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1970 Atlanta Braves

Roster (40-man)

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1969 / 1971

76-86, Finished 5th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lum Harris (76-86)
Scored 736 runs, Allowed 772 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85

Ballparks: Atlanta Stadium · Attendance: 1,078,848 (9th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 105

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1969 / 1971 Roster (40-man)

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Hank Aaron HOF 36 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 5, 1934 17 150 135 150 136 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 125 125 15 0 5.0 $125,000 All-Star
Tommie Aaron 30 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 5, 1939 6 44 12 44 27 0 0 16 0 0 0 10 0 2 12 17 4 -0.8
Bob Aspromonte 32 R R 6' 2" 170 Jun 19, 1938 12 62 28 62 35 0 0 1 0 30 4 1 0 0 1 29 0 -0.9
Dusty Baker 21 R R 6' 2" 183 Jun 15, 1949 3 13 5 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 11 1 6 -0.1
Steve Barber 32 L L 6' 0" 195 Feb 22, 1938 11 5 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.0
Clete Boyer 33 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 9, 1937 15 134 128 134 131 0 0 0 0 126 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.3
Oscar Brown 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 8, 1946 2 28 12 28 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12 5 25 3 6 0.3
Don Cardwell 34 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 7, 1935 14 16 2 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Rico Carty 30 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 1, 1939 7 136 133 136 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 133 3 0 5.8 $45,000 All-Star
Orlando Cepeda HOF 32 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 17, 1937 13 148 147 148 148 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.8 $80,000
Bob Didier 21 B R 6' 0" 190 Feb 16, 1949 2 57 48 57 57 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.7
Darrell Evans 23 L R 6' 2" 200 May 26, 1947 2 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Ralph Garr 24 L R 5' 11" 185 Dec 12, 1945 3 37 19 37 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 12 21 11 6 -0.2
Gil Garrido 29 R R 5' 9" 150 Jun 26, 1941 4 101 97 101 100 0 0 0 26 0 80 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1
Aubrey Gatewood 31 R R 6' 1" 170 Nov 17, 1938 4 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Tony Gonzalez 33 L R 5' 9" 170 Aug 28, 1936 11 123 111 123 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 115 0 119 7 1 -1.2 $50,000
Jimmie Hall 32 L R 6' 0" 175 Mar 7, 1938 8 39 7 39 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 8 28 10 8 -0.3
Sonny Jackson 25 L R 5' 9" 150 Jul 9, 1944 8 103 78 103 87 0 0 0 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 8 12 0.3
Pat Jarvis 29 R R 5' 10" 180 Mar 18, 1941 5 36 34 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.2
Larry Jaster 26 L L 6' 3" 190 Jan 13, 1944 6 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Rick Kester 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 7, 1946 3 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Hal King 26 L R 6' 1" 200 Feb 1, 1944 3 89 51 89 62 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0.7
Ron Kline 38 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 9, 1932 17 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Mike Lum 24 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 27, 1945 4 123 64 123 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 34 35 98 33 3 0.5
Mike McQueen 19 L L 6' 0" 188 Aug 30, 1950 2 22 8 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Felix Millan 26 R R 5' 11" 172 Aug 21, 1943 5 142 142 142 142 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 All-Star
Jim Nash 25 R R 6' 5" 215 Feb 9, 1945 5 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3
Julio Navarro 34 R R 6' 0" 175 Jan 9, 1936 6 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Gary Neibauer 25 R R 6' 3" 200 Oct 29, 1944 2 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Phil Niekro HOF 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 1, 1939 7 34 32 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1
Milt Pappas 31 R R 6' 3" 190 May 11, 1939 14 11 3 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Bob Priddy 30 R R 6' 1" 200 Dec 10, 1939 8 41 0 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Ron Reed 27 R R 6' 6" 215 Nov 2, 1942 5 22 18 22 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.4
George Stone 23 L L 6' 3" 205 Jul 9, 1946 4 35 30 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4
Bob Tillman 33 R R 6' 4" 205 Mar 24, 1937 9 71 63 71 70 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1
Hoyt Wilhelm HOF 47 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 26, 1922 19 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 All-Star
Earl Williams 21 R R 6' 3" 215 Jul 14, 1948 1st 10 4 10 7 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.2
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1969 / 1971 Roster (40-man)