1993 Greenville Braves Statistics
Team Record: 75-67
Finished 1st in the SL's East Division
Manager: Bruce Kimm (75-67)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Ballpark: Greenville Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 232,369, Avg. 3,417 in 68 home dates
Playoffs - Knoxville Smokies 3 games, Greenville Braves 2
The Greenville Braves of the Southern League ended the 1993 season with a record of 75 wins and 67 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Braves scored 602 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 631 runs. Tim Gillis and Troy Hughes led Greenville with 14 home runs apiece. Tim Gillis drove in 62 runs. Ed Giovanola paced all regular batters by connecting at a .281 clip. Lee Upshaw topped the team with 9 wins, while Mike Hostetler registered a 2.73 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1993 Greenville Braves who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mike Potts, Carl Schutz, Pedro Swann, Vance Lovelace, Terrell Wade, Tyler Houston, Dale Polley, Ed Giovanola, Brian Kowitz, Brad Woodall, Kevin Lomon, Carlos Reyes, Eddie Pérez and Scott Bradley.
Bruce Kimm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Upshaw | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.29 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 120.3 | 109 | 49 | 44 | 5 | 56 | 4 | 99 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 514 |
| Carlos Reyes | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.06 | 33 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 70.0 | 64 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 290 |
| Dale Polley | 8 | 1 | .889 | 4.12 | 42 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59.0 | 44 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 238 |
| Mike Hostetler | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.72 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 135.7 | 122 | 48 | 41 | 9 | 36 | 3 | 105 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 559 |
| Mike Potts | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.88 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 141.7 | 131 | 79 | 61 | 7 | 86 | 2 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 621 |
| Blase Sparma | 5 | 12 | .294 | 4.85 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 150.3 | 170 | 95 | 81 | 12 | 68 | 0 | 97 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 676 |
| Dennis Burlingame | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.99 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 | 76 | 52 | 37 | 6 | 37 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 309 |
| Marcos Vasquez | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.61 | 43 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 82.0 | 96 | 47 | 42 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 366 |
| Darren Ritter | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.06 | 35 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65.3 | 81 | 48 | 44 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 300 |
| Brad Hassinger | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.57 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 94 |
| Kevin Lomon | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.86 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 79.3 | 76 | 41 | 34 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 338 |
| Vance Lovelace | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.65 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 67 |
| Terrell Wade | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.21 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42.0 | 32 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 179 |
| Carl Schutz | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.06 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21.3 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 101 |
| Brad Woodall | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.38 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53.3 | 43 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 220 |
| David Williams | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.15 | 45 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56.3 | 51 | 29 | 26 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 248 |
| Don Strange | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.65 | 27 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 24.7 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 109 |
| Brian Boltz | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.23 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 33 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 158 |
| Scott Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Osvaldo Sanchez | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Totals | 75 | 67 | .528 | 3.84 | 431 | 142 | 135 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 1248.3 | 1203 | 631 | 533 | 86 | 572 | 34 | 967 | 61 | 10 | 83 | 5398 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Olmeda | 122 | 494 | 451 | 61 | 126 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 51 | 15 | 7 | 29 | 63 | .279 | .317 | .421 | .738 | 190 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| Brian Kowitz | 122 | 514 | 450 | 63 | 125 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 13 | 10 | 60 | 56 | .278 | .365 | .378 | .742 | 170 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Gillis | 135 | 514 | 451 | 58 | 113 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 62 | 1 | 6 | 51 | 103 | .251 | .334 | .406 | .740 | 183 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Hector Roa | 123 | 483 | 447 | 50 | 110 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 58 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 72 | .246 | .295 | .367 | .662 | 164 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Giovanola | 120 | 480 | 384 | 70 | 108 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 6 | 7 | 84 | 49 | .281 | .408 | .401 | .809 | 154 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Lee Heath | 112 | 465 | 432 | 47 | 105 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 108 | .243 | .291 | .347 | .638 | 150 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Troy Hughes | 109 | 435 | 383 | 49 | 102 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 59 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 67 | .266 | .347 | .449 | .796 | 172 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Tyler Houston | 84 | 284 | 262 | 27 | 73 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 50 | .279 | .313 | .397 | .710 | 104 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Kevin O'Connor | 122 | 428 | 355 | 63 | 67 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 62 | 63 | .189 | .321 | .301 | .622 | 107 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Pat Kelly | 72 | 233 | 212 | 23 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 30 | .255 | .303 | .311 | .614 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Brad Rippelmeyer | 95 | 320 | 277 | 25 | 53 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 74 | .191 | .284 | .285 | .569 | 79 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Pedro Swann | 44 | 168 | 157 | 19 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 23 | .306 | .347 | .446 | .793 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Pérez | 28 | 88 | 84 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .333 | .341 | .619 | .960 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Osvaldo Sanchez | 33 | 115 | 100 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 28 | .220 | .322 | .370 | .692 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Bradley | 26 | 63 | 57 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .333 | .397 | .421 | .818 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Warner | 5 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .350 | .409 | .550 | .959 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Upshaw | 35 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .375 | .375 | .438 | .812 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blase Sparma | 28 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .143 | .182 | .238 | .420 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Burlingame | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Woodall | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Lomon | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Alicea | 14 | 36 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .065 | .194 | .065 | .259 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Hassinger | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darren Ritter | 35 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Polley | 42 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Boltz | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marcos Vasquez | 43 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Hostetler | 19 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Potts | 25 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .071 | .235 | .071 | .307 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Schutz | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrell Wade | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Williams | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carlos Reyes | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1758 | 5272 | 4665 | 602 | 1184 | 233 | 38 | 89 | 540 | 97 | 79 | 476 | 852 | .254 | .327 | .377 | .705 | 1760 | 111 | 52 | 43 | 36 | 20 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Gillis | 1B | 108 | 819 | 92 | 10 | 88 | .989 | 8.435 | ||||
| Kevin O'Connor | 1B | 32 | 223 | 21 | 2 | 25 | .992 | 7.625 | ||||
| Eddie Pérez | 1B | 16 | 122 | 15 | 3 | 16 | .979 | 8.562 | ||||
| Scott Bradley | 1B | 9 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.222 | ||||
| Osvaldo Sanchez | 1B | 5 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Jose Olmeda | 2B | 98 | 230 | 288 | 12 | 88 | .977 | 5.286 | ||||
| Pat Kelly | 2B | 38 | 60 | 91 | 6 | 15 | .962 | 3.974 | ||||
| Ed Giovanola | 2B | 20 | 34 | 54 | 3 | 9 | .967 | 4.400 | ||||
| Ed Alicea | 2B | 4 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | .950 | 4.750 | ||||
| Kevin O'Connor | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ed Giovanola | 3B | 107 | 60 | 227 | 11 | 23 | .963 | 2.682 | ||||
| Tim Gillis | 3B | 41 | 17 | 69 | 5 | 5 | .945 | 2.098 | ||||
| Pat Kelly | 3B | 16 | 9 | 30 | 1 | 2 | .975 | 2.438 | ||||
| Ed Alicea | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brad Rippelmeyer | C | 78 | 497 | 55 | 7 | 4 | .987 | 7.077 | 9 | |||
| Tyler Houston | C | 63 | 410 | 34 | 9 | 4 | .980 | 7.048 | 8 | |||
| Scott Bradley | C | 13 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 4.154 | 1 | |||
| Eddie Pérez | C | 6 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.667 | 0 | |||
| Brian Kowitz | OF | 117 | 257 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .989 | 2.248 | ||||
| Lee Heath | OF | 103 | 150 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .975 | 1.534 | ||||
| Troy Hughes | OF | 98 | 172 | 14 | 6 | 2 | .969 | 1.898 | ||||
| Kevin O'Connor | OF | 84 | 110 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 1.357 | ||||
| Pedro Swann | OF | 26 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .932 | 1.577 | ||||
| Osvaldo Sanchez | OF | 16 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.250 | ||||
| Mike Warner | OF | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.800 | ||||
| Pat Kelly | OF | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ed Alicea | OF | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jose Olmeda | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tyler Houston | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| David Williams | P | 45 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .267 | ||||
| Marcos Vasquez | P | 43 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 4 | .944 | .395 | ||||
| Dale Polley | P | 42 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .889 | .381 | ||||
| Darren Ritter | P | 35 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .457 | ||||
| Lee Upshaw | P | 34 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .962 | .735 | ||||
| Carlos Reyes | P | 33 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .606 | ||||
| Blase Sparma | P | 28 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 1 | .870 | 1.429 | ||||
| Don Strange | P | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .185 | ||||
| Mike Potts | P | 25 | 7 | 30 | 7 | 2 | .841 | 1.480 | ||||
| Carl Schutz | P | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .136 | ||||
| Mike Hostetler | P | 19 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .867 | 1.368 | ||||
| Dennis Burlingame | P | 15 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Kevin Lomon | P | 13 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .923 | ||||
| Brad Hassinger | P | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Vance Lovelace | P | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .364 | ||||
| Brian Boltz | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Brad Woodall | P | 8 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.625 | ||||
| Terrell Wade | P | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Osvaldo Sanchez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Scott Bradley | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Hector Roa | SS | 112 | 179 | 338 | 33 | 80 | .940 | 4.616 | ||||
| Jose Olmeda | SS | 21 | 21 | 53 | 7 | 11 | .914 | 3.524 | ||||
| Pat Kelly | SS | 17 | 20 | 44 | 3 | 8 | .955 | 3.765 | ||||
| Ed Alicea | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1696 | 3745 | 1665 | 163 | 407 | .971 | 3.190 | 18 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
