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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975 / 1977)
70-92, Finished 6th in NL West
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Scored 620 runs, Allowed 700 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90
Manager: Dave Bristol (70-92)
Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 818,179 (10th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 108; one-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 111
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1975 / 1977 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
November 17, 1975
Traded Dusty Baker and Ed Goodson to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Lee Lacy, Tom Paciorek, Jerry Royster and Jimmy Wynn.
December 8, 1975
Drafted Luis Quintana from the California Angels in the 1975 rule 5 draft.
December 12, 1975
Traded Mike Lum to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Darrel Chaney.
Traded Tom House to the Boston Red Sox. Received Roger Moret.
Traded Larvell Blanks and Ralph Garr to the Chicago White Sox. Received Ken Henderson, Ozzie Osborn and Dick Ruthven.
January 7, 1976
Drafted Mike Macha in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary).
Drafted Dave Stegman in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Bob Stoddard in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
April 7, 1976 (Standings)
Traded Mike Thompson to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Terry Crowley.
April 10, 1976 (Standings)
Signed Andy Messersmith as a free agent.
May 6, 1976 (Standings)
Released Terry Crowley.
May 27, 1976 (Standings)
Sold Earl Stephenson to the Baltimore Orioles.
June 8, 1976 (Standings)
Drafted Ken Smith in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.
Drafted Ron Roenicke in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted John Butcher in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Dan Morogiello in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Drafted Bruce Benedict in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Drafted Jim Wessinger in the 6th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Drafted Rick Peters in the 12th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Rick Matula in the 14th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Drafted Ricky Jones in the 18th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 13, 1976 (Standings)
Traded Darrell Evans and Marty Perez to the San Francisco Giants. Received Jake Brown, Mike Eden, Willie Montanez and Craig Robinson.
June 15, 1976 (Standings)
Traded Blue Moon Odom to the Chicago White Sox. Received Pete Varney.
June 23, 1976 (Standings)
Traded Lee Lacy and Elias Sosa to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Mike Marshall.
July 22, 1976 (Standings)
Signed Joe Cowley as an amateur free agent.
July 24, 1976 (Standings)
Sold Earl Williams to the Montreal Expos.
September 28, 1976 (Standings)
Signed Rafael Ramirez as an amateur free agent.
November 17, 1976
Signed Gary Matthews as a free agent.
November 30, 1976
Sold Jimmy Wynn to the New York Yankees.
December 9, 1976
Traded Adrian Devine, Ken Henderson, Dave May, Roger Moret, Carl Morton and $250,000 to the Texas Rangers. Received Jeff Burroughs.
December 13, 1976
Purchased Steve Kline from the Cleveland Indians.
February 24, 1977
Signed Wayne Granger as a free agent.
March 28, 1977
Signed Bob Johnson as a free agent.
March 29, 1977
Released Wayne Granger.
Sold Pablo Torrealba to the Oakland Athletics.
March 30, 1977
Released Bruce Dal Canton.
April 1, 1977
Released Steve Kline.
