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1978 Atlanta Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977/1979) 69-93, Finished 6th in NL Western Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 600 runs, Allowed 750 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-97 Managed by Bobby Cox Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 904,494 (12th of 12) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 112, Pitching - 114   (one-year): Batting - 113, Pitching - 115   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  #Biff Pocoroba       24   92  289   21   70   8  0   6   34  29   14  .242  .312  .332   0   3  15   2   3   4   6   72
1B  Dale Murphy         22  151  530   66  120  14  3  23   79  42  145  .226  .284  .394  11   7  15   3   3   5   3   80
2B  Jerry Royster       25  140  529   67  137  17  8   2   35  56   49  .259  .331  .333  27  17   9   3   8   4   2   78
3B  Bob Horner          20   89  323   50   86  17  1  23   63  24   42  .266  .313  .539   0   0   7   2   1   9   2  124
SS #Darrel Chaney       30   89  245   27   55   9  1   3   20  25   48  .224  .295  .306   1   0   1   0   3   1   7   61
LF  Jeff Burroughs      27  153  488   72  147  30  6  23   77 117   92  .301  .432  .529   1   2  16   0   0   6  12  156
CF *Rowland Office      25  146  404   40  101  13  1   9   40  22   52  .250  .297  .354   8   6   8   6   4   3   2   73
RF  Gary Matthews       27  129  474   75  135  20  5  18   62  61   92  .285  .366  .462   8   7  16   2   1   4   2  120
    Rod Gilbreath       25  116  326   22   80  13  3   3   31  26   51  .245  .300  .331   7   6   6   0   3   1   3   69
    Barry Bonnell       24  117  304   36   73  11  3   1   16  20   30  .240  .287  .306  12   6  15   0   2   0   1   59
   *Joe Nolan           27   95  213   22   49   7  3   4   22  34   28  .230  .339  .347   3   2   3   1   1   0   5   84
   #Bob Beall           30  108  185   29   45   8  0   1   16  36   27  .243  .368  .303   4   5   4   1   2   1   0   81
    Glenn Hubbard       20   44  163   15   42   4  0   2   13  10   20  .258  .309  .319   2   1   2   2   4   0   1   68
    Pat Rockett         23   55  142    6   20   2  0   0    4  13   12  .141  .212  .155   1   2   6   0   1   1   3    0
    Cito Gaston         34   60  118    5   27   1  0   1    9   3   20  .229  .244  .263   0   0   4   0   1   2   0   36
   *Brian Asselstine    24   39  103   11   28   3  3   2   13  11   16  .272  .339  .417   2   1   1   2   1   5   1  101
    Bruce Benedict      22   22   52    3   13   2  0   0    1   6    6  .250  .328  .288   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   66
    Chico Ruiz          26   18   46    3   13   3  0   0    2   2    4  .283  .313  .348   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   76
   #Eddie Miller        21    6   21    5    3   1  0   0    2   2    4  .143  .250  .190   3   0   0   1   0   0   0   19
   *Larry Whisenton     21    6   16    1    3   1  0   0    2   1    2  .188  .235  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   30
    Jerry Maddox        24    7   14    1    3   0  0   0    1   1    2  .214  .267  .214   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   30
    Tom Paciorek        31    5    9    2    3   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   79
    Hank Small          24    1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
    Rob Belloir         29    2    1    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 2.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  684

    Phil Niekro         39   45  120    5   27   4  0   0   10   3   25  .225  .248  .258   0   0   3   1   4   1   0   36
    Preston Hanna       23   29   49    4    9   0  1   1    1   1   18  .184  .200  .286   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   29
   #Mickey Mahler       25   34   41    4    4   0  0   0    1   1    8  .098  .119  .098   0   0   1   0   5   0   0  -41
   *Larry McWilliams    24   15   32    1    2   0  1   0    0   0   19  .063  .063  .125   0   0   0   0   4   0   0  -51
    Eddie Solomon       27   38   29    2    4   0  0   0    1   0    8  .138  .167  .138   0   0   3   1   0   0   0  -18
    Dick Ruthven        27   13   24    0    2   0  0   0    0   0   11  .083  .083  .083   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -55
   *Jamie Easterly      25   37   19    1    4   1  0   0    1   1    5  .211  .250  .263   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   37
    Tommy Boggs         22   16   18    1    3   0  0   1    1   0    4  .167  .167  .333   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   31
    Adrian Devine       26   31   11    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    2  .091  .091  .091   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -51
    Gene Garber         30   44   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    5  .091  .167  .091   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -29
    Rick Camp           25   42    8    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    5  .000  .111  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -68
    Craig Skok          30   43    8    1    2   1  0   0    0   0    3  .250  .250  .375   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   65
    Jim Bouton          39    5    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .125  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -64
    Frank LaCorte       26    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Duane Theiss        24    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.5  162 5381  600 1313 191 39 123  558 550  874  .244  .314  .363  90  65 140  27  61  47  53   87
    Rank among 12 NL teams        10   10   12  12  8   4        6    3    12     8     7  10   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Phil Niekro         39  44   2.88  19  18  1  42   1  22   4  334.3  295  129  107  16  102  248 1389  11  13  3   5 142
SP  Preston Hanna       23  29   5.13   7  13  0  28   1   0   0  140.3  132   89   80  10   93   90  637  11   3  2   5  80
SP *Mickey Mahler       25  34   4.68   4  11  0  21   3   1   0  134.7  130   82   70  16   66   92  597  12   7  3   6  87
SP *Larry McWilliams    24  15   2.81   9   3  0  15   0   3   1   99.3   84   38   31  11   35   42  417   2   2  0   4 145
SP  Dick Ruthven        27  13   4.11   2   6  0  13   0   2   1   81.0   78   43   37   8   28   45  342   3   0  0   2  99
SP  Tommy Boggs         22  16   6.71   2   8  0  12   2   1   1   59.0   80   46   44   8   26   21  283   3   1  1   3  61
SP  Jim Bouton          39   5   4.97   1   3  0   5   0   0   0   29.0   25   18   16   4   21   10  129   0   0  0   1  82

CL  Gene Garber         30  43   2.53   4   4 22   0  36   0   0   78.3   58   26   22  11   13   61  302   3   2  2   3 161
RP  Dave Campbell       26  53   4.80   4   4  1   0  35   0   0   69.3   67   39   37  10   49   45  322   2   5  2  12  85
RP *Craig Skok          30  43   4.35   3   2  2   0  11   0   0   62.0   64   38   30   8   27   28  273   4   0  1   8  94
RP  Rick Camp           25  42   3.75   2   4  0   4   9   0   0   74.3   99   42   31   5   32   23  344   1   3  1  10 109
RP *Jamie Easterly      25  37   5.65   3   6  1   6   8   0   0   78.0   91   52   49   9   45   42  355   7   2  0   6  72

    Eddie Solomon       27  37   4.08   4   6  2   8  13   0   0  106.0   98   52   48  12   50   64  459   5   2  1  11 100
    Adrian Devine       26  31   5.92   5   4  3   6  11   0   0   65.3   84   45   43   3   25   26  294   2   0  2   5  69
    Frank LaCorte       26   2   3.68   0   1  0   2   0   0   0   14.7    9    6    6   0    4    7   56   1   0  0   1 111
    Duane Theiss        24   3   1.42   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    6.3    3    1    1   0    3    3   24   0   1  0   0 287
    Max Leon            28   5   6.35   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.7    6    4    4   1    4    1   29   0   1  0   0  64
   *Mike Davey          26   3   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.7    1    0    0   0    1    0    9   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.2 162   4.08  69  93 32 162 133  29  12 1440.0 1404  750  653 132  624  848 6261  67  42 18  82 100
    Rank among 12 NL teams         12  10   2  6           8   7      7    9   12       12   12    5

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BPocoroba 682 77 79 454 43 5 1 .990 12 29 82 25 JNolan 470 53 61 295 24 7 3 .979 14 24 55 9 DMurphy 146 16 21 83 13 3 0 .970 6 10 13 12 BBenedict 141 16 22 81 14 1 1 .990 0 4 16 11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1440 162 162 913 94 16 5 .984 32 67 166 57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMurphy 1108 125 129 1137 92 20 84 .984 9.98 BBeall 281 30 40 275 24 4 23 .987 9.55 CGaston 28 4 4 21 2 1 1 .958 7.31 TPaciorek 13 2 2 21 0 0 1 1.000 14.54 HSmall 9 1 1 12 1 0 1 1.000 13.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 1466 119 25 110 .984 9.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JRoyster 641 73 75 186 193 10 39 .974 5.32 GHubbard 389 44 44 102 130 5 30 .979 5.36 RGilbreath 311 35 39 74 87 4 13 .976 4.65 CRuiz 95 10 14 31 31 1 5 .984 5.87 DChaney 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 394 443 20 88 .977 5.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BHorner 769 88 89 81 199 13 17 .956 3.27 RGilbreath 469 52 62 34 117 5 9 .968 2.90 BBonnell 114 14 15 15 28 3 2 .935 3.39 DChaney 39 3 8 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.31 JMaddox 33 4 5 3 7 1 0 .909 2.73 CRuiz 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 JRoyster 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RBelloir 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 135 360 22 29 .957 3.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *4.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DChaney 546 57 77 97 189 7 30 .976 4.71 JRoyster 508 60 60 98 183 13 27 .956 4.98 PRockett 383 45 51 64 97 5 16 .970 3.78 RBelloir 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 259 470 25 73 .967 4.56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBurroughs 1182 147 147 228 13 6 2 .976 1.83 BBonnell 133 3 59 25 3 0 0 1.000 1.89 CGaston 71 6 13 17 0 1 0 .944 2.15 BBeall 36 4 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 EMiller 17 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 278 16 7 2 .977 1.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ROffice 912 96 136 292 4 3 2 .990 2.92 BBonnell 419 53 62 134 3 2 1 .986 2.94 BAsselstine 72 9 11 21 0 1 0 .955 2.62 EMiller 31 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 BBeall 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CGaston 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GGarber 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 452 7 6 3 .987 2.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GMatthews 1076 126 127 239 10 8 0 .969 2.08 BAsselstine 177 17 31 38 1 1 0 .975 1.98 CGaston 106 13 17 29 0 1 0 .967 2.46 BBonnell 46 3 11 6 1 1 0 .875 1.37 LWhisenton 33 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 317 12 11 0 .968 2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.31 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JBurroughs 1182 147 146 224 13 6 2 .975 1.80 GMatthews 1076 126 127 238 10 8 0 .969 2.07 ROffice 912 96 136 291 4 3 2 .990 2.91 BBonnell 599 59 105 172 7 3 1 .984 2.69 BAsselstine 249 26 35 60 1 2 0 .968 2.20 CGaston 179 19 29 45 0 2 0 .957 2.25 EMiller 48 5 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 BBeall 39 4 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.62 LWhisenton 33 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1440 162 162 1049 35 24 5 .978 2.26 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PNiekro 334 42 44 17 65 2 4 .976 2.21 PHanna 140 28 29 10 18 0 1 1.000 1.80 MMahler 134 21 34 4 15 0 1 1.000 1.27 ESolomon 106 8 37 5 16 2 1 .913 1.78 LMcWilliams 99 15 15 10 19 0 1 1.000 2.63 DRuthven 81 13 13 9 13 7 0 .759 2.44 GGarber 78 0 43 11 11 0 0 1.000 2.53 JEasterly 78 6 37 2 14 1 1 .941 1.85 RCamp 74 4 42 8 12 3 0 .870 2.42 DCampbell 69 0 53 6 9 1 1 .937 1.95 ADevine 65 6 31 10 9 1 1 .950 2.62 CSkok 62 0 43 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.74 TBoggs 59 12 16 5 3 3 0 .727 1.22 JBouton 29 5 5 3 3 1 0 .857 1.86 FLaCorte 14 2 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.61 DTheiss 6 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.86 MLeon 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.58 MDavey 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 105 218 21 11 .939 2.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Burroughs .301 On-base % Burroughs .432 Slugging % Burroughs .529 OPS Burroughs .961 Games Burroughs 153 At Bats Murphy 530 Plate Appearances (approx.) Burroughs 611 Runs Matthews 75 Hits Burroughs 147 Total Bases Burroughs 258 Doubles Burroughs 30 Triples Royster 8 Home Runs Burroughs, Horner, and Murphy 23 RBI Murphy 79 Bases on Balls Burroughs 117 Strikeouts Murphy 145 Stolen Bases Royster 27 Singles Royster 110 Adjusted OPS+ Burroughs 156 Runs Created Burroughs 116 Adjusted Batting Runs Burroughs 44 Batting Wins Burroughs 4.5 Extra-Base Hits Burroughs 59 Times on Base Burroughs 264 Offensive Win% Burroughs .786 Hit By Pitch Office 6 Sac. Hits Royster 8 Sac. Flies Horner 9 Intentional Walks Burroughs 12 Grounded into Double Plays Burroughs and Matthews 16 Caught Stealing Royster 17 Power/Speed Number Murphy 14.9 At Bats per Strikeout Royster 10.8 At Bats per Home Run Burroughs 21.2 Outs Murphy 440

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Niekro 2.88 Wins Niekro 19 Won-Loss % Niekro .514 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Niekro 1.187 Hits Allowed/9IP Niekro 7.94 Bases on Balls/9IP Niekro 2.75 Strikeouts/9IP Niekro 6.68 Games Campbell 53 Saves Garber 22 Innings Niekro 334.3 Strikeouts Niekro 248 Games Started Niekro 42 Comp. Games Niekro 22 Shutouts Niekro 4 Home Runs Allow. Mahler and Niekro 16 Bases On Balls Allow. Niekro 102 Hits Allowed Niekro 295 SO to Walk Niekro 2.43 Losses Niekro 18 Earned Runs Allow. Niekro 107 Wild Pitches Mahler 12 Hit Batsmen Niekro 13 Batters Faced Niekro 1389 Games Finished Garber 36 Adjusted ERA+ Niekro 142

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1977/1979

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