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1996 Atlanta Braves Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995 / 1997)
96-66, Finished 1st in NL East
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Scored 773 runs, Allowed 648 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-68
Manager: Bobby Cox (96-66)
Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,901,242 (3rd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104
Won NL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-2) to New York Yankees
Won NL Championship Series (4-3) over St. Louis Cardinals
Won NL Division Series (3-0) over Los Angeles Dodgers
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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
Steve Avery 26 L L 6' 4" 190 Apr 14, 1970 7 24 23 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,200,000.00
Joe Ayrault 24 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 8, 1971 1st 7 0 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Bautista 24 R R 5' 11" 170 May 24, 1972 4 17 3 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 14 5 1
Rafael Belliard 34 R R 5' 6" 150 Oct 24, 1961 15 86 39 86 76 0 0 0 15 0 62 0 0 0 0 4 13 $575,000.00
Mike Bielecki 36 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 31, 1959 13 40 5 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $125,000.00
Jeff Blauser 30 R R 6' 0" 170 Nov 8, 1965 10 83 78 83 79 0 0 0 0 0 79 0 0 0 0 2 2 $3,500,000.00
Pedro Borbon 28 R L 6' 1" 205 Nov 15, 1967 4 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $142,500.00
Joe Borowski 25 R R 6' 2" 225 May 4, 1971 2 22 0 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $111,500.00
Brad Clontz 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 25, 1971 2 81 0 81 81 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $137,500.00
Jermaine Dye 22 R R 6' 4" 210 Jan 28, 1974 1st 98 69 98 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 4 71 92 7 0 $109,000.00
Ed Giovanola 27 L R 5' 10" 170 Mar 4, 1969 2 43 15 43 34 0 0 0 5 6 25 0 0 0 0 16 2 $109,000.00
Tom Glavine 30 L L 6' 1" 190 Mar 25, 1966 10 39 36 39 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $5,350,000.00 All-Star
Tony Graffanino 24 R R 6' 1" 175 Jun 6, 1972 1st 22 11 22 18 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
Marquis Grissom 29 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 17, 1967 8 158 157 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 158 1 0 $4,850,000.00
Dean Hartgraves 29 R L 6' 0" 185 Aug 12, 1966 2 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tyler Houston 25 L R 6' 2" 210 Jan 17, 1971 1st 33 0 33 12 0 0 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 23 3 $109,000.00
Andruw Jones 19 R R 6' 1" 170 Apr 23, 1977 1st 31 22 31 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 20 29 4 0 $109,000.00
Chipper Jones 24 B R 6' 3" 185 Apr 24, 1972 3 157 155 157 155 0 0 0 0 118 38 0 0 1 1 2 0 $825,000.00 All-Star
David Justice 30 L L 6' 3" 200 Apr 14, 1966 8 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 0 0 $6,200,000.00
Ryan Klesko 25 L L 6' 3" 220 Jun 12, 1971 5 153 144 153 146 0 0 2 0 0 0 144 0 0 144 9 0 $315,000.00
Mark Lemke 30 B R 5' 9" 167 Aug 13, 1965 9 135 132 135 133 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 $1,500,000.00
Kevin Lomon 24 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 20, 1971 2 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Javy Lopez 25 R R 6' 3" 230 Nov 5, 1970 5 138 125 138 135 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 $290,000.00
Greg Maddux 30 R R 6' 0" 170 Apr 14, 1966 11 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,675,000.00 All-Star
Pablo Martinez 27 B R 5' 10" 155 Jun 29, 1969 1st 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Fred McGriff 32 L L 6' 3" 215 Oct 31, 1963 11 159 158 159 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $5,050,000.00 All-Star
Greg McMichael 29 R R 6' 3" 215 Dec 1, 1966 4 73 0 73 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $460,000.00
Mike Mordecai 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Dec 13, 1967 3 66 17 66 36 0 0 1 20 10 6 0 0 0 0 40 2 $135,000.00
Denny Neagle 27 L L 6' 2" 217 Sep 13, 1968 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Pendleton 35 B R 5' 9" 180 Jul 16, 1960 13 42 40 42 41 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Eddie Perez 28 R R 6' 1" 175 May 4, 1968 2 68 39 68 60 0 54 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 $111,500.00
Luis Polonia 32 L L 5' 8" 152 Oct 12, 1963 10 22 2 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 16 0 $109,000.00
Jason Schmidt 23 R R 6' 5" 185 Jan 29, 1973 2 13 11 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $111,500.00
Carl Schutz 24 L L 5' 11" 208 Aug 22, 1971 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dwight Smith 32 L R 5' 11" 175 Nov 8, 1963 8 101 20 101 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 26 29 79 0 $455,000.00
John Smoltz 29 R R 6' 3" 210 May 15, 1967 9 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,000,000.00 All-Star
Tom Thobe 26 L L 6' 6" 195 Sep 3, 1969 2 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terrell Wade 23 L L 6' 3" 205 Jan 25, 1973 2 44 8 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $109,000.00
Jerome Walton 30 R R 6' 1" 175 Jul 8, 1965 8 37 7 37 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 1 5 28 12 1 $500,000.00
Mark Whiten 29 B R 6' 3" 215 Nov 25, 1966 7 36 23 36 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 29 8 1
Mark Wohlers 26 R R 6' 4" 207 Jan 23, 1970 6 77 0 77 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,425,000.00 All-Star
Brad Woodall 27 B L 6' 0" 175 Jun 25, 1969 3 8 3 8 8 8 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.

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