1978 Savannah Braves Statistics
Team Record: 72-72
Finished 3rd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Bobby Dews (72-72)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 68,126, Avg. 946
Playoffs - Savannah Braves 2 games, Orlando Twins 1
Finals - Knoxville Sox 2 games, Savannah Braves 1
The Savannah Braves of the Southern League ended the 1978 season with a record of 72 wins and 72 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Braves scored 500 runs and surrendered 513 runs. Jerry Keller led Savannah with 21 home runs and drove in 74 runs. Rufino Linares paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .302. Jim Bouton topped the squad with 11 wins, while Roger Alexander registered a 1.84 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1978 Savannah Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rafael Ramírez, Larry Owen, Jim Bouton, Jim Wessinger, Don Collins, Gary Cooper, Tony Brizzolara, Terry Harper, Rufino Linares, Ken Smith, Terry Leach, Rick Matula and Dan Morogiello.
Bobby Dews 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bouton | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2.82 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 150.0 | 112 | 68 | 47 | 15 | 65 | 1 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Roger Alexander | 10 | 6 | .625 | 1.84 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 132.0 | 100 | 31 | 27 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Dom Chiti | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.44 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 131.0 | 134 | 64 | 50 | 4 | 57 | 4 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dan Morogiello | 8 | 14 | .364 | 3.10 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 180.0 | 184 | 81 | 62 | 14 | 81 | 3 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Stuart Livingstone | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.80 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 103.0 | 97 | 37 | 32 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Rick Matula | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.10 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 87.0 | 82 | 39 | 30 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Richard Wieters | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.77 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 84 | 34 | 28 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tony Brizzolara | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1.93 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 57 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Timothy Graven | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.70 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 70.0 | 72 | 32 | 21 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tim Costello | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.25 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 39 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Don Collins | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.95 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 54 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Terry Leach | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.04 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lamar Jones | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.75 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Vincent Titus | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Timothy Barr | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.25 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24.0 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Louis Pratt | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 28 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 72 | 72 | .500 | 2.83 | 303 | 144 | 0 | 51 | 13 | 21 | 1225.0 | 1118 | 513 | 385 | 73 | 513 | 31 | 693 | 26 | 5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rufino Linares | 116 | 449 | 400 | 49 | 121 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 61 | .302 | .363 | .425 | .788 | 170 | 6 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Jerry Keller | 124 | 509 | 447 | 57 | 112 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 78 | .251 | .320 | .432 | .751 | 193 | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Ken Smith | 138 | 568 | 462 | 55 | 110 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 97 | 92 | .238 | .372 | .314 | .686 | 145 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Jim Wessinger | 93 | 356 | 315 | 30 | 88 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 35 | 41 | .279 | .351 | .317 | .669 | 100 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Gary Cooper | 107 | 435 | 377 | 50 | 83 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 35 | 6 | 48 | 112 | .220 | .308 | .329 | .637 | 124 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Richard Green | 113 | 395 | 333 | 34 | 82 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 39 | .246 | .358 | .357 | .715 | 119 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Larry Owen | 112 | 412 | 364 | 35 | 78 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 49 | .214 | .277 | .335 | .612 | 122 | 1 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Bill Haslerig | 86 | 333 | 281 | 44 | 69 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 43 | 65 | .246 | .356 | .302 | .659 | 85 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mike Reynolds | 92 | 321 | 276 | 35 | 60 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 40 | .217 | .316 | .272 | .588 | 75 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| David Stevens | 66 | 224 | 204 | 10 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 13 | .250 | .306 | .309 | .615 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Terry Harper | 47 | 190 | 174 | 17 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 36 | .264 | .316 | .397 | .712 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| James Doherty | 85 | 301 | 254 | 20 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 30 | .173 | .281 | .224 | .506 | 57 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Andres Forbes | 41 | 160 | 140 | 12 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | .257 | .338 | .321 | .659 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rafael Ramírez | 38 | 143 | 131 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .206 | .245 | .282 | .527 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Matthews | 27 | 100 | 88 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | .239 | .323 | .261 | .585 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scott Thayer | 26 | 96 | 83 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 23 | .229 | .326 | .325 | .652 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brian Snitker | 15 | 62 | 55 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .236 | .311 | .309 | .621 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leland Byrd | 32 | 76 | 64 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 23 | .188 | .307 | .188 | .494 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Miguelito DeLaCruz | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .222 | .250 | .472 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stuart Livingstone | 52 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Wieters | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Morogiello | 27 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clayton Elliott | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Bouton | 22 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Barr | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Brizzolara | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dom Chiti | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tim Costello | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Graven | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Louis Pratt | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Alexander | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1609 | 5189 | 4500 | 496 | 1079 | 145 | 30 | 69 | 442 | 98 | 45 | 559 | 781 | .240 | .326 | .331 | .657 | 1491 | 0 | 34 | 60 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Keller | 1B | 91 | 813 | 59 | 11 | 84 | .988 | 9.582 | ||||
| Richard Green | 1B | 55 | 427 | 25 | 6 | 32 | .987 | 8.218 | ||||
| David Stevens | 1B | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .955 | 5.250 | ||||
| James Doherty | 2B | 65 | 150 | 169 | 6 | 46 | .982 | 4.908 | ||||
| Mike Reynolds | 2B | 44 | 104 | 99 | 6 | 23 | .971 | 4.614 | ||||
| Andres Forbes | 2B | 41 | 103 | 106 | 5 | 23 | .977 | 5.098 | ||||
| Jeff Matthews | 2B | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Leland Byrd | 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .500 | ||||
| David Stevens | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Reynolds | 3B | 51 | 40 | 107 | 8 | 9 | .948 | 2.882 | ||||
| David Stevens | 3B | 29 | 20 | 65 | 8 | 8 | .914 | 2.931 | ||||
| Scott Thayer | 3B | 25 | 15 | 53 | 9 | 8 | .883 | 2.720 | ||||
| Jeff Matthews | 3B | 25 | 18 | 56 | 10 | 5 | .881 | 2.960 | ||||
| Leland Byrd | 3B | 22 | 15 | 34 | 4 | 1 | .925 | 2.227 | ||||
| James Doherty | 3B | 7 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 2 | .733 | 3.143 | ||||
| Clayton Elliott | 3B | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Wessinger | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Owen | C | 111 | 545 | 89 | 25 | 7 | .962 | 5.712 | 8 | |||
| David Stevens | C | 21 | 84 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.429 | 1 | |||
| Tim Brill | C | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Snitker | C | 10 | 47 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .926 | 5.000 | 2 | |||
| Miguelito DeLaCruz | C | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 0 | |||
| Ken Smith | OF | 133 | 225 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .959 | 1.767 | ||||
| Gary Cooper | OF | 104 | 206 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .968 | 2.058 | ||||
| Bill Haslerig | OF | 80 | 159 | 14 | 3 | 3 | .983 | 2.162 | ||||
| Rufino Linares | OF | 77 | 158 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .983 | 2.208 | ||||
| Terry Harper | OF | 46 | 85 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .979 | 2.065 | ||||
| Leland Byrd | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Wessinger | OF | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Larry Owen | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerry Keller | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Stuart Livingstone | P | 52 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
| Timothy Graven | P | 46 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .413 | ||||
| Dan Morogiello | P | 27 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.630 | ||||
| Rick Matula | P | 27 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .909 | .741 | ||||
| Dom Chiti | P | 24 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 0 | .914 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jim Bouton | P | 21 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.905 | ||||
| Roger Alexander | P | 17 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.882 | ||||
| Richard Wieters | P | 14 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.571 | ||||
| Timothy Barr | P | 14 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .786 | ||||
| Don Collins | P | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Tony Brizzolara | P | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Terry Leach | P | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Lamar Jones | P | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Tim Costello | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Vincent Titus | P | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Louis Pratt | P | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Jim Wessinger | SS | 91 | 157 | 286 | 28 | 51 | .941 | 4.868 | ||||
| Rafael Ramírez | SS | 38 | 61 | 123 | 15 | 18 | .925 | 4.842 | ||||
| James Doherty | SS | 16 | 22 | 37 | 4 | 9 | .937 | 3.688 | ||||
| Mike Reynolds | SS | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 5.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1521 | 3584 | 1630 | 197 | 349 | .964 | 3.428 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
