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1988 Atlanta Braves Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989)
54-106, Finished 6th in NL West
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Scored 555 runs, Allowed 741 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-101
Manager: Chuck Tanner (12-27) and Russ Nixon (42-79)
Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 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 29 R R 6' 2" 212 Sep 24, 1958 6 21 1 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $435,000.00
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
Paul Assenmacher 27 L L 6' 3" 200 Dec 10, 1960 3 64 0 64 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $81,000.00
Bruce Benedict 32 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 18, 1955 11 90 76 90 89 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $665,000.00
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
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 $67,000.00
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 $70,000.00
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
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 $78,000.00
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 $65,000.00
Jody Davis 31 R R 6' 3" 210 Nov 12, 1956 8 2 2 2 2 0 2 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 $62,500.00
Juan Eichelberger 34 R R 6' 3" 205 Oct 21, 1953 7 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Gant 23 R R 6' 0" 192 Mar 2, 1965 2 146 142 146 144 0 0 0 122 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $65,000.00
Damaso Garcia 33 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 7, 1955 10 21 12 21 13 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 $691,507.00
Tom Glavine 22 L L 6' 1" 190 Mar 25, 1966 2 42 34 42 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 $65,000.00
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 7 4 0
Ken Griffey 38 L L 6' 0" 200 Apr 10, 1950 16 69 46 69 50 0 0 11 0 0 0 41 0 2 42 20 0 $500,000.00
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 63 18 10 $250,000.00
Dion James 25 L L 6' 1" 170 Nov 9, 1962 5 132 101 132 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 49 3 120 21 2 $360,000.00
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
Mark Lemke 22 B R 5' 9" 167 Aug 13, 1965 1st 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Mahler 34 R R 6' 1" 202 Aug 5, 1953 10 39 34 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $737,500.00
Jim Morrison 35 R R 5' 11" 182 Sep 23, 1952 12 51 18 51 27 3 0 0 0 20 0 4 0 0 4 30 0
Dale Murphy 32 R R 6' 5" 215 Mar 12, 1956 13 156 155 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 156 1 0 $2,000,000.00
Ken Oberkfell 32 L R 6' 0" 210 May 4, 1956 12 120 109 120 114 0 0 0 1 113 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 $725,000.00
Ed Olwine 30 L L 6' 2" 165 May 28, 1958 3 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $79,000.00
Gerald Perry 27 L R 6' 0" 190 Oct 30, 1960 6 141 138 141 141 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $425,000.00 All-Star
Charlie Puleo 33 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 7, 1955 7 53 3 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $195,000.00
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 $380,000.00
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 26 32 4
Paul Runge 30 R R 6' 0" 175 May 21, 1958 8 52 16 52 32 0 0 0 7 19 6 0 0 0 0 25 2 $107,500.00
Ted Simmons 38 B R 6' 0" 200 Aug 9, 1949 21 78 16 78 29 0 10 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 0 $470,000.00
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
Pete Smith 22 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 27, 1966 2 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $65,000.00
Zane Smith 27 L L 6' 2" 195 Dec 28, 1960 5 27 22 27 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 $450,000.00
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
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 $1,729,167.00
Andres Thomas 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 10, 1963 4 153 150 153 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 3 0 $110,000.00
Ozzie Virgil 31 R R 6' 1" 205 Dec 7, 1956 9 107 81 107 96 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 $900,000.00
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.

1987 / 1989 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played