1987 New Orleans Crawdads
Record: 98-64
Finish: 2nd in FL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 926
Runs Allowed: 720
Exp W-L: 99-63
 
Ballpark: Karen Huckfeldt Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,913,228
Manager: Jerimy Kopra

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 49-89, 12th in the Frick League
AA: 64-74, 8th in the Frick League
A: 71-67, 5th in the Frick League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Landis Memorial Series 2-4 to Baltimore Monarchs
Won FL Cartwright Cup 4-3 over Birmingham Bandits
Won Doubleday Series 3-2 over Buffalo Bison
 
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 #Sawyer Silk 29 157 582 166 181 38 9 62 153 0 4 100 16 .311 .415 .727 1.142 152.2 31.3 5.4
SS #Henry Hill 32 151 559 111 169 48 6 17 92 44 5 97 65 .302 .402 .501 .903 116.5 21.9 7.9
1B *Nolan Berran 29 151 583 104 187 44 5 23 105 2 0 67 120 .321 .393 .532 .925 112.1 21.1 3.5
RF *Steve Blackburn 29 154 593 92 185 22 5 15 86 9 13 47 95 .312 .367 .442 .809 85.4 12.4 3.1
2B #Benjamin Caldwell 31 140 543 92 167 25 4 17 101 7 5 49 122 .308 .374 .462 .837 89.2 14.3 5.3
LF  Kevin Paredes 28 148 528 58 130 26 2 4 65 0 3 31 50 .246 .290 .326 .616 46.5 1.2 3.1
3B  Dave Sax 28 135 510 65 140 30 7 11 78 0 1 22 28 .275 .302 .425 .727 58.0 5.9 3.3
C *Randy McLement 30 129 481 69 141 22 0 9 53 1 0 49 104 .293 .364 .395 .759 67.2 9.7 5.7
2B  John Washington 31 100 315 55 90 13 9 4 34 25 13 34 29 .286 .363 .422 .786 47.8 7.0 2.0
LF  John Storm 34 119 217 26 56 10 3 5 25 1 0 6 19 .258 .277 .401 .678 22.0 1.7 1.1
C  Pete Bowman 29 59 191 16 45 7 1 2 24 0 0 9 34 .236 .269 .314 .583 14.6 0.0 2.3
RF *Leron Lee 38 110 148 21 40 3 1 4 26 1 0 16 30 .270 .337 .385 .722 18.9 1.8 0.5
SS  Roberto Mendoza 26 34 78 11 21 2 0 4 11 0 0 7 12 .269 .341 .449 .790 12.9 1.8 1.0
1B *Charles Horn 36 82 75 19 25 5 1 3 19 0 0 3 5 .333 .375 .547 .922 13.1 2.4 0.1
P *Bill Max 36 33 69 3 8 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 31 .116 .129 .145 .273 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Robert Grove 22 32 60 5 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 37 .150 .203 .167 .370 1.0 0.0 0.0
P #Jerry Syed 35 33 59 4 8 4 0 0 4 0 0 1 24 .136 .148 .203 .351 0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Henry Ellis 27 32 56 5 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 4 19 .161 .217 .214 .431 2.0 0.0 0.0
P *Paul Khalil 34 33 54 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 .074 .091 .074 .165 -2.1 0.0 0.0
C  Lemuel Mattis 21 5 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .214 .267 .214 .481 0.8 0.0 0.1
P *Will Gagus 23 52 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Gunga Oogolagunga 24 65 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Allen Tasker 35 42 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ricardo Barrera 29 116 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Darius Widowmaker 29 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Fabian Gonzalez 35 79 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Ronnie Wadsner 32 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.1 2248 5730 926 1619 305 53 180 889 90 44 549 868 .283 .348 .449 .797 857.3 132.7 44.4
  Rank among 12 FL teams 2 4 1 8 2 10 4 12 2 5 1 1 2 5 5 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
*Bill Max 36 18 7 .720 33 32 0 214.0 197 67 9 39 145 2.82 21.8
*Jerry Syed 35 17 5 .773 33 32 0 193.7 191 64 9 13 140 2.97 19.5
 Paul Khalil 34 6 12 .333 33 33 0 191.7 199 90 11 51 119 4.23 9.1
*Henry Ellis 27 12 8 .600 32 32 0 191.3 190 98 36 47 202 4.61 10.9
 Robert Grove 22 19 9 .679 32 32 0 190.3 187 88 26 55 180 4.16 14.0
 Ricardo Barrera 29 7 3 .700 116 0 2 114.0 97 45 15 29 108 3.55 12.9
*Fabian Gonzalez 35 5 1 .833 79 0 3 78.7 48 24 6 46 63 2.75 10.6
*Will Gagus 23 6 7 .462 52 0 5 74.0 77 40 9 36 44 4.86 4.8
 Gunga Oogolagunga 24 5 6 .455 65 0 27 68.3 70 35 10 12 79 4.61 9.9
*Allen Tasker 35 1 3 .250 42 0 4 39.0 60 40 13 19 31 9.23 0.0
 Vaclav Havel 31 1 2 .333 36 0 2 37.0 56 32 8 14 17 7.78 0.0
 Darius Widowmaker 29 0 0 .000 29 12 1 37.0 57 31 4 16 37 7.54 0.0
 Ronnie Wadsner 32 1 1 .500 28 0 0 31.7 22 11 2 18 30 3.13 3.3
 Cedric Larosa 36 0 0 .000 5 0 0 5.3 6 4 2 1 4 6.75 0.0
Team Totals 30.6 98 64 .605 615 173 44 1466.0 1457 669 160 396 1199 4.11 116.9
Rank among 12 FL teams 3 3 7 3 3 5 2 2 1 3 2  
* - 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
R.McLement 1032.0 117 121 879 50 6 4 .994 21.4
P.Bowman 398.3 43 50 332 23 2 1 .994 33.3
L.Mattis 28.0 2 4 21 2 1 1 .958 33.3
J.Washington 5.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
C.Horn 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1466.0 162 177 1233 75 9 6 .993 25.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.14
N.Berran 1300.0 144 148 1295 88 7 90 .995 9.57
J.Washington 106.0 12 15 87 7 1 5 .989 7.98
L.Lee 54.0 6 8 51 3 2 3 .964 9.00
R.Mendoza 4.0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
C.Horn 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
P.Bowman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.0 162 174 1438 98 10 99 .994 9.43
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 4.90
B.Caldwell 1012.7 113 114 174 326 8 50 .984 4.44
J.Washington 446.7 49 53 70 115 4 19 .979 3.73
H.Hill 5.7 0 1 2 2 1 0 .800 6.36
R.Mendoza 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.0 162 169 246 443 13 69 .981 4.23
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.62
D.Sax 1122.7 126 128 75 230 17 10 .947 2.45
B.Caldwell 221.0 24 25 14 47 2 1 .968 2.48
J.Washington 115.0 12 13 7 15 1 1 .957 1.72
R.Mendoza 4.0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
H.Hill 3.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.0 162 171 97 294 20 12 .951 2.40
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 4.34
H.Hill 1302.0 145 147 171 404 11 63 .981 3.97
R.Mendoza 160.7 17 20 27 49 3 2 .962 4.26
D.Sax 3.3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.0 162 169 198 453 15 65 .977 4.00
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.95
K.Paredes 1211.7 147 147 272 6 7 4 .975 2.06
J.Storm 150.3 11 37 36 1 0 1 1.000 2.22
L.Lee 65.3 4 23 14 1 1 0 .938 2.07
C.Horn 31.0 0 14 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.32
S.Blackburn 6.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
N.Berran 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1466.0 162 224 331 8 8 5 .977 2.08
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 2.52
S.Silk 1333.0 146 152 414 11 1 3 .998 2.87
J.Storm 127.0 16 16 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.20
S.Blackburn 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.0 162 171 445 11 1 3 .998 2.80
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.90
S.Blackburn 1279.7 147 149 274 8 8 3 .972 1.98
J.Storm 96.7 10 13 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
L.Lee 82.7 5 18 22 1 1 0 .958 2.50
S.Silk 7.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1466.0 162 184 320 9 9 3 .973 2.02
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 1.86
B.Max 214.0 32 33 12 30 0 6 1.000 1.77
J.Syed 193.7 32 33 10 20 4 1 .882 1.39
P.Khalil 191.7 33 33 11 34 3 4 .938 2.11
H.Ellis 191.3 32 32 12 24 0 2 1.000 1.69
R.Grove 190.3 32 32 10 29 2 1 .951 1.84
R.Barrera 114.0 0 116 5 13 0 0 1.000 1.42
F.Gonzalez 78.7 0 79 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.26
W.Gagus 74.0 0 52 5 18 0 2 1.000 2.80
G.Oogolagunga 68.3 0 65 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.45
A.Tasker 39.0 0 42 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.38
V.Havel 37.0 0 36 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.92
D.Widowmaker 37.0 12 29 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.19
R.Wadsner 31.7 0 28 2 5 1 1 .875 1.99
C.Larosa 5.3 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.69
Team Total 1466.0 173 615 79 211 10 18 .967 1.78
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Berran .321
On-Base Pct Silk .415
Slugging Pct Silk .727
OPS Silk 1.142
XR Silk 152.2
Games Silk 157
At-Bats Blackburn 593
Runs Silk 166
Hits Berran 187
Total Bases Silk 423
Singles Blackburn 143
Doubles Hill 48
Triples Silk, Washington 9
Homeruns Silk 62
RBIs Silk 153
Stolen Bases Hill 44
Caught Stealing Blackburn, Washington 13
Walks Silk 100
Strikeouts Caldwell 122
ERA Max 2.82
Wins Grove 19
Losses Khalil 12
Winning Pct Syed .773
Saves Oogolagunga 27
Games Pitched Barrera 116
Games Started Khalil 33
Complete Games Max 2
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Max 214.0
Hits Allowed Khalil 199
Homeruns Allowed Ellis 36
Strikeouts Ellis 202
Walks Allowed Grove 55
Walks per 9IP Syed 0.6
Hits per 9IP Max 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Ellis 9.5
WHiP Syed 1.05
OAVG Max .244
OOBP Syed .283
OSLG Max .348
OOPS Max .636
Team All-Stars
Robert Grove
Bill Max
Gunga Oogolagunga
Sawyer Silk
Jerry Syed
Player Salaries
Sawyer Silk $ 9,671,429
Bill Max $ 9,500,000
Jerry Syed $ 9,290,000
Henry Hill $ 6,810,000
Benjamin Caldwell $ 6,750,000
Gunga Oogolagunga $ 6,250,000
Dave Sax $ 5,100,000
Fabian Gonzalez $ 4,750,000
Steve Blackburn $ 4,000,000
John Washington $ 4,000,000
Nolan Berran $ 3,500,000
Allen Tasker $ 3,500,000
Randy McLement $ 3,070,000
Paul Khalil $ 2,000,000
Henry Ellis $ 1,928,571
Ricardo Barrera $ 1,834,286
Ronnie Wadsner $ 1,505,000
Darius Widowmaker $ 1,300,000
John Storm $ 1,225,000
Charles Horn $ 1,030,000
Leron Lee $ 880,000
Kevin Paredes $ 428,571
Will Gagus $ 300,000
Robert Grove $ 300,000
Pete Bowman $ 300,000
Roberto Mendoza $ 300,000
Lemuel Mattis $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/2 Released Gregory Reif    
3/2 Signed     Steve Peters
4/11 Released Cedric Larosa    
7/21 Traded David Owens Seattle Ronnie Wadsner
7/31 Traded Gary Cann
Ediberto Zamorano
$6,000,000
Washington Darius Widowmaker
9/21 Released Vaclav Havel