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1978 Atlanta Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

69-93, Finished 6th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bobby Cox (69-93)
Scored 600 runs, Allowed 750 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-97

Ballparks: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · Attendance: 904,494 (12th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 112, Pitching - 114 · one-year: Batting - 113, Pitching - 115

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1977 / 1979 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 24 L R 6' 1" 175 Sep 23, 1953 3 39 26 39 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 31 42 10 1 0.4 $
Bob Beall 30 B L 5' 11" 180 Apr 24, 1948 2 108 34 108 46 0 0 40 0 0 0 6 2 0 8 64 2 -0.2 $
Rob Belloir 29 R R 5' 10" 155 Jul 13, 1948 4 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Bruce Benedict 22 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 18, 1955 1st 22 16 22 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Tommy Boggs 22 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 25, 1955 3 16 12 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Barry Bonnell 24 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 27, 1953 2 117 73 117 113 0 0 0 0 15 0 59 62 11 132 2 22 -0.5 $
Jim Bouton 39 R R 6' 0" 170 Mar 8, 1939 10 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jeff Burroughs 27 R R 6' 1" 200 Mar 7, 1951 9 153 147 153 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 147 6 0 4.6 $ All-Star
Rick Camp 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 10, 1953 3 42 4 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Dave Campbell 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 3, 1951 2 53 0 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Darrel Chaney 30 B R 6' 2" 188 Mar 9, 1948 10 89 60 89 81 0 0 0 1 8 77 0 0 0 0 16 1 0.2 $
Mike Davey 26 R L 6' 2" 190 Jun 2, 1952 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Adrian Devine 26 R R 6' 4" 185 Dec 2, 1951 5 31 6 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Jamie Easterly 25 L L 5' 9" 180 Feb 17, 1953 5 37 6 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Gene Garber 30 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 13, 1947 9 44 1 44 44 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.3 $
Cito Gaston 34 R R 6' 3" 190 Mar 17, 1944 11 60 23 60 32 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 1 17 31 29 2 -1.1 $
Rod Gilbreath 25 R R 6' 2" 180 Sep 24, 1952 7 116 87 116 98 0 0 0 39 62 0 0 0 0 0 12 9 -1.1 $60,000
Preston Hanna 23 R R 6' 1" 195 Sep 10, 1954 4 29 28 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bob Horner 20 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 6, 1957 1st 89 88 89 89 0 0 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $183,000
Glenn Hubbard 20 R R 5' 9" 150 Sep 25, 1957 1st 44 44 44 44 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Frank LaCorte 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 13, 1951 4 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Max Leon 28 R R 5' 10" 145 Feb 4, 1950 6 6 0 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Jerry Maddox 24 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 28, 1953 1st 7 4 7 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Mickey Mahler 25 B L 6' 3" 189 Jul 30, 1952 2 34 21 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Gary Matthews 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 5, 1950 7 129 126 129 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 127 3 0 2.3 $240,000
Larry McWilliams 24 L L 6' 5" 180 Feb 10, 1954 1st 15 15 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Eddie Miller 21 B R 5' 9" 175 Jun 29, 1957 2 6 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 0 1 -0.1 $
Dale Murphy 22 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 12, 1956 3 151 141 151 147 0 21 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.7 $
Phil Niekro HOF 39 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 1, 1939 15 45 42 45 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9.3 $ All-Star
Joe Nolan 27 L R 5' 11" 175 May 12, 1951 4 95 53 95 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 -0.5 $
Rowland Office 25 L L 6' 0" 170 Oct 25, 1952 6 146 96 146 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 136 20 15 0.2 $
Tom Paciorek 31 R R 6' 4" 215 Nov 2, 1946 9 5 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $
Biff Pocoroba 24 B R 5' 10" 175 Jul 25, 1953 4 92 77 92 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 -1.1 $ All-Star
Pat Rockett 23 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 9, 1955 3 55 45 55 51 0 0 0 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 1 5 -2.7 $
Jerry Royster 25 R R 6' 0" 165 Oct 18, 1952 6 140 133 140 136 0 0 0 75 1 60 0 0 0 0 5 1 -0.1 $100,000
Chico Ruiz 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Nov 1, 1951 1st 18 11 18 15 0 0 0 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.2 $
Dick Ruthven 27 R R 6' 3" 190 Mar 27, 1951 6 13 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $65,000
Craig Skok 30 R L 6' 0" 190 Sep 1, 1947 3 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Hank Small 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 31, 1953 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Eddie Solomon 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 9, 1951 6 38 8 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 $
Duane Theiss 24 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 20, 1953 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Larry Whisenton 21 L L 6' 1" 190 Jul 3, 1956 2 6 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 1 -0.1 $
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Jerry Royster
Barry Bonnell
Dale Murphy
Biff Pocoroba
Bob Horner
Jeff Burroughs
Pat Rockett
Rob Belloir

Joe Nolan
Jerry Maddox
Tom Paciorek
Hank Small
Darrel Chaney
Chico Ruiz
Glenn Hubbard
Eddie Miller
Larry Whisenton
Rod Gilbreath
Bruce Benedict
Larry Whisenton

Rowland Office
Mickey Mahler
Bob Beall
Gene Garber
Frank LaCorte
Larry McWilliams
Adrian Devine
Brian Asselstine
Max Leon

Dave Campbell
Rick Camp
Eddie Solomon
Duane Theiss
Phil Niekro
Gary Matthews
Eddie Solomon
Mike Davey
Dick Ruthven
Craig Skok

Frank LaCorte
Cito Gaston
Jamie Easterly
Preston Hanna
Tommy Boggs
Tommy Boggs
Jim Bouton

1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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