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1981 Atlanta Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980/1982)
First Half: 25-29, Finished 4th
Second Half: 25-27, Finished 5th
Overall: 50-56, Finished 5th in NL Western Division
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Scored 395 runs, Allowed 416 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 50-56
Managed by Bobby Cox

Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 535,418 (9th of 12)
Park Factors
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Batting - 102, Pitching - 103
  (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1981 Stats / Schedule (1980/1982) / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Game Results

Season Summary   50-56 , Final Rank: 5, GB:   15.0
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:           4 (last on May 15)
Most Games under .500:           7 (last on October 1)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       16.0 (last on October 1)

Longest Winning Streak:          6 (April 19 to April 25)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (April 26 to April 30, May 16 to May 22, June 6 to June 11, and September 13 to September 17)

Most Runs Allowed:              12 (June 9)
Most Runs Scored:               12 (August 25)

Longest Game:                   14 innings (May 10)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      12
Times Opponent Shutout:          4

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        50  56     395     416    .472

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           22  27     182     195    .449
Road           28  29     213     221    .491

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           9  10      68      63    .474
May            13  13     112     124    .500
June            3   6      21      49    .333
August         12   9      97      77    .571
September      11  16      80      86    .407
October         2   2      17      17    .500

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     25  29     201     236    .463
Second Half    25  27     194     180    .481

Extra-Innings
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ExtraInning    10   4      61      57    .714
Full Games     40  52     334     359    .435
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        18  10      94      86    .643

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        12  10     123     105    .545

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
CHC             3   2      25      28    .600
CIN             6   5      46      39    .545
HOU             4   8      30      37    .333
LAD             7   7      49      48    .500
MON             3   7      27      52    .300
NYM             3   3      19      20    .500
PHI             4   5      42      39    .444
PIT             2   3      11      20    .400
SDP             9   6      57      59    .600
SFG             5   7      49      46    .417
STL             4   3      40      28    .571

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Fri, Apr 10 box ATL  CIN  W   5-3        1-0     2     0.5  2:43 G Garber     M Soto        34,929 +
  2 Sat, Apr 11 box ATL  CIN  L   2-3        1-1     4     1.0  2:47 D Bair       G Garber      15,973 -
  3 Sun, Apr 12 box ATL  CIN  W   3-2        2-1     2     1.0  2:42 L Bradford   T Hume        12,227 +
  4 Mon, Apr 13 box ATL @HOU  W   2-1 (10)   3-1     2     1.0  2:57 R Camp       J Sambito     34,961 ++
  5 Tue, Apr 14 box ATL @HOU  L   2-8        3-2     3     2.0  2:38 J Niekro     B Walk        21,440 -
  6 Wed, Apr 15 box ATL @HOU  L   0-2        3-3     3     3.0  2:00 N Ryan       T Boggs       22,365 --
  7 Fri, Apr 17 box ATL  SFG  L   2-6        3-4     3     3.0  2:52 D Alexander  G Perry       14,028 ---
  8 Sat, Apr 18 box ATL  SFG  L   1-4        3-5     4     4.0  2:34 T Griffin    J Montefusco  14,260 ----
  9 Sun, Apr 19 box ATL  SFG  W   4-3        4-5     3     4.0  2:22 R Camp       G Minton       7,443 +
 10 Tue, Apr 21 box ATL @CIN  W  10-1        5-5     2     3.5  2:48 T Boggs      M Soto        24,022 ++
 11 Wed, Apr 22 box ATL @CIN  W   7-3        6-5     2     3.5  2:27 G Perry      M LaCoss      15,735 +++
 12 Thu, Apr 23 box ATL @SFG  W   7-3        7-5     2     3.5  3:09 J Montefusco T Griffin      4,710 ++++
 13 Fri, Apr 24 box ATL @SFG  W   7-1        8-5     2     2.5  2:48 B Walk       A Ripley       6,169 +++++
 14 Sat, Apr 25 box ATL @SFG  W   4-0        9-5     2     2.5  2:30 P Niekro     V Blue         6,371 ++++++
 15 Sun, Apr 26 box ATL @SFG  L   1-3        9-6     2     4.0  2:50 D Alexander  G Perry            0 -
 16             box ATL @SFG  L   5-8        9-7     2     4.0  2:36 A Holland    T Boggs       14,144 --
 17 Tue, Apr 28 box ATL  HOU  L   1-2        9-8     3     4.5  2:34 D Sutton     J Montefusco   8,669 ---
 18 Wed, Apr 29 box ATL  HOU  L   4-5        9-9     3     4.5  3:18 F LaCorte    R Camp         8,334 ----
 19 Thu, Apr 30 box ATL  HOU  L   1-5        9-10    3     5.0  2:19 J Niekro     T Boggs       10,006 -----
 20 Fri, May  1 box ATL @CHC  W   2-1       10-10    3     4.0  2:38 G Perry      B Caudill      2,656 +
 21 Sat, May  2 box ATL @CHC  L   2-5       10-11    3     5.0  2:30 R Martz      P Niekro      16,936 -
 22 Sun, May  3 box ATL @CHC  W   9-7       11-11    3     5.0  2:59 P Hanna      K Kravec      10,852 +
 23 Mon, May  4 box ATL @STL  W   9-6       12-11    2     4.0  2:48 L Bradford   B Sutter       9,260 ++
 24 Tue, May  5 box ATL @STL  L   1-4       12-12    3     4.0  2:07 L Sorensen   T Boggs        7,531 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Wed, May  6 box ATL @STL  W  10-2       13-12    3     4.0  2:37 G Perry      B Forsch       9,640 +
 26 Thu, May  7 box ATL @STL  W   4-3       14-12    2     4.0  2:24 R Camp       S Martinez    13,630 ++
 27 Fri, May  8 box ATL  CHC  W   4-3 (11)  15-12    2     4.0  3:11 R Mahler     D Tidrow      19,433 +++
 28 Sat, May  9 box ATL  CHC  L   3-7       15-13    2     4.0  2:33 R Reuschel   B Walk        14,365 -
 29 Sun, May 10 box ATL  CHC  -   5-5 (14)  15-13    2     4.5  3:46                             9,817 -
 30 Mon, May 11 box ATL  PIT  W   3-2 (10)  16-13    2     4.0  3:09 R Mahler     K Tekulve      4,260 +
 31 Tue, May 12 box ATL  PIT  W   2-0       17-13    2     4.0  2:04 P Niekro     E Solomon      9,711 ++
 32 Wed, May 13 box ATL  PIT  L   5-7 (13)  17-14    2     5.0  4:08 V Cruz       T Boggs       10,638 -
 33 Fri, May 15 box ATL  STL  W  11-3       18-14    2     5.5  2:39 P Hanna      L Sorensen    13,730 +
 34 Sat, May 16 box ATL  STL  L   2-6       18-15    3     6.5  2:02 S Martinez   T Boggs       21,051 -
 35 Sun, May 17 box ATL  STL  L   3-4       18-16    3     7.5  2:34 B Forsch     G Perry       14,045 --
 36 Tue, May 19 box ATL @PIT  L   0-5       18-17    4     7.0  1:57 J Bibby      P Niekro       5,514 ---
 37 Wed, May 20 box ATL @PIT  L   1-6       18-18    4     8.0  2:29 R Rhoden     B Walk         8,351 ----
 38 Fri, May 22 box ATL  SDP  L   2-5       18-19    4     9.0  2:57 J Eichelberg T Boggs       10,752 -----
 39 Sat, May 23 box ATL  SDP  W   7-6 (11)  19-19    4     9.0  3:19 R Camp       G Lucas       12,453 +
 40 Sun, May 24 box ATL  SDP  L   5-7       19-20    4     9.5  3:00 J Curtis     P Niekro      19,538 -
 41 Mon, May 25 box ATL  LAD  L   1-7       19-21    5    10.5  3:11 B Hooton     B Walk        11,911 --
 42 Wed, May 27 box ATL  LAD  W   3-2       20-21    5     9.5  2:19 R Camp       S Howe        17,581 +
 43 Thu, May 28 box ATL  LAD  W   9-4       21-21    4     8.5  2:37 G Perry      F Valenzuela  26,597 ++
 44 Fri, May 29 box ATL @SDP  W   7-1       22-21    3     8.5  2:35 P Niekro     R Wise        12,214 +++
 45 Sat, May 30 box ATL @SDP  L   1-11      22-22    4     8.5  2:41 S Mura       P Hanna       15,217 -
 46 Sun, May 31 box ATL @SDP  L   1-5       22-23    5     9.5  2:20 J Eichelberg R Mahler      14,138 --
 47 Mon, Jun  1 box ATL @LAD  L   2-5       22-24    5    10.5  2:09 F Valenzuela T Boggs       49,136 ---
 48 Tue, Jun  2 box ATL @LAD  W   3-1 (10)  23-24    5     9.5  2:54 G Perry      D Stewart     37,448 +
 49 Wed, Jun  3 box ATL @LAD  W   4-2       24-24    4     8.5  2:17 P Niekro     B Hooton      42,649 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Fri, Jun  5 box ATL  PHI  W   4-1       25-24    4     7.5  2:08 R Mahler     S Carlton     17,059 +++
 51 Sat, Jun  6 box ATL  PHI  L   0-3       25-25    4     7.5  2:17 L Christenso T Boggs       15,291 -
 52 Sun, Jun  7 box ATL  PHI  L   5-7       25-26    4     8.5  2:49 S Lyle       G Perry       23,482 --
 53 Tue, Jun  9 box ATL @MON  L   1-12      25-27    4     8.5  2:29 S Sanderson  P Niekro      28,986 ---
 54 Wed, Jun 10 box ATL @MON  L   2-11      25-28    4     9.5  2:42 B Gullickson R Mahler      24,292 ----
 55 Thu, Jun 11 box ATL @MON  L   0-7       25-29    4     9.5  2:21 S Rogers     T Boggs       25,200 -----
 56 Mon, Aug 10 box ATL @SDP  W   3-2       26-29    4     9.5  2:37 G Garber     J Urrea       52,608 +
 57 Tue, Aug 11 box ATL @SDP  W   5-1       27-29    4     8.5  2:15 G Perry      S Mura         5,360 ++
 58 Wed, Aug 12 box ATL @SDP  W   4-3 (11)  28-29    4     8.5  3:16 R Camp       J Curtis       5,094 +++
 59 Thu, Aug 13 box ATL @LAD  W   9-1       29-29    3     7.5  2:45 T Boggs      B Hooton      27,418 ++++
 60 Fri, Aug 14 box ATL @LAD  L   0-5       29-30    4     8.5  3:02 D Goltz      J Montefusco  35,592 -
 61 Sat, Aug 15 box ATL @LAD  W   6-4       30-30    4     7.5  2:42 S Bedrosian  J Reuss       40,510 +
 62 Sun, Aug 16 box ATL @LAD  L   5-6       30-31    4     8.5  2:36 T Niedenfuer S Bedrosian   50,340 -
 63 Tue, Aug 18 box ATL  NYM  L   0-4       30-32    4     9.0  2:31 E Lynch      R Mahler       7,566 --
 64 Wed, Aug 19 box ATL  NYM  W   5-2       31-32    4     8.0  2:24 T Boggs      M Scott        6,080 +
 65 Thu, Aug 20 box ATL  NYM  W   6-4       32-32    4     7.5  2:27 P Niekro     G Harris       4,787 ++
 66 Fri, Aug 21 box ATL  MON  L   1-4 (11)  32-33    4     8.5  2:46 W Fryman     G Garber       9,103 -
 67 Sat, Aug 22 box ATL  MON  L   4-5       32-34    4     9.0  2:41 S Bahnsen    S Bedrosian        0 --
 68             box ATL  MON  W   9-1       33-34    4     9.0  2:11 J Montefusco C Lea         16,185 +
 69 Sun, Aug 23 box ATL  MON  W   2-1       34-34    3     8.0  1:50 R Mahler     S Rogers      10,075 ++
 70 Mon, Aug 24 box ATL @PHI  L   5-7 (13)  34-35    4     9.0  3:42 T McGraw     A Hrabosky    23,383 -
 71 Tue, Aug 25 box ATL @PHI  W  12-2       35-35    3     9.0  2:28 P Niekro     M Davis       33,383 +
 72 Wed, Aug 26 box ATL @PHI  W   5-3 (10)  36-35    3     9.0  2:53 R Camp       R Reed        28,283 ++
 73 Fri, Aug 28 box ATL @MON  L   0-3       36-36    3    10.5  2:14 S Rogers     R Mahler      36,474 -
 74 Sat, Aug 29 box ATL @MON  L   3-4       36-37    4    10.5  2:52 J Reardon    G Garber      31,955 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sun, Aug 30 box ATL @MON  W   5-4 (12)  37-37    4     9.5  3:30 G Garber     B Lee         45,515 +
 76 Mon, Aug 31 box ATL  PHI  L   8-11      37-38    4     9.5  2:56 D Ruthven    G Perry        8,207 -
 77 Tue, Sep  1 box ATL  PHI  L   0-3       37-39    5    10.5  1:41 S Carlton    R Mahler       3,374 --
 78 Wed, Sep  2 box ATL  PHI  W   3-2       38-39    4    10.5  2:50 G Garber     W Brusstar     6,232 +
 79 Fri, Sep  4 box ATL @NYM  L   1-4       38-40    5    10.0  2:06 G Harris     P Niekro      15,021 -
 80 Sat, Sep  5 box ATL @NYM  L   2-4       38-41    5    11.0  2:19 P Zachry     G Perry       11,009 --
 81 Sun, Sep  6 box ATL @NYM  W   5-2       39-41    5    11.0  2:37 R Mahler     R Jones       19,746 +
 82 Mon, Sep  7 box ATL  HOU  L   2-3       39-42    5    12.0  2:40 D Smith      R Camp         7,358 -
 83 Tue, Sep  8 box ATL  HOU  W   3-2       40-42    5    12.0  2:13 R Camp       B Smith        2,800 +
 84 Wed, Sep  9 box ATL  HOU  W   9-0       41-42    5    11.0  2:34 P Niekro     N Ryan         4,482 ++
 85 Fri, Sep 11 box ATL  SDP  W   4-1       42-42    4    10.0  2:22 G Perry      S Mura         8,929 +++
 86 Sat, Sep 12 box ATL  SDP  W   5-4 (11)  43-42    4     9.0  3:11 R Camp       M Armstrong    3,950 ++++
 87 Sun, Sep 13 box ATL  SDP  L   4-6 (10)  43-43    4    10.0  2:58 G Lucas      R Camp         7,625 -
 88 Mon, Sep 14 box ATL @SFG  L   2-4       43-44    4    11.0  2:25 T Griffin    T Boggs        4,938 --
 89 Tue, Sep 15 box ATL @SFG  L   5-6       43-45    5    11.0  3:18 G Minton     G Garber       3,588 ---
 90 Wed, Sep 16 box ATL @LAD  L   2-3       43-46    5    12.0  2:32 J Reuss      G Perry       19,905 ----
 91 Thu, Sep 17 box ATL @LAD  L   0-2       43-47    5    13.0  2:36 F Valenzuela R Mahler      46,168 -----
 92 Fri, Sep 18 box ATL @SDP  W   3-0       44-47    5    12.0  2:11 L McWilliams R Wise         4,798 +
 93 Sat, Sep 19 box ATL @SDP  L   3-6       44-48    5    12.0  2:35 E Show       G Garber       2,906 -
 94 Sun, Sep 20 box ATL @SDP  W   3-1 (11)  45-48    5    12.0  2:49 A Hrabosky   S Mura         2,466 +
 95 Tue, Sep 22 box ATL @HOU  L   0-3       45-49    5    12.5  2:16 D Sutton     G Perry       22,564 -
 96 Wed, Sep 23 box ATL @HOU  W   3-1       46-49    5    12.5  2:13 R Mahler     J Niekro      24,142 +
 97 Thu, Sep 24 box ATL @HOU  L   3-5       46-50    5    13.0  2:17 B Knepper    L McWilliams  23,341 -
 98 Fri, Sep 25 box ATL  CIN  L   2-10      46-51    5    14.0  2:57 M Soto       T Boggs        7,817 --
 99 Sat, Sep 26 box ATL  CIN  L   0-2       46-52    5    15.0  2:25 B Berenyi    P Niekro       5,117 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sun, Sep 27 box ATL  CIN  L   2-4       46-53    5    16.0  2:25 T Seaver     G Perry        7,455 ----
101 Mon, Sep 28 box ATL  LAD  W   2-1       47-53    5    15.0  1:50 R Mahler     J Reuss        2,348 +
102 Tue, Sep 29 box ATL  LAD  L   3-5       47-54    5    16.0  2:39 S Howe       G Garber       2,150 -
103 Wed, Sep 30 box ATL  SFG  W   9-2       48-54    5    16.0  2:12 L McWilliams E Whitson      2,724 +
104 Thu, Oct  1 box ATL  SFG  L   2-6       48-55    5    16.0  2:32 D Alexander  P Niekro       2,160 -
105 Fri, Oct  2 box ATL @CIN  W  11-5       49-55    5    15.0  2:58 G Perry      F Pastore     14,793 +
106 Sat, Oct  3 box ATL @CIN  W   4-3       50-55    5    14.0  2:32 R Mahler     T Hume        17,544 ++
107 Sun, Oct  4 box ATL @CIN  L   0-3       50-56    5    15.0  1:57 M Soto       T Boggs       31,764 -

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