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1979 Atlanta Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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	Bruce Benedict	23	76	241	204	14	46	11	0	0	15	1	3	33	18	.225	.331	.279	.610	64	57	4	0	2	2	3
2	1B	Dale Murphy	23	104	429	384	53	106	7	2	21	57	6	1	38	67	.276	.340	.469	.809	113	180	12	2	0	5	5
3	2B	Glenn Hubbard	21	97	357	325	34	75	12	0	3	29	0	6	27	43	.231	.290	.295	.586	56	96	3	1	2	2	2
4	SS	Pepe Frias	30	140	510	475	41	123	18	4	1	44	3	2	20	36	.259	.290	.320	.610	62	152	13	2	10	3	5
5	3B	Bob Horner	21	121	515	487	66	153	15	1	33	98	0	2	22	74	.314	.346	.552	.898	135	269	9	3	0	3	6
6	LF	Jeff Burroughs	28	116	475	397	49	89	14	1	11	47	2	2	73	75	.224	.347	.348	.695	86	138	14	3	0	2	7
7	CF	Rowland Office*	26	124	307	277	35	69	14	2	2	37	5	4	27	33	.249	.320	.336	.656	75	93	5	2	1	0	2
8	RF	Gary Matthews	28	156	695	631	97	192	34	5	27	90	18	6	60	75	.304	.363	.502	.865	128	317	6	0	1	3	5
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	Jerry Royster	26	154	676	601	103	164	25	6	3	51	35	8	62	59	.273	.337	.349	.687	83	210	8	0	6	7	0
10	OF	Barry Bonnell	25	127	412	375	47	97	20	3	12	45	8	7	26	55	.259	.311	.424	.735	94	159	10	3	7	1	2
11	C	Joe Nolan*	28	89	261	230	28	57	9	3	4	21	1	3	27	28	.248	.333	.365	.699	86	84	5	3	0	1	3
12	1B	Mike Lum*	33	111	242	217	27	54	6	0	6	27	0	2	18	34	.249	.304	.359	.663	76	78	7	0	5	2	1
13	SS	Darrel Chaney#	31	63	137	117	15	19	5	0	0	10	2	1	19	34	.162	.277	.205	.483	31	24	2	0	0	1	2
14	CF	Eddie Miller#	22	27	123	113	12	35	1	0	0	5	15	2	5	24	.310	.350	.319	.669	79	36	1	2	3	0	1
15	OF	Charlie Spikes	28	66	100	93	12	26	8	0	3	21	0	0	5	30	.280	.310	.462	.772	103	43	3	0	0	2	1
16	C	Biff Pocoroba#	25	28	46	38	6	12	4	0	0	4	1	1	7	0	.316	.422	.421	.843	125	16	2	0	1	0	1
17	OF	Larry Whisenton*	22	13	41	37	3	9	2	1	0	1	1	0	3	3	.243	.300	.351	.651	73	13	1	0	1	0	0
18	1B	Bob Beall#	31	17	19	15	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.133	.263	.267	.530	41	4	0	0	0	1	0
19	3B	Mike Macha	25	6	14	13	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.154	.214	.154	.368	-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	LF	Brian Asselstine*	25	8	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.100	.182	.100	.282	-23	1	1	0	0	0	1
21	2B	Jim Wessinger	23	10	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	-64	0	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
22	P	Phil Niekro	40	44	134	123	10	24	6	0	0	12	0	0	1	19	.195	.213	.244	.457	21	30	1	2	7	1	0
23	P	Eddie Solomon	28	32	68	64	3	13	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	.203	.215	.250	.465	23	16	1	0	3	0	0
24	P	Rick Matula	25	28	60	53	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	.094	.111	.094	.205	-45	5	2	0	6	0	0
25	P	Tony Brizzolara	22	20	39	35	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	.029	.079	.029	.108	-70	1	0	0	1	1	0
26	P	Mickey Mahler#	26	26	29	27	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.111	.143	.148	.291	-22	4	1	0	1	0	0
27	P	Larry McWilliams*	25	13	28	24	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.208	.231	.292	.522	38	7	0	0	2	1	0
28	P	Gene Garber	31	68	15	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.300	.462	.300	.762	107	3	0	0	2	0	0
29	P	Joey McLaughlin	22	37	11	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.273	.455	19	3	1	0	0	0	0
30	P	Preston Hanna	24	6	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Adrian Devine	27	40	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Bo McLaughlin	25	37	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Craig Skok	31	44	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-27	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Tommy Boggs	23	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Rick Mahler	25	15	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	167	1	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Frank LaCorte	27	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Larry Bradford	29	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Jamie Easterly*	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.3	160	6035	5422	669	1389	220	28	126	626	98	50	490	818	.256	.318	.377	.695	84	2043	112	23	62	38	47
		Rank in 12 NL teams				10	9	9	9	11	6		11	10	7	7	8	8	8	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

* - 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	40	21	20	.512	3.39	44	44	0	23	1	0	342.0	311	160	129	41	113	8	208	11	4	18	1436	120	1.240	8.2	1.1	3.0	5.5	1.84
2	SP	Eddie Solomon	28	7	14	.333	4.21	31	30	1	4	0	0	186.0	184	98	87	19	51	4	96	6	0	2	792	97	1.263	8.9	0.9	2.5	4.6	1.88
3	SP	Rick Matula	25	8	10	.444	4.15	28	28	0	1	0	0	171.1	193	90	79	14	64	9	67	3	1	3	754	98	1.500	10.1	0.7	3.4	3.5	1.05
4	SP	Tony Brizzolara	22	6	9	.400	5.28	20	19	0	2	0	0	107.1	133	70	63	6	33	1	64	3	0	5	487	77	1.547	11.2	0.5	2.8	5.4	1.94
5	SP	Mickey Mahler*	26	5	11	.313	5.85	26	18	1	1	0	0	100.0	123	72	65	11	47	7	71	3	1	4	470	70	1.700	11.1	1.0	4.2	6.4	1.51
6	SP	Larry McWilliams*	25	3	2	.600	5.56	13	13	0	1	0	0	66.1	69	41	41	4	22	2	32	4	0	2	287	73	1.372	9.4	0.5	3.0	4.3	1.45
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	31	6	16	.273	4.33	68	0	55	0	0	25	106.0	121	66	51	10	24	9	56	5	0	0	461	94	1.368	10.3	0.8	2.0	4.8	2.33
8	RP	Joey McLaughlin	22	5	3	.625	2.48	37	0	13	0	0	5	69.0	54	23	19	3	34	4	40	1	0	0	285	165	1.275	7.0	0.4	4.4	5.2	1.18
9	RP	Adrian Devine	27	1	2	.333	3.24	40	0	10	0	0	0	66.2	84	28	24	8	25	5	22	2	1	2	302	126	1.635	11.3	1.1	3.4	3.0	0.88
10	RP	Craig Skok*	31	1	3	.250	3.98	44	0	19	0	0	2	54.1	58	26	24	7	17	2	30	3	0	2	232	103	1.380	9.6	1.2	2.8	5.0	1.76
11	RP	Bo McLaughlin	25	1	1	.500	4.89	37	1	12	0	0	0	49.2	63	33	27	2	16	6	45	2	0	1	230	83	1.591	11.4	0.4	2.9	8.2	2.81
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
12		Preston Hanna	24	1	1	.500	2.96	6	4	1	0	0	0	24.1	27	11	8	1	15	1	15	0	0	1	112	138	1.726	10.0	0.4	5.5	5.5	1.00
13		Rick Mahler	25	0	0		6.14	15	0	5	0	0	0	22.0	28	16	15	4	11	2	12	0	1	1	101	66	1.773	11.5	1.6	4.5	4.9	1.09
14		Larry Bradford*	29	1	0	1.000	0.95	21	0	9	0	0	2	19.0	11	5	2	0	10	1	11	1	2	2	80	430	1.105	5.2	0.0	4.7	5.2	1.10
15		Tommy Boggs	23	0	2	.000	6.39	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	21	11	9	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	64	64	1.974	14.9	0.0	2.8	0.7	0.25
16		Frank LaCorte	27	0	0		7.56	6	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	9	7	7	2	5	1	6	0	0	2	38	54	1.680	9.7	2.2	5.4	6.5	1.20
17		Jamie Easterly*	26	0	0		13.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	7	6	4	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	18	30	3.750	23.6	0.0	10.1	10.1	1.00
		Team Totals	29.5	66	94	.413	4.18	160	160	128	32	1	34	1407.2	1496	763	654	132	494	62	779	45	10	45	6149	98	1.414	9.6	0.8	3.2	5.0	1.58
		Rank in 12 NL teams		11	2		12				5	12	6	12	11	12	10	10	4		9921
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

* - 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	25	1	1	8.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.4	-60.0	-0.4	-0.4	0.0	0			1.12	1.00						LF
Bob Beall	31	3	1	12.0	10	9	1	0	0	1.000	-0.2	-20.0	-0.2	-0.4	0.2		0		7.50	3.33						1B
Bruce Benedict	23	76	69	586.0	385	344	35	6	3	.984	-5.0	-10.2						-5	5.82	4.99	8	16	65	22	25%	C
Tommy Boggs	23	3	3	12.2	3	0	3	0	0	1.000									2.13	1.00						P
Barry Bonnell	25	153	97	893.2	231	220	7	4	2	.983	-5.1	-6.8	-5.1	0.7	-5.8	0	0		2.29	1.48						CF-LF-3B
Larry Bradford	29	21	0	19.0	6	0	5	1	0	.833									2.37	0.24						P
Tony Brizzolara	22	20	19	107.1	23	7	15	1	1	.957									1.84	1.10						P
Jeff Burroughs	28	110	110	899.1	196	180	9	7	1	.964	-6.3	-8.4	-3.3	2.3	-5.6	-3			1.89	1.72						LF
Darrel Chaney	31	49	29	296.1	148	45	95	8	16	.946	-3.7	-15.0	-2.7	-3.2	0.5		-1	0	4.25	2.86	0	0	1	0	0%	SS-3B-2B-C
Adrian Devine	27	40	0	66.2	17	1	12	4	1	.765									1.76	0.33						P
Jamie Easterly	26	4	0	2.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									3.38	0.25						P
Pepe Frias	30	137	136	1162.2	693	229	432	32	79	.954	-7.8	-8.1	-6.8	-0.5	-6.3		-1		5.12	4.82						SS
Gene Garber	31	68	0	106.0	31	14	16	1	1	.968									2.55	0.44						P
Preston Hanna	24	6	4	24.1	8	0	8	0	1	1.000									2.96	1.33						P
Bob Horner	21	127	120	1044.0	659	470	167	22	43	.967	-13.2	-15.2	-12.2	-4.7	-7.6		-1		5.49	5.02						3B-1B
Glenn Hubbard	21	91	87	767.2	476	193	268	15	57	.968	-9.7	-15.2	-10.7	-4.6	-6.1		1		5.40	5.07						2B
Frank LaCorte	27	6	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	.000									0.00	0.00						P
Mike Lum	33	55	45	402.0	452	421	30	1	36	.998	3.4	10.1	3.4	0.3	3.1	0	0		10.10	8.20						1B-LF-RF
Mike Macha	25	3	3	24.0	13	2	8	3	0	.769	-1.2	-60.0	-1.2	0.0	-1.2		0		3.75	3.33						3B
Mickey Mahler	26	26	18	100.0	18	4	13	1	1	.944									1.53	0.65						P
Rick Mahler	25	15	0	22.0	5	1	3	1	0	.800									1.64	0.27						P
Gary Matthews	28	156	156	1362.2	316	296	12	8	4	.975	-0.6	-0.5	-1.6	1.0	-2.6	1			2.03	1.97						RF
Rick Matula	25	28	28	171.1	38	15	23	0	6	1.000									2.00	1.36						P
Bo McLaughlin	25	37	1	49.2	5	2	2	1	0	.800									0.72	0.11						P
Joey McLaughlin	22	37	0	69.0	14	4	8	2	0	.857									1.57	0.32						P
Larry McWilliams	25	13	13	66.1	20	2	17	1	2	.950									2.58	1.46						P
Eddie Miller	22	28	27	240.0	82	80	1	1	0	.988	3.4	17.0	2.4	1.4	1.0	1			3.04	2.89						CF-LF
Dale Murphy	23	103	102	894.1	889	812	57	20	63	.978	-14.4	-19.3	-5.4	-4.4	-1.0		-1	-8	8.75	8.44	11	9	32	6	16%	1B-C
Phil Niekro	40	44	44	342.0	88	31	56	1	3	.989									2.29	1.98						P
Joe Nolan	28	74	58	533.0	361	328	27	6	2	.983	-10.0	-22.5						-10	5.99	4.80	6	15	75	17	18%	C
Rowland Office	26	97	64	608.0	166	160	4	2	0	.988	-10.4	-20.5	-9.4	-6.0	-3.4	-1			2.43	1.69						CF
Biff Pocoroba	25	7	6	51.1	45	39	3	3	0	.933	-1.0	-23.4						-1	7.36	6.00	0	5	8	3	27%	C
Jerry Royster	26	157	146	1275.0	688	261	405	22	62	.968	-3.9	-3.7	-1.9	-0.4	-1.5		-2		4.70	4.24						3B-2B
Craig Skok	31	44	0	54.1	10	0	10	0	1	1.000									1.66	0.23						P
Eddie Solomon	28	31	30	186.0	38	12	22	4	0	.895									1.65	1.10						P
Charlie Spikes	28	15	12	98.1	17	14	0	3	0	.824	-4.3	-52.5	-2.3	-1.1	-1.2	-2			1.28	0.93						LF-RF
Jim Wessinger	23	2	1	13.0	6	2	3	1	0	.833	-0.9	-83.1	-0.9	-0.2	-0.7		0		3.46	2.50						2B
Larry Whisenton	22	13	10	90.0	32	29	3	0	0	1.000	5.1	68.0	3.1	3.2	0.0	2			3.20	2.46						LF-RF
Team Totals	26.5	160	1440	12669.0	6187	4223	1781	183	385	.970	-86.2	-8.2	-55.2	-17.0	-38.2	-2	-5	-24	4.27	3.21	25	45	181	48	21%
Rank in 12 NL teams								1	9	12
	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

1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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