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1968 Atlanta Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967/1969)
81-81, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 514 runs, Allowed 549 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-86
Managed by Lum Harris

Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,126,540 (5th of 10)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 101, Pitching - 101
  (one-year): Batting - 93, Pitching - 94
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1968 Stats (1967/1969) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Team Batting    Glossary

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   Joe Torre           27  115  424   45  115  11  2  10   55  34   72  .271  .332  .377   1   0  15   5   0   1   7  112
1B  Deron Johnson       29  127  342   29   71  11  1   8   33  35   79  .208  .285  .316   0   1   9   3   0   3   2   80
2B  Felix Millan        24  149  570   49  165  22  2   1   33  22   26  .289  .321  .340   6   6  17   6  14   3   7   98
3B  Clete Boyer         31   71  273   19   62   7  2   4   17  16   32  .227  .275  .311   2   0   8   2   0   0   3   76
SS *Sonny Jackson       23  105  358   37   81   8  2   1   19  25   35  .226  .282  .268  16   6  10   3   5   1   6   66
LF *Tito Francona       34  122  346   32   99  13  1   2   47  51   45  .286  .376  .347   3   0  12   0   1   2   5  118
CF  Felipe Alou         33  160  662   72  210  37  5  11   57  48   56  .317  .365  .438  12  11  10   4   0   4  14  140
RF  Hank Aaron          34  160  606   84  174  33  4  29   86  64   62  .287  .354  .498  28   5  21   1   0   5  23  153
   #Marty Martinez      26  113  356   34   82   5  3   0   12  29   28  .230  .291  .261   6   6   8   2   7   1   4   67
    Tommie Aaron        28   98  283   21   69  10  3   1   25  21   37  .244  .295  .311   3   4   9   0   2   1   1   82
    Bob Tillman         31   86  236   16   52   4  0   5   20  16   55  .220  .278  .301   1   0   8   3   2   0   2   74
   *Mike Lum            22  122  232   22   52   7  3   3   21  14   35  .224  .277  .319   3   5   6   4   3   3   2   78
    Bob Johnson         32   59  187   15   49   5  1   0   11  10   20  .262  .298  .299   0   0   5   0   0   1   3   80
   *Sandy Valdespino    29   36   86    8   20   1  0   1    4  10   20  .233  .320  .279   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   81
    Gil Garrido         27   18   53    5   11   0  0   0    2   2    2  .208  .228  .208   0   0   1   0   0   2   1   31
   *Wayne Causey        31   16   37    2    4   0  1   1    4   0    4  .108  .103  .243   0   0   0   0   0   2   0    1
   *Mike Page           27   20   28    1    5   0  0   0    1   1    9  .179  .207  .179   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   16
   *Walt Hriniak        25    9   26    0    9   0  0   0    3   0    3  .346  .346  .346   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  108
    Woody Woodward      25   12   24    2    4   1  0   0    1   1    6  .167  .200  .208   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   23
   *Ralph Garr          22   11    7    3    2   0  0   0    0   1    0  .286  .375  .286   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  100
    Dusty Baker         19    6    5    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .400  .400  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  140

    Pat Jarvis          27   34   85    4   12   2  0   0    5   4   36  .141  .180  .165   0   0   0   0  10   0   0    4
    Phil Niekro         29   37   77    3    8   1  0   2    7   0   22  .104  .104  .195   0   0   0   0  18   0   0  -12
    Ron Reed            25   35   62    0   10   1  1   0    4   1   23  .161  .188  .210   0   0   0   1   9   0   0   19
    Ken Johnson         35   31   40    1    7   0  0   0    2   0   19  .175  .171  .175   0   0   2   0   3   1   0    4
    Milt Pappas         29   22   37    5    6   0  0   1    4   3   21  .162  .244  .243   0   0   0   1   2   0   0   46
   *George Stone        21   17   27    2    9   0  0   0    7   1    7  .333  .357  .333   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  108
    Dick Kelley         28   31   23    0    1   0  0   0    0   3   12  .043  .154  .043   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -38
    Cecil Upshaw        25   52   23    0    4   0  0   0    0   1    4  .174  .208  .174   0   0   0   0   6   0   0   16
    Jim Britton         24   34   21    1    3   0  0   0    0   0    6  .143  .143  .143   0   0   2   0   2   0   0  -14
    Claude Raymond      31   36    7    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -14
    Clay Carroll        27   10    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Tony Cloninger      27    8    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Ted Davidson        28    4    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7  163 5552  514 1399 179 31  80  480 414  782  .252  .304  .339  83  44 145  36  86  30  85  100
    Rank among 10 NL teams         4    7    3   7  7   6        7   10     2     3     6   3   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    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  Pat Jarvis          27  34   2.60  16  12  0  34   0  14   1  256.0  202   82   74  15   50  157 1018   5   2  2   5 116
SP  Phil Niekro         29  37   2.59  14  12  2  34   3  15   5  257.0  228   83   74  16   45  140 1019  16   5  3   3 116
SP  Ron Reed            25  35   3.35  11  10  0  28   2   6   1  201.7  189   87   75  10   49  111  838   9   6  0  11  90
SP  Milt Pappas         29  22   2.37  10   8  0  19   3   3   1  121.3  111   36   32   8   22   75  485   4   3  0   6 127
SP  Ken Johnson         35  31   3.47   5   8  0  16   9   1   0  135.0  145   58   52  10   25   57  566   3   9  0  10  87
SP *George Stone        21  17   2.76   7   4  0  10   5   2   0   75.0   63   27   23   9   19   52  305   1   0  0   4 109

CL  Cecil Upshaw        25  52   2.47   8   7 13   0  35   0   0  116.7   98   41   32   6   24   74  467   2   4  0   7 122
RP  Claude Raymond      31  36   2.83   3   5 10   0  24   0   0   60.3   56   21   19   4   18   37  247   2   1  0   9 106
RP  Jim Britton         24  34   3.10   4   6  3   9  12   2   2   90.0   81   35   31   1   34   61  377   2   2  0   5  97
RP *Dick Kelley         28  31   2.76   2   4  1  11   5   1   1   98.0   86   36   30   4   45   73  419   5   1  0   2 109
RP  Clay Carroll        27  10   4.84   0   1  0   0   5   0   0   22.3   26   15   12   1    6   10   96   0   0  0   2  62

    Tony Cloninger      27   8   4.26   1   3  0   1   4   0   0   19.0   15    9    9   0   11    7   80   1   0  0   2  71
   *Ted Davidson        28   4   6.75   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    6.7   10    5    5   2    4    3   33   0   0  0   1  45
    Rick Kester         21   5   5.68   0   0  0   0   5   0   0    6.3    8    4    4   0    3    9   29   1   0  0   0  53
   *Skip Guinn          23   3   3.60   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    5.0    3    2    2   0    3    4   21   1   0  0   0  84
    Al Santorini        20   1   0.00   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    3.0    4    4    0   1    0    0   14   1   0  0   0    
    Stu Miller          40   2  27.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.3    1    4    4   0    4    1    7   1   0  0   2  11
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5 163   2.92  81  81 29 163 119  44  16 1474.0 1326  549  478  87  362  871 6021  54  33  5  69 103
    Rank among 10 NL teams          6   5   6  7           6   6      5    6    6        6    2   10

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
JTorre       747  85  92  492   37   2   7  .996   4  17  37  14
BTillman     582  66  75  359   29   4   7  .990   7  19  36  15
MMartinez     80   6  14   40    7   1   0  .979   3   6   0   1
WHriniak      64   6   9   57    1   2   0  .967   0   5   7   0
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  1474 163 163  948   74   9  14  .991  14  47  80  30
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .992 *10.09
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DJohnson     684  72  97  738   46   3  66  .996 10.31
TFrancona    258  30  33  293   10   2  17  .993 10.57
JTorre       237  28  29  241   11   0  19 1.000  9.56
TAaron       191  19  28  209   17   0  12 1.000 10.61
HAaron       103  14  14   88    7   2   8  .979  8.30
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1474 163 163 1569   91   7 122  .996 10.14
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .977 *5.21
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
FMillan     1285 143 145  330  438  16  91  .980  5.38
MMartinez    120  13  16   21   46   1   4  .985  5.00
WCausey       52   5   6   11   11   0   2 1.000  3.76
BJohnson      14   2   4    3    5   0   1 1.000  4.90
WWoodward      1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1474 163 163  365  500  17  98  .981  5.28
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .954 *2.93
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
CBoyer       615  67  69   74  135   4  17  .981  3.06
BJohnson     401  46  48   45  101   8   9  .948  3.27
MMartinez    287  31  37   23   60   5   8  .943  2.60
DJohnson     155  18  21   21   32   1   0  .981  3.06
WWoodward     11   1   2    0    1   0   0 1.000  0.82
WCausey        3   0   2    0    0   1   0  .000  0.00
TAaron         1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1474 163 163  163  329  19  34  .963  3.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .962 *4.98
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
SJackson     855  94  99  132  307  22  35  .952  4.62
MMartinez    431  49  54   85  151  11  32  .955  4.92
GGarrido     132  14  17   26   51   1  12  .987  5.25
WWoodward     52   6   6   13   23   1   3  .973  6.23
WCausey        3   0   2    0    1   0   1 1.000  3.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1474 163 163  256  533  35  83  .958  4.82
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .963 *1.64
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
TFrancona    491  64  65   85    2   2   2  .978  1.59
TAaron       458  51  62   81    3   5   0  .944  1.65
MLum         342  27  75   71    5   3   0  .962  2.00
SValdespino  174  20  20   39    0   1   0  .975  2.02
MPage          8   1   1    3    0   0   0 1.000  3.38
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1474 163 163  279   10  11   2  .963  1.76
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .978 *2.39
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
FAlou       1406 156 158  374    8   8   2  .979  2.44
MLum          60   7   8   13    1   0   0 1.000  2.10
DBaker         8   0   3    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1474 163 163  387    9   8   2  .980  2.42
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .981 *2.02
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
HAaron      1291 143 151  329   14   3   2  .991  2.39
MLum         156  18  22   31    1   0   0 1.000  1.85
MPage         27   2   5    2    0   0   0 1.000  0.67
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1474 163 163  362   15   3   2  .992  2.30
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .975 *2.02  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
FAlou       1406 156 158  379    8   8   2  .980  2.48
HAaron      1291 143 151  330   13   3   2  .991  2.39
MLum         558  52  95  115    7   3   0  .976  1.97
TFrancona    491  64  65   89    2   2   1  .978  1.67
TAaron       458  51  62   78    3   5   1  .942  1.59
SValdespino  174  20  20   40    0   1   0  .976  2.07
MPage         35   3   6    5    0   0   0 1.000  1.29
DBaker         8   0   3    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  1474 163 163 1036   33  22   6  .980  2.18 163 163 163
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .958 *2.01
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
PNiekro      256  34  37   18   59   4   4  .951  2.70
PJarvis      256  34  34   18   29   2   2  .959  1.65
RReed        201  28  35   16   32   1   3  .980  2.14
KJohnson     135  16  31    7   18   1   3  .962  1.67
MPappas      121  19  22    2   19   1   0  .955  1.56
CUpshaw      116   0  52    6   19   1   0  .962  1.93
DKelley       98  11  31    7   20   1   3  .964  2.47
JBritton      90   9  34    2   16   0   1 1.000  1.79
GStone        75  10  17    4    6   2   1  .833  1.20
CRaymond      60   0  36    4   12   2   0  .889  2.39
CCarroll      22   0  10    1    5   0   0 1.000  2.42
TCloninger    19   1   8    1    4   0   0 1.000  2.37
TDavidson      6   0   4    0    2   0   0 1.000  2.69
RKester        6   0   5    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
SGuinn         5   0   3    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
ASantorini     3   1   1    0    1   1   0  .500  3.00
SMiller        0   0   2    0    1   0   0 1.000 12.86
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1474 163 163   86  243  16  17  .954  2.01
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageAlou.317
On-base %Alou.365
Slugging %Aaron.498
OPSAaron.852
GamesAaron and Alou160
At BatsAlou662
Plate Appearances (approx.)Alou718
RunsAaron84
HitsAlou210
Total BasesAaron302
DoublesAlou37
TriplesAlou5
Home RunsAaron29
RBIAaron86
Bases on BallsAaron64
StrikeoutsJohnson79
Stolen BasesAaron28
SinglesAlou157
Adjusted OPS+Aaron153
Runs CreatedAaron104
Adjusted Batting RunsAaron39
Batting WinsAaron4.3
Extra-Base HitsAaron66
Times on BaseAlou262
Offensive Win%Aaron.725
Hit By PitchMillan6
Sac. HitsNiekro18
Sac. FliesAaron5
Intentional WalksAaron23
Grounded into Double PlaysAaron21
Caught StealingAlou11
Power/Speed NumberAaron28.5
At Bats per StrikeoutMillan21.9
At Bats per Home RunAaron20.9
OutsAlou477

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERANiekro2.59
WinsJarvis16
Won-Loss %Jarvis.571
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Jarvis0.984
Hits Allowed/9IPJarvis7.10
Bases on Balls/9IPNiekro1.58
Strikeouts/9IPJarvis5.52
GamesUpshaw52
SavesUpshaw13
InningsNiekro257.0
StrikeoutsJarvis157
Games StartedJarvis and Niekro34
Comp. GamesNiekro15
ShutoutsNiekro5
Home Runs Allow.Niekro16
Bases On Balls Allow.Jarvis50
Hits AllowedNiekro228
SO to WalkJarvis3.14
LossesJarvis and Niekro12
Earned Runs Allow.Reed75
Wild PitchesNiekro16
Hit BatsmenJohnson9
Batters FacedNiekro1019
Games FinishedUpshaw35
Adjusted ERA+Niekro and Jarvis116

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Hank Aaron (Starting RF)
Felipe Alou
Ron Reed

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