1979 Braves Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 26-28
Finished 4th in the GCL
Manager: Pedro González (26-28)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Bradenton, Florida
Ballpark: McKechnie Field
1979 Braves RosterTeam Record: 26-28
Finished 4th in the GCL
Manager: Pedro González (26-28)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Bradenton, Florida
Ballpark: McKechnie Field
The Braves of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1979 season with a record of 26 wins and 28 losses, finishing fourth in the GCL.
The Braves scored 302 runs and allowed 280 runs. Brook Jacoby drove in 35 runs. Miguel Sosa led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .281, while Bill Haley recorded a 3.67 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Brett Butler and Brook Jacoby both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Pedro González served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Rabun | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.38 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32.0 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bill Haley | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.67 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 59 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Russell Kerdolff | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.53 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32.0 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Juan Valdez | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.86 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 50 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Eugene Boozer | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Carlos Rymer | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.89 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Gary Hibbett | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.60 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 44 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Alexander Matos | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.31 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 39.0 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Willie Sellers | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.87 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 59 | 45 | 42 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Francis Mouse | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| William Nice | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bret Ferguson | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Dreistadt | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 22 | 22 | .500 | 3.91 | 126 | 47 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 391.0 | 397 | 226 | 170 | 8 | 219 | 6 | 164 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Sosa | 44 | 184 | 171 | 25 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 22 | .281 | .322 | .439 | .761 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gregory Dikos | 54 | 238 | 196 | 36 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 27 | .245 | .361 | .378 | .739 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Brook Jacoby | 42 | 185 | 160 | 24 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 23 | .269 | .353 | .406 | .760 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Eric Ayala | 38 | 180 | 167 | 25 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | .257 | .298 | .281 | .579 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Brett Butler | 30 | 133 | 111 | 36 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | .369 | .462 | .604 | 1.066 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Pocoroba | 42 | 166 | 141 | 18 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 17 | .262 | .364 | .305 | .669 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Preston Williams | 42 | 179 | 137 | 25 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 21 | .263 | .427 | .387 | .814 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bob Luzon | 53 | 219 | 189 | 23 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 27 | .180 | .264 | .206 | .471 | 39 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Rafael Quezada | 43 | 143 | 121 | 19 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | .256 | .357 | .298 | .654 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Luis Wilson | 29 | 108 | 96 | 20 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | .281 | .346 | .375 | .721 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Inocencio Guerrero | 23 | 92 | 80 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 17 | .225 | .308 | .300 | .608 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hector Nunez | 25 | 81 | 65 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .246 | .362 | .277 | .639 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Chuck Black | 13 | 61 | 45 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 4 | .333 | .508 | .400 | .908 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Whistler | 27 | 87 | 65 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 14 | .231 | .402 | .338 | .741 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Arthur Neal | 13 | 46 | 41 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .195 | .261 | .244 | .505 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bret Ferguson | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alexander Matos | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eugene Boozer | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 550 | 2104 | 1787 | 304 | 460 | 70 | 17 | 21 | 251 | 44 | 28 | 263 | 245 | .257 | .354 | .351 | .705 | 627 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Williams | 1B | 40 | 376 | 26 | 3 | 33 | .993 | 1.050 | ||||
| Luis Wilson | 1B | 16 | 155 | 12 | 5 | 6 | .971 | 1.438 | ||||
| Eric Ayala | 2B | 38 | 95 | 133 | 9 | 26 | .962 | 6.000 | ||||
| Joseph Pocoroba | 2B | 13 | 34 | 49 | 3 | 9 | .965 | 6.385 | ||||
| Chuck Black | 2B | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.333 | ||||
| Gregory Dikos | 3B | 52 | 57 | 144 | 13 | 8 | .939 | 3.865 | ||||
| Joseph Pocoroba | 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 1.000 | ||||
| Arthur Neal | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Randy Whistler | C | 27 | 86 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .972 | 3.852 | 5 | |||
| Hector Nunez | C | 24 | 82 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .960 | 3.958 | 4 | |||
| Inocencio Guerrero | C | 14 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .958 | 3.286 | 5 | |||
| Bob Luzon | OF | 53 | 121 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .963 | 2.472 | ||||
| Rafael Quezada | OF | 39 | 50 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .948 | 1.410 | ||||
| Brook Jacoby | OF | 36 | 65 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .947 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brett Butler | OF | 30 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.367 | ||||
| Luis Wilson | OF | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.714 | ||||
| Arthur Neal | OF | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Alexander Matos | P | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .353 | ||||
| Francis Mouse | P | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Dreistadt | P | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Juan Valdez | P | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Willie Sellers | P | 10 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 2.400 | ||||
| Kenneth Rabun | P | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| William Nice | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Haley | P | 9 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.889 | ||||
| Carlos Rymer | P | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Russell Kerdolff | P | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Eugene Boozer | P | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gary Hibbett | P | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bret Ferguson | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .167 | ||||
| Miguel Sosa | SS | 42 | 52 | 128 | 22 | 18 | .891 | 4.286 | ||||
| Joseph Pocoroba | SS | 18 | 29 | 44 | 10 | 6 | .880 | 4.056 | ||||
| Totals | 588 | 1377 | 672 | 98 | 116 | .954 | 3.485 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
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