1970 Richmond Braves Statistics
Team Record: 73-67
Finished 5th in the IL
Manager: Mickey Vernon (73-67)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 120,928, Avg. 1,728
The Richmond Braves of the International League ended the 1970 season with a record of 73 wins and 67 losses, finishing fifth in the IL.
The Braves scored 694 runs and yielded 596 runs. Hal Breeden walloped 37 home runs for Richmond, and Darrell Evans added 15 or more, too. Hal Breeden drove in 116 runs. Ralph Garr led all regular batters by hitting .386. Larry Maxie and Rick Kester topped the team with 8 wins each, while Rick Kester recorded a 3.43 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1970 Richmond Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rick Kester, Darrell Evans, Ron Tompkins, Buddy Booker, Mel Nelson, Vic LaRose, Gary Neibauer, Tom House, Garry Hill, Turk Farrell, Jack Cullen, Steve Barber, Earl Williams, Jay Ritchie, Jim Breazeale, Bob Duliba, Jack Damaska, Charlie Vaughan, Ralph Garr, Larry Jaster, Tom Kelley, Bob Didier, Dusty Baker, Larry Maxie, Julio Navarro, Aubrey Gatewood, Oscar Brown, Shaun Fitzmaurice, Hal Breeden and Mike McQueen.
Mickey Vernon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Maxie | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.88 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 123.0 | 134 | 57 | 53 | 11 | 46 | 2 | 109 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Rick Kester | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.43 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 126.0 | 113 | 48 | 48 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 114 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Steve Barber | 7 | 1 | .875 | 3.36 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 67.0 | 62 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tom House | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.12 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 83.0 | 89 | 40 | 38 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Julio Navarro | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.41 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 111.0 | 92 | 43 | 42 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mel Nelson | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.55 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 93.0 | 100 | 53 | 47 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Garry Hill | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.95 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 109.0 | 108 | 64 | 60 | 11 | 57 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mike McQueen | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.43 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 43 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Larry Jaster | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.08 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 97.0 | 118 | 48 | 44 | 14 | 37 | 3 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Gary Neibauer | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.28 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 75.0 | 75 | 48 | 44 | 5 | 42 | 4 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob Duliba | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.54 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 78.0 | 73 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Cullen | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Kelley | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.28 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 50 | 31 | 30 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| David Gourieux | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.85 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aubrey Gatewood | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.80 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jay Ritchie | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Castiglione | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Crist | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Tompkins | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Brian Nelson | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Vaughan | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Turk Farrell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.27 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.0 | 40 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 71 | 66 | .518 | 4.14 | 345 | 138 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 37 | 1175.0 | 1195 | 586 | 540 | 99 | 454 | 25 | 835 | 23 | 4 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Garr | 98 | 432 | 391 | 83 | 151 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 51 | 39 | 9 | 29 | 43 | .386 | .426 | .522 | .948 | 204 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Dusty Baker | 118 | 526 | 461 | 97 | 150 | 29 | 3 | 11 | 51 | 10 | 8 | 53 | 45 | .325 | .400 | .473 | .873 | 218 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Darrell Evans | 120 | 535 | 447 | 92 | 134 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 83 | 1 | 4 | 78 | 80 | .300 | .403 | .510 | .913 | 228 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Hal Breeden | 136 | 545 | 450 | 75 | 132 | 16 | 1 | 37 | 116 | 1 | 2 | 85 | 86 | .293 | .406 | .580 | .986 | 261 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Jack Damaska | 117 | 479 | 419 | 43 | 113 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 64 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 33 | .270 | .324 | .344 | .668 | 144 | 2 | 13 | 9 | ||
| Francisco Obregon | 113 | 374 | 329 | 44 | 99 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 22 | .301 | .376 | .386 | .762 | 127 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jim Breazeale | 101 | 371 | 341 | 45 | 98 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 32 | .287 | .342 | .449 | .791 | 153 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Shaun Fitzmaurice | 106 | 374 | 312 | 43 | 82 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 56 | 61 | .263 | .374 | .397 | .771 | 124 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Vic LaRose | 81 | 291 | 246 | 27 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 56 | .224 | .336 | .289 | .624 | 71 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bob Didier | 46 | 176 | 152 | 21 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10 | .309 | .384 | .382 | .765 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Bob Turzilli | 69 | 214 | 195 | 20 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 42 | .226 | .283 | .282 | .565 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jack Crist | 81 | 229 | 184 | 34 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 50 | .223 | .370 | .418 | .789 | 77 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Brown | 22 | 97 | 88 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | .216 | .263 | .273 | .536 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Earl Williams | 22 | 74 | 68 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .265 | .311 | .500 | .811 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Garry Hill | 24 | 43 | 36 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .250 | .325 | .389 | .714 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rick Kester | 20 | 47 | 43 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .209 | .227 | .209 | .437 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Julio Navarro | 16 | 42 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .235 | .316 | .265 | .580 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mike McQueen | 8 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .467 | .500 | .467 | .967 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom House | 47 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .273 | .304 | .364 | .668 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mel Nelson | 39 | 30 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .231 | .333 | .385 | .718 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Jaster | 18 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .114 | .139 | .143 | .282 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Neibauer | 20 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .111 | .250 | .111 | .361 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Maxie | 24 | 43 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .088 | .184 | .206 | .390 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Steve Barber | 13 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .118 | .375 | .118 | .493 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Richard Sauget | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aubrey Gatewood | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Gourieux | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marlan Murphy | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .167 | .375 | .333 | .708 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Cullen | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Kelley | 12 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Duliba | 43 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .083 | .250 | .083 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Brian Nelson | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Tompkins | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Vaughan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turk Farrell | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1579 | 5129 | 4430 | 682 | 1247 | 199 | 20 | 125 | 618 | 79 | 37 | 567 | 705 | .281 | .364 | .420 | .784 | 1861 | 0 | 27 | 67 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Breeden | 1B | 126 | 1033 | 51 | 16 | 98 | .985 | 8.603 | ||||
| Jim Breazeale | 1B | 15 | 122 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 8.333 | ||||
| Darrell Evans | 1B | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Earl Williams | 1B | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Mel Nelson | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jack Crist | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jack Damaska | 2B | 110 | 270 | 332 | 16 | 80 | .974 | 5.473 | ||||
| Jack Crist | 2B | 25 | 45 | 51 | 1 | 10 | .990 | 3.840 | ||||
| Francisco Obregon | 2B | 11 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.909 | ||||
| Darrell Evans | 3B | 120 | 92 | 220 | 16 | 12 | .951 | 2.600 | ||||
| Francisco Obregon | 3B | 15 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 3 | .949 | 2.467 | ||||
| Earl Williams | 3B | 8 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 4 | .926 | 3.125 | ||||
| Jack Crist | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bob Turzilli | C | 55 | 320 | 26 | 7 | 3 | .980 | 6.291 | 2 | |||
| Bob Didier | C | 46 | 242 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .996 | 5.609 | 2 | |||
| Jim Breazeale | C | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.667 | 2 | |||
| Richard Sauget | C | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| Dusty Baker | OF | 114 | 236 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .972 | 2.158 | ||||
| Shaun Fitzmaurice | OF | 98 | 186 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .979 | 1.918 | ||||
| Ralph Garr | OF | 96 | 182 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .969 | 1.969 | ||||
| Jim Breazeale | OF | 73 | 81 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .947 | 1.219 | ||||
| Oscar Brown | OF | 21 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .958 | 2.190 | ||||
| Jack Crist | OF | 19 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.895 | ||||
| Earl Williams | OF | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Bob Turzilli | OF | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Vic LaRose | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Marlan Murphy | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tom House | P | 44 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .295 | ||||
| Bob Duliba | P | 43 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .465 | ||||
| Mel Nelson | P | 37 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .867 | .351 | ||||
| Larry Maxie | P | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Garry Hill | P | 24 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .789 | .625 | ||||
| Gary Neibauer | P | 20 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .650 | ||||
| Rick Kester | P | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .579 | ||||
| Larry Jaster | P | 18 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 3 | .882 | .833 | ||||
| Julio Navarro | P | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .933 | .933 | ||||
| Turk Farrell | P | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
| Steve Barber | P | 13 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .875 | 1.077 | ||||
| Ron Tompkins | P | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .750 | ||||
| Tom Kelley | P | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| David Gourieux | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Jack Cullen | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Mike McQueen | P | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Nelson | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Aubrey Gatewood | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Jack Crist | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jay Ritchie | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charlie Vaughan | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Castiglione | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Francisco Obregon | SS | 70 | 92 | 231 | 13 | 50 | .961 | 4.614 | ||||
| Vic LaRose | SS | 69 | 117 | 179 | 27 | 34 | .916 | 4.290 | ||||
| Jack Crist | SS | 9 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 7 | .941 | 3.556 | ||||
| Shaun Fitzmaurice | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1483 | 3266 | 1365 | 145 | 334 | .970 | 3.123 | 6 | 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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