1974 Savannah Braves Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 73-65
Finished 3rd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Tommie Aaron (73-65)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 77,025, Avg. 1,116

1974 Savannah Braves Roster

The Savannah Braves of the Southern League ended the 1974 season with a record of 73 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.

The Braves led the league with 671 runs, fueled by 112 home runs. Savannah yielded 615 runs. Freddie Velazquez paced the squad with 21 home runs, while Marlan Murphy and Curtis Moore walloped 20 or more, too. Freddie Velazquez recorded 83 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .293. Domingo Figueroa paced the team with 15 wins, and Mike Beard recorded a 2.4 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1974 Savannah Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Obradovich, Biff Pocoroba, Chico Ruiz, Mike Beard, Brian Asselstine, Frank LaCorte, Junior Moore, Freddie Velazquez, Don Collins, Preston Hanna and Mickey Mahler.

Tommie Aaron 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
Domingo Figueroa	15	4	.789	2.80	30	17		8	1	2	151.0	120	56	47	9	72	3	102	6	1	8
Preston Hanna	11	6	.647	3.45	27	26		6	1	0	167.0	146	80	64	7	117	0	117	7	0	12
Robert Box	11	8	.579	3.72	26	26		7	0	0	162.0	161	86	67	14	75	0	106	6	0	11
Mike Beard	9	10	.474	2.40	47	1		1	0	8	124.0	99	50	33	1	40	8	82	10	1	6
Mickey Mahler	8	1	.889	1.29	14	10		6	2	0	77.0	38	13	11	2	35	2	62	1	1	1
Frank LaCorte	7	8	.467	4.72	23	23		6	0	0	120.0	106	76	63	8	89	0	106	5	0	11
Don Collins	6	8	.429	4.83	22	22		2	1	0	110.0	116	77	59	11	83	0	65	2	1	11
John Travis	2	5	.286	4.50	29	4		1	0	1	74.0	79	48	37	6	44	4	61	7	0	1
Mike Newson	2	7	.222	7.95	23	0		0	0	2	43.0	53	40	38	1	33	4	23	1	0	5
Ken Alfred	1	2	.333	5.10	14	0		0	0	0	30.0	29	19	17	1	22	1	27	3	2	2
George Lusic	1	3	.250	6.95	8	4		1	0	0	22.0	40	21	17	1	10	0	15	0	0	0
Freddie Velazquez	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Canepa	0	0		0.90	6	0		0	0	0	10.0	10	1	1	1	8	0	12	0	0	2
Jerome Johnson	0	0		1.38	6	0		0	0	2	13.0	10	7	2	0	12	1	9	0	1	2
Lamar Jones	0	1	.000	8.00	8	0		0	0	1	9.0	15	10	8	0	9	2	5	1	2	1
Pat McKean	0	2	.000	4.41	15	5		0	0	1	49.0	49	31	24	5	39	0	41	0	0	5
Totals	73	65	.529	3.78	299	138	0	38	5	17	1163.0	1074	615	488	67	689	25	833	49	9	78	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
Jimmie Collins	138	584	521	64	135	11	5	4	60	16	6	48	101	.259	.325	.322	.647	168		5	5	5
Brian Asselstine	126	556	508	82	133	11	4	6	35	24	16	39	62	.262	.319	.335	.654	170		4	5	0
Freddie Velazquez	117	463	430	62	126	21	2	21	83	2	0	23	75	.293	.325	.498	.822	214		1	1	8
Jeffrey Geach	136	515	462	62	123	21	1	14	68	2	3	40	74	.266	.323	.407	.730	188		1	7	5
Junior Moore	135	521	460	61	119	20	3	9	59	1	3	54	30	.259	.338	.374	.712	172		2	3	2
Chico Ruiz	111	476	406	70	109	23	5	4	35	11	5	59	69	.268	.364	.379	.744	154		4	4	3
Lendon Brookins	115	429	373	49	92	18	1	11	39	4	4	42	59	.247	.328	.389	.717	145		5	5	4
Curtis Moore	108	396	311	68	88	16	0	17	56	2	1	78	69	.283	.425	.498	.924	155		2	1	4
Marlan Murphy	94	343	307	50	84	11	4	16	44	7	4	34	98	.274	.350	.492	.842	151		2	0	0
Biff Pocoroba	79	299	241	48	75	10	2	9	45	2	0	48	17	.311	.424	.481	.905	116		2	4	4
Rick Albert	40	145	111	11	25	3	1	1	6	0	1	23	22	.225	.365	.297	.662	33		2	8	1
Bill Downing	13	45	38	3	7	0	0	0	3	2	0	5	12	.184	.289	.184	.473	7		1	0	1
Othello Renfroe	11	27	24	1	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	3	4	.167	.259	.208	.468	5		0	0	0
Jimmie Hacker	6	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.154	.154	.154	.308	2		0	0	0
Pat McKean	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Robert Box	27	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		0	0	0
George Lusic	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1281	4820	4212	632	1122	166	28	112	537	74	43	497	701	.266	.345	.399	.744	1680	0	31	43	37	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Freddie Velazquez	1B	32	241	10	5	28	.980	7.844
Curtis Moore	1B	19	147	6	8	8	.950	8.053
Lendon Brookins	1B	11	80	5	0	6	1.000	7.727
Marlan Murphy	1B	6	41	1	1	0	.977	7.000
Jeffrey Geach	1B	2	16	0	1	1	.941	8.000
Biff Pocoroba	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Jeffrey Geach	2B	115	265	274	10	73	.982	4.687
Junior Moore	2B	15	27	21	3	6	.941	3.200
Bill Downing	2B	10	24	24	1	2	.980	4.800
Chico Ruiz	2B	5	14	14	2	5	.933	5.600
Rick Albert	2B	3	3	4	1	0	.875	2.333
Junior Moore	3B	126	91	260	22	25	.941	2.786
Jeffrey Geach	3B	9	11	14	1	2	.962	2.778
Lendon Brookins	3B	6	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.833
Jimmie Hacker	3B	3	3	1	0	0	1.000	1.333
Biff Pocoroba	C	70	432	25	2	3	.996	6.529	5
Freddie Velazquez	C	61	440	38	6	9	.988	7.836	8
Othello Renfroe	C	11	32	4	4	0	.900	3.273	3
Marlan Murphy	C	3	12	2	0	1	1.000	4.667	1
Jimmie Collins	OF	137	202	12	7	2	.968	1.562
Brian Asselstine	OF	126	294	9	10	3	.968	2.405
Lendon Brookins	OF	84	140	12	5	3	.968	1.810
Marlan Murphy	OF	67	100	3	8	1	.928	1.537
Curtis Moore	OF	14	15	1	1	0	.941	1.143
Jimmie Hacker	OF	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Mike Beard	P	47	2	20	2	1	.917	.468
Domingo Figueroa	P	30	8	14	4	1	.846	.733
John Travis	P	29	2	4	0	0	1.000	.207
Preston Hanna	P	27	5	28	4	0	.892	1.222
Robert Box	P	26	1	11	2	0	.857	.462
Mike Newson	P	23	2	10	1	0	.923	.522
Frank LaCorte	P	23	3	9	2	1	.857	.522
Don Collins	P	22	1	10	1	1	.917	.500
Pat McKean	P	15	1	8	1	1	.900	.600
Mickey Mahler	P	14	1	6	0	0	1.000	.500
Ken Alfred	P	14	0	6	2	0	.750	.429
George Lusic	P	8	1	0	1	0	.500	.125
Lamar Jones	P	8	1	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Jerome Johnson	P	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	.167
Gary Canepa	P	6	1	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Freddie Velazquez	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Chico Ruiz	SS	107	164	326	30	66	.942	4.579
Rick Albert	SS	37	39	99	15	11	.902	3.730
Totals		1382	2873	1301	163	260	.962	3.020	17	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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