1987 Greenville Moonshiners
Record: 83-79
Finish: 3rd in JL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 869
Runs Allowed: 890
Exp W-L: 79-83
 
Ballpark: New Greenville Park
Attendance: 2,106,352
Manager: Ron Churches

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-69, 6th in the Johnson League
AA: 61-77, 11th in the Johnson League
A: 78-60, 3rd in the Johnson League
 
 
 
 
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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
2B *Leroy Lane 22 159 654 106 187 17 9 14 60 63 21 49 40 .286 .341 .404 .745 92.9 11.3 5.1
RF #Long Chamberlain 23 158 573 123 154 42 2 67 136 0 1 77 173 .269 .358 .700 1.058 132.5 23.4 2.9
LF *Gary Barr 25 152 583 93 180 20 4 41 115 13 3 53 15 .309 .370 .568 .938 117.0 20.3 2.4
C #Biff Pocoroba 33 142 507 90 164 31 3 22 80 0 1 56 44 .323 .391 .527 .917 97.0 16.9 10.6
SS *Bill Sizemore 29 125 471 66 132 35 2 10 62 0 2 41 55 .280 .343 .427 .770 63.1 8.0 5.4
CF  Sal Damiano 23 149 486 78 109 49 5 44 101 0 0 26 171 .224 .262 .617 .879 83.2 11.4 2.3
1B #Bango Vadabonceour 29 145 439 68 114 15 0 28 66 0 0 38 102 .260 .324 .485 .809 69.2 9.0 2.3
3B  Jon McNecirty 39 124 426 51 121 17 3 19 65 2 1 27 44 .284 .335 .472 .807 63.7 8.3 2.4
CF *Norman Grindstaff 35 103 258 39 70 11 6 6 32 12 6 13 81 .271 .314 .430 .744 34.4 4.1 1.2
3B  Maka Tua 31 86 206 42 55 16 0 16 33 1 0 24 64 .267 .345 .578 .922 38.8 6.2 0.8
1B  Jim McNiven 25 59 149 19 37 3 0 6 19 2 1 16 30 .248 .327 .389 .717 19.5 1.8 1.0
2B  Carlos Carpio 28 47 141 10 35 2 1 1 11 0 0 7 31 .248 .284 .298 .582 10.9 0.0 1.6
C #Greg Decker 27 70 135 27 31 11 0 1 11 10 5 7 21 .230 .266 .333 .599 12.0 0.1 2.0
1B  Orval McIntosh 29 98 124 23 33 7 0 6 22 0 0 10 31 .266 .328 .468 .796 19.0 2.4 0.3
RF *Shawn Hill 25 51 82 13 22 1 1 0 7 3 0 1 14 .268 .277 .305 .582 6.4 0.1 0.4
P  Lincoln Hoots 32 35 64 4 6 3 0 1 4 1 0 3 27 .094 .132 .188 .320 1.1 0.0 0.0
P *Al Bowsfield 30 36 66 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 28 .015 .058 .030 .088 -5.1 0.0 0.0
P  Craig McMurty 27 27 49 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 23 .061 .078 .061 .140 -2.2 0.0 0.0
P  Charlie Perkins 33 22 43 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 20 .093 .133 .140 .273 -0.5 0.0 0.0
C  Steve Amich 37 19 39 8 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 13 .205 .326 .205 .531 3.7 0.0 0.4
P *Nate Hollins 25 21 37 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 .027 .077 .027 .104 -1.9 0.0 0.0
P  Kyle Claiborne 25 19 26 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .077 .111 .154 .265 -0.4 0.0 0.0
CF #Luke Hazelton 31 15 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .111 .200 .111 .311 0.2 0.0 0.1
P  Juan Verde 32 105 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .100 .308 .100 .408 0.7 0.0 0.0
P #Dalcio Jacquez 25 87 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
CF #Brian Melillo 32 5 8 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .625 .875 1.4 0.1 0.0
P  John Mahar 32 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Virgil Carrawell 26 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Ed Olwine 29 66 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Daniel Wood 35 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Thomas Money 31 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Joel Saragosa 34 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Neil Berkowitz 36 77 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Luis Battista 34 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ramon Baque 27 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Pete Ladd 30 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Louis Sheffield 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.7 2306 5625 866 1475 285 36 283 835 109 41 468 1078 .262 .322 .477 .799 853.9 123.4 41.3
  Rank among 12 JL teams 6 7 8 4 8 2 7 11 2 12 3 7 11 1 3 5  
* - 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
*Al Bowsfield 30 9 13 .409 36 36 0 208.3 236 123 41 54 107 5.31 7.1
 Lincoln Hoots 32 12 8 .600 35 35 0 202.7 167 90 41 47 234 4.00 16.1
 Craig McMurty 27 10 7 .588 27 27 0 158.7 181 87 7 80 99 4.94 8.4
 Juan Verde 32 12 10 .545 105 0 25 148.3 170 62 13 38 113 3.76 19.8
 Nate Hollins 25 9 7 .563 21 21 0 135.7 133 67 15 63 84 4.44 9.2
 Charlie Perkins 33 4 3 .571 22 22 0 123.7 117 68 25 54 120 4.95 6.4
 Dalcio Jacquez 25 5 5 .500 87 0 3 96.7 114 70 18 32 54 6.52 2.4
 Kyle Claiborne 25 6 7 .462 19 13 0 81.3 87 55 15 41 58 6.09 2.0
 Neil Berkowitz 36 8 5 .615 77 0 1 74.0 88 52 14 24 65 6.32 3.5
*Ed Olwine 29 4 3 .571 66 0 0 73.3 77 34 9 29 51 4.17 6.5
 John Mahar 32 0 1 .000 9 6 0 26.0 32 20 6 12 16 6.92 0.0
 Thomas Money 31 0 2 .000 20 0 2 24.7 26 23 7 13 16 8.39 0.0
*Luis Battista 34 2 3 .400 24 0 3 23.7 26 15 6 5 20 5.71 1.9
 Virgil Carrawell 26 0 0 .000 15 0 0 19.7 32 22 5 7 6 10.07 0.0
 Ramon Baque 27 0 1 .000 14 0 1 16.3 22 19 6 11 13 10.47 0.0
 Pete Ladd 30 0 0 .000 7 0 0 11.0 17 9 3 4 9 7.36 0.0
 Daniel Wood 35 0 2 .000 2 2 0 8.3 11 9 1 7 8 9.72 0.0
*Joel Saragosa 34 1 0 1.000 8 0 0 7.3 9 7 2 4 10 8.59 0.0
 Louis Sheffield 33 0 1 .000 5 0 4 5.7 7 2 1 0 4 3.18 1.0
 Thomas Ball 32 1 1 .500 7 0 0 5.0 7 6 1 3 5 10.80 0.0
Team Totals 30.4 83 79 .512 606 162 39 1450.3 1559 840 236 528 1092 5.21 84.2
Rank among 12 JL teams 7 7 6 8 4 8 11 10 4 7 10  
* - 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 .984 27.4
B.Pocoroba 1172.0 131 134 904 90 6 0 .994 41.2
G.Decker 202.3 23 25 160 7 2 0 .988 5.6
S.Amich 75.0 8 8 54 3 3 0 .950 16.7
N.Grindstaff 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1450.3 162 168 1118 100 11 0 .991 36.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.76
B.Vadabonceour 964.0 104 130 928 73 6 65 .994 9.35
J.McNiven 373.7 50 50 349 34 1 28 .997 9.22
M.Tua 77.1 7 14 73 4 0 5 1.000 8.99
O.McIntosh 29.0 2 11 32 1 0 4 1.000 10.24
G.Decker 19.0 2 7 16 1 0 1 1.000 8.05
S.Amich 15.0 1 5 20 3 0 2 1.000 13.80
L.Chamberlain 12.0 0 5 8 0 0 1 1.000 6.00
B.Melillo 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1490.0 166 222 1426 116 7 106 .995 9.31
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 4.83
L.Lane 1330.3 151 154 261 435 8 83 .989 4.71
C.Carpio 63.3 6 10 7 20 0 3 1.000 3.84
G.Decker 39.7 5 7 12 12 0 3 1.000 5.45
J.McNiven 13.3 0 3 4 2 0 1 1.000 4.05
J.McNecirty 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
M.Tua 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.4 162 176 284 469 9 90 .988 4.68
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 2.55
J.McNecirty 964.7 114 118 78 193 8 14 .971 2.53
M.Tua 338.7 32 47 21 65 7 4 .925 2.29
O.McIntosh 77.7 6 18 2 15 1 0 .944 1.97
B.Pocoroba 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.McNiven 4.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Decker 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1392.0 152 190 102 274 16 18 .959 2.43
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.31
B.Sizemore 1098.7 125 125 172 348 16 55 .970 4.26
C.Carpio 251.7 29 31 32 87 1 19 .992 4.26
L.Lane 46.0 5 5 11 10 0 2 1.000 4.11
G.Decker 44.0 2 15 6 15 2 2 .913 4.30
L.Chamberlain 9.0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.McNiven 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Melillo 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.5 162 178 223 461 19 78 .973 4.24
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.95
G.Barr 1313.7 148 150 302 3 1 0 .997 2.09
S.Hill 55.7 6 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.26
O.McIntosh 42.0 4 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
B.Melillo 2.1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.29
G.Decker 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
L.Hazelton 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1415.1 158 166 326 3 1 0 .997 2.09
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.60
S.Damiano 949.3 105 125 275 2 6 1 .979 2.63
N.Grindstaff 374.0 44 48 116 2 4 1 .967 2.84
S.Hill 90.0 9 15 32 0 1 0 .970 3.20
L.Hazelton 39.4 11 12 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.51
G.Decker 11.0 1 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 5.73
B.Melillo 6.8 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
Team Total 1470.5 170 205 443 4 11 2 .976 2.74
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.13
L.Chamberlain 1254.0 141 145 326 11 1 1 .997 2.42
N.Grindstaff 106.0 12 14 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.21
S.Damiano 50.0 5 7 12 0 1 0 .923 2.16
S.Hill 22.0 3 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.86
G.Decker 8.7 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
O.McIntosh 5.7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
B.Pocoroba 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Melillo 1.5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
G.Barr 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.8 162 178 377 11 2 1 .995 2.41
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.81
A.Bowsfield 208.3 36 36 8 25 2 1 .943 1.43
L.Hoots 202.7 35 35 13 31 0 0 1.000 1.95
C.McMurty 158.7 27 27 6 17 3 2 .885 1.30
J.Verde 148.3 0 105 7 17 1 2 .960 1.46
N.Hollins 135.7 21 21 2 19 0 1 1.000 1.39
C.Perkins 123.7 22 22 11 21 0 1 1.000 2.33
D.Jacquez 96.7 0 87 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.21
K.Claiborne 81.3 13 19 3 7 0 1 1.000 1.11
N.Berkowitz 74.0 0 77 5 6 1 0 .917 1.34
E.Olwine 73.3 0 66 1 19 0 0 1.000 2.45
J.Mahar 26.0 6 9 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.38
T.Money 24.7 0 20 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.19
L.Battista 23.7 0 24 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.28
V.Carrawell 19.7 0 15 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.92
R.Baque 16.3 0 14 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.20
P.Ladd 11.0 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
D.Wood 8.3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
J.Saragosa 7.3 0 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
L.Sheffield 5.7 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59
T.Ball 5.0 0 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1450.3 162 606 74 187 7 8 .974 1.62
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pocoroba .323
On-Base Pct Pocoroba .391
Slugging Pct Chamberlain .700
OPS Chamberlain 1.058
XR Chamberlain 132.5
Games Lane 159
At-Bats Lane 654
Runs Chamberlain 123
Hits Lane 187
Total Bases Chamberlain 401
Singles Lane 147
Doubles Damiano 49
Triples Lane 9
Homeruns Chamberlain 67
RBIs Chamberlain 136
Stolen Bases Lane 63
Caught Stealing Lane 21
Walks Chamberlain 77
Strikeouts Chamberlain 173
ERA Hoots 4.00
Wins Hoots, Verde 12
Losses Bowsfield 13
Winning Pct Hoots .600
Saves Verde 25
Games Pitched Verde 105
Games Started Bowsfield 36
Complete Games Bowsfield 1
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Bowsfield 208.3
Hits Allowed Bowsfield 236
Homeruns Allowed Bowsfield, Hoots 41
Strikeouts Hoots 234
Walks Allowed McMurty 80
Walks per 9IP Hoots 2.1
Hits per 9IP Hoots 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Hoots 10.4
WHiP Hoots 1.06
OAVG Hoots .220
OOBP Hoots .278
OSLG Hoots .426
OOPS Hoots .704
Team All-Stars
Long Chamberlain
Player Salaries
Long Chamberlain $ 10,907,140
Louis Sheffield $ 7,000,000
Biff Pocoroba $ 6,700,000
Juan Verde $ 5,520,000
Luke Hazelton $ 5,000,000
Greg Decker $ 3,850,248
Neil Berkowitz $ 3,350,000
Gary Barr $ 3,192,857
Norman Grindstaff $ 2,250,000
Bill Sizemore $ 2,142,857
Thomas Ball $ 2,100,000
Jon McNecirty $ 2,000,000
Brian Melillo $ 2,000,000
Lincoln Hoots $ 1,985,000
Leroy Lane $ 1,892,857
Thomas Money $ 1,750,000
Maka Tua $ 1,500,000
Daniel Wood $ 950,000
Bailey Madison $ 650,000
Luis Battista $ 500,000
Al Bowsfield $ 350,000
Tom Candiotti $ 350,000
Charlie Perkins $ 350,000
Craig McMurty $ 350,000
Carlos Carpio $ 300,000
Ramon Baque $ 300,000
Sal Damiano $ 300,000
Shawn Hill $ 300,000
Nate Hollins $ 300,000
Pete Ladd $ 300,000
Orval McIntosh $ 300,000
Jim McNiven $ 300,000
Ed Olwine $ 300,000
Bango Vadabonceour $ 300,000
Dalcio Jacquez $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
1/31 Traded Buddy Reda Phoenix Bango Vadabonceour
2/1 Signed     John Mahar
2/4 Signed     Norman Grindstaff
2/6 Traded Greenville Waiver Hawaii Steve Guttenberg
2/6 Traded Eric Rasmussen Chicago Chicago Waiver
2/12 Signed     Charlie Perkins
2/15 Traded Thomas Gray
Joseph Shippee
Valencia Juan Verde
2/16 Signed     Neil Berkowitz
2/16 Signed     Thomas Money
2/16 Signed     Lincoln Hoots
2/16 Signed     Thomas Ball
2/16 Signed     Luis Battista
2/25 Signed     Daniel Wood
3/2 Signed     Marty Clary
3/2 Released Greenville Waiver    
3/2 Signed     Waiver Waiver
3/2 Traded Waiver Waiver Omaha Orval Mcintosh
4/11 Released Scott Brown    
4/11 Released Kelly Hicks    
4/11 Released Norbert Jones    
4/11 Released Mickey Magdalen    
4/11 Released Jose Monasterio    
4/11 Released Robert Mortimer    
4/11 Released Alejandro Reis    
4/11 Released Jon Abrams    
4/11 Released Thomas Hults    
4/11 Released Josef Heilig    
4/11 Released Larry Jones    
4/11 Released Michael Stillwell    
4/11 Released Mike Payne    
4/11 Released Willis Chesley    
4/11 Released Abe Halley    
4/11 Released Charles Ishmael    
4/11 Released Tony Malik    
4/11 Released Andres Thomas    
5/1 Traded Joel Saragosa Hawaii Sung Runyon
5/1 Traded John Thomas Manhattan Carroll Tabarez
$300,000
5/21 Traded Virgil Carrawell Brooklyn Brooklyn Waiver
5/21 Released Waiver Waiver    
6/1 Traded Peter Calderwood
Joseph Mitchell
Montreal Maka Tua
6/11 Traded Marvin Dittmer
John Mahar
Birmingham Erin Spino
6/21 Released John Mahar    
6/21 Released Steve Amich    
7/31 Traded Bill Ernst
Calvin Snorlax
Las Vegas Luke Hazelton
Pete Ladd
8/12 Claimed   Las Vegas Brian Melillo
9/1 Released Kyle Claiborne    
9/11 Released Ken Gladden    
9/11 Released Marty Clary    
9/11 Released Len Cortese    
9/11 Signed     Louis Sheffield
10/23 Released Alfonzo Marciano