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Home >> Teams >> Minor Leagues >> Southern League >> Savannah Braves >> 1979 Team Capsule

1979 Savannah Braves (AA)

+ Southern League

Parent Organization:	Atlanta Braves
Nickname:	Braves
W-L Record:	60-83 .420
Rank:	5th in Southern League Eastern
Run Differential:	597-701 -104
Manager(s):	Eddie Haas
Location:	Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark:	Grayson Stadium
Attendance:	85,001 8/10
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Years Active:	1977-1983

Coaching Staff

Hitting Coach: Sonny Jackson

#1 Draft Picks

Tim Cole (#4)

Organization Affiliates

MLB:	Atlanta Braves (MLB-NL)	66-94
AAA:	Richmond Braves (IL)	76-64
AA:	Savannah Braves (Sou)	60-83
A:	Greenwood Braves (Wcar)	78-60
Rk:	Gulf Coast Braves (GCL)	26-28
Rk:	Kingsport Braves (App)	39-31

Organizational Player Roster
Atlanta Braves Affiliate History

Southern League Eastern Standings
Team	W	L	WPct	GBL
Columbus	84	59	.587	--
Charlotte	73	69	.514	10.5
Jacksonville	69	72	.489	14.0
Orlando	60	81	.426	23.0
Savannah	60	83	.420	24.0

Full League Standings

Batting Statistics

Batting Statistics

#	Player	Pos	Hi Lvl	Age	Diff	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	secA	Babip	K/BB	AB/HR	TB	PA
-	Bob Porter	OF	MLB	19	-3.7	143	555	80	143	19	6	13	49	11	6	64	100	7		0	5		.258	.339	.384	723	.126	.250	.291	1.56	42.7	213	631
-	Billy Haslerig	OF	AAA	24	1.3	130	457	62	127	22	3	9	61	19	7	49	60	2		0	2		.278	.349	.398	747	.120	.254	.303	1.22	50.8	182	510
-	Ken Smith	1B	MLB	21	-1.7	141	449	71	112	12	4	10	51	18	7	102	101	4		1	2		.249	.391	.361	752	.111	.363	.300	0.99	44.9	162	558
-	Clayton Elliott	3B	AA	23	0.3	120	419	59	107	26	3	16	74	3	4	57	88	2		0	6		.255	.343	.446	789	.191	.325	.283	1.54	26.2	187	484
-	Gary Cooper	OF	MLB	22	-0.7	107	390	49	90	8	2	2	32	19	9	62	81	2		6	0		.231	.339	.277	616	.046	.231	.287	1.31	195.0	108	460
-	Rafael Ramirez	SS	MLB	21	-1.7	113	386	47	80	17	3	10	39	7	0	34	78	1		5	3		.207	.271	.345	616	.137	.244	.233	2.29	38.6	133	429
-	Jim Wessinger	2B	MLB	23	0.3	83	335	49	100	16	1	4	37	7	2	34	31	6		4	2		.299	.371	.388	759	.090	.206	.318	0.91	83.8	130	381
-	Michael Miller	SS-2B	AAA	22	-0.7	97	289	30	68	6	1	2	26	6	4	47	71	2		6	4		.235	.342	.284	626	.048	.218	.300	1.51	144.5	82	348
-	Brian Snitker	C	AAA	23	0.3	75	259	26	66	10	1	8	30	1	1	12	50	0		2	0		.255	.288	.394	682	.139	.185	.289	4.17	32.4	102	273
-	Kris Yoder	C	AAA	25	2.3	77	235	19	49	2	1	0	18	2	0	38	41	0		6	1		.209	.318	.226	544	.017	.187	.251	1.08	--	53	280
-	Steve Hammond	OF	MLB	22	-0.7	61	218	30	61	15	2	2	40	1	0	24	16	2		2	2		.280	.354	.394	748	.115	.229	.292	0.67	109.0	86	248
-	Rufino Linares	OF	MLB	28	5.3	53	198	35	65	11	1	8	37	11	3	24	13	3		0	4		.328	.402	.515	917	.187	.348	.315	0.54	24.8	102	229
-	Larry Whisenton	OF	MLB	22	-0.7	48	166	20	37	5	2	2	18	6	1	19	33	0		1	2		.223	.299	.313	612	.090	.235	.263	1.74	83.0	52	188
-	Tim Brill	C	AA	24	1.3	29	78	4	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	13	30	1		3	0		.103	.239	.141	380	.038	.205	.149	2.31	78.0	11	95
-	Andres Forbes	2B	AA	22	-0.7	22	67	3	13	2	0	0	5	0	1	4	6	0		1	1		.194	.236	.224	460	.030	.075	.210	1.50	--	15	73
-	Randy Ingle	2B	AAA	24	1.3	18	60	9	17	3	0	3	7	0	0	4	13	1		0	0		.283	.338	.483	821	.200	.267	.318	3.25	20.0	29	65
-	Scott Thayer	3B	AA	24	1.3	8	26	2	3	0	0	1	3	2	0	3	7	0		0	2		.115	.194	.231	425	.115	.308	.100	2.33	26.0	6	31
-	Steve Bedrosian	P	MLB	21	-1.7	13	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	0		.167	.167	.167	334	.000	.000	.250	--	--	1	6
-	Miguelito De La Cruz	C	AA	21	-1.7	2	6	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0		.500	.571	.500	1071	.000	.167	.500	0.00	--	3	7
-	Mark Lucas	3B	AA	23	0.3	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0		.200	.200	.200	400	.000	-.200	.200	--	--	1	5
-	Tim Cole	P	AAA	20	-2.7	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	.000	--	--	0	3
-	Rick Wieters	P	AA	24	1.3	36	3	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1.000	1.000	1.333	2333	.333	.333	1.000	--	--	4	3
-	Dom Chiti	P	AA	20	-2.7	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	.000	--	--	0	2
-	Joe Cowley	P	MLB	20	-2.7	25	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0		.500	.500	1.000	1500	.500	.500	1.000	--	--	2	2
-	Louis Pratt	P	AA	22	-0.7	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	.000	--	--	0	2
-	Jose Alvarez	P	MLB	23	0.3	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0		.000	.500	.000	500	.000	1.000	.000	0.00	--	0	2
-	Terry Leach	P	MLB	25	2.3	40	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	-	--	--	0	1
Batting Totals						1551	4618	597	1155	176	30	91	532	113	46	592	824	33	0	37	36		.250	.333	.360	693	.110	.253	.285	1.39	50.7	1664	5283

Pitching Statistics

Pitching Statistics

#	Player	Hi Lvl	Age	Diff	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K/BB
-	Jose Alvarez	MLB	23	0.3	11	11	3.00	29	24	9	1		0	186.0	165	87	62	16	73	120	5	0	0	1.28	7.98	0.77	3.53	5.81	1.64
-	Dom Chiti	AA	20	-2.7	7	13	5.53	25	25	4	0		0	153.0	172	114	94	24	74	48	6	0	0	1.61	10.12	1.41	4.35	2.82	0.65
-	Joe Cowley	MLB	20	-2.7	7	9	3.75	25	23	6	3		1	144.0	115	74	60	13	81	103	6	2	0	1.36	7.19	0.81	5.06	6.44	1.27
-	Tim Cole	AAA	20	-2.7	6	11	5.91	24	24	2	1		0	137.0	141	110	90	11	98	74	6	1	0	1.74	9.26	0.72	6.44	4.86	0.76
-	Rick Wieters	AA	24	1.3	4	6	3.99	36	11	3	0		4	115.0	114	70	51	6	68	45	6	1	0	1.58	8.92	0.47	5.32	3.52	0.66
-	Louis Pratt	AA	22	-0.7	5	8	5.57	30	13	2	1		0	105.0	114	73	65	9	71	73	11	3	0	1.76	9.77	0.77	6.09	6.26	1.03
-	Terry Leach	MLB	25	2.3	2	9	1.96	40	0	0	0		2	92.0	77	33	20	4	26	68	2	0	0	1.12	7.53	0.39	2.54	6.65	2.62
-	Steve Bedrosian	MLB	21	-1.7	5	5	3.03	13	13	4	2		0	89.0	71	36	30	2	58	73	3	0	0	1.45	7.18	0.20	5.87	7.38	1.26
-	Tim Graven	AA	24	1.3	3	3	1.56	27	3	0	0		2	52.0	60	21	9	2	25	25	2	0	0	1.63	10.38	0.35	4.33	4.33	1.00
-	Mike Shields	AAA	22	-0.7	4	1	1.93	27	0	0	0		7	42.0	40	12	9	1	21	21	2	0	0	1.45	8.57	0.21	4.50	4.50	1.00
-	Daniel Lucia	AA	20	-2.7	2	5	7.11	11	7	1	0		0	38.0	50	31	30	5	29	28	1	1	0	2.08	11.84	1.18	6.87	6.63	0.97
-	Stuart Livingstone	AAA	24	1.3	2	0	2.45	13	0	0	0		3	22.0	24	10	6	2	6	12	0	0	0	1.36	9.82	0.82	2.45	4.91	2.00
-	Ike Pettaway	AAA	24	1.3	2	2	9.60	6	2	0	0		0	15.0	18	17	16	4	10	12	1	0	0	1.87	10.80	2.40	6.00	7.20	1.20
-	Jesse Wright	AAA	25	2.3	0	0	4.50	8	0	0	0		1	12.0	22	10	6	1	5	8	0	0	0	2.25	16.50	0.75	3.75	6.00	1.60
-	Michael Miller	AAA	22	-0.7	0	0	13.50	1	0	0	0		0	2.0	3	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	3.00	13.50	4.50	13.50	0.00	0.00
Batting Totals					60	83	4.12	315	145	31	8	0	20	1204	1186	701	551	101	648	710	51	8	0	1.52	8.87	0.75	4.84	5.31	1.10

Fielding Statistics
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Kris Yoder	C	76		375	33	8	5	.981	0.00
Brian Snitker	C	43		244	10	14	1	.948	0.00
Tim Brill	C	28		147	8	4	3	.975	0.00
Miguelito De La Cruz	C	2		12	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ken Smith	1B	135		1182	85	7	106	.995	0.00
Brian Snitker	1B	11		85	1	1	10	.989	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Wessinger	2B	83		212	227	13	59	.971	0.00
Michael Miller	2B	31		66	83	5	18	.968	0.00
Andres Forbes	2B	22		51	50	2	12	.981	0.00
Randy Ingle	2B	10		17	19	1	5	.973	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Clayton Elliott	3B	120		103	261	34	26	.915	0.00
Scott Thayer	3B	8		4	17	4	2	.840	0.00
Randy Ingle	3B	4		2	6	2	0	.800	0.00
Mark Lucas	3B	2		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rafael Ramirez	SS	105		134	282	38	51	.916	0.00
Michael Miller	SS	51		69	168	24	32	.908	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Billy Haslerig	OF	106		233	11	6	2	.976	0.00
Gary Cooper	OF	99		218	12	6	1	.975	0.00
Bob Porter	OF	99		174	7	7	2	.963	0.00
Steve Hammond	OF	60		100	5	6	0	.946	0.00
Larry Whisenton	OF	45		59	6	3	0	.956	0.00
Rufino Linares	OF	22		40	1	2	1	.953	0.00
Ken Smith	OF	4		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Michael Miller	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Terry Leach	P	40		4	24	0	1	1.000	0.00
Rick Wieters	P	36		12	37	5	3	.907	0.00
Louis Pratt	P	30		4	26	3	2	.909	0.00
Jose Alvarez	P	29		14	47	4	4	.938	0.00
Tim Graven	P	27		1	17	3	1	.857	0.00
Mike Shields	P	27		1	9	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dom Chiti	P	25		11	26	2	1	.949	0.00
Joe Cowley	P	25		9	20	4	1	.879	0.00
Tim Cole	P	24		4	26	2	1	.937	0.00
Steve Bedrosian	P	13		4	16	0	0	1.000	0.00
Stuart Livingstone	P	13		4	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Daniel Lucia	P	11		2	6	1	0	.889	0.00
Jesse Wright	P	8		2	4	1	0	.857	0.00
Ike Pettaway	P	6		0	4	1	0	.800	0.00