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1987 Hawaii Tropics

Record: 93-69
Finish: 1st in JL Pacific Division
Runs Scored: 904
Runs Allowed: 823
Exp W-L: 88-74

Ballpark: Hormel Field
Attendance: 2,886,696
Manager: Joshua Gottesman

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-65, 5th in the Johnson League
AA: 72-66, 5th in the Johnson League
A: 64-74, 8th in the Johnson League

Postseason Results:
Lost JL Cartwright Cup 0-4 to Baltimore Monarchs
Won Doubleday Series 3-2 over Louisville Sluggers

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	Tom Laverriere	32	154	620	116	203	55	13	20	87	72	24	52	103	.327	.383	.555	.938	123.5	21.4	3.8
1B	#Jimmy Dugan	24	158	560	114	154	34	1	42	130	1	2	86	111	.275	.371	.564	.935	114.0	17.6	2.4
LF	John Zink	20	153	572	97	177	29	4	23	100	17	6	74	93	.309	.390	.495	.885	105.8	16.9	3.6
CF	#Valentine Oestrich	33	151	527	101	154	34	2	26	81	51	22	45	74	.292	.353	.512	.865	94.2	12.8	4.7
2B	Dick Davis	27	149	526	77	167	22	4	6	64	22	12	41	99	.317	.369	.409	.777	76.8	10.0	5.8
C	#Larry Jenkins	23	145	505	76	143	36	2	25	87	0	1	61	107	.283	.360	.511	.871	89.2	14.0	6.0
3B	Roach Kidd	25	146	456	82	129	28	0	26	91	16	8	49	113	.283	.360	.515	.876	82.7	12.2	3.3
SS	Tim Ferrick	31	147	465	65	144	29	0	5	65	8	2	32	22	.310	.358	.404	.762	67.1	9.0	7.0
SS	#Bill Choizza	29	132	355	43	99	18	2	2	47	4	4	29	55	.279	.338	.358	.695	42.2	4.2	3.9
RF	*Bob Barnes	32	127	242	45	65	12	2	5	39	18	12	17	58	.269	.316	.397	.712	29.6	2.0	1.6
C	Matthew Callahan	34	58	142	11	35	5	1	0	12	0	0	4	24	.246	.272	.296	.568	9.2	0.0	1.4
1B	*Mike Aldrete	26	78	112	9	25	3	0	2	5	0	1	6	17	.223	.269	.304	.572	8.1	0.0	0.2
P	Hank Daniels	27	36	86	3	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	7	46	.070	.140	.105	.244	-1.4	0.0	0.0
P	Dennis Eckersley	32	34	87	5	7	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	38	.080	.101	.103	.205	-3.2	0.0	0.0
P	#John Fessler	32	35	71	2	4	2	0	0	5	0	1	3	25	.056	.095	.085	.179	-3.3	0.0	0.0
3B	*Brad Nowell	29	40	65	17	23	4	0	6	27	0	1	4	16	.354	.400	.692	1.092	15.1	2.9	0.6
2B	Donnie McClain	26	45	46	12	10	4	0	2	8	3	1	5	14	.217	.294	.435	.729	6.0	0.5	0.4
RF	George Peralta	23	22	43	11	15	4	0	6	12	0	0	7	14	.349	.451	.860	1.311	14.1	3.1	0.2
P	*Al Alexander	23	26	39	1	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	19	.179	.175	.179	.354	0.9	0.0	0.0
3B	*Marvin Dittmer	27	30	35	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	9	.086	.179	.114	.294	-0.2	0.0	0.1
P	*Tom Worcester	33	24	35	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.057	.108	.086	.194	-1.1	0.0	0.0
3B	Elmer Thundercrotch	27	35	29	5	6	1	0	1	5	0	1	4	8	.207	.333	.345	.678	4.1	0.4	0.3
P	Hector Salazar	36	13	27	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	8	.074	.107	.148	.255	-0.3	0.0	0.0
C	*Mackey Sasser	24	7	22	1	6	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	4	.273	.304	.364	.668	2.3	0.3	0.4
CF	*Hank Carl	24	11	23	3	6	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	6	.261	.292	.478	.770	3.3	0.3	0.1
LF	*Al Chambers	26	8	8	3	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	3	.250	.400	.625	1.025	2.1	0.4	0.1
P	John Fulgham	30	10	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	.333	.667	1.0	0.1	0.0
P	*Donnie Moore	33	64	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.5	0.0	0.0
P	*Rod Scurry	31	75	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.4	0.0	0.0
P	Ronnie Wadsner	32	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0	0.0
P	*Pat Larkin	27	43	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.3	0.0	0.0
P	#Randy Scarbery	34	43	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0	0.0
P	*Jose Abellan	25	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Sammy Phillips	31	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	*Joel Saragosa	34	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Cordell Tidwell	32	93	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Joseph Perritt	28	33	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.4	0.0	0.0
P	*Matthew Seybert	28	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Mark Everett	30	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	28.7	2407	5735	909	1600	331	32	199	889	214	99	540	1108	.279	.344	.452	.796	881.2	128.0	46.0
	Rank among 12 JL teams			2	3	2	1	10	6	3	3	11	7	5	2	5	5	5	3
* - 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
Hank Daniels	27	20	3	.870	36	36	0	250.7	191	77	24	74	228	2.76	28.1
Dennis Eckersley	32	14	11	.560	34	34	0	233.0	251	111	32	22	159	4.29	14.9
John Fessler	32	15	11	.577	35	35	0	203.3	213	103	30	39	158	4.56	12.6
*Al Alexander	23	6	11	.353	26	20	0	115.3	129	69	10	71	96	5.38	3.9
*Tom Worcester	33	8	2	.800	24	14	0	96.7	111	57	14	51	49	5.31	4.3
*Cordell Tidwell	32	2	7	.222	93	0	4	90.7	98	54	5	46	75	5.36	5.7
Hector Salazar	36	8	2	.800	13	13	0	80.3	68	40	10	20	59	4.48	5.8
Donnie Moore	33	3	3	.500	63	0	2	70.0	78	33	6	19	44	4.24	5.7
*Rod Scurry	31	3	3	.500	75	0	17	68.0	49	27	3	48	46	3.57	11.0
Randy Scarbery	34	4	2	.667	43	8	1	58.7	69	38	11	25	40	5.83	2.6
*Pat Larkin	27	3	1	.750	42	0	1	43.3	37	25	7	23	25	5.19	2.8
John Fulgham	30	1	3	.250	10	2	0	29.3	35	19	6	8	21	5.83	0.7
Joseph Perritt	28	4	1	.800	33	0	6	29.0	38	17	6	23	19	5.28	1.2
Mark Everett	30	0	0	.000	29	0	15	26.0	29	8	1	4	24	2.77	5.7
Ronnie Wadsner	32	1	3	.250	26	0	1	24.0	32	21	4	31	24	7.88	0.0
Matthew Seybert	28	1	1	.500	7	4	0	12.0	16	11	3	5	6	8.25	0.0
Sammy Phillips	31	0	2	.000	6	2	0	11.0	20	18	4	10	7	14.73	0.0
*Joel Saragosa	34	0	0	.000	12	0	0	7.0	12	8	2	7	8	10.29	0.0
*Jose Abellan	25	0	1	.000	2	1	0	6.0	8	3	0	1	3	4.50	0.2
Andrew Smith	32	0	1	.000	2	0	0	1.7	5	5	3	2	1	27.11	0.0
Team Totals	30.5	93	68	.578	611	169	47	1455.9	1489	744	181	529	1092	4.60	105.0
Rank among 12 JL teams				2	2	2	2	2	6	4	4	5	8	3
* - 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
L.Jenkins	1159.0	127	138	887	62	11	1	.989	23.0
M.Callahan	247.0	29	29	174	18	1	1	.995	34.2
M.Sasser	50.0	6	7	48	4	0	0	1.000	25.0
Team Total	1456.0	162	174	1109	84	12	2	.990	25.1
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.992	9.76
J.Dugan	1316.7	147	153	1367	103	11	114	.993	10.05
M.Aldrete	115.7	13	18	118	7	0	12	1.000	9.73
M.Dittmer	11.2	1	3	11	0	0	1	1.000	8.84
B.Nowell	3.3	1	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	13.64
E.Thundercrotch	3.0	0	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
Team Total	1449.8	162	178	1504	110	11	127	.993	10.02
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.979	4.83
D.Davis	847.3	103	105	157	324	10	60	.980	5.11
B.Choizza	512.7	53	74	91	169	5	41	.981	4.56
R.Kidd	53.0	4	12	14	16	0	5	1.000	5.09
D.McClain	27.0	2	8	10	7	0	3	1.000	5.67
E.Thundercrotch	15.0	0	8	1	8	2	1	.818	5.40
M.Callahan	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1456.0	162	208	273	524	17	110	.979	4.93
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.965	2.55
R.Kidd	924.0	104	113	62	182	14	13	.946	2.38
D.Davis	318.0	38	40	23	71	3	8	.969	2.66
B.Nowell	130.9	29	30	8	33	2	2	.953	2.82
B.Choizza	113.3	11	15	5	36	4	3	.911	3.26
E.Thundercrotch	26.0	2	5	1	7	0	1	1.000	2.77
M.Dittmer	21.8	2	4	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.24
T.Ferrick	13.7	1	4	1	5	0	0	1.000	3.95
B.Barnes	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.00
Team Total	1548.7	187	212	100	338	23	27	.950	2.55
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.968	4.31
T.Ferrick	1128.7	132	137	164	375	6	73	.989	4.30
B.Choizza	196.3	22	29	20	65	4	12	.955	3.90
D.McClain	44.0	3	11	3	15	0	2	1.000	3.68
R.Kidd	36.0	3	10	4	12	2	3	.889	4.00
E.Thundercrotch	32.3	2	10	2	9	0	2	1.000	3.06
D.Davis	8.7	0	6	1	4	0	0	1.000	5.20
M.Aldrete	3.0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	6.00
M.Callahan	2.0	0	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	13.50
V.Oestrich	2.0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1.000	13.50
B.Nowell	0.4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1453.4	162	207	197	485	12	94	.983	4.22
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.987	1.95
J.Zink	1270.0	142	151	284	6	8	2	.973	2.06
B.Barnes	133.0	16	18	36	0	1	0	.973	2.44
G.Peralta	26.0	2	6	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.73
M.Dittmer	18.5	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.49
M.Aldrete	16.0	1	4	1	1	1	0	.667	1.13
H.Carl	8.0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
T.Laverriere	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
M.Callahan	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1474.5	164	186	327	7	10	2	.971	2.04

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.984	2.60
V.Oestrich	1176.0	144	146	330	8	1	5	.997	2.59
B.Barnes	214.3	13	53	55	1	1	0	.982	2.35
H.Carl	29.0	3	6	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.48
G.Peralta	20.7	2	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.74
A.Chambers	7.0	0	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.57
T.Laverriere	6.0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
M.Aldrete	3.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1456.0	162	217	399	9	2	5	.995	2.52
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.985	2.13
T.Laverriere	1296.0	146	147	304	6	10	2	.969	2.15
B.Barnes	99.0	11	12	29	1	0	0	1.000	2.73
G.Peralta	38.0	3	9	7	1	1	1	.889	1.89
H.Carl	10.0	1	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	1.80
M.Aldrete	7.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
A.Chambers	6.0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
Team Total	1456.0	162	173	343	9	11	4	.970	2.18
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.961	1.81
H.Daniels	250.7	36	36	18	28	0	1	1.000	1.65
D.Eckersley	233.0	34	34	13	28	0	1	1.000	1.58
J.Fessler	203.3	35	35	11	31	2	1	.955	1.86
A.Alexander	115.3	20	26	7	20	2	3	.931	2.11
T.Worcester	96.7	14	24	5	19	2	1	.923	2.23
C.Tidwell	90.7	0	93	8	16	3	2	.889	2.38
H.Salazar	80.3	13	13	4	14	0	1	1.000	2.02
D.Moore	70.0	0	63	4	9	1	0	.929	1.67
R.Scurry	68.0	0	75	5	7	0	0	1.000	1.59
R.Scarbery	58.7	8	43	2	11	1	0	.929	1.99
P.Larkin	43.3	0	42	1	7	0	1	1.000	1.66
J.Fulgham	29.3	2	10	3	6	0	1	1.000	2.76
J.Perritt	29.0	0	33	3	5	0	0	1.000	2.48
M.Everett	26.0	0	29	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.08
R.Wadsner	24.0	0	26	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.50
M.Seybert	12.0	4	7	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.25
S.Phillips	11.0	2	6	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.82
J.Saragosa	7.0	0	12	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.29
J.Abellan	6.0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.50
A.Smith	1.7	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1455.9	169	611	88	213	11	12	.965	1.86

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Laverriere	.327
On-Base Pct	Zink	.390
Slugging Pct	Dugan	.564
OPS	Laverriere	.938
XR	Laverriere	123.5
Games	Dugan	158
At-Bats	Laverriere	620
Runs	Laverriere	116
Hits	Laverriere	203
Total Bases	Laverriere	344
Singles	Davis	135
Doubles	Laverriere	55
Triples	Laverriere	13
Homeruns	Dugan	42
RBIs	Dugan	130
Stolen Bases	Laverriere	72
Caught Stealing	Laverriere	24
Walks	Dugan	86
Strikeouts	Kidd	113

ERA	Daniels	2.76
Wins	Daniels	20
Losses	Fessler, Eckersley, Alexander	11
Winning Pct	Daniels	.870
Saves	Scurry	17
Games Pitched	Tidwell	93
Games Started	Daniels	36
Complete Games	Eckersley	3
Shutouts	Eckersley	1
Innings Pitched	Daniels	250.7
Hits Allowed	Eckersley	251
Homeruns Allowed	Eckersley	32
Strikeouts	Daniels	228
Walks Allowed	Daniels	74
Walks per 9IP	Eckersley	0.8
Hits per 9IP	Daniels	6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP	Daniels	8.2
WHiP	Daniels	1.06
OAVG	Daniels	.207
OOBP	Daniels	.271
OSLG	Daniels	.360
OOPS	Daniels	.631

Team All-Stars

Player Salaries
Dennis Eckersley	$ 11,100,200
Tom Laverriere	$ 10,500,000
Hector Salazar	$ 6,000,000
Mark Everett	$ 4,500,000
Donnie Moore	$ 4,485,000
Cordell Tidwell	$ 4,135,000
Randy Scarbery	$ 2,690,000
Rod Scurry	$ 2,500,000
Valentine Oestrich	$ 2,500,000
Tim Ferrick	$ 2,255,000
John Fessler	$ 2,200,000
Brad Nowell	$ 1,992,857
Matthew Callahan	$ 1,160,000
Jimmy Dugan	$ 885,714
Cedric Larosa	$ 876,000
Bob Barnes	$ 860,000
Roach Kidd	$ 714,286
Francisco Tarancon	$ 640,000
Tom Worcester	$ 376,000
Hank Daniels	$ 300,000
Rolando Azicri	$ 300,000
Hank Carl	$ 300,000
Al Chambers	$ 300,000
Bill Choizza	$ 300,000
Al Alexander	$ 300,000
Mike Aldrete	$ 300,000
Dick Davis	$ 300,000
Jose Abellan	$ 300,000
Pat Larkin	$ 300,000
John Zink	$ 300,000
Donnie McClain	$ 300,000
George Peralta	$ 300,000
Sammy Phillips	$ 300,000
Mackey Sasser	$ 300,000
Elmer Thundercrotch	$ 300,000
Larry Jenkins	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
1/31	Traded	Albert Camarena Fernando Sala	Phoenix	Dennis Eckersley
2/5	Signed			Tim Ferrick
2/5	Signed			Rod Scurry
2/6	Traded	Steve Guttenberg	Greenville	Greenville Waiver
2/6	Traded	Quinn Quentin	Chicago	Chicago Waiver
3/2	Signed			Mackey Sasser
3/2	Released	Hawaii Waiver
3/2	Released	Hawaii Waiver
4/1	Traded	William Yutzy	Calgary	Calgary Waiver William Yutzy
4/1	Released	Waiver Waiver
4/1	Traded	Dennis O'Dell	Montreal	Montreal Waiver
4/1	Released	Waiver Waiver
4/11	Signed			Tom Worcester
5/1	Traded	Sung Runyon	Greenville	Joel Saragosa
5/11	Signed			Cedric Larosa
6/1	Traded	Clark Virtue Marvin Dittmer	Montreal	Randy Scarbery
6/1	Signed			Francisco Tarancon
6/11	Traded	Henry Wortman	Vancouver	Vancouver Waiver
6/11	Released	Waiver Waiver
6/28	Traded	Silvano Marin $1,500,000	Des Moines	Steven Wright
7/21	Traded	John Fulgham Ronnie Wadsner Joel Saragosa Taberous Green Oscar Najera	Seattle	Hector Salazar Mark Everett
7/31	Traded	Joseph Perritt	Manhattan	Brad Nowell
8/11	Released	Clayton Vanzant
8/12	Waived	Matthew Seybert	Montreal
10/14	Released	Andrew Smith