1972 Wytheville Braves Statistics
Team Record: 35-30
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: Eddie Haas (35-30)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Wytheville, Virginia
Ballpark: Withers Field
Attendance: 12,518, Avg. 385
The Wytheville Braves of the Appalachian League ended the 1972 season with a record of 35 wins and 30 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Braves scored 371 runs and conceded 357 runs. David Michalec led Wytheville with 16 home runs, and Harold Workman walloped 15 or more also. David Michalec accounted for 53 RBI. Rick Albert paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .326 clip. John Travis topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 2.68 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Don Collins and Preston Hanna both played in Major League Baseball 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Travis | 9 | 1 | .900 | 2.68 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 74.0 | 37 | 31 | 22 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 100 | 10 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Don Collins | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.88 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 34 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Pat Herring | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.72 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 45 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Mike Bahnick | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6.08 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 35 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Larry Bing | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.83 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 35.0 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Scavone | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.40 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 50 | 37 | 24 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Preston Hanna | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.50 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 40 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steven Fair | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.88 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 48.0 | 49 | 34 | 26 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Diogenes Mauricio | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Leonard Chiappetta | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24.0 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Lorillard | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.52 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23.0 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| George Lusic | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.81 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 52 | 40 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Charles Hammond | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ken Zarski | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.48 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 | 29 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Kenneth Miller | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.48 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 36 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 35 | 30 | .538 | 4.26 | 157 | 65 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 524.0 | 499 | 357 | 248 | 54 | 260 | 2 | 548 | 21 | 0 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Albert | 65 | 276 | 224 | 53 | 73 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 36 | .326 | .434 | .478 | .912 | 107 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Charles Hammond | 63 | 253 | 223 | 35 | 63 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 40 | .283 | .361 | .390 | .751 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| David Michalec | 65 | 271 | 235 | 48 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 57 | .268 | .359 | .528 | .887 | 124 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Michael Fitzgerald | 52 | 207 | 187 | 38 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28 | .321 | .369 | .567 | .936 | 106 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Harold Workman | 56 | 216 | 182 | 36 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 23 | .275 | .389 | .533 | .922 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Coggins | 53 | 199 | 174 | 40 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 28 | .282 | .357 | .362 | .719 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Conrad Pressley | 47 | 149 | 137 | 22 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 25 | .307 | .351 | .489 | .840 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James DeBruhl | 44 | 151 | 133 | 16 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 11 | .271 | .351 | .293 | .644 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Calvin Smith | 38 | 115 | 94 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 22 | .319 | .435 | .340 | .775 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Amado Dinzey | 51 | 166 | 153 | 19 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 53 | .196 | .253 | .314 | .567 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stephen Root | 23 | 82 | 76 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .342 | .390 | .697 | 1.088 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Leazer | 15 | 50 | 41 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .195 | .340 | .293 | .633 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan DelValle | 12 | 43 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .143 | .302 | .257 | .559 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Bahnick | 11 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | .294 | .375 | .669 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Lusic | 9 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .357 | .250 | .607 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gary Scavone | 9 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .516 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Travis | 17 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .130 | .200 | .130 | .330 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jose Caro | 9 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .250 | .455 | .375 | .830 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Herring | 11 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Bing | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .167 | .444 | .167 | .611 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Miller | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Preston Hanna | 8 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .298 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Collins | 8 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .059 | .105 | .059 | .164 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Diogenes Mauricio | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leonard Chiappetta | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steven Fair | 17 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Lorillard | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Zarski | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 750 | 2369 | 2054 | 371 | 556 | 71 | 14 | 71 | 327 | 31 | 16 | 257 | 435 | .271 | .356 | .423 | .778 | 868 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Fitzgerald | 1B | 51 | 370 | 34 | 4 | 22 | .990 | 7.922 | ||||
| Robert Leazer | 1B | 13 | 104 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .972 | 8.000 | ||||
| Stephen Root | 1B | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Harold Workman | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| James DeBruhl | 2B | 38 | 69 | 92 | 9 | 15 | .947 | 4.237 | ||||
| Calvin Smith | 2B | 29 | 38 | 47 | 17 | 4 | .833 | 2.931 | ||||
| David Michalec | 3B | 65 | 41 | 71 | 15 | 7 | .882 | 1.723 | ||||
| James DeBruhl | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Harold Workman | C | 55 | 489 | 23 | 5 | 1 | .990 | 9.309 | 18 | |||
| Juan DelValle | C | 12 | 76 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 6.750 | 4 | |||
| Charles Hammond | OF | 59 | 66 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .937 | 1.254 | ||||
| Amado Dinzey | OF | 47 | 69 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .922 | 1.511 | ||||
| Kenneth Coggins | OF | 45 | 64 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .945 | 1.533 | ||||
| Conrad Pressley | OF | 38 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.184 | ||||
| Stephen Root | OF | 20 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .750 | ||||
| Steven Fair | P | 17 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .706 | ||||
| John Travis | P | 16 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .750 | ||||
| Larry Bing | P | 16 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .625 | ||||
| William Lorillard | P | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .400 | ||||
| Leonard Chiappetta | P | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .083 | ||||
| Pat Herring | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .364 | ||||
| Mike Bahnick | P | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .636 | ||||
| Gary Scavone | P | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .875 | 1.556 | ||||
| Diogenes Mauricio | P | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| George Lusic | P | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Ken Zarski | P | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Preston Hanna | P | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Don Collins | P | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Kenneth Miller | P | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Charles Hammond | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rick Albert | SS | 65 | 82 | 153 | 31 | 21 | .883 | 3.615 | ||||
| Jose Caro | SS | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Totals | 701 | 1569 | 519 | 120 | 84 | .946 | 2.979 | 22 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
