1976 Greenwood Braves Statistics
Team Record: 75-64
Finished 2nd in the WCL
Manager: Gene Hassell (75-64)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Greenwood, South Carolina
Ballpark: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 26,380, Avg. 380
Playoffs - Greenwood Braves 3 games, Asheville Tourists 1
The Greenwood Braves of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1976 season with a record of 75 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the WCL.
The Braves paced the league with just 672 runs allowed. Greenwood scored 694 runs. Richard Green led the squad with 10 home runs and drove in 81 runs. James Doherty topped all regular batters by hitting .327. William Free paced the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.44 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1976 Greenwood Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rick Matula, Dan Morogiello, Gary Cooper, Duane Theiss, Glenn Hubbard, Rick Mahler, Mike Macha, Terry Harper, Larry McWilliams, Rufino Linares, Jim Wessinger, Larry Whisenton and Bruce Benedict.
Gene Hassell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Free | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.44 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 157.0 | 128 | 78 | 60 | 9 | 81 | 1 | 125 | 7 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Lamar Jones | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.47 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 83.0 | 69 | 40 | 32 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 65 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Vincent Titus | 9 | 3 | .750 | 4.87 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 98.0 | 117 | 64 | 53 | 5 | 46 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Duane Theiss | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.28 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 83.0 | 68 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 43 | 6 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Kevin Meistickle | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.92 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 108.0 | 93 | 50 | 35 | 4 | 48 | 2 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Rick Mahler | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.91 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 105.0 | 96 | 49 | 34 | 5 | 49 | 1 | 68 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Tim Costello | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.79 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109.0 | 129 | 72 | 58 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| George Phillips | 5 | 12 | .294 | 4.14 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 137.0 | 154 | 80 | 63 | 9 | 40 | 0 | 73 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dan Morogiello | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.29 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 41 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry McWilliams | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.62 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 40 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Rick Matula | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Harper | 1 | 1 | .500 | 11.25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Stein | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.50 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 32 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dave Breiby | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.58 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 60 | 41 | 31 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| William King | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.97 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 42 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Wilfredo Rios | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.67 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.0 | 37 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ramon Amancio | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Louis Pratt | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| William Harlee | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11.33 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 28 | 38 | 34 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 75 | 64 | .540 | 4.03 | 327 | 139 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 26 | 1167.0 | 1169 | 672 | 523 | 70 | 576 | 18 | 741 | 46 | 20 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Doherty | 132 | 552 | 471 | 71 | 154 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 57 | 14 | 4 | 72 | 38 | .327 | .417 | .372 | .789 | 175 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Richard Green | 138 | 584 | 526 | 74 | 142 | 29 | 1 | 10 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 67 | .270 | .336 | .386 | .722 | 203 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Rufino Linares | 109 | 433 | 389 | 57 | 127 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 35 | 56 | .326 | .378 | .422 | .800 | 164 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Larry Whisenton | 111 | 483 | 420 | 67 | 112 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 67 | 23 | 5 | 59 | 70 | .267 | .354 | .424 | .778 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gary Cooper | 129 | 551 | 459 | 97 | 109 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 39 | 10 | 79 | 121 | .237 | .356 | .285 | .641 | 131 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Donald Young | 130 | 488 | 432 | 58 | 100 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 55 | 10 | 3 | 40 | 116 | .231 | .306 | .326 | .632 | 141 | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Al Ryan | 106 | 449 | 370 | 58 | 95 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 28 | 13 | 59 | 42 | .257 | .368 | .359 | .728 | 133 | 8 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Mike Macha | 92 | 350 | 303 | 34 | 75 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 56 | .248 | .339 | .360 | .699 | 109 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Kevin Connolly | 72 | 259 | 230 | 20 | 54 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 21 | .235 | .299 | .322 | .621 | 74 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Mike Reynolds | 100 | 347 | 282 | 48 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 57 | 52 | .191 | .330 | .234 | .564 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Glenn Hubbard | 33 | 146 | 126 | 26 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 26 | .317 | .404 | .492 | .896 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Ban | 48 | 168 | 141 | 20 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 23 | .227 | .337 | .284 | .621 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Keller | 21 | 93 | 81 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .296 | .366 | .556 | .921 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Alvin Jones | 38 | 133 | 117 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 35 | .179 | .278 | .265 | .543 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eugene Fornash | 14 | 67 | 53 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 12 | .283 | .418 | .302 | .720 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bruce Benedict | 21 | 65 | 54 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .241 | .333 | .315 | .648 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Don Fletcher | 15 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .333 | .440 | .381 | .821 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Westlake | 10 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .304 | .448 | .304 | .753 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 8 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .353 | .389 | .471 | .859 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Stevens | 6 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .240 | .333 | .320 | .653 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Wessinger | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Meistickle | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1365 | 5273 | 4542 | 694 | 1193 | 182 | 29 | 61 | 596 | 157 | 45 | 612 | 770 | .263 | .353 | .356 | .709 | 1616 | 0 | 43 | 36 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Green | 1B | 138 | 1156 | 77 | 31 | 105 | .975 | 8.935 | ||||
| Rufino Linares | 1B | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Eugene Fornash | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Al Ryan | 2B | 92 | 187 | 215 | 16 | 47 | .962 | 4.370 | ||||
| Glenn Hubbard | 2B | 31 | 62 | 83 | 6 | 19 | .960 | 4.677 | ||||
| Mike Reynolds | 2B | 15 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 2.733 | ||||
| Eugene Fornash | 2B | 12 | 28 | 26 | 6 | 5 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Mike Reynolds | 3B | 84 | 68 | 147 | 21 | 20 | .911 | 2.560 | ||||
| Mike Macha | 3B | 62 | 54 | 100 | 34 | 10 | .819 | 2.484 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 3B | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.800 | ||||
| Al Ryan | 3B | 4 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 3.500 | ||||
| Thomas Westlake | 3B | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Kevin Connolly | C | 70 | 354 | 50 | 4 | 3 | .990 | 5.771 | 12 | |||
| George Ban | C | 47 | 267 | 28 | 12 | 5 | .961 | 6.277 | 5 | |||
| Bruce Benedict | C | 20 | 93 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .955 | 5.250 | 2 | |||
| Jerry Keller | C | 8 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.125 | 1 | |||
| David Stevens | C | 6 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 1 | |||
| Gary Cooper | OF | 128 | 208 | 17 | 11 | 5 | .953 | 1.758 | ||||
| Donald Young | OF | 127 | 313 | 10 | 12 | 4 | .964 | 2.543 | ||||
| Larry Whisenton | OF | 111 | 173 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .984 | 1.649 | ||||
| Mike Macha | OF | 28 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .962 | 1.821 | ||||
| Rufino Linares | OF | 25 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.920 | ||||
| Alvin Jones | OF | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| Don Fletcher | OF | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| Lamar Jones | P | 44 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .929 | .295 | ||||
| Duane Theiss | P | 36 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .957 | .611 | ||||
| Rick Mahler | P | 31 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 1 | .821 | .742 | ||||
| Kevin Meistickle | P | 30 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .533 | ||||
| Vincent Titus | P | 27 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Tim Costello | P | 26 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .875 | .538 | ||||
| George Phillips | P | 25 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .903 | 1.120 | ||||
| William Free | P | 25 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.160 | ||||
| Dave Breiby | P | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| William King | P | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .500 | ||||
| William Harlee | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .091 | ||||
| Wilfredo Rios | P | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| Dan Morogiello | P | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Larry McWilliams | P | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gary Stein | P | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Louis Pratt | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rick Matula | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Terry Harper | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ramon Amancio | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| James Doherty | SS | 132 | 223 | 329 | 35 | 71 | .940 | 4.182 | ||||
| Al Ryan | SS | 7 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .897 | 3.714 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Reynolds | SS | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jim Wessinger | SS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1506 | 3501 | 1355 | 234 | 322 | .954 | 3.224 | 21 | 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.
