2003 Danville Braves Statistics
Team Record: 36-30
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: Kevin McMullen (36-30)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Danville, Virginia
Ballpark: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 35,621, Avg. 1,149 in 31 home dates
The Danville Braves of the Appalachian League ended the 2003 season with a record of 36 wins and 30 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Braves plated 266 runs and yielded 276 runs. Matt Esquivel paced Danville with 11 home runs and drove in 42 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .282. Brad Nelson topped the team with 8 wins, and Danny Collins recorded a 2.89 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 2003 Danville Braves who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Sean White, Mike Hessman, Chuck James and Charlie Morton.
Kevin McMullen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Nelson | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.15 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39.0 | 47 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 181 |
| Whitt Farr | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.19 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.3 | 46 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 204 |
| Ryan Basner | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.83 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44.3 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176 |
| Jacob Blakeney | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.24 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 36.3 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 137 |
| Glenn Tucker | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.47 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 36.3 | 41 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 155 |
| Steve Russell | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.71 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 144 |
| Cory Blackmon | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.11 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 153 |
| Sean White | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.98 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51.3 | 53 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 219 |
| Chuck James | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.25 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.3 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 193 |
| Charlie Morton | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.67 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 65 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 246 |
| Danny Collins | 1 | 6 | .143 | 2.87 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.7 | 63 | 32 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 264 |
| Paul Weichard | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Efigenio Peralta | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | |
| Dan Smith | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| Dan Mead | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.42 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 136 |
| Chad Redfern | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.38 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Roberto Nieves | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.21 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 39 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 171 |
| Totals | 36 | 30 | .545 | 3.29 | 247 | 66 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 576.3 | 535 | 276 | 211 | 20 | 212 | 3 | 514 | 31 | 8 | 47 | 2463 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Esquivel | 61 | 250 | 220 | 41 | 62 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 72 | .282 | .352 | .514 | .866 | 113 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Mike Hanson | 57 | 238 | 213 | 27 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 32 | .277 | .329 | .413 | .742 | 88 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Ben Thomas | 66 | 262 | 223 | 29 | 55 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 40 | .247 | .338 | .309 | .648 | 69 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Jamie Hemingway | 51 | 213 | 191 | 25 | 52 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 35 | .272 | .338 | .366 | .705 | 70 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dominique Partridge | 58 | 225 | 208 | 22 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 40 | .250 | .302 | .351 | .653 | 73 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Burrus | 53 | 211 | 189 | 25 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 48 | .254 | .318 | .339 | .656 | 64 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Scott Schade | 53 | 197 | 176 | 20 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 56 | .256 | .316 | .364 | .680 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Dean White | 54 | 194 | 172 | 24 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 56 | .227 | .288 | .273 | .561 | 47 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Willie James | 48 | 173 | 148 | 21 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 33 | .189 | .302 | .209 | .512 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Donato | 24 | 90 | 80 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | .250 | .300 | .362 | .662 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Pyzik | 34 | 105 | 93 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | .215 | .282 | .237 | .518 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Edwin Martinez | 27 | 84 | 70 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 15 | .243 | .354 | .286 | .639 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Andy Barden | 29 | 93 | 83 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 39 | .133 | .215 | .193 | .408 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Saltalamacchia | 9 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .214 | .267 | .286 | .552 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Barthel | 7 | 27 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .238 | .346 | .286 | .632 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Will Foskey | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hessman | 5 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .067 | .200 | .067 | .267 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 639 | 2421 | 2138 | 266 | 522 | 107 | 14 | 22 | 231 | 93 | 45 | 202 | 500 | .244 | .315 | .338 | .653 | 723 | 34 | 33 | 19 | 29 | 4 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Schade | 1B | 51 | 395 | 16 | 3 | 35 | .993 | 8.059 | ||||
| Greg Donato | 1B | 11 | 111 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .991 | 1.455 | ||||
| Justin Saltalamacchia | 1B | 5 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 8 | .980 | 9.800 | ||||
| Steve Pyzik | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Cole Barthel | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Mike Hanson | 2B | 46 | 95 | 125 | 9 | 27 | .961 | 4.783 | ||||
| Willie James | 2B | 22 | 50 | 55 | 5 | 13 | .955 | 4.773 | ||||
| Scott Schade | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ben Thomas | 3B | 62 | 35 | 111 | 9 | 8 | .942 | 2.355 | ||||
| Cole Barthel | 3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Dean White | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Scott Schade | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.000 | ||||
| Willie James | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Pyzik | C | 33 | 228 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.455 | 3 | 41 | 11 | 21.2 |
| Andy Barden | C | 29 | 189 | 27 | 5 | 1 | .977 | 7.448 | 8 | 30 | 15 | 33.3 |
| Edwin Martinez | C | 14 | 110 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 8.286 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 25.0 |
| Matt Esquivel | CF | 56 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Burrus | CF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jamie Hemingway | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Burrus | LF | 44 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jamie Hemingway | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dominique Partridge | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Donato | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Hessman | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Justin Saltalamacchia | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Esquivel | OF | 60 | 111 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .974 | 1.900 | ||||
| Josh Burrus | OF | 49 | 67 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .912 | 1.490 | ||||
| Dominique Partridge | OF | 48 | 78 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .978 | 1.833 | ||||
| Jamie Hemingway | OF | 37 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.757 | ||||
| Greg Donato | OF | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Mike Hessman | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Justin Saltalamacchia | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Willie James | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Glenn Tucker | P | 25 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .360 | ||||
| Brad Nelson | P | 24 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .417 | ||||
| Dan Mead | P | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .083 | ||||
| Jacob Blakeney | P | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .250 | ||||
| Whitt Farr | P | 23 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .435 | ||||
| Cory Blackmon | P | 21 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .429 | ||||
| Ryan Basner | P | 19 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .684 | ||||
| Sean White | P | 14 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.500 | ||||
| Roberto Nieves | P | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .286 | ||||
| Charlie Morton | P | 14 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .500 | ||||
| Danny Collins | P | 14 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Chuck James | P | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Steve Russell | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Paul Weichard | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Chad Redfern | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dan Smith | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Efigenio Peralta | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dominique Partridge | RF | 40 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jamie Hemingway | RF | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Esquivel | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willie James | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dean White | SS | 46 | 62 | 123 | 15 | 18 | .925 | 4.022 | ||||
| Willie James | SS | 22 | 37 | 78 | 10 | 11 | .920 | 5.227 | ||||
| Totals | 1013 | 1729 | 683 | 93 | 134 | .963 | 2.381 | 15 | 80 | 29 | 26.6 |
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.
