1978 Richmond Braves Statistics
Team Record: 71-68
Finished 4th in the IL
Manager: Tommie Aaron (71-68)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 202,106, Avg. 2,908
Playoffs - Richmond Braves 3 games, Charleston Charlies 1
Finals - Richmond Braves 4 games, Pawtucket Red Sox 3
The Richmond Braves of the International League ended the 1978 season with a record of 71 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the IL.
The Braves plated 588 runs and allowed 572 runs. Hank Small paced Richmond with 25 home runs, and Mike Macha walloped 15 or more, too. Hank Small drove in 101 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .289. Joey McLaughlin and Rick Mahler paced the team with 9 wins each, while Rick Mahler recorded a 3.93 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Glenn Hubbard, Jerry Maddox, Duane Theiss, Chico Ruiz, Tony Brizzolara, Pat Rockett, Mike Macha, Max León, Rick Mahler, Rick Matula, Eddie Miller, Terry Harper, Larry McWilliams, Rufino Linares, Rob Belloir, Tommy Boggs, Joey McLaughlin, Craig Skok, Don Collins, Larry Bradford, Jim Wessinger, Hank Small, Larry Whisenton, Mike Davey, Larry Owen, Bruce Benedict and Frank LaCorte were all players from the 1978 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Mahler | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.93 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 126.0 | 130 | 65 | 55 | 9 | 53 | 4 | 66 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||
Joey McLaughlin | 9 | 13 | .409 | 3.97 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 179.0 | 199 | 86 | 79 | 22 | 51 | 5 | 84 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
Larry Bradford | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.88 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 121 | 62 | 58 | 14 | 41 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
Duane Theiss | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.57 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 68.0 | 73 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 34 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Larry McWilliams | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.83 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 108.0 | 87 | 36 | 34 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 78 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
Frank LaCorte | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.22 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 130.0 | 125 | 67 | 61 | 12 | 66 | 2 | 99 | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||
Tommy Boggs | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.83 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 51 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Roger Alexander | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.32 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 79 | 32 | 31 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
George Lusic | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.12 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 48.0 | 47 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Rick Matula | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 | 39 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Mike Davey | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.96 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 79.0 | 80 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 31 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tony Brizzolara | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.94 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 57 | 34 | 33 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Craig Skok | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.33 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.0 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Max León | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.80 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 33 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
Don Collins | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.05 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 69 | 42 | 39 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Totals | 71 | 68 | .511 | 3.95 | 310 | 139 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 22 | 1188.0 | 1206 | 572 | 522 | 110 | 449 | 25 | 731 | 34 | 7 | 33 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hank Small | 137 | 557 | 512 | 52 | 148 | 29 | 3 | 25 | 101 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 73 | .289 | .341 | .504 | .844 | 258 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
Mike Macha | 137 | 589 | 491 | 80 | 128 | 21 | 7 | 17 | 69 | 2 | 5 | 84 | 79 | .261 | .377 | .436 | .813 | 214 | 8 | 5 | 1 | ||
Eddie Miller | 130 | 578 | 497 | 64 | 124 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 36 | 13 | 51 | 105 | .249 | .335 | .316 | .651 | 157 | 14 | 14 | 2 | ||
Larry Whisenton | 135 | 559 | 473 | 73 | 114 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 14 | 12 | 79 | 98 | .241 | .348 | .381 | .729 | 180 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
Glenn Hubbard | 80 | 345 | 301 | 58 | 101 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 54 | .336 | .402 | .535 | .937 | 161 | 4 | 9 | 1 | ||
Bruce Benedict | 111 | 407 | 348 | 41 | 97 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 31 | .279 | .361 | .333 | .694 | 116 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
Jerry Maddox | 115 | 462 | 404 | 48 | 95 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 52 | .235 | .322 | .354 | .676 | 143 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
Jimmy Arline | 84 | 305 | 270 | 35 | 74 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 58 | .274 | .348 | .396 | .744 | 107 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
Rob Belloir | 67 | 297 | 257 | 36 | 72 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 26 | .280 | .358 | .354 | .712 | 91 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
Chico Ruiz | 84 | 318 | 283 | 32 | 62 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 36 | .219 | .272 | .286 | .558 | 81 | 2 | 9 | 4 | ||
Terry Harper | 73 | 239 | 205 | 21 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 41 | .254 | .347 | .307 | .655 | 63 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
Mike Reynolds | 40 | 162 | 138 | 20 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 17 | .254 | .348 | .341 | .688 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Jim Wessinger | 43 | 167 | 146 | 18 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 22 | .185 | .261 | .226 | .487 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
Larry Owen | 14 | 46 | 40 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .250 | .318 | .275 | .593 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Kris Yoder | 28 | 78 | 70 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .114 | .173 | .186 | .359 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
Jerry Keller | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pat Rockett | 8 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .179 | .226 | .286 | .512 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Brian Snitker | 6 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .333 | .385 | .333 | .718 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tommy Boggs | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Lusic | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Bradford | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rufino Linares | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .111 | .200 | .333 | .533 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1360 | 5183 | 4504 | 588 | 1166 | 186 | 37 | 91 | 540 | 73 | 56 | 528 | 734 | .259 | .341 | .377 | .718 | 1699 | 0 | 48 | 75 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hank Small | 1B | 131 | 1092 | 60 | 4 | 108 | .997 | 8.794 | ||||
Jerry Maddox | 1B | 10 | 73 | 6 | 1 | 9 | .988 | 7.900 | ||||
Jerry Keller | 1B | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.500 | ||||
Glenn Hubbard | 2B | 80 | 208 | 243 | 11 | 53 | .976 | 5.638 | ||||
Mike Reynolds | 2B | 39 | 93 | 117 | 2 | 29 | .991 | 5.385 | ||||
Chico Ruiz | 2B | 20 | 48 | 70 | 3 | 12 | .975 | 5.900 | ||||
Jerry Maddox | 2B | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
Jerry Maddox | 3B | 97 | 84 | 193 | 12 | 15 | .958 | 2.856 | ||||
Chico Ruiz | 3B | 24 | 21 | 39 | 1 | 5 | .984 | 2.500 | ||||
Mike Macha | 3B | 23 | 23 | 35 | 10 | 2 | .853 | 2.522 | ||||
Bruce Benedict | C | 109 | 592 | 56 | 4 | 5 | .994 | 5.945 | 4 | |||
Kris Yoder | C | 26 | 122 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.115 | 0 | |||
Larry Owen | C | 12 | 59 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .919 | 5.667 | 0 | |||
Brian Snitker | C | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 0 | |||
Eddie Miller | OF | 130 | 312 | 16 | 5 | 4 | .985 | 2.523 | ||||
Mike Macha | OF | 99 | 165 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .988 | 1.727 | ||||
Larry Whisenton | OF | 84 | 142 | 13 | 8 | 2 | .951 | 1.845 | ||||
Terry Harper | OF | 64 | 137 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .986 | 2.219 | ||||
Jimmy Arline | OF | 53 | 106 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .957 | 2.113 | ||||
Mike Davey | P | 50 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .909 | .400 | ||||
Duane Theiss | P | 40 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .941 | .400 | ||||
Rick Mahler | P | 32 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .857 | .750 | ||||
George Lusic | P | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
Joey McLaughlin | P | 26 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 1.192 | ||||
Frank LaCorte | P | 23 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .609 | ||||
Larry Bradford | P | 22 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
Rick Matula | P | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .312 | ||||
Larry McWilliams | P | 15 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
Craig Skok | P | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
Roger Alexander | P | 11 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.636 | ||||
Don Collins | P | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
Max León | P | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
Tony Brizzolara | P | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Tommy Boggs | P | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
Rob Belloir | SS | 63 | 84 | 184 | 11 | 44 | .961 | 4.254 | ||||
Jim Wessinger | SS | 43 | 64 | 123 | 13 | 28 | .935 | 4.349 | ||||
Chico Ruiz | SS | 20 | 25 | 54 | 2 | 13 | .975 | 3.950 | ||||
Jerry Maddox | SS | 9 | 15 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.222 | ||||
Pat Rockett | SS | 7 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 5 | .975 | 5.571 | ||||
Totals | 1461 | 3557 | 1468 | 112 | 367 | .978 | 3.439 | 4 | 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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