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1977 Atlanta Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978

61-101, Finished 6th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dave Bristol (60-100), Ted Turner (0-1) and Vern Benson (1-0)
Scored 678 runs, Allowed 895 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-101

Ballparks: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · Attendance: 872,464 (11th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 112, Pitching - 114 · one-year: Batting - 114, Pitching - 117

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1976 / 1978 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
Brian Asselstine 23 L R 6' 1" 175 Sep 23, 1953 2 83 20 83 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 14 13 36 49 5 -0.3 $
Mike Beard 27 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 21, 1950 4 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Rob Belloir 28 R R 5' 10" 155 Jul 13, 1948 3 6 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 $
Barry Bonnell 23 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 27, 1953 1st 100 88 100 97 0 0 0 0 33 0 2 64 11 77 10 0 0.1 $
Larry Bradford 27 R L 6' 1" 200 Dec 21, 1949 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jeff Burroughs 26 R R 6' 1" 200 Mar 7, 1951 8 154 153 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 154 1 0 0.5 $125,000
Rick Camp 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 10, 1953 2 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Dave Campbell 25 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 3, 1951 1st 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $
Buzz Capra 29 R R 5' 10" 168 Oct 1, 1947 7 45 16 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Darrel Chaney 29 B R 6' 2" 188 Mar 9, 1948 9 74 54 74 62 0 0 0 25 0 40 0 0 0 0 16 0 -0.7 $
Don Collins 24 R L 6' 2" 195 Sep 15, 1952 1st 40 6 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Vic Correll 31 R R 5' 10" 185 Feb 5, 1946 5 54 46 54 49 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.3 $
Mike Davey 25 R L 6' 2" 190 Jun 2, 1952 1st 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Jamie Easterly 24 L L 5' 9" 180 Feb 17, 1953 4 23 5 23 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Cito Gaston 33 R R 6' 3" 190 Mar 17, 1944 10 56 11 56 14 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 0 2 9 42 0 -0.2 $
Rod Gilbreath 24 R R 6' 2" 180 Sep 24, 1952 6 128 113 128 123 0 0 0 122 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 -1.7 $35,000
Preston Hanna 22 R R 6' 1" 195 Sep 10, 1954 3 17 9 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Steve Hargan 34 R R 6' 3" 170 Sep 8, 1942 12 16 5 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Bob Johnson 34 L R 6' 4" 220 Apr 25, 1943 7 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Steve Kline 29 R R 6' 3" 200 Oct 6, 1947 6 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Frank LaCorte 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 13, 1951 3 14 7 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.0 $
Max Leon 27 R R 5' 10" 145 Feb 4, 1950 5 33 9 33 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.9 $
Mickey Mahler 24 B L 6' 3" 189 Jul 30, 1952 1st 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Mike Marshall 34 R R 5' 10" 180 Jan 15, 1943 10 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Gary Matthews 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 5, 1950 6 148 145 148 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 145 2 1 1.8 $240,000
Joey McLaughlin 20 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 11, 1956 1st 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Andy Messersmith 31 R R 6' 1" 200 Aug 6, 1945 10 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $333,333
Willie Montanez 29 L L 6' 0" 170 Apr 1, 1948 9 136 134 136 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.9 $330,000 All-Star
Junior Moore 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 25, 1953 2 112 92 112 104 0 0 0 1 104 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 -0.6 $
Dale Murphy 21 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 12, 1956 2 18 17 18 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Phil Niekro HOF 38 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 1, 1939 14 44 43 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.1 $
Joe Nolan 26 L R 5' 11" 175 May 12, 1951 3 62 13 62 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 0.2 $
Rowland Office 24 L L 6' 0" 170 Oct 25, 1952 5 124 99 124 105 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 103 0 104 23 0 -2.7 $50,000
Tom Paciorek 30 R R 6' 4" 215 Nov 2, 1946 8 72 29 72 41 0 0 32 0 1 0 4 2 3 9 35 0 -0.6 $
Biff Pocoroba 23 B R 5' 10" 175 Jul 25, 1953 3 113 86 113 100 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 1.4 $25,000
Craig Robinson 28 R R 5' 10" 165 Aug 21, 1948 6 27 9 27 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 3 3 -0.2 $
Pat Rockett 22 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 9, 1955 2 93 82 93 84 0 0 0 0 0 84 0 0 0 0 3 8 -2.6 $19,000
Jerry Royster 24 R R 6' 0" 165 Oct 18, 1952 5 140 105 140 134 0 0 0 39 55 52 0 1 0 1 6 11 -4.1 $40,000
Dick Ruthven 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Mar 27, 1951 5 25 23 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $
Eddie Solomon 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 9, 1951 5 18 16 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Duane Theiss 23 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 20, 1953 1st 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Larry Whisenton 20 L L 6' 1" 190 Jul 3, 1956 1st 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 $
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

1976 / 1978 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers