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1978 Atlanta Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Biff Pocoroba# 24 92 327 289 21 70 8 0 6 34 0 3 29 14 .242 .312 .332 .644 72 96 15 2 3 4 6
2 1B Dale Murphy 22 151 583 530 66 120 14 3 23 79 11 7 42 145 .226 .284 .394 .679 80 209 15 3 3 5 3
3 2B Jerry Royster 25 140 600 529 67 137 17 8 2 35 27 17 56 49 .259 .331 .333 .664 78 176 9 3 8 4 2
4 SS Darrel Chaney# 30 89 274 245 27 55 9 1 3 20 1 0 25 48 .224 .295 .306 .601 61 75 1 0 3 1 7
5 3B Bob Horner 20 89 359 323 50 86 17 1 23 63 0 0 24 42 .266 .313 .539 .852 124 174 7 2 1 9 2
6 LF Jeff Burroughs 27 153 611 488 72 147 30 6 23 77 1 2 117 92 .301 .432 .529 .961 156 258 16 0 0 6 12
7 CF Rowland Office* 25 146 439 404 40 101 13 1 9 40 8 6 22 52 .250 .297 .354 .651 73 143 8 6 4 3 2
8 RF Gary Matthews 27 129 542 474 75 135 20 5 18 62 8 7 61 92 .285 .366 .462 .828 120 219 16 2 1 4 2
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 IF Rod Gilbreath 25 116 356 326 22 80 13 3 3 31 7 6 26 51 .245 .300 .331 .632 69 108 6 0 3 1 3
10 CF Barry Bonnell 24 117 326 304 36 73 11 3 1 16 12 6 20 30 .240 .287 .306 .593 59 93 15 0 2 0 1
11 C Joe Nolan* 27 95 249 213 22 49 7 3 4 22 3 2 34 28 .230 .339 .347 .686 84 74 3 1 1 0 5
12 1B Bob Beall# 30 108 225 185 29 45 8 0 1 16 4 5 36 27 .243 .368 .303 .670 81 56 4 1 2 1 0
13 2B Glenn Hubbard 20 44 179 163 15 42 4 0 2 13 2 1 10 20 .258 .309 .319 .628 68 52 2 2 4 0 1
14 SS Pat Rockett 23 55 157 142 6 20 2 0 0 4 1 2 13 12 .141 .212 .155 .366 -0 22 6 0 1 1 3
15 UT Cito Gaston 34 60 124 118 5 27 1 0 1 9 0 0 3 20 .229 .244 .263 .507 36 31 4 0 1 2 0
16 RF Brian Asselstine* 24 39 122 103 11 28 3 3 2 13 2 1 11 16 .272 .339 .417 .756 101 43 1 2 1 5 1
17 C Bruce Benedict 22 22 58 52 3 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 6 .250 .328 .288 .616 66 15 0 0 0 0 2
18 IF Chico Ruiz 26 18 48 46 3 13 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .283 .313 .348 .660 76 16 1 0 0 0 1
19 OF Eddie Miller# 21 6 24 21 5 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 2 4 .143 .250 .190 .440 19 4 0 1 0 0 0
20 RF Larry Whisenton* 21 6 17 16 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .188 .235 .250 .485 30 4 0 0 0 0 0
21 3B Jerry Maddox 24 7 15 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .214 .267 .214 .481 30 3 1 0 0 0 0
22 1B Tom Paciorek 31 5 9 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 79 3 0 0 0 0 0
23 1B Hank Small 24 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
24 IF Rob Belloir 29 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 684 2 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
25 P Phil Niekro 39 45 129 120 5 27 4 0 0 10 0 0 3 25 .225 .248 .258 .506 36 31 3 1 4 1 0
26 P Preston Hanna 23 29 52 49 4 9 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 18 .184 .200 .286 .486 29 14 1 0 2 0 0
27 P Mickey Mahler# 25 34 47 41 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .098 .119 .098 .217 -41 4 1 0 5 0 0
28 P Larry McWilliams* 24 15 36 32 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 .063 .063 .125 .188 -51 4 0 0 4 0 0
29 P Eddie Solomon 27 38 30 29 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .138 .167 .138 .305 -18 4 3 1 0 0 0
30 P Dick Ruthven 27 13 27 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .083 .083 .083 .167 -55 2 0 0 3 0 0
31 P Jamie Easterly* 25 37 21 19 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .211 .250 .263 .513 37 5 1 0 1 0 0
32 P Tommy Boggs 22 16 19 18 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .333 .500 31 6 0 0 1 0 0
33 P Adrian Devine 26 31 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 0 0 1 0 0
34 P Gene Garber 30 44 12 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .091 .167 .091 .258 -29 1 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Rick Camp 25 42 10 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .111 .000 .111 -68 0 0 0 1 0 0
36 P Jim Bouton 39 5 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 -64 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Craig Skok 30 43 8 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .375 .625 65 3 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Frank LaCorte 26 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
39 P Duane Theiss 24 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 P Mike Davey 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 P Dave Campbell 26 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 P Max Leon 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 25.4 162 6066 5381 600 1313 191 39 123 558 90 65 550 874 .244 .315 .363 .677 81 1951 140 27 61 47 53
Rank in 12 NL teams 10 10 12 12 8 4 10 4 6 3 12 8 7 8 8
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Phil Niekro 39 19 18 .514 2.88 44 42 1 22 4 1 334.1 295 129 107 16 102 5 248 13 3 11 1389 142 1.187 7.9 0.4 2.7 6.7 2.43
2 SP Preston Hanna 23 7 13 .350 5.13 29 28 1 0 0 0 140.1 132 89 80 10 93 5 90 3 2 11 637 80 1.603 8.5 0.6 6.0 5.8 0.97
3 SP Mickey Mahler* 25 4 11 .267 4.68 34 21 3 1 0 0 134.2 130 82 70 16 66 6 92 7 3 12 597 87 1.455 8.7 1.1 4.4 6.1 1.39
4 SP Larry McWilliams* 24 9 3 .750 2.81 15 15 0 3 1 0 99.1 84 38 31 11 35 4 42 2 0 2 417 145 1.198 7.6 1.0 3.2 3.8 1.20
5 SP Dick Ruthven 27 2 6 .250 4.11 13 13 0 2 1 0 81.0 78 43 37 8 28 2 45 0 0 3 342 99 1.309 8.7 0.9 3.1 5.0 1.61
6 SP Tommy Boggs 22 2 8 .200 6.71 16 12 2 1 1 0 59.0 80 46 44 8 26 3 21 1 1 3 283 61 1.797 12.2 1.2 4.0 3.2 0.81
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Gene Garber 30 4 4 .500 2.53 43 0 36 0 0 22 78.1 58 26 22 11 13 3 61 2 2 3 302 161 0.906 6.7 1.3 1.5 7.0 4.69
8 RP Eddie Solomon 27 4 6 .400 4.08 37 8 13 0 0 2 106.0 98 52 48 12 50 11 64 2 1 5 459 100 1.396 8.3 1.0 4.2 5.4 1.28
9 RP Rick Camp 25 2 4 .333 3.75 42 4 9 0 0 0 74.1 99 42 31 5 32 10 23 3 1 1 344 109 1.762 12.0 0.6 3.9 2.8 0.72
10 RP Dave Campbell 26 4 4 .500 4.80 53 0 35 0 0 1 69.1 67 39 37 10 49 12 45 5 2 2 322 85 1.673 8.7 1.3 6.4 5.8 0.92
11 RP Craig Skok* 30 3 2 .600 4.35 43 0 11 0 0 2 62.0 64 38 30 8 27 8 28 0 1 4 273 94 1.468 9.3 1.2 3.9 4.1 1.04
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
12 Jamie Easterly* 25 3 6 .333 5.65 37 6 8 0 0 1 78.0 91 52 49 9 45 6 42 2 0 7 355 72 1.744 10.5 1.0 5.2 4.8 0.93
13 Adrian Devine 26 5 4 .556 5.92 31 6 11 0 0 3 65.1 84 45 43 3 25 5 26 0 2 2 294 69 1.668 11.6 0.4 3.4 3.6 1.04
14 Jim Bouton 39 1 3 .250 4.97 5 5 0 0 0 0 29.0 25 18 16 4 21 1 10 0 0 0 129 82 1.586 7.8 1.2 6.5 3.1 0.48
15 Frank LaCorte 26 0 1 .000 3.68 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.2 9 6 6 0 4 1 7 0 0 1 56 111 0.886 5.5 0.0 2.5 4.3 1.75
16 Duane Theiss 24 0 0 1.42 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 3 1 1 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 24 287 0.947 4.3 0.0 4.3 4.3 1.00
17 Max Leon 28 0 0 6.35 5 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 6 4 4 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 29 64 1.765 9.5 1.6 6.4 1.6 0.25
18 Mike Davey* 26 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.750 3.4 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 29.0 69 93 .426 4.10 162 162 133 29 7 32 1440.1 1404 750 656 132 624 82 848 42 18 67 6261 100 1.408 8.8 0.8 3.9 5.3 1.36
Rank in 12 NL teams 10 2 12 8 7 6 7 9 12 11 12 12 9906
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Brian Asselstine 24 42 26 249.2 62 59 1 2 0 .968 -0.8 -3.8 -0.8 -3.3 2.6 0 2.16 1.43 RF-CF
Bob Beall 30 48 34 320.2 310 282 24 4 23 .987 -4.1 -15.3 -4.1 -2.4 -1.7 0 0 8.59 6.38 1B-LF-CF
Rob Belloir 29 2 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -150.0 -0.5 -0.1 -0.4 0 2.25 0.50 3B-SS
Bruce Benedict 22 22 16 141.0 96 81 14 1 1 .990 2.0 17.0 2 6.06 4.32 0 4 16 11 41% C
Tommy Boggs 22 16 12 59.0 11 5 3 3 0 .727 1.22 0.50 P
Barry Bonnell 24 147 73 713.0 221 180 35 6 3 .973 4.5 7.6 0.5 2.3 -1.9 4 0 2.71 1.46 CF-LF-3B-RF
Jim Bouton 39 5 5 29.0 7 3 3 1 0 .857 1.86 1.20 P
Jeff Burroughs 27 147 147 1182.2 247 228 13 6 2 .976 -9.1 -9.2 -3.1 -4.4 1.2 -6 1.83 1.64 LF
Dave Campbell 26 53 0 69.1 16 6 9 1 1 .938 1.95 0.28 P
Rick Camp 25 42 4 74.1 23 8 12 3 0 .870 2.42 0.48 P
Darrel Chaney 30 86 60 588.1 306 100 199 7 32 .977 1.3 2.7 2.3 -1.8 4.1 -1 4.57 3.48 SS-3B-2B
Mike Davey 26 3 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Adrian Devine 26 31 6 65.1 20 10 9 1 1 .950 2.62 0.61 P
Jamie Easterly 25 37 6 78.0 17 2 14 1 1 .941 1.85 0.43 P
Gene Garber 30 44 1 78.1 22 11 11 0 0 1.000 2.53 0.50 P-CF
Cito Gaston 34 35 23 208.0 72 67 2 3 1 .958 -1.6 -9.2 0.4 1.2 -0.8 -2 0 2.99 1.97 RF-LF-1B-CF
Rod Gilbreath 25 101 87 780.1 321 108 204 9 22 .972 -3.6 -5.5 -1.6 -2.1 0.6 -2 3.60 3.09 3B-2B
Preston Hanna 23 29 28 140.1 28 10 18 0 1 1.000 1.80 0.97 P
Bob Horner 20 89 88 769.2 293 81 199 13 17 .956 -1.8 -2.8 -1.8 0.8 -2.6 0 3.27 3.15 3B
Glenn Hubbard 20 44 44 389.1 237 102 130 5 30 .979 2.2 6.8 1.2 1.9 -0.7 1 5.36 5.27 2B
Frank LaCorte 26 2 2 14.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.61 0.50 P
Max Leon 28 5 0 5.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59 0.20 P
Jerry Maddox 24 5 4 33.0 11 3 7 1 0 .909 -0.5 -18.2 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 2.73 2.00 3B
Mickey Mahler 25 34 21 134.2 19 4 15 0 1 1.000 1.27 0.56 P
Gary Matthews 27 127 126 1076.2 257 239 10 8 0 .969 2.5 2.8 3.5 2.5 1.1 -1 2.08 1.96 RF
Larry McWilliams 24 15 15 99.1 29 10 19 0 1 1.000 2.63 1.93 P
Eddie Miller 21 5 5 48.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -22.2 -0.9 -0.7 -0.2 0 1.11 1.20 CF-LF
Dale Murphy 22 150 141 1255.0 1348 1220 105 23 84 .983 -4.1 -3.9 -2.1 -5.1 3.0 -1 -1 9.50 8.83 6 10 13 12 48% 1B-C
Phil Niekro 39 44 42 334.1 84 17 65 2 4 .976 2.21 1.86 P
Joe Nolan 27 61 53 470.0 326 295 24 7 3 .979 -13.0 -33.2 -13 6.11 5.23 14 24 55 9 14% C
Rowland Office 25 136 96 912.0 299 292 4 3 2 .990 6.6 8.7 8.6 5.2 3.4 -2 2.92 2.18 CF
Tom Paciorek 31 2 2 13.0 21 21 0 0 1 1.000 0.2 18.5 0.2 0.5 -0.3 0 14.54 10.50 1B
Biff Pocoroba 24 79 77 682.2 502 454 43 5 1 .990 -9.0 -15.8 -9 6.55 6.29 12 29 82 25 23% C
Pat Rockett 23 51 45 383.2 166 64 97 5 16 .970 -13.9 -43.5 -11.9 -5.6 -6.4 -2 3.78 3.16 SS
Jerry Royster 25 136 133 1155.2 683 284 376 23 66 .966 -11.8 -12.3 -7.8 -6.7 -1.1 -4 5.14 4.85 2B-SS-3B
Chico Ruiz 26 15 11 103.0 64 31 32 1 5 .984 -0.1 -1.2 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 0 5.50 4.20 2B-3B
Dick Ruthven 27 13 13 81.0 29 9 13 7 0 .759 2.44 1.69 P
Craig Skok 30 43 0 62.0 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.74 0.28 P
Hank Small 24 1 1 9.0 13 12 1 0 1 1.000 0.3 40.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 13.00 13.00 1B
Eddie Solomon 27 37 8 106.0 23 5 16 2 1 .913 1.78 0.57 P
Duane Theiss 24 3 0 6.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 0.67 P
Larry Whisenton 21 4 3 33.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.4 0 1.34 1.25 RF
Team Totals 25.7 162 1457 12963.0 6213 4321 1739 153 321 .975 -55.2 -5.1 -18.2 -19.0 0.9 -7 -9 -21 4.21 3.10 32 67 166 57 26%
Rank in 12 NL teams 3 9 10
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

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