1971 Savannah Braves Statistics
Southern League (Dixie Association) (SL(DA)) - Class: AA
Team Record: 57-84
Finished 5th in the SL(DA)'s East Division
Manager: Eddie Haas (57-84)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 60,712, Avg. 861
1971 Savannah Braves RosterTeam Record: 57-84
Finished 5th in the SL(DA)'s East Division
Manager: Eddie Haas (57-84)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 60,712, Avg. 861
The Savannah Braves of the Southern League (Dixie Association) ended the 1971 season with a record of 57 wins and 84 losses, finishing fifth in the league's East Division.
The Braves plated 466 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 568 runs. Marlan Murphy paced Savannah with 17 home runs Marlan Murphy and Larvell Blanks each drove in 48 runs. Francisco Obregon topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .271. Paul Click led the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.49 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1971 Savannah Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Pedro Ramos, Aubrey Gatewood, Larvell Blanks, Jimmy Freeman, Ron Schueler, Jack Damaska, Walt Hriniak, Santiago Rosario, Mike Beard, Leo Foster, Wenty Ford, Garry Hill and John Fuller.
Eddie Haas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Click | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.49 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 170.0 | 147 | 70 | 66 | 16 | 47 | 4 | 130 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wenty Ford | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.88 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75.0 | 76 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Brian Nelson | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.32 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 76.0 | 78 | 32 | 28 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Charles Sprinkle | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.12 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 83.0 | 86 | 49 | 38 | 5 | 43 | 6 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Schueler | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.26 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 78 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Richard Towers | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.00 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 35 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Beard | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.68 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 57.0 | 46 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Garry Hill | 4 | 11 | .267 | 3.86 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 119.0 | 105 | 55 | 51 | 16 | 44 | 1 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Pedro Ramos | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.41 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 49.0 | 57 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Hebert | 3 | 15 | .167 | 4.07 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 148.0 | 161 | 78 | 67 | 23 | 25 | 3 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jimmy Freeman | 2 | 8 | .200 | 3.80 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 64.0 | 61 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Aubrey Gatewood | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Britton | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.91 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.0 | 35 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Glen Landesberg | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.34 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32.0 | 39 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Charles Chapple | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dick Grant | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Walt Hriniak | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Magness | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Edward Childress | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.58 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 30 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Michael McCammon | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.58 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53.0 | 55 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Robert Kenny | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.40 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 57 | 84 | .404 | 3.80 | 306 | 141 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 21 | 1160.0 | 1149 | 568 | 490 | 117 | 381 | 31 | 815 | 42 | 2 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Obregon | 125 | 499 | 442 | 45 | 120 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 55 | 61 | .271 | .352 | .373 | .725 | 165 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larvell Blanks | 134 | 539 | 477 | 58 | 106 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 48 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 68 | .222 | .304 | .369 | .673 | 176 | 11 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Toy McCord | 107 | 416 | 365 | 39 | 93 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 62 | .255 | .341 | .375 | .716 | 137 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Michael Walseth | 127 | 480 | 403 | 38 | 88 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 74 | .218 | .327 | .347 | .674 | 140 | 6 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Larry LaGarde | 114 | 395 | 352 | 30 | 81 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 39 | 80 | .230 | .305 | .310 | .615 | 109 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Marlan Murphy | 101 | 367 | 321 | 50 | 77 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 40 | 108 | .240 | .326 | .483 | .809 | 155 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| John Fuller | 81 | 303 | 265 | 32 | 67 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 53 | .253 | .337 | .385 | .722 | 102 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Roberto Santiago | 86 | 297 | 261 | 28 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 40 | .211 | .278 | .295 | .573 | 77 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Steve Jones | 45 | 186 | 172 | 21 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 29 | .273 | .323 | .459 | .782 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Curtis Moore | 64 | 228 | 200 | 26 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 44 | .205 | .303 | .280 | .583 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Foster | 32 | 135 | 125 | 14 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 19 | .296 | .318 | .384 | .702 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Gary Coleman | 43 | 120 | 112 | 12 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | .295 | .325 | .357 | .682 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Santiago Rosario | 43 | 180 | 148 | 16 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 30 | .223 | .361 | .277 | .638 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Hriniak | 48 | 134 | 114 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 23 | .140 | .250 | .140 | .390 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Tom Heierle | 14 | 47 | 42 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .286 | .362 | .476 | .838 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Spottke | 19 | 64 | 52 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 13 | .212 | .344 | .327 | .671 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gene Holbert | 20 | 65 | 59 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .186 | .262 | .305 | .567 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garry Hill | 31 | 45 | 42 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .214 | .250 | .262 | .512 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Click | 28 | 63 | 55 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .164 | .233 | .182 | .415 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Wenty Ford | 27 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .476 | .810 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Hebert | 31 | 55 | 49 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .143 | .176 | .204 | .381 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Charles Sprinkle | 39 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .250 | .286 | .300 | .586 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brian Nelson | 12 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .160 | .267 | .160 | .427 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jack Damaska | 13 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .176 | .263 | .176 | .440 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Schueler | 13 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .100 | .100 | .133 | .233 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Aubrey Gatewood | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Landesberg | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 | .300 | .333 | .633 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael McCammon | 21 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Freeman | 14 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Grant | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Britton | 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Childress | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alberto Fernandez | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .143 | .333 | .286 | .619 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Towers | 14 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Beard | 10 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .059 | .111 | .059 | .170 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Ramos | 14 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .000 | .059 | .000 | .059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Chapple | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Kenny | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Heintz | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Magness | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1536 | 4882 | 4294 | 453 | 989 | 164 | 32 | 85 | 402 | 48 | 40 | 476 | 885 | .230 | .311 | .343 | .654 | 1472 | 0 | 39 | 48 | 25 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Walseth | 1B | 123 | 1069 | 55 | 8 | 97 | .993 | 9.138 | ||||
| Santiago Rosario | 1B | 9 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .988 | 8.778 | ||||
| Gary Coleman | 1B | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Roberto Santiago | 1B | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.500 | ||||
| Larry LaGarde | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| John Fuller | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larvell Blanks | 2B | 134 | 295 | 333 | 17 | 79 | .974 | 4.687 | ||||
| Toy McCord | 2B | 7 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 4 | .969 | 4.429 | ||||
| Larry LaGarde | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Walt Hriniak | 2B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Toy McCord | 3B | 92 | 91 | 181 | 14 | 14 | .951 | 2.957 | ||||
| Walt Hriniak | 3B | 21 | 20 | 32 | 4 | 1 | .929 | 2.476 | ||||
| John Spottke | 3B | 11 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.091 | ||||
| Francisco Obregon | 3B | 10 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 3.000 | ||||
| Larry LaGarde | 3B | 7 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .972 | 5.000 | ||||
| Alberto Fernandez | 3B | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jack Damaska | 3B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Roberto Santiago | C | 78 | 494 | 55 | 8 | 1 | .986 | 7.038 | 9 | |||
| Gary Coleman | C | 22 | 121 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .970 | 5.909 | 3 | |||
| Gene Holbert | C | 19 | 92 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 5.105 | 2 | |||
| Walt Hriniak | C | 13 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 5.769 | 1 | |||
| Tom Heierle | C | 13 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 5.462 | 2 | |||
| Steve Jones | C | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2 | |||
| Marlan Murphy | OF | 99 | 190 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .985 | 2.020 | ||||
| Larry LaGarde | OF | 94 | 149 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .963 | 1.681 | ||||
| John Fuller | OF | 73 | 112 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 1.548 | ||||
| Curtis Moore | OF | 59 | 74 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .951 | 1.322 | ||||
| Steve Jones | OF | 44 | 73 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .962 | 1.727 | ||||
| Santiago Rosario | OF | 34 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 1.735 | ||||
| Gary Coleman | OF | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| Toy McCord | OF | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Spottke | OF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Charles Sprinkle | P | 38 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .938 | .789 | ||||
| Garry Hill | P | 28 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .786 | ||||
| Michael Hebert | P | 28 | 6 | 33 | 4 | 4 | .907 | 1.393 | ||||
| Paul Click | P | 28 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .935 | 1.036 | ||||
| Wenty Ford | P | 27 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.074 | ||||
| Michael McCammon | P | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .833 | .250 | ||||
| Jimmy Britton | P | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Richard Towers | P | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Pedro Ramos | P | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Jimmy Freeman | P | 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .571 | ||||
| Ron Schueler | P | 13 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.538 | ||||
| Brian Nelson | P | 12 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Glen Landesberg | P | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Edward Childress | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Mike Beard | P | 10 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .864 | 1.900 | ||||
| Robert Kenny | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Dick Grant | P | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Aubrey Gatewood | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Charles Chapple | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Michael Magness | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Walt Hriniak | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Francisco Obregon | SS | 109 | 136 | 312 | 18 | 50 | .961 | 4.110 | ||||
| Leo Foster | SS | 32 | 41 | 103 | 11 | 23 | .929 | 4.500 | ||||
| David Heintz | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Toy McCord | SS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1449 | 3417 | 1424 | 135 | 304 | .973 | 3.341 | 19 | 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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