Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Minor Leagues > Teams > 1980 Richmond Braves

News: s-r blog:Check Out B-R’s Bullpen Wiki!


1980 Richmond Braves

1980 > Class AAA > 1980 International League
Overall: 69-71
Scored 552 runs, Allowed 557 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-71

Affiliation: Atlanta Braves-NL
Manager: Fred Hatfield and Tom Burgess
Represented: Richmond, VA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1979 / 1981

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 Butch Alberts 30 66 234 202 24 44 5 4 6 21 1 0 26 43 .218 .312 .371 .683 75 2 3 1 Stats for 2 teams
2 Bob Beall# 32 57 161 129 15 32 6 0 0 12 0 0 30 22 .248 .388 .295 .682 38 0 1 1
3 Bruce Benedict 24 3 10 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .300 .600 3 0 0 0
4 Steve Hammond* 23 130 488 445 45 107 18 5 3 59 8 6 31 35 .240 .289 .324 .613 144 2 4 6
5 Terry Harper 24 140 576 512 66 143 19 8 13 72 34 18 54 82 .279 .349 .424 .773 217 3 3 4
6 Glenn Hubbard 22 38 173 143 23 45 11 2 2 25 4 4 24 22 .315 .411 .462 .872 66 0 5 1
7 Jerry Keller 25 117 421 361 46 71 9 3 20 48 3 0 53 74 .197 .306 .404 .711 146 4 3 0
8 Rufino Linares 29 63 245 234 31 77 12 4 3 41 3 3 6 28 .329 .340 .453 .793 106 0 1 4
9 Jerry McDonald* 24 14 43 36 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 .111 .220 .111 .331 4 0 2 0
10 Eddie Miller# 23 110 460 411 57 86 11 1 0 22 60 13 31 67 .209 .281 .241 .522 99 10 8 0
11 Rafael Ramirez 22 80 305 281 33 79 15 3 5 38 4 3 12 54 .281 .322 .409 .732 115 6 4 2
12 Mike Reynolds* 25 16 39 35 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 5 .229 .308 .257 .565 9 0 0 0
13 Chico Ruiz 28 85 303 258 26 67 7 2 2 23 5 5 30 41 .260 .339 .326 .665 84 3 8 4
14 Harry Saferight* 31 117 431 403 46 100 8 0 9 47 0 1 21 38 .248 .284 .335 .619 135 1 1 5
15 Ken Smith* 22 132 505 418 61 103 17 4 12 53 11 12 79 106 .246 .370 .392 .762 164 4 2 2
16 Horace Speed 28 41 104 83 12 16 2 1 1 7 2 2 19 32 .193 .356 .277 .633 23 2 0 0
17 Jim Wessinger 24 92 277 252 27 62 6 3 2 17 10 4 18 37 .246 .298 .317 .615 80 1 5 1
18 Larry Whisenton* 23 126 469 409 54 103 17 6 9 37 5 14 51 83 .252 .335 .389 .724 159 2 4 3
18 Players 25.1 140 5041 4451 552 1110 159 42 82 505 150 86 468 738 .249 .324 .359 .683 1599 38 51 33 36
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 Bob Beall* 32 0 0 10.29 5 0 0 0 0 14.0 21 16 16 3 7 0 7 0 0 0 2.000 13.5 1.9 4.5 4.5 1.00
2 Tony Brizzolara 23 10 15 .400 3.71 30 30 13 1 0 206.0 198 102 85 13 56 4 128 6 1 10 1.233 8.7 0.6 2.4 5.6 2.29
3 Butch Edge 23 7 7 .500 4.02 26 18 5 2 2 121.0 134 68 54 14 46 0 68 0 3 17 1.488 10.0 1.0 3.4 5.1 1.48
4 Greg Field 23 4 6 .400 4.57 13 11 1 0 0 65.0 79 38 33 5 29 2 28 0 0 4 1.662 10.9 0.7 4.0 3.9 0.97
5 Rick Mahler 26 12 6 .667 2.59 29 26 9 1 0 188.0 172 68 54 5 80 2 101 3 0 7 1.340 8.2 0.2 3.8 4.8 1.26
6 Bo McLaughlin 26 1 1 .500 4.50 7 6 0 0 0 28.0 32 14 14 0 10 0 20 1 0 6 1.500 10.3 0.0 3.2 6.4 2.00
7 Gary Melson 27 7 10 .412 2.85 28 14 7 1 1 139.0 117 53 44 3 64 2 110 2 1 13 1.302 7.6 0.2 4.1 7.1 1.72
8 Butch Metzger 28 3 6 .333 3.26 38 2 0 0 14 69.0 64 30 25 6 21 2 42 3 0 0 1.232 8.3 0.8 2.7 5.5 2.00
9 Dan Morogiello* 25 11 12 .478 4.04 29 29 11 0 0 196.0 206 102 88 14 50 1 71 2 1 2 1.306 9.5 0.6 2.3 3.3 1.42
10 Dan O'Brien 26 8 2 .800 2.97 30 4 2 1 3 106.0 95 38 35 3 33 0 44 5 0 5 1.208 8.1 0.3 2.8 3.7 1.33
11 Mike Shields 23 0 3 .000 4.71 15 0 0 0 3 21.0 30 13 11 1 10 1 12 0 0 2 1.905 12.9 0.4 4.3 5.1 1.20
12 Craig Skok* 32 6 3 .667 2.93 30 0 0 0 5 43.0 35 15 14 2 16 5 29 0 0 0 1.186 7.3 0.4 3.3 6.1 1.81
12 Players 25.8 69 71 .493 3.53 140 140 92 48 7 28 1195.0 1183 557 469 69 422 19 660 22 6 66 1.343 8.9 0.5 3.2 5.0 1.56

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
Harry Saferight 91 433 51 11 9 .978 5.32 5
Jerry Keller 57 277 24 5 4 .984 5.28 3
Bruce Benedict 3 10 5 0 0 1.000 5.00 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ken Smith 127 1158 84 15 95 .988 9.78
Bob Beall 12 68 8 0 2 1.000 6.33
Harry Saferight 5 17 4 1 3 .955 4.20
Jerry Keller 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
Jim Wessinger 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Chico Ruiz 81 153 230 10 38 .975 4.73
Glenn Hubbard 38 89 127 4 30 .982 5.68
Mike Reynolds 11 26 24 1 5 .980 4.55
Jim Wessinger 10 17 27 1 3 .978 4.40
Jerry McDonald 8 20 30 2 2 .962 6.25

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Steve Hammond 118 79 232 23 17 .931 2.64
Jim Wessinger 22 13 31 5 0 .898 2.00
Jerry Keller 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Mike Reynolds 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
Chico Ruiz 1 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Rafael Ramirez 80 117 294 23 45 .947 5.14
Jim Wessinger 59 80 167 13 28 .950 4.19
Chico Ruiz 6 9 11 2 3 .909 3.33
Steve Hammond 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Terry Harper 140 315 19 6 5 .982 2.39
Larry Whisenton 111 195 20 3 4 .986 1.94
Eddie Miller 108 218 9 7 1 .970 2.10
Butch Alberts 37 58 4 0 1 1.000 1.68 Stats for 2 teams
Rufino Linares 34 56 5 0 2 1.000 1.79
Horace Speed 33 54 2 2 2 .966 1.70
Ken Smith 7 9 2 0 0 1.000 1.57
Bob Beall 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.60
Jerry McDonald 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Butch Metzger 38 7 6 0 0 1.000 0.34
Tony Brizzolara 30 22 27 3 1 .942 1.63
Dan O'Brien 30 5 10 1 1 .938 0.50
Craig Skok 30 3 10 1 0 .929 0.43
Rick Mahler 29 21 33 3 4 .947 1.86
Dan Morogiello 29 4 29 1 1 .971 1.14
Gary Melson 28 14 14 6 0 .824 1.00
Butch Edge 26 11 21 2 3 .941 1.23
Mike Shields 15 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.33
Greg Field 13 8 8 2 1 .889 1.23
Bo McLaughlin 7 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.57
Bob Beall 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.40

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Butch Alberts 30 R R 6' 2.0" 205 May 4, 1950 Williamsport, PA, US
Bob Beall 32 S L 5' 11.0" 180 Apr 24, 1948 Portland, OR, US
Bruce Benedict 24 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Aug 18, 1955 Birmingham, AL, US
Tony Brizzolara 23 R R 6' 5.0" 215 Jan 14, 1957 Santa Monica, CA, US
Butch Edge 23 R R 6' 3.0" 203 Jul 18, 1956 Houston, TX, US
Greg Field 23 R R 6' 3.0" 175 Jan 6, 1957 West Palm Beach, FL, US
Steve Hammond 23 L R 6' 2.0" 190 May 9, 1957 Atlanta, GA, US
Terry Harper 24 R R 6' 4.0" 195 Aug 19, 1955 Douglasville, GA, US
Glenn Hubbard 22 R R 5' 9.0" 150 Sep 25, 1957 Hahn, DE
Jerry Keller 25 R R 6' 4.0" 210 Feb 9, 1955 Royal Oak, MI, US
Rufino Linares 29 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Feb 28, 1951 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Rick Mahler 26 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Aug 5, 1953 Austin, TX, US
Jerry McDonald 24 L R 5' 11.0" 172 1956
Bo McLaughlin 26 R R 6' 5.0" 210 Oct 23, 1953 Oakland, CA, US
Gary Melson 27 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Feb 27, 1953
Butch Metzger 28 R R 6' 1.0" 185 May 23, 1952 Lafayette, IN, US
Eddie Miller 23 S R 5' 9.0" 175 Jun 29, 1957 San Pablo, CA, US
Dan Morogiello 25 L L 6' 1.0" 200 Mar 26, 1955 Brooklyn, NY, US
Dan O'Brien 26 R R 6' 4.0" 215 Apr 22, 1954 St. Petersburg, FL, US
Rafael Ramirez 22 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Feb 18, 1958 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Mike Reynolds 25 L R 5' 10.0" 160 Feb 11, 1955 Nampa, ID, US
Chico Ruiz 28 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Nov 1, 1951 Santurce, PR
Harry Saferight 31 L R 5' 11.0" 195 Mar 4, 1949 Richmond, VA, US
Mike Shields 23 R R 6' 0.0" 160 Aug 2, 1956 Louisville, KY, US
Craig Skok 32 R L 6' 0.0" 190 Sep 1, 1947 Dobbs Ferry, NY, US
Ken Smith 22 L R 6' 1.0" 195 Feb 12, 1958 Youngstown, OH, US
Horace Speed 28 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Oct 4, 1951 Los Angeles, CA, US
Jim Wessinger 24 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Sep 25, 1955 Utica, NY, US
Larry Whisenton 23 L L 6' 1.0" 190 Jul 3, 1956 St. Louis, MO, US

About the Minor League Data

Performance data on minor and international leagues is licensed from and provided by the SABR Minor Leagues Database, a community project sponsored by the Minor Leagues Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research.

The database is under active development. Many statistics are incomplete due to ongoing research and/or limitations in published sources. To learn more about these limitations, or to find out how to contribute, click here.

Minor league Total Zone (Rctch&Rtz, 2005-2009) data provided by Baseballprojection.com and Minorleaguesplits.com.