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1979 GCL Braves

1979 > Class Rookie > 1979 Gulf Coast League
Overall: 26-28
Scored 302 runs, Allowed 280 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 29-25

Affiliation: Atlanta Braves-NL
Manager: Pedro Gonzalez
Represented: FL
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1978 / 1980

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Eric Ayala 19 38 180 167 25 43 4 0 0 15 4 3 8 7 .257 .298 .281 .579 47 2 2 1
2 Charles Black* 23 13 61 45 11 15 3 0 0 3 1 4 16 4 .333 .508 .400 .908 18 0 0 0
3 Brett Butler* 22 30 133 111 36 41 7 5 3 20 5 4 19 15 .369 .462 .604 1.066 67 1 1 1
4 Gregory Dikos 22 54 238 196 36 48 9 1 5 32 0 0 36 27 .245 .361 .378 .739 74 2 0 4
5 Bret Ferguson? 18 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
6 Inocencio Guerrero 18 23 92 80 16 18 3 0 1 15 0 1 10 17 .225 .308 .300 .608 24 0 1 1
7 Brook Jacoby 19 42 185 160 24 43 11 1 3 35 4 5 21 23 .269 .353 .406 .760 65 1 1 2
8 Bob Luzon 18 53 219 189 23 34 5 0 0 12 9 1 20 27 .180 .264 .206 .471 39 2 7 1
9 Alexander Matos 15 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
10 Arthur Neal 22 13 46 41 4 8 0 1 0 6 0 1 4 4 .195 .261 .244 .505 10 0 0 1
11 Hector Nunez 20 25 81 65 8 16 2 0 0 10 0 0 11 14 .246 .363 .277 .639 18 2 1 2
12 Joseph Pocoroba 19 42 166 141 18 37 4 1 0 12 4 1 22 17 .262 .364 .305 .669 43 1 1 1
13 Rafael Quezada 18 43 143 121 19 31 5 0 0 11 2 3 18 14 .256 .357 .298 .654 36 2 0 2
14 Miguel Sosa 19 44 184 171 25 48 8 2 5 26 7 3 11 22 .281 .322 .439 .761 75 0 1 1
15 Randall Whistler 20 27 87 65 13 15 2 1 1 15 1 0 20 14 .231 .402 .338 .741 22 0 0 2
16 Preston Williams 22 42 179 137 25 36 5 3 2 22 3 0 39 21 .263 .427 .387 .814 53 1 1 1
17 Luis Wilson 20 29 108 96 20 27 2 2 1 17 4 2 8 19 .281 .346 .375 .721 36 2 1 1
17 Players 19.8 54 2106 1788 302 460 70 17 21 251 45 28 264 244 .257 .354 .351 .705 627 16 17 21 6
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Eugene Boozer* 19 2 1 .667 4.24 7 0 0 0 0 17.0 19 11 8 0 10 0 8 0 0 1 1.706 10.1 0.0 5.3 4.2 0.80
2 Joseph Dreistadt* 22 0 2 .000 6.16 11 0 0 0 0 19.0 20 13 13 0 18 1 5 2 0 1 2.000 9.5 0.0 8.5 2.4 0.28
3 Bret Ferguson* 18 0 0 5.06 6 4 0 0 1 16.0 24 15 9 0 13 0 8 0 1 0 2.312 13.5 0.0 7.3 4.5 0.62
4 Bill Haley 20 4 2 .667 3.67 9 8 1 0 0 54.0 59 33 22 4 21 1 18 0 0 3 1.481 9.8 0.7 3.5 3.0 0.86
5 Gary Hibbett* 24 2 3 .400 3.60 6 6 3 0 0 40.0 44 21 16 1 16 1 24 1 0 4 1.500 9.9 0.2 3.6 5.4 1.50
6 Russell Kerdolff 21 3 1 .750 2.53 7 4 1 0 1 32.0 34 15 9 1 5 0 22 1 0 2 1.219 9.6 0.3 1.4 6.2 4.40
7 Alexander Matos 15 1 2 .333 2.31 17 1 0 0 5 39.0 33 18 10 0 21 1 17 0 1 1 1.385 7.6 0.0 4.8 3.9 0.81
8 Francis Mouse 20 3 3 .500 4.78 17 0 0 0 1 32.0 34 19 17 1 31 3 5 1 0 2 2.031 9.6 0.3 8.7 1.4 0.16 Stats for 2 teams
9 William Nice* 19 2 3 .400 5.93 11 7 0 0 1 44.0 46 37 29 0 40 0 17 0 1 3 1.955 9.4 0.0 8.2 3.5 0.43 Stats for 2 teams
10 Kenneth Rabun 21 4 1 .800 3.38 10 1 1 0 2 32.0 29 15 12 0 17 0 20 0 0 5 1.438 8.2 0.0 4.8 5.6 1.18
11 Carlos Rymer 18 2 2 .500 1.89 8 5 0 0 0 38.0 26 14 8 1 29 0 10 1 4 2 1.447 6.2 0.2 6.9 2.4 0.34
12 Willie Sellers 18 1 4 .200 6.87 10 10 0 0 0 55.0 59 45 42 1 47 0 20 2 4 4 1.927 9.7 0.2 7.7 3.3 0.43
13 Juan Valdez* 20 3 4 .429 3.86 10 8 1 1 0 49.0 50 26 21 0 22 2 12 0 0 2 1.469 9.2 0.0 4.0 2.2 0.55
13 Players 19.3 26 28 .481 4.20 54 54 47 7 3 11 461.0 474 280 215 9 286 9 185 8 11 30 1.649 9.3 0.2 5.6 3.6 0.65

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Randall Whistler 27 86 18 3 0 .972 3.85 5
Hector Nunez 24 82 13 4 1 .960 3.96 4
Inocencio Guerrero 14 41 5 2 0 .958 3.29 5

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Preston Williams 40 376 26 3 33 .993 10.05
Luis Wilson 16 155 12 5 6 .971 10.44

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Eric Ayala 38 95 133 9 26 .962 6.00
Joseph Pocoroba 13 34 49 3 9 .965 6.38
Charles Black 3 4 9 0 0 1.000 4.33

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Gregory Dikos 52 57 144 13 8 .939 3.87
Joseph Pocoroba 3 2 1 2 0 .600 1.00
Arthur Neal 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Miguel Sosa 42 52 128 22 18 .891 4.29
Joseph Pocoroba 18 29 44 10 6 .880 4.06

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bob Luzon 53 121 10 5 1 .963 2.47
Rafael Quezada 39 50 5 3 1 .948 1.41
Brook Jacoby 36 65 7 4 1 .947 2.00
Brett Butler 30 66 5 0 0 1.000 2.37
Luis Wilson 7 12 0 1 0 .923 1.71
Arthur Neal 6 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.33

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Alexander Matos 17 5 1 1 0 .857 0.35
Francis Mouse 17 0 12 0 2 1.000 0.71 Stats for 2 teams
Joseph Dreistadt 11 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.18
William Nice 11 2 8 1 1 .909 0.91 Stats for 2 teams
Kenneth Rabun 10 1 6 0 1 1.000 0.70
Willie Sellers 10 14 10 2 2 .923 2.40
Juan Valdez 10 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.70
Bill Haley 9 7 10 0 0 1.000 1.89
Carlos Rymer 8 2 7 1 1 .900 1.13
Eugene Boozer 7 1 6 1 1 .875 1.00
Russell Kerdolff 7 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.29
Bret Ferguson 6 0 1 1 0 .500 0.17
Gary Hibbett 6 3 6 3 1 .750 1.50

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Eric Ayala 19 R R 5' 11.0" 168 May 2, 1960 Panama, Panama, PA
Charles Black 23 L R 5' 7.0" 155 1956
Eugene Boozer 19 L L 6' 0.0" 160 1960
Brett Butler 22 L L 5' 10.0" 160 Jun 15, 1957 Los Angeles, CA, US
Gregory Dikos 22 R R 6' 0.0" 195 May 17, 1957
Joseph Dreistadt 22 L 6' 1.0" 185 1957
Bret Ferguson 18 L 6' 0.0" 195 Dec 1, 1960
Inocencio Guerrero 18 R R 6' 0.0" 187 Dec 28, 1960 Higueral, DO
Bill Haley 20 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Nov 18, 1958 Benicia, CA, US
Gary Hibbett 24 R L 6' 3.0" 210 May 27, 1955
Brook Jacoby 19 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Nov 23, 1959 Philadelphia, PA, US
Russell Kerdolff 21 R 6' 5.0" 195 Sep 27, 1957
Bob Luzon 18 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Aug 5, 1960 Flushing, NY, US
Alexander Matos 15 R R 6' 2.0" 180 Sep 9, 1963 Pedernales, DO
Francis Mouse 20 R 5' 10.0" 175 1959
Arthur Neal 22 R R 5' 11.0" 185 1957
William Nice 19 L 6' 1.0" 200 May 23, 1960
Hector Nunez 20 R R 6' 1.0" 215 Apr 9, 1959
Joseph Pocoroba 19 R R 5' 11.0" 180 1960
Rafael Quezada 18 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Feb 8, 1961 San Jose DeLosilano, DO
Kenneth Rabun 21 R 6' 2.0" 197 Oct 9, 1957
Carlos Rymer 18 R R 6' 5.0" 195 Sep 2, 1960 Ingelo Consuelo, DO
Willie Sellers 18 R 6' 3.0" 175 Nov 13, 1960
Miguel Sosa 19 R R 5' 10.0" 160 May 15, 1960 La Romana, La Romana, DO
Juan Valdez 20 L L 6' 3.0" 185 Apr 20, 1959 DO
Randall Whistler 20 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Oct 23, 1958
Preston Williams 22 R R 6' 2.0" 200 1957
Luis Wilson 20 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Apr 15, 1959

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