1977 Kingsport Braves Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 43-27
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Bob Didier (43-27)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 22,489, Avg. 643

1977 Kingsport Braves Roster

The Kingsport Braves of the Appalachian League ended the 1977 season with a record of 43 wins and 27 losses, finishing second in the AL.

The Braves plated 408 runs and surrendered 333 runs. Bruce Tonascia paced Kingsport with 14 home runs and accounted for 43 RBI. Thomas Mee led all regular hitters by hitting .330. Timothy Barr topped the team with 8 wins, while Terry Abbott recorded a 3.07 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1977 Kingsport Braves who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bob Porter, Tony Brizzolara, Albert Hall and Joe Cowley.

Bob Didier 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
Timothy Barr	8	2	.800	3.12	20	10		2	0	3	75.0	62	28	26	8	28	1	56	2	0	1
Terry Abbott	7	3	.700	3.07	14	13		3	1	0	85.0	84	38	29	4	34	2	51	2	0	5
Joe Cowley	6	5	.545	6.17	14	13		3	1	0	70.0	73	59	48	5	50	0	59	4	1	10
Daniel Lucia	5	4	.556	4.57	14	9		0	0	0	63.0	63	39	32	6	28	1	27	1	0	4
Richard Wieters	4	3	.571	3.68	12	10		3	2	0	66.0	65	39	27	2	38	4	35	3	0	3
Tim Cole	3	1	.750	4.14	7	7		0	0	0	37.0	29	20	17	1	31	0	31	3	1	2
Tony Brizzolara	3	2	.600	2.33	6	3		0	0	0	27.0	21	8	7	0	10	0	27	0	0	1
Reamer Loomis	2	0	1.000	4.50	21	0		0	0	0	16.0	12	11	8	0	14	0	18	3	0	5
Andre Sams	2	1	.667	4.37	21	0		0	0	1	35.0	32	21	17	3	16	2	37	0	0	2
Marshall Justice	1	0	1.000	4.50	2	1		0	0	0	8.0	10	5	4	0	3	0	4	1	0	0
Ike Pettaway	1	0	1.000	5.54	9	0		0	0	1	13.0	13	16	8	1	9	0	13	0	0	4
Gavin Long	1	1	.500	3.18	25	0		0	0	6	34.0	34	14	12	1	10	1	29	1	0	0
Dan Ballard	0	0		0.00	6	0		0	0	3	6.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0
James Eargle	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	0.3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas LaGrave	0	0		1.29	5	0		0	0	0	7.0	9	4	1	0	3	0	7	0	0	0
John Harmon	0	4	.000	7.80	12	3		0	0	0	30.0	42	31	26	4	26	2	17	2	1	1
Totals	43	26	.623	4.12	189	69	0	11	4	14	572.3	555	333	262	35	302	13	420	22	3	38	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
Thomas Mee	66	280	227	54	75	10	4	5	32	16	8	45	20	.330	.442	.476	.918	108		2	4	2
Bob Porter	69	306	269	54	73	13	7	4	36	26	12	33	46	.271	.353	.416	.769	112		2	0	2
Alvin Moore	69	288	241	40	72	10	1	6	38	18	7	38	33	.299	.399	.423	.822	102		4	2	3
Jeff Matthews	69	300	246	49	70	13	1	1	38	14	13	50	30	.285	.404	.358	.762	88		0	3	1
Eugene Harris	59	217	182	28	50	6	5	4	31	11	5	27	52	.275	.373	.429	.801	78		2	5	1
Bruce Tonascia	63	226	191	36	47	6	1	14	43	3	3	30	52	.246	.350	.508	.857	97		2	0	3
Brian Snitker	55	193	163	28	44	7	1	8	33	8	4	19	33	.270	.348	.472	.820	77		2	6	3
James Eargle	44	159	141	31	43	2	1	2	31	5	4	11	10	.305	.359	.376	.735	53		2	3	2
Scott Thayer	33	112	90	20	24	4	0	4	12	3	3	17	18	.267	.391	.444	.835	40		2	2	1
John Rivers	44	124	107	19	21	2	0	1	7	11	1	13	19	.196	.283	.243	.526	26		0	4	0
Aaron Hudson	19	53	44	6	12	2	0	1	7	0	0	7	6	.273	.365	.386	.752	17		0	1	1
Burt Herron	30	60	50	12	12	1	0	0	4	5	2	6	8	.240	.333	.260	.593	13		1	3	0
Romel Beck	27	67	51	8	12	1	0	0	6	4	2	15	15	.235	.418	.255	.673	13		1	0	0
Joseph O'Malley	17	45	40	5	11	1	0	1	12	2	0	5	6	.275	.356	.375	.731	15		0	0	0
Albert Hall	35	82	68	11	11	0	0	0	3	9	3	7	17	.162	.278	.162	.440	11		4	3	0
Richie Howard	7	22	18	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	.389	.500	.500	1.000	9		1	0	0
Bill Haslerig	9	32	28	4	7	1	0	1	6	2	1	2	7	.250	.281	.393	.674	11		0	0	2
Gavin Long	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Tim Cole	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Andre Sams	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	772	2568	2157	408	591	81	21	52	342	137	68	329	374	.274	.373	.403	.777	870	0	25	36	21	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Rivers	1B	41	317	24	6	27	.983	8.317
James Eargle	1B	28	207	15	8	14	.965	7.929
Bruce Tonascia	1B	5	42	2	3	1	.936	8.800
Scott Thayer	1B	3	25	2	2	0	.931	9.000
Aaron Hudson	1B	2	12	1	0	1	1.000	6.500
Thomas Mee	2B	66	148	167	18	34	.946	4.773
Burt Herron	2B	10	12	8	3	6	.870	2.000
Romel Beck	2B	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Scott Thayer	3B	30	25	43	14	4	.829	2.267
Romel Beck	3B	16	12	18	6	1	.833	1.875
Joseph O'Malley	3B	12	7	20	2	2	.931	2.250
Jeff Matthews	3B	10	6	11	1	1	.944	1.700
Burt Herron	3B	5	3	3	2	0	.750	1.200
Richie Howard	3B	4	5	2	3	0	.700	1.750
Aaron Hudson	3B	3	0	9	1	1	.900	3.000
Brian Snitker	C	43	247	27	7	2	.975	6.372	6
Bruce Tonascia	C	40	206	14	1	0	.995	5.500	14
Bob Porter	OF	69	138	8	12	1	.924	2.116
Alvin Moore	OF	67	92	5	2	0	.980	1.448
Eugene Harris	OF	57	83	5	7	0	.926	1.544
James Eargle	OF	11	9	1	1	0	.909	.909
Bill Haslerig	OF	6	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.167
Romel Beck	OF	6	2	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Aaron Hudson	OF	4	2	1	0	0	1.000	.750
Gavin Long	P	25	1	9	0	1	1.000	.400
Andre Sams	P	21	1	6	0	0	1.000	.333
Reamer Loomis	P	21	2	3	1	0	.833	.238
Timothy Barr	P	20	8	15	1	1	.958	1.150
Daniel Lucia	P	14	5	11	0	0	1.000	1.143
Joe Cowley	P	14	3	12	5	1	.750	1.071
Terry Abbott	P	14	5	10	1	0	.938	1.071
Richard Wieters	P	12	5	14	3	3	.864	1.583
John Harmon	P	12	1	4	0	0	1.000	.417
Ike Pettaway	P	9	2	1	1	0	.750	.333
Tim Cole	P	7	2	6	3	1	.727	1.143
Tony Brizzolara	P	6	0	2	0	0	1.000	.333
Dan Ballard	P	6	0	0	0	0		.000
Thomas LaGrave	P	5	0	0	0	0		.000
Marshall Justice	P	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
James Eargle	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jeff Matthews	SS	61	69	199	17	27	.940	4.393
Albert Hall	SS	17	10	28	10	6	.792	2.235
Totals		806	1722	706	142	135	.945	3.012	20	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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