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1978 Atlanta Braves Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979)
69-93, Finished 6th in NL West
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Scored 600 runs, Allowed 750 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-97
Manager: Bobby Cox (69-93)
Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
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 35 10 1
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
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
Bruce Benedict 22 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 18, 1955 1st 22 16 22 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tommy Boggs 22 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 25, 1955 3 16 12 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barry Bonnell 24 R R 6' 3" 200 Oct 27, 1953 2 117 73 117 113 0 0 0 0 15 0 59 62 11 105 2 22
Jim Bouton 39 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 8, 1939 10 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 All-Star
Rick Camp 25 R R 6' 0" 198 Jun 10, 1953 3 42 4 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Darrel Chaney 30 B R 6' 1" 190 Mar 9, 1948 10 89 60 89 81 0 0 0 1 8 77 0 0 0 0 16 1
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
Adrian Devine 26 R R 6' 4" 205 Dec 2, 1951 5 31 6 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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
Cito Gaston 34 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 17, 1944 11 60 23 60 32 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 1 17 29 29 2
Rod Gilbreath 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Sep 24, 1952 7 116 87 116 98 0 0 0 39 62 0 0 0 0 0 12 9
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
Bob Horner 20 R R 6' 1" 210 Aug 6, 1957 1st 89 88 89 89 0 0 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Hubbard 20 R R 5' 7" 180 Sep 25, 1957 1st 44 44 44 44 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Max Leon 28 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 4, 1950 6 6 0 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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
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
Gary Matthews 27 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 5, 1950 7 129 126 129 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 127 3 0
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
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
Dale Murphy 22 R R 6' 5" 215 Mar 12, 1956 3 151 141 151 147 0 21 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
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 All-Star
Joe Nolan 27 L R 6' 0" 190 May 12, 1951 4 95 53 95 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
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
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
Biff Pocoroba 24 B R 5' 10" 180 Jul 25, 1953 4 92 77 92 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 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
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
Chico Ruiz 26 R R 170 Nov 1, 1951 1st 18 11 18 15 0 0 0 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
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
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
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
Eddie Solomon 27 R R 6' 3" 190 Feb 9, 1951 6 38 8 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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
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
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1977 / 1979 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played