1977 Kingsport Braves Statistics
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
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 Tony Brizzolara, Bob Porter, Albert Hall and Joe Cowley.
Bob Didier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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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