1977 Greenwood Braves Statistics
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
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.
Larry Owen, Jim Wessinger, Rick Matula, Terry Harper, Gary Cooper, Glenn Hubbard, Ken Smith, Terry Leach and Joe Cowley were all players from the 1977 Greenwood Braves who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Bobby Dews 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Jeffrey Culbreath | 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 | 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 | ||||
| Jeffrey Culbreath | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
