1976 Savannah Braves Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 3rd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Tommie Aaron (69-71)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 58,361, Avg. 834

1976 Savannah Braves Roster

The Savannah Braves of the Southern League ended the 1976 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.

The Braves scored 540 runs and conceded 508 runs. Dale Murphy led Savannah with 12 home runs Hank Small drove in 62 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .282. Joey McLaughlin paced the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.77 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1976 Savannah Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Pat Rockett, Dale Murphy, Barry Bonnell, Jerry Maddox, Larry McWilliams, Earl Stephenson, Hank Small, Jake Brown, Mickey Mahler, Joey McLaughlin, Mike Davey, Larry Whisenton, Dave Campbell, Larry Bradford, Freddie Velázquez and Bruce Benedict.

Tommie Aaron 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
Joey McLaughlin	12	8	.600	2.77	24	24		11	2	0	169.0	165	69	52	8	44	1	70	2	0	3
Roger Alexander	10	11	.476	3.25	24	24		13	1	0	169.0	157	78	61	6	65	3	109	13	0	6
Robert Box	8	6	.571	3.21	22	16		8	3	0	112.0	96	42	40	6	56	4	44	7	1	6
Dave Campbell	7	5	.583	2.39	42	0		0	0	6	83.0	70	26	22	2	31	2	63	4	0	2
Larry Bradford	7	7	.500	3.11	23	23		5	1	0	136.0	144	65	47	2	55	0	90	1	1	5
Jose Sevillano	6	5	.545	4.65	28	8		4	2	3	93.0	97	52	48	9	30	0	57	1	1	4
George Lusic	6	8	.429	3.74	30	11		6	0	3	106.0	112	53	44	8	32	3	54	3	0	3
Mickey Mahler	3	5	.375	3.23	8	7		4	1	0	53.0	44	21	19	4	20	3	38	4	1	0
Larry McWilliams	3	8	.273	4.62	16	14		3	0	1	74.0	82	41	38	4	33	3	37	5	0	5
Wilfredo Rios	2	1	.667	1.50	9	0		0	0	0	18.0	11	3	3	1	4	0	8	0	1	0
Domingo Figueroa	2	3	.400	2.66	22	3		2	0	1	61.0	66	24	18	3	33	0	21	4	1	5
Mike Davey	2	4	.333	3.05	10	10		3	0	0	65.0	58	30	22	3	25	1	32	2	1	1
Earl Stephenson	1	0	1.000	3.27	7	0		0	0	0	11.0	10	4	4	1	8	0	7	2	0	1
Totals	69	71	.493	3.27	265	140	0	59	10	14	1150.0	1112	508	418	57	436	20	630	48	7	41	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	134	517	468	56	132	26	2	8	62	2	2	33	48	.282	.340	.397	.738	186	9	10	3	3	5
Roger Cador	132	500	429	68	105	13	2	2	46	42	8	63	57	.245	.343	.298	.642	128	6	3	2	3	8
Calvin Smith	113	434	394	46	98	3	5	1	30	28	11	27	43	.249	.305	.289	.595	114	3	5	8	0	0
Dale Murphy	104	385	352	37	94	13	5	12	55	6	1	25	61	.267	.312	.435	.747	153	9	1	1	6	1
Jimmy Arline	123	444	396	51	92	14	5	2	29	16	10	38	103	.232	.299	.308	.607	122	3	1	6	3	0
Jerry Maddox	98	387	316	53	83	13	2	7	41	1	4	57	37	.263	.384	.383	.767	121	5	7	4	3	3
Rick Albert	116	439	353	44	81	19	0	2	27	4	2	62	71	.229	.348	.300	.649	106	8	4	17	3	0
Freddie Velázquez	109	392	356	32	81	15	2	11	51	7	2	23	53	.228	.271	.374	.644	133	13	1	4	8	2
John Lacey	84	312	274	38	73	7	2	3	35	6	5	35	39	.266	.350	.339	.690	93	4	1	1	1	8
Barry Bonnell	51	212	188	31	42	6	2	6	23	7	0	17	16	.223	.288	.372	.661	70	6	1	4	2	2
Larry Whisenton	32	132	107	24	40	5	2	1	16	6	1	17	13	.374	.450	.486	.936	52	1	1	3	4	2
Pat Rockett	42	166	144	13	32	1	1	1	13	2	1	12	12	.222	.283	.264	.547	38	0	1	7	2	0
Jake Brown	37	124	106	10	26	3	0	1	11	0	1	11	17	.245	.311	.302	.613	32	4	0	5	2	0
Bruce Benedict	24	89	73	10	21	1	0	0	7	0	1	13	8	.288	.398	.301	.699	22	2	1	1	1	0
Al Ryan	29	102	85	14	19	2	0	0	5	9	2	13	12	.224	.333	.247	.580	21	2	1	3	0	0
Jorge Aranzamendi	44	135	109	6	16	3	0	0	9	1	0	14	23	.147	.258	.174	.432	19	6	3	7	2	0
David Long	6	23	22	1	11	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	3	.500	.522	.682	1.204	15	1	0	0	0	0
Amado Dinzey	29	71	66	3	10	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	22	.152	.186	.197	.383	13	0	0	1	1	0
Kevin Connolly	11	40	35	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	5	.143	.200	.143	.343	5	0	0	0	2	1
Jimmie Collins	5	19	17	1	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	0	.118	.211	.294	.505	5	0	0	0	0	1
Roger Alexander	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1348	4923	4290	540	1063	145	30	60	474	138	51	469	643	.248	.325	.338	.662	1448	82	41	77	46	33

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Lacey	1B	78	640	32	6	48	.991	8.615
Hank Small	1B	65	518	38	3	50	.995	8.554
Freddie Velázquez	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Jerry Maddox	1B	1	3	1	0	1	1.000	4.000
Jimmie Collins	1B	1	9	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Calvin Smith	2B	111	247	281	20	60	.964	4.757
Al Ryan	2B	22	48	51	1	7	.990	4.500
Rick Albert	2B	15	29	50	2	9	.975	5.267
Jerry Maddox	3B	98	104	185	18	24	.941	2.949
Rick Albert	3B	39	38	54	6	4	.939	2.359
Al Ryan	3B	7	3	3	0	1	1.000	.857
Dale Murphy	C	85	444	40	10	5	.980	5.694	9
Freddie Velázquez	C	32	134	16	2	2	.987	4.688	1
Bruce Benedict	C	23	107	12	2	1	.983	5.174	1
Kevin Connolly	C	3	11	1	1	0	.923	4.000	0
Roger Cador	OF	129	259	12	9	0	.968	2.101
Jimmy Arline	OF	120	245	14	7	2	.974	2.158
Barry Bonnell	OF	51	117	6	5	2	.961	2.412
Hank Small	OF	38	47	4	1	0	.981	1.342
Jake Brown	OF	33	68	3	3	0	.959	2.152
Larry Whisenton	OF	32	60	4	0	0	1.000	2.000
Amado Dinzey	OF	25	31	2	2	1	.943	1.320
David Long	OF	6	8	1	2	1	.818	1.500
Jimmie Collins	OF	3	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.667
Dave Campbell	P	42	1	10	2	0	.846	.262
George Lusic	P	30	7	12	1	1	.950	.633
Jose Sevillano	P	28	3	20	0	1	1.000	.821
Joey McLaughlin	P	24	13	27	0	3	1.000	1.667
Roger Alexander	P	24	12	34	1	1	.979	1.917
Larry Bradford	P	23	5	13	0	1	1.000	.783
Domingo Figueroa	P	22	1	7	1	0	.889	.364
Robert Box	P	22	2	22	0	2	1.000	1.091
Larry McWilliams	P	16	6	12	0	1	1.000	1.125
Mike Davey	P	10	4	5	2	1	.818	.900
Wilfredo Rios	P	9	3	3	0	0	1.000	.667
Mickey Mahler	P	8	5	11	0	0	1.000	2.000
Earl Stephenson	P	7	0	3	0	0	1.000	.429
Rick Albert	SS	65	96	188	15	29	.950	4.369
Pat Rockett	SS	42	62	119	11	16	.943	4.310
Jorge Aranzamendi	SS	41	53	102	10	19	.939	3.780
Totals		1431	3450	1399	143	293	.971	3.389	11	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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