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1976 Atlanta Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975/1977)
70-92, Finished 6th in NL Western Division
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Scored 620 runs, Allowed 700 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90
Managed by Dave Bristol

Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 818,179 (10th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 106, Pitching - 108
  (one-year): Batting - 110, Pitching - 111
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 Stats (1975/1977) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Vic Correll         30   69  200   26   45   6  2   5   16  21   37  .225  .302  .350   0   1   7   1   2   0   5   81
1B *Willie Montanez     28  103  420   52  135  14  0   9   64  21   32  .321  .353  .419   0   4  16   0   0   1   6  114
2B  Rod Gilbreath       23  116  383   57   96  11  8   1   32  42   36  .251  .329  .329   7   7   9   4  20   3   1   83
3B  Jerry Royster       23  149  533   65  132  13  1   5   45  52   53  .248  .313  .304  24  13  11   1  14   5   4   72
SS #Darrel Chaney       28  153  496   42  125  20  8   1   50  54   92  .252  .324  .331   5   7   9   1   8   5   7   82
LF  Jimmy Wynn          34  148  449   75   93  19  1  17   66 127  111  .207  .377  .367  16   6   7   0   0   8   1  108
CF *Rowland Office      23   99  359   51  101  17  1   4   34  37   49  .281  .348  .368   2   8   4   2   5   4   3   99
RF #Ken Henderson       30  133  435   52  114  19  0  13   61  62   68  .262  .352  .395   5   7  12   1   2   5   7  107
    Tom Paciorek        29  111  324   39   94  10  4   4   36  19   57  .290  .333  .383   2   3   8   3   2   2   2   99
   *Dave May            32  105  214   27   46   5  3   3   23  26   31  .215  .300  .308   5   1   4   1   0   2   3   70
    Earl Williams       27   61  184   18   39   3  0   9   26  19   33  .212  .286  .375   0   0   8   1   2   2   2   83
    Lee Lacy            28   50  180   25   49   4  2   3   20   6   12  .272  .299  .367   2   2   5   1   3   0   1   84
   #Biff Pocoroba       22   54  174   16   42   7  0   0   14  19   12  .241  .313  .282   1   0   8   0   1   2   2   66
   *Darrell Evans       29   44  139   11   24   0  0   1   10  30   33  .173  .320  .194   3   0   3   0   0   0   0   45
    Cito Gaston         32   69  134   15   39   4  0   4   25  13   21  .291  .354  .410   1   0   6   0   0   0   1  112
    Marty Perez         29   31   96   12   24   4  0   1    6   8    9  .250  .305  .323   0   0   6   0   4   1   0   75
    Dale Murphy         20   19   65    3   17   6  0   0    9   7    9  .262  .333  .354   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   91
    Rob Belloir         27   30   60    5   12   2  0   0    4   5    7  .200  .262  .233   0   0   0   0   4   0   1   38
   *Brian Asselstine    22   11   33    2    7   0  0   1    3   1    2  .212  .229  .303   0   0   0   0   1   1   0   47
    Junior Moore        23   20   26    1    7   1  0   0    2   4    4  .269  .387  .308   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   95
    Craig Robinson      27   15   17    4    4   0  0   0    3   5    2  .235  .391  .235   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   77
    Pete Varney         27    5   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .100  .100  .100   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -44
   #Mike Eden           27    5    8    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Terry Crowley       29    7    6    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   1   0 -100
    Pat Rockett         21    4    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11

    Phil Niekro         37   38   94    5   18   3  0   1   12   0    8  .191  .198  .255   0   1   3   1   9   1   0   25
    Dick Ruthven        25   37   76    6   13   1  0   0    5   3   21  .171  .213  .184   0   1   1   1   9   0   0   11
    Andy Messersmith    30   29   67    3   12   1  0   0   10   4   19  .179  .225  .194   0   0   1   0   6   0   0   17
    Carl Morton         32   27   45    2    8   0  0   0    6   2   15  .178  .204  .178   1   0   0   0   5   2   0    7
    Frank LaCorte       24   21   33    1    3   0  0   0    1   0   15  .091  .091  .091   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -49
   #Roger Moret         26   27   23    3    3   0  0   0    1   0    8  .130  .125  .130   0   0   0   0   2   1   0  -29
    Adrian Devine       24   48   14    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0 -100
    Bruce Dal Canton    34   42    9    2    2   0  0   0    0   1    2  .222  .300  .222   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   47
   *Jamie Easterly      23    4    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .111  .111  .111   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -38
    Elias Sosa          26   21    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -20
    Mike Marshall       33   24    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .167  .286  .167   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   28
   *Pablo Torrealba     28   36    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Al Autry            24    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Rick Camp           23    5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Max Leon            26   30    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Mike Beard          26   30    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Preston Hanna       21    5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7  162 5345  620 1309 170 30  82  586 589  811  .245  .320  .334  74  61 131  19 107  47  46   88
    Rank among 12 NL teams        12    6   11  12 11   9        2    5    11     5    12  10   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Phil Niekro         37  38   3.29  17  11  0  37   1  10   2  270.7  249  116   99  18  101  173 1157  14   8  4   7 115
SP  Dick Ruthven        25  36   4.19  14  17  0  36   0   8   4  240.3  255  112  112  14   90  142 1042   4   8  5   8  90
SP  Andy Messersmith    30  29   3.04  11  11  1  28   1  12   3  207.3  166   83   70  14   74  135  847  10   2  0   1 125
SP  Carl Morton         32  26   4.17   4   9  0  24   0   1   1  140.3  172   79   65   6   45   42  630   2   5  1   4  91
SP  Frank LaCorte       24  19   4.70   3  12  0  17   0   1   0  105.3   97   58   55   6   53   79  465   3   6  1   2  81

CL  Adrian Devine       24  48   3.21   5   6  9   1  24   0   0   73.0   72   30   26   3   26   48  319   2   1  0   7 118
RP  Bruce Dal Canton    34  42   3.56   3   5  1   1  16   0   0   73.3   67   41   29   6   42   36  328   8   2  1   8 106
RP *Pablo Torrealba     28  36   3.57   0   2  2   0  18   0   0   53.0   67   25   21   0   22   33  241   2   3  1   7 106
RP *Mike Beard          26  30   4.28   0   2  1   0  11   0   0   33.7   38   18   16   1   14    8  150   2   0  2   3  89
RP  Max Leon            26  30   2.75   2   4  3   0  15   0   0   36.0   32   15   11   2   15   16  156   0   2  0   3 138

   *Roger Moret         26  27   5.00   3   5  1  12   6   1   0   77.3   84   44   43   7   27   30  335   6   1  1   2  76
    Mike Marshall       33  24   3.19   2   1  6   0  21   0   0   36.7   35   15   13   4   14   17  157   3   1  0   0 119
    Elias Sosa          26  21   5.35   4   4  3   0  10   0   0   35.3   41   26   21   3   13   32  161   1   1  0   2  71
   *Jamie Easterly      23   4   4.91   1   1  0   4   0   0   0   22.0   23   12   12   0   13   11   96   3   0  0   1  77
    Rick Camp           23   5   6.35   0   1  0   1   2   0   0   11.3   13    9    8   0    2    6   46   0   0  0   0  60
    Buzz Capra          28   5   8.68   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    9.3    9    9    9   0    6    4   44   0   0  0   2  44
    Preston Hanna       21   5   4.50   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    8.0   11    5    4   0    4    3   37   0   0  0   0  84
    Al Autry            24   1   5.40   1   0  0   1   0   0   0    5.0    4    3    3   2    3    3   21   0   0  0   0  70
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.0 162   3.86  70  92 27 162 129  33  13 1438.0 1435  700  617  86  564  818 6232  60  40 16  57  98
    Rank among 12 NL teams         10  11   2  8           8   6     11    8   10        3    9    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
VCorrell     518  58  65  319   36   7   1  .981  11  29  55  22
BPocoroba    440  51  54  273   39   7   5  .978  10  11  31  16
EWilliams    307  34  38  178   10   1   0  .995   5  12  26   3
DMurphy      155  17  19  100   13   3   0  .974   9   7  21   9
PVarney       17   2   5    9    3   0   1 1.000   3   1   5   1
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  1438 162 162  879  101  18   7  .982  38  60 138  51
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .991 *9.95
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
WMontanez    911 103 103  986   56  15  87  .986 10.29
DEvans       298  34  36  285   23   2  25  .994  9.28
EWilliams    122  14  17  120    8   0   9 1.000  9.44
TPaciorek     88   9  12  101    6   0   8 1.000 10.94
CGaston       18   2   2   16    1   0   2 1.000  8.50
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1438 162 162 1508   94  17 131  .989 10.03
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .975 *5.48
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RGilbreath   865 100 104  239  311  14  76  .975  5.72
LLacy        355  40  44   88  101   6  25  .969  4.78
MPerez       127  14  18   38   44   2  10  .976  5.80
RBelloir      42   4   5   13    9   1   3  .957  4.71
CRobinson     29   3   5    9   11   1   1  .952  6.21
MEden         11   1   2    2    5   0   1 1.000  5.73
DChaney        4   0   1    0    1   0   0 1.000  2.25
JMoore         3   0   1    1    2   0   0 1.000  8.18
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1438 162 162  390  484  24 116  .973  5.47
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .952 *2.93
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JRoyster    1244 143 148  156  306  18  35  .962  3.34
RBelloir      68   8  10    3   15   1   0  .947  2.38
RGilbreath    39   3   7    6    3   3   1  .750  2.04
DEvans        37   4   7    5   10   1   1  .937  3.65
JMoore        30   3   6    5    8   1   1  .929  3.81
MPerez         7   1   2    0    2   0   0 1.000  2.57
TPaciorek      3   0   1    0    1   1   0  .500  2.73
LLacy          3   0   1    0    1   1   0  .500  3.00
CRobinson      3   0   1    0    2   0   0 1.000  6.00
DChaney        1   0   1    0    1   0   0 1.000  5.29
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1438 162 162  175  349  26  38  .953  3.28
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .964 *5.05
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DChaney     1264 147 151  243  466  37  88  .950  5.05
MPerez        86   7  17   22   25   2   6  .959  4.90
RBelloir      58   6  12    9   17   2   5  .929  3.99
JRoyster      12   1   2    2    4   1   0  .857  4.50
CRobinson      9   1   2    1    3   2   0  .667  4.00
PRockett       5   0   2    0    1   0   0 1.000  1.80
RGilbreath     3   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1438 162 162  277  516  44  99  .947  4.96
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .976 *2.02
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JWynn        707  82  85  169   12   6   2  .968  2.30
DMay         305  34  40   69    4   3   1  .961  2.15
TPaciorek    220  24  37   39    1   1   0  .976  1.63
CGaston      198  22  25   38    1   1   0  .975  1.77
JMoore         5   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.80
LLacy          2   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1438 162 162  316   18  11   3  .968  2.09
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .984 *2.85
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
ROffice      768  89  92  207    3   3   2  .986  2.46
JWynn        435  48  56  119    5   3   0  .976  2.57
KHenderson   114  11  20   38    0   0   0 1.000  2.99
BAsselstine   58   7   7   17    0   0   0 1.000  2.64
TPaciorek     37   4   8   12    0   0   0 1.000  2.92
LLacy         25   3   4    6    0   0   0 1.000  2.16
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1438 162 162  399    8   6   2  .985  2.55
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .974 *2.15
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
KHenderson   924 105 115  182    3   3   0  .984  1.80
TPaciorek    358  41  44   61    2   1   0  .984  1.58
DMay         119  13  22   29    0   0   0 1.000  2.18
BAsselstine   18   2   2    2    0   0   0 1.000  1.00
CGaston       16   1   3    5    0   0   0 1.000  2.69
LLacy          1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1438 162 162  279    5   4   0  .986  1.78
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .979 *2.34  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
JWynn       1142 130 138  287   17   9   2  .971  2.40
KHenderson  1039 116 122  219    3   3   0  .987  1.92
ROffice      768  89  92  204    3   3   2  .986  2.42
TPaciorek    615  69  84  115    3   2   0  .983  1.73
DMay         425  47  60   98    5   3   1  .972  2.18
CGaston      214  23  28   42    1   1   0  .977  1.80
BAsselstine   76   9   9   19    0   0   0 1.000  2.25
LLacy         28   3   5    6    0   0   0 1.000  1.93
JMoore         5   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.80
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  1438 162 162  991   32  21   5  .980  2.13 162 162 162
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .950 *1.88
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
PNiekro      270  37  38   19   41   2   2  .968  1.99
DRuthven     240  36  36   18   44   1   2  .984  2.32
AMessersmit  207  28  29   14   33   5   2  .904  2.04
CMorton      140  24  26   18   26   1   1  .978  2.82
FLaCorte     105  17  19    5   14   3   0  .864  1.62
RMoret        77  12  27    0   13   0   1 1.000  1.51
BDal Canton   73   1  42    4   17   2   0  .913  2.58
ADevine       73   1  48    3    8   1   0  .917  1.36
PTorrealba    53   0  36    1   13   0   2 1.000  2.38
MMarshall     36   0  24    3    7   0   1 1.000  2.45
MLeon         36   0  30    1    3   0   0 1.000  1.00
ESosa         35   0  21    0    4   1   0  .800  1.02
MBeard        33   0  30    3    9   0   1 1.000  3.20
JEasterly     22   4   4    1    4   0   0 1.000  2.05
RCamp         11   1   5    3    5   1   0  .889  6.37
BCapra         9   0   5    0    3   0   0 1.000  2.90
PHanna         8   0   5    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.12
AAutry         5   1   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1438 162 162   94  244  17  12  .952  2.12
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
 Glossary - Select a player to see their individual page.

Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageHenderson.262
On-base %Wynn.377
Slugging %Henderson.395
OPSHenderson.747
GamesChaney153
At BatsRoyster533
Plate Appearances (approx.)Royster605
RunsWynn75
HitsMontanez135
Total BasesMontanez176
DoublesChaney20
TriplesChaney and Gilbreath8
Home RunsWynn17
RBIWynn66
Bases on BallsWynn127
StrikeoutsWynn111
Stolen BasesRoyster24
SinglesRoyster113
Adjusted OPS+Wynn108
Runs CreatedWynn75
Adjusted Batting RunsWynn12
Batting WinsWynn1.2
Extra-Base HitsWynn37
Times on BaseWynn220
Offensive Win%Wynn.621
Hit By PitchGilbreath4
Sac. HitsGilbreath20
Sac. FliesWynn8
Intentional WalksChaney and Henderson7
Grounded into Double PlaysMontanez16
Caught StealingRoyster13
Power/Speed NumberWynn16.5
At Bats per StrikeoutRoyster10.1
At Bats per Home RunWynn26.4
OutsRoyster444

 

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ERAMessersmith3.04
WinsNiekro17
Won-Loss %Niekro.607
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Messersmith1.158
Hits Allowed/9IPMessersmith7.21
Bases on Balls/9IPMessersmith3.21
Strikeouts/9IPMessersmith5.86
GamesDevine48
SavesDevine9
InningsNiekro270.7
StrikeoutsNiekro173
Games StartedNiekro37
Comp. GamesMessersmith12
ShutoutsRuthven4
Home Runs Allow.Niekro18
Bases On Balls Allow.Niekro101
Hits AllowedRuthven255
SO to WalkMessersmith1.82
LossesRuthven17
Earned Runs Allow.Ruthven112
Wild PitchesNiekro14
Hit BatsmenNiekro and Ruthven8
Batters FacedNiekro1157
Games FinishedDevine24
Adjusted ERA+Messersmith125

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Andy Messersmith
Dick Ruthven

1975/1977

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