
1977 Richmond Braves Statistics
Team Record: 71-69
Finished 4th in the IL
Manager: Tommie Aaron (71-69)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 185,628, Avg. 2,652
Playoffs - Pawtucket Red Sox 3 games, Richmond Braves 1
The Richmond Braves of the International League ended the 1977 season with a record of 71 wins and 69 losses, finishing fourth in the IL.
The Braves scored 604 runs and allowed 602 runs. Dale Murphy led Richmond with 22 home runs, while Jim Breazeale walloped 15 or more, too. Dale Murphy drove in 90 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .305. Mickey Mahler paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.53 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Eddie Solomon, Ozzie Osborn, Norm Angelini, Pete Varney, Frank LaCorte, Brian Asselstine, Jerry Maddox, Rick Mahler, Bobby Thompson, Barry Bonnell, Dale Murphy, Al Autry, Jim Breazeale, Chico Ruiz, Joey McLaughlin, Dave Campbell, Larry Whisenton, Mike Davey, Preston Hanna, Don Collins, Rob Belloir, Mike Eden, Larry Bradford, Mickey Mahler, Hank Small, Steve Kline and Bob Beall were all players from the 1977 Richmond Braves who played in the Majors during their careers.
Tommie Aaron 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mickey Mahler | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.53 | 31 | 31 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 217.0 | 202 | 101 | 85 | 17 | 80 | 1 | 145 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||
Joey McLaughlin | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.82 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 179.0 | 188 | 96 | 76 | 14 | 74 | 7 | 70 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
Lamar Jones | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.41 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 58.0 | 51 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Larry Bradford | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.34 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 101 | 43 | 33 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
Al Autry | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.50 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 106.0 | 108 | 60 | 53 | 11 | 53 | 7 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
Eddie Solomon | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.77 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 47 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
George Lusic | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.09 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32.0 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Norm Angelini | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.78 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 81.0 | 87 | 38 | 34 | 5 | 47 | 10 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
Roger Alexander | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.26 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 | 110 | 66 | 53 | 9 | 57 | 10 | 71 | 7 | 3 | 9 | ||
Mike Davey | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.31 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 78.0 | 58 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Dave Campbell | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank LaCorte | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.08 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 38 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Preston Hanna | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.52 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 72 | 42 | 38 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
Ozzie Osborn | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Don Collins | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.32 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Kline | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Domingo Figueroa | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Rick Mahler | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.08 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 45 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 71 | 67 | .514 | 3.86 | 324 | 140 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 18 | 1178.0 | 1169 | 592 | 505 | 99 | 530 | 46 | 689 | 30 | 15 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dale Murphy | 127 | 504 | 466 | 71 | 142 | 33 | 4 | 22 | 90 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 64 | .305 | .349 | .534 | .884 | 249 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
Bob Beall | 138 | 612 | 463 | 89 | 130 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 133 | 79 | .281 | .442 | .406 | .848 | 188 | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
Rob Belloir | 131 | 564 | 495 | 59 | 130 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 3 | 5 | 48 | 36 | .263 | .328 | .315 | .644 | 156 | 3 | 13 | 5 | ||
Mike Eden | 117 | 443 | 360 | 65 | 113 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 71 | 35 | .314 | .424 | .383 | .807 | 138 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||
Jeffrey Geach | 121 | 464 | 427 | 40 | 106 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 27 | .248 | .293 | .347 | .639 | 148 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||
Jim Breazeale | 119 | 459 | 396 | 58 | 104 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 50 | .263 | .350 | .447 | .797 | 177 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
Chico Ruiz | 108 | 394 | 347 | 33 | 86 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 40 | .248 | .313 | .300 | .613 | 104 | 3 | 11 | 2 | ||
Jimmie Collins | 111 | 393 | 344 | 30 | 83 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 84 | .241 | .319 | .282 | .601 | 97 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
Pete Varney | 80 | 302 | 263 | 38 | 75 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 41 | .285 | .367 | .456 | .823 | 120 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
Jerry Maddox | 86 | 296 | 260 | 40 | 67 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 50 | .258 | .333 | .427 | .760 | 111 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
Larry Whisenton | 55 | 196 | 170 | 21 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 33 | .235 | .320 | .294 | .614 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
Brian Asselstine | 27 | 109 | 98 | 15 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | .276 | .343 | .398 | .741 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Hank Small | 43 | 119 | 108 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 17 | .204 | .269 | .269 | .537 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Barry Bonnell | 14 | 56 | 50 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .380 | .446 | .440 | .886 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roger Cador | 18 | 62 | 53 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | .113 | .242 | .151 | .393 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mickey Mahler | 31 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .120 | .214 | .160 | .374 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie Solomon | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Autry | 18 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Joey McLaughlin | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .182 | .308 | .182 | .490 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Rick Mahler | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Preston Hanna | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Bradford | 16 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Lusic | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Frank LaCorte | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Lamar Jones | 43 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ozzie Osborn | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Davey | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Norm Angelini | 48 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roger Alexander | 30 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1602 | 5087 | 4404 | 588 | 1162 | 176 | 27 | 86 | 551 | 53 | 47 | 552 | 616 | .264 | .347 | .375 | .721 | 1650 | 0 | 24 | 75 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Beall | 1B | 65 | 478 | 45 | 5 | 43 | .991 | 8.046 | ||||
Jim Breazeale | 1B | 50 | 399 | 23 | 7 | 40 | .984 | 8.440 | ||||
Hank Small | 1B | 36 | 247 | 21 | 1 | 19 | .996 | 7.444 | ||||
Dale Murphy | 1B | 14 | 90 | 10 | 3 | 9 | .971 | 7.143 | ||||
Lamar Jones | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Norm Angelini | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Chico Ruiz | 2B | 107 | 249 | 311 | 11 | 69 | .981 | 5.234 | ||||
Rob Belloir | 2B | 40 | 83 | 101 | 3 | 17 | .984 | 4.600 | ||||
Mike Eden | 2B | 7 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 2.571 | ||||
Jerry Maddox | 3B | 78 | 73 | 133 | 19 | 8 | .916 | 2.641 | ||||
Rob Belloir | 3B | 61 | 36 | 100 | 15 | 9 | .901 | 2.230 | ||||
Jeffrey Geach | 3B | 16 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 3 | .953 | 2.562 | ||||
Dale Murphy | C | 90 | 510 | 40 | 12 | 7 | .979 | 6.111 | 14 | |||
Pete Varney | C | 54 | 266 | 38 | 5 | 4 | .984 | 5.630 | 4 | |||
Jeffrey Geach | OF | 109 | 182 | 13 | 4 | 3 | .980 | 1.789 | ||||
Jimmie Collins | OF | 105 | 214 | 11 | 6 | 5 | .974 | 2.143 | ||||
Bob Beall | OF | 85 | 115 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.471 | ||||
Larry Whisenton | OF | 51 | 87 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .967 | 1.725 | ||||
Brian Asselstine | OF | 27 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 2.444 | ||||
Roger Cador | OF | 18 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.222 | ||||
Barry Bonnell | OF | 14 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 3.143 | ||||
Norm Angelini | P | 48 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .479 | ||||
Lamar Jones | P | 43 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .488 | ||||
Mickey Mahler | P | 31 | 23 | 37 | 2 | 4 | .968 | 1.935 | ||||
Roger Alexander | P | 30 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 0 | .919 | 1.133 | ||||
Mike Davey | P | 29 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .724 | ||||
Joey McLaughlin | P | 26 | 15 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 1.615 | ||||
George Lusic | P | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .300 | ||||
Al Autry | P | 18 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .611 | ||||
Larry Bradford | P | 16 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.562 | ||||
Rick Mahler | P | 14 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .786 | ||||
Preston Hanna | P | 12 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.750 | ||||
Steve Kline | P | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
Frank LaCorte | P | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
Eddie Solomon | P | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
Ozzie Osborn | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Domingo Figueroa | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Don Collins | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
Dave Campbell | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
Mike Eden | SS | 105 | 158 | 301 | 17 | 46 | .964 | 4.371 | ||||
Rob Belloir | SS | 40 | 49 | 136 | 8 | 28 | .959 | 4.625 | ||||
Totals | 1498 | 3501 | 1539 | 141 | 327 | .973 | 3.364 | 18 | 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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