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1972 Atlanta Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973

70-84, Finished 4th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lum Harris (47-57) and Eddie Mathews (23-27)
Scored 628 runs, Allowed 730 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-88

Ballparks: Atlanta Stadium · Attendance: 752,973 (10th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 109, Pitching - 110 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 106

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1971 / 1973 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 38 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 5, 1934 19 129 121 129 122 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 8 0 3.5 $200,000 All-Star
Dusty Baker 23 R R 6' 2" 183 Jun 15, 1949 5 127 115 127 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 120 4 123 6 2 4.4 $
Steve Barber 34 L L 6' 0" 195 Feb 22, 1938 13 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Larvell Blanks 22 R R 5' 8" 167 Jan 28, 1950 1st 33 20 33 24 0 0 0 18 2 4 0 0 0 0 8 3 0.7 $
Jim Breazeale 22 L R 6' 2" 210 Oct 3, 1949 3 52 12 52 17 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 1 0.0 $
Oscar Brown 26 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 8, 1946 4 76 28 76 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 3 29 59 14 14 -1.4 $
Rico Carty 32 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 1, 1939 8 86 78 86 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 0 0 78 8 0 1.1 $50,000
Paul Casanova 30 R R 6' 4" 180 Dec 21, 1941 8 49 32 49 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -1.0 $
Orlando Cepeda HOF 34 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 17, 1937 15 28 21 28 22 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.2 $
Bob Didier 23 B R 6' 0" 190 Feb 16, 1949 4 13 10 13 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
Darrell Evans 25 L R 6' 2" 200 May 26, 1947 4 125 122 125 123 0 0 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.5 $
Jimmy Freeman 21 L L 6' 4" 180 Jun 29, 1951 1st 8 6 8 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.6 $
Ralph Garr 26 L R 5' 11" 185 Dec 12, 1945 5 134 131 134 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 13 59 131 3 0 1.2 $
Gil Garrido 31 R R 5' 9" 150 Jun 26, 1941 6 40 17 40 34 0 0 0 21 3 10 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.3 $
Rod Gilbreath 19 R R 6' 2" 180 Sep 24, 1952 1st 18 10 18 11 0 0 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0.2 $
Jim Hardin 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 6, 1943 6 26 9 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $22,000
Joe Hoerner 35 R L 6' 1" 200 Nov 12, 1936 9 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Tom House 25 L L 5' 11" 190 Apr 29, 1947 2 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Sonny Jackson 27 L R 5' 9" 150 Jul 9, 1944 10 60 24 60 33 0 0 0 0 6 18 0 9 1 10 26 6 0.1 $
Pat Jarvis 31 R R 5' 10" 180 Mar 18, 1941 7 37 6 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Larry Jaster 28 L L 6' 3" 190 Jan 13, 1944 7 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Tom Kelley 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 5, 1944 6 27 14 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Mike Lum 26 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 27, 1945 6 123 94 123 110 0 0 2 0 0 0 30 21 62 109 16 3 0.4 $
Denny McLain 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 29, 1944 10 15 8 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Mike McQueen 21 L L 6' 0" 188 Aug 30, 1950 4 23 7 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Felix Millan 28 R R 5' 11" 172 Aug 21, 1943 7 125 119 125 120 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -1.0 $
Jim Nash 27 R R 6' 5" 215 Feb 9, 1945 7 11 4 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Gary Neibauer 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Oct 29, 1944 4 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Phil Niekro HOF 33 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 1, 1939 9 38 36 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 $
Rowland Office 19 L L 6' 0" 170 Oct 25, 1952 1st 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0.0 $
Marty Perez 26 R R 5' 11" 160 Feb 28, 1946 4 141 136 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2.6 $
Ron Reed 29 R R 6' 6" 215 Nov 2, 1942 7 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Ron Schueler 24 R R 6' 4" 205 Apr 14, 1948 1st 37 18 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
George Stone 25 L L 6' 3" 205 Jul 9, 1946 6 33 16 33 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.5 $
Cecil Upshaw 29 R R 6' 6" 205 Oct 22, 1942 6 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Earl Williams 23 R R 6' 3" 215 Jul 14, 1948 3 151 149 151 150 0 116 20 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.1 $37,000
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

Jim Breazeale

Larvell Blanks
Bob Didier

Bob Didier

Gil Garrido

Marty Perez

Darrell Evans

Dusty Baker

Paul Casanova

Sonny Jackson

Felix Millan

Rowland Office

Rod Gilbreath

Mike McQueen

Larry Jaster
Jim Nash

Steve Barber
Jimmy Freeman

Rico Carty

Jim Hardin

Mike Lum

Orlando Cepeda
Denny McLain

Gary Neibauer

Earl Williams

Pat Jarvis

Cecil Upshaw

Phil Niekro

Tom Kelley

Ron Schueler

Ron Reed

Joe Hoerner
Tom House

George Stone

Joe Hoerner

Hank Aaron

Oscar Brown

Ralph Garr

1971 / 1973 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers