1987 Buffalo Bison Index Page

1987 Buffalo Bison

Record: 105-57
Finish: 1st in FL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 1011
Runs Allowed: 765
Exp W-L: 101-61

Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,749,746
Manager: Justin Lorenz

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-66, 4th in the Frick League
AA: 59-79, 10th in the Frick League
A: 70-68, 6th in the Frick League

Postseason Results:
Lost Doubleday Series 2-3 to New Orleans Crawdads

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
RF	Dave Winfield	34	154	596	121	178	42	10	42	146	31	14	60	151	.299	.360	.614	.975	126.1	23.5	2.2
2B	Johnny Fever	33	154	570	105	161	27	7	37	125	34	5	79	152	.282	.371	.549	.920	117.0	21.2	6.4
C	Doug Gwosdz	27	137	539	109	176	40	0	37	107	0	0	61	90	.327	.394	.607	1.000	116.6	23.5	7.6
CF	#Frank Boerner	27	137	518	136	174	46	10	42	113	23	11	69	84	.336	.418	.707	1.125	134.0	28.6	2.7
1B	*Rick Leach	30	139	503	104	153	42	2	24	79	2	1	47	32	.304	.361	.539	.900	90.4	15.9	1.5
3B	Amos Moses South	26	110	415	92	117	31	7	34	98	0	0	39	98	.282	.353	.636	.990	87.1	16.5	3.4
1B	*Randy Bass	32	137	392	60	108	16	0	20	72	1	0	52	59	.276	.367	.469	.836	68.7	10.7	1.1
SS	*Joseph Akins	31	109	322	53	90	18	1	3	35	1	0	46	28	.280	.376	.370	.746	48.8	7.3	4.2
2B	#Michael Diamond	23	118	274	50	78	16	2	5	27	24	8	31	27	.285	.384	.412	.796	45.4	7.4	3.1
3B	Ivan Kovishkov	30	103	255	39	63	10	0	15	41	1	0	21	57	.247	.309	.463	.771	35.4	4.0	2.9
3B	Willie Lozado	28	79	259	30	73	19	0	1	19	0	0	21	42	.282	.335	.367	.701	29.5	3.2	1.6
RF	Jacob Grothe	38	98	174	24	44	15	2	5	30	3	1	16	16	.253	.314	.448	.763	24.6	3.1	0.6
C	Sterling Wong	22	47	148	21	29	5	0	5	14	0	0	13	35	.196	.265	.331	.597	13.0	0.0	2.1
LF	#Gerry Frey	26	51	136	10	30	4	0	3	15	0	0	6	46	.221	.259	.316	.575	9.7	0.0	0.5
P	Steve Nebraska	34	35	91	7	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	4	38	.066	.104	.110	.214	-2.9	0.0	0.0
P	Matt Ryan	30	34	83	4	13	2	0	0	6	0	0	5	33	.157	.205	.181	.385	1.9	0.0	0.0
LF	*Bob Shallix	28	52	68	21	26	5	0	9	23	5	3	10	17	.382	.468	.853	1.321	21.6	5.0	0.3
P	Pete Redfern	31	34	64	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	.031	.031	.047	.078	-4.3	0.0	0.0
P	*Leo Chavarria	30	28	56	3	4	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	25	.071	.071	.196	.268	-0.6	0.0	0.0
LF	#Norris Adkins	32	28	46	7	14	1	0	0	3	1	0	4	11	.304	.360	.326	.686	5.5	0.7	0.1
2B	William Johnson	31	35	38	7	10	1	0	4	9	1	0	7	10	.263	.391	.605	.997	9.3	1.7	0.3
P	#Sam Morton	26	36	28	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.036	.069	.036	.105	-1.6	0.0	0.0
P	Washington Jones	26	36	23	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.130	.160	.130	.290	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Eric Beckmeyer	31	107	13	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.077	.125	.154	.279	0.7	0.0	0.0
1B	*Willie Mays Aikens	32	11	12	2	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	4	.250	.333	.500	.833	2.3	0.3	0.0
P	Steven Cuvelier	29	85	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	0.0	0.0
P	Marty Powers	24	81	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Christopher Pump	31	61	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0.2	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	29.4	2236	5631	1011	1557	344	41	290	976	127	43	598	1114	.277	.349	.507	.856	977.9	172.7	40.4
	Rank among 12 FL teams			8	1	3	4	5	1	1	6	1	2	4	2	1	1	1	1
* - 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
Matt Ryan	30	21	4	.840	34	34	0	238.3	197	77	11	58	229	2.91	24.4
Steve Nebraska	34	22	4	.846	35	35	0	234.3	168	89	27	46	351	3.42	19.9
Pete Redfern	31	11	11	.500	34	34	0	196.3	217	104	26	32	196	4.77	7.6
Leo Chavarria	30	12	4	.750	28	26	0	155.3	168	82	22	55	103	4.75	7.6
Eric Beckmeyer	31	10	10	.500	107	0	31	139.3	124	69	23	32	159	4.46	16.4
Sam Morton	26	6	2	.750	36	11	6	105.3	99	40	14	20	52	3.42	10.1
Steven Cuvelier	29	8	3	.727	85	0	0	103.3	91	40	11	35	100	3.48	10.8
*Washington Jones	26	5	12	.294	36	22	0	98.3	103	77	16	65	93	7.05	0.0
Marty Powers	24	7	4	.636	81	0	9	92.0	125	62	9	32	82	6.07	2.7
Christopher Pump	31	2	3	.400	61	0	7	73.7	90	55	22	31	65	6.72	0.0
Michael Shick	32	1	0	1.000	15	0	2	14.7	14	4	0	5	5	2.46	2.5
Team Totals	29.5	105	57	.648	552	162	55	1451.0	1396	699	181	411	1435	4.34	101.9
Rank among 12 FL teams				1	1	2	1	6	2	4	5	2	1	5
* - 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
D.Gwosdz	1146.3	128	135	1155	75	12	1	.990	30.6
S.Wong	304.7	34	37	300	23	2	0	.994	53.6
Team Total	1451.0	162	172	1455	98	14	1	.991	34.1
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.992	10.14
R.Bass	892.7	96	122	857	74	5	82	.995	9.39
W.Lozado	270.0	36	36	245	24	6	22	.978	8.97
M.Diamond	175.0	21	21	150	11	3	13	.982	8.28
I.Kovishkov	45.7	3	11	50	2	1	3	.981	10.25
R.Leach	38.0	4	12	45	1	0	1	1.000	10.89
W.Johnson	17.0	1	7	14	0	0	0	1.000	7.41
W.Aikens	11.0	1	2	9	2	1	2	.917	9.00
B.Shallix	1.7	0	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	16.27
Team Total	1451.0	162	212	1373	114	16	123	.989	9.22
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.982	4.90
J.Fever	1303.7	146	147	251	432	17	93	.976	4.72
M.Diamond	102.0	12	12	20	32	0	10	1.000	4.59
W.Lozado	23.0	2	4	5	8	0	1	1.000	5.09
W.Johnson	18.0	2	2	2	3	1	0	.833	2.50
R.Bass	2.3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
A.South	2.0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1451.0	162	168	278	475	19	104	.975	4.67
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.961	2.62
A.South	930.0	104	104	52	179	12	14	.951	2.24
I.Kovishkov	408.7	47	48	22	88	5	8	.957	2.42
M.Diamond	51.0	6	6	1	10	0	2	1.000	1.94
W.Lozado	46.0	5	8	3	9	0	0	1.000	2.35
W.Johnson	14.3	0	8	0	6	0	0	1.000	3.77
J.Akins	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1451.0	162	175	78	292	17	24	.956	2.29
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.966	4.34
J.Akins	772.3	85	102	101	244	11	43	.969	4.02
M.Diamond	345.3	41	48	57	110	5	25	.971	4.35
W.Lozado	212.3	23	32	27	63	7	10	.928	3.81
I.Kovishkov	110.0	13	15	17	47	1	7	.985	5.24
W.Johnson	8.0	0	4	2	3	0	0	1.000	5.63
J.Fever	2.0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	9.00
S.Wong	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1451.0	162	204	205	468	24	85	.966	4.17
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.985	1.95
R.Leach	950.3	105	115	162	3	0	1	1.000	1.56
J.Grothe	257.3	30	35	55	0	0	0	1.000	1.92
G.Frey	174.0	21	23	29	0	0	0	1.000	1.50
B.Shallix	37.0	4	9	5	1	1	0	.857	1.46
M.Diamond	25.0	2	8	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.80
F.Boerner	3.0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
S.Wong	1.7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
N.Adkins	1.7	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	5.42
A.South	1.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
Team Total	1451.0	162	196	259	4	1	1	.996	1.63

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.989	2.52
F.Boerner	1168.7	131	133	280	6	3	2	.990	2.20
G.Frey	135.0	16	18	29	0	0	0	1.000	1.93
N.Adkins	78.0	8	11	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.50
B.Shallix	69.3	7	13	23	0	0	0	1.000	2.99
Team Total	1451.0	162	175	345	6	3	2	.992	2.18
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.975	1.90
D.Winfield	1362.0	152	152	254	6	7	0	.974	1.72
J.Grothe	39.0	4	6	10	0	0	0	1.000	2.31
B.Shallix	32.0	4	4	4	0	1	0	.800	1.13
R.Leach	18.0	2	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.50
Team Total	1451.0	162	164	271	6	8	0	.972	1.72
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.957	1.86
M.Ryan	238.3	34	34	11	21	2	1	.941	1.21
S.Nebraska	234.3	35	35	19	25	3	1	.936	1.69
P.Redfern	196.3	34	34	6	30	0	1	1.000	1.65
L.Chavarria	155.3	26	28	10	25	1	2	.972	2.03
E.Beckmeyer	139.3	0	107	12	11	3	1	.885	1.49
S.Morton	105.3	11	36	10	22	0	2	1.000	2.73
S.Cuvelier	103.3	0	85	5	11	0	0	1.000	1.39
W.Jones	98.3	22	36	8	15	3	3	.885	2.11
M.Powers	92.0	0	81	2	10	0	2	1.000	1.17
C.Pump	73.7	0	61	4	9	1	2	.929	1.59
M.Shick	14.7	0	15	3	2	0	0	1.000	3.07
Team Total	1451.0	162	552	90	181	13	15	.954	1.68

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Boerner	.336
On-Base Pct	Boerner	.418
Slugging Pct	Boerner	.707
OPS	Boerner	1.125
XR	Boerner	134.0
Games	Fever, Winfield	154
At-Bats	Winfield	596
Runs	Boerner	136
Hits	Winfield	178
Total Bases	Boerner, Winfield	366
Singles	Gwosdz	99
Doubles	Boerner	46
Triples	Boerner, Winfield	10
Homeruns	Boerner, Winfield	42
RBIs	Winfield	146
Stolen Bases	Fever	34
Caught Stealing	Winfield	14
Walks	Fever	79
Strikeouts	Fever	152

ERA	Ryan	2.91
Wins	Nebraska	22
Losses	Jones	12
Winning Pct	Nebraska	.846
Saves	Beckmeyer	31
Games Pitched	Beckmeyer	107
Games Started	Nebraska	35
Complete Games	Ryan	4
Shutouts	No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched	Ryan	238.3
Hits Allowed	Redfern	217
Homeruns Allowed	Nebraska	27
Strikeouts	Nebraska	351
Walks Allowed	Jones	65
Walks per 9IP	Redfern	1.5
Hits per 9IP	Nebraska	6.5
Strikeouts per 9IP	Nebraska	13.5
WHiP	Nebraska	0.91
OAVG	Nebraska	.197
OOBP	Ryan	.271
OSLG	Ryan	.323
OOPS	Ryan	.594

Team All-Stars

Player Salaries
Steve Nebraska	$ 20,000,000
Dave Winfield	$ 16,300,000
Eric Beckmeyer	$ 10,000,000
Frank Boerner	$ 8,857,143
Matt Ryan	$ 4,000,000
Johnny Fever	$ 3,500,000
Pete Redfern	$ 3,300,000
Steven Cuvelier	$ 3,000,000
Jacob Grothe	$ 2,750,000
Randy Bass	$ 2,000,000
Christopher Pump	$ 1,800,000
Michael Shick	$ 1,500,000
Doug Gwosdz	$ 1,000,000
Dennis McGahan	$ 500,000
Bob Shallix	$ 500,000
Rick Leach	$ 400,000
Willie Mays Aikens	$ 400,000
Willie Lozado	$ 400,000
Ivan Kovishkov	$ 350,000
Norris Adkins	$ 350,000
Joseph Akins	$ 350,000
Leo Chavarria	$ 350,000
Michael Diamond	$ 300,000
Gerry Frey	$ 300,000
Washington Jones	$ 300,000
Sterling Wong	$ 300,000
Sam Morton	$ 300,000
Marty Powers	$ 300,000
Amos Moses South	$ 300,000
William Johnson	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
2/2	Signed			Bob Shallix
2/6	Signed			Michael Shick
2/8	Signed			Norris Adkins
2/14	Signed			Dennis Mcgahan
3/2	Signed			Dave Gallagher