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1987 Atlanta Braves Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988)
69-92, Finished 5th in NL West
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Scored 747 runs, Allowed 829 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-88
Manager: Chuck Tanner (69-92)
Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,217,402 (11th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 106;   one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 110
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1986 / 1988 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 Salary
Jim Acker 28 R R 6' 2" 212 Sep 24, 1958 5 68 0 68 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $350,000.00
Doyle Alexander 36 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 4, 1950 17 16 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $650,000.00
Paul Assenmacher 26 L L 6' 3" 200 Dec 10, 1960 2 52 0 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $80,000.00
Terry Bell 24 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 27, 1962 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bruce Benedict 31 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 18, 1955 10 37 28 37 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $615,000.00
Jeff Blauser 21 R R 6' 0" 170 Nov 8, 1965 1st 51 50 51 50 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 1 0 $62,500.00
Joe Boever 26 R R 6' 1" 200 Oct 4, 1960 3 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $625,000.00
Chuck Cary 27 L L 6' 4" 210 Mar 3, 1960 3 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marty Clary 25 R R 6' 4" 190 Apr 3, 1962 1st 7 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Coffman 22 R R 6' 2" 175 Jan 19, 1965 1st 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trench Davis 26 L L 6' 3" 171 Sep 12, 1960 3 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Jeff Dedmon 27 L R 6' 2" 200 Mar 4, 1960 5 53 3 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $300,000.00
Mike Fischlin 31 R R 6' 1" 165 Sep 13, 1955 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ron Gant 22 R R 6' 0" 192 Mar 2, 1965 1st 21 19 21 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Gene Garber 39 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 13, 1947 18 49 0 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $786,667.00
Tom Glavine 21 L L 6' 1" 190 Mar 25, 1966 1st 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $62,500.00
Ken Griffey 37 L L 6' 0" 200 Apr 10, 1950 15 122 99 122 109 0 0 3 0 0 0 107 1 0 107 20 0 $1,150,000.00
Albert Hall 29 B R 5' 11" 155 Mar 7, 1958 7 92 65 92 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 1 69 26 1 $150,000.00
Glenn Hubbard 29 R R 5' 7" 180 Sep 25, 1957 10 141 136 141 139 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $555,000.00
Dion James 24 L L 6' 1" 170 Nov 9, 1962 4 134 118 134 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 99 0 126 13 0 $120,000.00
Rick Mahler 33 R R 6' 1" 202 Aug 5, 1953 9 40 28 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $695,000.00
Larry McWilliams 33 L L 6' 5" 180 Feb 10, 1954 10 9 2 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darryl Motley 27 R R 5' 9" 196 Jan 21, 1960 6 6 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 1 $210,000.00
Dale Murphy 31 R R 6' 5" 215 Mar 12, 1956 12 159 159 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 159 159 0 0 $1,925,000.00 All-Star
Graig Nettles 42 L R 6' 0" 186 Aug 20, 1944 21 112 25 112 44 0 0 6 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 82 0 $219,500.00
Phil Niekro HOF 48 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 1, 1939 24 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy O'Neal 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 30, 1960 4 17 10 17 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ken Oberkfell 31 L R 6' 0" 210 May 4, 1956 11 135 125 135 132 0 0 0 11 126 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $725,000.00
Ed Olwine 29 L L 6' 2" 165 May 28, 1958 2 27 0 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $70,000.00
David Palmer 29 R R 6' 1" 205 Oct 19, 1957 8 28 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $725,000.00
Gerald Perry 26 L R 6' 0" 190 Oct 30, 1960 5 142 131 142 140 0 0 136 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 6 0 $150,000.00
Charlie Puleo 32 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 7, 1955 6 36 16 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $117,500.00
Rafael Ramirez 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 18, 1958 8 56 40 56 48 0 0 0 0 12 38 0 0 0 0 9 3 $875,000.00
Gary Roenicke 32 R R 6' 3" 205 Dec 5, 1954 11 67 43 67 52 0 0 9 0 0 0 40 0 4 44 18 1 $380,000.00
Paul Runge 29 R R 6' 0" 175 May 21, 1958 7 27 12 27 20 0 0 0 2 10 9 0 0 0 0 5 3 $95,000.00
Ted Simmons 37 B R 6' 0" 200 Aug 9, 1949 20 73 38 73 44 0 15 28 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 $500,000.00
Pete Smith 21 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 27, 1966 1st 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zane Smith 26 L L 6' 2" 195 Dec 28, 1960 4 41 36 41 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 $250,000.00
Andres Thomas 23 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 10, 1963 3 82 80 82 81 0 0 0 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 1 0 $75,000.00
Ozzie Virgil 30 R R 6' 1" 205 Dec 7, 1956 8 123 119 123 122 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $760,000.00 All-Star
Steve Ziem 25 R R 6' 2" 210 Oct 24, 1961 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1986 / 1988 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played