1977 Savannah Braves Statistics
Team Record: 77-63
Finished 2nd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Gene Hassell (77-63)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 80,070, Avg. 1,144
Playoffs - Jacksonville Suns 2 games, Savannah Braves 1
The Savannah Braves of the Southern League ended the 1977 season with a record of 77 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Braves scored 585 runs and yielded 565 runs. Jerry Keller paced Savannah with 17 home runs and drove in 86 runs. Jimmy Arline led all regular batters by hitting .275. Dan Morogiello topped the squad with 13 wins, while Larry McWilliams registered a 3.36 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1977 Savannah Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Rufino Linares, Terry Harper, Larry McWilliams, Rick Mahler, Rick Matula, Dan Morogiello, Duane Theiss, Glenn Hubbard, Pat Rockett, Mike Macha, Preston Hanna, Hank Small, Larry Bradford, Larry Whisenton and Bruce Benedict.
Gene Hassell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Morogiello | 13 | 12 | .520 | 3.99 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 169.0 | 164 | 87 | 75 | 12 | 99 | 0 | 109 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Box | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.94 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 162.0 | 166 | 95 | 71 | 21 | 67 | 1 | 115 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rick Matula | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.24 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 117 | 51 | 36 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 75 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Larry McWilliams | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.36 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 158.0 | 153 | 70 | 59 | 11 | 64 | 0 | 139 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Duane Theiss | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1.18 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 61.0 | 45 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rick Mahler | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.30 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 86.0 | 71 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| William Free | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.11 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 104.0 | 125 | 68 | 59 | 5 | 52 | 1 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Domingo Figueroa | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.78 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 88.0 | 87 | 40 | 37 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Larry Bradford | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.00 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 83 | 31 | 27 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Stuart Livingstone | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25.0 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Preston Hanna | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 31.0 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Timothy Graven | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.08 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38.0 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Sevillano | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Lamar Jones | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.71 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21.0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Ryan | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Wieters | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Tucker | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Meistickle | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.93 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 63 | .550 | 3.52 | 269 | 140 | 0 | 45 | 10 | 29 | 1175.0 | 1164 | 565 | 459 | 90 | 521 | 9 | 826 | 42 | 9 | 41 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Arline | 139 | 539 | 472 | 64 | 130 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 26 | 9 | 55 | 91 | .275 | .353 | .352 | .704 | 166 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Keller | 138 | 579 | 487 | 61 | 123 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 86 | 3 | 3 | 73 | 93 | .253 | .357 | .431 | .788 | 210 | 9 | 4 | 6 | ||
| James Doherty | 124 | 546 | 457 | 62 | 113 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 28 | 8 | 77 | 59 | .247 | .355 | .302 | .657 | 138 | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Bruce Benedict | 124 | 459 | 395 | 56 | 108 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 51 | 43 | .273 | .367 | .365 | .732 | 144 | 8 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Mike Macha | 116 | 488 | 408 | 64 | 108 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 67 | 4 | 2 | 69 | 77 | .265 | .376 | .436 | .812 | 178 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Larry Whisenton | 76 | 338 | 278 | 51 | 84 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 7 | 55 | 53 | .302 | .414 | .406 | .821 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Rufino Linares | 85 | 294 | 262 | 32 | 76 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 28 | 53 | .290 | .364 | .397 | .761 | 104 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Roger Cador | 94 | 371 | 331 | 40 | 74 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 43 | .224 | .293 | .308 | .602 | 102 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Kevin Connolly | 94 | 329 | 296 | 20 | 68 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 38 | .230 | .286 | .311 | .597 | 92 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Glenn Hubbard | 87 | 343 | 298 | 49 | 67 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 38 | .225 | .310 | .349 | .659 | 104 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Al Ryan | 83 | 323 | 270 | 33 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 45 | 30 | .207 | .323 | .226 | .549 | 61 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Hank Small | 40 | 156 | 142 | 22 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .331 | .381 | .556 | .937 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Terry Harper | 54 | 176 | 149 | 14 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 44 | .242 | .349 | .349 | .698 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rick Albert | 30 | 92 | 86 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .221 | .253 | .326 | .578 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| David Long | 17 | 57 | 51 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | .176 | .250 | .235 | .485 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pat Rockett | 11 | 45 | 44 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .159 | .178 | .273 | .451 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Domingo Figueroa | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Matula | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Free | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1378 | 5138 | 4429 | 585 | 1126 | 165 | 48 | 70 | 513 | 133 | 54 | 581 | 702 | .254 | .345 | .361 | .705 | 1597 | 0 | 49 | 42 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Keller | 1B | 109 | 901 | 56 | 13 | 96 | .987 | 8.780 | ||||
| Hank Small | 1B | 33 | 234 | 16 | 1 | 26 | .996 | 7.576 | ||||
| Glenn Hubbard | 2B | 87 | 209 | 239 | 10 | 62 | .978 | 5.149 | ||||
| Al Ryan | 2B | 50 | 89 | 103 | 9 | 30 | .955 | 3.840 | ||||
| Rick Albert | 2B | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.857 | ||||
| James Doherty | 2B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Mike Macha | 3B | 116 | 99 | 211 | 34 | 20 | .901 | 2.672 | ||||
| Al Ryan | 3B | 22 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 7 | .857 | 2.455 | ||||
| Rick Albert | 3B | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Bruce Benedict | C | 123 | 770 | 112 | 13 | 9 | .985 | 7.171 | 7 | |||
| Kevin Connolly | C | 24 | 105 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .975 | 4.958 | 4 | |||
| Jimmy Arline | OF | 139 | 336 | 13 | 14 | 3 | .961 | 2.511 | ||||
| Roger Cador | OF | 94 | 161 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .977 | 1.798 | ||||
| Larry Whisenton | OF | 76 | 118 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .969 | 1.618 | ||||
| Rufino Linares | OF | 59 | 93 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .953 | 1.729 | ||||
| Terry Harper | OF | 51 | 94 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 2.000 | ||||
| David Long | OF | 15 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Duane Theiss | P | 33 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Robert Box | P | 27 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .593 | ||||
| Dan Morogiello | P | 26 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.269 | ||||
| Larry McWilliams | P | 26 | 7 | 32 | 4 | 1 | .907 | 1.500 | ||||
| Domingo Figueroa | P | 24 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Rick Matula | P | 22 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .773 | ||||
| William Free | P | 20 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.550 | ||||
| Rick Mahler | P | 17 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.000 | ||||
| Stuart Livingstone | P | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .188 | ||||
| Lamar Jones | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Larry Bradford | P | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Timothy Graven | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Jose Sevillano | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .286 | ||||
| Preston Hanna | P | 7 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.286 | ||||
| Kevin Meistickle | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| William Tucker | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Richard Wieters | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Al Ryan | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| James Doherty | SS | 122 | 180 | 393 | 26 | 76 | .957 | 4.697 | ||||
| Pat Rockett | SS | 11 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 3 | .897 | 3.182 | ||||
| Rick Albert | SS | 9 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 7 | .885 | 2.556 | ||||
| Al Ryan | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1421 | 3526 | 1442 | 170 | 353 | .967 | 3.496 | 11 | 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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