1974 Richmond Braves Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 75-65
Finished 2nd in the IL's South Division
Manager: Clint Courtney (75-65)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 93,679, Avg. 1,338
1974 Richmond Braves Roster

Playoffs - Syracuse Chiefs 4 games, Richmond Braves 1

The Richmond Braves of the International League ended the 1974 season with a record of 75 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.

The Braves scored 604 runs and yielded 555 runs. Wayne Nordhagen led Richmond with 16 home runs, and Jim Breazeale walloped 15 or more, too. Wayne Nordhagen accounted for 77 RBI. Bob Beall topped all regular batters by hitting .286. Barry Lersch paced the team with 14 wins, while Jamie Easterly registered a 2.54 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Bob Beall, Larvell Blanks, Jim Breazeale, Oscar Brown, Dave Cheadle, Al Closter, Adrian Devine, Jamie Easterly, Wenty Ford, Jimmy Freeman, John Fuller, Al Gallagher, Rod Gilbreath, Joe Grzenda, Larry Howard, Sonny Jackson, Larry Jaster, Tom Kelley, Max León, Barry Lersch, Mike McQueen, Junior Moore, Gary Neibauer, Joe Niekro, Wayne Nordhagen, Chico Ruiz and Pablo Torrealba were all players from the 1974 Richmond Braves who played in the Majors during their careers.

Clint Courtney served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Barry Lersch148.6363.103620821174.0164656015404104003
Jamie Easterly96.6002.542623421138.01154839375184507
Joe Niekro81.8892.0830000752.0441412218250000
Joe Grzenda72.7784.66460001156.0682929618137105
Gary Neibauer73.7004.2641910095.08955451153041103
Al Closter711.3893.853224511152.01447765147011141013
Jimmy Freeman42.6672.539900057.0452016326042004
Pablo Torrealba48.3333.42533106113.011553434355115303
Max León31.7502.655510034.0301210110020001
Wenty Ford37.3006.10181011062.0715142432226400
Dave Cheadle310.2314.902424210101.0855755996067305
Mike Newson201.0005.3217210022.0261613313014102
Al Gallagher101.0004.50300008.06442717011
Larry Jaster11.5002.7514411036.0361211511115101
Tom Kelley11.5003.869100014.01796113011100
Don Koonce13.2503.279100022.021108111210300
Mike McQueen70.0
Bob Beall000.00100000.71000001100
Adrian Devine01.0009.004400014.01914144704000
Totals7565.5363.693841390258271150.710965464728853520762251480

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
Bob Beall139595447105128141959211513687.286.454.383.837171453
Larvell Blanks1365084667212629414471423466.270.321.440.761205242
Rod Gilbreath138524441711121345423696966.254.354.336.6901481103
Wayne Nordhagen112414374531081861677233373.289.350.497.848186403
Gregory Foreman12248540451107221861866662.265.376.384.759155834
John Fuller11940435348871731154504972.246.342.405.747143200
Sonny Jackson1093252814380120025763326.285.357.327.68592164
Al Gallagher1123613073076140643104534.248.346.352.697108252
Larry Howard1203573103365911049124171.210.301.342.642106114
Jim Breazeale943082842764701549011842.225.269.408.678116105
Oscar Brown104249218285561218532349.252.325.317.64269161
Dave Cheadle25373537001100110.200.222.286.50810010
Barry Lersch38705577100300822.127.238.145.3848070
Al Closter32564865200700523.104.189.146.3357030
Jamie Easterly30535045000200220.100.135.100.2355010
Joey Martin1326240400010013.167.200.167.3674010
Junior Moore412110300000011.273.333.273.6063000
Larry Jaster1412120300010003.250.250.250.5003000
Wenty Ford2424234300000003.130.130.130.2613010
Joe Grzenda461183200000024.250.400.250.6502010
Jimmy Freeman1823194210020149.105.261.158.4193000
Gary Neibauer4126203200120038.100.217.250.4675030
Pablo Torrealba5327231200010029.087.160.087.2472020
Mike Newson20661100010001.167.167.167.3331000
Joe Niekro30970100000012.143.250.143.3931010
Arturo Miranda7861000000020.000.250.000.2500000
Don Koonce9420000000011.000.333.000.3330010
Tom Kelley9420000000011.000.333.000.3330010
Adrian Devine4440000000002.000.000.000.0000000
Chico Ruiz71061000000043.000.400.000.4000000
Max León514140000000005.000.000.000.0000000
Totals1734496642605991055165219854510048585778.248.340.365.705155602763310


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Bob Beall1B132101450881.9938.061
Jim Breazeale1B431841228.9904.558
John Fuller1B482001.0002.500
Sonny Jackson1B130001.0003.000
Rod Gilbreath2B1383353611282.9835.043
Larvell Blanks2B456021.0002.750
Sonny Jackson2B102001.0002.000
Al Gallagher2B111001.0002.000
Al Gallagher3B1015717849.9832.327
Sonny Jackson3B31185667.9252.387
Larvell Blanks3B21224958.9343.381
Junior Moore3B427001.0002.250
Bob Beall3B311001.000.667
Larry HowardC11050742107.9824.99110
Jim BreazealeC592812123.9935.1196
Joey MartinC7272001.0004.1431
Gregory ForemanOF120179150.9731.500
John FullerOF110184130.9841.682
Wayne NordhagenOF103192671.9661.922
Oscar BrownOF88128752.9641.534
Sonny JacksonOF4752110.9811.128
Bob BeallOF2632210.9711.308
Chico RuizOF210001.000.500
Pablo TorrealbaP5351430.864.358
Joe GrzendaP4618001.000.196
Gary NeibauerP4161020.889.390
Barry LerschP36122322.946.972
Al ClosterP32715011.000.688
Joe NiekroP3028001.000.333
Jamie EasterlyP2642131.893.962
Dave CheadleP2411420.882.625
Wenty FordP1851531.8701.111
Mike NewsonP171410.833.294
Larry JasterP141110.667.143
Don KoonceP905011.000.556
Tom KelleyP90110.500.111
Jimmy FreemanP91320.667.444
Mike McQueenP7.000
Max LeónP525001.0001.400
Adrian DevineP401001.000.250
Al GallagherP301001.000.333
Bob BeallP10000.000
Larvell BlanksSS1131403591761.9674.416
Sonny JacksonSS364768813.9353.194
Arturo MirandaSS52511.8751.400
Chico RuizSS10210.6672.000
Totals169534701391118291.9762.8681700

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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