1974 Richmond Braves Statistics
Team Record: 75-65
Finished 2nd in the IL's South Division
Manager: Clint Courtney (75-65)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 93,679, Avg. 1,338
Playoffs - Syracuse Chiefs 4 games, Richmond Braves 1
The Richmond Braves of the International League ended the 1974 season with a record of 75 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Braves scored 604 runs and yielded 555 runs. Wayne Nordhagen led Richmond with 16 home runs, and Jim Breazeale walloped 15 or more, too. Wayne Nordhagen accounted for 77 RBI. Bob Beall topped all regular batters by hitting .286. Barry Lersch paced the team with 14 wins, while Jamie Easterly registered a 2.54 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Tom Kelley, Rod Gilbreath, Adrian Devine, Pablo Torrealba, Joe Grzenda, Larvell Blanks, Bob Beall, Al Closter, Junior Moore, Barry Lersch, Oscar Brown, Mike McQueen, Jamie Easterly, Sonny Jackson, Al Gallagher, Jimmy Freeman, Gary Neibauer, Joe Niekro, Dave Cheadle, Max León, Jim Breazeale, Wayne Nordhagen, Wenty Ford, John Fuller, Chico Ruiz, Larry Jaster and Larry Howard were all players from the 1974 Richmond Braves who played in the Majors during their careers.
Clint Courtney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Lersch | 14 | 8 | .636 | 3.10 | 36 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 174.0 | 164 | 65 | 60 | 15 | 40 | 4 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jamie Easterly | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.54 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 138.0 | 115 | 48 | 39 | 3 | 75 | 1 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Joe Niekro | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.08 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 52.0 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Grzenda | 7 | 2 | .778 | 4.66 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 56.0 | 68 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Gary Neibauer | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.26 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95.0 | 89 | 55 | 45 | 11 | 53 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Al Closter | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.85 | 32 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 152.0 | 144 | 77 | 65 | 14 | 70 | 1 | 114 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Jimmy Freeman | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.53 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 45 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Pablo Torrealba | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.42 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 113.0 | 115 | 53 | 43 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 115 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Max León | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.65 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wenty Ford | 3 | 7 | .300 | 6.10 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 62.0 | 71 | 51 | 42 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Cheadle | 3 | 10 | .231 | 4.90 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 101.0 | 85 | 57 | 55 | 9 | 96 | 0 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mike Newson | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.32 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Al Gallagher | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Larry Jaster | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.75 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 | 36 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Kelley | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.86 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Koonce | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike McQueen | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Beall | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Adrian Devine | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 75 | 65 | .536 | 3.69 | 384 | 139 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 27 | 1150.7 | 1096 | 546 | 472 | 88 | 535 | 20 | 762 | 25 | 1 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Beall | 139 | 595 | 447 | 105 | 128 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 59 | 21 | 15 | 136 | 87 | .286 | .454 | .383 | .837 | 171 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Larvell Blanks | 136 | 508 | 466 | 72 | 126 | 29 | 4 | 14 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 34 | 66 | .270 | .321 | .440 | .761 | 205 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Rod Gilbreath | 138 | 524 | 441 | 71 | 112 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 36 | 9 | 69 | 66 | .254 | .354 | .336 | .690 | 148 | 1 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Wayne Nordhagen | 112 | 414 | 374 | 53 | 108 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 77 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 73 | .289 | .350 | .497 | .848 | 186 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gregory Foreman | 122 | 485 | 404 | 51 | 107 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 61 | 8 | 6 | 66 | 62 | .265 | .376 | .384 | .759 | 155 | 8 | 3 | 4 | ||
| John Fuller | 119 | 404 | 353 | 48 | 87 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 72 | .246 | .342 | .405 | .747 | 143 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sonny Jackson | 109 | 325 | 281 | 43 | 80 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 26 | .285 | .357 | .327 | .685 | 92 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Al Gallagher | 112 | 361 | 307 | 30 | 76 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 34 | .248 | .346 | .352 | .697 | 108 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Larry Howard | 120 | 357 | 310 | 33 | 65 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 71 | .210 | .301 | .342 | .642 | 106 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jim Breazeale | 94 | 308 | 284 | 27 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 42 | .225 | .269 | .408 | .678 | 116 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Oscar Brown | 104 | 249 | 218 | 28 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 49 | .252 | .325 | .317 | .642 | 69 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Dave Cheadle | 25 | 37 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .200 | .222 | .286 | .508 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barry Lersch | 38 | 70 | 55 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22 | .127 | .238 | .145 | .384 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Al Closter | 32 | 56 | 48 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .104 | .189 | .146 | .335 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jamie Easterly | 30 | 53 | 50 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .100 | .135 | .100 | .235 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joey Martin | 13 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .200 | .167 | .367 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Junior Moore | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .273 | .333 | .273 | .606 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Jaster | 14 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wenty Ford | 24 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .130 | .130 | .130 | .261 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Grzenda | 46 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Freeman | 18 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .105 | .261 | .158 | .419 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Neibauer | 41 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .100 | .217 | .250 | .467 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pablo Torrealba | 53 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .087 | .160 | .087 | .247 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Newson | 20 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Niekro | 30 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arturo Miranda | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Koonce | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Kelley | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Adrian Devine | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chico Ruiz | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Max León | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1734 | 4966 | 4260 | 599 | 1055 | 165 | 21 | 98 | 545 | 100 | 48 | 585 | 778 | .248 | .340 | .365 | .705 | 1556 | 0 | 27 | 63 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Beall | 1B | 132 | 1014 | 50 | 8 | 81 | .993 | 8.061 | ||||
| Jim Breazeale | 1B | 43 | 184 | 12 | 2 | 8 | .990 | 4.558 | ||||
| John Fuller | 1B | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Sonny Jackson | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rod Gilbreath | 2B | 138 | 335 | 361 | 12 | 82 | .983 | 5.043 | ||||
| Larvell Blanks | 2B | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.750 | ||||
| Sonny Jackson | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Al Gallagher | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Al Gallagher | 3B | 101 | 57 | 178 | 4 | 9 | .983 | 2.327 | ||||
| Sonny Jackson | 3B | 31 | 18 | 56 | 6 | 7 | .925 | 2.387 | ||||
| Larvell Blanks | 3B | 21 | 22 | 49 | 5 | 8 | .934 | 3.381 | ||||
| Junior Moore | 3B | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Bob Beall | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Larry Howard | C | 110 | 507 | 42 | 10 | 7 | .982 | 4.991 | 10 | |||
| Jim Breazeale | C | 59 | 281 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .993 | 5.119 | 6 | |||
| Joey Martin | C | 7 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.143 | 1 | |||
| Gregory Foreman | OF | 120 | 179 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .973 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Fuller | OF | 110 | 184 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .984 | 1.682 | ||||
| Wayne Nordhagen | OF | 103 | 192 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .966 | 1.922 | ||||
| Oscar Brown | OF | 88 | 128 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .964 | 1.534 | ||||
| Sonny Jackson | OF | 47 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.128 | ||||
| Bob Beall | OF | 26 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.308 | ||||
| Chico Ruiz | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Pablo Torrealba | P | 53 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .358 | ||||
| Joe Grzenda | P | 46 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .196 | ||||
| Gary Neibauer | P | 41 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .390 | ||||
| Barry Lersch | P | 36 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .946 | .972 | ||||
| Al Closter | P | 32 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .688 | ||||
| Joe Niekro | P | 30 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jamie Easterly | P | 26 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .893 | .962 | ||||
| Dave Cheadle | P | 24 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .625 | ||||
| Wenty Ford | P | 18 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .870 | 1.111 | ||||
| Mike Newson | P | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .294 | ||||
| Larry Jaster | P | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .143 | ||||
| Don Koonce | P | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Tom Kelley | P | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .111 | ||||
| Jimmy Freeman | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .444 | ||||
| Mike McQueen | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Max León | P | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Adrian Devine | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Al Gallagher | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Bob Beall | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Larvell Blanks | SS | 113 | 140 | 359 | 17 | 61 | .967 | 4.416 | ||||
| Sonny Jackson | SS | 36 | 47 | 68 | 8 | 13 | .935 | 3.194 | ||||
| Arturo Miranda | SS | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| Chico Ruiz | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1695 | 3470 | 1391 | 118 | 291 | .976 | 2.868 | 17 | 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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