1987 Milwaukee Brewers
Record: 78-82
Finish: 4th in NL West Division
Runs Scored: 662
Runs Allowed: 676
Exp W-L: 78-82
 
Ballpark: County Stadium
Attendance: 1,628,482
Manager: Fletch Lives

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-69, 6th in the National League
AA: 59-78, 10th in the National League
A: 59-78, 11th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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
3B  Fred Manrique 25 155 628 67 151 26 2 9 59 0 0 32 159 .240 .281 .331 .612 51.7 3.4 5.2
CF *Fred Lynn 35 156 586 81 143 29 5 19 74 0 0 54 119 .244 .308 .408 .716 71.0 10.9 4.7
CF *Ralph Bryant 26 155 571 97 170 39 13 37 117 3 2 53 145 .298 .358 .606 .964 112.5 28.3 3.1
LF  Don Reynolds 34 146 523 59 121 20 3 0 39 2 0 93 117 .231 .346 .281 .627 62.3 9.0 2.9
2B  Paul Runge 29 151 530 54 105 27 5 9 61 1 2 58 135 .198 .276 .319 .595 45.7 2.2 8.7
2B  Randy Ready 27 155 528 69 127 32 4 8 38 6 3 64 57 .241 .324 .362 .686 62.5 10.2 2.2
RF  George Bell 27 124 479 51 100 19 1 13 55 2 0 14 48 .209 .231 .334 .565 31.7 0.0 0.7
C  Mike Stanley 24 144 432 54 91 24 1 13 56 0 0 50 112 .211 .294 .361 .655 47.4 5.4 8.7
SS  Scott Fletcher 28 120 343 37 93 27 4 3 49 1 1 29 55 .271 .332 .399 .732 43.2 8.1 2.2
3B  Joe Pittman 33 50 159 15 45 3 2 0 11 11 4 11 25 .283 .329 .327 .656 16.8 2.6 0.8
RF *John Harris 32 62 122 15 25 6 0 4 18 0 0 6 19 .205 .235 .352 .587 11.6 0.5 0.7
C  Ron Karkovice 23 40 120 12 27 12 1 2 13 0 0 7 28 .225 .273 .392 .665 11.1 1.2 2.5
1B *Jerry Turner 33 71 119 9 34 4 1 1 15 1 0 9 14 .286 .336 .361 .697 13.4 2.3 0.6
CF  Donell Nixon 25 25 97 11 24 3 1 1 9 4 0 12 23 .247 .336 .330 .666 11.6 2.0 0.2
2B #Wallace Johnson 30 81 102 16 30 6 0 0 13 6 3 6 3 .294 .330 .353 .683 11.2 1.6 1.0
3B *Wayne Krenchicki 32 27 89 9 22 2 0 1 10 0 0 9 13 .247 .316 .303 .620 8.6 0.9 1.3
1B  Mike Anderson 36 24 62 6 8 6 0 0 5 0 0 8 12 .129 .229 .226 .454 2.1 0.0 0.5
  Team Totals 29.4 1686 5490 662 1316 285 43 120 642 37 15 515 1084 .240 .306 .373 .678 614.3 88.6 45.8
  Rank among 12 NL teams 10 10 11 7 2 9 10 12 1 5 12 10 10 10 10 10  
* - 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
 Mike Norris 32 13 12 .520 36 36 0 239.0 216 92 22 46 205 3.46 15.9
*Frank Tanana 33 11 9 .550 35 35 0 233.0 206 75 17 66 119 2.90 19.7
*Fernando Valenzuela 26 10 10 .500 31 31 0 207.3 194 87 21 79 166 3.78 12.0
 Storm Davis 25 10 8 .556 25 25 0 171.3 165 77 11 70 83 4.04 9.7
 Matt Williams 27 6 14 .300 23 23 0 121.7 113 70 19 50 120 5.18 2.3
 Cecilio Guante 27 7 8 .467 65 0 12 96.0 87 40 10 41 73 3.75 9.1
*Guy Hoffman 30 5 3 .625 49 1 5 95.7 83 37 10 36 48 3.48 8.2
 Dennis Lamp 34 3 3 .500 30 8 1 52.7 80 40 7 26 16 6.84 0.0
*Dan Schatzeder 32 2 4 .333 45 0 5 48.0 56 21 7 11 27 3.94 3.5
 Lee Smith 29 2 3 .400 9 9 0 45.7 48 23 6 8 38 4.53 1.7
*Dave Geisel 32 3 4 .429 21 11 1 44.7 40 13 2 23 29 2.62 4.1
 Tom Henke 29 2 2 .500 29 0 7 40.0 30 12 3 15 37 2.70 5.7
 Ron Davis 31 3 1 .750 22 0 2 35.7 21 5 3 3 44 1.26 6.2
 Steve Burke 32 1 1 .500 23 0 3 25.0 25 12 1 21 7 4.32 1.4
Team Totals 29.9 78 82 .488 443 179 36 1455.7 1364 604 139 495 1012 3.73 99.6
Rank among 12 NL teams 8 8 11 8 4 2 10 4 7 2 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 .991 30.0
M.Stanley 1151.3 127 135 810 64 8 4 .991 37.1
R.Karkovice 304.3 33 38 237 19 2 0 .992 40.6
Team Total 1455.7 160 173 1047 83 10 4 .991 37.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.23
R.Ready 949.0 110 111 1069 74 33 92 .972 10.84
R.Bryant 367.0 39 43 411 34 14 43 .969 10.91
J.Turner 182.6 29 35 206 17 2 20 .991 10.99
W.Johnson 62.7 7 10 68 4 0 4 1.000 10.34
J.Harris 34.0 3 6 45 3 0 3 1.000 12.71
M.Stanley 13.0 0 2 15 0 0 2 1.000 10.38
D.Reynolds 2.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Anderson 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1611.3 188 210 1816 133 49 164 .975 10.89
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.66
P.Runge 1277.3 148 149 290 527 11 112 .987 5.76
W.Krenchicki 170.0 20 20 43 68 1 15 .991 5.88
S.Fletcher 94.0 7 20 20 36 0 9 1.000 5.36
W.Johnson 81.3 5 28 13 39 0 9 1.000 5.75
R.Ready 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
F.Manrique 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Pittman 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1626.0 180 219 367 670 12 145 .989 5.74
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 2.66
F.Manrique 1368.0 151 151 80 317 5 32 .988 2.61
S.Fletcher 82.7 9 12 4 24 1 4 .966 3.05
P.Runge 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Ready 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.7 160 167 84 342 6 36 .986 2.63
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.13
S.Fletcher 643.7 72 79 87 254 5 38 .986 4.77
J.Pittman 410.8 49 50 65 164 6 29 .974 5.02
W.Johnson 120.0 9 23 15 45 2 7 .968 4.50
W.Krenchicki 46.3 5 6 7 17 1 4 .960 4.67
F.Manrique 29.0 3 4 3 9 0 3 1.000 3.72
P.Runge 6.0 1 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.00
R.Karkovice 3.0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
J.Harris 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1259.8 139 166 180 494 14 83 .980 4.82
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.90
D.Reynolds 1223.3 143 145 244 9 15 5 .944 1.86
J.Harris 93.0 10 15 15 1 0 1 1.000 1.55
J.Turner 45.6 3 21 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
M.Anderson 11.0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
R.Bryant 8.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Bell 5.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Ready 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1388.6 157 194 269 10 15 6 .949 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.42
F.Lynn 1317.7 145 154 348 9 2 2 .994 2.44
M.Anderson 130.0 15 17 31 2 2 1 .943 2.28
D.Reynolds 8.0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.63
Team Total 1455.7 160 172 384 11 4 3 .990 2.44
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.98
R.Bryant 934.0 104 107 198 5 13 1 .940 1.96
G.Bell 288.7 31 32 53 3 1 1 .982 1.75
J.Harris 99.0 12 13 31 0 1 0 .969 2.82
D.Nixon 53.7 6 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.18
M.Anderson 23.0 2 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
J.Turner 18.8 3 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.96
R.Ready 10.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
Team Total 1427.1 158 171 302 8 15 2 .954 1.95
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 1.90
M.Norris 239.0 36 36 15 44 2 1 .967 2.22
F.Tanana 233.0 35 35 13 23 0 0 1.000 1.39
F.Valenzuela 207.3 31 31 8 30 2 3 .950 1.65
S.Davis 171.3 25 25 15 30 3 2 .938 2.36
M.Williams 121.7 23 23 5 18 0 0 1.000 1.70
C.Guante 96.0 0 65 5 15 0 2 1.000 1.88
G.Hoffman 95.7 1 49 8 14 0 1 1.000 2.07
D.Lamp 52.7 8 30 5 10 0 2 1.000 2.56
D.Schatzeder 48.0 0 45 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.25
L.Smith 45.7 9 9 4 6 2 1 .833 1.97
D.Geisel 44.7 11 21 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.41
T.Henke 40.0 0 29 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Davis 35.7 0 22 1 4 1 0 .833 1.26
S.Burke 25.0 0 23 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
Team Total 1455.7 179 443 92 213 10 14 .968 1.89
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bryant .298
On-Base Pct Bryant .358
Slugging Pct Bryant .606
OPS Bryant .964
XR Bryant 112.5
Games Lynn 156
At-Bats Manrique 628
Runs Bryant 97
Hits Bryant 170
Total Bases Bryant 346
Singles Manrique 114
Doubles Bryant 39
Triples Bryant 13
Homeruns Bryant 37
RBIs Bryant 117
Stolen Bases Pittman 11
Caught Stealing Pittman 4
Walks Reynolds 93
Strikeouts Manrique 159
ERA Tanana 2.90
Wins Norris 13
Losses Williams 14
Winning Pct Davis .556
Saves Guante 12
Games Pitched Guante 65
Games Started Norris 36
Complete Games Davis, Norris, Tanana 3
Shutouts Tanana 2
Innings Pitched Norris 239.0
Hits Allowed Norris 216
Homeruns Allowed Norris 22
Strikeouts Norris 205
Walks Allowed Valenzuela 79
Walks per 9IP Norris 1.7
Hits per 9IP Tanana 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Norris 7.7
WHiP Norris 1.10
OAVG Norris .236
OOBP Norris .273
OSLG Tanana .331
OOPS Tanana .624
Team All-Stars
Ralph Bryant
Player Salaries
Lee Smith $ 9,000,000
Mike Norris $ 8,740,000
Storm Davis $ 2,685,714
George Bell $ 2,442,857
Jerry Turner $ 1,750,000
Dan Schatzeder $ 1,500,000
Dennis Lamp $ 1,250,000
Fernando Valenzuela $ 1,221,429
Randy Ready $ 1,042,857
Cecilio Guante $ 351,429
Scott Fletcher $ 350,000
Ralph Bryant $ 300,000
John Harris $ 300,000
Wallace Johnson $ 300,000
Ron Karkovice $ 300,000
Donell Nixon $ 300,000
Matt Williams $ 300,000
Paul Runge $ 300,000
Mike Stanley $ 300,000
Fred Manrique $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/3 Signed     Mike Anderson
6/1 Traded Tom Henke
Dave Geisel
Joe Pittman
Ron Davis
Philadelphia Steve Burke
Dennis Lamp
Dan Schatzeder
Jerry Turner
Wayne Krenchicki
7/1 Traded Wayne Krenchicki Miami Reggie Ritter
10/31 Released Reggie Ritter    
10/31 Released Frank Tanana    
10/31 Released Clay Christiansen    
10/31 Released Andy Allanson    
10/31 Released Mike Anderson    
10/31 Released Don Reynolds    
10/31 Released Steve Burke    
10/31 Released Guy Hoffman    
10/31 Released Fred Lynn