
1991 Greenville Braves Statistics
Team Record: 88-56
Finished 1st in the SL's East Division
Manager: Chris Chambliss (88-56)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Ballpark: Greenville Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 222,038, Avg. 3,084
Playoffs - Orlando SunRays 3 games, Greenville Braves 0
The Greenville Braves of the Southern League ended the 1991 season with a record of 88 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Braves paced the circuit with 608 runs, ignited by 85 home runs. Greenville surrendered 503 runs. Ryan Klesko powered the team with 14 home runs and drove in 67 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .291 clip. Nap Robinson topped the squad with 16 wins and a team-best 2.27 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1991 Greenville Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Pedro Borbón, Mark Wohlers, Ryan Klesko, Al Martin, Brian Bark, Turk Wendell, David Nied, Billy Taylor, Eddie Pérez, Brian Kowitz, Pat Gomez, Keith Mitchell, Vinny Castilla, Ben Rivera and Scott Taylor.
Chris Chambliss 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nap Robinson | 16 | 6 | .727 | 2.27 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.7 | 172 | 61 | 44 | 6 | 48 | 2 | 107 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 731 |
Turk Wendell | 11 | 3 | .786 | 2.56 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 147.7 | 130 | 47 | 42 | 4 | 51 | 5 | 122 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 613 |
Ben Rivera | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.57 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 158.7 | 155 | 76 | 63 | 13 | 75 | 4 | 116 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 683 |
Judd Johnson | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.56 | 47 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 98.7 | 108 | 42 | 39 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 411 |
David Nied | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.41 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89.7 | 79 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 367 |
Lee Upshaw | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.36 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 115.3 | 117 | 55 | 43 | 4 | 43 | 1 | 87 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 493 |
Billy Taylor | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.51 | 59 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 77.3 | 49 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 295 |
Pat Gomez | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.81 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.7 | 58 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 318 |
Preston Watson | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.24 | 49 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80.7 | 74 | 48 | 38 | 4 | 44 | 7 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 367 |
Earl Sanders | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.65 | 48 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 82 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 51 | 4 | 85 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 365 |
Scott Taylor | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 49 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 191 |
Brian Bark | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.57 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17.7 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 79 |
Don Strange | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.50 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
Brian Champion | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Mark Wohlers | 0 | 0 | 0.57 | 28 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 31.3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 116 | |
Mike Young | 0 | 0 | 14.90 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 58 | |
Pedro Borbón | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.79 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 120 |
Totals | 88 | 56 | .611 | 3.02 | 395 | 144 | 135 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 1238.7 | 1144 | 503 | 415 | 47 | 462 | 33 | 997 | 47 | 14 | 79 | 5230 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ryan Klesko | 126 | 506 | 419 | 64 | 122 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 67 | 14 | 17 | 75 | 60 | .291 | .404 | .458 | .862 | 192 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
Sean Ross | 113 | 461 | 429 | 52 | 121 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 20 | 5 | 24 | 96 | .282 | .322 | .417 | .740 | 179 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Popeye Cole | 124 | 474 | 420 | 51 | 102 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 32 | 73 | .243 | .305 | .310 | .614 | 130 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
Rick Morris | 115 | 433 | 338 | 50 | 81 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 75 | 55 | .240 | .385 | .337 | .722 | 114 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
Brian Champion | 113 | 386 | 332 | 45 | 75 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 77 | .226 | .329 | .346 | .675 | 115 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Al Martin | 86 | 343 | 301 | 38 | 73 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 19 | 7 | 32 | 84 | .243 | .330 | .375 | .706 | 113 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Keith Mitchell | 60 | 252 | 214 | 46 | 70 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 47 | 12 | 8 | 29 | 29 | .327 | .402 | .565 | .967 | 121 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Vinny Castilla | 66 | 276 | 259 | 34 | 70 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 35 | .270 | .296 | .440 | .736 | 114 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Rich Casarotti | 78 | 297 | 264 | 38 | 68 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 49 | .258 | .324 | .307 | .631 | 81 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
John Alva | 68 | 276 | 256 | 27 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 49 | .207 | .249 | .285 | .534 | 73 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Brian Deak | 73 | 266 | 204 | 31 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 51 | .201 | .366 | .392 | .758 | 80 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Johnny Cuevas | 68 | 221 | 205 | 22 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 47 | .190 | .241 | .288 | .529 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Jose Olmeda | 50 | 197 | 173 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 36 | .202 | .271 | .324 | .595 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Chris Burton | 58 | 160 | 144 | 18 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 33 | .208 | .277 | .278 | .555 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Rich Maloney | 43 | 128 | 111 | 12 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .261 | .312 | .333 | .645 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Pat Kelly | 30 | 106 | 90 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | .300 | .385 | .411 | .796 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Boi Rodriguez | 29 | 112 | 92 | 14 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 16 | .283 | .373 | .446 | .818 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Brian Kowitz | 35 | 128 | 112 | 15 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | .232 | .302 | .357 | .659 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Ed Alicea | 13 | 48 | 42 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .333 | .417 | .476 | .893 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Fred Lopez | 23 | 59 | 53 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .264 | .339 | .377 | .716 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Turk Wendell | 25 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
David Nied | 15 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .222 | .364 | .333 | .697 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Pat Gomez | 13 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ben Rivera | 26 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Lee Upshaw | 19 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .133 | .133 | .200 | .333 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Preston Watson | 49 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Sanders | 48 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eddie Pérez | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nap Robinson | 29 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .043 | .120 | .043 | .163 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Taylor | 59 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Scott Taylor | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Judd Johnson | 47 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Randy Simmons | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1711 | 5258 | 4568 | 608 | 1131 | 232 | 31 | 85 | 542 | 111 | 73 | 526 | 872 | .248 | .329 | .368 | .696 | 1680 | 82 | 50 | 64 | 50 | 41 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ryan Klesko | 1B | 109 | 1043 | 57 | 17 | 97 | .985 | 1.092 | ||||
Brian Champion | 1B | 38 | 316 | 24 | 5 | 22 | .986 | 8.947 | ||||
Rick Morris | 1B | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
Eddie Pérez | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
Al Martin | 1B | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
Rich Maloney | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
Johnny Cuevas | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Rich Casarotti | 2B | 75 | 155 | 229 | 8 | 49 | .980 | 5.120 | ||||
Jose Olmeda | 2B | 49 | 93 | 174 | 6 | 28 | .978 | 5.449 | ||||
Rich Maloney | 2B | 20 | 23 | 51 | 1 | 12 | .987 | 3.700 | ||||
Pat Kelly | 2B | 7 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .946 | 5.000 | ||||
Rick Morris | 2B | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
Rick Morris | 3B | 102 | 53 | 190 | 15 | 11 | .942 | 2.382 | ||||
Boi Rodriguez | 3B | 26 | 15 | 58 | 7 | 6 | .912 | 2.808 | ||||
Pat Kelly | 3B | 11 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .960 | 2.182 | ||||
Rich Maloney | 3B | 10 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.900 | ||||
Brian Champion | 3B | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
Brian Deak | C | 70 | 465 | 45 | 6 | 3 | .988 | 7.286 | 8 | |||
Johnny Cuevas | C | 67 | 457 | 35 | 4 | 2 | .992 | 7.343 | 9 | |||
Fred Lopez | C | 19 | 102 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.579 | 5 | |||
Popeye Cole | OF | 111 | 147 | 12 | 4 | 3 | .975 | 1.432 | ||||
Sean Ross | OF | 104 | 156 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .970 | 1.538 | ||||
Al Martin | OF | 80 | 127 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .957 | 1.662 | ||||
Keith Mitchell | OF | 60 | 99 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .963 | 1.717 | ||||
Chris Burton | OF | 40 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .965 | 1.375 | ||||
Brian Kowitz | OF | 35 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.657 | ||||
Ed Alicea | OF | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
Pat Kelly | OF | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.200 | ||||
Randy Simmons | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Brian Deak | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Billy Taylor | P | 59 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .220 | ||||
Preston Watson | P | 49 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .870 | .408 | ||||
Earl Sanders | P | 48 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .479 | ||||
Judd Johnson | P | 47 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .426 | ||||
Nap Robinson | P | 29 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | .839 | .897 | ||||
Mark Wohlers | P | 28 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .179 | ||||
Ben Rivera | P | 26 | 11 | 31 | 2 | 4 | .955 | 1.615 | ||||
Turk Wendell | P | 25 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .939 | 1.240 | ||||
Lee Upshaw | P | 19 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.211 | ||||
David Nied | P | 15 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
Pat Gomez | P | 13 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.462 | ||||
Mike Young | P | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Brian Bark | P | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
Scott Taylor | P | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Don Strange | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Pedro Borbón | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Brian Champion | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
John Alva | SS | 68 | 99 | 214 | 15 | 52 | .954 | 4.603 | ||||
Vinny Castilla | SS | 66 | 86 | 221 | 11 | 39 | .965 | 4.652 | ||||
Rich Maloney | SS | 12 | 16 | 33 | 4 | 3 | .925 | 4.083 | ||||
Pat Kelly | SS | 4 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.750 | ||||
Totals | 1617 | 3716 | 1656 | 145 | 357 | .974 | 3.322 | 22 | 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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