1977 Greenwood Braves Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 75-64
Finished 3rd in the WCL
Manager: Bobby Dews (75-64)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Greenwood, South Carolina
Ballpark: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 44,842, Avg. 645

1977 Greenwood Braves Roster

Playoffs - Gastonia Cardinals 3 games, Greenwood Braves 1

The Greenwood Braves of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1977 season with a record of 75 wins and 64 losses, finishing third in the WCL.

The Braves scored 721 runs and allowed 650 runs. Clayton Elliott led Greenwood with 15 home runs and accounted for 67 RBI. Leopoldo Sutten paced all regular batters by hitting .317. Dom Chiti topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.71 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Joe Cowley, Rick Matula, Terry Harper, Gary Cooper, Glenn Hubbard, Ken Smith, Terry Leach, Larry Owen and Jim Wessinger were all players from the 1977 Greenwood Braves who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Bobby Dews 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
Dom Chiti	12	7	.632	3.71	24	24		9	0	0	153.0	145	78	63	9	54	3	70	3	0	11
Louis Pratt	11	8	.579	3.74	24	23		9	1	0	149.0	145	78	62	5	82	2	80	3	5	8
Timothy Graven	8	4	.667	2.13	35	0		0	0	8	76.0	55	26	18	3	29	5	55	0	2	4
Stuart Livingstone	8	6	.571	2.18	38	0		0	0	7	95.0	91	33	23	5	26	4	53	3	0	1
William Tucker	7	7	.500	4.69	21	16		1	0	0	96.0	96	64	50	4	63	2	55	1	0	4
Ramon Amancio	5	2	.714	2.81	15	12		5	2	0	77.0	57	35	24	5	46	0	54	1	0	4
Jeff Culbreth	5	8	.385	3.90	26	18		5	1	0	120.0	128	71	52	8	46	1	42	4	2	4
William Harlee	4	5	.444	8.05	18	18		1	0	0	57.0	56	57	51	6	64	1	42	1	0	9
Terry Leach	3	2	.600	2.55	20	0		0	0	3	67.0	47	25	19	2	24	5	67	4	0	2
Rick Matula	2	1	.667	2.14	7	0		0	0	2	21.0	19	8	5	0	4	0	15	0	0	0
Lawrence Gullette	2	1	.667	3.44	23	3		0	0	0	68.0	73	35	26	2	34	1	35	1	1	4
Wyatt Tonkin	2	4	.333	4.37	19	5		3	0	0	70.0	65	41	34	4	39	1	44	0	2	8
Ike Pettaway	2	4	.333	6.32	11	8		2	0	0	37.0	46	37	26	1	34	0	20	0	0	2
Dan Ballard	1	0	1.000	0.60	6	0		0	0	1	15.0	13	3	1	0	5	1	14	0	0	1
Joe Cowley	1	0	1.000	8.16	10	9		0	0	0	32.0	31	29	29	2	43	0	25	6	1	3
Ray Boneschans	1	1	.500	3.18	4	2		0	0	0	17.0	13	7	6	0	8	0	14	2	0	5
Gordon Guzenski	1	2	.333	4.50	6	1		0	0	0	12.0	11	10	6	1	10	0	11	0	0	2
Scott Taylor	0	0		4.50	2	0		0	0	0	4.0	6	2	2	0	5	0	4	0	0	0
David Royer	0	0		6.00	2	0		0	0	0	3.0	5	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	1
Fernando Bruno	0	2	.000	7.00	4	0		0	0	0	9.0	11	9	7	2	6	1	4	0	0	2
Totals	75	64	.540	3.87	315	139	0	35	4	21	1178.0	1113	650	506	59	626	27	704	29	13	75	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
Jim Wessinger	131	550	463	82	137	20	6	4	57	16	7	52	58	.296	.375	.391	.765	181		11	16	8
Gary Cooper	125	566	493	90	135	13	9	12	64	43	8	67	128	.274	.363	.410	.773	202		3	1	2
Leopoldo Sutten	117	475	410	58	130	14	0	4	40	4	3	50	37	.317	.395	.380	.775	156		4	9	2
Mike Paciorek	133	540	445	65	117	30	2	14	61	0	1	82	95	.263	.378	.434	.812	193		3	6	4
Mike Reynolds	126	491	414	57	115	15	2	5	53	4	7	62	56	.278	.370	.360	.730	149		3	5	7
Clayton Elliott	124	496	428	81	103	16	3	15	67	12	4	57	98	.241	.332	.397	.729	170		4	2	5
David Stevens	97	391	348	40	101	12	2	1	46	0	2	33	12	.290	.350	.345	.695	120		1	5	4
Terry Harper	70	302	251	45	74	12	3	4	43	11	1	42	45	.295	.394	.414	.808	104		3	0	6
Glenn Hubbard	45	201	182	39	70	10	1	5	44	4	2	13	12	.385	.423	.533	.956	97		2	0	4
Ken Smith	67	282	212	38	64	7	0	1	25	5	2	64	50	.302	.457	.349	.806	74		0	2	4
Donald Young	119	374	311	33	62	9	0	3	40	3	0	44	64	.199	.298	.257	.555	80		2	11	6
Larry Owen	61	207	170	26	48	9	2	3	24	1	0	34	35	.282	.403	.412	.815	70		1	1	1
Isaac Seoanee	61	195	161	18	33	1	0	0	16	0	1	29	27	.205	.326	.211	.537	34		0	5	0
Joseph O'Malley	29	99	84	8	23	2	0	0	7	3	1	11	7	.274	.351	.298	.648	25		0	2	2
Don Fletcher	69	155	122	20	18	1	0	1	12	3	1	26	36	.148	.291	.180	.472	22		0	4	3
David Long	7	31	25	5	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	5	3	.200	.323	.320	.643	8		0	0	1
Willie Wingo	25	50	41	6	5	0	0	0	5	2	0	7	12	.122	.250	.122	.372	5		0	2	0
Joseph Hicks	9	13	10	8	3	1	0	1	4	1	0	3	5	.300	.462	.700	1.162	7		0	0	0
Manuel Sabino	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Timothy Graven	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Lawrence Gullette	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Dom Chiti	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1499	5421	4573	721	1243	172	30	74	615	112	40	681	782	.272	.367	.371	.738	1697	0	37	71	59	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mike Paciorek	1B	132	1146	82	23	119	.982	9.303
Terry Harper	1B	13	78	5	1	9	.988	6.385
Isaac Seoanee	1B	4	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.750
Ken Smith	1B	3	16	0	0	0	1.000	5.333
Joseph Hicks	1B	3	6	0	0	1	1.000	2.000
David Stevens	1B	2	7	1	0	0	1.000	4.000
Clayton Elliott	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Mike Reynolds	2B	83	213	227	12	61	.973	5.301
Glenn Hubbard	2B	45	114	133	4	36	.984	5.489
Willie Wingo	2B	15	29	26	1	5	.982	3.667
Joseph O'Malley	2B	8	15	13	1	2	.966	3.500
Joseph Hicks	2B	2	4	2	0	2	1.000	3.000
Clayton Elliott	3B	101	72	214	32	18	.899	2.832
Mike Reynolds	3B	30	16	70	16	5	.843	2.867
Joseph O'Malley	3B	20	7	37	4	6	.917	2.200
Joseph Hicks	3B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Larry Owen	C	59	295	47	11	7	.969	5.797	13
Isaac Seoanee	C	56	259	39	6	3	.980	5.321	10
David Stevens	C	46	205	29	3	1	.987	5.087	11
Manuel Sabino	C	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Donald Young	OF	115	207	5	8	3	.964	1.843
Leopoldo Sutten	OF	100	147	16	8	3	.953	1.630
Gary Cooper	OF	98	162	13	12	7	.936	1.786
Terry Harper	OF	60	122	5	3	0	.977	2.117
Ken Smith	OF	57	73	5	4	0	.951	1.368
Don Fletcher	OF	38	37	0	1	0	.974	.974
David Long	OF	7	11	1	1	0	.923	1.714
Mike Reynolds	OF	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Stuart Livingstone	P	38	9	8	1	0	.944	.447
Timothy Graven	P	35	8	9	4	2	.810	.486
Jeff Culbreth	P	26	11	16	2	3	.931	1.038
Louis Pratt	P	24	6	27	6	1	.846	1.375
Dom Chiti	P	24	10	22	1	2	.970	1.333
Lawrence Gullette	P	23	3	9	2	1	.857	.522
William Tucker	P	21	4	9	0	0	1.000	.619
Terry Leach	P	20	1	9	2	0	.833	.500
Wyatt Tonkin	P	19	4	12	1	0	.941	.842
William Harlee	P	18	6	5	0	0	1.000	.611
Ramon Amancio	P	15	5	8	1	0	.929	.867
Ike Pettaway	P	11	5	4	0	0	1.000	.818
Joe Cowley	P	10	0	5	0	1	1.000	.500
Rick Matula	P	7	5	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Gordon Guzenski	P	6	1	3	0	0	1.000	.667
Dan Ballard	P	6	1	3	0	0	1.000	.667
Fernando Bruno	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Ray Boneschans	P	4	0	5	2	0	.714	1.250
Scott Taylor	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
David Royer	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Jim Wessinger	SS	129	186	405	56	83	.913	4.581
Mike Reynolds	SS	16	15	33	2	2	.960	3.000
Totals		1562	3535	1567	232	383	.957	3.266	34	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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