1987 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Record: 85-75
Finish: 2nd in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 800
Runs Allowed: 767
Exp W-L: 83-77
 
Ballpark: Hoosierdome
Attendance: 2,326,333
Manager:

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 57-80, 11th in the American League
AA: 56-81, 10th in the American League
A: 66-71, 6th in the American 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
SS *Ken Oberkfell 31 153 592 113 170 46 7 11 70 5 5 95 45 .287 .383 .444 .827 101.3 22.0 2.8
2B  Paul Molitor 30 156 644 98 213 45 3 19 101 13 3 35 28 .331 .365 .498 .864 106.0 23.9 6.7
DH #Eddie Murray 31 154 606 97 169 35 1 42 123 0 1 57 85 .279 .338 .548 .886 107.1 22.6 2.1
3B  Larry Parrish 33 154 575 92 133 32 2 38 94 1 1 57 138 .231 .305 .492 .797 87.2 15.5 3.1
CF *Greg Gross 34 154 550 78 156 29 5 14 85 3 3 59 44 .284 .352 .431 .783 81.0 15.9 3.8
1B  Dave Stapleton 33 132 472 44 121 36 1 4 56 0 0 14 21 .256 .278 .362 .641 40.7 3.2 5.0
C *Mike Scioscia 28 126 429 53 112 25 2 7 70 0 0 50 59 .261 .335 .378 .713 53.0 7.8 5.6
CF #Darrell Brown 31 133 445 62 112 14 0 2 35 15 5 11 34 .252 .270 .297 .567 31.6 0.3 0.3
LF  Horace Speed 35 111 348 46 86 19 6 2 37 1 2 40 78 .247 .332 .353 .685 40.9 5.9 1.9
3B  Willie Randolph 32 101 260 38 52 13 3 1 30 6 0 41 59 .200 .309 .285 .594 27.0 2.6 1.3
C #Tim Blackwell 34 96 269 33 67 30 3 2 33 0 1 32 42 .249 .329 .405 .734 33.0 5.6 3.0
RF  Steve Henderson 34 70 247 32 65 15 2 6 34 2 2 10 47 .263 .286 .413 .699 28.9 3.9 1.3
SS #Steve Jeltz 28 35 49 9 9 2 0 0 6 2 1 12 5 .184 .344 .224 .569 5.4 0.4 0.6
SS  Ed Romero 29 24 34 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 5 .059 .200 .088 .288 0.0 0.0 0.3
3B  Hector Cruz 34 16 29 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .103 .156 .103 .260 -0.2 0.0 0.2
C  Gary Alexander 34 16 22 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .227 .261 .273 .534 1.5 0.1 0.3
CF #Mike Ramsey 26 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 31.6 1642 5576 800 1475 343 35 148 778 48 24 522 709 .265 .327 .418 .745 743.9 129.8 38.4
  Rank among 12 AL teams 5 2 5 2 6 3 2 10 2 5 1 5 5 5 4 4  
* - 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
 Lary Sorensen 31 11 10 .524 32 32 0 217.0 238 93 21 33 80 3.86 15.1
 Jim Beattie 32 13 10 .565 32 32 0 191.0 184 83 8 80 117 3.91 14.0
 John Burkett 22 11 4 .733 26 26 0 183.7 179 69 9 36 76 3.38 16.2
 Ed Halicki 36 15 12 .556 87 5 8 181.0 225 98 20 65 87 4.87 10.0
 Terry Leach 33 10 7 .588 33 24 0 137.3 152 70 12 52 67 4.59 7.4
 Ernie Camacho 32 4 11 .267 28 22 0 129.7 152 80 11 60 59 5.55 2.4
*Rusty Gerhardt 36 7 5 .583 78 0 9 125.3 121 69 7 60 35 4.95 8.5
*Jerry Garvin 31 5 6 .455 48 3 11 80.0 91 46 10 35 37 5.18 4.0
 Randy Bockus 26 3 4 .429 57 0 15 75.7 91 45 10 42 33 5.35 3.4
*Jim Umbarger 34 5 4 .556 23 9 2 73.7 101 43 8 21 21 5.25 2.9
 Joey McLaughlin 30 1 2 .333 7 7 0 37.3 25 14 0 16 32 3.38 2.9
Team Totals 31.2 85 75 .531 451 160 45 1431.6 1559 710 116 500 644 4.46 86.7
Rank among 12 AL teams 5 5 6 5 4 12 4 10 6 12 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 .989 34.1
M.Scioscia 886.3 100 105 424 52 4 2 .992 37.0
T.Blackwell 504.0 56 66 240 25 4 1 .985 35.4
G.Alexander 41.3 4 9 22 3 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1431.7 160 180 686 80 8 3 .990 37.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.40
E.Murray 1335.7 151 153 1736 128 15 172 .992 12.56
T.Blackwell 85.0 9 15 106 7 0 11 1.000 11.96
D.Stapleton 6.0 0 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 7.50
G.Gross 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
S.Jeltz 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1431.7 160 172 1849 136 15 183 .993 12.48
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.79
P.Molitor 1312.3 149 150 333 656 19 153 .981 6.78
E.Romero 66.3 6 17 12 26 1 3 .974 5.16
W.Randolph 51.0 5 10 13 27 0 3 1.000 7.06
D.Stapleton 1.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00
K.Oberkfell 1.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1431.7 160 179 358 713 20 159 .982 6.73
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.65
K.Oberkfell 1314.7 147 150 93 327 24 36 .946 2.88
W.Randolph 67.0 8 11 6 18 1 1 .960 3.22
M.Scioscia 34.0 4 4 3 14 0 3 1.000 4.50
E.Romero 13.0 1 3 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.46
P.Molitor 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Parrish 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1431.7 160 171 104 365 25 41 .949 2.95
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.16
D.Stapleton 1052.3 120 128 188 510 18 97 .975 5.97
W.Randolph 205.3 23 27 33 89 3 18 .976 5.35
S.Jeltz 141.0 14 27 20 71 3 10 .968 5.81
K.Oberkfell 11.0 1 2 2 5 0 1 1.000 5.73
E.Romero 10.0 1 3 0 5 1 0 .833 4.50
P.Molitor 10.0 1 2 3 4 0 0 1.000 6.30
H.Speed 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Cruz 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.7 160 191 246 684 25 126 .974 5.85
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.86
L.Parrish 883.7 100 102 161 13 1 1 .994 1.77
H.Speed 464.7 55 57 79 3 1 1 .988 1.59
D.Brown 40.0 3 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.48
H.Cruz 36.0 2 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
G.Gross 7.3 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.91
Team Total 1431.7 160 180 265 16 2 2 .993 1.77
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.50
G.Gross 1243.3 142 144 318 11 0 5 1.000 2.38
H.Speed 109.0 11 15 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.72
D.Brown 56.0 6 8 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.73
M.Ramsey 17.3 1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.64
H.Cruz 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
P.Molitor 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.7 160 178 376 11 0 5 1.000 2.43
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.02
S.Henderson 573.7 66 70 125 4 1 1 .992 2.02
L.Parrish 446.7 49 50 99 7 0 2 1.000 2.14
H.Speed 311.3 34 39 63 4 0 0 1.000 1.94
G.Gross 56.0 6 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
H.Cruz 39.0 5 5 11 0 1 0 .917 2.54
M.Scioscia 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
T.Blackwell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.7 160 172 310 15 2 3 .994 2.04
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.04
L.Sorensen 217.0 32 32 14 36 1 3 .980 2.07
J.Beattie 191.0 32 32 7 24 2 1 .939 1.46
J.Burkett 183.7 26 26 16 26 0 1 1.000 2.06
E.Halicki 181.0 5 87 11 31 2 1 .955 2.09
T.Leach 137.3 24 33 10 30 0 4 1.000 2.62
E.Camacho 129.7 22 28 10 16 1 1 .963 1.80
R.Gerhardt 125.3 0 78 6 29 0 3 1.000 2.51
J.Garvin 80.0 3 48 5 18 0 3 1.000 2.59
R.Bockus 75.7 0 57 3 4 0 0 1.000 0.83
J.Umbarger 73.7 9 23 7 14 1 1 .955 2.57
J.McLaughlin 37.3 7 7 5 4 0 1 1.000 2.17
Team Total 1431.6 160 451 94 232 7 19 .979 2.05
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Molitor .331
On-Base Pct Oberkfell .383
Slugging Pct Murray .548
OPS Murray .886
XR Murray 107.1
Games Molitor 156
At-Bats Molitor 644
Runs Oberkfell 113
Hits Molitor 213
Total Bases Murray 332
Singles Molitor 146
Doubles Oberkfell 46
Triples Oberkfell 7
Homeruns Murray 42
RBIs Murray 123
Stolen Bases Brown 15
Caught Stealing Brown, Oberkfell 5
Walks Oberkfell 95
Strikeouts Parrish 138
ERA Burkett 3.38
Wins Halicki 15
Losses Halicki 12
Winning Pct Leach .588
Saves Bockus 15
Games Pitched Halicki 87
Games Started Beattie, Sorensen 32
Complete Games Burkett 6
Shutouts Burkett 2
Innings Pitched Sorensen 217.0
Hits Allowed Sorensen 238
Homeruns Allowed Sorensen 21
Strikeouts Beattie 117
Walks Allowed Beattie 80
Walks per 9IP Sorensen 1.4
Hits per 9IP Beattie 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Beattie 5.5
WHiP Burkett 1.17
OAVG Burkett .255
OOBP Burkett .292
OSLG Beattie .346
OOPS Burkett .645
Team All-Stars
Paul Molitor
Ken Oberkfell
Player Salaries
Larry Parrish $ 15,500,000
Eddie Murray $ 9,000,000
Ken Oberkfell $ 7,610,000
Greg Gross $ 7,410,000
Joey McLaughlin $ 6,292,857
Paul Molitor $ 5,650,000
Dave Stapleton $ 5,000,000
Jim Beattie $ 3,500,000
Steve Henderson $ 2,900,000
Mike Scioscia $ 1,867,777
Tim Blackwell $ 1,700,700
Lary Sorensen $ 1,600,000
Mark Lee $ 914,286
Willie Randolph $ 900,000
Ed Halicki $ 765,000
Rusty Gerhardt $ 500,000
Horace Speed $ 435,714
Gary Alexander $ 350,000
Ernie Camacho $ 300,000
John Burkett $ 300,000
Randy Bockus $ 300,000
Darrell Brown $ 300,000
Hector Cruz $ 300,000
Jerry Garvin $ 300,000
Terry Leach $ 300,000
Jim Umbarger $ 300,000
Mike Ramsey $ 300,000
Ed Romero $ 300,000
Steve Jeltz $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Jerry Reuss New York (N) Larry Parrish
2/4 Signed     Willie Randolph
2/8 Signed     Ed Halicki
2/11 Signed     Steve Henderson
2/14 Traded John Morris
Kelly Paris
Wayne Cage
Mark Thurmond
New York (N) Tim Blackwell
$5,000,000
2/15 Signed     Terry Leach
3/4 Traded Gorman Heimueller Colorado Joey Mclaughlin
5/1 Signed     Ernie Camacho