1988 Sumter Braves Statistics
Team Record: 64-73
Finished 6th in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Ned Yost (64-73)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Sumter, South Carolina
Ballpark: Riley Park
Attendance: 35,067, Avg. 512
The Sumter Braves of the South Atlantic League ended the 1988 season with a record of 64 wins and 73 losses, finishing sixth in the league's South Division.
The Braves plated 516 runs and yielded 656 runs. Mark Davis paced Sumter with 18 home runs and drove in 61 runs. Greg Cloninger topped all regular batters with a .254 average. David Nied led the squad with 12 wins, while Dennis Burlingame earned a 2.5 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1988 Sumter Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Keith Mitchell, Jimmy Kremers, Matt Turner, David Nied and Ben Rivera.
Ned Yost 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Nied | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.76 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 165.3 | 156 | 78 | 69 | 15 | 53 | 1 | 133 | 12 | 2 | 6 | |
| Dennis Burlingame | 9 | 11 | .450 | 2.49 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 162.7 | 132 | 59 | 45 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 89 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Ben Rivera | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.17 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 173.3 | 167 | 77 | 61 | 12 | 52 | 0 | 99 | 7 | 7 | 6 | |
| William Wright | 8 | 5 | .615 | 1.95 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 64.7 | 55 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 69 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Wes Currin | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.17 | 49 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 87.0 | 77 | 33 | 21 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Marcos Vasquez | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5.35 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 133.0 | 145 | 93 | 79 | 15 | 76 | 1 | 74 | 7 | 10 | 8 | |
| Allen Waznik | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.15 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92.7 | 115 | 75 | 53 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 89 | 1 | 2 | 15 | |
| John Reilley | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.89 | 36 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73.3 | 88 | 53 | 48 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
| Ralph Meister | 2 | 9 | .182 | 5.92 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 97 | 61 | 52 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 54 | 5 | 17 | 6 | |
| Matt Turner | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.60 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jose Valencia | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.98 | 22 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59.7 | 57 | 34 | 33 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |
| Teddy Williams | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Siebert | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Clark | 0 | 0 | 9.39 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Craig Gourlay | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Glenn Mitchell | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.31 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 18 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Greg Ziegler | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.90 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 64 | 73 | .467 | 4.13 | 343 | 137 | 119 | 18 | 8 | 31 | 1174.0 | 1183 | 656 | 539 | 85 | 449 | 13 | 833 | 51 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Davis | 127 | 493 | 463 | 47 | 111 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 78 | .240 | .272 | .404 | .676 | 187 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| Popeye Cole | 120 | 487 | 413 | 74 | 104 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 38 | 17 | 58 | 60 | .252 | .360 | .320 | .680 | 132 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Greg Cloninger | 116 | 439 | 389 | 51 | 99 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 48 | .254 | .333 | .316 | .649 | 123 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Tony Baldwin | 114 | 465 | 392 | 65 | 96 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 38 | 12 | 66 | 125 | .245 | .359 | .378 | .737 | 148 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Keith Mitchell | 98 | 391 | 341 | 35 | 85 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 50 | .249 | .335 | .346 | .681 | 118 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tom Redington | 129 | 513 | 429 | 45 | 84 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 60 | 4 | 5 | 75 | 71 | .196 | .320 | .308 | .627 | 132 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| Johnny Cuevas | 95 | 357 | 329 | 37 | 83 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 64 | .252 | .305 | .356 | .661 | 117 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Kremers | 72 | 301 | 256 | 30 | 68 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 53 | .266 | .362 | .395 | .757 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Joe Saccomanno | 51 | 207 | 190 | 12 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 30 | .258 | .300 | .295 | .595 | 56 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| David Colon | 74 | 275 | 251 | 25 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 43 | .195 | .242 | .227 | .469 | 57 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| Gregg Gilbert | 62 | 231 | 202 | 22 | 43 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 45 | .213 | .304 | .332 | .636 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Junior Carrion | 65 | 234 | 221 | 18 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 55 | .181 | .216 | .204 | .419 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Winnie Relaford | 45 | 181 | 166 | 23 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 33 | .211 | .272 | .247 | .519 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dodd Johnson | 28 | 116 | 102 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 18 | .225 | .319 | .255 | .574 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesus Mendoza | 38 | 113 | 106 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34 | .198 | .225 | .264 | .489 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Teddy Williams | 27 | 80 | 69 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .145 | .215 | .174 | .389 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Juan Fredymond | 10 | 41 | 34 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .235 | .366 | .353 | .719 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Harper | 16 | 54 | 47 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 18 | .170 | .264 | .170 | .434 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Stuart | 9 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .259 | .333 | .370 | .704 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Valencia | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1319 | 5011 | 4429 | 516 | 1023 | 165 | 17 | 66 | 444 | 129 | 60 | 471 | 864 | .231 | .310 | .321 | .631 | 1420 | 0 | 51 | 29 | 31 | 8 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Davis | 1B | 109 | 936 | 68 | 10 | 84 | .990 | 9.211 | ||||
| Jesus Mendoza | 1B | 33 | 246 | 15 | 3 | 17 | .989 | 7.909 | ||||
| Dodd Johnson | 1B | 3 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 8.000 | ||||
| Teddy Williams | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Allen Waznik | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Greg Cloninger | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Greg Cloninger | 2B | 98 | 179 | 285 | 17 | 51 | .965 | 4.735 | ||||
| Gregg Gilbert | 2B | 46 | 94 | 129 | 11 | 26 | .953 | 4.848 | ||||
| Tom Redington | 3B | 124 | 103 | 243 | 30 | 20 | .920 | 2.790 | ||||
| Gregg Gilbert | 3B | 8 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 2.750 | ||||
| Mark Davis | 3B | 7 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .935 | 4.143 | ||||
| Dodd Johnson | 3B | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Johnny Cuevas | C | 91 | 606 | 80 | 8 | 5 | .988 | 7.538 | 13 | |||
| Teddy Williams | C | 23 | 131 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 6.217 | 3 | |||
| Greg Harper | C | 16 | 86 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .959 | 5.875 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Kremers | C | 9 | 51 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.111 | 2 | |||
| Popeye Cole | OF | 110 | 225 | 12 | 7 | 2 | .971 | 2.155 | ||||
| Keith Mitchell | OF | 93 | 193 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .971 | 2.151 | ||||
| Tony Baldwin | OF | 84 | 155 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .954 | 1.964 | ||||
| David Colon | OF | 70 | 124 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .970 | 1.843 | ||||
| Winnie Relaford | OF | 35 | 41 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .938 | 1.286 | ||||
| Dodd Johnson | OF | 21 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Rob Stuart | OF | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gregg Gilbert | OF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Wes Currin | P | 49 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .900 | .551 | ||||
| William Wright | P | 45 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| John Reilley | P | 36 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .306 | ||||
| Marcos Vasquez | P | 32 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .895 | 1.062 | ||||
| Allen Waznik | P | 28 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .321 | ||||
| Ben Rivera | P | 27 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .920 | .852 | ||||
| David Nied | P | 27 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 3 | .973 | 1.333 | ||||
| Dennis Burlingame | P | 24 | 16 | 31 | 4 | 3 | .922 | 1.958 | ||||
| Jose Valencia | P | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Ralph Meister | P | 17 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.176 | ||||
| Glenn Mitchell | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Matt Turner | P | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Craig Gourlay | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mark Clark | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Greg Ziegler | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Teddy Williams | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rick Siebert | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Junior Carrion | SS | 65 | 96 | 167 | 24 | 34 | .916 | 4.046 | ||||
| Joe Saccomanno | SS | 51 | 62 | 135 | 18 | 33 | .916 | 3.863 | ||||
| Greg Cloninger | SS | 14 | 11 | 39 | 1 | 6 | .980 | 3.571 | ||||
| Juan Fredymond | SS | 10 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 4 | .855 | 4.700 | ||||
| Tom Redington | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Gregg Gilbert | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1481 | 3522 | 1489 | 185 | 308 | .964 | 3.384 | 18 | 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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