1980 Richmond Braves Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 4th in the IL
Manager: Fred Hatfield (69-71)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 187,462, Avg. 2,678

1980 Richmond Braves Roster

Playoffs - Columbus Clippers 3 games, Richmond Braves 2

The Richmond Braves of the International League ended the 1980 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the IL.

The Braves scored 552 runs and conceded 557 runs. Jerry Keller led Richmond with 20 home runs Terry Harper drove in 72 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .279. Rick Mahler paced the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.59 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1980 Richmond Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rick Mahler, Butch Metzger, Terry Harper, Rufino Linares, Butch Edge, Butch Alberts, Tony Brizzolara, Chico Ruiz, Dan O'Brien, Eddie Miller, Dan Morogiello, Ken Smith, Horace Speed, Glenn Hubbard, Jim Wessinger, Steve Hammond, Bob Beall, Bo McLaughlin, Larry Whisenton, Craig Skok, Rafael Ramírez and Bruce Benedict.

Fred Hatfield served as manager.

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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	12	6	.667	2.59	29	26		9	1	0	188.0	172	68	54	5	80	2	101	3	0	7
Dan Morogiello	11	12	.478	4.04	29	29		11	0	0	196.0	206	102	88	14	50	1	71	2	1	2
Tony Brizzolara	10	15	.400	3.71	30	30		13	1	0	206.0	198	102	85	13	56	4	128	6	1	10
Dan O'Brien	8	2	.800	2.97	30	4		2	1	3	106.0	95	38	35	3	33	0	44	5	0	5
Butch Edge	7	7	.500	4.02	26	18		5	2	2	121.0	134	68	54	14	46	0	68	0	3	17
Gary Melson	7	10	.412	2.85	28	14		7	1	1	139.0	117	53	44	3	64	2	110	2	1	13
Craig Skok	6	3	.667	2.93	30	0		0	0	5	43.0	35	15	14	2	16	5	29	0	0	0
Greg Field	4	6	.400	4.57	13	11		1	0	0	65.0	79	38	33	5	29	2	28	0	0	4
Butch Metzger	3	6	.333	3.26	38	2		0	0	14	69.0	64	30	25	6	21	2	42	3	0	0
Bo McLaughlin	1	1	.500	4.50	7	6		0	0	0	28.0	32	14	14	0	10	0	20	1	0	6
Bob Beall	0	0		10.29	5	0		0	0	0	14.0	21	16	16	3	7	0	7	0	0	0
Mike Shields	0	3	.000	4.71	15	0		0	0	3	21.0	30	13	11	1	10	1	12	0	0	2
Totals	69	71	.493	3.56	280	140	0	48	6	28	1196.0	1183	557	473	69	422	19	660	22	6	66	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
Terry Harper	140	576	512	66	143	19	8	13	72	34	18	54	82	.279	.349	.424	.773	217		3	3	4
Steve Hammond	130	488	445	45	107	18	5	3	59	8	6	31	35	.240	.289	.324	.613	144		2	4	6
Larry Whisenton	126	469	409	54	103	17	6	9	37	5	14	51	83	.252	.335	.389	.724	159		2	4	3
Ken Smith	132	505	418	61	103	17	4	12	53	11	12	79	106	.246	.370	.392	.762	164		4	2	2
Harry Saferight	117	431	403	46	100	8	0	9	47	0	1	21	38	.248	.284	.335	.619	135		1	1	5
Eddie Miller	110	460	411	57	86	11	1	0	22	60	13	31	67	.209	.281	.241	.522	99		10	8	0
Rafael Ramírez	80	305	281	33	79	15	3	5	38	4	3	12	54	.281	.322	.409	.732	115		6	4	2
Rufino Linares	63	245	234	31	77	12	4	3	41	3	3	6	28	.329	.340	.453	.793	106		0	1	4
Jerry Keller	117	421	361	46	71	9	3	20	48	3	0	53	74	.197	.306	.404	.711	146		4	3	0
Chico Ruiz	85	303	258	26	67	7	2	2	23	5	5	30	41	.260	.339	.326	.665	84		3	8	4
Jim Wessinger	92	277	252	27	62	6	3	2	17	10	4	18	37	.246	.298	.317	.615	80		1	5	1
Glenn Hubbard	38	173	143	23	45	11	2	2	25	4	4	24	22	.315	.411	.462	.872	66		0	5	1
Bob Beall	57	161	129	15	32	6	0	0	12	0	0	30	22	.248	.388	.295	.682	38		0	1	1
Horace Speed	41	104	83	12	16	2	1	1	7	2	2	19	32	.193	.356	.277	.633	23		2	0	0
Mike Reynolds	16	39	35	3	8	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	5	.229	.308	.257	.565	9		0	0	0
Jerry McDonald	14	43	36	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	5	.111	.220	.111	.331	4		0	2	0
Bruce Benedict	3	10	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.300	.600	3		0	0	0
Tony Brizzolara	31	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1392	5010	4420	550	1106	159	42	81	502	150	86	468	732	.250	.325	.360	.685	1592	0	38	51	33	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ken Smith	1B	127	1158	84	15	95	.988	9.780
Bob Beall	1B	12	68	8	0	2	1.000	6.333
Butch Alberts	1B	7	58	5	1	4	.984	9.000
Harry Saferight	1B	5	17	4	1	3	.955	4.200
Jim Wessinger	1B	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Jerry Keller	1B	2	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Chico Ruiz	2B	81	153	230	10	38	.975	4.728
Glenn Hubbard	2B	38	89	127	4	30	.982	5.684
Mike Reynolds	2B	11	26	24	1	5	.980	4.545
Jim Wessinger	2B	10	17	27	1	3	.978	4.400
Jerry McDonald	2B	8	20	30	2	2	.962	6.250
Butch Alberts	2B	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
Steve Hammond	3B	118	79	232	23	17	.931	2.636
Jim Wessinger	3B	22	13	31	5	0	.898	2.000
Chico Ruiz	3B	1	0	5	0	0	1.000	5.000
Mike Reynolds	3B	1	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.000
Jerry Keller	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Harry Saferight	C	91	433	51	11	9	.978	5.319	5
Jerry Keller	C	57	277	24	5	4	.984	5.281	3
Bruce Benedict	C	3	10	5	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Terry Harper	OF	140	315	19	6	5	.982	2.386
Larry Whisenton	OF	111	195	20	3	4	.986	1.937
Eddie Miller	OF	108	218	9	7	1	.970	2.102
Rufino Linares	OF	34	56	5	0	2	1.000	1.794
Horace Speed	OF	33	54	2	2	2	.966	1.697
Ken Smith	OF	7	9	2	0	0	1.000	1.571
Bob Beall	OF	5	3	0	0	0	1.000	.600
Jerry McDonald	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Butch Metzger	P	38	7	6	0	0	1.000	.342
Craig Skok	P	30	3	10	1	0	.929	.433
Dan O'Brien	P	30	5	10	1	1	.938	.500
Tony Brizzolara	P	30	22	27	3	1	.942	1.633
Dan Morogiello	P	29	4	29	1	1	.971	1.138
Rick Mahler	P	29	21	33	3	4	.947	1.862
Gary Melson	P	28	14	14	6	0	.824	1.000
Butch Edge	P	26	11	21	2	3	.941	1.231
Mike Shields	P	15	0	5	0	0	1.000	.333
Greg Field	P	13	8	8	2	1	.889	1.231
Bo McLaughlin	P	7	5	6	0	0	1.000	1.571
Bob Beall	P	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	.400
Rafael Ramírez	SS	80	117	294	23	45	.947	5.138
Jim Wessinger	SS	59	80	167	13	28	.950	4.186
Chico Ruiz	SS	6	9	11	2	3	.909	3.333
Steve Hammond	SS	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		1463	3584	1595	154	313	.971	3.540	8	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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