1979 Greenwood Braves

1979 > Class A > 1979 Western Carolinas League
Overall: 78-60
Scored 708 runs, Allowed 654 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-64

Affiliation: Atlanta Braves-NL
Manager: Al Gallagher
Represented: Greenwood, SC
Ballpark: Legion Park (Greenwood, SC)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1978

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	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Juan Alduey	22	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
2	Felipe Arroyo	22	17	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
3	Rick Behenna	19	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
4	Charles Black*	23	30	93	79	10	18	0	0	0	8	3	1	12	7	.228	.344	.228	.572	18	2	0	0
5	Glen Bockhorn	22	70	281	227	38	60	9	1	8	47	1	2	52	65	.264	.399	.419	.817	95	0	0	2
6	Brett Butler*	22	35	143	117	26	37	2	4	1	11	20	6	24	27	.316	.430	.427	.857	50	0	1	1
7	Donald Cline	22	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		Stats for 2 teams
8	Miguelito DeLaCruz	21	27	68	64	3	12	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	13	.188	.206	.203	.409	13	0	0	2
9	John Dyer*	22	37	129	115	16	35	8	0	4	21	0	0	12	35	.304	.364	.478	.843	55	0	0	2
10	Andres Forbes	22	69	295	259	39	84	13	2	2	35	15	3	31	16	.324	.399	.413	.812	107	2	2	1
11	Billy Gore*	21	45	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
12	Albert Hall#	21	105	447	368	84	106	10	3	0	38	66	10	60	43	.288	.396	.332	.728	122	10	3	6
13	Steve Hammond*	22	58	227	201	34	65	17	2	2	37	3	2	23	12	.323	.396	.458	.854	92	2	0	1
14	Mark Lucas*	23	61	196	167	23	45	4	2	0	20	5	3	25	26	.269	.366	.317	.683	53	1	2	1
15	Daniel Lucia	20	14	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	0
16	Mark Martin	21	46	148	137	8	22	3	0	0	6	2	3	9	16	.161	.211	.182	.393	25	0	1	1
17	Jeff Matthews	23	86	281	237	32	64	10	1	0	24	2	1	39	26	.270	.371	.321	.691	76	0	3	2
18	Gerald Perry*	18	109	462	400	69	133	17	4	9	71	35	13	56	63	.333	.414	.463	.877	185	2	1	3
19	George Ramos	23	57	174	137	33	36	5	0	2	11	14	6	31	27	.263	.416	.343	.759	47	5	1	0
20	James Rogers	23	20	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	2	0
21	Mark Roush	21	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
22	Ronald Rudd*	20	115	464	418	60	121	17	2	3	41	41	14	39	70	.289	.352	.361	.713	151	2	4	1
23	Gil Ryan	20	21	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0	0
24	Kenneth Scanlon	19	48	169	147	19	28	3	0	0	10	5	1	18	26	.190	.292	.211	.503	31	3	1	0
25	Mike Shields	22	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
26	Matt Sinatro	19	120	441	385	54	97	16	4	7	57	25	15	42	59	.252	.332	.369	.701	142	6	4	4
27	Mike Smith	20	18	10	8	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.500	.556	.625	1.181	5	0	1	0
28	Bobby Supel	22	31	113	93	8	19	3	0	0	12	5	1	20	29	.204	.345	.237	.582	22	0	0	0
29	Peter Teixeira?	22	13	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
30	Scott Thayer	24	78	288	243	42	52	14	1	10	39	0	1	36	64	.214	.325	.403	.728	98	5	2	2
31	Milt Thompson*	20	53	190	145	31	27	4	1	2	16	16	3	32	39	.186	.335	.269	.604	39	3	5	5
32	Leo Vargas	21	125	526	455	74	127	21	5	11	73	24	13	54	58	.279	.357	.420	.777	191	7	0	10
33	Jerry Veale?	24	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
	33 Players	21.1	138	5178	4426	708	1194	178	32	61	588	282	98	623	734	.270	.363	.366	.729	1619	50	35	44	51

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	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Juan Alduey	22	8	1	.889	3.00	13	12		5	1	0	81.0	82	36	27	5	20	0	51	1	2	4	1.259	9.1	0.6	2.2	5.7	2.55
2	Felipe Arroyo	22	5	2	.714	3.57	17	6		3	1	0	58.0	53	37	23	6	23	2	69	3	2	8	1.310	8.2	0.9	3.6	10.7	3.00
3	Kevin Balogh	21	4	2	.667	2.90	17	5		2	1	0	59.0	57	28	19	3	25	3	44	3	2	2	1.390	8.7	0.5	3.8	6.7	1.76
4	Rick Behenna	19	0	6	.000	5.23	8	5		1	0	0	43.0	38	30	25	3	32	0	22	3	1	7	1.628	8.0	0.6	6.7	4.6	0.69
5	Donald Cline	22	7	9	.438	4.46	24	20		6	2	0	121.0	114	70	60	3	52	1	71	7	0	13	1.372	8.5	0.2	3.9	5.3	1.37	Stats for 2 teams
6	Miguelito DeLaCruz	21	0	0		2.25	1	0		0	0	0	4.0	1	1	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.2	2.2	6.8	4.5	0.67
7	Billy Gore*	21	13	11	.542	2.52	45	2		0	0	7	100.0	95	41	28	6	26	6	94	3	1	2	1.210	8.6	0.5	2.3	8.5	3.62
8	Russell Kerdolff	21	3	0	1.000	1.00	7	5		1	0	0	36.0	28	13	4	0	8	0	21	2	0	2	1.000	7.0	0.0	2.0	5.2	2.63
9	DeWayne Kitts*	22	2	2	.500	3.23	18	1		0	0	0	39.0	35	18	14	3	12	1	27	1	1	3	1.205	8.1	0.7	2.8	6.2	2.25
10	Stephen Lawrence	20	0	1	.000	1.50	8	0		0	0	0	12.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	8	1	0	1	0.917	4.5	0.8	3.8	6.0	1.60
11	Mark Lucas	23	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
12	Daniel Lucia	20	9	3	.750	3.06	14	14		5	2	0	97.0	81	41	33	8	25	1	73	5	2	11	1.093	7.5	0.7	2.3	6.8	2.92
13	Mark Martin	21	0	0		72.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	4	8	8	0	5	0	1	1	1	2	9.000	36.0	0.0	45.0	9.0	0.20
14	Jeff Matthews	23	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
15	Roy North	21	1	1	.500	3.50	3	3		1	0	0	18.0	19	10	7	2	10	2	13	0	0	2	1.611	9.5	1.0	5.0	6.5	1.30
16	James Rogers	23	7	8	.467	2.15	20	16		4	2	1	109.0	108	60	26	4	29	5	54	4	2	9	1.257	8.9	0.3	2.4	4.5	1.86
17	Mark Roush	21	2	3	.400	6.23	17	4		0	0	0	52.0	64	43	36	7	33	3	46	7	1	4	1.865	11.1	1.2	5.7	8.0	1.39
18	Gil Ryan	20	7	4	.636	3.99	21	16		3	1	1	106.0	98	66	47	6	61	1	66	2	4	10	1.500	8.3	0.5	5.2	5.6	1.08
19	Mike Shields	22	1	0	1.000	0.95	12	0		0	0	3	19.0	15	3	2	0	6	1	13	1	0	1	1.105	7.1	0.0	2.8	6.2	2.17
20	Mike Smith	20	7	6	.538	4.93	18	17		3	0	0	104.0	116	64	57	13	40	0	73	9	0	9	1.500	10.0	1.1	3.5	6.3	1.83
21	Peter Teixeira	22	4	3	.571	3.98	13	12		3	0	1	86.0	92	48	38	5	17	1	76	3	0	6	1.267	9.6	0.5	1.8	8.0	4.47
22	Scott Thayer	24	0	0		19.80	2	0		0	0	0	5.0	11	15	11	1	6	0	3	2	0	1	3.400	19.8	1.8	10.8	5.4	0.50
23	Jerry Veale*	24	3	5	.375	4.45	22	14		3	0	1	97.0	111	67	48	2	71	1	73	3	2	13	1.876	10.3	0.2	6.6	6.8	1.03
	23 Players	21.5	78	60	.565	3.70	138	138	103	35	12	14	1161.0	1147	654	477	78	478	28	852	56	21	101	1.400	8.9	0.6	3.7	6.6	1.78

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Matt Sinatro	102	639	69	11	8	.985	6.94	15
Mark Martin	39	244	30	6	3	.979	7.03	7
Miguelito DeLaCruz	11	62	6	3	1	.958	6.18	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gerald Perry	107	881	59	19	69	.980	8.79
John Dyer	21	195	6	4	14	.980	9.57
Scott Thayer	14	119	7	0	9	1.000	9.00
Miguelito DeLaCruz	3	14	2	2	1	.889	5.33

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Andres Forbes	47	109	146	8	26	.970	5.43
Kenneth Scanlon	47	100	123	13	21	.945	4.74
Charles Black	27	61	58	2	11	.983	4.41
Glen Bockhorn	10	22	23	1	6	.978	4.50
Jeff Matthews	8	20	18	4	6	.905	4.75
Mark Lucas	6	12	10	1	3	.957	3.67

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Glen Bockhorn	60	54	107	23	12	.875	2.68
Mark Lucas	33	26	42	7	5	.907	2.06
Jeff Matthews	20	6	41	7	3	.870	2.35
Bobby Supel	16	8	29	4	4	.902	2.31
Andres Forbes	11	4	30	3	3	.919	3.09
Scott Thayer	8	9	17	3	1	.897	3.25
George Ramos	3	2	5	1	0	.875	2.33
Steve Hammond	1	3	2	0	0	1.000	5.00

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Albert Hall	95		120	288	72	45	.850	4.29
Jeff Matthews	55		64	146	25	18	.894	3.82

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Leo Vargas	124	188	6	8	1	.960	1.56
Ronald Rudd	110	151	11	7	0	.959	1.47
Milt Thompson	50	85	8	3	1	.969	1.86
Steve Hammond	44	73	7	4	3	.952	1.82
Brett Butler	34	45	2	0	0	1.000	1.38
Scott Thayer	30	44	2	0	1	1.000	1.53
George Ramos	27	25	0	0	0	1.000	0.93
Bobby Supel	9	7	1	1	1	.889	0.89
Andres Forbes	7	4	0	0	0	1.000	0.57
Gerald Perry	4	2	0	0	0	1.000	0.50
Miguelito DeLaCruz	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Matt Sinatro	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Billy Gore	45	2	16	1	2	.947	0.40
Donald Cline	24	5	18	2	2	.920	0.96	Stats for 2 teams
Jerry Veale	22	3	9	5	0	.706	0.55
Gil Ryan	21	10	19	1	2	.967	1.38
James Rogers	20	13	31	3	1	.936	2.20
DeWayne Kitts	18	1	14	1	2	.938	0.83
Mike Smith	18	9	11	3	0	.870	1.11
Felipe Arroyo	17	3	7	1	1	.909	0.59
Kevin Balogh	17	1	12	1	0	.929	0.76
Mark Roush	17	4	9	1	0	.929	0.76
Daniel Lucia	14	6	15	1	0	.955	1.50
Juan Alduey	13	7	10	1	0	.944	1.31
Peter Teixeira	13	7	20	1	3	.964	2.08
Mike Shields	12	0	4	1	0	.800	0.33
Rick Behenna	8	6	11	2	0	.895	2.13
Stephen Lawrence	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.13
Russell Kerdolff	7	2	7	0	0	1.000	1.29
Roy North	3	0	0	0	0		0.00
Scott Thayer	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50
Miguelito DeLaCruz	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Mark Lucas	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Mark Martin	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Jeff Matthews	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Juan Alduey	22	R	R	6' 4.0"	178	Dec 27, 1956	Paso de Medio, DO
Felipe Arroyo	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	170	Aug 22, 1956	Yauco, PR
Kevin Balogh	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Aug 20, 1957	Toledo, OH, US
Rick Behenna	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	170	Mar 6, 1960	Miami, FL, US
Charles Black	23	L	R	5' 7.0"	155	1956
Glen Bockhorn	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Feb 12, 1957	Austin, TX, US
Brett Butler	22	L	L	5' 10.0"	160	Jun 15, 1957	Los Angeles, CA, US
Donald Cline	22	R	R	6' 5.0"	220	1957
Miguelito DeLaCruz	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jul 5, 1957	Hato Mayor del Rey, Hato Mayor, DO
John Dyer	22	L	L	6' 4.0"	215	Jun 16, 1957	Tulsa, OK, US
Andres Forbes	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Jan 22, 1957	DO
Billy Gore	21	L	L	6' 0.0"	200	Jul 14, 1957	Las Cruces, NM, US
Albert Hall	21	S	R	5' 11.0"	155	Mar 7, 1958	Birmingham, AL, US
Steve Hammond	22	L	R	6' 2.0"	190	May 9, 1957	Atlanta, GA, US
Russell Kerdolff	21		R	6' 5.0"	195	Sep 27, 1957
DeWayne Kitts	22		L	6' 0.0"	180	Nov 26, 1956
Stephen Lawrence	20		R	6' 10.0"	220	May 31, 1959	Santa Rosa, CA, US
Mark Lucas	23	L	R	6' 0.0"	165	Jun 11, 1956	Springfield, OH, US
Daniel Lucia	20	R	R	5' 10.0"	168	Jul 28, 1958	San Francisco, CA, US
Mark Martin	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	198	Mar 27, 1958	Houston, TX, US
Jeff Matthews	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Jun 20, 1956	Minneapolis, MN, US
Roy North	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	185	Mar 2, 1958	Bristol, PA, US
Gerald Perry	18	L	R	5' 11.0"	180	Oct 30, 1960	Savannah, GA, US
George Ramos	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Sep 3, 1955	Wayne, NJ, US
James Rogers	23	R	R	6' 4.0"	190	Apr 27, 1956	Tulsa, OK, US
Mark Roush	21	R	R	6' 5.0"	180	Jul 26, 1957	Cincinnati, OH, US
Ronald Rudd	20	L	R	6' 1.0"	190	Apr 12, 1959	Richmond, VA, US
Gil Ryan	20	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Oct 26, 1958	Kingsville, TX, US
Kenneth Scanlon	19	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Oct 5, 1959	New York, NY, US
Mike Shields	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	160	Aug 2, 1956	Louisville, KY, US
Matt Sinatro	19	R	R	5' 9.0"	174	Mar 22, 1960	Hartford, CT, US
Mike Smith	20	R	R	6' 5.0"	215	Aug 15, 1958	Newton, MA, US
Bobby Supel	22	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Aug 13, 1956	Snowhill, NC, US
Peter Teixeira	22		R	6' 2.0"	180	May 28, 1957
Scott Thayer	24	R	R	6' 4.0"	195	Oct 5, 1954	Hamilton AFB, OH, US
Milt Thompson	20	L	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jan 5, 1959	Washington, DC, US
Leo Vargas	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Sep 12, 1957	San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Jerry Veale	24		L	6' 7.0"	230	1955

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