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1988 Atlanta Braves

1988 > Class Major League > 1988 National League (West)
Overall: 54-106
Scored 555 runs, Allowed 741 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-101

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Chuck Tanner and Russ Nixon
Represented: Atlanta, GA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1987 / 1989

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Jim Acker 29 21 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .400 .500 .400 .900 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Jose Alvarez 32 61 10 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .375 .444 .375 .819 3 0 0 1 0 0
3 Paul Assenmacher* 27 64 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 0 0 1 0 0
4 Bruce Benedict 32 90 262 236 11 57 7 0 0 19 0 2 19 26 .242 .296 .271 .567 64 2 0 5 2 1
5 Jeff Blauser 22 18 74 67 7 16 3 1 2 7 0 1 2 11 .239 .268 .403 .671 27 1 1 3 1 0
6 Terry Blocker* 28 66 210 198 13 42 4 2 2 10 1 1 10 20 .212 .250 .283 .533 56 6 0 2 0 3
7 Kevin Coffman 23 19 24 22 2 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 .227 .261 .364 .625 8 0 1 1 0 0
8 Juan Eichelberger 34 20 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 1 0 0 0
9 Ron Gant 23 146 618 563 85 146 28 8 19 60 19 10 46 118 .259 .317 .439 .755 247 7 3 2 4 4
10 Damaso Garcia 31 21 64 60 3 7 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 10 .117 .159 .183 .342 11 4 0 1 0 0
11 Tom Glavine* 22 42 71 60 6 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 15 .183 .222 .200 .422 12 0 0 8 0 0
12 Albert Hall# 30 85 257 231 27 57 7 1 1 15 15 10 21 35 .247 .314 .299 .612 69 4 2 2 1 1
13 Dion James* 25 132 449 386 46 99 17 5 3 30 9 9 58 59 .256 .353 .350 .703 135 12 1 2 2 5
14 German Jimenez* 25 15 17 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .059 .059 .059 .118 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 Mark Lemke# 22 16 64 58 8 13 4 0 0 2 0 2 4 5 .224 .274 .293 .567 17 1 0 2 0 0
16 Rick Mahler 34 39 84 72 3 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 20 .125 .137 .139 .276 10 1 1 11 0 0
17 Jim Morrison 35 51 105 92 6 14 2 0 2 13 0 1 10 13 .152 .229 .239 .468 22 2 0 0 3 1
18 Dale Murphy 32 156 671 592 77 134 35 4 24 77 3 5 74 125 .226 .313 .421 .734 249 24 2 0 3 16
19 Gerald Perry* 27 141 595 547 61 164 29 1 8 74 29 14 36 49 .300 .338 .400 .739 219 18 1 1 10 9
20 Charlie Puleo 33 53 17 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 .231 .231 .231 .462 3 0 0 4 0 0
21 Gary Roenicke 33 49 122 114 11 26 5 0 1 7 0 0 8 15 .228 .279 .298 .577 34 4 0 0 0 0
22 Jerry Royster 35 68 111 102 8 18 3 0 0 1 0 0 6 16 .176 .222 .206 .428 21 2 0 3 0 1
23 Paul Runge 30 52 91 76 11 16 5 0 0 7 0 0 14 21 .211 .330 .276 .606 21 4 0 0 1 0
24 Ted Simmons# 38 78 123 107 6 21 6 0 2 11 0 0 15 9 .196 .293 .308 .601 33 4 0 0 1 2
25 Lonnie Smith 32 43 125 114 14 27 3 0 3 9 4 2 10 25 .237 .296 .342 .638 39 0 0 0 1 0
26 Pete Smith 22 32 62 53 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .113 .130 .132 .262 7 1 0 8 0 0
27 Zane Smith* 27 27 50 42 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .167 .186 .190 .377 8 0 0 7 0 0
28 John Smoltz 21 12 21 17 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .118 .167 .176 .343 3 0 0 3 0 0
29 Bruce Sutter 35 38 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Andres Thomas 24 153 627 606 54 153 22 2 13 68 7 3 14 95 .252 .268 .360 .628 218 17 1 0 6 6
31 Ozzie Virgil 31 107 350 320 23 82 10 0 9 31 2 0 22 54 .256 .313 .372 .685 119 10 5 2 1 1
31 Players 28.4 160 6013 5440 555 1319 228 28 96 527 95 69 432 848 .242 .298 .348 .646 1891 136 21 74 46 59
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Jim Acker 29 0 4 .000 4.71 21 1 7 0 0 0 42.0 45 26 22 6 14 3 25 1 0 2 184 1.405 9.6 1.3 3.0 5.4 1.79
2 Jose Alvarez 32 5 6 .455 2.99 60 0 23 0 0 3 102.1 88 34 34 7 53 12 81 6 1 4 436 1.378 7.7 0.6 4.7 7.1 1.53
3 Paul Assenmacher* 27 8 7 .533 3.06 64 0 32 0 0 5 79.1 72 28 27 4 32 11 71 1 0 7 329 1.311 8.2 0.5 3.6 8.1 2.22
4 Joe Boever 27 0 2 .000 1.77 16 0 13 0 0 1 20.1 12 4 4 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 70 0.639 5.3 0.4 0.4 3.1 7.00
5 Chuck Cary* 28 0 0 6.48 7 0 1 0 0 0 8.1 8 6 6 1 4 0 7 1 0 1 39 1.440 8.6 1.1 4.3 7.6 1.75
6 Kevin Coffman 23 2 6 .250 5.78 18 11 2 0 0 0 67.0 62 52 43 3 54 2 24 4 1 11 311 1.731 8.3 0.4 7.3 3.2 0.44
7 Gary Eave 24 0 0 9.00 5 0 4 0 0 0 5.0 7 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 24 2.000 12.6 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
8 Juan Eichelberger 34 2 0 1.000 3.86 20 0 7 0 0 0 37.1 44 19 16 3 10 2 13 0 0 0 165 1.446 10.6 0.7 2.4 3.1 1.30
9 Tom Glavine* 22 7 17 .292 4.56 34 34 0 1 0 0 195.1 201 111 99 12 63 7 84 8 2 2 844 1.352 9.3 0.6 2.9 3.9 1.33
10 German Jimenez* 25 1 6 .143 5.01 15 9 2 0 0 0 55.2 65 39 31 4 12 0 26 1 3 3 241 1.383 10.5 0.6 1.9 4.2 2.17
11 Rick Mahler 34 9 16 .360 3.69 39 34 2 5 0 0 249.0 279 125 102 17 42 6 131 8 8 5 1063 1.289 10.1 0.6 1.5 4.7 3.12
12 Jim Morrison 35 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.2 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16 1.364 7.4 0.0 4.9 2.5 0.50
13 Ed Olwine* 30 0 0 6.75 16 0 7 0 0 1 18.2 22 15 14 4 4 1 5 1 0 1 82 1.393 10.6 1.9 1.9 2.4 1.25
14 Charlie Puleo 33 5 5 .500 3.47 53 3 17 0 0 1 106.1 101 46 41 9 47 7 70 3 3 0 462 1.392 8.5 0.8 4.0 5.9 1.49
15 Pete Smith 22 7 15 .318 3.69 32 32 0 5 3 0 195.1 183 89 80 15 88 3 124 1 7 5 837 1.387 8.4 0.7 4.1 5.7 1.41
16 Zane Smith* 27 5 10 .333 4.30 23 22 0 3 0 0 140.1 159 72 67 8 44 4 59 3 2 2 609 1.447 10.2 0.5 2.8 3.8 1.34
17 John Smoltz 21 2 7 .222 5.48 12 12 0 0 0 0 64.0 74 40 39 10 33 4 37 2 1 2 297 1.672 10.4 1.4 4.6 5.2 1.12
18 Bruce Sutter 35 1 4 .200 4.76 38 0 26 0 0 14 45.1 49 26 24 4 11 3 40 1 0 0 193 1.324 9.7 0.8 2.2 7.9 3.64
18 Players 28.3 54 106 .338 4.09 160 160 146 14 4 25 1446.0 1481 741 657 108 524 65 810 43 28 45 6246 1.387 9.2 0.7 3.3 5.0 1.55

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Ozzie Virgil 96 448 45 5 3 .990 5.14 8 78 29 27%
Bruce Benedict 89 384 54 5 3 .989 4.92 4 63 32 34%
Ted Simmons 10 12 1 2 0 .867 1.30 0 5 0 0%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Gerald Perry 141 1282 106 17 102 .988 9.84
Ted Simmons 19 128 13 1 8 .993 7.42
Gary Roenicke 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ron Gant 122 295 378 26 82 .963 5.52
Mark Lemke 16 47 51 3 11 .970 6.13
Damaso Garcia 13 26 35 1 5 .984 4.69
Jeff Blauser 9 20 38 2 4 .967 6.44
Paul Runge 7 1 4 1 0 .833 0.71
Jerry Royster 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ron Gant 22 21 39 5 6 .923 2.73
Jim Morrison 20 14 28 3 1 .933 2.10
Paul Runge 19 16 21 0 2 1.000 1.95
Jerry Royster 10 4 7 1 1 .917 1.10

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Andres Thomas 150 230 456 29 89 .959 4.57
Jeff Blauser 8 15 21 2 4 .947 4.50
Paul Runge 6 5 7 0 1 1.000 2.00
Jerry Royster 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dion James 86 0.00
Lonnie Smith 35 0.00
Gary Roenicke 32 0.00
Jerry Royster 7 0.00
Jim Morrison 4 0.00
Albert Hall 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Albert Hall 63 0.00
Terry Blocker 61 0.00
Dion James 49 0.00
Jerry Royster 19 0.00
Gary Roenicke 1 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dale Murphy 156 0.00
Dion James 3 0.00
Gary Roenicke 2 0.00
Jerry Royster 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dale Murphy 156 340 15 3 4 .992 2.28
Dion James 120 222 5 3 0 .987 1.89
Albert Hall 63 137 7 4 1 .973 2.29
Terry Blocker 61 164 1 1 0 .994 2.70
Gary Roenicke 35 52 0 0 0 1.000 1.49
Lonnie Smith 35 59 2 2 0 .968 1.74
Jerry Royster 26 45 2 0 0 1.000 1.81
Jim Morrison 4 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Paul Assenmacher 64 6 11 0 2 1.000 0.27
Jose Alvarez 60 11 17 0 4 1.000 0.47
Charlie Puleo 53 5 16 1 0 .955 0.40
Rick Mahler 39 22 43 3 4 .956 1.67
Bruce Sutter 38 2 7 2 0 .818 0.24
Tom Glavine 34 12 41 4 3 .930 1.56
Pete Smith 32 12 19 3 0 .912 0.97
Zane Smith 23 16 33 1 6 .980 2.13
Jim Acker 21 3 7 0 0 1.000 0.48
Juan Eichelberger 20 4 8 1 1 .923 0.60
Kevin Coffman 18 9 12 2 1 .913 1.17
Joe Boever 16 2 3 0 1 1.000 0.31
Ed Olwine 16 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.13
German Jimenez 15 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.40
John Smoltz 12 4 6 0 1 1.000 0.83
Chuck Cary 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.14
Gary Eave 5 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jim Morrison 3 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Jim Acker 29 R R 6' 2.0" 210 Sep 24, 1958 Freer, TX, US 1988-04-05 1988-10-02
Jose Alvarez 32 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Apr 12, 1956 Tampa, FL, US 1988-05-10 1988-10-02
Paul Assenmacher 27 L L 6' 3.0" 195 Dec 10, 1960 Detroit, MI, US 1988-04-05 1988-09-28
Bruce Benedict 32 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Aug 18, 1955 Birmingham, AL, US 1988-04-05 1988-10-02
Kevin Blankenship 25 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Jan 26, 1963 Anaheim, CA, US 1988-09-20 1988-09-25
Jeff Blauser 22 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Nov 8, 1965 Los Gatos, CA, US 1988-09-02 1988-10-02
Terry Blocker 28 L L 6' 2.0" 195 Aug 18, 1959 Columbia, SC, US 1988-04-05 1988-10-02
Joe Boever 27 R R 6' 1.0" 200 Oct 4, 1960 Kirkwood, MO, US 1988-07-29 1988-09-30
Chuck Cary 28 L L 6' 4.0" 210 Mar 3, 1960 Whittier, CA, US 1988-04-05 1988-10-02
Kevin Coffman 23 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Jan 19, 1965 Austin, TX, US 1988-04-08 1988-09-11
Jody Davis 31 R R 6' 4.0" 192 Nov 12, 1956 Gainesville, GA, US 1988-09-30 1988-10-01
Gary Eave 24 R R 6' 4.0" 200 Jul 22, 1963 Monroe, LA, US 1988-04-12 1988-04-26
Juan Eichelberger 34 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Oct 21, 1953 St. Louis, MO, US 1988-05-03 1988-06-20
Ron Gant 23 R R 6' 0.0" 172 Mar 2, 1965 Victoria, TX, US 1988-04-20 1988-10-02
Damaso Garcia 31 R R 6' 1.0" 165 Feb 7, 1957 Moca, Espaillat, DO 1988-04-05 1988-05-16
Tom Glavine 22 L L 6' 0.0" 175 Mar 25, 1966 Concord, MA, US 1988-04-09 1988-09-28
Tommy Gregg 24 L L 6' 1.0" 190 Jul 29, 1963 Boone, NC, US 1988-09-12 1988-10-02
Ken Griffey 38 L L 5' 11.0" 190 Apr 10, 1950 Donora, PA, US 1988-04-05 1988-07-27
Albert Hall 30 S R 5' 11.0" 155 Mar 7, 1958 Birmingham, AL, US 1988-04-05 1988-10-02
Dion James 25 L L 6' 1.0" 170 Nov 9, 1962 Philadelphia, PA, US 1988-04-05 1988-09-28
German Jimenez 25 L L 5' 11.0" 200 Dec 5, 1962 Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit, MX 1988-06-28 1988-10-01
Mark Lemke 22 S R 5' 10.0" 167 Aug 13, 1965 Utica, NY, US 1988-09-17 1988-10-02
Rick Mahler 34 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Aug 5, 1953 Austin, TX, US 1988-04-05 1988-09-30
Jim Morrison 35 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Sep 23, 1952 Pensacola, FL, US 1988-06-11 1988-09-28
Dale Murphy 32 R R 6' 4.0" 210 Mar 12, 1956 Portland, OR, US 1988-04-05 1988-10-02
Ken Oberkfell 32 L R 6' 0.0" 175 May 4, 1956 Highland, IL, US 1988-04-05 1988-08-27
Ed Olwine 30 R L 6' 2.0" 165 May 28, 1958 Greenville, OH, US 1988-06-29 1988-10-02
Gerald Perry 27 L R 5' 11.0" 180 Oct 30, 1960 Savannah, GA, US 1988-04-05 1988-10-01
Charlie Puleo 33 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Feb 7, 1955 Glen Ridge, NJ, US 1988-04-05 1988-10-01
Gary Roenicke 33 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Dec 5, 1954 Covina, CA, US 1988-04-09 1988-07-24
Jerry Royster 35 R R 6' 0.0" 165 Oct 18, 1952 Sacramento, CA, US 1988-05-17 1988-09-28
Paul Runge 30 R R 6' 0.0" 165 May 21, 1958 Kingston, NY, US 1988-04-09 1988-09-12
Ted Simmons 38 S R 5' 11.0" 193 Aug 9, 1949 Highland Park, MI, US 1988-04-05 1988-10-02
Lonnie Smith 32 R R 5' 9.0" 170 Dec 22, 1955 Chicago, IL, US 1988-07-28 1988-10-02
Pete Smith 22 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Feb 27, 1966 Abington, MA, US 1988-04-07 1988-09-27
Zane Smith 27 L L 6' 2.0" 185 Dec 28, 1960 Madison, WI, US 1988-04-06 1988-08-20
John Smoltz 21 R R 6' 3.0" 210 May 15, 1967 Detroit, MI, US 1988-07-23 1988-09-29
Bruce Sutter 35 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Jan 8, 1953 Lancaster, PA, US 1988-04-05 1988-09-09
Andres Thomas 24 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Nov 10, 1963 Boca Chica, Santo Domingo, DO 1988-04-05 1988-10-02
Ozzie Virgil 31 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Dec 7, 1956 Mayaguez, PR 1988-04-05 1988-10-02

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