1979 Kingsport Braves Statistics
Team Record: 39-31
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Gene Hassell (39-31)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 26,085, Avg. 745
The Kingsport Braves of the Appalachian League ended the 1979 season with a record of 39 wins and 31 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Braves paced the league with 415 runs, sparked by 67 home runs. Kingsport surrendered 363 runs. Harold Williams powered the team with 16 home runs and accounted for 52 RBI. Paul Runge led all regular hitters by hitting .293. Greg Norris topped the squad with 6 wins, while Gary Reiter recorded a 2.64 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1979 Kingsport Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Milt Thompson, Brook Jacoby, Brad Komminsk, Rick Behenna, Mike Payne and Paul Runge.
Gene Hassell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Norris | 6 | 2 | .750 | 5.02 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52.0 | 52 | 32 | 29 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Behenna | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.55 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 76 | 52 | 42 | 12 | 42 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Reiter | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.64 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 58.0 | 46 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Roy North | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.68 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Arcilio Castaigne | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.81 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 43.0 | 48 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Coatney | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.25 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Coghill | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.12 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 55 | 45 | 34 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Timothy Fuller | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.05 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Payne | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.90 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 30 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Rabun | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kenneth Ames | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.44 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 52 | 31 | 26 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| DeWayne Kitts | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Hibbett | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Garcia | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Thompson | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Haley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Kennedy | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 41 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 36 | 30 | .545 | 4.64 | 145 | 66 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 530.0 | 516 | 345 | 273 | 55 | 306 | 1 | 327 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Runge | 66 | 293 | 229 | 57 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 19 | 4 | 56 | 31 | .293 | .431 | .419 | .850 | 96 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Billy Bowen | 61 | 261 | 222 | 38 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 33 | .266 | .350 | .450 | .801 | 100 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Harold Williams | 65 | 270 | 225 | 44 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 59 | .231 | .342 | .493 | .835 | 111 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Randy Ingle | 38 | 169 | 148 | 25 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 22 | .318 | .377 | .520 | .898 | 77 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Tommy Thompson | 51 | 179 | 150 | 32 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | .307 | .398 | .527 | .924 | 79 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Mike Garcia | 53 | 210 | 158 | 39 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 46 | 13 | .285 | .440 | .468 | .908 | 74 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Kevin Patten | 58 | 213 | 187 | 29 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 27 | .241 | .321 | .369 | .690 | 69 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Brad Komminsk | 59 | 238 | 185 | 37 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 48 | 74 | .222 | .388 | .395 | .783 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Steven Stieb | 50 | 197 | 175 | 26 | 39 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 40 | .223 | .282 | .343 | .625 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Milt Thompson | 26 | 116 | 94 | 22 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 17 | .330 | .429 | .532 | .960 | 50 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Scanlon | 37 | 141 | 107 | 24 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | .243 | .403 | .271 | .674 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Buddy Bailey | 34 | 112 | 93 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 26 | .247 | .348 | .323 | .671 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Chuck Black | 11 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .303 | .378 | .303 | .681 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brook Jacoby | 8 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .250 | .300 | .321 | .621 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Behenna | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Reiter | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 647 | 2469 | 2036 | 398 | 539 | 102 | 13 | 67 | 344 | 74 | 15 | 347 | 366 | .265 | .374 | .426 | .800 | 868 | 0 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Williams | 1B | 65 | 557 | 34 | 8 | 56 | .987 | 9.092 | ||||
| Billy Bowen | 1B | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Kenneth Scanlon | 2B | 36 | 78 | 111 | 16 | 24 | .922 | 5.250 | ||||
| Mike Garcia | 2B | 21 | 40 | 59 | 4 | 15 | .961 | 4.714 | ||||
| Chuck Black | 2B | 11 | 22 | 28 | 3 | 4 | .943 | 4.545 | ||||
| Randy Ingle | 3B | 38 | 32 | 69 | 14 | 7 | .878 | 2.658 | ||||
| Mike Garcia | 3B | 18 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 5 | .925 | 2.056 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | 3B | 8 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 3 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Kenneth Scanlon | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Steven Stieb | C | 49 | 257 | 38 | 4 | 0 | .987 | 6.020 | 10 | |||
| Buddy Bailey | C | 16 | 81 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.375 | 3 | |||
| Tommy Thompson | C | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.250 | 0 | |||
| Brad Komminsk | OF | 59 | 112 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 1.915 | ||||
| Billy Bowen | OF | 57 | 74 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .943 | 1.456 | ||||
| Kevin Patten | OF | 48 | 86 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 1.979 | ||||
| Milt Thompson | OF | 26 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 2.385 | ||||
| Brook Jacoby | OF | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Mike Garcia | OF | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steven Stieb | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Buddy Bailey | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Arcilio Castaigne | P | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .261 | ||||
| Greg Norris | P | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Gary Reiter | P | 16 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .778 | .438 | ||||
| Rick Behenna | P | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Coghill | P | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Kennedy | P | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .333 | ||||
| Ricky Coatney | P | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .875 | .778 | ||||
| Kenneth Rabun | P | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Kenneth Ames | P | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Mike Payne | P | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Roy North | P | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .833 | ||||
| Gary Hibbett | P | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .500 | ||||
| Timothy Fuller | P | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Haley | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| DeWayne Kitts | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Garcia | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Paul Runge | SS | 66 | 104 | 194 | 24 | 38 | .925 | 4.515 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 685 | 1589 | 663 | 102 | 160 | .957 | 3.288 | 13 | 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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