1980 Savannah Braves Statistics
Team Record: 77-67
Finished 1st in the SL's East Division
Manager: Eddie Haas (77-67)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 88,326, Avg. 1,227
Playoffs - Charlotte O's 3 games, Savannah Braves 0
The Savannah Braves of the Southern League ended the 1980 season with a record of 77 wins and 67 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Braves plated 596 runs and conceded 578 runs. Bob Porter paced Savannah with 15 home runs and drove in 80 runs, while leading all regular hitters by hitting .292. Steve Bedrosian topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.19 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Brook Jacoby, Larry Demery, Steve Bedrosian, Ken Dayley, Craig McMurtry, Larry Owen, José Álvarez, Joe Cowley, Randy Johnson, Jim Acker, Milt Thompson, Horace Speed, Terry Leach, Paul Runge, Duane Theiss, Matt Sinatro, Bob Porter, Rufino Linares and Gary Cooper were all players from the 1980 Savannah Braves who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Bedrosian | 14 | 10 | .583 | 3.19 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 203.0 | 167 | 91 | 72 | 16 | 96 | 4 | 161 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Tim Cole | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.68 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 154.0 | 145 | 98 | 80 | 12 | 105 | 1 | 108 | 8 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ken Dayley | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.57 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 86 | 38 | 30 | 8 | 54 | 1 | 104 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Craig McMurtry | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.56 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 82 | 40 | 34 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Greg Field | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.50 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 72.0 | 76 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Stuart Livingstone | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.56 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 81.0 | 92 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Terry Leach | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.21 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87.0 | 83 | 36 | 31 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Acker | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.65 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95.0 | 84 | 33 | 28 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Shields | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.09 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 32.0 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| James Rogers | 4 | 10 | .286 | 4.76 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 121.0 | 126 | 73 | 64 | 10 | 49 | 3 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Daniel Lucia | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.00 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 34 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| José Álvarez | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31.0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Billy Gore | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.43 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21.0 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joe Cowley | 1 | 3 | .250 | 12.75 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Duane Theiss | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.41 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29.0 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Graven | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Timothy Barr | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Larry Demery | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Louis Pratt | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 77 | 67 | .535 | 3.48 | 305 | 144 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 33 | 1183.0 | 1100 | 559 | 457 | 88 | 518 | 20 | 758 | 53 | 7 | 51 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Porter | 135 | 551 | 500 | 78 | 146 | 28 | 5 | 15 | 80 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 62 | .292 | .345 | .458 | .803 | 229 | 9 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Matt Sinatro | 122 | 512 | 449 | 76 | 125 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 50 | 17 | 10 | 48 | 57 | .278 | .352 | .392 | .744 | 176 | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Leo Vargas | 106 | 414 | 370 | 48 | 94 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 61 | 18 | 8 | 37 | 61 | .254 | .326 | .405 | .731 | 150 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Cooper | 109 | 454 | 400 | 58 | 90 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 21 | 9 | 46 | 94 | .225 | .308 | .280 | .588 | 112 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Miller | 116 | 402 | 365 | 33 | 89 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 76 | .244 | .298 | .288 | .586 | 105 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Rufino Linares | 51 | 218 | 200 | 37 | 85 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 13 | .425 | .463 | .605 | 1.068 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Milt Thompson | 71 | 303 | 278 | 35 | 83 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 19 | 67 | .299 | .347 | .356 | .703 | 99 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Paul Runge | 75 | 282 | 248 | 32 | 68 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 44 | .274 | .342 | .452 | .793 | 112 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Randy Johnson | 54 | 189 | 167 | 18 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 19 | .317 | .375 | .413 | .788 | 69 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Clayton Elliott | 66 | 262 | 222 | 33 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 35 | 47 | .221 | .332 | .365 | .697 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Reynolds | 78 | 275 | 240 | 23 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 41 | .204 | .293 | .267 | .560 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Larry Owen | 76 | 273 | 228 | 27 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 31 | .211 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 76 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Haslerig | 38 | 151 | 139 | 24 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 29 | .295 | .331 | .439 | .770 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Randy Ingle | 40 | 154 | 138 | 13 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 34 | .225 | .296 | .275 | .571 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Garcia | 28 | 85 | 77 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .234 | .289 | .338 | .627 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Brian Snitker | 18 | 75 | 68 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .162 | .227 | .235 | .462 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Matthews | 12 | 44 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | .235 | .409 | .294 | .703 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Horace Speed | 10 | 41 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .135 | .195 | .162 | .357 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Glen Bockhorn | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brook Jacoby | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1211 | 4701 | 4175 | 553 | 1095 | 169 | 35 | 73 | 451 | 131 | 61 | 421 | 712 | .262 | .332 | .372 | .704 | 1553 | 0 | 37 | 30 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Snitker | 1B | 14 | 129 | 7 | 3 | 8 | .978 | 9.714 | ||||
| Clayton Elliott | 1B | 9 | 80 | 7 | 4 | 9 | .956 | 9.667 | ||||
| Rufino Linares | 1B | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .923 | 6.000 | ||||
| Mike Miller | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Reynolds | 2B | 47 | 120 | 114 | 10 | 27 | .959 | 4.979 | ||||
| Mike Miller | 2B | 45 | 89 | 152 | 4 | 20 | .984 | 5.356 | ||||
| Randy Ingle | 2B | 40 | 87 | 134 | 5 | 33 | .978 | 5.525 | ||||
| Jeff Matthews | 2B | 12 | 21 | 41 | 1 | 6 | .984 | 5.167 | ||||
| Mike Garcia | 2B | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Clayton Elliott | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Randy Johnson | 3B | 54 | 46 | 111 | 12 | 11 | .929 | 2.907 | ||||
| Clayton Elliott | 3B | 53 | 46 | 107 | 15 | 13 | .911 | 2.887 | ||||
| Mike Garcia | 3B | 23 | 22 | 27 | 6 | 4 | .891 | 2.130 | ||||
| Mike Reynolds | 3B | 17 | 14 | 42 | 4 | 5 | .933 | 3.294 | ||||
| Larry Owen | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Miller | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Brook Jacoby | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Matt Sinatro | C | 96 | 514 | 70 | 15 | 10 | .975 | 6.083 | 13 | |||
| Larry Owen | C | 51 | 304 | 43 | 7 | 6 | .980 | 6.804 | 8 | |||
| Gary Cooper | OF | 108 | 235 | 14 | 7 | 2 | .973 | 2.306 | ||||
| Leo Vargas | OF | 104 | 175 | 12 | 7 | 3 | .964 | 1.798 | ||||
| Milt Thompson | OF | 71 | 133 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .960 | 2.028 | ||||
| Bob Porter | OF | 71 | 108 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .967 | 1.648 | ||||
| Rufino Linares | OF | 49 | 100 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .954 | 2.122 | ||||
| Bill Haslerig | OF | 23 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.783 | ||||
| Horace Speed | OF | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Mike Reynolds | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Glen Bockhorn | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Stuart Livingstone | P | 51 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .255 | ||||
| Steve Bedrosian | P | 29 | 8 | 37 | 4 | 2 | .918 | 1.552 | ||||
| Tim Cole | P | 27 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .407 | ||||
| Billy Gore | P | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .217 | ||||
| Mike Shields | P | 22 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Terry Leach | P | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Rogers | P | 21 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .903 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ken Dayley | P | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Duane Theiss | P | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .533 | ||||
| Craig McMurtry | P | 14 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .960 | 1.714 | ||||
| Jim Acker | P | 13 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.846 | ||||
| Daniel Lucia | P | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
| José Álvarez | P | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .417 | ||||
| Greg Field | P | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Timothy Graven | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Louis Pratt | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Cowley | P | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Timothy Barr | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Demery | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Paul Runge | SS | 75 | 115 | 196 | 17 | 33 | .948 | 4.147 | ||||
| Mike Miller | SS | 69 | 98 | 189 | 22 | 33 | .929 | 4.159 | ||||
| Mike Reynolds | SS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1359 | 2565 | 1487 | 174 | 242 | .959 | 2.982 | 21 | 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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