1971 Richmond Braves Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 6th in the IL
Manager: Clyde King (69-71)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 112,675, Avg. 1,610

1971 Richmond Braves Roster

The Richmond Braves of the International League ended the 1971 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing sixth in the IL.

The Braves scored 650 runs and allowed 630 runs. Jim Breazeale led Richmond with 23 home runs, while Freddie Velázquez walloped 15 or more as well. Jim Breazeale drove in 67 runs. Guy Rose topped all regular batters by hitting .274. Gary Neibauer paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.34 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1971 Richmond Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ron Schueler, Jim Breazeale, Mike Beard, Bob Duliba, Luis Tiant, Jack Damaska, Leo Foster, Larry Jaster, Tom House, Jim French, Hank Allen, Darrell Evans, Rick Kester, Gary Neibauer, Gerry Arrigo, Van Kelly, Jack DiLauro, Larry Maxie, Julio Navarro, Pedro Ramos, Freddie Velázquez, Shaun Fitzmaurice, Oscar Brown, Tommie Aaron, Dusty Baker and Bob Didier.

Clyde King 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
Gary Neibauer	13	9	.591	3.34	29	28		8	3	1	194.0	172	89	72	17	88	3	149	2	2	4
Larry Jaster	10	6	.625	3.84	42	9		3	0	4	129.0	151	71	55	9	37	6	75	2	1	6
Dave Lobb	8	5	.615	4.53	29	20		2	0	0	133.0	156	79	67	14	56	0	52	3	0	13
Tom House	7	3	.700	2.33	45	0		0	0	11	58.0	64	19	15	5	15	5	49	1	2	1
Rick Kester	6	3	.667	3.22	14	14		3	2	0	95.0	81	36	34	8	28	1	80	2	0	3
Bob Duliba	6	9	.400	4.42	40	0		0	0	8	53.0	56	31	26	3	21	7	28	1	0	1
Larry Maxie	6	10	.375	3.89	27	24		4	0	0	162.0	162	84	70	15	59	7	115	1	0	4
Ron Schueler	4	4	.500	2.80	13	12		0	0	0	74.0	54	31	23	4	32	1	49	3	1	2
David Gourieux	2	4	.333	6.17	32	4		0	0	1	70.0	81	52	48	10	45	3	46	1	0	3
Mike Beard	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1		1	0	0	9.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	4	1	0	0
Pedro Ramos	1	2	.333	1.29	19	2		0	0	6	28.0	22	13	4	1	19	1	19	1	0	0
Brian Nelson	1	2	.333	6.30	6	6		0	0	0	30.0	43	25	21	5	13	1	11	0	0	3
Julio Navarro					12						0.0
Luis Tiant					5						0.0
Gerry Arrigo	0	0		3.00	3	0		0	0	1	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0
Jimmy Britton	0	0		4.30	12	0		0	0	1	23.0	25	12	11	3	7	2	12	0	0	0
Jack Crist	0	0		6.00	1	0		0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	1	2	0	3	1	0	0
Jack DiLauro	0	5	.000	6.16	14	5		1	0	2	38.0	60	31	26	6	6	1	26	0	0	2
Totals	65	62	.512	3.90	344	125	0	22	5	35	1102.0	1140	578	477	101	432	39	720	19	6	42	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
Guy Rose	125	547	468	75	128	16	8	5	40	15	8	66	94	.274	.369	.374	.743	175		6	5	2
Tommie Aaron	96	395	355	55	113	19	3	12	54	2	0	32	35	.318	.378	.490	.868	174		3	3	2
Dusty Baker	80	373	341	62	106	23	2	11	41	10	5	25	37	.311	.360	.487	.847	166		2	4	1
Van Kelly	103	423	367	55	103	15	4	8	52	6	1	50	49	.281	.370	.409	.778	150		3	1	2
Jim Breazeale	102	413	367	61	103	18	1	23	67	0	2	44	54	.281	.358	.523	.882	192		1	0	1
Shaun Fitzmaurice	88	336	285	46	88	6	3	8	44	1	3	47	65	.309	.409	.435	.844	124		2	1	1
Freddie Velázquez	99	372	347	40	83	11	1	16	57	7	1	18	56	.239	.280	.415	.695	144		3	0	4
Jack Crist	97	370	311	51	73	10	3	2	27	1	0	55	63	.235	.355	.305	.660	95		3	1	0
Hank McGraw	62	262	206	33	50	6	0	9	39	1	0	53	50	.243	.402	.403	.805	83		2	1	0
Oscar Brown	49	178	168	17	47	7	1	2	21	1	2	8	34	.280	.311	.369	.680	62		0	1	1
Darrell Evans	31	126	101	20	31	2	2	6	30	0	1	23	17	.307	.437	.545	.981	55		1	0	1
Jim French	53	180	140	19	28	6	0	5	16	1	0	38	20	.200	.369	.350	.719	49		0	1	1
Bob Didier	25	100	92	12	26	4	1	2	14	2	0	6	12	.283	.320	.413	.733	38		0	0	2
Faustino Zabala	35	84	79	7	18	5	0	0	6	0	0	3	12	.228	.262	.291	.553	23		1	0	1
Leo Foster	33	98	89	11	16	3	0	1	6	2	0	7	20	.180	.247	.247	.495	22		1	1	0
Hank Allen	13	50	45	5	12	4	1	0	7	0	0	5	7	.267	.340	.400	.740	18		0	0	0
Larry Jaster	44	45	40	6	11	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	5	.275	.341	.375	.716	15		0	1	0
Jack Damaska	22	52	45	7	10	2	0	0	2	1	0	7	3	.222	.327	.267	.594	12		0	0	0
Rick Kester	14	36	33	2	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	5	.212	.257	.212	.469	7		1	1	0
Larry Maxie	27	63	55	3	7	2	0	1	6	0	0	3	27	.127	.200	.218	.418	12		2	3	0
Curtis Moore	27	51	41	6	6	0	0	2	6	0	0	9	16	.146	.300	.293	.593	12		0	1	0
Brian Nelson	6	12	12	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.417	.417	.417	.833	5		0	0	0
Gary Neibauer	33	76	69	7	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	37	.072	.123	.072	.196	5		0	3	0
Jack DiLauro	14	12	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	.333	.667	3		0	3	0
Dave Lobb	30	50	44	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	29	.068	.128	.091	.219	4		0	3	0
Bob Duliba	40	11	11	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.182	.182	.273	.455	3		0	0	0
Ron Schueler	13	25	23	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.087	.125	.087	.212	2		0	1	0
Mike Newson	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0
Pedro Ramos	19	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	1		1	1	0
Tom House	45	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	2	0
David Gourieux	32	15	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.083	.154	.083	.237	1		0	2	0
Marlan Murphy	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0
Jimmy Britton	12	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Mike Beard	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Totals	1473	4786	4178	608	1090	162	30	114	552	50	23	515	787	.261	.345	.396	.741	1654	0	32	42	19	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jim Breazeale	1B	99	833	49	7	82	.992	8.909
Freddie Velázquez	1B	28	228	13	3	21	.988	8.607
Tommie Aaron	1B	18	131	7	2	10	.986	7.667
Van Kelly	2B	88	195	226	15	64	.966	4.784
Jack Crist	2B	31	56	84	9	15	.940	4.516
Jack Damaska	2B	12	23	24	0	6	1.000	3.917
Hank Allen	2B	8	18	17	2	6	.946	4.375
Tommie Aaron	3B	66	52	114	15	11	.917	2.515
Jack Crist	3B	49	32	60	8	5	.920	1.878
Van Kelly	3B	15	10	31	2	2	.953	2.733
Hank McGraw	3B	5	5	8	0	2	1.000	2.600
Bobby Young	3B	4	2	8	0	1	1.000	2.500
Dusty Baker	3B	4	0	5	1	0	.833	1.250
Darrell Evans	3B	3	0	10	0	0	1.000	3.333
Freddie Velázquez	3B	2	1	6	0	0	1.000	3.500
Faustino Zabala	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Freddie Velázquez	C	63	369	38	5	1	.988	6.460	4
Jim French	C	40	219	27	4	6	.984	6.150	3
Bob Didier	C	23	141	6	2	2	.987	6.391	3
Faustino Zabala	C	20	106	10	1	3	.991	5.800	1
Guy Rose	OF	120	266	3	7	1	.975	2.242
Shaun Fitzmaurice	OF	78	155	5	3	1	.982	2.051
Dusty Baker	OF	74	136	8	3	4	.980	1.946
Hank McGraw	OF	53	94	3	3	0	.970	1.830
Oscar Brown	OF	45	73	11	8	6	.913	1.867
Darrell Evans	OF	28	59	1	1	0	.984	2.143
Tommie Aaron	OF	11	15	1	0	0	1.000	1.455
Curtis Moore	OF	8	14	0	1	0	.933	1.750
Hank Allen	OF	4	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.250
Faustino Zabala	OF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Marlan Murphy	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jim French	OF	2	1	0	1	0	.500	.500
Tom House	P	45	1	6	0	0	1.000	.156
Larry Jaster	P	42	5	22	3	0	.900	.643
Bob Duliba	P	40	3	11	1	1	.933	.350
David Gourieux	P	32	5	6	1	0	.917	.344
Gary Neibauer	P	29	14	19	0	2	1.000	1.138
Dave Lobb	P	29	5	27	2	3	.941	1.103
Larry Maxie	P	27	5	31	2	1	.947	1.333
Pedro Ramos	P	19	0	6	2	0	.750	.316
Rick Kester	P	14	7	19	1	0	.963	1.857
Jack DiLauro	P	14	2	2	0	0	1.000	.286
Ron Schueler	P	13	8	14	1	0	.957	1.692
Julio Navarro	P	12						.000
Jimmy Britton	P	12	1	2	0	0	1.000	.250
Brian Nelson	P	6	1	5	1	0	.857	1.000
Luis Tiant	P	5						.000
Gerry Arrigo	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Jack Crist	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Beard	P	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Leo Foster	SS	28	38	77	9	16	.927	4.107
Jack Crist	SS	9	10	27	1	4	.974	4.111
Totals		1387	3351	1052	127	276	.972	3.174	11	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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