1979 Savannah Braves Statistics
Team Record: 60-83
Finished 5th in the SL's East Division
Manager: Eddie Haas (60-83)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 85,001, Avg. 1,189
The Savannah Braves of the Southern League ended the 1979 season with a record of 60 wins and 83 losses, finishing fifth in the league's East Division.
The Braves plated 597 runs and allowed 701 runs. Clayton Elliott paced Savannah with 16 home runs and accounted for 74 RBI. Bill Haslerig led all regular batters by hitting .278. José Álvarez topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1979 Savannah Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joe Cowley, Rafael Ramírez, José Álvarez, Steve Bedrosian, Larry Whisenton, Steve Hammond, Jim Wessinger, Gary Cooper, Rufino Linares, Bob Porter, Ken Smith and Terry Leach.
Eddie Haas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Álvarez | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.00 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 186.0 | 165 | 87 | 62 | 16 | 73 | 3 | 120 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Joe Cowley | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.75 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 144.0 | 115 | 74 | 60 | 13 | 81 | 2 | 103 | 13 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Dom Chiti | 7 | 13 | .350 | 5.53 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 153.0 | 172 | 114 | 94 | 24 | 74 | 4 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tim Cole | 6 | 11 | .353 | 5.91 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 137.0 | 141 | 110 | 90 | 11 | 98 | 0 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Steve Bedrosian | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.03 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 89.0 | 71 | 36 | 30 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Louis Pratt | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.57 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 105.0 | 114 | 73 | 65 | 9 | 71 | 2 | 73 | 4 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Mike Shields | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.93 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 42.0 | 40 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Richard Wieters | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.99 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 115.0 | 114 | 70 | 51 | 6 | 68 | 4 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Timothy Graven | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1.56 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52.0 | 60 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Stuart Livingstone | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.45 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.0 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ike Pettaway | 2 | 2 | .500 | 9.60 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Daniel Lucia | 2 | 5 | .286 | 7.11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 50 | 31 | 30 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Terry Leach | 2 | 9 | .182 | 1.96 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 92.0 | 77 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jesse Wright | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Miller | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 60 | 83 | .420 | 4.12 | 315 | 145 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 20 | 1204.0 | 1186 | 701 | 551 | 101 | 648 | 33 | 710 | 47 | 8 | 51 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Porter | 143 | 631 | 555 | 80 | 143 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 11 | 6 | 64 | 100 | .258 | .339 | .384 | .723 | 213 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bill Haslerig | 130 | 510 | 457 | 62 | 127 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 61 | 19 | 7 | 49 | 60 | .278 | .349 | .398 | .747 | 182 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ken Smith | 141 | 558 | 449 | 71 | 112 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 51 | 18 | 7 | 102 | 101 | .249 | .391 | .361 | .752 | 162 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Clayton Elliott | 120 | 484 | 419 | 59 | 107 | 26 | 3 | 16 | 74 | 3 | 4 | 57 | 88 | .255 | .343 | .446 | .789 | 187 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Wessinger | 83 | 381 | 335 | 49 | 100 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 31 | .299 | .371 | .388 | .759 | 130 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Gary Cooper | 107 | 460 | 390 | 49 | 90 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 62 | 81 | .231 | .339 | .277 | .616 | 108 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Rafael Ramírez | 113 | 429 | 386 | 47 | 80 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 78 | .207 | .271 | .345 | .616 | 133 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Mike Miller | 97 | 348 | 289 | 30 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 71 | .235 | .342 | .284 | .626 | 82 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Brian Snitker | 75 | 273 | 259 | 26 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 50 | .255 | .288 | .394 | .682 | 102 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rufino Linares | 53 | 229 | 198 | 35 | 65 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 13 | .328 | .402 | .515 | .917 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Steve Hammond | 61 | 248 | 218 | 30 | 61 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 16 | .280 | .354 | .394 | .748 | 86 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Kris Yoder | 77 | 280 | 235 | 19 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 41 | .209 | .318 | .226 | .543 | 53 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Larry Whisenton | 48 | 188 | 166 | 20 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 33 | .223 | .299 | .313 | .613 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Randy Ingle | 18 | 65 | 60 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .283 | .338 | .483 | .822 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andres Forbes | 22 | 73 | 67 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .194 | .236 | .224 | .460 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tim Brill | 29 | 95 | 78 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 30 | .103 | .239 | .141 | .380 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Richard Wieters | 36 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 2.333 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Miguelito DeLaCruz | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .571 | .500 | 1.071 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Thayer | 8 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .115 | .194 | .231 | .424 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joe Cowley | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Lucas | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Bedrosian | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Louis Pratt | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Leach | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Cole | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dom Chiti | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| José Álvarez | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1551 | 5316 | 4618 | 597 | 1155 | 176 | 30 | 91 | 532 | 113 | 46 | 592 | 824 | .250 | .337 | .360 | .698 | 1664 | 0 | 33 | 37 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Smith | 1B | 135 | 1182 | 85 | 7 | 106 | .995 | 9.385 | ||||
| Brian Snitker | 1B | 11 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .989 | 7.818 | ||||
| Jim Wessinger | 2B | 83 | 212 | 227 | 13 | 59 | .971 | 5.289 | ||||
| Mike Miller | 2B | 31 | 66 | 83 | 5 | 18 | .968 | 4.806 | ||||
| Andres Forbes | 2B | 22 | 51 | 50 | 2 | 12 | .981 | 4.591 | ||||
| Randy Ingle | 2B | 10 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 5 | .973 | 3.600 | ||||
| Clayton Elliott | 3B | 120 | 103 | 261 | 34 | 26 | .915 | 3.033 | ||||
| Mike Miller | 3B | 12 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .879 | 2.417 | ||||
| Scott Thayer | 3B | 8 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 2 | .840 | 2.625 | ||||
| Randy Ingle | 3B | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mark Lucas | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kris Yoder | C | 76 | 375 | 33 | 8 | 5 | .981 | 5.368 | 9 | |||
| Brian Snitker | C | 43 | 244 | 10 | 14 | 1 | .948 | 5.907 | 4 | |||
| Tim Brill | C | 28 | 147 | 8 | 4 | 3 | .975 | 5.536 | 7 | |||
| Miguelito DeLaCruz | C | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | |||
| Bill Haslerig | OF | 106 | 233 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .976 | 2.302 | ||||
| Bob Porter | OF | 99 | 174 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .963 | 1.828 | ||||
| Gary Cooper | OF | 99 | 218 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .975 | 2.323 | ||||
| Steve Hammond | OF | 60 | 100 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .946 | 1.750 | ||||
| Larry Whisenton | OF | 45 | 59 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .956 | 1.444 | ||||
| Rufino Linares | OF | 22 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .953 | 1.864 | ||||
| Ken Smith | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Miller | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Terry Leach | P | 40 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Richard Wieters | P | 36 | 12 | 37 | 5 | 3 | .907 | 1.361 | ||||
| Louis Pratt | P | 30 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 2 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| José Álvarez | P | 29 | 14 | 47 | 4 | 4 | .938 | 2.103 | ||||
| Mike Shields | P | 27 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .370 | ||||
| Timothy Graven | P | 27 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .857 | .667 | ||||
| Joe Cowley | P | 25 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .879 | 1.160 | ||||
| Dom Chiti | P | 25 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .949 | 1.480 | ||||
| Tim Cole | P | 24 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 1.250 | ||||
| Stuart Livingstone | P | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .615 | ||||
| Steve Bedrosian | P | 13 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.538 | ||||
| Daniel Lucia | P | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .727 | ||||
| Jesse Wright | P | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| Ike Pettaway | P | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Mike Miller | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rafael Ramírez | SS | 105 | 134 | 282 | 38 | 51 | .916 | 3.962 | ||||
| Mike Miller | SS | 51 | 69 | 168 | 24 | 32 | .908 | 4.647 | ||||
| Totals | 1494 | 3615 | 1582 | 217 | 351 | .960 | 3.479 | 20 | 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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