1971 Greenwood Braves Statistics
Team Record: 85-38
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Clint Courtney (85-38)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Greenwood, South Carolina
Ballpark: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 45,926, Avg. 747
The Greenwood Braves of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1971 season with a record of 85 wins and 38 losses, finishing first in the WCL.
The Braves yielded 435 runs, fewest in the league. Greenwood plated 648 runs. Gregory Foreman paced the team with 23 home runs and accounted for 87 RBI. Rod Gilbreath led batters with significant playing time by hitting .309. Stan Babieracki topped the squad with 11 wins, while Russell Dillon registered a 2.08 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1971 Greenwood Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jamie Easterly, Chico Ruiz, Rowland Office, Adrian Devine and Rod Gilbreath.
Clint Courtney 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stan Babieracki | 11 | 5 | .688 | 4.06 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 82.0 | 100 | 47 | 37 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
Russell Dillon | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.08 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 121.0 | 92 | 38 | 28 | 3 | 52 | 1 | 122 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
Jose Sevillano | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.55 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 114.0 | 106 | 53 | 45 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
Mike Newson | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.78 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 94.0 | 63 | 33 | 29 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 100 | 6 | 1 | 9 | ||
Dick Grant | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 65 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
Glen Landesberg | 7 | 1 | .875 | 3.22 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 81.0 | 76 | 40 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
Edward Childress | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.91 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 68.0 | 63 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
Robert Kenny | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.61 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 38.0 | 39 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Richard Towers | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.00 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 60.0 | 50 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
Charles Chapple | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.05 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 59.0 | 46 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
David Bogacki | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.42 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55.0 | 50 | 32 | 27 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
Jamie Easterly | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.62 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Adrian Devine | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.40 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
David McLane | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Ron Broaddus | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.65 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 57 | 44 | 31 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
Teddy Gilman | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stu Cann | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Richard Sandate | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
James Ivey | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
James Bolton | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 84 | 38 | .689 | 3.19 | 330 | 123 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 42 | 995.3 | 882 | 433 | 353 | 58 | 350 | 7 | 845 | 28 | 7 | 60 | 0 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rod Gilbreath | 117 | 490 | 433 | 89 | 134 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 59 | 40 | 10 | 45 | 72 | .309 | .372 | .480 | .852 | 208 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
Gregory Foreman | 123 | 514 | 431 | 77 | 123 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 87 | 19 | 9 | 75 | 101 | .285 | .395 | .520 | .915 | 224 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
Chico Ruiz | 123 | 539 | 446 | 104 | 121 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 44 | 47 | 9 | 85 | 83 | .271 | .392 | .388 | .780 | 173 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
Rowland Office | 117 | 445 | 394 | 68 | 119 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 68 | 8 | 16 | 43 | 48 | .302 | .372 | .467 | .839 | 184 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
Marc Mengo | 110 | 400 | 352 | 57 | 107 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 72 | .304 | .385 | .452 | .837 | 159 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Tom Heierle | 98 | 355 | 304 | 35 | 78 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 69 | .257 | .336 | .391 | .728 | 119 | 4 | 7 | 5 | ||
Sam Houston | 82 | 259 | 223 | 44 | 76 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 6 | 28 | 40 | .341 | .413 | .466 | .879 | 104 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
Stu Cann | 86 | 303 | 231 | 40 | 67 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 56 | 30 | .290 | .432 | .390 | .822 | 90 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||
Jeffrey Geach | 75 | 279 | 249 | 36 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 55 | .233 | .297 | .386 | .683 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
Thomas Cox | 95 | 235 | 197 | 34 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 35 | 76 | .259 | .372 | .325 | .697 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Dick Grant | 40 | 92 | 84 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .286 | .330 | .548 | .877 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Russell Dillon | 40 | 50 | 46 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .283 | .312 | .435 | .747 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Gene Holbert | 23 | 60 | 50 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .220 | .333 | .320 | .653 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Jose Sevillano | 28 | 51 | 47 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .213 | .224 | .340 | .565 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Francisco Figueroa | 27 | 67 | 57 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 24 | .140 | .254 | .246 | .499 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Glen Landesberg | 19 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .188 | .257 | .250 | .507 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Richard Towers | 29 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .263 | .300 | .263 | .563 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Grady Little | 8 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .364 | .462 | .545 | 1.007 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charles Chapple | 27 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Mike Newson | 51 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .148 | .179 | .148 | .327 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Stan Babieracki | 29 | 40 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .114 | .225 | .200 | .425 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Broaddus | 17 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .188 | .350 | .188 | .538 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
David Bogacki | 20 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .150 | .190 | .150 | .340 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Edward Childress | 21 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .105 | .227 | .105 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Adrian Devine | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jamie Easterly | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Robert Kenny | 19 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
James Bolton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
James Britt | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Monty Nowell | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
David McLane | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1453 | 4406 | 3783 | 647 | 1037 | 171 | 27 | 105 | 571 | 187 | 68 | 513 | 805 | .274 | .363 | .417 | .780 | 1577 | 0 | 35 | 38 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marc Mengo | 1B | 95 | 771 | 42 | 3 | 63 | .996 | 8.558 | ||||
Dick Grant | 1B | 17 | 85 | 6 | 1 | 7 | .989 | 5.353 | ||||
Gregory Foreman | 1B | 12 | 85 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .967 | 7.333 | ||||
Thomas Cox | 1B | 5 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 6.400 | ||||
Sam Houston | 1B | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Stu Cann | 1B | 3 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 6.000 | ||||
Gene Holbert | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Jeffrey Geach | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Chico Ruiz | 2B | 123 | 216 | 326 | 23 | 60 | .959 | 4.407 | ||||
Rod Gilbreath | 3B | 108 | 75 | 218 | 24 | 15 | .924 | 2.713 | ||||
Marc Mengo | 3B | 11 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.273 | ||||
Stu Cann | 3B | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
Jeffrey Geach | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Tom Heierle | C | 97 | 628 | 28 | 7 | 2 | .989 | 6.763 | 27 | |||
Gene Holbert | C | 18 | 101 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 5.778 | 2 | |||
Jeffrey Geach | C | 11 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.818 | 6 | |||
Sam Houston | C | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 5 | |||
Grady Little | C | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.250 | 0 | |||
Stu Cann | C | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
Monty Nowell | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
Rowland Office | OF | 116 | 194 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .956 | 1.698 | ||||
Gregory Foreman | OF | 112 | 143 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .973 | 1.304 | ||||
Thomas Cox | OF | 75 | 56 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .937 | .787 | ||||
Sam Houston | OF | 65 | 84 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .966 | 1.323 | ||||
Francisco Figueroa | OF | 17 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.353 | ||||
Stu Cann | OF | 16 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.188 | ||||
Russell Dillon | OF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
Marc Mengo | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
Mike Newson | P | 46 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .283 | ||||
Russell Dillon | P | 31 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 0 | .821 | .742 | ||||
Richard Towers | P | 29 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .448 | ||||
Stan Babieracki | P | 27 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .741 | ||||
Jose Sevillano | P | 23 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 1.130 | ||||
Charles Chapple | P | 23 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .609 | ||||
Edward Childress | P | 21 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .714 | ||||
Robert Kenny | P | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .368 | ||||
David Bogacki | P | 19 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .684 | ||||
Glen Landesberg | P | 18 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .667 | ||||
Ron Broaddus | P | 17 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .765 | ||||
Dick Grant | P | 16 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .812 | ||||
Teddy Gilman | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Jamie Easterly | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .625 | ||||
Adrian Devine | P | 8 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
Richard Sandate | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
David McLane | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
James Bolton | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
James Ivey | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Stu Cann | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Jeffrey Geach | SS | 61 | 79 | 161 | 20 | 19 | .923 | 3.934 | ||||
Stu Cann | SS | 59 | 76 | 137 | 11 | 27 | .951 | 3.610 | ||||
Rod Gilbreath | SS | 9 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .885 | 2.556 | ||||
Chico Ruiz | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Totals | 1394 | 2901 | 1139 | 138 | 210 | .967 | 2.898 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
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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