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1986 Atlanta Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1985/1987)
72-89, Finished 6th in NL Western Division
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Scored 615 runs, Allowed 719 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-92
Managed by Chuck Tanner

Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,387,181 (10th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 106
  (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 102
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Ozzie Virgil        29  114  359   45   80   9  0  15   48  63   73  .223  .343  .373   1   0   9   4   2   3   5   94
1B  Bob Horner          28  141  517   70  141  22  0  27   87  52   72  .273  .336  .472   1   4  16   2   0  10   8  116
2B  Glenn Hubbard       28  143  408   42   94  16  1   4   36  66   74  .230  .340  .304   3   2   5   4   6   4  14   76
3B *Ken Oberkfell       30  151  503   62  136  24  3   5   48  83   40  .270  .373  .360   7   4  11   2   4   4   6  100
SS  Andres Thomas       22  102  323   26   81  17  2   6   32   8   49  .251  .267  .372   4   6  14   0   2   2   2   71
LF *Ken Griffey         36   80  292   36   90  15  3  12   32  20   43  .308  .351  .503  12   7   2   0   0   1   4  129
CF  Dale Murphy         30  160  614   89  163  29  7  29   83  75  141  .265  .347  .477   7   7  10   2   0   1   5  121
RF *Omar Moreno         33  118  359   46   84  18  6   4   27  21   77  .234  .276  .351  17  16   2   0   6   0   2   69
    Rafael Ramirez      28  134  496   57  119  21  1   8   33  21   60  .240  .273  .335  19   8  16   3   7   3   1   64
    Terry Harper        30  106  265   26   68  12  0   8   30  29   39  .257  .330  .392   3   6  13   1   1   2   2   95
    Bill Sample         31   92  200   23   57  11  0   6   14  14   26  .285  .338  .430   4   2   0   3   2   2   1  107
    Bruce Benedict      30   64  160   11   36  10  1   0   13  15   10  .225  .298  .300   1   0   9   2   4   1   1   63
   *Claudell Washington 31   40  137   17   37  11  0   5   14  14   26  .270  .336  .460   4   7   4   0   1   1   0  113
   #Ted Simmons         36   76  127   14   32   5  0   4   25  12   14  .252  .313  .386   1   0   1   1   0   4   5   88
   *Chris Chambliss     37   97  122   13   38   8  0   2   14  15   24  .311  .384  .426   0   2   2   0   0   1   4  119
   *Gerald Perry        25   29   70    6   19   2  0   2   11   8    4  .271  .342  .386   0   1   4   0   1   1   1   97
   #Albert Hall         28   16   50    6   12   2  0   0    1   5    6  .240  .309  .280   8   3   0   0   2   0   0   61
    Darryl Motley       26    5   10    1    2   1  0   0    0   1    1  .200  .273  .300   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   55
    Paul Runge          28    7    8    1    2   0  0   0    0   2    4  .250  .400  .250   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   80
    Brad Komminsk       25    5    5    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    1  .400  .400  .400   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  118

    Rick Mahler         32   40   83    8   16   3  0   0    7   4   14  .193  .230  .229   0   0   2   0   9   0   0   25
    David Palmer        28   35   66    3   12   3  0   1    6   1   17  .182  .194  .273   0   0   1   0  10   0   0   25
   *Zane Smith          25   43   59    2    5   0  0   0    3   2   19  .085  .115  .085   0   0   0   0   9   0   0  -45
    Doyle Alexander     35   18   38    2    8   1  0   0    5   0    8  .211  .205  .237   0   0   2   0   6   1   0   19
    Jim Acker           27   21   28    1    3   1  0   0    0   0   21  .107  .107  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -33
    Joe Johnson         24   17   26    2    3   0  0   0    1   1   12  .115  .143  .115   0   0   0   0   2   1   0  -29
   *Jeff Dedmon         26   57   16    2    2   0  0   0    1   0    7  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -32
    Craig McMurtry      26   40   16    3    2   0  0   0    0   1    9  .125  .176  .125   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  -17
   *Paul Assenmacher    25   61    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    3  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -26
    Gene Garber         38   61    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .167  .286  .167   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   26
    Charlie Puleo       31    5    6    0    2   0  0   0    3   0    3  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   81
   *Ed Olwine           28   37    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .333  .500  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  131
    Cliff Speck         29   13    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    3  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -26
    Steve Shields       27    6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bruce Sutter        33   16    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Duane Ward          22   10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.7  161 5384  615 1348 241 24 138  575 538  904  .250  .318  .381  93  76 124  24  79  42  62   95
    Rank among 12 NL teams        11   11   11   8 11   5        6   12    10    10     6  12   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Rick Mahler         32  39   4.88  14  18  0  39   0   7   1  237.7  283  139  129  25   95  137 1056   5   3  1  10  81
SP  David Palmer        28  35   3.65  11  10  0  35   0   2   0  209.7  181   98   85  17  102  170  889   9   5  0   8 108
SP *Zane Smith          25  38   4.05   8  16  1  32   2   3   1  204.7  209  109   92   8  105  139  889   8   5  0   6  98
SP  Doyle Alexander     35  17   3.84   6   6  0  17   0   2   0  117.3  135   58   50   9   17   74  496   1   0  0   1 103
SP  Joe Johnson         24  17   4.97   6   7  0  15   1   2   0   87.0  101   58   48   8   35   49  390   1   2  1   4  80
SP  Jim Acker           27  21   3.79   3   8  0  14   3   0   0   95.0  100   47   40   7   26   37  402   2   1  0   3 104

CL  Gene Garber         38  61   2.54   5   5 24   0  48   0   0   78.0   76   23   22   3   20   56  319   4   1  0   7 156
RP *Paul Assenmacher    25  61   2.50   7   3  7   0  27   0   0   68.3   61   23   19   5   26   56  287   2   0  3   4 158
RP  Jeff Dedmon         26  57   2.98   6   6  3   0  22   0   0   99.7   90   43   33   8   39   58  424   3   4  2   5 133
RP *Ed Olwine           28  37   3.40   0   0  1   0  12   0   0   47.7   35   20   18   5   17   37  189   5   1  2   7 116
RP  Craig McMurtry      26  37   4.74   1   6  0   5   5   0   0   79.7   82   46   42   7   43   50  356   2   2  0   5  83

    Cliff Speck         29  13   4.13   2   1  0   1   3   0   0   28.3   25   13   13   2   15   21  123   2   1  1   0  96
    Charlie Puleo       31   5   2.96   1   2  0   3   2   1   0   24.3   13   10    8   4   12   18   97   0   1  0   1 133
    Bruce Sutter        33  16   4.34   2   0  3   0  11   0   0   18.7   17    9    9   3    9   16   80   0   0  0   2  91
    Duane Ward          22  10   7.31   0   1  0   0   6   0   0   16.0   22   13   13   2    8    8   73   0   0  1   0  54
    Steve Shields       27   6   7.11   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   12.7   13   10   10   4    7    6   55   0   0  0   0  56
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9 161   3.97  72  89 39 161 144  17   5 1424.0 1443  719  628 117  576  932 6125  44  26 11  63  99
    Rank among 12 NL teams         10  10   3  7           6  11     12    9   10        4   10    8

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- OVirgil 936 106 111 682 93 13 9 .984 8 31 136 60 BBenedict 429 49 57 252 28 2 1 .993 1 13 27 18 TSimmons 59 6 10 40 5 1 0 .978 2 0 14 2 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1424 161 161 974 126 16 10 .986 11 44 177 80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BHorner 1187 137 139 1378 102 8 138 .995 11.21 CChambliss 128 12 20 141 6 1 15 .993 10.31 TSimmons 102 11 14 124 10 5 13 .964 11.79 GPerry 6 1 1 8 1 0 2 1.000 13.50 KGriffey 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 30.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1424 161 161 1651 120 14 168 .992 11.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GHubbard 1177 139 142 282 487 19 120 .976 5.88 KOberkfell 216 19 41 51 77 3 15 .977 5.33 PRunge 30 3 5 5 12 0 0 1.000 5.10 BSample 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1424 161 161 338 576 22 135 .976 5.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 *2.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KOberkfell 1020 119 130 65 258 8 24 .976 2.85 RRamirez 367 40 57 18 89 8 6 .930 2.62 TSimmons 27 1 9 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.95 BKomminsk 10 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1424 161 161 86 352 16 30 .965 2.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 *4.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AThomas 715 79 97 143 290 19 62 .958 5.45 RRamirez 709 82 86 137 282 21 62 .952 5.32 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1424 161 161 280 572 40 124 .955 5.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *1.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KGriffey 643 73 77 135 1 2 0 .986 1.90 THarper 464 54 66 77 5 2 0 .976 1.59 GPerry 136 16 21 16 0 2 0 .889 1.06 OMoreno 133 15 18 28 0 1 0 .966 1.89 BSample 45 3 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 RRamirez 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 JDedmon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1424 161 161 265 6 7 0 .975 1.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMurphy 1346 154 155 295 7 5 1 .984 2.02 OMoreno 78 7 12 24 1 0 1 1.000 2.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1424 161 161 319 8 5 2 .985 2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- OMoreno 517 56 71 99 5 4 2 .963 1.81 BSample 328 40 48 59 1 1 1 .984 1.65 CWashington 283 32 38 44 1 2 0 .957 1.43 AHall 114 14 14 25 1 3 0 .897 2.04 THarper 108 11 25 15 0 1 0 .937 1.25 DMurphy 45 5 6 8 0 1 0 .889 1.60 DMotley 22 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.98 BKomminsk 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 GPerry 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RRamirez 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1424 161 161 257 8 12 3 .957 1.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.19 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DMurphy 1391 159 159 303 6 6 1 .981 2.00 OMoreno 729 78 97 151 8 5 3 .970 1.96 KGriffey 643 73 77 136 1 2 0 .986 1.92 THarper 572 65 83 92 5 3 0 .970 1.53 BSample 373 43 56 69 1 1 1 .986 1.69 CWashington 283 32 38 44 1 2 0 .957 1.43 GPerry 137 16 21 16 0 2 0 .889 1.05 AHall 114 14 14 26 1 3 0 .900 2.12 DMotley 22 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.98 RRamirez 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 BKomminsk 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 JDedmon 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1424 161 161 844 23 24 5 .973 1.83 161 161 161 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *1.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RMahler 237 39 39 23 41 3 2 .955 2.42 DPalmer 209 35 35 18 33 0 3 1.000 2.19 ZSmith 204 32 38 7 45 1 4 .981 2.29 DAlexander 117 17 17 8 14 1 2 .957 1.69 JDedmon 99 0 57 9 22 2 1 .939 2.80 JAcker 95 14 21 7 17 0 2 1.000 2.27 JJohnson 87 15 17 5 22 2 1 .931 2.79 CMcMurtry 79 5 37 6 11 0 1 1.000 1.92 GGarber 78 0 61 7 14 0 1 1.000 2.42 PAssenmache 68 0 61 5 15 0 1 1.000 2.64 EOlwine 47 0 37 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.51 CSpeck 28 1 13 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.91 CPuleo 24 3 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.11 BSutter 18 0 16 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.93 DWard 16 0 10 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.38 SShields 12 0 6 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1424 161 161 101 257 9 18 .975 2.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Horner .273

On-base % Oberkfell .373

Slugging % Murphy .477

OPS Murphy .824

Games Murphy 160

At Bats Murphy 614

Plate Appearances (approx.) Murphy 692

Runs Murphy 89

Hits Murphy 163

Total Bases Murphy 293

Doubles Murphy 29

Triples Murphy 7

Home Runs Murphy 29

RBI Horner 87

Bases on Balls Oberkfell 83

Strikeouts Murphy 141

Stolen Bases Ramirez 19

Singles Oberkfell 104

Adjusted OPS+ Murphy 121

Runs Created Murphy 102

Adjusted Batting Runs Murphy 16

Batting Wins Murphy 1.6

Extra-Base Hits Murphy 65

Times on Base Murphy 240

Offensive Win% Murphy .637

Hit By Pitch Hubbard and Virgil 4

Sac. Hits Palmer 10

Sac. Flies Horner 10

Intentional Walks Hubbard 14

Grounded into Double Plays Horner and Ramirez 16

Caught Stealing Moreno 16

Power/Speed Number Griffey 12.0

At Bats per Strikeout Oberkfell 12.6

At Bats per Home Run Horner 19.1

Outs Murphy 469

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Palmer 3.65

Wins Mahler 14

Won-Loss % Palmer .524

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Palmer 1.350

Hits Allowed/9IP Palmer 7.77

Bases on Balls/9IP Mahler 3.60

Strikeouts/9IP Palmer 7.30

Games Assenmacher and Garber 61

Saves Garber 24

Innings Mahler 237.7

Strikeouts Palmer 170

Games Started Mahler 39

Comp. Games Mahler 7

Shutouts Mahler and Smith 1

Home Runs Allow. Mahler 25

Bases On Balls Allow. Smith 105

Hits Allowed Mahler 283

SO to Walk Palmer 1.67

Losses Mahler 18

Earned Runs Allow. Mahler 129

Wild Pitches Palmer 9

Hit Batsmen Palmer and Smith 5

Batters Faced Mahler 1056

Games Finished Garber 48

Adjusted ERA+ Palmer 108

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Dale Murphy $ 1,825,000

Bob Horner $ 1,800,000

Bruce Sutter $ 1,729,167

Ted Simmons $ 1,000,000

Ken Oberkfell $ 825,000

Rafael Ramirez $ 825,000

Gene Garber $ 786,667

Chris Chambliss $ 769,452

Claudell Washington $ 750,000

Rick Mahler $ 687,500

Ozzie Virgil $ 575,000

Bruce Benedict $ 565,000

Glenn Hubbard $ 505,000

Bill Sample $ 470,000

Terry Harper $ 425,000

David Palmer $ 390,000

Jim Acker $ 367,500

Darryl Motley $ 257,500

Craig McMurtry $ 225,000

Jeff Dedmon $ 200,000

Zane Smith $ 200,000

Joe Johnson $ 105,000

Omar Moreno $ 100,000

Paul Assenmacher $ 60,000

Ed Olwine $ 60,000

Cliff Speck $ 60,000

Andres Thomas $ 60,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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