1987 Birmingham Bandits Index Page

1987 Birmingham Bandits

Record: 99-63
Finish: 1st in FL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 915
Runs Allowed: 737
Exp W-L: 97-65

Ballpark: Racquetos Field
Attendance: 3,130,725
Manager: Jason Bartlett

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-75, 7th in the Frick League
AA: 71-67, 6th in the Frick League
A: 69-69, 7th in the Frick League

Postseason Results:
Lost FL Cartwright Cup 3-4 to New Orleans Crawdads
Won Doubleday Series 3-1 over Long Beach Surfers

Team Index		Draft History		Park History
Starters:	Positional	Registers:	Batters	Leaders:	Batters
	Pitchers		Pitchers		Pitchers

Team Batting Stats Help
Pos	Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS	DWS
CF	*John Bockus	30	155	602	151	187	50	14	47	129	47	15	83	92	.311	.396	.674	1.070	148.1	28.1	5.5
LF	Kevin Rhomberg	31	158	620	114	205	55	5	20	100	0	2	49	109	.331	.380	.532	.912	112.8	19.5	4.5
3B	#Luis Abdullah	33	155	582	98	162	29	2	37	135	2	0	61	183	.278	.352	.526	.878	104.8	15.7	5.2
C	Mike Luthardt	31	142	490	80	121	23	1	27	73	2	1	53	166	.247	.333	.463	.797	74.7	8.8	6.5
SS	#Gabriel Steel	24	127	474	85	148	36	4	24	89	5	13	48	64	.312	.374	.557	.931	88.2	13.6	6.8
1B	Chick Hustle	25	141	468	62	148	26	4	12	77	18	5	35	118	.316	.377	.466	.843	76.4	11.5	2.5
RF	Bill Slover	37	137	404	53	122	24	3	4	38	21	11	29	50	.302	.352	.406	.758	54.3	6.7	2.2
RF	*Carlos Liston	28	134	398	60	106	18	1	21	59	13	12	24	121	.266	.324	.475	.799	57.1	6.5	2.4
2B	#Jack Maverick	30	94	364	71	100	17	1	29	86	16	6	31	38	.275	.334	.566	.900	67.1	9.8	2.6
2B	Thaddeus Dolemite	31	55	199	34	56	12	0	0	16	17	7	34	26	.281	.390	.342	.732	30.0	3.7	2.3
SS	Harry Gamble	32	103	214	18	53	20	2	1	23	3	1	16	48	.248	.302	.374	.676	22.8	1.6	3.1
C	Oscar Fregosi	28	62	178	16	46	4	0	3	19	1	0	10	45	.258	.302	.331	.634	18.4	1.0	1.6
RF	Raul Montero	32	97	148	28	44	12	1	4	15	7	2	8	6	.297	.346	.473	.819	21.8	2.8	0.7
P	#Isidro Guiterrez	32	34	81	4	7	3	0	0	3	0	0	6	35	.086	.149	.123	.273	-1.7	0.0	0.0
LF	David Rameriz	32	35	60	8	14	1	0	3	4	4	2	3	14	.233	.270	.400	.670	6.9	0.5	0.2
P	Gerardo Caputo	35	25	47	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	25	.043	.148	.043	.191	-1.5	0.0	0.0
P	*Hi Brown	21	54	47	4	6	1	0	0	5	1	0	2	22	.128	.180	.149	.329	0.6	0.0	0.0
P	Lorenzo Diaz	38	20	46	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	25	.022	.021	.043	.065	-3.0	0.0	0.0
P	#Ricky Knutsen	29	21	39	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	24	.051	.073	.103	.176	-1.5	0.0	0.0
P	Olen Eoff	32	14	34	5	5	4	0	0	2	0	0	4	14	.147	.237	.265	.502	1.8	0.0	0.0
P	Rodney Lumpkin	34	25	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	15	.033	.065	.033	.098	-1.6	0.0	0.0
P	J.R. Richard	36	67	25	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.080	.148	.120	.268	-0.1	0.0	0.0
1B	#Michael Sturgeon	32	12	23	5	8	0	0	2	5	0	0	3	2	.348	.407	.609	1.016	5.9	1.1	0.1
3B	*Marvin Dittmer	27	18	18	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.056	.150	.056	.206	-0.3	0.0	0.0
2B	Lenny Johnson	32	18	6	8	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	2.3	0.4	0.2
P	*Adam Dansereau	33	58	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.5	0.0	0.0
P	George Kemper	33	59	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.8	0.0	0.0
P	James Watkins	39	28	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.5	0.0	0.0
P	*Alvin Leacher	33	42	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Jose Rickert	30	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Leon Lobo	33	59	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	*Carl Pellerin	29	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	*Nathan Lafayette	32	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	31.3	2183	5617	916	1550	339	38	234	886	161	79	514	1262	.276	.342	.475	.816	882.0	131.3	46.5
	Rank among 12 FL teams			10	5	4	5	7	3	5	4	11	6	9	3	5	3	2	4
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed

Team Pitching Stats Help
Name	Age	W	L	Pct	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	PWS
*Isidro Guiterrez	32	18	6	.750	34	34	0	238.0	230	90	12	50	166	3.40	20.6
Hi Brown	21	13	5	.722	54	21	8	169.3	178	65	17	17	147	3.45	17.7
Gerardo Caputo	35	10	7	.588	25	25	0	144.3	143	71	23	47	115	4.43	8.1
J.R. Richard	36	11	6	.647	67	12	27	127.7	114	55	9	66	120	3.88	18.0
Lorenzo Diaz	38	7	4	.636	20	18	0	127.7	108	42	15	20	105	2.96	11.1
Ricky Knutsen	29	6	3	.667	21	21	0	126.3	132	57	18	30	101	4.06	8.2
Rodney Lumpkin	34	6	9	.400	25	14	3	98.3	105	59	16	34	65	5.40	3.1
Olen Eoff	32	7	4	.636	14	14	0	94.7	69	32	3	51	83	3.04	9.4
George Kemper	33	6	4	.600	59	2	5	75.0	50	25	5	36	63	3.00	9.2
Adam Dansereau	33	6	1	.857	56	0	0	58.7	46	19	4	26	43	2.92	7.8
Leon Lobo	33	5	6	.455	59	0	5	56.0	64	47	17	40	42	7.55	0.0
James Watkins	39	1	3	.250	28	4	2	44.3	48	28	5	23	30	5.68	1.2
*Alvin Leacher	33	2	2	.500	42	0	2	35.0	46	22	12	10	29	5.66	0.9
Rock Varkville	34	1	1	.500	29	0	4	29.0	25	12	4	12	18	3.72	3.6
*Nathan Lafayette	32	0	1	.000	16	0	0	11.3	9	7	1	4	8	5.56	0.4
Jose Rickert	30	0	0	.000	12	1	0	10.7	11	10	1	10	5	8.44	0.0
*Carl Pellerin	29	0	1	.000	6	1	0	10.0	17	11	4	7	9	9.90	0.0
*Avelino Alvarez	33	0	1	.000	3	0	0	2.0	7	5	1	3	2	22.50	0.0
Kenneth Williamson	32	0	0	.000	1	0	0	1.7	4	3	1	0	1	16.27	0.0
Team Totals	32.5	99	64	.607	571	167	56	1459.9	1406	660	168	486	1152	4.07	119.2
Rank among 12 FL teams				2	2	1	2	4	3	3	1	5	6	1
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Stats Help

Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.

Catchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.990	27.8
M.Luthardt	1184.7	131	138	977	72	9	1	.991	30.2
O.Fregosi	269.3	31	33	187	12	3	0	.985	16.1
L.Abdullah	1.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.0
Team Total	1455.0	162	172	1165	84	12	1	.990	27.5
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.992	10.14
C.Hustle	814.3	94	97	836	51	9	70	.990	9.80
C.Liston	284.0	31	37	316	24	2	22	.994	10.77
L.Abdullah	220.0	26	28	244	14	1	11	.996	10.55
D.Rameriz	77.7	7	13	93	5	2	8	.980	11.36
M.Sturgeon	43.0	4	6	48	3	1	4	.981	10.67
M.Dittmer	5.8	0	2	6	0	0	0	1.000	9.31
B.Slover	4.0	0	2	5	0	0	1	1.000	11.25
K.Rhomberg	4.0	0	2	4	0	0	1	1.000	9.00
Team Total	1452.8	162	187	1552	97	15	117	.991	10.22
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.982	4.90
J.Maverick	804.4	89	92	162	271	7	60	.984	4.84
G.Steel	167.7	19	21	26	47	2	6	.973	3.92
H.Gamble	107.0	12	13	22	31	2	10	.964	4.46
T.Dolemite	96.4	11	11	19	30	1	5	.980	4.57
O.Fregosi	77.0	9	10	15	27	0	9	1.000	4.91
L.Johnson	23.7	2	3	6	7	0	2	1.000	4.95
C.Hustle	16.0	2	2	4	7	1	1	.917	6.19
B.Slover	9.0	1	1	1	4	0	1	1.000	5.00
Team Total	1301.1	145	153	255	424	13	94	.981	4.70
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.961	2.62
L.Abdullah	1097.7	124	126	76	259	18	16	.949	2.75
C.Hustle	205.7	23	26	12	59	6	1	.922	3.11
H.Gamble	72.3	7	12	7	16	0	1	1.000	2.86
O.Fregosi	50.0	5	8	3	10	0	0	1.000	2.34
M.Dittmer	11.2	1	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.80
L.Johnson	3.3	0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	5.41
G.Steel	1.0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	18.00
T.Dolemite	0.4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1441.6	160	178	99	348	24	18	.949	2.79
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.966	4.34
G.Steel	921.3	103	104	109	327	19	44	.958	4.26
T.Dolemite	376.1	43	43	50	107	9	18	.946	3.76
H.Gamble	265.7	32	37	31	108	4	21	.972	4.71
R.Montero	40.0	3	10	7	10	1	4	.944	3.83
C.Hustle	12.0	0	4	2	4	0	0	1.000	4.50
O.Fregosi	3.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
A.Dansereau	2.3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.86
L.Johnson	2.0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1.000	4.50
J.Maverick	1.8	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	5.00
Team Total	1624.2	181	203	199	559	33	89	.958	4.20
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.985	1.95
K.Rhomberg	1331.0	148	154	304	8	1	0	.997	2.11
C.Liston	58.0	6	7	16	0	1	0	.941	2.48
R.Montero	41.0	5	7	11	0	0	0	1.000	2.41
D.Rameriz	16.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.69
M.Dittmer	9.5	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.95
B.Slover	9.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
Team Total	1464.5	163	174	336	9	2	0	.994	2.12

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.989	2.52
J.Bockus	1354.0	151	152	352	12	2	3	.995	2.42
R.Montero	60.0	7	7	10	1	0	0	1.000	1.65
C.Liston	27.0	3	3	10	0	0	0	1.000	3.33
D.Rameriz	9.0	1	2	3	0	1	0	.750	3.00
B.Slover	5.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1455.0	162	166	375	13	3	3	.992	2.40
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.975	1.90
B.Slover	780.7	85	105	165	3	6	0	.966	1.94
C.Liston	533.0	65	67	116	2	3	0	.975	1.99
R.Montero	79.3	6	18	14	0	0	0	1.000	1.59
C.Hustle	43.0	5	5	3	0	2	0	.600	0.63
D.Rameriz	11.0	1	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
J.Bockus	8.0	0	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.25
Team Total	1455.0	162	201	299	6	11	1	.965	1.89
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.957	1.86
I.Guiterrez	238.0	34	34	20	45	3	3	.956	2.46
H.Brown	169.3	21	54	6	14	2	0	.909	1.06
G.Caputo	144.3	25	25	4	27	2	2	.939	1.93
J.Richard	127.7	12	67	6	16	0	1	1.000	1.55
L.Diaz	127.7	18	20	9	11	0	1	1.000	1.41
R.Knutsen	126.3	21	21	6	17	0	1	1.000	1.64
R.Lumpkin	98.3	14	25	3	16	0	0	1.000	1.74
O.Eoff	94.7	14	14	4	10	1	1	.933	1.33
G.Kemper	75.0	2	59	6	13	1	2	.950	2.28
A.Dansereau	58.7	0	56	2	9	1	0	.917	1.69
L.Lobo	56.0	0	59	4	5	0	1	1.000	1.45
J.Watkins	44.3	4	28	3	12	1	2	.938	3.05
A.Leacher	35.0	0	42	4	5	0	0	1.000	2.31
R.Varkville	29.0	0	29	1	5	1	1	.857	1.86
N.Lafayette	11.3	0	16	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.38
J.Rickert	10.7	1	12	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.69
C.Pellerin	10.0	1	6	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.70
A.Alvarez	2.0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
K.Williamson	1.7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1459.9	167	571	81	210	12	15	.960	1.79

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Rhomberg	.331
On-Base Pct	Bockus	.396
Slugging Pct	Bockus	.674
OPS	Bockus	1.070
XR	Bockus	148.1
Games	Rhomberg	158
At-Bats	Rhomberg	620
Runs	Bockus	151
Hits	Rhomberg	205
Total Bases	Bockus	406
Singles	Rhomberg	125
Doubles	Rhomberg	55
Triples	Bockus	14
Homeruns	Bockus	47
RBIs	Abdullah	135
Stolen Bases	Bockus	47
Caught Stealing	Bockus	15
Walks	Bockus	83
Strikeouts	Abdullah	183

ERA	Guiterrez	3.40
Wins	Guiterrez	18
Losses	Lumpkin	9
Winning Pct	Guiterrez	.750
Saves	Richard	27
Games Pitched	Richard	67
Games Started	Guiterrez	34
Complete Games	Lumpkin	2
Shutouts	Guiterrez, Lumpkin	1
Innings Pitched	Guiterrez	238.0
Hits Allowed	Guiterrez	230
Homeruns Allowed	Caputo	23
Strikeouts	Guiterrez	166
Walks Allowed	Richard	66
Walks per 9IP	Brown	0.9
Hits per 9IP	Guiterrez	8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP	Brown	7.8
WHiP	Brown	1.15
OAVG	Guiterrez	.253
OOBP	Guiterrez	.298
OSLG	Guiterrez	.376
OOPS	Guiterrez	.674

Team All-Stars

Player Salaries
Olen Eoff	$ 13,500,000
Gerardo Caputo	$ 9,800,000
John Bockus	$ 8,200,000
Isidro Guiterrez	$ 7,370,000
Jack Maverick	$ 7,200,000
Luis Abdullah	$ 4,500,000
Gabriel Steel	$ 3,364,286
Adam Dansereau	$ 2,920,000
Lorenzo Diaz	$ 2,800,000
Rodney Lumpkin	$ 2,780,000
Mike Luthardt	$ 2,664,286
Bill Slover	$ 1,530,000
J.R. Richard	$ 1,304,000
Carlos Liston	$ 1,292,857
Raul Montero	$ 1,292,857
Leon Lobo	$ 1,240,000
Alvin Leacher	$ 1,200,000
Michael Sturgeon	$ 1,080,000
Harry Gamble	$ 920,000
George Kemper	$ 496,000
Rock Varkville	$ 350,000
Jose Perez	$ 350,000
Lenny Johnson	$ 300,000
Chick Hustle	$ 300,000
Oscar Fregosi	$ 300,000
Marvin Dittmer	$ 300,000
David Rameriz	$ 300,000
Kevin Rhomberg	$ 300,000
Dante Steele	$ 300,000
Hi Brown	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
2/1	Signed			J.R. Richard
2/16	Signed			Bill Slover
2/18	Signed			Harry Gamble
3/1	Signed			Kenneth Williamson
3/1	Signed			Avelino Alvarez
3/1	Signed			Christian Mcdonald
3/1	Signed			Ray Wockenfuss
3/2	Signed			Todd Frohwirth
3/2	Released	Waiver Waiver
3/2	Signed			Waiver Waiver
3/2	Traded	Birmingham Waiver	Omaha	Sam Slaughter
3/2	Signed			Lenny Johnson
3/2	Signed			Oscar Fregosi
4/1	Signed			Birmingham Waiver
4/1	Traded	Birmingham Waiver	Manhattan	Mike Tyson
4/12	Released	Christian Mcdonald
5/22	Released	Avelino Alvarez
5/22	Released	Carl Pellerin
6/1	Released	Kenneth Williamson
6/11	Traded	Thaddeus Dolemite Joseph Lewis Cosme Echebarria	Vancouver	Jack Maverick Lorenzo Diaz Nathan Lafayette
6/11	Traded	Erin Spino	Greenville	Marvin Dittmer John Mahar
7/31	Traded	Ricky Knutsen Nathan Lafayette Jose Rickert	Valencia	Olen Eoff
8/12	Waived	James Watkins	Long Beach