1972 Richmond Braves Statistics
Team Record: 65-78
Finished 6th in the IL
Manager: Clyde King (65-78)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 84,231, Avg. 1,178
The Richmond Braves of the International League ended the 1972 season with a record of 65 wins and 78 losses, finishing sixth in the IL.
The Braves tallied 499 runs, worst in the circuit, and gave up 549 runs. Rick Joseph, Rich Barry and Andre Thornton paced Richmond with 14 home runs apiece. Shaun Fitzmaurice recorded 51 runs batted in. Tony LaRussa led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .308. Jimmy Freeman topped the squad with 12 wins, while Rich Robertson registered a 3.18 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1972 Richmond Braves who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Tom House, Jim Hardin, Larry Jaster, Leo Foster, John Fuller, Mike Beard, Jimmy Freeman, Luis Alcaraz, Rick Joseph, Sonny Jackson, Rich Barry, Rick Kester, Bob Didier, Tony LaRussa, Biff Pocoroba, Van Kelly, Andre Thornton, Shaun Fitzmaurice, Oscar Brown, Tommie Aaron, Freddie Velázquez, Tony Cloninger, Rich Robertson and Don O'Riley.
Clyde King 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Freeman | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.87 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 151.0 | 136 | 76 | 65 | 11 | 77 | 4 | 115 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| David Gourieux | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.88 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 100.0 | 74 | 38 | 32 | 8 | 67 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Rick Kester | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.47 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 140.0 | 136 | 64 | 54 | 12 | 41 | 4 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Larry Jaster | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.92 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 114.0 | 87 | 43 | 37 | 10 | 38 | 9 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Rich Robertson | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.18 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 116.0 | 110 | 44 | 41 | 7 | 67 | 2 | 78 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Don O'Riley | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.66 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 96.0 | 80 | 51 | 39 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Mike Beard | 6 | 14 | .300 | 4.80 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 137.0 | 172 | 95 | 73 | 10 | 55 | 3 | 83 | 6 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Tom House | 5 | 8 | .385 | 1.45 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 62.0 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Russell Dillon | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.08 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 117.0 | 100 | 60 | 53 | 15 | 69 | 0 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Dave Lobb | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.04 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 69.0 | 73 | 41 | 31 | 3 | 45 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Tony Cloninger | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.30 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hardin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.71 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Domingo Figueroa | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.00 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 65 | 78 | .455 | 3.58 | 358 | 143 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 36 | 1151.0 | 1055 | 549 | 458 | 85 | 550 | 44 | 781 | 18 | 5 | 69 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony LaRussa | 122 | 474 | 389 | 68 | 120 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 72 | 41 | .308 | .430 | .429 | .859 | 167 | 11 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Didier | 106 | 398 | 359 | 27 | 93 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 24 | .259 | .316 | .326 | .642 | 117 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Rich Barry | 117 | 415 | 360 | 47 | 93 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 91 | .258 | .357 | .414 | .771 | 149 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommie Aaron | 106 | 383 | 337 | 36 | 91 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 34 | .270 | .343 | .323 | .666 | 109 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Van Kelly | 115 | 403 | 350 | 41 | 87 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 45 | .249 | .339 | .349 | .688 | 122 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Leo Foster | 99 | 401 | 365 | 44 | 85 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 53 | .233 | .289 | .285 | .574 | 104 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Marlan Murphy | 110 | 351 | 313 | 36 | 73 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 105 | .233 | .309 | .364 | .674 | 114 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Shaun Fitzmaurice | 127 | 426 | 357 | 42 | 71 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 92 | .199 | .313 | .345 | .657 | 123 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| John Fuller | 69 | 227 | 208 | 25 | 66 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 31 | .317 | .364 | .447 | .812 | 93 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Andre Thornton | 49 | 195 | 159 | 30 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 31 | .264 | .379 | .560 | .939 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Freddie Velázquez | 59 | 164 | 146 | 11 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 32 | .199 | .264 | .295 | .558 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Michael Walseth | 45 | 125 | 115 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | .217 | .280 | .261 | .541 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stu Cann | 48 | 131 | 115 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 14 | .191 | .290 | .252 | .542 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Rose | 26 | 86 | 72 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | .250 | .372 | .264 | .636 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sonny Jackson | 20 | 85 | 79 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | .215 | .271 | .228 | .498 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Freeman | 31 | 57 | 51 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .216 | .273 | .255 | .528 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Beard | 28 | 46 | 40 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .175 | .195 | .200 | .395 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Rick Kester | 23 | 51 | 41 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .171 | .227 | .220 | .447 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Young | 5 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .278 | .278 | .278 | .556 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Robertson | 21 | 45 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .135 | .200 | .243 | .443 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Brown | 4 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russell Dillon | 30 | 37 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .133 | .257 | .200 | .457 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Gourieux | 61 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .300 | .462 | .300 | .762 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Don O'Riley | 19 | 34 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .111 | .143 | .148 | .291 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hardin | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom House | 48 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .111 | .125 | .236 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Larry Jaster | 55 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .053 | .182 | .053 | .234 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Domingo Figueroa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Cloninger | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Lobb | 37 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Biff Pocoroba | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1595 | 4638 | 4043 | 462 | 984 | 140 | 24 | 73 | 427 | 33 | 17 | 478 | 727 | .243 | .327 | .344 | .671 | 1391 | 0 | 39 | 47 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommie Aaron | 1B | 55 | 447 | 32 | 6 | 44 | .988 | 8.709 | ||||
| Andre Thornton | 1B | 47 | 379 | 33 | 5 | 36 | .988 | 8.766 | ||||
| Michael Walseth | 1B | 13 | 89 | 4 | 1 | 8 | .989 | 7.154 | ||||
| Freddie Velázquez | 1B | 8 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.750 | ||||
| Rich Barry | 1B | 3 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .931 | 9.000 | ||||
| John Fuller | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tony LaRussa | 2B | 115 | 305 | 289 | 20 | 79 | .967 | 5.165 | ||||
| Van Kelly | 2B | 10 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 5 | .960 | 4.800 | ||||
| Van Kelly | 3B | 60 | 43 | 108 | 6 | 17 | .962 | 2.517 | ||||
| Tommie Aaron | 3B | 38 | 31 | 59 | 8 | 6 | .918 | 2.368 | ||||
| Sonny Jackson | 3B | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Stu Cann | 3B | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Didier | C | 105 | 590 | 49 | 2 | 8 | .997 | 6.086 | 5 | |||
| Freddie Velázquez | C | 41 | 237 | 17 | 2 | 5 | .992 | 6.195 | 4 | |||
| Shaun Fitzmaurice | OF | 118 | 204 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .986 | 1.763 | ||||
| Rich Barry | OF | 103 | 145 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .955 | 1.427 | ||||
| Marlan Murphy | OF | 101 | 209 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .968 | 2.099 | ||||
| John Fuller | OF | 54 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.537 | ||||
| Guy Rose | OF | 20 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.300 | ||||
| Van Kelly | OF | 16 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Michael Walseth | OF | 15 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Sonny Jackson | OF | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.222 | ||||
| Oscar Brown | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Stu Cann | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tommie Aaron | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Andre Thornton | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| David Gourieux | P | 61 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .230 | ||||
| Larry Jaster | P | 55 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .364 | ||||
| Tom House | P | 48 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Dave Lobb | P | 37 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .432 | ||||
| Mike Beard | P | 28 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 1.179 | ||||
| Jimmy Freeman | P | 26 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .615 | ||||
| Russell Dillon | P | 26 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 0 | .871 | 1.038 | ||||
| Rick Kester | P | 23 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.304 | ||||
| Rich Robertson | P | 21 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.095 | ||||
| Don O'Riley | P | 19 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.053 | ||||
| Tony Cloninger | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Domingo Figueroa | P | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Jim Hardin | P | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Leo Foster | SS | 98 | 122 | 292 | 26 | 47 | .941 | 4.224 | ||||
| Stu Cann | SS | 24 | 27 | 60 | 5 | 10 | .946 | 3.625 | ||||
| Van Kelly | SS | 18 | 12 | 46 | 3 | 10 | .951 | 3.222 | ||||
| Sonny Jackson | SS | 7 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 4 | .935 | 4.143 | ||||
| Bobby Young | SS | 5 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 6 | .853 | 5.800 | ||||
| Totals | 1455 | 3194 | 1245 | 129 | 298 | .972 | 3.051 | 9 | 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.
