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1988 Atlanta Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989

54-106, Finished 6th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Chuck Tanner (12-27) and Russ Nixon (42-79)
Scored 555 runs, Allowed 741 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-101

Ballparks: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · Attendance: 848,089 (12th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 106

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1987 / 1989 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
Jim Acker 29 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 24, 1958 6 21 1 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $435,000
Jose Alvarez 32 R R 5' 10" 170 Apr 12, 1956 3 61 0 61 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.1 $62,500
Paul Assenmacher 27 L L 6' 3" 195 Dec 10, 1960 3 64 0 64 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $81,000
Bruce Benedict 32 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 18, 1955 11 90 76 90 89 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.4 $665,000
Kevin Blankenship 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Jan 26, 1963 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Jeff Blauser 22 R R 6' 0" 170 Nov 8, 1965 2 18 17 18 17 0 0 0 9 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.5 $67,000
Terry Blocker 28 L L 6' 2" 195 Aug 18, 1959 2 66 59 66 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 0 61 4 2 -0.6 $70,000
Joe Boever 27 R R 6' 1" 200 Oct 4, 1960 4 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Chuck Cary 28 L L 6' 4" 210 Mar 3, 1960 4 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $78,000
Kevin Coffman 23 R R 6' 2" 175 Jan 19, 1965 2 19 11 19 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1.2 $65,000
Jody Davis 31 R R 6' 4" 192 Nov 12, 1956 8 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Gary Eave 24 R R 6' 4" 200 Jul 22, 1963 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $62,500
Juan Eichelberger 34 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 21, 1953 7 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ron Gant 23 R R 6' 0" 172 Mar 2, 1965 2 146 142 146 144 0 0 0 122 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.1 $65,000
Damaso Garcia 31 R R 6' 1" 165 Feb 7, 1957 10 21 12 21 13 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 -0.8 $691,507
Tom Glavine 22 L L 6' 0" 175 Mar 25, 1966 2 42 34 42 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.7 $65,000
Tommy Gregg 24 L L 6' 1" 190 Jul 29, 1963 2 11 7 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 8 4 0 0.2 $
Ken Griffey 38 L L 5' 11" 190 Apr 10, 1950 16 69 46 69 50 0 0 11 0 0 0 41 0 2 43 20 0 -1.0 $500,000
Albert Hall 30 B R 5' 11" 155 Mar 7, 1958 8 85 51 85 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 63 0 64 18 10 -0.6 $250,000
Dion James 25 L L 6' 1" 170 Nov 9, 1962 5 132 101 132 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 49 3 138 21 2 -0.2 $360,000
German Jimenez 25 L L 5' 11" 200 Dec 5, 1962 1st 15 9 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $62,500
Mark Lemke 22 B R 5' 10" 167 Aug 13, 1965 1st 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Rick Mahler 34 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 5, 1953 10 39 34 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $737,500
Jim Morrison 35 R R 5' 11" 175 Sep 23, 1952 12 51 18 51 27 3 0 0 0 20 0 4 0 0 4 30 0 -0.1 $
Dale Murphy 32 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 12, 1956 13 156 155 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 156 1 0 2.9 $2,000,000
Ken Oberkfell 32 L R 6' 0" 175 May 4, 1956 12 120 109 120 114 0 0 0 1 113 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.2 $725,000
Ed Olwine 30 R L 6' 2" 165 May 28, 1958 3 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $79,000
Gerald Perry 27 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 30, 1960 6 141 138 141 141 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $425,000 All-Star
Charlie Puleo 33 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 7, 1955 7 53 3 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $195,000
Gary Roenicke 33 R R 6' 3" 205 Dec 5, 1954 12 49 26 49 36 0 0 1 0 0 0 32 1 2 35 18 0 -0.4 $380,000
Jerry Royster 35 R R 6' 0" 165 Oct 18, 1952 16 68 17 68 38 0 0 0 2 10 2 7 19 1 27 32 4 -0.7 $
Paul Runge 30 R R 6' 0" 165 May 21, 1958 8 52 16 52 32 0 0 0 7 19 6 0 0 0 0 25 2 -0.4 $107,500
Ted Simmons 38 B R 5' 11" 193 Aug 9, 1949 21 78 16 78 29 0 10 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 0 -0.6 $470,000
Lonnie Smith 32 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 22, 1955 11 43 25 43 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 0 35 15 0 0.7 $150,000
Pete Smith 22 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 27, 1966 2 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $65,000
Zane Smith 27 L L 6' 2" 185 Dec 28, 1960 5 27 22 27 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.0 $450,000
John Smoltz 21 R R 6' 3" 210 May 15, 1967 1st 12 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $62,500
Bruce Sutter HOF 35 R R 6' 2" 190 Jan 8, 1953 12 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $1,729,167
Andres Thomas 24 R R 6' 1" 170 Nov 10, 1963 4 153 150 153 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1.5 $110,000
Ozzie Virgil 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 7, 1956 9 107 81 107 96 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 1.1 $900,000
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
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Albert Hall
Dale Murphy
Jerry Royster
Ron Gant
Lonnie Smith
Jody Davis
Ozzie Virgil
Dion James

Paul Runge
Juan Eichelberger
Andres Thomas
Gary Roenicke
Tommy Gregg
Mark Lemke
Damaso Garcia
Terry Blocker

Bruce Benedict
Ken Griffey
Ted Simmons
Ken Oberkfell
Pete Smith
Rick Mahler
Jim Morrison
Gerald Perry

Terry Blocker
John Smoltz
Paul Assenmacher
Ed Olwine
Jeff Blauser
Zane Smith
Chuck Cary
Joe Boever
Jim Acker

Jose Alvarez
Bruce Sutter
Rick Mahler
Bruce Sutter
Kevin Coffman
Charlie Puleo
Tom Glavine
Gary Eave
Juan Eichelberger
German Jimenez
Kevin Blankenship

John Smoltz

1987 / 1989 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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