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1978 Kingsport Braves

1978 > Class Rookie > 1978 Appalachian League
Overall: 33-37
Scored 288 runs, Allowed 273 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 37-33

Affiliation: Atlanta Braves-NL
Manager: Eddie Haas
Represented: Kingsport, TN
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Park (Kingsport, TN)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1977 / 1979

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 David Adeimy 22 16 69 59 7 22 1 0 1 12 0 0 8 3 .373 .448 .441 .888 26 0 2 0
2 Brady Baldwin 21 23 85 70 7 20 0 0 1 8 0 0 13 9 .286 .398 .329 .726 23 0 2 0
3 Eugene Harris* 22 47 170 137 16 34 8 1 2 21 3 0 27 35 .248 .391 .365 .755 50 5 1 0
4 Felix Lopez 23 63 269 244 31 66 6 1 0 25 2 3 20 23 .270 .330 .303 .633 74 2 2 1
5 Ledell Lowe -- 55 223 195 30 45 5 3 5 23 9 4 21 44 .231 .327 .364 .691 71 7 0 0
6 Mark Lucas* 22 12 53 46 8 15 1 1 1 6 4 1 6 11 .326 .396 .457 .853 21 0 0 1
7 James Matthews 20 63 249 220 26 56 3 0 2 26 2 1 21 36 .255 .321 .295 .617 65 2 3 3
8 Mike Miller# 21 69 254 209 23 41 2 0 0 14 7 1 33 45 .196 .306 .206 .512 43 1 9 2
9 Rafael Peguero 18 11 38 36 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 12 .139 .184 .167 .351 6 0 0 0
10 Ronald Rudd* 19 65 296 274 36 85 4 2 0 18 15 9 19 33 .310 .355 .339 .694 93 1 0 2
11 Kenneth Scanlon 18 61 273 229 20 53 5 2 0 16 6 5 34 17 .231 .333 .271 .604 62 1 9 0
12 Matt Sinatro 18 35 130 112 15 23 7 0 0 6 4 1 14 12 .205 .302 .268 .570 30 2 1 1
13 Bobby Supel 21 42 162 126 22 27 3 1 3 16 6 1 31 27 .214 .371 .325 .696 41 1 3 1
14 Gary Talbert 21 23 73 67 6 10 1 0 1 3 1 0 5 20 .149 .208 .209 .417 14 0 1 0
15 Leo Vargas 20 68 285 262 38 76 18 6 3 39 4 2 17 33 .290 .330 .439 .769 115 0 3 3
15 Players 20.3 70 2630 2286 288 578 65 17 19 235 63 28 272 360 .253 .336 .321 .657 734 22 36 14 9
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 William Aldridge 21 6 7 .462 3.06 14 14 4 0 0 94.0 83 40 32 2 44 0 57 4 0 7 1.351 7.9 0.2 4.2 5.5 1.30
2 Jose Alvarez 22 3 3 .500 1.33 8 8 2 1 0 54.0 38 15 8 1 22 0 45 2 0 3 1.111 6.3 0.2 3.7 7.5 2.05
3 Felipe Arroyo 21 0 2 .000 3.14 14 4 0 0 0 43.0 42 23 15 1 15 0 22 2 1 3 1.326 8.8 0.2 3.1 4.6 1.47
4 Steve Bedrosian 20 2 2 .500 3.08 6 6 1 0 0 38.0 38 18 13 1 25 1 29 1 0 2 1.658 9.0 0.2 5.9 6.9 1.16
5 Rick Behenna 18 6 4 .600 3.77 12 12 3 0 0 74.0 66 37 31 5 50 3 37 4 1 6 1.568 8.0 0.6 6.1 4.5 0.74
6 Kenny Forsyth* 21 0 0 3.00 7 2 0 0 0 15.0 9 5 5 1 14 0 7 1 0 1 1.533 5.4 0.6 8.4 4.2 0.50
7 Billy Gore* 20 2 4 .333 3.00 22 0 0 0 6 39.0 38 16 13 1 11 0 23 0 0 3 1.256 8.8 0.2 2.5 5.3 2.09
8 Bill Haley 19 0 3 .000 3.86 8 6 0 0 0 35.0 36 20 15 3 12 2 19 2 0 0 1.371 9.3 0.8 3.1 4.9 1.58
9 Marshall Justice 22 3 1 .750 1.46 14 1 1 0 1 37.0 29 11 6 1 7 0 33 0 0 1 0.973 7.1 0.2 1.7 8.0 4.71
10 Paul Randolph 22 2 1 .667 2.25 8 0 0 0 0 12.0 8 5 3 1 6 2 11 0 1 3 1.167 6.0 0.8 4.5 8.2 1.83
11 Gil Ryan 19 2 2 .500 4.17 12 9 0 0 0 54.0 38 30 25 4 38 0 38 4 0 3 1.407 6.3 0.7 6.3 6.3 1.00
12 Mike Shields 21 3 5 .375 4.12 18 1 0 0 4 48.0 50 30 22 3 26 0 38 3 0 5 1.583 9.4 0.6 4.9 7.1 1.46
13 Mike Smith 19 4 3 .571 2.10 12 7 4 0 0 60.0 48 23 14 2 14 0 41 1 0 2 1.033 7.2 0.3 2.1 6.2 2.93
13 Players 20.2 33 37 .471 3.01 70 70 55 15 4 11 604.0 523 273 202 26 284 8 400 24 3 39 1.336 7.8 0.4 4.2 6.0 1.41

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
Matt Sinatro 32 198 26 2 2 .991 7.00 9
Brady Baldwin 23 107 15 2 0 .984 5.30 6
Gary Talbert 16 103 9 0 2 1.000 7.00 2
James Matthews 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ledell Lowe 31 318 25 2 20 .994 11.06
James Matthews 23 220 14 2 21 .992 10.17
David Adeimy 16 129 12 3 8 .979 8.81

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Kenneth Scanlon 60 154 162 15 30 .955 5.27
Mark Lucas 7 13 20 1 4 .971 4.71
Rafael Peguero 3 11 7 1 3 .947 6.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
James Matthews 36 23 62 13 3 .867 2.36
Bobby Supel 28 31 70 17 4 .856 3.61
Mark Lucas 5 2 13 3 2 .833 3.00
Rafael Peguero 1 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mike Miller 69 81 221 27 31 .918 4.38
Rafael Peguero 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Leo Vargas 67 141 3 11 0 .929 2.15
Ronald Rudd 65 110 5 4 0 .966 1.77
Felix Lopez 63 93 3 2 0 .980 1.52
Eugene Harris 17 19 4 1 1 .958 1.35
Rafael Peguero 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.67

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Billy Gore 22 0 7 0 0 1.000 0.32
Mike Shields 18 10 8 1 1 .947 1.00
William Aldridge 14 4 20 2 1 .923 1.71
Felipe Arroyo 14 2 14 1 0 .941 1.14
Marshall Justice 14 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.21
Rick Behenna 12 7 13 1 1 .952 1.67
Gil Ryan 12 8 18 1 0 .963 2.17
Mike Smith 12 0 5 2 0 .714 0.42
Jose Alvarez 8 6 18 0 0 1.000 3.00
Bill Haley 8 5 8 0 0 1.000 1.63
Paul Randolph 8 0 4 3 0 .571 0.50
Kenny Forsyth 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.43
Steve Bedrosian 6 7 10 0 1 1.000 2.83

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
David Adeimy 22 R R 5' 11.0" 185 May 17, 1956 West Palm Beach, FL, US
William Aldridge 21 R R 6' 2.0" 205 Oct 10, 1956 Beauford, SC, US
Jose Alvarez 22 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Apr 12, 1956 Tampa, FL, US
Felipe Arroyo 21 R R 6' 2.0" 170 Aug 22, 1956 Yauco, PR
Brady Baldwin 21 R R 5' 8.0" 185 Oct 31, 1956 Cincinnati, OH, US
Steve Bedrosian 20 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Dec 6, 1957 Methuen, MA, US
Rick Behenna 18 R R 6' 2.0" 170 Mar 6, 1960 Miami, FL, US
Kenny Forsyth 21 R L 6' 1.0" 190 1957
Billy Gore 20 L L 6' 0.0" 200 Jul 14, 1957 Las Cruces, NM, US
Bill Haley 19 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Nov 18, 1958 Benicia, CA, US
Eugene Harris 22 L R 6' 4.0" 195 Jan 7, 1956
Marshall Justice 22 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Feb 2, 1956 Quitman, GA, US
Felix Lopez 23 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Mar 24, 1955 Santurce, PR
Ledell Lowe -- R R Unknown
Mark Lucas 22 L R 6' 0.0" 165 Jun 11, 1956 Springfield, OH, US
James Matthews 20 R R 6' 3.0" 210 Aug 31, 1957 Cordele, GA, US
Mike Miller 21 S R 6' 0.0" 170 Jun 30, 1957 Louisville, KY, US
Rafael Peguero 18 R R 5' 9.0" 155 Oct 24, 1959
Paul Randolph 22 R R 6' 0.0" 175 1956
Ronald Rudd 19 L R 6' 1.0" 190 Apr 12, 1959 Richmond, VA, US
Gil Ryan 19 R R 6' 3.0" 185 Oct 26, 1958 Kingsville, TX, US
Kenneth Scanlon 18 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Oct 5, 1959 New York, NY, US
Mike Shields 21 R R 6' 0.0" 160 Aug 2, 1956 Louisville, KY, US
Matt Sinatro 18 R R 5' 9.0" 174 Mar 22, 1960 Hartford, CT, US
Mike Smith 19 R R 6' 5.0" 215 Aug 15, 1958 Newton, MA, US
Bobby Supel 21 R R 5' 9.0" 165 Aug 13, 1956 Snowhill, NC, US
Gary Talbert 21 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Nov 9, 1956 Meridian, MS, US
Leo Vargas 20 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Sep 12, 1957 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO

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