1978 Greenwood Braves Statistics
Team Record: 82-57
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Al Gallagher (82-57)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Greenwood, South Carolina
Ballpark: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 42,201, Avg. 607
The Greenwood Braves of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1978 season with a record of 82 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the WCL.
The Braves paced the league with 812 runs. Greenwood yielded 675 runs. Scott Thayer led the team with 11 home runs John Dyer recorded 85 runs batted in. Steve Hammond topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .306. Dan Ballard paced the squad with 13 wins, while Terry Abbott recorded a 3.69 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Rafael Ramírez, Joe Cowley, Tony Brizzolara, Bob Porter, José Álvarez, Steve Hammond and Steve Bedrosian were all players from the 1978 Greenwood Braves who played in the Majors during their careers.
Al Gallagher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Ballard | 13 | 4 | .765 | 3.16 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 57.0 | 52 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Joe Cowley | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.97 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 161.0 | 133 | 85 | 71 | 6 | 113 | 1 | 141 | 19 | 3 | 13 | ||
| Richard Wieters | 8 | 2 | .800 | 1.67 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 97.0 | 74 | 32 | 18 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Terry Abbott | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.69 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 117.0 | 104 | 62 | 48 | 5 | 65 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Louis Pratt | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.97 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 95 | 62 | 45 | 4 | 66 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Timothy Barr | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.54 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 46.0 | 43 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Steve Bedrosian | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.13 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 45 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tim Cole | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.60 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 106.0 | 85 | 85 | 66 | 9 | 99 | 1 | 68 | 11 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ike Pettaway | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.62 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 84 | 54 | 35 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Tony Brizzolara | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.90 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| José Álvarez | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.44 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wyatt Tonkin | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.37 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 62.0 | 73 | 54 | 37 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Andre Sams | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.20 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 64.0 | 64 | 45 | 37 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Daniel Lucia | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.40 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 92.0 | 94 | 53 | 45 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
| William Tucker | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.69 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 71.0 | 67 | 52 | 37 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Scott Thayer | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Haley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Free | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 81 | 57 | .587 | 3.87 | 310 | 138 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 29 | 1186.0 | 1059 | 673 | 510 | 46 | 760 | 21 | 828 | 65 | 10 | 74 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Dyer | 133 | 611 | 554 | 85 | 137 | 30 | 6 | 9 | 85 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 105 | .247 | .311 | .372 | .683 | 206 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Steve Hammond | 125 | 517 | 435 | 81 | 133 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 73 | 11 | 2 | 70 | 29 | .306 | .402 | .375 | .777 | 163 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Bob Porter | 133 | 580 | 504 | 69 | 128 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 75 | 14 | 4 | 64 | 62 | .254 | .339 | .331 | .670 | 167 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Alvin Moore | 119 | 496 | 414 | 70 | 107 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 23 | 1 | 76 | 46 | .258 | .375 | .302 | .677 | 125 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| George Ramos | 114 | 487 | 391 | 80 | 103 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 42 | 6 | 83 | 56 | .263 | .396 | .332 | .729 | 130 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Bruce Tonascia | 100 | 380 | 314 | 47 | 83 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 45 | .264 | .375 | .411 | .785 | 129 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Rafael Ramírez | 81 | 334 | 282 | 54 | 77 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 44 | .273 | .365 | .411 | .776 | 116 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Thomas Mee | 96 | 369 | 295 | 47 | 77 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 57 | 29 | .261 | .380 | .353 | .733 | 104 | 4 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Scott Thayer | 93 | 358 | 283 | 63 | 73 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 64 | 66 | .258 | .394 | .442 | .836 | 125 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Bill Haslerig | 50 | 228 | 191 | 42 | 56 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 25 | .293 | .387 | .382 | .769 | 73 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Jeff Matthews | 69 | 241 | 200 | 31 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 16 | .255 | .357 | .285 | .642 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Brian Snitker | 50 | 196 | 168 | 32 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 38 | .286 | .367 | .429 | .796 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Blane McDonald | 55 | 218 | 191 | 28 | 47 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 24 | .246 | .339 | .319 | .659 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Lucas | 41 | 149 | 128 | 30 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 19 | .359 | .420 | .430 | .849 | 55 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Andres Forbes | 51 | 168 | 142 | 26 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 13 | .289 | .395 | .324 | .719 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leonardo Dixon | 24 | 84 | 75 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .267 | .321 | .267 | .588 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mark Martin | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Miller | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Adeimy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Cowley | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Tucker | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ike Pettaway | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dan Ballard | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Wyatt Tonkin | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1478 | 5425 | 4575 | 800 | 1230 | 177 | 37 | 57 | 676 | 131 | 33 | 714 | 633 | .269 | .368 | .361 | .730 | 1652 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 56 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Dyer | 1B | 131 | 1047 | 39 | 23 | 98 | .979 | 8.290 | ||||
| Scott Thayer | 1B | 10 | 71 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .961 | 7.300 | ||||
| Thomas Mee | 2B | 80 | 186 | 172 | 19 | 48 | .950 | 4.475 | ||||
| Andres Forbes | 2B | 50 | 85 | 120 | 10 | 26 | .953 | 4.100 | ||||
| Mark Lucas | 2B | 20 | 48 | 54 | 6 | 15 | .944 | 5.100 | ||||
| Jeff Matthews | 2B | 6 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.833 | ||||
| Leonardo Dixon | 2B | 4 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 4.250 | ||||
| George Ramos | 3B | 94 | 75 | 158 | 35 | 16 | .869 | 2.479 | ||||
| Jeff Matthews | 3B | 30 | 20 | 62 | 7 | 6 | .921 | 2.733 | ||||
| Scott Thayer | 3B | 16 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 2.188 | ||||
| Mark Lucas | 3B | 8 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .929 | 1.625 | ||||
| Bruce Tonascia | C | 74 | 382 | 45 | 6 | 6 | .986 | 5.770 | 22 | |||
| Blane McDonald | C | 42 | 239 | 32 | 5 | 7 | .982 | 6.452 | 13 | |||
| Brian Snitker | C | 34 | 181 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .975 | 5.735 | 9 | |||
| Scott Thayer | C | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | 1 | |||
| Thomas Mee | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 1 | |||
| Mark Martin | C | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| Bob Porter | OF | 133 | 209 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .973 | 1.617 | ||||
| Alvin Moore | OF | 114 | 188 | 13 | 7 | 3 | .966 | 1.763 | ||||
| Steve Hammond | OF | 94 | 201 | 11 | 9 | 2 | .959 | 2.255 | ||||
| Bill Haslerig | OF | 50 | 88 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .918 | 1.800 | ||||
| George Ramos | OF | 14 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 1.929 | ||||
| Scott Thayer | OF | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.778 | ||||
| Thomas Mee | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dan Ballard | P | 34 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .206 | ||||
| Andre Sams | P | 30 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .800 | .400 | ||||
| Daniel Lucia | P | 30 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .433 | ||||
| William Tucker | P | 28 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .536 | ||||
| Wyatt Tonkin | P | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .148 | ||||
| Joe Cowley | P | 25 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 0 | .846 | 1.320 | ||||
| Terry Abbott | P | 25 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .818 | .720 | ||||
| Tim Cole | P | 22 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .875 | .955 | ||||
| Timothy Barr | P | 20 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .650 | ||||
| Ike Pettaway | P | 17 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .727 | .941 | ||||
| Louis Pratt | P | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Wieters | P | 12 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .886 | 2.583 | ||||
| Steve Bedrosian | P | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .875 | .875 | ||||
| José Álvarez | P | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Haley | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tony Brizzolara | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Thayer | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| William Free | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rafael Ramírez | SS | 79 | 119 | 229 | 43 | 44 | .890 | 4.405 | ||||
| Jeff Matthews | SS | 33 | 29 | 80 | 8 | 10 | .932 | 3.303 | ||||
| Leonardo Dixon | SS | 19 | 30 | 41 | 7 | 14 | .910 | 3.737 | ||||
| Mark Lucas | SS | 15 | 15 | 27 | 4 | 4 | .913 | 2.800 | ||||
| Mike Miller | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Andres Forbes | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1479 | 3361 | 1338 | 252 | 318 | .949 | 3.177 | 46 | 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.
