1988 Greenville Braves Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
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
1988 Greenville Braves Roster

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.


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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 Blankenship139.5912.3428251420177.013258467830127348
John Kilner117.6113.5427240310157.713371621486380332
Eddie Mathews104.7141.7257049001568.0562213128642017
Rusty Richards107.5882.6328201320147.012546431342196205
Dale Polley96.6003.16361610002128.010256451849067124
Andy Nezelek78.4674.3826251300133.71337765745089558
Maximo Del Rosario63.6672.975502400788.0672929340352153
Tom Dozier64.6002.85287720094.7673530544073138
Dave Miller54.5562.501010031072.0592620419250403
Kent Mercker31.7503.3599000048.3362018226160122
Bryan Farmer32.6002.775101800752.0452216222529313
Steve Ziem201.0002.8690300022.0189718211110
Preston Watson101.0005.0281400114.315138014013332
Ed Olwine12.3338.1693300114.31715134606004
Inocencio Guerrero000.001010000.30000001000
Jim Acker001.7284000015.77331305000
Ellis Roby009.001010001.03110001001
Paul Marak0010.47120300016.325191961109012
Totals8757.6043.15403144126186331250.3104052243888526238112831620

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 Lemke1436285678115330416801825292.270.330.422.7522392165
Drew Denson14057250785136264137811944116.268.341.412.75320914341
Dennis Hood14158852585135158144731852139.257.332.396.7282088125
Barry Jones10141738456109188165511132456.284.322.497.8191910452
Ed Whited1325324288110811416621829784.252.397.409.8051756012
John Alva12351448150102171243722179.212.251.264.5151275430
Tom Dunbar8131426147691919441054332.264.360.448.8081170374
David Justice582371983455131937623643.278.392.490.882972014
Todd Dewey5318716093530011442317.219.315.238.553380314
Inocencio Guerrero61173147142990519002232.197.306.361.667532021
Terry Bell41155132172811119222026.212.318.258.576341110
Greg Tubbs29115101132411012401320.238.330.267.598271000
Sal D'Alessandro39142118112431318021715.203.319.322.641384120
Miguel Sabino4014012610214205441029.167.232.230.462291210
Juan Pacho289785141820020098.212.299.235.534202010
Mike Fischlin11393431320050153.382.462.441.903150000
Phil Maldonado23615191000160076.196.317.255.572132100
Ellis Roby43665969010600716.153.242.186.429110000
Dave Butts726245810041114.333.360.375.73590100
Kent Mercker9980300000004.375.375.375.75030100
Mike Bell413121310040011.250.308.333.64140000
Dale Polley3616133310010032.231.375.308.68340000
John Kilner2720181300010017.167.211.167.37730100
Rusty Richards2918170200010004.118.111.118.22920010
Bryan Farmer51331100000000.333.333.333.66710000
Eddie Mathews57441100020000.250.250.250.50010000
Dave Miller10650100000012.200.333.200.53310000
Maximo Del Rosario55770100000002.143.143.143.28610000
Andy Nezelek261091100010000.111.111.111.22210100
Kevin Blankenship2823210100010016.048.091.048.13910100
Dave Plumb3980000010003.000.000.000.00000010
Tom Dozier28880000000002.000.000.000.00000000
Robbie Wine621180000020025.000.095.000.09500010
Steve Ziem9110000000001.000.000.000.00000000
Totals16725171454063811061773710556712757512856.244.324.368.6931672050294028


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Drew Denson1B12111367318111.9859.992
Inocencio Guerrero1B2320411513.9779.348
Mike Bell1B4441021.00011.250
Tom Dunbar1B191001.0001.000
Mark Lemke2B14128144018105.9765.113
Ellis Roby2B416001.0001.750
Juan Pacho2B126021.0008.000
Dave Butts2B142001.0006.000
Ed Whited3B124732643322.9112.718
Ellis Roby3B10101320.9202.300
Juan Pacho3B62821.8331.667
Dave Butts3B629011.0001.833
Todd Dewey3B44510.9002.250
Inocencio Guerrero3B11020.3331.000
Todd DeweyC492642441.9865.8781
Terry BellC402272233.9886.2256
Sal D'AlessandroC392273135.9896.6151
Phil MaldonadoC2288611.9894.2733
Robbie WineC5252011.0005.4001
Dave PlumbC3100001.0003.3331
Dennis HoodOF1372712165.9802.131
Barry JonesOF90166392.9491.878
Kash BeauchampOF62.000
David JusticeOF53100352.9541.943
Miguel SabinoOF3857530.9541.632
Tom DunbarOF36751001.0002.111
Greg TubbsOF2967221.9722.379
Drew DensonOF10120001.0001.200
Eddie MathewsP5781130.864.333
Maximo Del RosarioP5582624.944.618
Bryan FarmerP51312001.000.294
Dale PolleyP3642410.966.778
Rusty RichardsP2852523.9381.071
Tom DozierP285540.714.357
Kevin BlankenshipP28182414.9771.500
John KilnerP27816001.000.889
Andy NezelekP2692261.8381.192
Paul MarakP1224001.000.500
Dave MillerP10612011.0001.800
Steve ZiemP935011.000.889
Ed OlwineP913001.000.444
Kent MerckerP905001.000.556
Preston WatsonP812001.000.375
Jim AckerP812011.000.375
Ellis RobyP10000.000
Inocencio GuerreroP10000.000
John AlvaSS1171464093586.9414.744
Juan PachoSS16124618.9833.625
Mike FischlinSS11184246.9385.455
Ellis RobySS94921.8671.444
Totals161636241663178394.9673.2721300

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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