1998 Macon Braves Statistics
Team Record: 69-72
Finished 1st in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Brian Snitker (69-72)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Macon, Georgia
Ballpark: Luther Williams Park
Attendance: 120,009, Avg. 1,765 in 68 home dates
Playoffs - Augusta GreenJackets 2 games, Macon Braves 0
The Macon Braves of the South Atlantic League ended the 1998 season with a record of 69 wins and 72 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Braves led the league with 770 runs, fueled by 173 home runs. Macon surrendered 814 runs, most in the circuit. Marcus Giles walloped 37 home runs for the squad, while Jason Hairston, Jeff Spencer and Troy Cameron each added 15 or more also. Marcus Giles drove in 108 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .329 average. Rubén Quevedo paced the squad with 11 wins, and Derrick Lewis recorded a 3.82 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Steve Torrealba, Pedro Borbón, John Smoltz, Marcus Giles, Horacio Ramírez, Joey Nation, Jason Shiell, Rubén Quevedo and Luis Rivera were all players from the 1998 Macon Braves who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Brian Snitker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rubén Quevedo | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.13 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 | 114 | 50 | 39 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 117 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 470 |
| Will Fleck | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.65 | 48 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 71.3 | 56 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 91 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 298 |
| Delvis Pacheco | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.97 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.3 | 67 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 272 |
| Joey Nation | 6 | 12 | .333 | 5.03 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 143.0 | 179 | 102 | 80 | 15 | 39 | 0 | 141 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 640 |
| Jacob Shumate | 5 | 4 | .556 | 6.75 | 44 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.7 | 44 | 54 | 38 | 5 | 75 | 0 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 39 | 280 |
| Luis Rivera | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.98 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92.7 | 78 | 53 | 41 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 118 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 405 |
| Derrick Lewis | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.81 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113.3 | 108 | 64 | 48 | 7 | 55 | 0 | 100 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 502 |
| L. J. Yankosky | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.87 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 47.0 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 192 |
| Bubba Scarce | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.25 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 34 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 163 |
| Ben Wyatt | 4 | 6 | .400 | 7.83 | 40 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.3 | 119 | 94 | 76 | 9 | 52 | 1 | 66 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 434 |
| Ryan Greene | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.89 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37.3 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 160 |
| Ryan Schurman | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.34 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64.3 | 64 | 43 | 31 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 286 |
| Byron Embry | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.39 | 50 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 69.7 | 51 | 49 | 34 | 6 | 50 | 2 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 320 |
| Joe Bauldree | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.05 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53.3 | 49 | 30 | 24 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 238 |
| Richard Dishman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.89 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39.3 | 38 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 170 |
| Jon Ciravolo | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.02 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.7 | 37 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 139 |
| Horacio Ramírez | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.86 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.3 | 70 | 50 | 36 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 249 |
| John Smoltz | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | |
| Pedro Borbón | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Jeff Spencer | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| Jason Shiell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
| Richard Thieme | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8.29 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.7 | 41 | 43 | 31 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 175 |
| Totals | 69 | 72 | .489 | 4.62 | 478 | 141 | 138 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1221.3 | 1246 | 814 | 627 | 130 | 558 | 7 | 1186 | 70 | 20 | 157 | 5492 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Giles | 135 | 603 | 505 | 111 | 166 | 38 | 3 | 37 | 108 | 12 | 5 | 85 | 103 | .329 | .433 | .636 | 1.068 | 321 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| A. D. Thorpe | 128 | 584 | 519 | 94 | 139 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 21 | 15 | 43 | 70 | .268 | .336 | .335 | .671 | 174 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Anthony Brooks | 133 | 547 | 502 | 74 | 128 | 26 | 4 | 13 | 55 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 164 | .255 | .299 | .400 | .700 | 201 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Ryan Lehr | 115 | 448 | 400 | 60 | 114 | 26 | 1 | 13 | 69 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 67 | .285 | .357 | .452 | .810 | 181 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Spencer | 115 | 499 | 437 | 94 | 114 | 21 | 2 | 28 | 79 | 11 | 5 | 47 | 143 | .261 | .345 | .510 | .855 | 223 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Troy Cameron | 133 | 550 | 472 | 70 | 105 | 20 | 3 | 21 | 65 | 4 | 3 | 66 | 162 | .222 | .322 | .411 | .733 | 194 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Stewart Smothers | 139 | 572 | 506 | 61 | 103 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 60 | 17 | 12 | 46 | 145 | .204 | .273 | .302 | .575 | 153 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| Jason Hairston | 109 | 463 | 413 | 61 | 99 | 21 | 2 | 21 | 76 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 136 | .240 | .307 | .453 | .760 | 187 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Mark Burke | 65 | 275 | 235 | 47 | 65 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 36 | .277 | .367 | .443 | .810 | 104 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Torrealba | 67 | 239 | 209 | 28 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 31 | .273 | .336 | .464 | .800 | 97 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Josh Pugh | 40 | 151 | 134 | 20 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 38 | .231 | .307 | .299 | .605 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Mortimer | 28 | 114 | 94 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 11 | .298 | .421 | .532 | .953 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Stevenson | 32 | 109 | 102 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .206 | .248 | .275 | .522 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. J. Zapp | 20 | 83 | 73 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .260 | .349 | .493 | .843 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bry Ewan | 19 | 69 | 66 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | .212 | .232 | .288 | .520 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Manny Sanchez | 13 | 55 | 46 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | .174 | .291 | .304 | .595 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Travis Wilson | 3 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .462 | .462 | .692 | 1.154 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1294 | 5374 | 4726 | 770 | 1217 | 245 | 25 | 173 | 693 | 101 | 69 | 494 | 1185 | .258 | .335 | .430 | .764 | 2031 | 99 | 80 | 23 | 51 | 7 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Lehr | 1B | 60 | 431 | 34 | 8 | 32 | .983 | 7.750 | ||||
| Mark Burke | 1B | 39 | 303 | 23 | 8 | 20 | .976 | 8.359 | ||||
| Mark Mortimer | 1B | 18 | 119 | 15 | 3 | 9 | .978 | 7.444 | ||||
| A. J. Zapp | 1B | 17 | 120 | 7 | 4 | 7 | .969 | 7.471 | ||||
| Jeff Spencer | 1B | 9 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .981 | 5.778 | ||||
| Marcus Giles | 2B | 127 | 229 | 294 | 25 | 53 | .954 | 4.118 | ||||
| A. D. Thorpe | 2B | 14 | 19 | 35 | 1 | 3 | .982 | 3.857 | ||||
| Manny Sanchez | 2B | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 3.000 | ||||
| Troy Cameron | 3B | 61 | 39 | 88 | 26 | 10 | .830 | 2.082 | ||||
| Ryan Lehr | 3B | 41 | 20 | 58 | 22 | 1 | .780 | 1.902 | ||||
| A. D. Thorpe | 3B | 36 | 34 | 54 | 11 | 5 | .889 | 2.444 | ||||
| Manny Sanchez | 3B | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 2.400 | ||||
| Travis Wilson | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mark Mortimer | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Steve Torrealba | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steve Torrealba | C | 62 | 500 | 58 | 7 | 3 | .988 | 9.000 | 9 | 63 | 29 | 31.5 |
| Josh Pugh | C | 39 | 340 | 28 | 6 | 2 | .984 | 9.436 | 13 | 57 | 11 | 16.2 |
| Chad Stevenson | C | 31 | 236 | 40 | 3 | 3 | .989 | 8.903 | 2 | 38 | 24 | 38.7 |
| Bry Ewan | C | 13 | 83 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .968 | 7.000 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 14.3 |
| Mark Mortimer | C | 3 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.000 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stewart Smothers | CF | 101 | .000 | |||||||||
| Anthony Brooks | CF | 41 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Spencer | LF | 80 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Hairston | LF | 63 | .000 | |||||||||
| A. D. Thorpe | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stewart Smothers | OF | 139 | 314 | 14 | 12 | 4 | .965 | 2.360 | ||||
| Anthony Brooks | OF | 133 | 308 | 13 | 16 | 3 | .953 | 2.414 | ||||
| Jeff Spencer | OF | 90 | 136 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .980 | 1.611 | ||||
| Jason Hairston | OF | 63 | 68 | 1 | 13 | 0 | .841 | 1.095 | ||||
| A. D. Thorpe | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mark Mortimer | OF | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Byron Embry | P | 50 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .140 | ||||
| Will Fleck | P | 48 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .188 | ||||
| Jacob Shumate | P | 44 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .545 | .136 | ||||
| Ben Wyatt | P | 40 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .325 | ||||
| Joey Nation | P | 29 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 1.069 | ||||
| Joe Bauldree | P | 29 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .750 | .414 | ||||
| Rubén Quevedo | P | 25 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .600 | ||||
| Derrick Lewis | P | 23 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .833 | .870 | ||||
| Ryan Greene | P | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .318 | ||||
| L. J. Yankosky | P | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .600 | ||||
| Bubba Scarce | P | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .400 | ||||
| Luis Rivera | P | 20 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.200 | ||||
| Delvis Pacheco | P | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Richard Dishman | P | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .167 | ||||
| Ryan Schurman | P | 17 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .850 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Thieme | P | 16 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1.062 | ||||
| Jon Ciravolo | P | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .312 | ||||
| Horacio Ramírez | P | 12 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Jason Shiell | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pedro Borbón | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jeff Spencer | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| John Smoltz | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Anthony Brooks | RF | 92 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stewart Smothers | RF | 39 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Spencer | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Mortimer | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| A. D. Thorpe | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| A. D. Thorpe | SS | 73 | 110 | 187 | 31 | 26 | .905 | 4.068 | ||||
| Troy Cameron | SS | 70 | 96 | 135 | 40 | 24 | .852 | 3.300 | ||||
| Totals | 2063 | 3664 | 1282 | 284 | 217 | .946 | 2.397 | 29 | 192 | 68 | 26.2 |
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.
