1972 Atlanta Braves Statistics

1971 Season 1973 Season

Record: 70-84-1, Finished 4th in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Lum Harris (47-57-1) and Eddie Mathews (23-27)

General Manager: Eddie Robinson (Promoted 6/1/1972)

Ballpark: Atlanta Stadium

Attendance: 752,973 (10th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 109
One-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 106

Pythagorean W-L: 66-88, 628 Runs, 730 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Henry Aaron	38	129	545	449	75	119	10	0	34	77	4	0	92	55	.265	.390	.514	.904	147	231	17	1	0	2	15
3	2B	Félix Millán	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	26	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	Name	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	Name	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	27.3	155	5939	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	2	4	1	3	3	5	4		4		3		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.2	155	5486	4887	605	1302	181	17	142	577	47	35	512	637	.266	.338	.398	.735	102	1943	127	33	19	34	44
		Pitcher Totals	28.4	155	453	391	23	61	5	0	2	16	0	0	20	133	.156	.199	.184	.383	6	72	4	2	36	4	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	123	2.87	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	96	3.38	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	4.40	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	4.67	1.685	11.6	1.5	3.6	5.1	1.43
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	3.87	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	103	3.80	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	92	3.52	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	4.55	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	4.16	1.800	13.1	1.5	3.1	7.3	2.38
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	82	4.93	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	5.57	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	64	5.04	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	4.98	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	53	7.19	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	67	3.80	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	76	7.59	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	136	4.54	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	3.97	1.397	9.2	1.0	3.3	4.8	1.43
		Rank in 12 NL teams		8	5		12				6	12	7	12	12	12	12	12	8		12
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W