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1988 Atlanta Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987/1989)
54-106, Finished 6th in NL Western Division
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Scored 555 runs, Allowed 741 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-101
Managed by Chuck Tanner and Russ Nixon

Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 848,089 (12th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 106
  (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 106
  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        31  107  320   23   82  10  0   9   31  22   54  .256  .313  .372   2   0  10   5   2   1   1   93
1B *Gerald Perry        27  141  547   61  164  29  1   8   74  36   49  .300  .338  .400  29  14  18   1   1  10   9  109
2B  Ron Gant            23  146  563   85  146  28  8  19   60  46  118  .259  .317  .439  19  10   7   3   2   4   4  112
3B *Ken Oberkfell       32  120  422   42  117  20  4   3   40  32   28  .277  .325  .365   4   5   6   2   5   8   6   95
SS  Andres Thomas       24  153  606   54  153  22  2  13   68  14   95  .252  .268  .360   7   3  17   1   0   6   6   76
LF *Dion James          25  132  386   46   99  17  5   3   30  58   59  .256  .353  .350   9   9  12   1   2   2   5  100
CF *Terry Blocker       28   66  198   13   42   4  2   2   10  10   20  .212  .250  .283   1   1   6   0   2   0   3   51
RF  Dale Murphy         32  156  592   77  134  35  4  24   77  74  125  .226  .313  .421   3   5  24   2   0   3  16  106
    Bruce Benedict      32   90  236   11   57   7  0   0   19  19   26  .242  .296  .271   0   2   2   0   5   2   1   62
   #Albert Hall         30   85  231   27   57   7  1   1   15  21   35  .247  .314  .299  15  10   4   2   2   1   1   75
   *Ken Griffey         38   69  193   21   48   5  0   2   19  17   26  .249  .307  .306   1   3   5   0   0   2   2   74
    Gary Roenicke       33   49  114   11   26   5  0   1    7   8   15  .228  .279  .298   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   64
    Lonnie Smith        32   43  114   14   27   3  0   3    9  10   25  .237  .296  .342   4   2   0   0   0   1   0   80
   #Ted Simmons         38   78  107    6   21   6  0   2   11  15    9  .196  .293  .308   0   0   4   0   0   1   2   71
    Jerry Royster       35   68  102    8   18   3  0   0    1   6   16  .176  .222  .206   0   0   2   0   3   0   1   22
    Jim Morrison        35   51   92    6   14   2  0   2   13  10   13  .152  .229  .239   0   1   2   0   0   3   1   33
    Paul Runge          30   52   76   11   16   5  0   0    7  14   21  .211  .330  .276   0   0   4   0   0   1   0   74
    Jeff Blauser        22   18   67    7   16   3  1   2    7   2   11  .239  .268  .403   0   1   1   1   3   1   0   88
    Damaso Garcia       33   21   60    3    7   1  0   1    4   3   10  .117  .159  .183   1   0   4   0   1   0   0   -3
   #Mark Lemke          22   16   58    8   13   4  0   0    2   4    5  .224  .274  .293   0   2   1   0   2   0   0   61
   *Tommy Gregg         24   11   29    1   10   3  0   0    4   2    2  .345  .387  .448   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  136
    Jody Davis          31    2    8    2    2   0  0   1    3   0    1  .250  .250  .625   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  140

    Rick Mahler         34   39   72    3    9   1  0   0    5   0   20  .125  .137  .139   0   0   1   1  11   0   0  -22
   *Tom Glavine         22   42   60    6   11   1  0   0    5   3   15  .183  .222  .200   0   0   0   0   8   0   0   21
    Pete Smith          22   32   53    2    6   1  0   0    0   1   11  .113  .130  .132   0   0   1   0   8   0   0  -26
   *Zane Smith          27   27   42    3    7   1  0   0    0   1    8  .167  .186  .190   0   0   0   0   7   0   0    7
    Kevin Coffman       23   19   22    2    5   3  0   0    4   0    6  .227  .261  .364   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   75
   *German Jimenez      25   15   17    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    6  .059  .059  .059   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -67
    John Smoltz         21   12   17    1    2   1  0   0    0   1    8  .118  .167  .176   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   -3
    Charlie Puleo       33   53   13    1    3   0  0   0    1   0    5  .231  .231  .231   0   1   0   0   4   0   0   31
    Jose Alvarez        32   61    8    0    3   0  0   0    0   1    0  .375  .444  .375   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  135
    Jim Acker           29   21    5    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    1  .400  .500  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  158
   *Paul Assenmacher    27   64    3    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .667   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  177
    Kevin Blankenship   25    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Juan Eichelberger   34   20    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  -23
    Bruce Sutter        35   38    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   54
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9  160 5440  555 1319 228 28  96  527 432  848  .242  .298  .348  95  69 136  21  74  46  59   87
    Rank among 12 NL teams         6   12   11   8  9   9       11    9    11    12    11  12   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Tom Glavine         22  34   4.56   7  17  0  34   0   1   0  195.3  201  111   99  12   63   84  844   2   8  2   7  80
SP  Rick Mahler         34  39   3.69   9  16  0  34   2   5   0  249.0  279  125  102  17   42  131 1063   5   8  8   6  99
SP  Pete Smith          22  32   3.69   7  15  0  32   0   5   3  195.3  183   89   80  15   88  124  837   5   1  7   3  99
SP *Zane Smith          27  23   4.30   5  10  0  22   0   3   0  140.3  159   72   67   8   44   59  609   2   3  2   4  85
SP  John Smoltz         21  12   5.48   2   7  0  12   0   0   0   64.0   74   40   39  10   33   37  297   2   2  1   4  67
SP  Kevin Coffman       23  18   5.78   2   6  0  11   2   0   0   67.0   62   52   43   3   54   24  311  11   4  1   2  63
SP *German Jimenez      25  15   5.01   1   6  0   9   2   0   0   55.7   65   39   31   4   12   26  241   3   1  3   0  73

CL  Bruce Sutter        35  38   4.76   1   4 14   0  26   0   0   45.3   49   26   24   4   11   40  193   0   1  0   3  77
RP *Paul Assenmacher    27  64   3.06   8   7  5   0  32   0   0   79.3   72   28   27   4   32   71  329   7   1  0  11 120
RP  Jose Alvarez        32  60   2.99   5   6  3   0  23   0   0  102.3   88   34   34   7   53   81  436   4   6  1  12 122
RP  Charlie Puleo       33  53   3.47   5   5  1   3  17   0   0  106.3  101   46   41   9   47   70  462   0   3  3   7 106
RP  Jim Acker           29  21   4.71   0   4  0   1   7   0   0   42.0   45   26   22   6   14   25  184   2   1  0   3  78

    Juan Eichelberger   34  20   3.86   2   0  0   0   7   0   0   37.3   44   19   16   3   10   13  165   0   0  0   2  95
    Joe Boever          27  16   1.77   0   2  1   0  13   0   0   20.3   12    4    4   1    1    7   70   0   1  0   0 207
   *Ed Olwine           30  16   6.75   0   0  1   0   7   0   0   18.7   22   15   14   4    4    5   82   1   1  0   1  54
    Kevin Blankenship   25   2   3.38   0   1  0   2   0   0   0   10.7    7    4    4   0    7    5   44   0   1  0   0 108
   *Chuck Cary          28   7   6.48   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    8.3    8    6    6   1    4    7   39   1   1  0   0  56
    Gary Eave           24   5   9.00   0   0  0   0   4   0   0    5.0    7    5    5   0    3    0   24   0   0  0   0  41
    Jim Morrison        35   3   0.00   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    3.7    3    0    0   0    2    1   16   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.4 160   4.09  54 106 25 160 146  14   4 1446.0 1481  741  657 108  524  810 6246  45  43 28  65  89
    Rank among 12 NL teams         11  12   1 12          11  12      9   11   12        5   11   11
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - 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 756 81 96 448 45 5 3 .990 8 33 78 29 BBenedict 651 76 89 384 54 5 3 .989 4 10 63 33 TSimmons 21 1 10 12 1 2 0 .867 0 1 5 0 JDavis 17 2 2 13 2 0 0 1.000 0 1 2 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1446 160 160 857 102 12 6 .988 12 45 148 63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GPerry 1244 138 141 1282 106 17 102 .988 10.04 TSimmons 125 15 19 128 13 1 8 .993 10.15 KGriffey 73 7 11 68 8 1 8 .987 9.33 GRoenicke 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 160 160 1479 127 19 118 .988 10.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RGant 1067 120 122 295 378 26 82 .963 5.68 MLemke 151 16 16 47 51 3 11 .970 5.81 DGarcia 114 12 13 26 35 1 5 .984 4.82 JBlauser 79 9 9 20 38 2 4 .967 6.61 PRunge 26 3 7 1 4 1 0 .833 1.71 JRoyster 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 KOberkfell 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 160 160 390 507 33 102 .965 5.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 *2.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KOberkfell 956 109 113 83 207 15 21 .951 2.73 RGant 199 22 22 21 39 5 6 .923 2.70 JMorrison 145 16 20 14 28 3 1 .933 2.61 PRunge 108 11 19 16 21 0 2 1.000 3.06 JRoyster 36 2 10 4 7 1 1 .917 2.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 160 160 138 302 24 31 .948 2.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *4.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AThomas 1332 150 150 230 456 29 89 .959 4.63 JBlauser 76 8 8 15 21 2 4 .947 4.22 PRunge 32 2 6 5 7 0 1 1.000 3.30 JRoyster 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 160 160 250 485 31 94 .960 4.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DJames 570 64 86 128 5 2 1 .985 2.10 KGriffey 313 37 41 59 2 2 0 .968 1.75 LSmith 239 25 35 59 2 2 0 .968 2.29 GRoenicke 229 25 32 51 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 TGregg 43 5 5 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.14 JRoyster 26 2 7 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.08 JMorrison 23 2 4 12 0 0 0 1.000 4.70 AHall 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 160 160 333 10 6 1 .983 2.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.66 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TBlocker 505 59 61 166 1 1 0 .994 2.97 AHall 472 51 63 133 6 4 0 .972 2.65 DJames 336 35 49 90 0 1 0 .989 2.41 JRoyster 113 13 19 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.87 TGregg 18 2 3 7 1 0 1 1.000 4.00 GRoenicke 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 160 160 431 9 6 1 .987 2.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMurphy 1400 155 156 339 15 3 4 .992 2.28 DJames 19 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 KGriffey 14 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 GRoenicke 11 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 JRoyster 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 160 160 349 15 3 4 .992 2.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.28 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DMurphy 1400 155 156 340 15 3 4 .992 2.28 DJames 925 101 120 222 5 3 0 .987 2.21 TBlocker 505 59 61 164 1 1 0 .994 2.94 AHall 473 51 63 137 7 4 1 .973 2.74 KGriffey 327 39 42 61 2 2 0 .969 1.73 GRoenicke 241 26 35 52 0 0 0 1.000 1.94 LSmith 239 25 35 59 2 2 0 .968 2.29 JRoyster 141 15 26 45 2 0 0 1.000 2.99 TGregg 61 7 7 22 1 0 1 1.000 3.39 JMorrison 23 2 4 12 0 0 0 1.000 4.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1446 160 160 1114 35 15 6 .987 2.38 160 160 160 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *1.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RMahler 249 34 39 22 43 3 4 .956 2.35 TGlavine 195 34 34 12 41 4 3 .930 2.44 PSmith 195 32 32 12 19 3 0 .912 1.43 ZSmith 140 22 23 16 33 1 6 .980 3.14 CPuleo 106 3 53 5 16 1 0 .955 1.78 JAlvarez 102 0 60 11 17 0 4 1.000 2.46 PAssenmache 79 0 64 6 11 0 2 1.000 1.93 KCoffman 67 11 18 9 12 2 1 .913 2.82 JSmoltz 64 12 12 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.41 GJimenez 55 9 15 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.97 BSutter 45 0 38 2 7 2 0 .818 1.79 JAcker 42 1 21 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.14 JEichelberg 37 0 20 4 8 1 1 .923 2.90 JBoever 20 0 16 2 3 0 1 1.000 2.22 EOlwine 18 0 16 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.96 KBlankenshi 10 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.84 CCary 8 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 GEave 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JMorrison 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 160 160 110 231 17 23 .953 2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Perry .300

On-base % Perry .338

Slugging % Gant .439

OPS Gant .756

Games Murphy 156

At Bats Thomas 606

Plate Appearances (approx.) Murphy 671

Runs Gant 85

Hits Perry 164

Total Bases Murphy 249

Doubles Murphy 35

Triples Gant 8

Home Runs Murphy 24

RBI Murphy 77

Bases on Balls Murphy 74

Strikeouts Murphy 125

Stolen Bases Perry 29

Singles Perry 126

Adjusted OPS+ Gant 112

Runs Created Gant 78

Adjusted Batting Runs Gant and Perry 7

Batting Wins Gant and Perry 0.7

Extra-Base Hits Murphy 63

Times on Base Murphy 210

Offensive Win% Gant .583

Hit By Pitch Virgil 5

Sac. Hits Mahler 11

Sac. Flies Perry 10

Intentional Walks Murphy 16

Grounded into Double Plays Murphy 24

Caught Stealing Perry 14

Power/Speed Number Gant 19.0

At Bats per Strikeout Perry 11.2

At Bats per Home Run Murphy 24.7

Outs Murphy 490

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Mahler and Smith 3.69

Wins Mahler 9

Won-Loss % Assenmacher .533

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Mahler 1.289

Hits Allowed/9IP Smith 8.43

Bases on Balls/9IP Mahler 1.52

Strikeouts/9IP Smith 5.71

Games Assenmacher 64

Saves Sutter 14

Innings Mahler 249.0

Strikeouts Mahler 131

Games Started Glavine and Mahler 34

Comp. Games Mahler and Smith 5

Shutouts Smith 3

Home Runs Allow. Mahler 17

Bases On Balls Allow. Smith 88

Hits Allowed Mahler 279

SO to Walk Mahler 3.12

Losses Glavine 17

Earned Runs Allow. Mahler 102

Wild Pitches Coffman 11

Hit Batsmen Glavine and Mahler 8

Batters Faced Mahler 1063

Games Finished Assenmacher 32

Adjusted ERA+ Smith and Mahler 99

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Dale Murphy $ 2,000,000

Bruce Sutter $ 1,729,167

Jody Davis $ 1,108,333

Ozzie Virgil $ 900,000

Rick Mahler $ 737,500

Ken Oberkfell $ 725,000

Damaso Garcia $ 691,507

Bruce Benedict $ 665,000

Ken Griffey $ 500,000

Ted Simmons $ 470,000

Zane Smith $ 450,000

Jim Acker $ 435,000

Gerald Perry $ 425,000

Gary Roenicke $ 380,000

Dion James $ 360,000

Albert Hall $ 250,000

Charlie Puleo $ 195,000

Andres Thomas $ 110,000

Paul Runge $ 107,500

Paul Assenmacher $ 81,000

Ed Olwine $ 79,000

Chuck Cary $ 78,000

Terry Blocker $ 70,000

Jeff Blauser $ 67,000

Kevin Coffman $ 65,000

Ron Gant $ 65,000

Tom Glavine $ 65,000

Pete Smith $ 65,000

Gary Eave $ 62,500

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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I had to watch this team on TV because the Twins didn't have 130-plus telecasts yet and because I couldn't stand Harry Caray on WGN. Did this team ever suck. But 20 years later, Glavine and Smoltz are still in the rotation...