1979 Greenwood Braves Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 78-60
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Al Gallagher (78-60)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Greenwood, South Carolina
Ballpark: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 37,010, Avg. 536
1979 Greenwood Braves RosterTeam Record: 78-60
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Al Gallagher (78-60)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Greenwood, South Carolina
Ballpark: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 37,010, Avg. 536
Playoffs - Greenwood Braves 3 games, Spartanburg Phillies 1
The Greenwood Braves of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1979 season with a record of 78 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the WCL.
The Braves plated 708 runs and surrendered 654 runs. Leo Vargas paced Greenwood with 11 home runs and drove in 73 runs. Gerald Perry led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .332. Billy Gore topped the squad with 13 wins.
Rick Behenna, Steve Hammond, Gerald Perry, Milt Thompson, Matt Sinatro, Brett Butler and Albert Hall were all players from the 1979 Greenwood Braves who played in the Majors during their careers.
Al Gallagher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Gore | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2.52 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 100.0 | 95 | 41 | 28 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 94 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Daniel Lucia | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.06 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 97.0 | 81 | 41 | 33 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 73 | 5 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Juan Alduey | 8 | 1 | .889 | 3.00 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 82 | 36 | 27 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Gil Ryan | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.99 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 106.0 | 98 | 66 | 47 | 6 | 61 | 1 | 66 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Mike Smith | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.93 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 104.0 | 116 | 64 | 57 | 13 | 40 | 0 | 73 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| James Rogers | 7 | 8 | .467 | 2.15 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 109.0 | 108 | 60 | 26 | 4 | 29 | 5 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Felipe Arroyo | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.57 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 53 | 37 | 23 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Kevin Balogh | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.90 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 59.0 | 57 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Peter Teixeira | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.98 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 86.0 | 92 | 48 | 38 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Russell Kerdolff | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Veale | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.45 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 97.0 | 111 | 67 | 48 | 2 | 71 | 1 | 73 | 3 | 2 | 13 | ||
| DeWayne Kitts | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.23 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 35 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mark Roush | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.23 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 64 | 43 | 36 | 7 | 33 | 3 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Mike Shields | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.95 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19.0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Roy North | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.50 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Donald Cline | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Matthews | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Lucas | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Miguelito DeLaCruz | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scott Thayer | 0 | 0 | 19.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mark Martin | 0 | 0 | 72.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Stephen Lawrence | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rick Behenna | 0 | 6 | .000 | 5.23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 38 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 58 | .567 | 3.64 | 289 | 132 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 14 | 1127.3 | 1114 | 631 | 456 | 76 | 457 | 27 | 829 | 54 | 21 | 97 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Perry | 109 | 462 | 400 | 69 | 133 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 71 | 35 | 13 | 56 | 63 | .332 | .414 | .462 | .877 | 185 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Leo Vargas | 125 | 526 | 455 | 74 | 127 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 73 | 24 | 13 | 54 | 58 | .279 | .357 | .420 | .777 | 191 | 7 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Ronald Rudd | 115 | 464 | 418 | 60 | 121 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 41 | 14 | 39 | 70 | .289 | .352 | .361 | .713 | 151 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Albert Hall | 105 | 447 | 368 | 84 | 106 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 66 | 10 | 60 | 43 | .288 | .396 | .332 | .728 | 122 | 10 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Matt Sinatro | 120 | 441 | 385 | 54 | 97 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 25 | 15 | 42 | 59 | .252 | .332 | .369 | .701 | 142 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Andres Forbes | 69 | 295 | 259 | 39 | 84 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 31 | 16 | .324 | .399 | .413 | .812 | 107 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Steve Hammond | 58 | 227 | 201 | 34 | 65 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | .323 | .396 | .458 | .854 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Matthews | 86 | 281 | 237 | 32 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 26 | .270 | .371 | .321 | .691 | 76 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Glen Bockhorn | 70 | 281 | 227 | 38 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 65 | .264 | .399 | .419 | .817 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Scott Thayer | 78 | 288 | 243 | 42 | 52 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 64 | .214 | .325 | .403 | .728 | 98 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mark Lucas | 61 | 196 | 167 | 23 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 26 | .269 | .366 | .317 | .683 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Brett Butler | 35 | 143 | 117 | 26 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 24 | 27 | .316 | .430 | .427 | .857 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| George Ramos | 57 | 174 | 137 | 33 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 31 | 27 | .263 | .416 | .343 | .759 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Dyer | 37 | 129 | 115 | 16 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 35 | .304 | .364 | .478 | .843 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kenneth Scanlon | 48 | 169 | 147 | 19 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 26 | .190 | .292 | .211 | .503 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Milt Thompson | 53 | 190 | 145 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 32 | 39 | .186 | .335 | .269 | .604 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Mark Martin | 46 | 148 | 137 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | .161 | .211 | .182 | .393 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Supel | 31 | 113 | 93 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 29 | .204 | .345 | .237 | .582 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Black | 30 | 93 | 79 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | .228 | .344 | .228 | .572 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Miguelito DeLaCruz | 27 | 68 | 64 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .188 | .206 | .203 | .409 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Smith | 18 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | .556 | .625 | 1.181 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Peter Teixeira | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gil Ryan | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Shields | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Roush | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Rogers | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .667 | .000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Juan Alduey | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Lucia | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .667 | .000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Gore | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rick Behenna | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Felipe Arroyo | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Veale | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1580 | 5178 | 4426 | 708 | 1194 | 178 | 32 | 61 | 584 | 282 | 98 | 623 | 734 | .270 | .363 | .366 | .729 | 1619 | 0 | 50 | 35 | 44 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Perry | 1B | 107 | 881 | 59 | 19 | 69 | .980 | 8.785 | ||||
| John Dyer | 1B | 21 | 195 | 6 | 4 | 14 | .980 | 9.571 | ||||
| Scott Thayer | 1B | 14 | 119 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Miguelito DeLaCruz | 1B | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 5.333 | ||||
| Kenneth Scanlon | 2B | 47 | 100 | 123 | 13 | 21 | .945 | 4.745 | ||||
| Andres Forbes | 2B | 47 | 109 | 146 | 8 | 26 | .970 | 5.426 | ||||
| Chuck Black | 2B | 27 | 61 | 58 | 2 | 11 | .983 | 4.407 | ||||
| Glen Bockhorn | 2B | 10 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 6 | .978 | 4.500 | ||||
| Jeff Matthews | 2B | 8 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 6 | .905 | 4.750 | ||||
| Mark Lucas | 2B | 6 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .957 | 3.667 | ||||
| Glen Bockhorn | 3B | 60 | 54 | 107 | 23 | 12 | .875 | 2.683 | ||||
| Mark Lucas | 3B | 33 | 26 | 42 | 7 | 5 | .907 | 2.061 | ||||
| Jeff Matthews | 3B | 20 | 6 | 41 | 7 | 3 | .870 | 2.350 | ||||
| Bobby Supel | 3B | 16 | 8 | 29 | 4 | 4 | .902 | 2.312 | ||||
| Andres Forbes | 3B | 11 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 3 | .919 | 3.091 | ||||
| Scott Thayer | 3B | 8 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .897 | 3.250 | ||||
| George Ramos | 3B | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Steve Hammond | 3B | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Matt Sinatro | C | 102 | 639 | 69 | 11 | 8 | .985 | 6.941 | 15 | |||
| Mark Martin | C | 39 | 244 | 30 | 6 | 3 | .979 | 7.026 | 7 | |||
| Miguelito DeLaCruz | C | 11 | 62 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .958 | 6.182 | 0 | |||
| Leo Vargas | OF | 124 | 188 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .960 | 1.565 | ||||
| Ronald Rudd | OF | 110 | 151 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .959 | 1.473 | ||||
| Milt Thompson | OF | 50 | 85 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .969 | 1.860 | ||||
| Steve Hammond | OF | 44 | 73 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .952 | 1.818 | ||||
| Brett Butler | OF | 34 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.382 | ||||
| Scott Thayer | OF | 30 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.533 | ||||
| George Ramos | OF | 27 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .926 | ||||
| Bobby Supel | OF | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .889 | ||||
| Andres Forbes | OF | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Gerald Perry | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Miguelito DeLaCruz | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Matt Sinatro | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Billy Gore | P | 45 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .947 | .400 | ||||
| Jerry Veale | P | 22 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .706 | .545 | ||||
| Gil Ryan | P | 21 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .967 | 1.381 | ||||
| James Rogers | P | 20 | 13 | 31 | 3 | 1 | .936 | 2.200 | ||||
| Mike Smith | P | 18 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 1.111 | ||||
| DeWayne Kitts | P | 18 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .938 | .833 | ||||
| Mark Roush | P | 17 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .765 | ||||
| Kevin Balogh | P | 17 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .765 | ||||
| Felipe Arroyo | P | 17 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .588 | ||||
| Daniel Lucia | P | 14 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.500 | ||||
| Peter Teixeira | P | 13 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 3 | .964 | 2.077 | ||||
| Juan Alduey | P | 13 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Mike Shields | P | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .333 | ||||
| Donald Cline | P | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stephen Lawrence | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Rick Behenna | P | 8 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 2.125 | ||||
| Russell Kerdolff | P | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Roy North | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Scott Thayer | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jeff Matthews | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mark Martin | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mark Lucas | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Miguelito DeLaCruz | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Albert Hall | SS | 95 | 120 | 288 | 72 | 45 | .850 | 4.295 | ||||
| Jeff Matthews | SS | 55 | 64 | 146 | 25 | 18 | .894 | 3.818 | ||||
| Totals | 1475 | 3476 | 1499 | 265 | 287 | .949 | 3.373 | 22 | 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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