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1976 Atlanta Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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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 Vic Correll 30 69 224 200 26 45 6 2 5 16 0 1 21 37 .225 .302 .350 .652 81 70 7 1 2 0 5
2 1B Willie Montanez* 28 103 442 420 52 135 14 0 9 64 0 4 21 32 .321 .353 .419 .772 114 176 16 0 0 1 6
3 2B Rod Gilbreath 23 116 452 383 57 96 11 8 1 32 7 7 42 36 .251 .329 .329 .658 83 126 9 4 20 3 1
4 SS Darrel Chaney# 28 153 564 496 42 125 20 8 1 50 5 7 54 92 .252 .324 .331 .654 82 164 9 1 8 5 7
5 3B Jerry Royster 23 149 605 533 65 132 13 1 5 45 24 13 52 53 .248 .313 .304 .617 72 162 11 1 14 5 4
6 LF Jimmy Wynn 34 148 584 449 75 93 19 1 17 66 16 6 127 111 .207 .377 .367 .744 108 165 7 0 0 8 1
7 CF Rowland Office* 23 99 407 359 51 101 17 1 4 34 2 8 37 49 .281 .348 .368 .716 99 132 4 2 5 4 3
8 RF Ken Henderson# 30 133 505 435 52 114 19 0 13 61 5 7 62 68 .262 .352 .395 .747 107 172 12 1 2 5 7
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 Tom Paciorek 29 111 350 324 39 94 10 4 4 36 2 3 19 57 .290 .333 .383 .716 99 124 8 3 2 2 2
10 LF Dave May* 32 105 243 214 27 46 5 3 3 23 5 1 26 31 .215 .300 .308 .609 70 66 4 1 0 2 3
11 C Earl Williams 27 61 208 184 18 39 3 0 9 26 0 0 19 33 .212 .286 .375 .661 83 69 8 1 2 2 2
12 C Biff Pocoroba# 22 54 196 174 16 42 7 0 0 14 1 0 19 12 .241 .313 .282 .594 66 49 8 0 1 2 2
13 2B Lee Lacy 28 50 190 180 25 49 4 2 3 20 2 2 6 12 .272 .299 .367 .666 84 66 5 1 3 0 1
14 1B Darrell Evans* 29 44 169 139 11 24 0 0 1 10 3 0 30 33 .173 .320 .194 .514 45 27 3 0 0 0 0
15 LF Cito Gaston 32 69 147 134 15 39 4 0 4 25 1 0 13 21 .291 .354 .410 .764 112 55 6 0 0 0 1
16 MI Marty Perez 29 31 109 96 12 24 4 0 1 6 0 0 8 9 .250 .305 .323 .628 75 31 6 0 4 1 0
17 C Dale Murphy 20 19 72 65 3 17 6 0 0 9 0 0 7 9 .262 .333 .354 .687 91 23 0 0 0 0 0
18 IF Rob Belloir 27 30 69 60 5 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 7 .200 .262 .233 .495 38 14 0 0 4 0 1
19 OF Brian Asselstine* 22 11 36 33 2 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .212 .229 .303 .532 47 10 0 0 1 1 0
20 UT Junior Moore 23 20 32 26 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 .269 .387 .308 .695 95 8 0 1 1 0 0
21 IF Craig Robinson 27 15 23 17 4 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 2 .235 .391 .235 .627 77 4 0 0 0 1 0
22 C Pete Varney 27 5 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -44 1 1 0 0 0 0
23 2B Mike Eden# 27 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
24 Terry Crowley* 29 7 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 1 0
25 SS Pat Rockett 21 4 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 11 1 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
26 P Phil Niekro 37 38 105 94 5 18 3 0 1 12 0 1 0 8 .191 .198 .255 .453 25 24 3 1 9 1 0
27 P Dick Ruthven 25 37 89 76 6 13 1 0 0 5 0 1 3 21 .171 .213 .184 .397 11 14 1 1 9 0 0
28 P Andy Messersmith 30 29 77 67 3 12 1 0 0 10 0 0 4 19 .179 .225 .194 .419 17 13 1 0 6 0 0
29 P Carl Morton 32 27 54 45 2 8 0 0 0 6 1 0 2 15 .178 .204 .178 .382 7 8 0 0 5 2 0
30 P Frank LaCorte 24 21 36 33 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .091 .091 .091 .182 -49 3 0 0 3 0 0
31 P Roger Moret# 26 27 26 23 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .130 .125 .130 .255 -29 3 0 0 2 1 0
32 P Adrian Devine 24 48 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0
33 P Bruce Dal Canton 34 42 11 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .222 .300 .222 .522 47 2 0 0 1 0 0
34 P Jamie Easterly* 23 4 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -38 1 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Mike Marshall 33 24 8 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 28 1 0 0 1 0 0
36 P Elias Sosa 26 21 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 1 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Pablo Torrealba* 28 36 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Al Autry 24 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Rick Camp 23 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 P Max Leon 26 30 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 P Preston Hanna 21 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 P Mike Beard* 26 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.7 162 6107 5345 620 1309 170 30 82 586 74 61 589 811 .245 .320 .334 .653 82 1785 131 19 107 47 46
Rank in 12 NL teams 12 6 11 12 11 9 10 3 2 5 11 5 12 10 12
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 37 17 11 .607 3.29 38 37 1 10 2 0 270.2 249 116 99 18 101 7 173 8 4 14 1157 115 1.293 8.3 0.6 3.4 5.8 1.71
2 SP Dick Ruthven 25 14 17 .452 4.19 36 36 0 8 4 0 240.1 255 112 112 14 90 8 142 8 5 4 1042 90 1.436 9.5 0.5 3.4 5.3 1.58
3 SP Andy Messersmith 30 11 11 .500 3.04 29 28 1 12 3 1 207.1 166 83 70 14 74 1 135 2 0 10 847 125 1.158 7.2 0.6 3.2 5.9 1.82
4 SP Carl Morton 32 4 9 .308 4.17 26 24 0 1 1 0 140.1 172 79 65 6 45 4 42 5 1 2 630 91 1.546 11.0 0.4 2.9 2.7 0.93
5 SP Frank LaCorte 24 3 12 .200 4.70 19 17 0 1 0 0 105.1 97 58 55 6 53 2 79 6 1 3 465 81 1.424 8.3 0.5 4.5 6.8 1.49
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
6 CL Adrian Devine 24 5 6 .455 3.21 48 1 24 0 0 9 73.0 72 30 26 3 26 7 48 1 0 2 319 118 1.342 8.9 0.4 3.2 5.9 1.85
7 RP Bruce Dal Canton 34 3 5 .375 3.56 42 1 16 0 0 1 73.1 67 41 29 6 42 8 36 2 1 8 328 106 1.486 8.2 0.7 5.2 4.4 0.86
8 RP Pablo Torrealba* 28 0 2 .000 3.57 36 0 18 0 0 2 53.0 67 25 21 0 22 7 33 3 1 2 241 106 1.679 11.4 0.0 3.7 5.6 1.50
9 RP Max Leon 26 2 4 .333 2.75 30 0 15 0 0 3 36.0 32 15 11 2 15 3 16 2 0 0 156 138 1.306 8.0 0.5 3.8 4.0 1.07
10 RP Mike Beard* 26 0 2 .000 4.28 30 0 11 0 0 1 33.2 38 18 16 1 14 3 8 0 2 2 150 89 1.545 10.2 0.3 3.7 2.1 0.57
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
11 Roger Moret* 26 3 5 .375 5.00 27 12 6 1 0 1 77.1 84 44 43 7 27 2 30 1 1 6 335 76 1.435 9.8 0.8 3.1 3.5 1.11
12 Mike Marshall 33 2 1 .667 3.19 24 0 21 0 0 6 36.2 35 15 13 4 14 0 17 1 0 3 157 119 1.336 8.6 1.0 3.4 4.2 1.21
13 Elias Sosa 26 4 4 .500 5.35 21 0 10 0 0 3 35.1 41 26 21 3 13 2 32 1 0 1 161 71 1.528 10.4 0.8 3.3 8.2 2.46
14 Jamie Easterly* 23 1 1 .500 4.91 4 4 0 0 0 0 22.0 23 12 12 0 13 1 11 0 0 3 96 77 1.636 9.4 0.0 5.3 4.5 0.85
15 Rick Camp 23 0 1 .000 6.35 5 1 2 0 0 0 11.1 13 9 8 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 46 60 1.324 10.3 0.0 1.6 4.8 3.00
16 Buzz Capra 28 0 1 .000 8.68 5 0 2 0 0 0 9.1 9 9 9 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 44 44 1.607 8.7 0.0 5.8 3.9 0.67
17 Preston Hanna 21 0 0 4.50 5 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 11 5 4 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 37 84 1.875 12.4 0.0 4.5 3.4 0.75
18 Al Autry 24 1 0 1.000 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 3 3 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 21 70 1.400 7.2 3.6 5.4 5.4 1.00
Team Totals 29.4 70 92 .432 3.86 162 162 129 33 10 27 1438.0 1435 700 617 86 564 57 818 40 16 60 6232 98 1.390 9.0 0.5 3.5 5.1 1.45
Rank in 12 NL teams 11 2 8 6 8 11 8 10 10 3 9 4
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
Brian Asselstine 22 9 9 76.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -3.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 2.25 2.11 CF-RF
Al Autry 24 1 1 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Mike Beard 26 30 0 33.2 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.21 0.40 P
Rob Belloir 27 27 18 168.2 70 25 41 4 8 .943 -4.3 -30.6 -5.3 -1.0 -4.3 1 3.52 2.44 3B-SS-2B
Rick Camp 23 5 1 11.1 9 3 5 1 0 .889 0.0 0.0 6.35 1.60 P
Buzz Capra 28 5 0 9.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.89 0.60 P
Darrel Chaney 28 153 147 1269.2 748 243 468 37 88 .951 -10.9 -10.3 -9.9 -4.7 -5.2 -1 5.04 4.65 SS-2B-3B
Vic Correll 30 65 58 518.2 362 319 36 7 1 .981 -8.0 -18.5 -8 6.16 5.46 11 29 55 22 29% C
Bruce Dal Canton 34 42 1 73.1 23 4 17 2 0 .913 0.0 0.0 2.58 0.50 P
Adrian Devine 24 48 1 73.0 12 3 8 1 0 .917 0.0 0.0 1.36 0.23 P
Jamie Easterly 23 4 4 22.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.05 1.25 P
Mike Eden 27 2 1 11.0 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 0.3 32.7 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 5.73 3.50 2B
Darrell Evans 29 43 38 335.2 326 290 33 3 26 .991 4.0 14.3 4.0 2.9 1.0 0 8.66 7.51 1B-3B
Cito Gaston 32 30 25 232.2 62 59 2 1 2 .984 -1.4 -7.2 -1.4 2.2 -3.5 0 0 2.36 2.03 LF-1B-RF
Rod Gilbreath 23 112 103 908.1 576 245 314 17 77 .970 -10.1 -13.3 -10.1 -2.4 -7.7 0 5.54 4.99 2B-3B-SS
Preston Hanna 21 5 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.12 0.20 P
Ken Henderson 30 135 116 1039.0 226 220 3 3 0 .987 -10.0 -11.5 -6.0 -1.1 -4.8 -4 1.93 1.65 RF-CF
Frank LaCorte 24 19 17 105.1 22 5 14 3 0 .864 0.0 0.0 1.62 1.00 P
Lee Lacy 28 51 43 386.2 203 94 102 7 25 .966 -10.5 -32.6 -10.5 -3.3 -7.2 1 -1 4.56 3.84 2B-CF-3B-LF-RF
Max Leon 26 30 0 36.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.00 0.13 P
Mike Marshall 33 24 0 36.2 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.45 0.42 P
Dave May 32 62 47 425.1 105 98 4 3 1 .971 -2.0 -5.6 0.0 0.8 -0.8 -2 2.16 1.65 LF-RF
Andy Messersmith 30 29 28 207.1 52 14 33 5 2 .904 0.0 0.0 2.04 1.62 P
Willie Montanez 28 103 103 911.1 1057 986 56 15 87 .986 -8.9 -11.7 -8.9 -5.7 -3.2 0 10.29 10.12 1B
Junior Moore 23 8 3 39.0 18 7 10 1 1 .944 -0.6 -18.5 -0.6 -0.1 -0.6 0 0 3.92 2.13 3B-LF-2B
Roger Moret 26 27 12 77.1 13 0 13 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.51 0.48 P
Carl Morton 32 26 24 140.1 45 18 26 1 1 .978 0.0 0.0 2.82 1.69 P
Dale Murphy 20 19 17 155.0 116 100 13 3 0 .974 -3.0 -23.2 -3 6.56 5.95 9 7 21 9 30% C
Phil Niekro 37 38 37 270.2 62 19 41 2 2 .968 0.0 0.0 2.00 1.58 P
Rowland Office 23 92 89 768.2 213 207 3 3 2 .986 -12.8 -20.0 -8.8 0.0 -8.8 -4 2.46 2.28 CF
Tom Paciorek 29 102 78 706.2 226 213 10 3 8 .987 -12.1 -20.5 -11.1 -6.0 -5.2 -1 0 2.84 2.19 RF-LF-1B-CF-3B
Marty Perez 29 37 22 220.2 135 60 71 4 16 .970 -4.8 -26.1 -4.8 -1.5 -3.2 0 5.34 3.54 2B-SS-3B
Biff Pocoroba 22 54 51 440.0 319 273 39 7 5 .978 -1.0 -2.7 -1 6.38 5.78 10 11 31 16 34% C
Craig Robinson 27 8 4 41.0 29 10 16 3 1 .897 -0.5 -14.6 -0.5 0.8 -1.2 0 5.71 3.25 2B-SS-3B
Pat Rockett 21 2 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.80 0.50 SS
Jerry Royster 23 150 144 1256.2 487 158 310 19 35 .961 7.8 7.4 7.8 4.5 3.3 0 3.35 3.12 3B-SS
Dick Ruthven 25 36 36 240.1 63 18 44 1 2 .984 0.0 0.0 2.32 1.72 P
Elias Sosa 26 21 0 35.1 5 0 4 1 0 .800 0.0 0.0 1.02 0.19 P
Pablo Torrealba 28 36 0 53.0 14 1 13 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.38 0.39 P
Pete Varney 27 5 2 17.0 12 9 3 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -70.6 -1 6.35 2.40 3 1 5 1 17% C
Earl Williams 27 55 48 429.1 317 298 18 1 9 .997 -5.8 -16.2 -0.8 0.6 -1.4 0 -5 6.62 5.75 5 12 26 3 10% C-1B
Jimmy Wynn 34 141 130 1142.0 314 288 17 9 2 .971 -1.1 -1.2 -2.1 -2.1 0.0 1 2.40 2.16 LF-CF
Team Totals 27.7 162 1458 12942.0 6301 4314 1820 167 408 .973 -97.0 -9.0 -69.0 -16.2 -52.7 -9 -1 -18 4.27 3.29 38 60 138 51 27%
Rank in 12 NL teams 3 7 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

1975 / 1977 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics