1997 Greenville Braves Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 74-66
Finished 2nd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Randy Ingle (74-66)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Ballpark: Greenville Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 254,049, Avg. 3,736 in 68 home dates
1997 Greenville Braves Roster

Playoffs - Greenville Braves 3 games, Knoxville Smokies 1
Finals - Greenville Braves 3 games, Huntsville Stars 2

The Greenville Braves of the Southern League ended the 1997 season with a record of 74 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.

The Braves scored 711 runs and yielded 755 runs. Pedro Swann led Greenville with 24 home runs, while Gabe Whatley and Marc Lewis walloped 15 or more also. Pedro Swann drove in 83 runs. Manny Jimenez paced all regular batters by connecting at a .291 clip. Derrin Ebert topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 4.11 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Terrell Wade, Adam Butler, Damian Moss, Derrin Ebert, Mike Mahoney, Pedro Swann, David Cortés, Kevin Millwood, John LeRoy, Micah Bowie, Bryan Harvey, Kerry Ligtenberg, Joe Ayrault, Wes Helms, John Rocker, Jamie Arnold, Ray King and Mike Cather were all players from the 1997 Greenville Braves who played in the Majors during their careers.

Randy Ingle served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Derrin Ebert118.5794.1027250000175.71919580244811014010743
Anthony Briggs63.6675.441913000094.39164571143059024413
Damian Moss68.4295.3521190100112.71117367135801169214498
Adam Butler51.8332.5746038002249.0401614315256401203
Mike Cather52.7144.34220200137.337181827129600153
John LeRoy55.5005.032914900198.3105595520431845115444
Ray King55.5006.85129000065.7855350924242104305
John Rocker56.4554.8622181000113.0119696112610960217507
Rich Hines401.0006.584101300167.08556491022149104308
Ken Giard301.0001.96250900636.73098111139002152
Kerry Ligtenberg31.7502.0431027001635.32088314143101140
Micah Bowie32.6003.5087000043.7341917326141302193
Matt Byrd32.6006.002801200045.0583130921138217210
Kevin Millwood35.3754.111111000061.3593728824061207264
Bryan Rogers23.4003.081901100126.320119212314013109
David Cortés101.0001.803010005.0411110700020
Antone Brooks101.0004.79140300020.72114113811020193
Bryan Harvey11.5005.18228500024.3231514516018013110
Chaad Stewart12.3338.5063000018.020181731201100184
Ryan Jacobs18.1117.21286300168.7846155843152206328
Kevin Grijak000.001010001.032000000007
Eric Olszewski006.004010006.0964080700034
Erick Nelson01.0004.505030006.0943140400028
Jamie Arnold01.00011.571100004.71066320310127
Terrell Wade02.0004.9786000012.7151073801400160
Totals7466.5294.9045314013910491228.312837556691575311799443101045433

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
Marc Lewis13555151264140173176721142584.273.316.418.73421498423
Pedro Swann124519465781332922483554975.286.358.512.870238144015
Manny Jimenez115465430591252425453102270.291.333.391.723168206520
Mike Eaglin1264623966211415354715104166.288.365.379.744150591334
Mike Warner9137130358972237351296161.320.432.482.91414611336
Luis Brito973603363597120136451525.289.316.333.650112110631
Gabe Whatley9537631060941751557555042.303.403.535.93916696460
Wes Helms8635631450931411144343350.296.371.452.823142146032
Lou Benbow1173583153973141934483480.232.311.368.67911673421
Mike Mahoney873362984668170846102875.228.299.366.665109103521
Kevin Grijak7226724035601211348011835.250.312.471.78311385132
Dave Toth58213184234590724222535.245.347.408.7557574000
Raul Rodarte552011722938817221062630.221.330.401.7316942100
Gator McBride45143127243150515011120.244.310.402.7115132121
Wonder Monds2711189212850815632023.315.436.6401.0775710110
Joe Ayrault1341336820240068.242.350.485.8351600110
Danny Magee724221600130116.273.333.409.742911000
Jamie Hicks819173500111023.294.368.471.839800000
John Rocker2222183520030017.278.316.389.705700300
Derrin Ebert2730233500030041.217.321.217.539510210
Anthony Briggs1920173400000014.235.278.235.513400200
Dax Norris2993300130001.333.333.6671.000600000
Ed Cordero3651200000001.400.400.400.800200100
Kerry Ligtenberg311101100100001.0001.0002.0003.000200000
Terrell Wade8530100010011.333.500.333.833100100
Ryan Jacobs28530100000002.333.333.333.667100200
Rich Hines41430100010001.333.333.333.667100100
John LeRoy29640100010012.250.400.250.650100100
Kevin Millwood11861100000003.167.167.167.333100200
Ray King12871100000004.143.143.143.286100100
Micah Bowie814121100010005.083.083.083.167100200
Damian Moss2116141100000016.071.188.071.259101000
Ken Giard25531000000011.000.250.000.250010100
Adam Butler46110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Chaad Stewart6430000000013.000.250.000.250000000
Bryan Rogers19220000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Matt Byrd28220000000001.000.000.000.000000000
David Cortés3110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Mike Cather22110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Bryan Harvey22100000000000000100
Totals1791534447017111283225221476409284478832.273.345.424.769199312661693526


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Lou Benbow1B6135720335.9926.180
Gabe Whatley1B5135420127.9977.333
Kevin Grijak1B4632332327.9927.717
Raul Rodarte1B161157212.9847.625
Jamie Hicks1B216012.9418.000
Dave Toth1B10000.000
Manny Jimenez1B120001.0002.000
Mike Eaglin2B1202373062258.9614.525
Luis Brito2B315857311.9753.710
Lou Benbow2B848031.0001.500
Wes Helms3B86601471110.9502.407
Manny Jimenez3B33165236.9582.061
Lou Benbow3B25203684.8752.240
Danny Magee3B53961.6672.400
Gabe Whatley3B21620.7783.500
Raul Rodarte3B10310.7503.000
Mike MahoneyC8558958106.9857.6128873126.3
Dave TothC473333525.9957.8302271637.2
Joe AyraultC11624001.0006.00004120.0
Dax NorrisC291011.0005.000000
Jamie HicksC292001.0005.50002250.0
Marc LewisCF133.000
Mike WarnerCF15.000
Gabe WhatleyCF2.000
Pedro SwannLF94.000
Mike WarnerLF41.000
Gator McBrideLF27.000
Gabe WhatleyLF7.000
Raul RodarteLF7.000
Luis BritoLF3.000
Lou BenbowLF1.000
Marc LewisOF133275453.9822.098
Pedro SwannOF94150471.9571.638
Mike WarnerOF891671071.9621.989
Gabe WhatleyOF5988320.9781.542
Raul RodarteOF3661231.9551.750
Gator McBrideOF3239310.9771.312
Wonder MondsOF2761340.9412.370
Luis BritoOF640001.000.667
Lou BenbowOF10000.000
Adam ButlerP4616001.000.152
Rich HinesP4131020.867.317
Kerry LigtenbergP3101001.000.032
John LeRoyP2941430.857.621
Ryan JacobsP284821.857.429
Matt ByrdP280610.857.214
Derrin EbertP271041021.0001.889
Ken GiardP2561001.000.280
John RockerP2241522.905.864
Bryan HarveyP2212011.000.136
Mike CatherP2247001.000.500
Damian MossP2131841.8401.000
Bryan RogersP1915001.000.316
Anthony BriggsP19111611.9641.421
Antone BrooksP1444001.000.571
Ray KingP1251411.9501.583
Kevin MillwoodP114611.909.909
Terrell WadeP802001.000.250
Micah BowieP806011.000.750
Chaad StewartP60210.667.333
Erick NelsonP51110.667.400
Eric OlszewskiP412001.000.750
David CortésP311001.000.667
Kevin GrijakP101001.0001.000
Jamie ArnoldP102001.0002.000
Gabe WhatleyRF54.000
Mike WarnerRF52.000
Raul RodarteRF30.000
Wonder MondsRF27.000
Gator McBrideRF8.000
Luis BritoRF3.000
Manny JimenezSS881032282040.9433.761
Luis BritoSS54691241027.9513.574
Lou BenbowSS23284548.9483.174
Ed CorderoSS24610.9095.000
Totals223736851426161300.9692.285101205029.4

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.





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