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1972 Atlanta Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973)
70-84, Finished 4th in NL West
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Scored 628 runs, Allowed 730 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-88
Manager: Lum Harris (47-57) and Eddie Mathews (23-27)
Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Earl Williams 23 151 637 565 72 146 24 2 28 87 0 0 62 118 .258 .336 .457 .793 116 258 17 6 0 4 6
2 1B Hank Aaron 38 129 544 449 75 119 10 0 34 77 4 0 92 55 .265 .390 .514 .904 147 231 17 1 0 2 15
3 2B Felix Millan 28 125 534 498 46 128 19 3 1 38 6 4 23 28 .257 .292 .313 .605 67 156 7 3 7 3 1
4 SS Marty Perez 25 141 518 479 33 109 13 1 1 28 0 3 30 55 .228 .276 .265 .541 49 127 21 3 3 3 1
5 3B Darrell Evans* 25 125 521 418 67 106 12 0 19 71 4 2 90 58 .254 .384 .419 .803 121 175 6 4 0 9 4
6 LF Rico Carty 32 86 315 271 31 75 12 2 6 29 0 0 44 33 .277 .378 .402 .780 115 109 8 0 0 0 4
7 CF Dusty Baker 23 127 503 446 62 143 27 2 17 76 4 7 45 68 .321 .383 .504 .888 142 225 9 4 2 6 2
8 RF Mike Lum* 26 123 424 369 40 84 14 2 9 38 1 4 50 52 .228 .323 .350 .673 85 129 7 3 0 2 4
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 OF Ralph Garr* 26 134 594 554 87 180 22 0 12 53 25 9 25 41 .325 .359 .430 .788 116 238 9 6 6 3 2
10 RF Oscar Brown 26 76 168 164 19 37 5 1 3 16 0 2 4 29 .226 .244 .323 .567 55 53 4 0 0 0 0
11 C Paul Casanova 30 49 140 136 8 28 3 0 2 10 0 1 4 28 .206 .229 .272 .501 37 37 7 0 0 0 2
12 UT Sonny Jackson* 27 60 133 126 20 30 6 3 0 8 1 0 7 9 .238 .278 .333 .612 67 42 4 0 0 0 0
13 2B Larvell Blanks 22 33 94 85 10 28 5 0 1 7 0 0 7 12 .329 .376 .424 .800 120 36 3 0 1 1 0
14 1B Jim Breazeale* 22 52 91 85 10 21 2 0 5 17 0 1 6 12 .247 .297 .447 .744 102 38 2 0 0 0 1
15 1B Orlando Cepeda 34 28 91 84 6 25 3 0 4 9 0 0 7 17 .298 .352 .476 .828 126 40 1 0 0 0 1
16 2B Gil Garrido 31 40 87 75 11 20 1 0 0 7 1 1 11 6 .267 .368 .280 .648 81 21 3 1 0 0 1
17 C Bob Didier# 23 13 44 40 5 12 2 1 0 5 0 0 2 4 .300 .341 .400 .741 103 16 1 1 0 1 0
18 IF Rod Gilbreath 19 18 41 38 2 9 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 10 .237 .293 .263 .556 54 10 1 1 0 0 0
19 CF Rowland Office* 19 2 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .400 .500 .400 .900 150 2 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
20 P Phil Niekro 33 38 108 93 7 18 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 22 .194 .216 .237 .453 24 22 2 2 11 1 0
21 P Ron Reed 29 31 80 73 5 13 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 21 .178 .173 .192 .365 0 14 0 0 5 2 0
22 P Ron Schueler 24 37 45 42 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .190 .209 .214 .424 17 9 0 0 2 0 0
23 P Tom Kelley 28 27 38 34 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 .088 .139 .088 .227 -36 3 0 0 2 0 0
24 P George Stone* 25 33 38 25 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 6 .200 .344 .200 .544 53 5 1 0 6 1 0
25 P Jim Hardin 28 26 29 21 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 12 .095 .269 .238 .507 41 5 0 0 3 0 0
26 P Pat Jarvis 31 37 28 24 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .125 .160 .208 .368 1 5 0 0 3 0 0
27 P Mike McQueen* 21 23 23 23 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .087 .087 .087 .174 -52 2 1 0 0 0 0
28 P Denny McLain 28 15 16 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .167 .286 .167 .452 27 2 0 0 2 0 0
29 P Jimmy Freeman* 21 8 15 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .077 .200 .077 .277 -21 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Jim Nash 27 11 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444 23 2 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Cecil Upshaw 29 42 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 1 0 0 1 0 0
32 P Steve Barber* 34 5 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 10 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Gary Neibauer 27 8 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
34 P Joe Hoerner 35 25 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Tom House* 25 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Larry Jaster* 28 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.1 155 5938 5278 628 1363 186 17 144 593 47 35 532 770 .258 .328 .382 .710 95 2015 131 35 55 38 44
Rank in 12 NL teams 3 6 3 8 12 2 10 11 4 12 3 3 5 5 4
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos 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
1 SP Phil Niekro 33 16 12 .571 3.06 38 36 1 17 1 0 282.1 254 112 96 22 53 3 164 5 3 10 1150 124 1.087 8.1 0.7 1.7 5.2 3.09
2 SP Ron Reed 29 11 15 .423 3.93 31 30 0 11 1 0 213.0 222 109 93 18 60 7 111 6 0 11 913 97 1.324 9.4 0.8 2.5 4.7 1.85
3 SP Tom Kelley 28 5 7 .417 4.56 27 14 4 2 1 0 116.1 122 65 59 12 65 4 59 0 0 9 518 83 1.607 9.4 0.9 5.0 4.6 0.91
4 SP George Stone* 25 6 11 .353 5.51 31 16 7 2 1 1 111.0 143 72 68 18 44 11 63 4 0 3 511 69 1.685 11.6 1.5 3.6 5.1 1.43
Rk Pos 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
5 CL Cecil Upshaw 29 3 5 .375 3.69 42 0 29 0 0 13 53.2 50 22 22 5 19 9 23 1 0 2 227 103 1.286 8.4 0.8 3.2 3.9 1.21
6 RP Ron Schueler 24 5 8 .385 3.67 37 18 12 3 0 2 144.2 122 68 59 16 60 3 96 2 0 4 609 104 1.258 7.6 1.0 3.7 6.0 1.60
7 RP Pat Jarvis 31 11 7 .611 4.10 37 6 17 0 0 2 98.2 94 50 45 7 44 7 56 0 1 5 423 93 1.399 8.6 0.6 4.0 5.1 1.27
8 RP Jim Hardin 28 5 2 .714 4.41 26 9 4 1 0 2 79.2 93 47 39 11 24 4 25 2 0 4 356 86 1.469 10.5 1.2 2.7 2.8 1.04
9 RP Joe Hoerner* 35 1 3 .250 6.56 25 0 12 0 0 2 23.1 34 18 17 4 8 2 19 1 1 2 111 58 1.800 13.1 1.5 3.1 7.3 2.38
Rk Pos 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
10 Mike McQueen* 21 0 5 .000 4.60 23 7 8 1 0 1 78.1 79 45 40 11 44 3 40 1 0 3 357 83 1.570 9.1 1.3 5.1 4.6 0.91
11 Denny McLain 28 3 5 .375 6.50 15 8 5 2 0 1 54.0 60 41 39 12 18 0 21 1 2 1 237 58 1.444 10.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 1.17
12 Jimmy Freeman* 21 2 2 .500 6.00 6 6 0 1 0 0 36.0 40 26 24 5 22 1 18 0 0 4 167 63 1.722 10.0 1.3 5.5 4.5 0.82
13 Jim Nash 27 1 1 .500 5.46 11 4 4 0 0 1 31.1 35 20 19 2 25 1 10 0 0 6 143 70 1.915 10.1 0.6 7.2 2.9 0.40
14 Gary Neibauer 27 0 0 7.27 8 0 2 0 0 0 17.1 27 15 14 6 6 0 8 1 0 2 83 52 1.904 14.0 3.1 3.1 4.2 1.33
15 Steve Barber* 34 0 0 5.74 5 0 4 0 0 0 15.2 18 10 10 1 6 0 6 1 1 2 71 66 1.532 10.3 0.6 3.4 3.4 1.00
16 Larry Jaster* 28 1 1 .500 5.11 5 1 1 0 0 0 12.1 12 7 7 4 8 0 6 0 0 1 53 74 1.622 8.8 2.9 5.8 4.4 0.75
17 Tom House* 25 0 0 2.89 8 0 5 0 0 2 9.1 7 3 3 1 6 0 7 1 0 0 38 131 1.393 6.8 1.0 5.8 6.8 1.17
Team Totals 28.3 70 84 .455 4.27 155 155 115 40 4 27 1377.0 1412 730 654 155 512 55 732 26 8 69 5967 89 1.397 9.2 1.0 3.3 4.8 1.43
Rank in 12 NL teams 8 5 6 12 7 12 12 12 12 12 8 12
Rk Pos 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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Hank Aaron 38 124 121 1050.0 1083 996 70 17 79 .984 -4.0 -4.6 -5.0 0.2 -5.2 1 0 9.14 8.60 1B-RF
Dusty Baker 23 125 115 1044.1 362 349 9 4 1 .989 3.2 3.7 2.2 -1.7 3.9 1 3.09 2.86 CF-RF-LF
Steve Barber 34 5 0 15.2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.02 1.40 P
Larvell Blanks 22 24 20 187.2 123 49 74 0 12 1.000 1.5 9.6 0.5 0.0 0.4 1 5.90 5.13 2B-SS-3B
Jim Breazeale 22 17 12 119.2 124 121 3 0 11 1.000 -1.7 -17.0 -1.7 -0.5 -1.2 0 9.33 7.29 1B-3B
Oscar Brown 26 59 28 333.2 106 87 9 10 2 .906 -3.9 -14.0 -1.9 -1.9 -0.0 -2 2.59 1.63 RF-LF-CF
Rico Carty 32 78 78 578.2 146 140 3 3 1 .979 1.9 3.9 1.9 -0.8 2.7 0 2.22 1.83 LF
Paul Casanova 30 43 32 300.0 159 139 16 4 3 .975 -1.0 -4.0 -1 4.65 3.60 4 15 10 8 44% C
Orlando Cepeda 34 22 21 176.0 184 171 13 0 15 1.000 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 -0.7 0.5 0 9.41 8.36 1B
Bob Didier 23 11 10 91.0 61 50 11 0 1 1.000 -2.0 -26.4 -2 6.03 5.55 4 5 8 3 27% C
Darrell Evans 25 123 122 1093.0 424 126 273 25 20 .941 3.0 3.3 3.0 -1.2 4.2 0 3.29 3.24 3B
Jimmy Freeman 21 6 6 36.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 0.0 0.0 0.75 0.50 P
Gil Garrido 31 34 17 182.0 106 43 62 1 11 .991 0.5 3.3 0.5 0.5 -0.1 0 5.19 3.09 2B-SS-3B
Ralph Garr 26 141 131 1137.1 265 246 9 10 1 .962 -9.1 -9.6 -6.1 -2.1 -4.0 -3 2.02 1.81 LF-RF-CF
Rod Gilbreath 19 11 10 82.1 43 16 26 1 4 .977 3.4 49.6 3.4 0.9 2.5 0 4.59 3.82 2B-3B
Jim Hardin 28 26 9 80.0 13 3 10 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.46 0.50 P
Joe Hoerner 35 25 0 23.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.77 0.08 P
Tom House 25 8 0 9.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.93 0.25 P
Sonny Jackson 27 33 24 210.2 112 47 62 3 9 .973 2.0 11.4 2.0 -0.8 2.8 0 0 4.66 3.30 SS-3B-CF-RF
Pat Jarvis 31 37 6 98.2 25 5 19 1 1 .960 0.0 0.0 2.19 0.65 P
Larry Jaster 28 5 1 12.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.46 0.40 P
Tom Kelley 28 27 14 116.1 11 4 6 1 0 .909 0.0 0.0 0.77 0.37 P
Mike Lum 26 115 94 873.1 266 253 7 6 1 .977 8.7 12.0 6.7 1.6 5.1 2 0 2.68 2.26 RF-CF-LF-1B
Denny McLain 28 15 8 54.0 8 2 5 1 0 .875 0.0 0.0 1.17 0.47 P
Mike McQueen 21 23 7 78.0 9 0 8 1 1 .889 0.0 0.0 0.92 0.35 P
Felix Millan 28 120 119 1044.1 620 273 339 8 67 .987 -4.9 -5.6 -4.9 -7.3 2.4 0 5.27 5.10 2B
Jim Nash 27 11 4 31.1 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.15 0.36 P
Gary Neibauer 27 8 0 17.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.04 0.25 P
Phil Niekro 33 38 36 282.1 70 26 40 4 4 .943 0.0 0.0 2.10 1.74 P
Rowland Office 19 1 1 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 12.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.70 3.00 CF
Marty Perez 25 141 136 1198.1 625 220 378 27 73 .957 -13.8 -13.8 -14.8 -10.0 -4.8 1 4.49 4.24 SS
Ron Reed 29 31 30 213.0 54 15 36 3 3 .944 0.0 0.0 2.15 1.65 P
Ron Schueler 24 37 18 144.2 25 14 11 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.56 0.68 P
George Stone 25 31 16 111.0 27 3 23 1 2 .963 0.0 0.0 2.11 0.84 P
Cecil Upshaw 29 42 0 53.2 15 2 12 1 0 .933 0.0 0.0 2.35 0.33 P
Earl Williams 23 157 149 1303.2 850 740 87 23 18 .973 -22.2 -20.4 -5.2 -4.6 -0.6 0 -17 5.71 5.27 28 49 78 26 25% C-3B-1B
Team Totals 27.3 155 1395 12393.0 5920 4131 1633 156 343 .974 -38.4 -3.7 -19.4 -28.3 8.6 -1 2 -20 4.19 3.32 36 69 96 37 28%
Rank in 12 NL teams 2 10 10
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1971 / 1973 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics