1973 Savannah Braves Statistics
Team Record: 71-68
Finished 2nd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Clint Courtney (0-0), Tommie Aaron (0-0)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 74,318, Avg. 1,069
The Savannah Braves of the Southern League ended the 1973 season with a record of 71 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Braves plated 578 runs and allowed 571 runs. Gregory Foreman paced Savannah with 27 home runs, while Marlan Murphy and Freddie Velazquez walloped 20 or more also. Gregory Foreman accounted for 75 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .259. Charles Sprinkle paced the team with 9 wins and a team-best 3.63 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1973 Savannah Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Freddie Velazquez, Tommie Aaron, Pablo Torrealba, Brian Asselstine, Frank Coggins, Wenty Ford, Biff Pocoroba, Jamie Easterly, Frank LaCorte and Junior Moore.
Clint Courtney and Tommie Aaron 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Sprinkle | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.63 | 29 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 186.0 | 175 | 87 | 75 | 9 | 77 | 3 | 110 | 10 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Pablo Torrealba | 8 | 6 | .571 | 1.40 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 103.0 | 82 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Nelson | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.30 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 115.0 | 110 | 61 | 55 | 12 | 56 | 1 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Wenty Ford | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.52 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 82.0 | 73 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Travis | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.52 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 75.0 | 53 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jamie Easterly | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.76 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 62 | 40 | 28 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Michael McCammon | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.15 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 78 | 45 | 36 | 7 | 45 | 2 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jimmy Britton | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.06 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47.0 | 46 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Newson | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.99 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 92.0 | 89 | 53 | 51 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Russell Dillon | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.17 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 76 | 56 | 50 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 54 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||
| David Gourieux | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.25 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 36.0 | 28 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ken Alfred | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.66 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56.0 | 66 | 36 | 29 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Frank LaCorte | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.60 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pat McKean | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.25 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 59 | 38 | 35 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jose Sevillano | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.33 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Domingo Figueroa | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.89 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Wilfredo Rios | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9.0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 71 | 68 | .511 | 3.73 | 349 | 139 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 25 | 1169.0 | 1067 | 571 | 484 | 63 | 546 | 24 | 761 | 64 | 13 | 43 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toy McCord | 137 | 609 | 544 | 70 | 124 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 43 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 69 | .228 | .303 | .322 | .625 | 175 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Gregory Foreman | 139 | 597 | 463 | 74 | 120 | 21 | 1 | 27 | 75 | 8 | 2 | 114 | 69 | .259 | .414 | .484 | .898 | 224 | 11 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Junior Moore | 137 | 540 | 471 | 65 | 108 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 60 | 54 | .229 | .315 | .333 | .648 | 157 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Lendon Brookins | 130 | 480 | 414 | 47 | 105 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 85 | .254 | .340 | .370 | .710 | 153 | 7 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Tommie Aaron | 105 | 441 | 374 | 51 | 98 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 52 | 37 | .262 | .355 | .430 | .785 | 161 | 3 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Marlan Murphy | 124 | 464 | 398 | 50 | 92 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 56 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 121 | .231 | .321 | .417 | .738 | 166 | 5 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Michael Walseth | 125 | 444 | 391 | 41 | 89 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 60 | .228 | .315 | .358 | .673 | 140 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Freddie Velazquez | 81 | 338 | 307 | 44 | 87 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 40 | .283 | .339 | .505 | .844 | 155 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Biff Pocoroba | 114 | 456 | 368 | 46 | 86 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 72 | 32 | .234 | .358 | .367 | .725 | 135 | 2 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Stu Cann | 56 | 220 | 186 | 30 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 27 | .247 | .340 | .333 | .673 | 62 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Bill Downing | 48 | 151 | 123 | 15 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 31 | .211 | .347 | .260 | .607 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Roberto Santiago | 26 | 82 | 68 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 15 | .206 | .309 | .309 | .617 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Francisco Obregon | 38 | 82 | 71 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | .169 | .262 | .169 | .432 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Brian Asselstine | 15 | 56 | 47 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 | .149 | .273 | .234 | .507 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Coggins | 12 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .176 | .243 | .206 | .449 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Houston | 11 | 41 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .146 | .146 | .171 | .317 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmie Collins | 19 | 49 | 42 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .143 | .265 | .167 | .432 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Othello Renfroe | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .556 | .692 | .556 | 1.248 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russell Dillon | 27 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .235 | .278 | .294 | .572 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Calvin Kelly | 8 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pablo Torrealba | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Britton | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat McKean | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank LaCorte | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Wenty Ford | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1455 | 5139 | 4385 | 577 | 1043 | 171 | 12 | 133 | 520 | 46 | 29 | 617 | 711 | .238 | .335 | .373 | .709 | 1637 | 0 | 42 | 65 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommie Aaron | 1B | 88 | 770 | 42 | 4 | 69 | .995 | 9.227 | ||||
| Michael Walseth | 1B | 53 | 375 | 27 | 3 | 38 | .993 | 7.585 | ||||
| Freddie Velazquez | 1B | 4 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.250 | ||||
| Junior Moore | 2B | 133 | 325 | 308 | 15 | 78 | .977 | 4.759 | ||||
| Stu Cann | 2B | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.250 | ||||
| Toy McCord | 2B | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 6.000 | ||||
| Calvin Kelly | 2B | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Francisco Obregon | 2B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Toy McCord | 3B | 68 | 55 | 132 | 9 | 12 | .954 | 2.750 | ||||
| Lendon Brookins | 3B | 45 | 28 | 57 | 7 | 6 | .924 | 1.889 | ||||
| Francisco Obregon | 3B | 34 | 12 | 40 | 3 | 4 | .945 | 1.529 | ||||
| Stu Cann | 3B | 14 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .973 | 2.571 | ||||
| Junior Moore | 3B | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 3.750 | ||||
| Frank Coggins | 3B | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Biff Pocoroba | C | 69 | 417 | 38 | 7 | 3 | .985 | 6.594 | 5 | |||
| Freddie Velazquez | C | 43 | 244 | 23 | 2 | 4 | .993 | 6.209 | 1 | |||
| Roberto Santiago | C | 26 | 150 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 6.115 | 3 | |||
| Othello Renfroe | C | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 4.333 | 1 | |||
| Marlan Murphy | C | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 3.333 | 0 | |||
| Gregory Foreman | OF | 138 | 237 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .972 | 1.746 | ||||
| Marlan Murphy | OF | 120 | 268 | 6 | 7 | 2 | .975 | 2.283 | ||||
| Lendon Brookins | OF | 100 | 151 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .952 | 1.590 | ||||
| Michael Walseth | OF | 42 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 1.714 | ||||
| Jimmie Collins | OF | 15 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Brian Asselstine | OF | 15 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Sam Houston | OF | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.714 | ||||
| Stu Cann | OF | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Toy McCord | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Newson | P | 35 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .514 | ||||
| Pablo Torrealba | P | 30 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 0 | .828 | .800 | ||||
| Ken Alfred | P | 30 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .433 | ||||
| Charles Sprinkle | P | 29 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 1.310 | ||||
| David Gourieux | P | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .138 | ||||
| Michael McCammon | P | 28 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .536 | ||||
| Brian Nelson | P | 24 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .583 | ||||
| Russell Dillon | P | 21 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .840 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jimmy Britton | P | 21 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .619 | ||||
| Wenty Ford | P | 19 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.105 | ||||
| John Travis | P | 17 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .875 | .824 | ||||
| Pat McKean | P | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .294 | ||||
| Jamie Easterly | P | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .467 | ||||
| Wilfredo Rios | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Domingo Figueroa | P | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Frank LaCorte | P | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jose Sevillano | P | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Toy McCord | SS | 67 | 103 | 212 | 16 | 39 | .952 | 4.701 | ||||
| Bill Downing | SS | 44 | 51 | 89 | 14 | 20 | .909 | 3.182 | ||||
| Stu Cann | SS | 33 | 45 | 60 | 7 | 11 | .938 | 3.182 | ||||
| Calvin Kelly | SS | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 3.000 | ||||
| Francisco Obregon | SS | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 8.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1544 | 3507 | 1334 | 138 | 308 | .972 | 3.135 | 10 | 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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