178	54	7	1	11	37	29	9	6	0	4	38	2	2	.303	.350	.539	.890	1.4	138
CF	Gary Pettis	29	55	169	40	2	1	0	13	22	15	2	4	2	54	9	1	.237	.303	.260	.564	0.4	56
3B	Brian Giles	27	58	148	32	6	0	1	13	15	16	0	3	0	29	7	1	.216	.293	.277	.570	0.3	57
1B	Mitchell Page	35	30	105	21	2	1	2	8	8	8	0	0	1	29	5	2	.200	.254	.295	.550	-0.5	49
1B	Steve Garvey	38	40	103	23	5	1	2	14	9	6	0	1	2	10	0	2	.223	.261	.350	.611	-0.2	65
CF	Randy Kutcher	27	39	102	24	4	1	4	10	14	5	0	2	0	34	2	1	.235	.271	.412	.683	0.4	83
3B	John Castino	32	20	61	11	5	1	1	7	9	3	0	1	1	4	0	0	.180	.215	.344	.560	-0.2	49
CF	George Wright	28	18	52	8	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	2	8	0	0	.154	.179	.154	.332	-0.5	-8
C	Barry Lyons	27	17	52	12	1	0	2	7	6	1	2	0	0	11	0	0	.231	.273	.365	.638	0.1	72
C	Charlie Moore	34	14	40	10	2	1	0	5	4	3	0	4	1	10	0	0	.250	.295	.350	.645	0.2	75
3B	Larvell Blanks	37	14	40	4	0	1	0	0	4	4	1	3	0	3	0	0	.100	.200	.150	.350	-0.4	-2
C	Scott Bradley	27	9	28	5	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.179	.207	.250	.457	-0.1	24
1B	Dave Schmidt	30	6	16	2	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	.125	.176	.312	.489	-0.1	30
LF	George Vukovich	31	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-0.1	-9
23 Players		27.6	1558	5604	1445	280	33	182	756	787	521	37	30	52	989	122	44	.258	.322	.417	.739	30.2	100
UL Rank				2	2	1	4	6	3	3	4	4	10	2	7	9	11	3	3	3	3	5
DBL Rank				3	6	3	12	12	8	8	10	8	19	4	11	17	21	8	7	9	9	9

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Kelly Downs	26	33	33	14	14	0	3.27	259.0	207	103	94	22	66	175	0	9	1	1.05	.244	6.5	132
Tim Belcher	25	33	33	18	9	0	3.79	233.0	212	104	98	18	84	163	0	4	0	1.27	.277	5.3	114
Jay Tibbs	25	31	30	15	6	0	3.93	229.0	197	103	100	26	101	127	0	8	1	1.30	.244	2.4	110
John Mitchell	21	32	32	17	11	0	4.07	219.0	205	110	99	21	79	122	0	4	1	1.30	.262	3.5	106
Teddy Higuera	28	14	14	9	4	0	3.22	111.7	90	50	40	11	17	91	0	6	0	.96	.251	3.4	134
Chuck Finley	24	27	19	3	6	0	5.09	106.0	95	60	60	11	42	70	1	0	0	1.29	.261	1.4	85
Cardell Camper	34	41	0	6	3	3	3.38	61.3	62	27	23	1	28	44	10	0	0	1.47	.326	1.6	128
Jeff Keener	28	55	0	4	2	41	1.92	56.3	37	12	12	4	45	66	1	0	0	1.46	.256	0.8	226
Bill Scherrer	29	30	0	5	5	0	2.41	56.0	53	19	15	2	14	38	1	0	0	1.20	.295	1.7	179
Frank Wills	28	24	0	2	1	0	4.30	52.3	45	28	25	8	17	45	1	0	0	1.18	.253	0.4	101
Freddie Toliver	26	24	1	1	3	0	3.58	37.7	27	15	15	2	28	34	2	0	0	1.46	.258	0.3	121
Rich Wortham	33	12	0	2	0	0	6.16	19.0	27	14	13	1	9	20	1	0	0	1.89	.426	0.4	70
Cecilio Guante	27	8	0	1	0	0	1.84	14.7	10	3	3	0	8	19	0	0	0	1.23	.286	0.5	235
Dan Quisenberry	34	7	0	1	0	0	0.00	8.7	6	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	.69	.222	0.3	0
Dave Rozema	30	1	0	0	0	0	9.82	3.7	7	4	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	1.91	.467	0.2	44
15 Pitchers	25.7	372	162	98	64	44	3.69	1467.3	1280	652	601	127	538	1021	19	31	3	1.24	.264	28.7	122
UL Rank		6	3	2	11	3	3	3	5	3	3	1	9	7	6	3	7	6	5	1
DBL Rank		15	3	3	22	7	5	4	8	5	6	1	14	13	11	6	13	9	8	1

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Downs	33	33	9	30	1	40	1	.975	259.0	1.36	-2.2
T. Belcher	33	33	10	33	0	46	3	.935	233.0	1.66	-1.5
J. Tibbs	31	30	16	34	0	53	3	.943	229.0	1.97	-1.2
J. Mitchell	32	32	13	34	0	50	3	.940	219.0	1.93	-1.3
T. Higuera	14	14	5	17	0	22	0	1.000	111.7	1.77	-0.8
C. Finley	27	19	3	22	1	27	2	.926	106.0	2.12	-1.2
C. Camper	39	0	3	13	0	17	1	.941	61.3	2.35	-1.1
J. Keener	55	0	1	5	1	6	0	1.000	56.3	0.96	0.0
B. Scherrer	30	0	0	9	0	11	2	.818	56.0	1.45	-0.6
F. Wills	24	0	2	2	0	5	1	.800	52.3	0.69	-0.7
F. Toliver	23	1	2	3	1	5	0	1.000	37.7	1.19	0.0
R. Wortham	10	0	1	3	1	4	0	1.000	19.0	1.89	-0.6
C. Guante	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	14.7	0.61	-0.1
D. Quisenberry	7	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	8.7	2.08	-0.0
D. Rozema	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.7	0.00	-0.0
Totals	366	162	66	207	5	289	16	.945	1467.3	1.67	-11.1

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
C. Hurdle	129	129	839	109	4	963	15	.984	1171.0	7.29	0.0	10	28.6
B. Lyons	13	13	80	9	0	90	1	.989	114.3	7.01	-0.7	2	20.0
C. Moore	13	13	76	8	0	84	0	1.000	114.0	6.63	1.0	2	57.1
S. Bradley	7	7	51	6	1	57	0	1.000	68.0	7.54	0.0	1	27.3
Totals	162	162	1046	132	5	1194	16	.987	1467.3	7.23	0.2	15	29.6

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Bass	115	115	960	53	52	1021	8	.992	1020.0	8.94	-0.9
M. Ivie	26	26	214	10	14	228	4	.982	224.7	8.97	-0.5
S. Garvey	31	21	206	5	18	212	1	.995	210.7	9.01	0.8
M. Page	2	0	6	0	2	6	0	1.000	5.0	10.80	0.0
B. Lyons	3	0	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	4.0	13.50	0.0
D. Schmidt	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
C. Moore	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	179	162	1392	68	86	1473	13	.991	1467.3	8.96	-0.5

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Teufel	151	151	267	371	72	645	7	.989	1335.0	4.30	1.1
B. Giles	24	6	29	22	4	51	0	1.000	88.3	5.20	0.4
L. Blanks	5	4	6	12	5	18	0	1.000	35.0	4.63	0.4
J. Castino	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	9.0	2.00	0.0
Totals	181	162	303	406	81	716	7	.990	1467.3	4.35	1.9

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Lefebvre	118	117	57	207	12	280	16	.943	1032.7	2.30	-2.5
B. Giles	23	16	15	40	3	56	1	.982	162.3	3.05	1.3
J. Castino	19	16	11	37	5	52	4	.923	153.7	2.81	-0.9
L. Blanks	9	8	3	12	3	16	1	.938	68.0	1.99	0.0
S. Garvey	8	5	4	9	1	13	0	1.000	49.7	2.36	0.2
R. Kutcher	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	178	162	90	306	24	418	22	.947	1467.3	2.43	-1.9

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Ripken Jr.	153	149	188	460	52	659	11	.983	1353.3	4.31	16.1
B. Giles	14	13	24	31	6	56	1	.982	113.0	4.38	-0.7
L. Blanks	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	168	162	212	491	58	715	12	.983	1467.3	4.31	15.4

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Carreon	151	150	312	5	0	328	11	.966	1343.0	2.12	-0.5
G. Wright	5	4	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	36.7	1.72	0.8
R. Kutcher	4	4	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	34.0	2.12	-0.2
B. Giles	2	2	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	16.0	3.38	-0.5
E. Burks	3	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	14.0	3.21	0.3
G. Vukovich	2	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	11.0	2.45	-0.3
K. Bass	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	10.7	1.69	0.0
J. Lefebvre	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
Totals	170	161	344	5	0	360	11	.969	1467.3	2.14	-0.4

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Milner	70	70	219	4	1	226	3	.987	620.3	3.24	2.8
G. Pettis	52	47	151	4	0	157	2	.987	431.7	3.23	3.1
E. Burks	24	23	70	0	0	71	1	.986	196.0	3.21	-1.3
R. Kutcher	20	12	55	0	0	56	1	.982	130.3	3.80	2.3
G. Wright	11	10	33	1	0	34	0	1.000	89.0	3.44	-0.2
Totals	177	162	528	9	1	544	7	.987	1467.3	3.29	6.6

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Burks	132	128	326	7	1	338	5	.985	1165.3	2.57	-1.0
K. Bass	24	23	62	0	0	63	1	.984	198.0	2.82	-0.3
R. Kutcher	14	10	33	0	0	35	2	.943	102.0	2.91	0.2
G. Vukovich	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
G. Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	172	161	421	7	1	436	8	.982	1467.3	2.63	-1.1

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Cal Ripken Jr.	.295
On-Base Percentage	Cal Ripken Jr.	.364
Slugging Percentage	Cal Ripken Jr.	.526
OPS	Cal Ripken Jr.	.890
Games	Kevin Bass	155
At-Bats	Ellis Burks	616
Runs	Cal Ripken Jr.	102
Hits	Cal Ripken Jr.	176
Doubles	Tim Teufel	40
Triples	Kevin Bass	5
Home Runs	Cal Ripken Jr.	36
Runs Batted In	Cal Ripken Jr.	113
Stolen Bases	Ellis Burks	40
Caught Stealing	Ellis Burks	16
Walks	Tim Teufel	77
Strikeouts	Tim Teufel	132

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Tim Belcher	18
Losses	Kelly Downs	14
Saves	Jeff Keener	41
Games	Jeff Keener	55
Games Started	Kelly Downs, Tim Belcher	33
Complete Games	Kelly Downs	9
Shutouts	Kelly Downs, Jay Tibbs, John Mitchell	1
Innings Pitched	Kelly Downs	259.0
Hits Allowed	Tim Belcher	212
Home Runs Allowed	Jay Tibbs	26
Strikeouts	Kelly Downs	175
Walks Allowed	Jay Tibbs	101
Earned Run Average	Kelly Downs	3.27
Walks + Hits per IP	Kelly Downs	1.05
BABIP	Jay Tibbs	.244

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
January 5th		to the Seattle Mariners for	P Bill Scherrer
March 1st	C Charlie O'Brien	to the New York Yankees for	CF George Wright
May 19th	1B Mitchell Page 3B John Castino	to the New York Yankees for	1B Mike Ivie
June 8th		to the Cincinnati Reds for	DH Alvin Davis
June 8th		to the Kansas City Royals for	CF Eddie Milner
June 13th	LF George Vukovich	to the Baltimore Orioles for	P Cecilio Guante
July 3rd		to the Pittsburgh Pirates for	P Dan Quisenberry
July 8th		to the Minnesota Twins for	P Teddy Higuera
July 27th		to the Chicago White Sox for	3B Larvell Blanks
July 31st		to the Los Angeles Dodgers for	C Charlie Moore
December 15th		to the San Francisco Giants for	1B Bob Horner
December 15th	P Jay Tibbs P Cecilio Guante CF Gary Pettis	to the Washington Senators for	P Dennis Eckersley
December 15th		to the Seattle Mariners for	P Mike Jeffcoat