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1979 Atlanta Braves Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
66-94, Finished 6th in NL West
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Scored 669 runs, Allowed 763 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-90
Manager: Bobby Cox (66-94)
Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 769,465 (11th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 109;   one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 110
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1978 / 1980 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 25 L R 6' 1" 175 Sep 23, 1953 4 8 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0
Bob Beall 31 B L 5' 11" 180 Apr 24, 1948 3 17 1 17 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
Bruce Benedict 23 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 18, 1955 2 76 69 76 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tommy Boggs 23 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 25, 1955 4 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barry Bonnell 25 R R 6' 3" 200 Oct 27, 1953 3 127 97 127 124 0 0 0 0 1 0 78 74 0 124 4 8
Larry Bradford 29 R L 6' 1" 200 Dec 21, 1949 2 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Brizzolara 22 R R 6' 5" 215 Jan 14, 1957 1st 20 19 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Burroughs 28 R R 6' 1" 200 Mar 7, 1951 10 116 110 116 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 110 6 0
Darrel Chaney 31 B R 6' 1" 190 Mar 9, 1948 11 63 29 63 48 0 1 0 5 4 39 0 0 0 0 15 3
Adrian Devine 27 R R 6' 4" 205 Dec 2, 1951 6 40 0 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamie Easterly 26 L L 5' 9" 180 Feb 17, 1953 6 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pepe Frias 30 R R 5' 10" 159 Jul 14, 1948 7 140 136 140 137 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 3 0
Gene Garber 31 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 13, 1947 10 68 0 68 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Preston Hanna 24 R R 6' 1" 195 Sep 10, 1954 5 6 4 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Horner 21 R R 6' 1" 210 Aug 6, 1957 2 121 120 121 121 0 0 45 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Glenn Hubbard 21 R R 5' 7" 180 Sep 25, 1957 2 97 87 97 91 0 0 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2
Frank LaCorte 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 13, 1951 5 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Lum 33 L L 6' 0" 180 Oct 27, 1945 13 111 45 111 55 0 0 51 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 60 2
Mike Macha 25 R R 5' 11" 180 Feb 17, 1954 1st 6 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Mickey Mahler 26 B L 6' 3" 189 Jul 30, 1952 3 26 18 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Mahler 25 R R 6' 1" 202 Aug 5, 1953 1st 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Matthews 28 R R 6' 3" 190 Jul 5, 1950 8 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 156 0 0 All-Star
Rick Matula 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 22, 1953 1st 28 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bo McLaughlin 25 R R 6' 5" 210 Oct 23, 1953 4 37 1 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joey McLaughlin 22 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 11, 1956 2 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry McWilliams 25 L L 6' 5" 180 Feb 10, 1954 2 13 13 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Miller 22 B R 5' 9" 175 Jun 29, 1957 3 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 26 0 27 0 0
Dale Murphy 23 R R 6' 5" 215 Mar 12, 1956 4 104 102 104 103 0 27 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Phil Niekro HOF 40 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 1, 1939 16 44 44 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Nolan 28 L R 6' 0" 190 May 12, 1951 5 89 58 89 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
Rowland Office 26 L L 6' 0" 170 Oct 25, 1952 7 124 64 124 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 97 28 13
Biff Pocoroba 25 B R 5' 10" 180 Jul 25, 1953 5 28 6 28 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
Jerry Royster 26 R R 6' 0" 165 Oct 18, 1952 7 154 146 154 151 0 0 0 77 80 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Craig Skok 31 R L 6' 0" 190 Sep 1, 1947 4 44 0 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Solomon 28 R R 6' 3" 190 Feb 9, 1951 7 32 30 32 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Charlie Spikes 28 R R 6' 3" 220 Jan 23, 1951 8 66 12 66 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 3 15 52 0
Jim Wessinger 23 R R 5' 10" 165 Sep 25, 1955 1st 10 1 10 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
Larry Whisenton 22 L L 6' 1" 190 Jul 3, 1956 3 13 10 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 5 13 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

1978 / 1980 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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