1973 Richmond Braves Statistics
Team Record: 53-93
Finished 4th in the IL's South Division
Manager: Bobby Hofman (0-0), Clint Courtney (0-0)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 72,156, Avg. 988
The Richmond Braves of the International League ended the 1973 season with a record of 53 wins and 93 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.
The Braves plated 517 runs, worst in the circuit, and gave up 609 runs. Jack Pierce paced Richmond with 14 home runs and drove in 68 runs, while leading all regular batters by hitting .246. Wenty Ford topped the squad with 10 wins, and Tom Kelley recorded a 3.07 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1973 Richmond Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Curt Blefary, Larry Howard, Leo Foster, Larry Jaster, Chico Ruiz, John Fuller, Wenty Ford, Max León, Jim Breazeale, Jim Panther, Wayne Nordhagen, Mike Beard, Larvell Blanks, Andre Thornton, Van Kelly, Don O'Riley, Pablo Torrealba, Shaun Fitzmaurice, Gene Lamont, Mike Fiore, Tom Kelley, Bob Didier, Rod Gilbreath, Tom Phoebus, Rowland Office, Adrian Devine, Jimmy Freeman, Gil Garrido, Gary Neibauer, Jack Pierce and Rick Kester.
Bobby Hofman and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wenty Ford | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 108.0 | 97 | 32 | 29 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Max León | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.51 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 98 | 45 | 41 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Kelley | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.07 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 129.0 | 109 | 53 | 44 | 8 | 64 | 1 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Tom Phoebus | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.38 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 125.0 | 125 | 63 | 47 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Jimmy Freeman | 6 | 10 | .375 | 5.75 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 97.0 | 91 | 67 | 62 | 6 | 63 | 1 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Larry Jaster | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.14 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 83.0 | 86 | 31 | 29 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Click | 3 | 11 | .214 | 5.40 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 90.0 | 110 | 62 | 54 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Adrian Devine | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.39 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 87 | 43 | 39 | 6 | 41 | 3 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Britton | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Gourieux | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.71 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Neibauer | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Panther | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.21 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28.0 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Beard | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 55 | 34 | 26 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Kester | 1 | 7 | .125 | 4.85 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 91.0 | 90 | 51 | 49 | 13 | 32 | 2 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Fuller | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Guy Rose | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don O'Riley | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.00 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36.0 | 50 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Pablo Torrealba | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.15 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 62 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Pat McKean | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.35 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 53 | 93 | .363 | 3.97 | 320 | 146 | 0 | 47 | 9 | 18 | 1175.7 | 1175 | 609 | 518 | 89 | 475 | 23 | 710 | 26 | 2 | 33 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowland Office | 139 | 522 | 461 | 53 | 109 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 53 | 71 | .236 | .319 | .356 | .674 | 164 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jack Pierce | 124 | 472 | 411 | 55 | 101 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 102 | .246 | .335 | .387 | .722 | 159 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| John Fuller | 140 | 515 | 442 | 58 | 95 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 49 | 5 | 3 | 65 | 83 | .215 | .318 | .342 | .660 | 151 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Larvell Blanks | 100 | 401 | 366 | 45 | 91 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 55 | .249 | .302 | .361 | .662 | 132 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Gene Lamont | 101 | 324 | 275 | 29 | 69 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 64 | .251 | .347 | .320 | .667 | 88 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Shaun Fitzmaurice | 91 | 293 | 262 | 36 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 62 | .248 | .324 | .374 | .698 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Leo Foster | 101 | 339 | 300 | 28 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 58 | .210 | .283 | .257 | .540 | 77 | 5 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Guy Rose | 100 | 323 | 279 | 33 | 60 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 39 | .215 | .306 | .297 | .603 | 83 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Rod Gilbreath | 65 | 247 | 221 | 29 | 54 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 22 | 29 | .244 | .313 | .281 | .593 | 62 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gil Garrido | 86 | 265 | 242 | 18 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 20 | .207 | .256 | .219 | .475 | 53 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Larry Howard | 52 | 174 | 151 | 14 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 33 | .219 | .314 | .371 | .685 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Van Kelly | 33 | 133 | 113 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | .195 | .298 | .292 | .590 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Andre Thornton | 16 | 63 | 49 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 14 | .204 | .365 | .490 | .855 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Francisco Obregon | 15 | 35 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .235 | .257 | .235 | .492 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Heierle | 14 | 48 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .098 | .213 | .122 | .335 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Breazeale | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roberto Santiago | 14 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Max León | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat McKean | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curt Blefary | 7 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | .050 | .333 | .050 | .383 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Panther | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Jaster | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wenty Ford | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1331 | 4213 | 3694 | 434 | 841 | 120 | 22 | 65 | 381 | 67 | 31 | 430 | 666 | .228 | .311 | .325 | .636 | 1200 | 0 | 26 | 47 | 16 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Pierce | 1B | 121 | 995 | 66 | 11 | 89 | .990 | 8.769 | ||||
| John Fuller | 1B | 9 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.111 | ||||
| Andre Thornton | 1B | 7 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 8 | .986 | 9.714 | ||||
| Chico Ruiz | 1B | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Rowland Office | 1B | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Gene Lamont | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larvell Blanks | 2B | 82 | 168 | 216 | 13 | 56 | .967 | 4.683 | ||||
| Gil Garrido | 2B | 7 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .960 | 3.429 | ||||
| Jack Pierce | 2B | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Francisco Obregon | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Van Kelly | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gil Garrido | 3B | 43 | 27 | 91 | 2 | 4 | .983 | 2.744 | ||||
| Rod Gilbreath | 3B | 41 | 33 | 76 | 2 | 8 | .982 | 2.659 | ||||
| Van Kelly | 3B | 32 | 19 | 66 | 3 | 6 | .966 | 2.656 | ||||
| Larvell Blanks | 3B | 22 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 3 | .913 | 1.909 | ||||
| Francisco Obregon | 3B | 14 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .960 | 1.714 | ||||
| Andre Thornton | 3B | 9 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | .789 | 1.667 | ||||
| Gene Lamont | C | 84 | 410 | 34 | 3 | 4 | .993 | 5.286 | 4 | |||
| Larry Howard | C | 34 | 132 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .959 | 4.147 | 5 | |||
| Roberto Santiago | C | 13 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 2.923 | 2 | |||
| Tom Heierle | C | 12 | 63 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .957 | 5.500 | 1 | |||
| Jack Pierce | C | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.667 | 2 | |||
| Rowland Office | OF | 137 | 270 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .979 | 2.022 | ||||
| John Fuller | OF | 73 | 115 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .954 | 1.712 | ||||
| Guy Rose | OF | 68 | 87 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .928 | 1.324 | ||||
| Shaun Fitzmaurice | OF | 64 | 77 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .952 | 1.250 | ||||
| Rod Gilbreath | OF | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.818 | ||||
| Curt Blefary | OF | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.857 | ||||
| Chico Ruiz | OF | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Andre Thornton | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jimmy Freeman | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Jaster | P | 39 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .308 | ||||
| Rick Kester | P | 32 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .562 | ||||
| Paul Click | P | 26 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .538 | ||||
| Tom Phoebus | P | 25 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .857 | .960 | ||||
| Jim Panther | P | 25 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .240 | ||||
| Max León | P | 24 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Tom Kelley | P | 22 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .850 | .773 | ||||
| Pablo Torrealba | P | 21 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .800 | .381 | ||||
| Wenty Ford | P | 19 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.474 | ||||
| Don O'Riley | P | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .278 | ||||
| Jimmy Freeman | P | 18 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .444 | ||||
| Adrian Devine | P | 13 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.385 | ||||
| David Gourieux | P | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Mike Beard | P | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .444 | ||||
| Gary Neibauer | P | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Pat McKean | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jimmy Britton | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Guy Rose | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Fuller | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Leo Foster | SS | 100 | 150 | 274 | 19 | 58 | .957 | 4.240 | ||||
| Gil Garrido | SS | 33 | 46 | 95 | 6 | 19 | .959 | 4.273 | ||||
| Rod Gilbreath | SS | 16 | 30 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 3.875 | ||||
| Larvell Blanks | SS | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1388 | 2950 | 1201 | 124 | 294 | .971 | 2.991 | 14 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
