
1969 Greenwood Braves Statistics
Team Record: 69-55
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Eddie Haas (69-55)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Greenwood, South Carolina
Ballpark: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 47,204, Avg. 761
Playoffs - Greenwood Braves 2 games, Shelby Senators 1
The Greenwood Braves of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1969 season with a record of 69 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the WCL.
The Braves led the league with 630 runs, sparked by 87 home runs. Greenwood allowed 540 runs, least in the league. Earl Williams walloped 33 home runs for the team and drove in 107 runs, while leading all regular batters by hitting .340. Dave Lobb topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.72 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1969 Greenwood Braves who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Wenty Ford, Earl Williams, Leo Foster and Pablo Torrealba.
Eddie Haas 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Lobb | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.72 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 152.0 | 151 | 68 | 46 | 9 | 50 | 2 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
Pablo Torrealba | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.51 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 86.0 | 74 | 32 | 24 | 3 | 37 | 5 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
Harold Burke | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.70 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 | 126 | 63 | 46 | 4 | 49 | 2 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
Jimmy Britton | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.55 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 43 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
Michael McCammon | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.85 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 98.0 | 77 | 34 | 31 | 6 | 47 | 1 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
Steven Ogin | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.15 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 80.0 | 51 | 31 | 28 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
James Sanders | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.67 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 85 | 41 | 33 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
David Gourieux | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.55 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 69 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Wenty Ford | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.87 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 94.0 | 100 | 43 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||
Enrique Gutierrez | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.66 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Carlos Moreno | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.21 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 87.0 | 82 | 51 | 31 | 5 | 46 | 8 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||
Danny Landis | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.89 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 50 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
James Mathis | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Swanson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Keith Walters | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.80 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
William McEntire | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.50 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Mike Weeks | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.42 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 55 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
Totals | 68 | 54 | .557 | 3.45 | 298 | 120 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 40 | 1055.0 | 1034 | 524 | 404 | 50 | 434 | 23 | 712 | 45 | 2 | 49 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earl Williams | 103 | 451 | 382 | 83 | 130 | 19 | 2 | 33 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 45 | .340 | .428 | .660 | 1.088 | 252 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
Fabien Mang | 98 | 428 | 353 | 61 | 93 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 63 | 7 | 3 | 62 | 37 | .263 | .378 | .414 | .792 | 146 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
Mike Newson | 82 | 346 | 300 | 48 | 77 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 33 | 64 | .257 | .338 | .327 | .665 | 98 | 6 | 3 | 4 | ||
Donald Johnson | 86 | 352 | 268 | 44 | 75 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 63 | .280 | .438 | .444 | .882 | 119 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||
Jose Garces | 87 | 322 | 278 | 38 | 71 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 67 | .255 | .342 | .331 | .673 | 92 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
Jerry Robison | 69 | 298 | 253 | 46 | 70 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 25 | .277 | .364 | .304 | .668 | 77 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
Bob Toney | 57 | 256 | 226 | 37 | 66 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 19 | .292 | .366 | .332 | .698 | 75 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Terry Muck | 51 | 216 | 182 | 39 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 16 | .319 | .407 | .363 | .769 | 66 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Larry LaGarde | 79 | 245 | 212 | 37 | 57 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 56 | .269 | .357 | .368 | .725 | 78 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Tommy Murray | 68 | 265 | 226 | 40 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 59 | .230 | .340 | .447 | .787 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Leo Foster | 55 | 214 | 192 | 17 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 29 | .229 | .296 | .297 | .593 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Curtis Moore | 58 | 198 | 167 | 18 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 40 | .222 | .343 | .275 | .619 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marlan Murphy | 29 | 124 | 106 | 15 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 23 | .340 | .423 | .434 | .857 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Joseph Fanning | 47 | 120 | 105 | 11 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 14 | .324 | .392 | .381 | .773 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Ralph Wells | 39 | 160 | 148 | 16 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 33 | .223 | .269 | .277 | .546 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Terry Hankins | 30 | 128 | 113 | 22 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | .265 | .344 | .425 | .769 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Michael Walseth | 18 | 78 | 66 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .288 | .390 | .364 | .753 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
Mark Vandewater | 39 | 108 | 88 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 26 | .193 | .327 | .250 | .577 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
Pablo Torrealba | 40 | 31 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .267 | .290 | .333 | .624 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
James Sanders | 16 | 35 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .258 | .343 | .290 | .633 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Robin Maginnis | 16 | 49 | 45 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .178 | .245 | .289 | .534 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Harold Burke | 22 | 46 | 43 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .163 | .163 | .186 | .349 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Steven Ogin | 35 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .214 | .333 | .321 | .655 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Lobb | 28 | 58 | 54 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | .111 | .158 | .130 | .288 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Sam Houston | 6 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .333 | .375 | .400 | .775 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Wenty Ford | 43 | 31 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | .208 | .367 | .250 | .617 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Britton | 10 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .182 | .217 | .227 | .445 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Michael McCammon | 15 | 39 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .114 | .184 | .114 | .298 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Danny Landis | 11 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .176 | .222 | .294 | .516 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Carlos Moreno | 45 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .143 | .182 | .143 | .325 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gene Holbert | 8 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .130 | .323 | .130 | .453 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
David Gourieux | 12 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .120 | .214 | .120 | .334 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ted Thornton | 5 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Grady Little | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Weeks | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .167 | .583 | .167 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Enrique Gutierrez | 9 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .091 | .167 | .182 | .348 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charles Swanson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Keith Walters | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
William McEntire | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1436 | 4833 | 4124 | 630 | 1077 | 133 | 27 | 87 | 544 | 58 | 27 | 586 | 783 | .261 | .356 | .370 | .726 | 1525 | 0 | 44 | 39 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earl Williams | 1B | 103 | 1002 | 54 | 15 | 69 | .986 | 1.252 | ||||
Joseph Fanning | 1B | 14 | 116 | 10 | 4 | 9 | .969 | 9.000 | ||||
Michael Walseth | 1B | 5 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .979 | 9.200 | ||||
Tommy Murray | 1B | 5 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.400 | ||||
Jerry Robison | 2B | 46 | 110 | 120 | 8 | 21 | .966 | 5.000 | ||||
Mike Newson | 2B | 39 | 97 | 111 | 7 | 24 | .967 | 5.333 | ||||
Terry Muck | 2B | 37 | 87 | 101 | 12 | 19 | .940 | 5.081 | ||||
Ralph Wells | 2B | 12 | 21 | 30 | 6 | 4 | .895 | 4.250 | ||||
Bob Toney | 3B | 56 | 42 | 120 | 9 | 6 | .947 | 2.893 | ||||
Ralph Wells | 3B | 24 | 23 | 44 | 3 | 5 | .957 | 2.792 | ||||
Terry Hankins | 3B | 22 | 20 | 54 | 5 | 4 | .937 | 3.364 | ||||
Tommy Murray | 3B | 14 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 4 | .905 | 2.714 | ||||
Jerry Robison | 3B | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.286 | ||||
Larry LaGarde | 3B | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
Terry Muck | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
Donald Johnson | C | 86 | 506 | 55 | 16 | 1 | .972 | 6.523 | 22 | |||
Mark Vandewater | C | 32 | 148 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .987 | 4.781 | 8 | |||
Gene Holbert | C | 8 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 5.625 | 4 | |||
Joseph Fanning | C | 8 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .917 | 5.500 | 1 | |||
Robin Maginnis | C | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.250 | 2 | |||
Grady Little | C | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
Fabien Mang | OF | 97 | 126 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .964 | 1.361 | ||||
Jose Garces | OF | 86 | 134 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .966 | 1.640 | ||||
Larry LaGarde | OF | 70 | 108 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .950 | 1.614 | ||||
Curtis Moore | OF | 51 | 84 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .925 | 1.686 | ||||
Tommy Murray | OF | 42 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.238 | ||||
Marlan Murphy | OF | 29 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .968 | 2.069 | ||||
Michael Walseth | OF | 13 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
Robin Maginnis | OF | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
Ted Thornton | OF | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
Joseph Fanning | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
Mark Vandewater | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Carlos Moreno | P | 44 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 3 | .917 | .750 | ||||
Wenty Ford | P | 42 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .690 | ||||
Pablo Torrealba | P | 40 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .737 | .350 | ||||
Steven Ogin | P | 31 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .842 | .516 | ||||
Dave Lobb | P | 27 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.630 | ||||
Harold Burke | P | 21 | 13 | 33 | 2 | 3 | .958 | 2.190 | ||||
Michael McCammon | P | 15 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
James Sanders | P | 14 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.857 | ||||
David Gourieux | P | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
Danny Landis | P | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
Jimmy Britton | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Mike Weeks | P | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.111 | ||||
Enrique Gutierrez | P | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
William McEntire | P | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
James Mathis | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Keith Walters | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Charles Swanson | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Leo Foster | SS | 53 | 81 | 150 | 17 | 34 | .931 | 4.358 | ||||
Mike Newson | SS | 42 | 48 | 127 | 23 | 15 | .884 | 4.167 | ||||
Jerry Robison | SS | 13 | 17 | 39 | 5 | 4 | .918 | 4.308 | ||||
Terry Muck | SS | 8 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 2 | .806 | 3.125 | ||||
Terry Hankins | SS | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .842 | 3.200 | ||||
Sam Houston | SS | 4 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 4.500 | ||||
Totals | 1362 | 3201 | 1347 | 198 | 256 | .958 | 3.339 | 37 | 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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