1987 Louisville Sluggers
Record: 90-72
Finish: 2nd in JL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 965
Runs Allowed: 825
Exp W-L: 93-69
 
Ballpark: The Ballpark at Locust Grove
Attendance: 3,873,749
Manager: Martin Lee

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 97-41, 1st in the Johnson League
AA: 76-62, 3rd in the Johnson League
A: 85-53, 1st in the Johnson League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Doubleday Series 2-3 to Hawaii Tropics
 
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
1B #Fred Mahaffey 30 157 588 117 182 24 1 46 128 0 1 54 135 .310 .376 .588 .964 122.2 19.1 1.8
RF *Kevin Haubert 32 154 564 125 163 37 8 48 132 2 1 72 24 .289 .387 .638 1.025 128.7 21.0 5.5
CF *Jake Pease 30 142 560 78 161 25 4 5 66 15 12 66 69 .288 .367 .373 .741 77.9 8.4 5.5
3B #Henry Jones 29 151 506 122 132 23 9 46 114 4 2 118 152 .261 .403 .615 1.018 121.9 19.7 3.6
C  Tyler Ryan 24 137 513 66 137 13 1 29 97 0 1 26 65 .267 .301 .466 .767 74.0 7.3 7.2
2B  Rankin Johnson 27 120 447 81 121 21 2 27 91 6 5 55 109 .271 .352 .508 .860 79.4 10.5 3.9
RF  Manny Cosenza 24 122 371 59 119 23 2 9 34 29 5 34 72 .321 .382 .466 .849 66.2 10.2 2.7
CF *Jim Weaver 27 133 345 70 99 16 3 19 60 25 7 39 36 .287 .356 .516 .872 63.0 8.5 2.3
SS *Mike Haden 29 135 348 67 117 16 1 4 57 54 10 22 62 .336 .387 .422 .809 59.4 8.6 2.8
2B  Thaddeus Dolemite 31 73 279 34 79 7 1 2 26 24 10 31 41 .283 .357 .337 .694 36.9 3.3 1.1
2B  Michael Buzzell 35 94 205 44 64 12 1 11 33 7 7 38 32 .312 .420 .541 .962 43.0 6.8 2.3
3B *Chris Manush 29 118 211 33 64 12 6 6 35 10 4 22 47 .303 .367 .502 .869 38.7 5.6 0.9
C  Pedro Cruz 21 62 140 24 37 8 0 6 30 0 0 21 39 .264 .363 .450 .813 23.9 2.7 2.1
SS  Lowell Gullo 33 63 151 19 35 4 2 4 22 7 1 11 31 .232 .295 .364 .659 17.5 1.0 0.8
P *Floyd Bannister 31 36 96 6 8 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 51 .083 .101 .094 .195 -2.9 0.0 0.0
P #Floyd Futon 29 34 73 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 31 .055 .092 .068 .161 -3.5 0.0 0.0
P  Les Straker 27 34 67 4 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 23 .119 .132 .149 .282 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Shelby Palubiak 31 35 68 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 38 .044 .058 .088 .146 -3.7 0.0 0.0
CF #Ron Roenicke 30 27 46 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 .109 .226 .130 .357 1.0 0.0 0.5
P  Hank Davidson 24 33 36 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 .111 .111 .167 .278 -0.3 0.0 0.0
3B  Gern Blanston 26 9 19 3 7 2 0 1 6 2 0 1 3 .368 .400 .632 1.032 4.1 0.9 0.0
P  Joe Cowley 28 6 10 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .200 .300 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bruce Sutter 34 79 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Mitchell Lauderdale 27 89 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Arlen Petrick 31 73 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
P *Todd Hoyt 25 66 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Marcos Ubarri 27 85 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Luke Nastay 22 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.3 2275 5660 965 1551 250 42 264 944 185 66 625 1097 .274 .351 .473 .824 945.6 133.8 43.2
  Rank among 12 JL teams 5 1 3 9 5 3 1 6 6 3 4 3 3 3 2 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
*Floyd Bannister 31 19 3 .864 36 36 0 262.0 192 73 9 66 201 2.51 29.2
 Floyd Futon 29 14 5 .737 34 34 0 210.3 184 85 18 61 163 3.64 17.6
*Shelby Palubiak 31 7 11 .389 35 35 0 206.0 166 102 36 74 197 4.46 10.8
 Les Straker 27 9 10 .474 34 33 0 191.0 206 104 24 61 144 4.90 9.0
 Hank Davidson 24 7 7 .500 33 18 0 117.3 122 77 25 53 125 5.91 3.7
 Mitchell Lauderdale 27 4 5 .444 89 0 4 98.3 134 77 17 36 48 7.05 0.3
*Donald Fishel 33 4 2 .667 99 0 3 73.7 70 42 11 43 60 5.13 5.7
 Bruce Sutter 34 5 11 .313 79 0 28 72.7 88 42 13 27 54 5.20 6.9
*Arlen Petrick 31 8 3 .727 73 0 0 71.0 69 41 20 11 52 5.20 5.1
 Marcos Ubarri 27 6 7 .462 85 0 2 64.7 74 42 12 35 42 5.85 2.8
*Todd Hoyt 25 4 5 .444 66 0 0 51.7 50 51 18 48 47 8.89 0.0
 Joe Cowley 28 2 1 .667 6 5 1 26.0 25 13 2 14 20 4.50 2.1
 Luke Nastay 22 1 1 .500 8 1 0 9.3 9 12 3 8 13 11.58 0.0
 Tyler Ryan 24 0 1 .000 1 0 0 1.0 3 5 1 2 0 45.00 0.0
Team Totals 28.1 90 72 .556 678 162 38 1455.0 1392 766 209 539 1166 4.74 93.0
Rank among 12 JL teams 4 4 9 3 3 3 5 5 6 5 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 .984 27.4
T.Ryan 1144.0 129 131 925 72 14 1 .986 31.9
P.Cruz 310.0 33 47 276 20 4 1 .987 25.5
R.Roenicke 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1455.0 162 179 1201 92 18 2 .986 30.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.76
F.Mahaffey 1309.0 146 154 1175 85 14 89 .989 8.66
C.Manush 139.0 16 19 129 18 1 12 .993 9.52
R.Roenicke 6.0 0 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
T.Ryan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 177 1310 103 15 101 .989 8.74
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 4.83
R.Johnson 763.7 85 89 127 224 6 34 .983 4.14
M.Buzzell 398.0 43 52 77 127 1 23 .995 4.61
M.Haden 253.3 30 32 47 79 2 13 .984 4.48
T.Dolemite 128.3 14 14 26 40 1 7 .985 4.63
L.Gullo 79.1 10 12 16 30 0 6 1.000 5.23
C.Manush 8.0 0 6 2 5 0 1 1.000 7.88
G.Blanston 6.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1636.4 183 206 296 505 10 84 .988 4.41
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 2.55
H.Jones 1216.7 137 138 102 234 10 11 .971 2.49
C.Manush 224.7 25 26 14 41 3 2 .948 2.20
J.Weaver 6.3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.84
M.Haden 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
T.Ryan 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
R.Johnson 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Gullo 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Dolemite 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.0 162 170 117 279 13 14 .968 2.45
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.31
T.Dolemite 500.5 57 57 66 143 12 24 .946 3.76
L.Gullo 253.9 32 33 35 70 4 11 .963 3.72
R.Johnson 216.3 25 27 42 67 4 13 .965 4.53
M.Haden 200.7 20 28 23 56 2 8 .975 3.54
G.Blanston 27.0 3 4 2 10 0 1 1.000 4.00
M.Buzzell 11.3 0 4 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.97
C.Manush 7.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1216.7 137 156 170 349 22 58 .959 3.84
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.95
M.Cosenza 734.0 84 86 169 7 2 2 .989 2.16
J.Weaver 651.0 75 81 142 1 1 0 .993 1.98
H.Jones 28.3 2 6 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.86
K.Haubert 19.0 1 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 4.26
T.Ryan 7.0 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
M.Haden 6.0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
J.Pease 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
R.Roenicke 4.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Gullo 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.5 162 201 335 10 3 2 .991 2.13
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.60
J.Pease 1186.0 138 138 365 11 12 2 .969 2.85
M.Haden 162.0 18 26 54 1 0 0 1.000 3.06
J.Weaver 74.0 3 24 23 1 1 0 .960 2.92
R.Roenicke 26.0 3 3 12 0 0 0 1.000 4.15
K.Haubert 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
H.Jones 3.0 0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 6.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 196 457 13 14 2 .971 2.91
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.13
K.Haubert 1253.0 140 141 335 15 3 3 .992 2.51
M.Haden 90.0 10 12 24 1 0 1 1.000 2.50
R.Roenicke 66.0 7 8 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.73
M.Cosenza 44.0 5 7 11 2 0 0 1.000 2.66
J.Weaver 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 169 390 18 3 4 .993 2.52
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.81
F.Bannister 262.0 36 36 13 41 1 4 .982 1.85
F.Futon 210.3 34 34 10 27 1 4 .974 1.58
S.Palubiak 206.0 35 35 11 28 1 2 .975 1.70
L.Straker 191.0 33 34 19 28 1 2 .979 2.21
H.Davidson 117.3 18 33 6 13 0 0 1.000 1.46
M.Lauderdale 98.3 0 89 7 9 2 2 .889 1.46
D.Fishel 73.7 0 99 4 12 1 1 .941 1.95
B.Sutter 72.7 0 79 4 5 0 1 1.000 1.11
A.Petrick 71.0 0 73 4 14 1 2 .947 2.28
M.Ubarri 64.7 0 85 4 11 1 2 .938 2.09
T.Hoyt 51.7 0 66 7 6 1 1 .929 2.26
J.Cowley 26.0 5 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.04
L.Nastay 9.3 1 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.93
T.Ryan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 678 90 198 10 21 .966 1.78
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mahaffey .310
On-Base Pct Jones .403
Slugging Pct Haubert .638
OPS Haubert 1.025
XR Haubert 128.7
Games Mahaffey 157
At-Bats Mahaffey 588
Runs Haubert 125
Hits Mahaffey 182
Total Bases Haubert 360
Singles Pease 127
Doubles Haubert 37
Triples Jones 9
Homeruns Haubert 48
RBIs Haubert 132
Stolen Bases Haden 54
Caught Stealing Pease 12
Walks Jones 118
Strikeouts Jones 152
ERA Bannister 2.51
Wins Bannister 19
Losses Palubiak, Sutter 11
Winning Pct Bannister .864
Saves Sutter 28
Games Pitched Fishel 99
Games Started Bannister 36
Complete Games Bannister 8
Shutouts Bannister 3
Innings Pitched Bannister 262.0
Hits Allowed Straker 206
Homeruns Allowed Palubiak 36
Strikeouts Bannister 201
Walks Allowed Palubiak 74
Walks per 9IP Bannister 2.3
Hits per 9IP Bannister 6.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Palubiak 8.6
WHiP Bannister 0.98
OAVG Bannister .202
OOBP Bannister .263
OSLG Bannister .303
OOPS Bannister .566
Team All-Stars
Floyd Bannister
Kevin Haubert
Player Salaries
Floyd Bannister $ 14,200,000
Kevin Haubert $ 9,720,000
Fred Mahaffey $ 8,000,000
Bruce Sutter $ 6,500,100
Donald Fishel $ 6,000,100
Henry Jones $ 5,000,000
Rankin Johnson $ 4,028,571
Joe Cowley $ 4,000,100
Shelby Palubiak $ 3,171,429
Thaddeus Dolemite $ 2,740,000
Les Straker $ 2,500,100
Floyd Futon $ 2,300,000
Jim Weaver $ 2,200,100
Tyler Ryan $ 2,035,714
Jake Pease $ 1,971,429
Chris Manush $ 350,000
Steve Stanley $ 350,000
Jeffrey Mellinger $ 350,000
Gern Blanston $ 300,000
Manny Cosenza $ 300,000
Arlen Petrick $ 300,000
Pedro Cruz $ 300,000
Hank Davidson $ 300,000
Todd Hoyt $ 300,000
Mike Haden $ 300,000
Mitchell Lauderdale $ 300,000
Luke Nastay $ 300,000
Ron Roenicke $ 300,000
Marcos Ubarri $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/8 Signed     Steve Stanley
2/15 Released Raul Gouveia    
3/1 Signed     Glenn Spencer
3/1 Signed     Roger Andes
3/1 Signed     Steve Sakis
3/1 Signed     Chris Silver
3/1 Signed     James Turner
3/1 Signed     Raymond Stolte
3/1 Signed     Thomas Doucet
3/1 Signed     Newt Rogers
3/1 Signed     Scott Caraway
3/1 Signed     Greg Ellis
3/1 Signed     William Cardenas
3/1 Signed     Lincoln Park
3/1 Signed     Denny Carney
3/1 Signed     David Townsend
3/1 Signed     Hector Tejeda
3/1 Signed     Joshua Markowski
3/1 Signed     Malcolm Jordan Jr.
3/1 Signed     Robert Talkington
3/1 Signed     Ezra Medina
3/1 Signed     Lino Garneau
3/2 Signed     Jeff Treadway
3/2 Traded Xellos Mazoku Vancouver Waiver Waiver
3/2 Released Waiver Waiver    
6/28 Traded Pisith Beng
Jaime Santiago
Jeff Treadway
Vancouver Thaddeus Dolemite
6/28 Traded Lowell Gullo
Lowell Gullo
Manhattan Manhattan Waiver
6/28 Released Waiver Waiver    
10/14 Released Michael Buzzell    
10/14 Released Sean Jones