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1971 Atlanta Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970/1972)
82-80, Finished 3rd in NL Western Division
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Scored 643 runs, Allowed 699 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87
Managed by Lum Harris

Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,006,320 (11th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 107
  (one-year): Batting - 108, Pitching - 109
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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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   Earl Williams       22  145  497   64  129  14  1  33   87  42   80  .260  .324  .491   0   1  11   7   0   4   5  123
1B  Hank Aaron          37  139  495   95  162  22  3  47  118  71   58  .327  .410  .669   1   1   9   2   0   5  21  194
2B  Felix Millan        27  143  577   65  167  20  8   2   45  37   22  .289  .332  .362  11   7  12   3  11   7   7   92
3B *Darrell Evans       24   89  260   42   63  11  1  12   38  39   54  .242  .338  .431   2   3   4   1   0   5   4  112
SS  Marty Perez         24  130  410   28   93  15  3   4   32  25   44  .227  .272  .307   1   2  14   1   7   2   5   60
LF *Ralph Garr          25  154  639  101  219  24  6   9   44  30   68  .343  .372  .441  30  14   7   2  18   4   1  125
CF *Sonny Jackson       26  149  547   58  141  20  5   2   25  35   45  .258  .302  .324   7   6   8   1   7   3   1   73
RF *Mike Lum            25  145  454   56  122  14  1  13   55  47   43  .269  .340  .390   0   3   8   5   0   6   5  102
    Orlando Cepeda      33   71  250   31   69  10  1  14   44  22   29  .276  .330  .492   3   6  12   0   0   4   7  125
   *Hal King            27   86  198   14   41   9  0   5   19  29   43  .207  .320  .328   0   0   9   4   2   0   5   80
    Zoilo Versalles     31   66  194   21   37  11  0   5   22  11   40  .191  .233  .325   2   1   7   0   4   1   1   53
   #Bob Didier          22   51  155    9   34   4  1   0    5   6   17  .219  .248  .258   0   0   3   0  10   0   5   41
    Gil Garrido         30   79  125    8   27   3  0   0   12  15   12  .216  .300  .240   0   1   3   0   3   0   1   51
    Clete Boyer         34   30   98   10   24   1  0   6   19   8   11  .245  .299  .439   0   0   1   0   1   1   2  102
    Dusty Baker         22   29   62    2   14   2  0   0    4   1   14  .226  .238  .258   0   1   1   0   1   0   1   38
    Tommie Aaron        31   25   53    4   12   2  0   0    3   3    5  .226  .268  .264   0   0   3   0   0   0   1   48
    Oscar Brown         25   27   43    4    9   4  0   0    5   3    8  .209  .261  .302   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   56
   *Marv Staehle        29   22   36    5    4   0  0   0    1   5    4  .111  .238  .111   0   0   2   1   0   0   0    0
   *Jim Breazeale       21   10   21    1    4   0  0   1    3   0    3  .190  .182  .333   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   40
    Leo Foster          20    9   10    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
    Tony LaRussa        26    9    7    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    1  .286  .375  .286   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   86

    Phil Niekro         32   42   92    3   14   1  0   0    4   0   20  .152  .160  .163   0   0   0   1   7   1   0  -10
    Ron Reed            28   32   74    3   11   0  0   0    1   0   20  .149  .149  .149   0   0   0   0   6   0   0  -17
   *George Stone        24   30   62    7   11   2  0   0    6   1   14  .177  .190  .210   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   11
    Pat Jarvis          30   35   47    2    5   0  0   0    3   2   12  .106  .143  .106   0   0   0   0   4   0   0  -30
    Jim Nash            26   33   47    4    7   1  0   0    2   0   18  .149  .149  .170   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -12
    Tom Kelley          27   28   43    0    2   0  0   0    0   0   23  .047  .047  .047   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  -74
   *Mike McQueen        20   17   19    3    4   1  0   0    0   0    9  .211  .211  .263   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   31
    Cecil Upshaw        28   49   15    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   2   0   0 -100
   *Steve Barber        33   39   13    0    2   0  0   0    0   1   10  .154  .214  .154   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    4
    Ron Herbel          33   25   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    8  .091  .091  .091   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -49
    Bob Priddy          31   40   11    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    2  .182  .182  .273   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   24
   *Tom House           24   11    5    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    0  .400  .400  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  122
    Gary Neibauer       26    6    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.2  162 5575  643 1434 192 30 153  597 434  747  .257  .311  .385  57  46 120  28  91  44  72  101
    Rank among 12 NL teams         3    5    4  11  9   2       12   12     5     8     2  10   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Phil Niekro         32  42   2.98  15  14  2  36   4  18   4  268.7  248  112   89  27   70  173 1101   8   3  1   6 125
SP  Ron Reed            28  32   3.72  13  14  0  32   0   8   1  222.3  221  105   92  26   54  129  927   5   2  1  10 100
SP *George Stone        24  27   3.60   6   8  0  24   0   4   2  172.7  186   80   69  19   35  110  737   2   6  1   4 103
SP  Pat Jarvis          30  35   4.10   6  14  1  23   6   3   3  162.3  162   81   74  16   51   68  686   2   3  1  11  91
SP  Tom Kelley          27  28   2.96   9   5  0  20   2   5   0  143.0  140   56   47   8   69   68  613   5   1  1   6 126
SP  Jim Nash            26  32   4.94   9   7  2  19   7   2   0  133.0  166   81   73  17   50   65  595   4   0  1   3  75

CL  Cecil Upshaw        28  49   3.51  11   6 17   0  41   0   0   82.0   95   33   32   5   28   56  364   2   2  1  12 106
RP  Bob Priddy          31  40   4.22   4   9  4   0  25   0   0   64.0   71   36   30   8   44   36  299   8   1  0   5  88
RP *Steve Barber        33  39   4.80   3   1  2   3  19   0   0   75.0   92   42   40   6   25   40  337   7   2  0   2  77
RP  Ron Herbel          33  25   5.23   0   1  1   0   9   0   0   51.7   61   31   30   6   23   22  236   6   4  0   1  71
RP *Mike McQueen        20  17   3.54   4   1  1   3   6   0   0   56.0   47   24   22   7   23   38  235   3   2  0   4 105

    Gary Neibauer       26   6   2.14   1   0  1   1   1   0   0   21.0   14    5    5   3    9    6   86   1   1  0   1 173
   *Tom House           24  11   3.05   1   0  0   1   2   0   0   20.7   20    8    7   2    3   11   82   3   1  0   0 122
    Hoyt Wilhelm        48   3  15.43   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.3    6    5    4   2    1    1   13   0   0  0   0  24
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.5 162   3.75  82  80 31 162 122  40  11 1474.0 1529  699  614 152  485  823 6311  56  28  7  65  99
    Rank among 12 NL teams         10   7   6  4          10   7      1   12   10       12    6   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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- EWilliams 626 71 72 375 35 8 4 .981 15 24 49 17 HKing 453 48 60 274 23 5 0 .983 10 21 16 11 BDidier 395 43 50 230 24 0 2 1.000 8 10 16 4 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1474 162 162 879 82 13 6 .987 33 55 81 32 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HAaron 614 70 71 629 38 3 56 .996 9.77 OCepeda 563 63 63 586 49 5 60 .992 10.15 EWilliams 186 19 31 194 8 1 25 .995 9.76 TAaron 72 6 11 70 6 2 16 .974 9.41 JBreazeale 37 4 4 31 2 0 3 1.000 8.03 MLum 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1474 162 162 1511 104 11 160 .993 9.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FMillan 1254 141 141 373 437 15 120 .982 5.81 GGarrido 126 14 18 25 46 1 9 .986 5.06 MStaehle 54 5 7 21 25 0 5 1.000 7.57 TLaRussa 27 1 9 8 6 1 3 .933 4.67 ZVersalles 9 1 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 MPerez 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1474 162 162 429 516 18 137 .981 5.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *2.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DEvans 572 67 72 71 138 14 13 .937 3.29 EWilliams 327 37 42 27 74 9 9 .918 2.78 ZVersalles 248 29 30 29 45 8 2 .902 2.68 CBoyer 229 24 25 18 56 3 6 .961 2.90 GGarrido 46 0 28 4 15 1 3 .950 3.66 TAaron 43 4 7 4 13 0 2 1.000 3.56 MStaehle 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1474 162 162 153 344 35 35 .934 3.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 *5.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MPerez 1057 116 126 195 382 27 91 .955 4.91 GGarrido 199 21 32 32 67 4 17 .961 4.48 ZVersalles 198 23 24 32 60 5 11 .948 4.17 LFoster 19 2 3 1 8 1 2 .900 4.26 CBoyer 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1474 162 162 260 518 37 121 .955 4.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 *1.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RGarr 1364 153 153 316 15 11 3 .968 2.18 MLum 56 5 10 12 0 1 0 .923 1.93 OBrown 27 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.98 DEvans 25 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 DBaker 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1474 162 162 340 15 12 3 .967 2.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SJackson 1252 136 145 339 8 7 0 .980 2.49 MLum 151 17 20 57 1 2 0 .967 3.45 OBrown 43 5 7 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.29 DBaker 28 4 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1474 162 162 413 10 9 0 .979 2.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MLum 860 95 102 219 9 0 3 1.000 2.39 HAaron 516 59 60 105 2 2 0 .982 1.87 DBaker 90 8 17 22 1 0 1 1.000 2.29 OBrown 8 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1474 162 162 349 12 2 4 .994 2.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.19 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RGarr 1364 153 153 315 15 11 3 .968 2.18 SJackson 1252 136 145 336 8 7 0 .980 2.47 MLum 1067 117 125 286 10 3 2 .990 2.50 HAaron 516 59 60 104 2 2 0 .981 1.85 DBaker 120 12 18 29 1 0 1 1.000 2.24 OBrown 78 7 15 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.40 DEvans 25 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1474 162 162 1096 37 23 6 .980 2.31 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *1.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PNiekro 268 36 42 19 44 2 6 .969 2.11 RReed 222 32 32 19 27 0 1 1.000 1.86 GStone 172 24 27 5 26 1 4 .969 1.62 PJarvis 162 23 35 16 27 1 1 .977 2.38 TKelley 143 20 28 11 18 0 2 1.000 1.83 JNash 133 19 32 7 16 2 1 .920 1.56 CUpshaw 82 0 49 3 11 1 0 .933 1.54 SBarber 75 3 39 4 13 1 0 .944 2.04 BPriddy 64 0 40 6 11 1 2 .944 2.39 MMcQueen 56 3 17 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.80 RHerbel 51 0 25 3 7 0 3 1.000 1.74 GNeibauer 21 1 6 2 3 0 1 1.000 2.14 THouse 20 1 11 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.74 HWilhelm 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 7.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1474 162 162 96 213 9 22 .972 1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Average Garr .343

On-base % Aaron .410

Slugging % Aaron .669

OPS Aaron 1.079

Games Garr 154

At Bats Garr 639

Plate Appearances (approx.) Garr 693

Runs Garr 101

Hits Garr 219

Total Bases Aaron 331

Doubles Garr 24

Triples Millan 8

Home Runs Aaron 47

RBI Aaron 118

Bases on Balls Aaron 71

Strikeouts Williams 80

Stolen Bases Garr 30

Singles Garr 180

Adjusted OPS+ Aaron 194

Runs Created Aaron 137

Adjusted Batting Runs Aaron 63

Batting Wins Aaron 6.4

Extra-Base Hits Aaron 72

Times on Base Garr 251

Offensive Win% Aaron .852

Hit By Pitch Williams 7

Sac. Hits Garr 18

Sac. Flies Millan 7

Intentional Walks Aaron 21

Grounded into Double Plays Perez 14

Caught Stealing Garr 14

Power/Speed Number Garr 13.8

At Bats per Strikeout Millan 26.2

At Bats per Home Run Aaron 10.5

Outs Garr 463

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ERA Niekro 2.98

Wins Niekro 15

Won-Loss % Upshaw .647

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Niekro 1.184

Hits Allowed/9IP Niekro 8.31

Bases on Balls/9IP Stone 1.82

Strikeouts/9IP Niekro 5.80

Games Upshaw 49

Saves Upshaw 17

Innings Niekro 268.7

Strikeouts Niekro 173

Games Started Niekro 36

Comp. Games Niekro 18

Shutouts Niekro 4

Home Runs Allow. Niekro 27

Bases On Balls Allow. Niekro 70

Hits Allowed Niekro 248

SO to Walk Stone 3.14

Losses Jarvis, Niekro, and Reed 14

Earned Runs Allow. Reed 92

Wild Pitches Niekro and Priddy 8

Hit Batsmen Stone 6

Batters Faced Niekro 1101

Games Finished Upshaw 41

Adjusted ERA+ Niekro 125

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