Preston Hanna
Preston Lee Hanna
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 10, 1954 in Pensacola, FL
High School: Escambia (Pensacola, FL)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1975
Final Game: October 3, 1982
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1975 20 ATL NL 0 0 1.59 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 7 1 1 0 5 0 2 2 1 1 30 238 2.118 11.1 0.0 7.9 3.2 0.40
1976 21 ATL NL 0 0 4.50 5 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 11 5 4 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 37 84 1.875 12.4 0.0 4.5 3.4 0.75
1977 22 ATL NL 2 6 .250 4.95 17 9 2 1 0 1 60.0 69 40 33 6 34 1 37 2 0 5 282 90 1.717 10.4 0.9 5.1 5.6 1.09
1978 23 ATL NL 7 13 .350 5.13 29 28 1 0 0 0 140.1 132 89 80 10 93 5 90 3 2 11 637 80 1.603 8.5 0.6 6.0 5.8 0.97
1979 24 ATL NL 1 1 .500 2.96 6 4 1 0 0 0 24.1 27 11 8 1 15 1 15 0 0 1 112 138 1.726 10.0 0.4 5.5 5.5 1.00
1980 25 ATL NL 2 0 1.000 3.18 32 2 3 0 0 0 79.1 63 28 28 3 44 4 35 3 0 5 337 117 1.349 7.1 0.3 5.0 4.0 0.80
1981 26 ATL NL 2 1 .667 6.37 20 1 1 0 0 0 35.1 45 27 25 2 23 2 22 0 0 6 164 56 1.925 11.5 0.5 5.9 5.6 0.96
1982 27 TOT MLB 3 4 .429 4.80 43 3 11 1 0 0 84.1 90 49 45 6 61 3 49 1 0 7 386 80 1.791 9.6 0.6 6.5 5.2 0.80
1982 27 ATL NL 3 0 1.000 3.75 20 1 3 0 0 0 36.0 36 15 15 3 28 2 17 0 0 2 158 100 1.778 9.0 0.8 7.0 4.3 0.61
1982 27 OAK AL 0 4 .000 5.59 23 2 8 1 0 0 48.1 54 34 30 3 33 1 32 1 0 5 228 69 1.800 10.1 0.6 6.1 6.0 0.97
8 Seasons 17 25 .405 4.61 156 47 23 2 0 1 437.1 444 250 224 28 279 16 253 11 3 36 1985 86 1.653 9.1 0.6 5.7 5.2 0.91
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .405 4.61 52 16 8 1 0 0 146 149 84 75 9 93 5 85 4 1 12 665 86 1.653 9.1 0.6 5.7 5.2 0.91
ATL (8 yrs) 17 21 .447 4.49 133 45 15 1 0 1 389.0 390 216 194 25 246 15 221 10 3 31 1757 89 1.635 9.0 0.6 5.7 5.1 0.90
OAK (1 yr) 0 4 .000 5.59 23 2 8 1 0 0 48.1 54 34 30 3 33 1 32 1 0 5 228 69 1.800 10.1 0.6 6.1 6.0 0.97
NL (8 yrs) 17 21 .447 4.49 133 45 15 1 0 1 389.0 390 216 194 25 246 15 221 10 3 31 1757 89 1.635 9.0 0.6 5.7 5.1 0.90
AL (1 yr) 0 4 .000 5.59 23 2 8 1 0 0 48.1 54 34 30 3 33 1 32 1 0 5 228 69 1.800 10.1 0.6 6.1 6.0 0.97

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 20 ATL NL 4 30 23 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 .304 .467 .348 .814 .333 8 0 2 0 0 0
1976 21 ATL NL 5 37 33 5 11 2 1 0 1 3 4 3 .333 .405 .455 .860 .367 15 0 0 0 0 0
1977 22 ATL NL 17 282 242 40 69 16 2 6 16 3 34 37 .285 .378 .442 .820 .317 107 5 2 4 0 1
1978 23 ATL NL 29 637 526 89 132 28 3 10 20 7 93 90 .251 .362 .373 .735 .282 196 6 3 8 7 5
1979 24 ATL NL 6 112 95 11 27 5 0 1 5 0 15 15 .284 .382 .368 .750 .329 35 4 0 2 0 1
1980 25 ATL NL 32 337 281 28 63 6 1 3 8 3 44 35 .224 .331 .285 .616 .243 80 9 3 5 4 4
1981 26 ATL NL 20 164 132 27 45 8 2 2 4 1 23 22 .341 .425 .477 .902 .381 63 6 0 4 5 2
1982 27 ATL NL 20 158 130 15 36 6 0 3 4 3 28 17 .277 .405 .392 .797 .300 51 10 0 0 0 2
1982 27 OAK AL 23 228 188 34 54 9 2 3 5 5 33 32 .287 .389 .404 .794 .325 76 3 1 2 4 1
1982 27 TOT MLB 43 386 318 49 90 15 2 6 9 8 61 49 .283 .396 .399 .795 .315 127 13 1 2 4 3
8 Seasons 156 1985 1650 250 444 81 11 28 63 25 279 253 .269 .374 .382 .757 .299 631 43 11 25 20 16
162 Game Avg. 52 665 553 84 149 27 4 9 21 8 93 85 .269 .374 .382 .757 .299 211 14 4 8 7 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1977 22 ATL NL 17 9 2 6 1 1 3 3 6 .333 0 2 1 0 4 44% 44 63 19 14 4 3 3 4.3 2.9 5.6
1978 23 ATL NL 29 28 7 13 8 3 4 11 17 .393 2 3 0 0 10 36% 47 72 16 26 9 4 11 3.7 3.1 4.9
1979 24 ATL NL 6 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 2 50% 51 61 41 2 0 2 2 2.8 2.1 5.4
1980 25 ATL NL 32 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 1 50% 56 60 52 7 3 2 0 4.5 3.3 5.5
1981 26 ATL NL 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32 32 32 8 3 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0
1982 27 TOT MLB 43 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 .000 0 0 1 0 1 33% 40 60 24 30 6 2 0 2.3 3.8 4.0
1982 27 ATL NL 20 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 36 36 14 3 0 0 4.0 27.0 1.7
1982 27 OAK AL 23 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 1 0 1 50% 42 60 24 16 3 2 0 1.5 1.6 5.2
6 Seasons 147 47 11 23 13 5 8 16 31 .340 2 7 2 0 18 38% 46 72 16 87 25 13 16 3.6 3.0 5.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1975 20 ATL NL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0.298 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 3 2 1 2 0 4.3
1976 21 ATL NL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0.251 0 0 4 0 0 5 3 2 4 1 4 0 4.8
1977 22 ATL NL 17 8 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 8 3 38% 5 1.084 1 4 3 2 0 6 4 4 2 3 3 2 3.8
1978 23 ATL NL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 1.001 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.0
1979 24 ATL NL 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0.971 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1980 25 ATL NL 32 30 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 5 31% 7 0.505 4 7 19 2 1 27 9 21 24 1 24 5 6.8
1981 26 ATL NL 20 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 6 0.758 2 5 12 1 2 16 5 14 11 4 11 4 5.6
1982 27 TOT MLB 43 40 11 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 29 7 24% 0.612 4 9 27 6 2 32 17 23 26 10 26 7 5.4
1982 27 ATL NL 20 19 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 2 13% 6 0.714 3 5 11 3 2 14 9 10 14 2 14 3 5.4
1982 27 OAK AL 23 21 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 13 5 38% 6 0.542 1 4 16 3 0 18 8 13 12 8 12 4 5.4
8 Seasons 156 109 23 6 2 1 1 0 100% 6 4 69 20 29% 0.807 11 26 70 12 5 92 41 68 71 20 72 18 5.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1975 20 ATL NL 30 40% 0.0% 6.7% 16.7% 3.3% 14% 1.00 70% 7 0 0%
1976 21 ATL NL 37 35% 0.0% 8.1% 10.8% 8.1% 27% 2.60 81% 5 0 0%
1977 22 ATL NL 282 46% 2.1% 13.1% 12.1% 8.5% 35% 1.44 71% 57 5 9%
1978 23 ATL NL 637 47% 1.6% 14.1% 14.6% 6.4% 31% 1.02 68% 104 6 6%
1979 24 ATL NL 112 41% 0.9% 13.4% 13.4% 5.4% 22% 2.17 71% 15 4 27%
1980 25 ATL NL 337 38% 0.9% 10.4% 13.1% 3.0% 16% 1.65 73% 60 9 15%
1981 26 ATL NL 164 48% 1.2% 13.4% 14.0% 7.3% 27% 1.89 69% 37 6 16%
1982 27 TOT MLB 386 42% 1.6% 12.7% 15.8% 6.0% 26% 1.06 69% 98 13 13%
1982 27 ATL NL 158 42% 1.9% 10.8% 17.7% 5.7% 25% 2.19 70% 34 10 29%
1982 27 OAK AL 228 41% 1.3% 14.0% 14.5% 6.1% 26% 0.61 69% 64 3 5%
8 Seasons 1985 44% 1.4% 12.8% 14.1% 6.1% 27% 1.31 70% 383 43 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1975 20 ATL NL 30 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1976 21 ATL NL 37 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 1 0 0 12 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 22 ATL NL 282 69 6 0 10 1 5 3 3 31 10 7 32% 8 5 0 114 16 3 84% 14 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1978 23 ATL NL 637 132 10 0 19 7 3 6 4 43 22 8 51% 6 11 0 228 20 7 74% 19 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
1979 24 ATL NL 112 27 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 2 2 33% 1 1 0 44 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 25 ATL NL 337 63 3 0 10 2 1 0 3 17 10 2 59% 2 5 0 136 8 3 73% 7 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 12 0
1981 26 ATL NL 164 45 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 19 11 3 58% 1 6 0 70 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1982 27 TOT MLB 386 90 6 0 5 3 3 3 3 28 21 4 75% 6 7 0 182 9 8 53% 9 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 15 0
1982 27 ATL NL 158 36 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 6 4 0 67% 1 2 0 75 4 3 57% 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1982 27 OAK AL 228 54 3 0 3 2 1 1 2 22 17 4 77% 5 5 0 107 5 5 50% 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 0
8 Seasons 1985 444 28 0 52 14 14 13 15 149 80 26 54% 25 36 0 803 63 25 72% 59 21 4 4 0 0 3 1 81 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1975 20 0 0 1.59 4 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 7 1 1 0 5 0 2 2 1 1 30 238 2.118 11.1 0.0 7.9 3.2 0.40 238
1976 21 0 0 3.29 9 0 4 0 0 0 13.2 18 6 5 0 9 0 5 2 1 1 67 115 1.976 11.9 0.0 5.9 3.3 0.56 115
1977 22 2 6 .250 4.64 26 9 6 1 0 1 73.2 87 46 38 6 43 1 42 4 1 6 349 93 1.765 10.6 0.7 5.3 5.1 0.98 93
1978 23 9 19 .321 4.96 55 37 7 1 0 1 214.0 219 135 118 16 136 6 132 7 3 17 986 84 1.659 9.2 0.7 5.7 5.6 0.97 84
1979 24 10 20 .333 4.76 61 41 8 1 0 1 238.1 246 146 126 17 151 7 147 7 3 18 1098 87 1.666 9.3 0.6 5.7 5.6 0.97 87
1980 25 12 20 .375 4.36 93 43 11 1 0 1 317.2 309 174 154 20 195 11 182 10 3 23 1435 93 1.587 8.8 0.6 5.5 5.2 0.93 93
1981 26 14 21 .400 4.56 113 44 12 1 0 1 353.0 354 201 179 22 218 13 204 10 3 29 1599 88 1.620 9.0 0.6 5.6 5.2 0.94 88
1982 27 17 25 .405 4.61 156 47 23 2 0 1 437.1 444 250 224 28 279 16 253 11 3 36 1985 86 1.653 9.1 0.6 5.7 5.2 0.91 86

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1975 20 0 0 1.80 5.0 7 1 1 0 5 2 2 2.400 12.6 9.0 3.6 0.40 0.0 4
1976 21 0 0 5.14 7.0 11 4 4 0 4 3 0 2.143 14.1 5.1 3.9 0.75 0.0 5
1977 22 3 3 .500 4.35 60.0 66 32 29 6 33 37 2 1.650 9.9 5.0 5.6 1.12 0.9 17
1978 23 6 9 .400 5.12 137.0 130 87 78 10 92 88 3 1.620 8.5 6.0 5.8 0.96 0.7 29
1979 24 1 1 .500 3.13 23.0 27 9 8 1 15 14 0 1.826 10.6 5.9 5.5 0.93 0.4 6
1980 25 4 4 .500 3.60 75.0 65 33 30 3 45 33 3 1.467 7.8 5.4 4.0 0.73 0.4 32
1981 26 1 4 .200 7.85 47.0 70 46 41 3 36 29 0 2.255 13.4 6.9 5.6 0.81 0.6 20
1982 27 3 5 .375 5.80 76.0 93 54 49 6 63 44 1 2.053 11.0 7.5 5.2 0.70 0.7 43
8 Seasons 18 26 .409 5.02 430.0 469 266 240 29 293 250 11 1.772 9.8 5.2 0.85 0.6 156

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 NL--93--4th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1978 NL--11--4th
1981 NL--6--9th

Youngest s c a p y
1975 NL--born 1954-09-10--4th

             

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