1978 Kingsport Braves Statistics
Team Record: 33-37
Finished 5th in the AL
Manager: Eddie Haas (33-37)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 20,203, Avg. 577
The Kingsport Braves of the Appalachian League ended the 1978 season with a record of 33 wins and 37 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.
The Braves surrendered 273 runs, least in the league. Kingsport plated 288 runs, worst in the circuit,. Leo Vargas drove in 39 runs. Ronald Rudd led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .310. William Aldridge and Rick Behenna topped the team with 6 wins each, while Mike Smith recorded a 2.1 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1978 Kingsport Braves who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Matt Sinatro, Steve Bedrosian, José Álvarez and Rick Behenna.
Eddie Haas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Behenna | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.77 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 66 | 37 | 31 | 5 | 50 | 3 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| William Aldridge | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.06 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 | 83 | 40 | 32 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Mike Smith | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 48 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Marshall Justice | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.46 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37.0 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| José Álvarez | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1.33 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 54.0 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Shields | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 48.0 | 50 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Paul Randolph | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Steve Bedrosian | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.08 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 38 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gil Ryan | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.17 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 38 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Billy Gore | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.00 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 39.0 | 38 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kenny Forsyth | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Felipe Arroyo | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 42 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bill Haley | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.86 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 36 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 33 | 37 | .471 | 3.01 | 155 | 70 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 603.0 | 523 | 273 | 202 | 26 | 284 | 8 | 400 | 24 | 3 | 39 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Rudd | 65 | 296 | 274 | 36 | 85 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 33 | .310 | .355 | .339 | .694 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Leo Vargas | 68 | 285 | 262 | 38 | 76 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 33 | .290 | .330 | .439 | .769 | 115 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Felix Lopez | 63 | 269 | 244 | 31 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 23 | .270 | .330 | .303 | .633 | 74 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| James Matthews | 63 | 249 | 220 | 26 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 36 | .255 | .321 | .295 | .617 | 65 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Kenneth Scanlon | 61 | 273 | 229 | 20 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 17 | .231 | .333 | .271 | .604 | 62 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Ledell Lowe | 55 | 223 | 195 | 30 | 45 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 44 | .231 | .327 | .364 | .691 | 71 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Miller | 69 | 254 | 209 | 23 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 45 | .196 | .306 | .206 | .512 | 43 | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Eugene Harris | 47 | 170 | 137 | 16 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 35 | .248 | .391 | .365 | .755 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Supel | 42 | 162 | 126 | 22 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 27 | .214 | .371 | .325 | .696 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Matt Sinatro | 35 | 130 | 112 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 12 | .205 | .302 | .268 | .570 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| David Adeimy | 16 | 69 | 59 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | .373 | .448 | .441 | .888 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Brady Baldwin | 23 | 85 | 70 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | .286 | .398 | .329 | .726 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mark Lucas | 12 | 53 | 46 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | .326 | .396 | .457 | .853 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Talbert | 23 | 73 | 67 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .149 | .208 | .209 | .417 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rafael Peguero | 11 | 38 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .139 | .184 | .167 | .351 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 653 | 2629 | 2286 | 288 | 578 | 65 | 17 | 19 | 235 | 63 | 28 | 271 | 360 | .253 | .336 | .321 | .657 | 734 | 0 | 22 | 36 | 14 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ledell Lowe | 1B | 31 | 318 | 25 | 2 | 20 | .994 | 11.065 | ||||
| James Matthews | 1B | 23 | 220 | 14 | 2 | 21 | .992 | 1.174 | ||||
| David Adeimy | 1B | 16 | 129 | 12 | 3 | 8 | .979 | 8.812 | ||||
| Kenneth Scanlon | 2B | 60 | 154 | 162 | 15 | 30 | .955 | 5.267 | ||||
| Mark Lucas | 2B | 7 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 4 | .971 | 4.714 | ||||
| Rafael Peguero | 2B | 3 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .947 | 6.000 | ||||
| James Matthews | 3B | 36 | 23 | 62 | 13 | 3 | .867 | 2.361 | ||||
| Bobby Supel | 3B | 28 | 31 | 70 | 17 | 4 | .856 | 3.607 | ||||
| Mark Lucas | 3B | 5 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .833 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rafael Peguero | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Matt Sinatro | C | 32 | 198 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .991 | 7.000 | 9 | |||
| Brady Baldwin | C | 23 | 107 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .984 | 5.304 | 6 | |||
| Gary Talbert | C | 16 | 103 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 2 | |||
| James Matthews | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| Leo Vargas | OF | 67 | 141 | 3 | 11 | 0 | .929 | 2.149 | ||||
| Ronald Rudd | OF | 65 | 110 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .966 | 1.769 | ||||
| Felix Lopez | OF | 63 | 93 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 1.524 | ||||
| Eugene Harris | OF | 17 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.353 | ||||
| Rafael Peguero | OF | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Billy Gore | P | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .318 | ||||
| Mike Shields | P | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.000 | ||||
| Marshall Justice | P | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .214 | ||||
| Felipe Arroyo | P | 14 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| William Aldridge | P | 14 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.714 | ||||
| Mike Smith | P | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .417 | ||||
| Gil Ryan | P | 12 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 2.167 | ||||
| Rick Behenna | P | 12 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 1.667 | ||||
| Paul Randolph | P | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | .500 | ||||
| Bill Haley | P | 8 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.625 | ||||
| José Álvarez | P | 8 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Kenny Forsyth | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Steve Bedrosian | P | 6 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.833 | ||||
| Mike Miller | SS | 69 | 81 | 221 | 27 | 31 | .918 | 4.377 | ||||
| Rafael Peguero | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Totals | 725 | 1811 | 801 | 120 | 135 | .956 | 3.603 | 17 | 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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