1988 Greenville Braves Statistics
Team Record: 87-57
Finished 1st in the SL's East Division
Manager: Russ Nixon (0-0), Buddy Bailey (0-0)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Ballpark: Greenville Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 209,791, Avg. 2,914
Playoffs - Greenville Braves 3 games, Jacksonville Expos 2
Finals - Chattanooga Lookouts 3 games, Greenville Braves 1
The Greenville Braves of the Southern League ended the 1988 season with a record of 87 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Braves topped the league with 673 runs, ignited by 105 home runs. Greenville allowed 522 runs. Barry Jones, Mark Lemke and Ed Whited led the team with 16 home runs apiece. Mark Lemke drove in 80 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .270 clip. Kevin Blankenship paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.34 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Terry Bell, Jim Acker, Tom Dunbar, Paul Marak, Ed Whited, Kevin Blankenship, Dale Polley, Greg Tubbs, Mike Bell, Drew Denson, David Justice, Robbie Wine, Rusty Richards, Steve Ziem, Kent Mercker, Mike Fischlin, Ed Olwine, Tom Dozier and Mark Lemke were all players from the 1988 Greenville Braves who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Russ Nixon and Buddy Bailey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Blankenship | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.34 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 177.0 | 132 | 58 | 46 | 7 | 83 | 0 | 127 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| John Kilner | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.54 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 157.7 | 133 | 71 | 62 | 14 | 86 | 3 | 80 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Eddie Mathews | 10 | 4 | .714 | 1.72 | 57 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 68.0 | 56 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Rusty Richards | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.63 | 28 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 147.0 | 125 | 46 | 43 | 13 | 42 | 1 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Dale Polley | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.16 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 128.0 | 102 | 56 | 45 | 18 | 49 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Andy Nezelek | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.38 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 133.7 | 133 | 77 | 65 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 89 | 5 | 5 | 8 | |
| Maximo Del Rosario | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.97 | 55 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 88.0 | 67 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 52 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| Tom Dozier | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.85 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 94.7 | 67 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Dave Miller | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.50 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 72.0 | 59 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Kent Mercker | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.35 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.3 | 36 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Bryan Farmer | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.77 | 51 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 52.0 | 45 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Steve Ziem | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.86 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Preston Watson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.02 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Ed Olwine | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.3 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Inocencio Guerrero | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Acker | 0 | 0 | 1.72 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ellis Roby | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Marak | 0 | 0 | 10.47 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 87 | 57 | .604 | 3.15 | 403 | 144 | 126 | 18 | 6 | 33 | 1250.3 | 1040 | 522 | 438 | 88 | 526 | 23 | 811 | 28 | 31 | 62 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Lemke | 143 | 628 | 567 | 81 | 153 | 30 | 4 | 16 | 80 | 18 | 2 | 52 | 92 | .270 | .330 | .422 | .752 | 239 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |
| Drew Denson | 140 | 572 | 507 | 85 | 136 | 26 | 4 | 13 | 78 | 11 | 9 | 44 | 116 | .268 | .341 | .412 | .753 | 209 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| Dennis Hood | 141 | 588 | 525 | 85 | 135 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 47 | 31 | 8 | 52 | 139 | .257 | .332 | .396 | .728 | 208 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Barry Jones | 101 | 417 | 384 | 56 | 109 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 55 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 56 | .284 | .322 | .497 | .819 | 191 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |
| Ed Whited | 132 | 532 | 428 | 81 | 108 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 62 | 18 | 2 | 97 | 84 | .252 | .397 | .409 | .805 | 175 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| John Alva | 123 | 514 | 481 | 50 | 102 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 79 | .212 | .251 | .264 | .515 | 127 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tom Dunbar | 81 | 314 | 261 | 47 | 69 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 44 | 10 | 5 | 43 | 32 | .264 | .360 | .448 | .808 | 117 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |
| David Justice | 58 | 237 | 198 | 34 | 55 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 43 | .278 | .392 | .490 | .882 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Todd Dewey | 53 | 187 | 160 | 9 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | .219 | .315 | .238 | .553 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Inocencio Guerrero | 61 | 173 | 147 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 32 | .197 | .306 | .361 | .667 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Terry Bell | 41 | 155 | 132 | 17 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 26 | .212 | .318 | .258 | .576 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Greg Tubbs | 29 | 115 | 101 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 20 | .238 | .330 | .267 | .598 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sal D'Alessandro | 39 | 142 | 118 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 15 | .203 | .319 | .322 | .641 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Miguel Sabino | 40 | 140 | 126 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 29 | .167 | .232 | .230 | .462 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Juan Pacho | 28 | 97 | 85 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .212 | .299 | .235 | .534 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Fischlin | 11 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .382 | .462 | .441 | .903 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Maldonado | 23 | 61 | 51 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .196 | .317 | .255 | .572 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ellis Roby | 43 | 66 | 59 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .153 | .242 | .186 | .429 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Butts | 7 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .333 | .360 | .375 | .735 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kent Mercker | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Bell | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .308 | .333 | .641 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Polley | 36 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .231 | .375 | .308 | .683 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Kilner | 27 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .167 | .211 | .167 | .377 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rusty Richards | 29 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .118 | .111 | .118 | .229 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bryan Farmer | 51 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Mathews | 57 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Miller | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maximo Del Rosario | 55 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Nezelek | 26 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Blankenship | 28 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .139 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Plumb | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tom Dozier | 28 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robbie Wine | 6 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .000 | .095 | .000 | .095 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Steve Ziem | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1672 | 5171 | 4540 | 638 | 1106 | 177 | 37 | 105 | 567 | 127 | 57 | 512 | 856 | .244 | .324 | .368 | .693 | 1672 | 0 | 50 | 29 | 40 | 28 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Denson | 1B | 121 | 1136 | 73 | 18 | 111 | .985 | 9.992 | ||||
| Inocencio Guerrero | 1B | 23 | 204 | 11 | 5 | 13 | .977 | 9.348 | ||||
| Mike Bell | 1B | 4 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 11.250 | ||||
| Tom Dunbar | 1B | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Lemke | 2B | 141 | 281 | 440 | 18 | 105 | .976 | 5.113 | ||||
| Ellis Roby | 2B | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Juan Pacho | 2B | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Dave Butts | 2B | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Ed Whited | 3B | 124 | 73 | 264 | 33 | 22 | .911 | 2.718 | ||||
| Ellis Roby | 3B | 10 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 2.300 | ||||
| Juan Pacho | 3B | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Dave Butts | 3B | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Todd Dewey | 3B | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 2.250 | ||||
| Inocencio Guerrero | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.000 | ||||
| Todd Dewey | C | 49 | 264 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .986 | 5.878 | 1 | |||
| Terry Bell | C | 40 | 227 | 22 | 3 | 3 | .988 | 6.225 | 6 | |||
| Sal D'Alessandro | C | 39 | 227 | 31 | 3 | 5 | .989 | 6.615 | 1 | |||
| Phil Maldonado | C | 22 | 88 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 4.273 | 3 | |||
| Robbie Wine | C | 5 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.400 | 1 | |||
| Dave Plumb | C | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | 1 | |||
| Dennis Hood | OF | 137 | 271 | 21 | 6 | 5 | .980 | 2.131 | ||||
| Barry Jones | OF | 90 | 166 | 3 | 9 | 2 | .949 | 1.878 | ||||
| Kash Beauchamp | OF | 62 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Justice | OF | 53 | 100 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .954 | 1.943 | ||||
| Miguel Sabino | OF | 38 | 57 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .954 | 1.632 | ||||
| Tom Dunbar | OF | 36 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.111 | ||||
| Greg Tubbs | OF | 29 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .972 | 2.379 | ||||
| Drew Denson | OF | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Eddie Mathews | P | 57 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .333 | ||||
| Maximo Del Rosario | P | 55 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 4 | .944 | .618 | ||||
| Bryan Farmer | P | 51 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .294 | ||||
| Dale Polley | P | 36 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .966 | .778 | ||||
| Rusty Richards | P | 28 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 3 | .938 | 1.071 | ||||
| Tom Dozier | P | 28 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .714 | .357 | ||||
| Kevin Blankenship | P | 28 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 4 | .977 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Kilner | P | 27 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Andy Nezelek | P | 26 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 1 | .838 | 1.192 | ||||
| Paul Marak | P | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dave Miller | P | 10 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Steve Ziem | P | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Ed Olwine | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Kent Mercker | P | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Preston Watson | P | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Jim Acker | P | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Ellis Roby | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Inocencio Guerrero | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Alva | SS | 117 | 146 | 409 | 35 | 86 | .941 | 4.744 | ||||
| Juan Pacho | SS | 16 | 12 | 46 | 1 | 8 | .983 | 3.625 | ||||
| Mike Fischlin | SS | 11 | 18 | 42 | 4 | 6 | .938 | 5.455 | ||||
| Ellis Roby | SS | 9 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.444 | ||||
| Totals | 1616 | 3624 | 1663 | 178 | 394 | .967 | 3.272 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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