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1977 Atlanta Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976/1978)
61-101, Finished 6th in NL Western Division
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Scored 678 runs, Allowed 895 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-101
Managed by Dave Bristol, Ted Turner, and Vern Benson

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 Stats (1976/1978) / 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  #Biff Pocoroba       23  113  321   46   93  24  1   8   44  57   27  .290  .394  .445   3   4   9   1   4   4  15  115
1B *Willie Montanez     29  136  544   70  156  31  1  20   68  35   60  .287  .328  .458   1   1  18   0   0   3   3   99
2B  Rod Gilbreath       24  128  407   47   99  15  2   8   43  45   79  .243  .320  .349   3   9  10   2   7   2   6   72
3B  Junior Moore        24  112  361   41   94   9  3   5   34  33   29  .260  .323  .343   4   5  13   1  12   1   0   71
SS  Pat Rockett         22   93  264   27   67  10  0   1   24  27   32  .254  .330  .303   1   2   7   3   3   0   2   64
LF  Gary Matthews       26  148  555   89  157  25  5  17   64  67   90  .283  .362  .438  22   8  13   2   2   1   3  104
CF *Rowland Office      24  124  428   42  103  13  1   5   39  23   58  .241  .282  .311   2   4   9   3   4   3   1   52
RF  Jeff Burroughs      26  154  579   91  157  19  1  41  114  86  126  .271  .362  .520   4   1   8   0   0   6   2  123
    Jerry Royster       24  140  445   64   96  10  2   6   28  38   67  .216  .278  .288  28  10  11   1   6   1   3   46
    Barry Bonnell       23  100  360   41  108  11  0   1   45  37   32  .300  .368  .339   7   5   7   2   3   1   8   83
   #Darrel Chaney       29   74  209   22   42   7  2   3   15  17   44  .201  .260  .297   0   0   9   0   4   1   2   43
    Tom Paciorek        30   72  155   20   37   8  0   3   15   6   46  .239  .262  .348   1   0   1   0   0   3   2   55
    Vic Correll         31   54  144   16   30   7  0   7   16  22   33  .208  .314  .403   2   3   3   1   1   2   1   82
   *Brian Asselstine    23   83  124   12   26   6  0   4   17   9   10  .210  .263  .355   1   0   2   0   1   0   1   57
    Cito Gaston         33   56   85    6   23   4  0   3   21   5   19  .271  .301  .424   1   0   3   0   0   3   0   84
   *Joe Nolan           26   62   82   13   23   3  0   3    9  13   12  .280  .375  .427   1   0   2   0   0   1   1  105
    Dale Murphy         21   18   76    5   24   8  1   2   14   0    8  .316  .316  .526   0   1   3   0   0   0   0  112
    Craig Robinson      28   27   29    4    6   1  0   0    1   1    6  .207  .233  .241   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   22
   *Larry Whisenton     20    4    4    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    3  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   29
    Rob Belloir         28    6    1    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Phil Niekro         38   44  109    2   19   1  0   0    7   0   15  .174  .180  .183   0   0   3   1  12   1   0   -6
    Dick Ruthven        26   25   45    4   12   1  1   1    3   2   15  .267  .298  .400   0   0   2   0   5   0   0   77
    Buzz Capra          29   45   36    1    4   0  0   0    2   3    9  .111  .179  .111   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -23
    Andy Messersmith    31   16   34    2    4   2  0   1    3   3    9  .118  .189  .265   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   15
    Eddie Solomon       26   18   31    2    4   0  0   0    1   3    9  .129  .206  .129   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -12
    Max Leon            27   33   19    3    6   0  0   0    3   0    0  .316  .300  .316   1   0   1   0   3   1   0   58
   *Jamie Easterly      24   23   15    0    4   2  0   0    1   0    3  .267  .267  .400   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   68
    Preston Hanna       22   17   14    2    1   0  0   0    1   3    6  .071  .235  .071   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -17
    Dave Campbell       25   65   12    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    8  .083  .083  .083   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -57
    Don Collins         24   40   11    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    6  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   1   0   0 -100
    Frank LaCorte       25   14   10    1    2   0  0   0    2   0    3  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   2   0   0    3
    Rick Camp           24   54    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Steve Hargan        34   16    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Mickey Mahler       24    5    6    1    3   1  0   0    0   2    1  .500  .625  .667   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  232
   *Bob Johnson         34   15    3    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   72
    Mike Davey          25   16    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Mike Marshall       34    4    1    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  416
    Joey McLaughlin     20    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Duane Theiss        23   17    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.8  162 5534  678 1404 218 20 139  638 537  876  .254  .320  .376  82  53 135  17  83  34  50   83
    Rank among 12 NL teams         7    9    9  12 12   4        6    7     8     9    10  11  10                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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         38  44   4.03  16  20  0  43   1  20   2  330.3  315  166  148  26  164  262 1428  17   8  3  12 111
SP  Dick Ruthven        26  25   4.23   7  13  0  23   1   6   2  151.0  158   86   71  14   62   84  666   2   1  4   6 105
SP  Andy Messersmith    31  16   4.40   5   4  0  16   0   1   0  102.3  101   54   50  12   39   69  447   5   2  0   5 101
SP  Eddie Solomon       26  18   4.57   6   6  0  16   0   0   0   88.7  110   64   45  10   34   54  403   3   2  2   2  98
SP  Preston Hanna       22  17   4.95   2   6  1   9   2   1   0   60.0   69   40   33   6   34   37  282   5   2  0   1  90
SP *Mickey Mahler       24   5   6.26   1   2  0   5   0   0   0   23.0   31   19   16   4    9   14  109   1   1  0   0  71

CL  Dave Campbell       25  65   3.05   0   6 13   0  31   0   0   88.7   78   32   30   7   33   42  375   3   3  0   6 147
RP  Rick Camp           24  54   4.00   6   3 10   0  34   0   0   78.7   89   47   35   6   47   51  374   8   1  2  13 111
RP *Don Collins         24  40   5.09   3   9  2   6   8   0   0   70.7   82   43   40   8   41   27  324   3   1  3   8  88
RP  Buzz Capra          29  45   5.36   6  11  0  16   7   0   0  139.3  142   88   83  28   80  100  633   7   4  0  12  83
RP  Max Leon            27  31   3.97   4   4  1   9  11   0   0   81.7   89   42   36   9   25   44  359   1   9  1   2 112

   *Jamie Easterly      24  22   6.14   2   4  1   5   6   0   0   58.7   72   46   40   5   30   37  275   0   3  0   4  73
    Frank LaCorte       25  14  11.68   1   8  0   7   1   0   0   37.0   67   51   48  10   29   28  205   0   2  0   1  38
    Steve Hargan        34  16   6.87   0   3  0   5   3   0   0   36.7   49   31   28   3   16   18  172   6   0  1   1  65
    Bob Johnson         34  15   7.25   0   1  0   0   5   0   0   22.3   24   18   18   7   14   16  106   1   2  0   1  62
    Duane Theiss        23  17   6.53   1   1  0   0   7   0   0   20.7   26   16   15   1   16    7  102   0   1  0   5  68
    Steve Kline         29  16   6.64   0   0  1   0   7   0   0   20.3   21   15   15   4   12   10   93   1   0  3   3  67
   *Mike Davey          25  16   5.06   0   0  2   0   7   0   0   16.0   19    9    9   1    9    7   75   1   0  0   4  88
    Joey McLaughlin     20   3  15.00   0   0  0   2   1   0   0    6.0   10   10   10   3    3    0   31   0   0  0   0  30
    Mike Marshall       34   4   9.00   1   0  0   0   0   0   0    6.0   12    6    6   1    2    6   32   0   0  0   0  50
   *Mike Beard          27   4   9.64   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    4.7   14   11    5   3    2    1   33   0   0  0   0  46
   *Larry Bradford      27   2   3.38   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.7    3    1    1   1    0    1   11   0   0  0   0 132
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4 162   4.85  61 101 31 162 134  28   5 1445.0 1581  895  779 169  701  915 6535  64  42 19  86  92
    Rank among 12 NL teams         12  12   1  9           6  11     10   12   12       12   12    3
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - 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
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
BPocoroba    798  86 100  542   78   7   8  .989  15  33 103  52
VCorrell     372  46  49  247   38   8   2  .973  10  16  57  22
DMurphy      154  17  18  114   11   6   2  .954   5   8  25   5
JNolan       120  13  19   80    7   0   2 1.000   4   7  20   4
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  1445 162 162  983  134  21  14  .982  34  64 205  83
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .991 *9.89
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
WMontanez   1172 134 134 1129   70  10  88  .992  9.21
TPaciorek    243  25  32  236   16   4  20  .984  9.32
CGaston       29   3   5   30    4   1   2  .971 10.55
ROffice        1   0   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  9.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1445 162 162 1396   90  15 110  .990  9.26
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .977 *5.24
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RGilbreath   997 112 122  277  305  13  61  .978  5.25
JRoyster     279  30  38   76   85   7  14  .958  5.18
DChaney      166  20  24   40   66   4  13  .964  5.74
JMoore         2   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1445 162 162  393  456  24  88  .973  5.29
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .956 *2.98
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JMoore       811  92 104   86  189  17  10  .942  3.05
JRoyster     358  38  56   46   76   6   6  .953  3.07
BBonnell     264  31  32   22   62   6   0  .933  2.86
RGilbreath     9   1   1    0    3   0   0 1.000  3.00
TPaciorek      2   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1445 162 162  154  330  29  16  .943  3.01
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .963 *5.02
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
PRockett     694  82  84  152  209  23  38  .940  4.68
JRoyster     343  37  51   60  106  15  20  .917  4.35
DChaney      312  34  41   73  116   4  17  .979  5.44
CRobinson     90   9  23   26   27   0   6 1.000  5.26
RBelloir       3   0   3    1    2   0   0 1.000  7.30
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1445 162 162  312  460  42  81  .948  4.81
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .972 *1.93
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
GMatthews   1283 145 145  262   11  10   1  .965  1.91
BAsselstine   72   7   9   17    0   0   0 1.000  2.12
CGaston       56   6   7   11    0   0   0 1.000  1.76
BBonnell      18   2   2    3    0   0   0 1.000  1.50
TPaciorek     14   2   4    3    0   1   0  .750  1.84
ROffice        1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1445 162 162  296   11  11   1  .965  1.91
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .986 *2.73
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
ROffice      859  99 103  249    7   3   3  .988  2.68
BBonnell     486  53  64  168    3   1   1  .994  3.16
BAsselstine   91  10  14   29    0   0   0 1.000  2.87
TPaciorek      5   0   2    2    0   0   0 1.000  3.60
JRoyster       3   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1445 162 162  448   10   4   4  .991  2.85
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .974 *2.11
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JBurroughs  1346 153 154  248    9   7   3  .973  1.72
BAsselstine   41   3  13   11    1   1   0  .923  2.63
BBonnell      26   2  11    7    0   1   0  .875  2.36
TPaciorek     17   2   3    8    0   0   0 1.000  4.24
CGaston       14   2   2    2    0   0   0 1.000  1.22
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1445 162 162  276   10   9   3  .969  1.78
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .978 *2.26  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
JBurroughs  1346 153 154  249    9   7   3  .974  1.73
GMatthews   1283 145 145  262   11  10   1  .965  1.91
ROffice      860  99 104  249    8   3   3  .988  2.69
BBonnell     531  57  75  181    3   2   1  .989  3.12
BAsselstine  204  20  35   57    1   1   0  .983  2.56
CGaston       71   8   9   14    0   0   0 1.000  1.77
TPaciorek     36   4   9   12    0   1   0  .923  2.94
JRoyster       3   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  1445 162 162 1024   32  24   8  .978  2.19 162 162 162
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .950 *1.85
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
PNiekro      330  43  44   20   51   0   5 1.000  1.93
DRuthven     151  23  25   10   16   5   1  .839  1.55
BCapra       139  16  45    6   18   1   1  .960  1.55
AMessersmit  102  16  16    5   15   2   1  .909  1.76
ESolomon      88  16  18    5   12   1   0  .944  1.72
DCampbell     88   0  65    0    9   1   0  .900  0.91
MLeon         81   9  31    9   12   1   0  .955  2.31
RCamp         78   0  54    4   10   2   1  .875  1.60
DCollins      70   6  40    1    7   0   0 1.000  1.02
PHanna        60   9  17    2   18   3   0  .870  3.00
JEasterly     58   5  22    2    3   1   0  .833  0.77
FLaCorte      37   7  14    2    6   0   0 1.000  1.95
SHargan       36   5  16    3   11   1   0  .933  3.43
MMahler       23   5   5    0    3   1   1  .750  1.17
BJohnson      22   0  15    0    1   0   0 1.000  0.40
DTheiss       20   0  17    2    3   0   0 1.000  2.17
SKline        20   0  16    0    2   1   0  .667  0.89
MDavey        16   0  16    3    1   0   0 1.000  2.25
JMcLaughlin    6   2   3    0    3   0   0 1.000  4.50
MMarshall      6   0   4    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
MBeard         4   0   4    0    1   0   0 1.000  1.91
LBradford      2   0   2    0    1   0   0 1.000  3.33
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1445 162 162   74  203  20  10  .933  1.73
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 AverageMontanez.287
On-base %Burroughs and Matthews.362
Slugging %Burroughs.520
OPSBurroughs.882
GamesBurroughs154
At BatsBurroughs579
Plate Appearances (approx.)Burroughs671
RunsBurroughs91
HitsBurroughs and Matthews157
Total BasesBurroughs301
DoublesMontanez31
TriplesMatthews5
Home RunsBurroughs41
RBIBurroughs114
Bases on BallsBurroughs86
StrikeoutsBurroughs126
Stolen BasesRoyster28
SinglesMatthews110
Adjusted OPS+Burroughs123
Runs CreatedBurroughs114
Adjusted Batting RunsBurroughs19
Batting WinsBurroughs1.9
Extra-Base HitsBurroughs61
Times on BaseBurroughs243
Offensive Win%Burroughs.683
Hit By PitchOffice and Rockett3
Sac. HitsMoore and Niekro12
Sac. FliesBurroughs6
Intentional WalksPocoroba15
Grounded into Double PlaysMontanez18
Caught StealingRoyster10
Power/Speed NumberMatthews19.2
At Bats per StrikeoutMontanez9.1
At Bats per Home RunBurroughs14.1
OutsBurroughs437

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERANiekro4.03
WinsNiekro16
Won-Loss %Niekro.444
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Niekro1.450
Hits Allowed/9IPNiekro8.58
Bases on Balls/9IPNiekro4.47
Strikeouts/9IPNiekro7.14
GamesCampbell65
SavesCampbell13
InningsNiekro330.3
StrikeoutsNiekro262
Games StartedNiekro43
Comp. GamesNiekro20
ShutoutsNiekro and Ruthven2
Home Runs Allow.Capra28
Bases On Balls Allow.Niekro164
Hits AllowedNiekro315
SO to WalkNiekro1.60
LossesNiekro20
Earned Runs Allow.Niekro148
Wild PitchesNiekro17
Hit BatsmenLeon9
Batters FacedNiekro1428
Games FinishedCamp34
Adjusted ERA+Niekro111

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Willie Montanez

1976/1978

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