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1979 Atlanta Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

66-94, Finished 6th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bobby Cox (66-94)
Scored 669 runs, Allowed 763 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-90

Ballparks: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · 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 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 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 -0.1 $
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 -0.1 $
Bruce Benedict 23 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 18, 1955 2 76 69 76 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.5 $
Tommy Boggs 23 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 25, 1955 4 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Barry Bonnell 25 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 27, 1953 3 127 97 127 124 0 0 0 0 1 0 78 74 0 152 4 8 -0.4 $
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 0.5 $
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 -0.3 $
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 0.2 $
Darrel Chaney 31 B R 6' 2" 188 Mar 9, 1948 11 63 29 63 48 0 1 0 5 4 39 0 0 0 0 15 3 -0.8 $
Adrian Devine 27 R R 6' 4" 185 Dec 2, 1951 6 40 0 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
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 -0.3 $
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 -1.0 $
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 -0.4 $
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 0.5 $
Bob Horner 21 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 6, 1957 2 121 120 121 121 0 0 45 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.5 $
Glenn Hubbard 21 R R 5' 9" 150 Sep 25, 1957 2 97 87 97 91 0 0 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 -1.8 $
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 -0.1 $
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 -0.1 $125,000
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 -0.3 $
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 -0.8 $
Rick Mahler 25 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 5, 1953 1st 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Gary Matthews 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 5, 1950 8 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 156 0 0 3.7 $240,000 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 2.1 $
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 -0.4 $
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 1.8 $
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 0.5 $
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 28 0 0 0.7 $
Dale Murphy 23 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 12, 1956 4 104 102 104 103 0 27 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.3 $
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 6.9 $
Joe Nolan 28 L R 5' 11" 175 May 12, 1951 5 89 58 89 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 -0.4 $
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 -1.3 $
Biff Pocoroba 25 B R 5' 10" 175 Jul 25, 1953 5 28 6 28 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0.3 $
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 1.4 $100,000
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 0.4 $
Eddie Solomon 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 9, 1951 7 32 30 32 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.5 $
Charlie Spikes 28 R R 6' 3" 215 Jan 23, 1951 8 66 12 66 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 3 15 52 0 -0.5 $
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 -0.2 $
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 0.5 $
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
Pepe Frias
Joe Nolan

Eddie Miller
Darrel Chaney
Jim Wessinger
Glenn Hubbard
Larry Whisenton
Bruce Benedict
Rowland Office
Mickey Mahler

Bob Beall
Gene Garber
Larry McWilliams
Adrian Devine
Mike Lum
Rick Matula
Brian Asselstine
Mike Macha
Bo McLaughlin

Larry Bradford
Eddie Solomon
Phil Niekro
Gary Matthews
Eddie Solomon
Larry Bradford
Adrian Devine
Rick Mahler
Larry Bradford
Craig Skok
Frank LaCorte

Tony Brizzolara
Jamie Easterly
Joey McLaughlin
Charlie Spikes
Preston Hanna
Tommy Boggs
Joey McLaughlin
Tommy Boggs
Rick Matula

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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