1976 Richmond Braves Statistics
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 4th in the IL
Manager: Jack McKeon (69-71)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 109,636, Avg. 1,566
Playoffs - Richmond Braves 3 games, Rochester Red Wings 1
Finals - Syracuse Chiefs 3 games, Richmond Braves 1
The Richmond Braves of the International League ended the 1976 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the IL.
The Braves plated 678 runs and yielded 645 runs. Reggie Sanders paced Richmond with 16 home runs Junior Moore drove in 72 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .329. Rick Camp led the squad with 10 wins, while Al Autry earned a 2.85 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1976 Richmond Braves who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Norm Angelini, Brian Asselstine, Al Autry, Bob Beall, Mike Beard, Rob Belloir, Barry Bonnell, Jim Breazeale, Rick Camp, Buzz Capra, Bill Champion, Dave Cheadle, Don Collins, Bob Didier, Jamie Easterly, Mike Eden, Preston Hanna, Frank LaCorte, Jerry Maddox, Mickey Mahler, Joey McLaughlin, Junior Moore, Dale Murphy, Joe Nolan, Blue Moon Odom, Ozzie Osborn, Craig Robinson, Pat Rockett, Chico Ruiz, Reggie Sanders, Pete Varney, Freddie Velázquez, Don Werner and Larry Whisenton.
Jack McKeon 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 Camp | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.28 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 164.0 | 177 | 90 | 78 | 9 | 68 | 10 | 85 | 2 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Al Autry | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.85 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 161.0 | 142 | 58 | 51 | 9 | 77 | 8 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ozzie Osborn | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.63 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 89.0 | 71 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 44 | 9 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jamie Easterly | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.96 | 33 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 137.0 | 133 | 56 | 45 | 5 | 88 | 9 | 91 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Norm Angelini | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.65 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74.0 | 71 | 43 | 30 | 1 | 40 | 8 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Mickey Mahler | 5 | 9 | .357 | 5.79 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 84.0 | 95 | 63 | 54 | 14 | 40 | 7 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Blue Moon Odom | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.53 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 72 | 42 | 29 | 6 | 42 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Don Collins | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.01 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 109 | 58 | 49 | 9 | 50 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Preston Hanna | 4 | 9 | .308 | 5.29 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 126.0 | 126 | 81 | 74 | 8 | 84 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Frank LaCorte | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.31 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 91 | 55 | 46 | 9 | 47 | 0 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bill Champion | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.80 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 48 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mike Beard | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21.0 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Buzz Capra | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Cheadle | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Joey McLaughlin | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 67 | 68 | .496 | 4.06 | 343 | 133 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 18 | 1156.0 | 1173 | 623 | 522 | 85 | 620 | 60 | 719 | 18 | 6 | 73 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Geach | 133 | 532 | 486 | 60 | 147 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 70 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 44 | .302 | .347 | .434 | .781 | 211 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Brian Asselstine | 122 | 518 | 458 | 73 | 134 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 58 | 11 | 6 | 52 | 40 | .293 | .366 | .397 | .763 | 182 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Junior Moore | 103 | 455 | 398 | 58 | 131 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 72 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 35 | .329 | .400 | .425 | .824 | 169 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Reggie Sanders | 118 | 482 | 446 | 55 | 121 | 21 | 4 | 16 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 85 | .271 | .314 | .444 | .758 | 198 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Chico Ruiz | 135 | 554 | 477 | 58 | 121 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 55 | 10 | 7 | 50 | 72 | .254 | .328 | .317 | .644 | 151 | 4 | 20 | 3 | ||
| Bob Beall | 109 | 495 | 350 | 85 | 107 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 4 | 5 | 135 | 71 | .306 | .500 | .466 | .966 | 163 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Jimmie Collins | 80 | 291 | 266 | 35 | 78 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 45 | .293 | .351 | .395 | .745 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Barry Bonnell | 66 | 257 | 227 | 36 | 64 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 29 | .282 | .340 | .423 | .763 | 96 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Mike Eden | 54 | 230 | 191 | 37 | 58 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 30 | .304 | .405 | .429 | .835 | 82 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Pat Rockett | 66 | 228 | 200 | 34 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 36 | .245 | .329 | .375 | .704 | 75 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Don Werner | 49 | 190 | 151 | 19 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 46 | .265 | .405 | .325 | .730 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob Didier | 47 | 176 | 152 | 21 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18 | .237 | .288 | .276 | .565 | 42 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||
| John Lacey | 32 | 98 | 80 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | .312 | .421 | .362 | .784 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Joe Nolan | 32 | 106 | 87 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | .287 | .415 | .379 | .794 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Varney | 34 | 121 | 105 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 19 | .238 | .331 | .390 | .721 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rob Belloir | 35 | 111 | 93 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | .258 | .358 | .366 | .723 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jim Breazeale | 25 | 83 | 69 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | .261 | .373 | .522 | .895 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Maddox | 27 | 80 | 71 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .197 | .269 | .338 | .607 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dale Murphy | 18 | 52 | 50 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .260 | .269 | .560 | .829 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Craig Robinson | 26 | 78 | 67 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 19 | .164 | .269 | .179 | .448 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Freddie Velázquez | 11 | 41 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .167 | .244 | .333 | .577 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jamie Easterly | 40 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .115 | .148 | .154 | .302 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Preston Hanna | 29 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Beard | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ozzie Osborn | 56 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Mahler | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Autry | 32 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .053 | .100 | .053 | .153 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Blue Moon Odom | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank LaCorte | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Norm Angelini | 42 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Collins | 24 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Champion | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buzz Capra | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rick Camp | 51 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Whisenton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1675 | 5308 | 4566 | 678 | 1258 | 193 | 42 | 83 | 610 | 59 | 42 | 592 | 699 | .276 | .360 | .391 | .750 | 1784 | 0 | 29 | 82 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Sanders | 1B | 90 | 736 | 44 | 9 | 82 | .989 | 8.667 | ||||
| Bob Beall | 1B | 30 | 270 | 22 | 4 | 21 | .986 | 9.733 | ||||
| John Lacey | 1B | 24 | 173 | 11 | 2 | 21 | .989 | 7.667 | ||||
| Jim Breazeale | 1B | 10 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .985 | 6.500 | ||||
| Bob Didier | 1B | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Chico Ruiz | 2B | 133 | 336 | 458 | 23 | 109 | .972 | 5.970 | ||||
| Junior Moore | 2B | 9 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 4 | .950 | 4.222 | ||||
| Jeffrey Geach | 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeffrey Geach | 3B | 104 | 75 | 188 | 13 | 26 | .953 | 2.529 | ||||
| Jerry Maddox | 3B | 25 | 21 | 33 | 5 | 2 | .915 | 2.160 | ||||
| Rob Belloir | 3B | 10 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 4 | .939 | 3.100 | ||||
| Junior Moore | 3B | 7 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 3 | .963 | 3.714 | ||||
| Mike Eden | 3B | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Bob Didier | C | 43 | 247 | 35 | 3 | 2 | .989 | 6.558 | 1 | |||
| Don Werner | C | 36 | 194 | 22 | 5 | 6 | .977 | 6.000 | 3 | |||
| Pete Varney | C | 33 | 154 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 5.061 | 4 | |||
| Joe Nolan | C | 27 | 134 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.481 | 3 | |||
| Dale Murphy | C | 14 | 60 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .944 | 4.857 | 4 | |||
| Brian Asselstine | OF | 115 | 237 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .980 | 2.139 | ||||
| Junior Moore | OF | 88 | 134 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .972 | 1.602 | ||||
| Jimmie Collins | OF | 73 | 98 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .965 | 1.493 | ||||
| Bob Beall | OF | 67 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.567 | ||||
| Barry Bonnell | OF | 64 | 134 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .979 | 2.156 | ||||
| Jeffrey Geach | OF | 17 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.353 | ||||
| Don Werner | OF | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Reggie Sanders | OF | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Eden | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dale Murphy | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ozzie Osborn | P | 54 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .352 | ||||
| Rick Camp | P | 49 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 3 | .905 | .776 | ||||
| Norm Angelini | P | 42 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .405 | ||||
| Jamie Easterly | P | 33 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .970 | ||||
| Al Autry | P | 32 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .875 | .656 | ||||
| Preston Hanna | P | 27 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.222 | ||||
| Don Collins | P | 23 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .391 | ||||
| Mickey Mahler | P | 17 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 1.294 | ||||
| Frank LaCorte | P | 14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .727 | .571 | ||||
| Mike Beard | P | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Blue Moon Odom | P | 12 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .870 | 1.667 | ||||
| Bill Champion | P | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .583 | ||||
| Dave Cheadle | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Buzz Capra | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Joey McLaughlin | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pat Rockett | SS | 60 | 94 | 186 | 21 | 28 | .930 | 4.667 | ||||
| Mike Eden | SS | 43 | 69 | 118 | 12 | 23 | .940 | 4.349 | ||||
| Craig Robinson | SS | 26 | 40 | 89 | 5 | 24 | .963 | 4.962 | ||||
| Rob Belloir | SS | 17 | 30 | 47 | 3 | 13 | .962 | 4.529 | ||||
| Chico Ruiz | SS | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1535 | 3555 | 1571 | 153 | 397 | .971 | 3.339 | 15 | 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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