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1973 Atlanta Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974

76-85, Finished 5th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Eddie Mathews (76-85)
Scored 799 runs, Allowed 774 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-78

Ballparks: Atlanta Stadium · Attendance: 800,655 (11th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 108, Pitching - 108 · one-year: Batting - 114, Pitching - 114

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1972 / 1974 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 39 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 5, 1934 20 120 105 120 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 0 18 105 15 0 4.5 $200,000 All-Star
Dusty Baker 24 R R 6' 2" 183 Jun 15, 1949 6 159 155 159 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 156 4 0 3.9 $
Larvell Blanks 23 R R 5' 8" 167 Jan 28, 1950 2 17 1 17 6 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 11 2 -0.2 $
Oscar Brown 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 8, 1946 5 22 12 22 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 5 13 9 0 -0.6 $
Paul Casanova 31 R R 6' 4" 180 Dec 21, 1941 9 82 64 82 78 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 -0.8 $
Dave Cheadle 21 L L 6' 2" 203 Feb 19, 1952 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Al Closter 30 L L 6' 2" 190 Jun 15, 1943 4 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Adrian Devine 21 R R 6' 4" 185 Dec 2, 1951 1st 24 1 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Dick Dietz 31 R R 6' 1" 195 Sep 18, 1941 8 83 47 83 56 0 20 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0.9 $
Pat Dobson 31 R R 6' 3" 190 Feb 12, 1942 7 12 10 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $58,000
Darrell Evans 26 L R 6' 2" 200 May 26, 1947 5 161 159 161 160 0 0 20 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8.9 $27,500 All-Star
Wenty Ford 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Nov 25, 1946 1st 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Leo Foster 22 R R 5' 11" 165 Feb 2, 1951 2 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.1 $
Jimmy Freeman 22 L L 6' 4" 180 Jun 29, 1951 2 14 5 14 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.1 $
Danny Frisella 27 L R 6' 0" 185 Mar 4, 1946 7 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Ralph Garr 27 L R 5' 11" 185 Dec 12, 1945 6 148 148 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 127 148 0 0 0.4 $
Gary Gentry 26 R R 6' 0" 170 Oct 6, 1946 5 17 14 17 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.3 $
Rod Gilbreath 20 R R 6' 2" 180 Sep 24, 1952 2 29 17 29 22 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0.2 $
Chuck Goggin 27 B R 5' 11" 175 Jul 7, 1945 2 64 14 64 30 0 1 0 19 0 5 5 0 1 6 33 9 -0.2 $
Roric Harrison 26 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 20, 1946 2 39 22 39 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.8 $
Joe Hoerner 36 R L 6' 1" 200 Nov 12, 1936 10 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Tom House 26 L L 5' 11" 190 Apr 29, 1947 3 52 0 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Larry Howard 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 6, 1945 4 4 2 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2 $
Sonny Jackson 28 L R 5' 9" 150 Jul 9, 1944 11 117 39 117 86 0 0 0 0 0 36 49 4 4 57 34 16 -0.4 $
Davey Johnson 30 R R 6' 1" 170 Jan 30, 1943 9 157 155 157 156 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.2 $ All-Star
Tom Kelley 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 5, 1944 7 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Max Leon 23 R R 5' 10" 145 Feb 4, 1950 1st 16 1 16 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -0.4 $
Mike Lum 27 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 27, 1945 7 138 125 138 130 0 0 84 0 0 0 48 3 14 65 10 0 2.6 $
Norm Miller 27 L R 5' 10" 185 Feb 5, 1946 9 9 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 0 0.2 $35,000
Carl Morton 29 R R 6' 0" 200 Jan 18, 1944 5 40 37 40 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4.5 $
Gary Neibauer 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Oct 29, 1944 5 16 1 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Joe Niekro 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 7, 1944 7 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $17,000
Phil Niekro HOF 34 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 1, 1939 10 42 30 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $
Johnny Oates 27 L R 5' 11" 188 Jan 21, 1946 3 93 79 93 86 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0.0 $
Jim Panther 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 1, 1945 3 23 0 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Joe Pepitone 32 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 9, 1940 12 3 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Marty Perez 27 R R 5' 11" 160 Feb 28, 1946 5 141 130 141 139 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 6 1 0.7 $20,000
Jack Pierce 25 L R 6' 0" 210 Jun 2, 1948 1st 11 4 11 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.4 $
Ron Reed 30 R R 6' 6" 215 Nov 2, 1942 8 21 19 21 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.3 $
Ron Schueler 25 R R 6' 4" 205 Apr 14, 1948 2 39 20 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Frank Tepedino 25 L L 5' 11" 185 Nov 23, 1947 6 74 30 74 58 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 5 0.5 $15,500
Cecil Upshaw 30 R R 6' 6" 205 Oct 22, 1942 7 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $37,000
Freddie Velazquez 35 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 6, 1937 2 15 5 15 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.1 $
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

1972 / 1974 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers