1979 Richmond Braves Statistics
Team Record: 76-64
Finished 3rd in the IL
Manager: Tom Burgess (76-64)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 159,864, Avg. 2,284
Playoffs - Syracuse Chiefs 3 games, Richmond Braves 2
The Richmond Braves of the International League ended the 1979 season with a record of 76 wins and 64 losses, finishing third in the IL.
The Braves plated 548 runs and allowed 552 runs. Jerry Keller paced Richmond with 21 home runs and drove in 75 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .255. Tommy Boggs topped the team with 15 wins, and Don Collins recorded a 3.47 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Glenn Hubbard, Duane Theiss, Jerry Maddox, Brian Asselstine, Rick Camp, Terry Harper, Rufino Linares, Eddie Miller, Dan Morogiello, Tony Brizzolara, Chico Ruiz, Larry Anderson, Terry Leach, Pat Rockett, Mike Macha, Rick Mahler, Jamie Easterly, Larry Bradford, Bob Beall, Larry Whisenton, Jim Wessinger, Hank Small, Larry Owen, Craig Skok, Joey McLaughlin, Don Collins and Tommy Boggs were all players from the 1979 Richmond Braves who played in the Majors during their careers.
Tom Burgess 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tommy Boggs | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.61 | 33 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 227.0 | 230 | 108 | 91 | 11 | 99 | 5 | 138 | 8 | 0 | 18 | ||
Don Collins | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.47 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 187.0 | 203 | 84 | 72 | 9 | 64 | 3 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 16 | ||
Dan Morogiello | 12 | 13 | .480 | 3.56 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 200.0 | 186 | 90 | 79 | 16 | 76 | 3 | 116 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
Roger Alexander | 6 | 14 | .300 | 5.28 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 133.0 | 140 | 91 | 78 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 11 | ||
Tony Brizzolara | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.91 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.0 | 47 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
Rick Mahler | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.33 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 54.0 | 46 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
Craig Skok | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Terry Leach | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.93 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Larry Bradford | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34.0 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
Rick Camp | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55.0 | 59 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
Stuart Livingstone | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.88 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 59 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Joey McLaughlin | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.14 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 42.0 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Duane Theiss | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.00 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
Larry Anderson | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bob Beall | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jamie Easterly | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Totals | 70 | 61 | .534 | 3.53 | 292 | 128 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 22 | 1120.0 | 1082 | 517 | 439 | 68 | 414 | 30 | 693 | 24 | 2 | 89 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eddie Miller | 135 | 588 | 517 | 73 | 121 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 37 | 76 | 23 | 41 | 111 | .234 | .311 | .340 | .651 | 176 | 17 | 12 | 1 | ||
Jerry Keller | 126 | 507 | 435 | 54 | 111 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 93 | .255 | .347 | .455 | .802 | 198 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
Jerry Maddox | 127 | 490 | 417 | 49 | 106 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 59 | .254 | .346 | .365 | .711 | 152 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
Chico Ruiz | 122 | 506 | 443 | 52 | 105 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 22 | 8 | 38 | 68 | .237 | .300 | .330 | .630 | 146 | 5 | 13 | 7 | ||
Terry Harper | 108 | 370 | 327 | 49 | 99 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 58 | 15 | 2 | 35 | 57 | .303 | .379 | .468 | .847 | 153 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||
Larry Whisenton | 89 | 341 | 292 | 43 | 86 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 44 | 57 | .295 | .385 | .425 | .809 | 124 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
Hank Small | 102 | 386 | 355 | 39 | 78 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 44 | .220 | .267 | .301 | .568 | 107 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
Mike Macha | 73 | 285 | 254 | 36 | 74 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 45 | .291 | .357 | .457 | .814 | 116 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
Larry Owen | 110 | 391 | 358 | 32 | 70 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 64 | .196 | .257 | .291 | .548 | 104 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Pat Rockett | 85 | 283 | 247 | 21 | 55 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 25 | .223 | .285 | .267 | .552 | 66 | 5 | 9 | 4 | ||
Glenn Hubbard | 34 | 145 | 125 | 21 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 17 | .336 | .400 | .440 | .840 | 55 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
Bob Beall | 32 | 137 | 104 | 27 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 21 | .365 | .507 | .548 | 1.055 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
Jimmy Arline | 56 | 183 | 159 | 20 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 40 | .208 | .311 | .226 | .538 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rufino Linares | 36 | 112 | 104 | 9 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | .298 | .330 | .385 | .715 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
Mike Reynolds | 52 | 179 | 146 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 20 | .199 | .335 | .253 | .589 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
Brian Asselstine | 21 | 74 | 63 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | .270 | .370 | .349 | .719 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jim Wessinger | 15 | 50 | 49 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .280 | .347 | .627 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Dan Morogiello | 31 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Don Collins | 34 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .298 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Duane Theiss | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roger Alexander | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tommy Boggs | 33 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Bradford | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tony Brizzolara | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rick Camp | 22 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jamie Easterly | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Terry Leach | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stuart Livingstone | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rick Mahler | 24 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joey McLaughlin | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 1592 | 5081 | 4443 | 547 | 1112 | 162 | 52 | 77 | 509 | 164 | 64 | 480 | 765 | .250 | .328 | .362 | .691 | 1609 | 0 | 56 | 63 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hank Small | 1B | 76 | 634 | 29 | 6 | 56 | .991 | 8.724 | ||||
Jerry Keller | 1B | 49 | 420 | 20 | 4 | 29 | .991 | 8.980 | ||||
Bob Beall | 1B | 22 | 187 | 10 | 1 | 17 | .995 | 8.955 | ||||
Chico Ruiz | 2B | 71 | 161 | 209 | 2 | 39 | .995 | 5.211 | ||||
Mike Reynolds | 2B | 42 | 89 | 117 | 5 | 22 | .976 | 4.905 | ||||
Glenn Hubbard | 2B | 33 | 82 | 109 | 7 | 28 | .965 | 5.788 | ||||
Mike Macha | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Jerry Maddox | 3B | 126 | 118 | 258 | 24 | 24 | .940 | 2.984 | ||||
Chico Ruiz | 3B | 9 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.778 | ||||
Mike Macha | 3B | 8 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .875 | 2.625 | ||||
Mike Reynolds | 3B | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
Glenn Hubbard | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Larry Owen | C | 110 | 615 | 73 | 13 | 9 | .981 | 6.255 | 15 | |||
Jerry Keller | C | 36 | 177 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 5.111 | 3 | |||
Mike Reynolds | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
Eddie Miller | OF | 135 | 335 | 13 | 5 | 3 | .986 | 2.578 | ||||
Terry Harper | OF | 104 | 164 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .951 | 1.663 | ||||
Larry Whisenton | OF | 81 | 163 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .983 | 2.086 | ||||
Mike Macha | OF | 59 | 105 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .939 | 1.831 | ||||
Jimmy Arline | OF | 34 | 53 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .933 | 1.647 | ||||
Brian Asselstine | OF | 21 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .810 | ||||
Rufino Linares | OF | 15 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .821 | 1.533 | ||||
Bob Beall | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
Mike Reynolds | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Jerry Keller | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Don Collins | P | 34 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .588 | ||||
Tommy Boggs | P | 33 | 12 | 37 | 2 | 2 | .961 | 1.485 | ||||
Dan Morogiello | P | 31 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Roger Alexander | P | 28 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
Rick Mahler | P | 24 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .542 | ||||
Stuart Livingstone | P | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .292 | ||||
Rick Camp | P | 22 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .773 | ||||
Joey McLaughlin | P | 18 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
Larry Bradford | P | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .333 | ||||
Larry Anderson | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
Duane Theiss | P | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
Jamie Easterly | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
Tony Brizzolara | P | 9 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Craig Skok | P | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
Terry Leach | P | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
Bob Beall | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Pat Rockett | SS | 82 | 119 | 237 | 18 | 33 | .952 | 4.341 | ||||
Chico Ruiz | SS | 45 | 58 | 147 | 16 | 27 | .928 | 4.556 | ||||
Jim Wessinger | SS | 15 | 20 | 54 | 1 | 9 | .987 | 4.933 | ||||
Totals | 1477 | 3604 | 1512 | 144 | 310 | .973 | 3.464 | 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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