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1997 Atlanta Braves

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998

101-61, Finished 1st in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bobby Cox (101-61)
Scored 791 runs, Allowed 581 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 103-59

Ballparks: Turner Field · Attendance: 3,464,488 (2nd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 99

Postseason:  Lost NL Championship Series (4-2) to Florida Marlins
Won NL Division Series (3-0) over Houston Astros

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1996 / 1998 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 DH PH PR WAR Salary
Danny Bautista 25 R R 5' 11" 170 May 24, 1972 5 64 18 64 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 1 10 59 0 16 6 0.3 $200,000
Rafael Belliard 35 R R 5' 6" 160 Oct 24, 1961 16 72 15 72 60 0 0 0 7 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 5 15 -0.1 $250,000
Mike Bielecki 37 R R 6' 3" 195 Jul 31, 1959 14 50 0 48 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $707,500
Jeff Blauser 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Nov 8, 1965 11 151 148 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 5.2 $4,020,000 All-Star
Joe Borowski 26 R R 6' 2" 225 May 4, 1971 3 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $157,500
Chris Brock 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 5, 1970 1st 7 6 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Paul Byrd 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 3, 1970 3 31 4 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $175,000
Mike Cather 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 17, 1970 1st 35 0 34 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $150,000
Brad Clontz 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 25, 1971 3 51 0 50 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $245,000
Greg Colbrunn 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 26, 1969 6 28 7 28 14 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 0 0.1 $
Alan Embree 27 L L 6' 2" 185 Jan 23, 1970 4 66 0 66 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $206,000
Chad Fox 26 R R 6' 2" 180 Sep 3, 1970 1st 30 0 29 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $150,000
Ed Giovanola 28 L R 5' 10" 170 Mar 4, 1969 3 14 0 14 10 0 0 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 -0.1 $
Tom Glavine 31 L L 6' 0" 175 Mar 25, 1966 11 33 33 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.8 $5,050,000 All-Star
Tony Graffanino 25 R R 6' 1" 175 Jun 6, 1972 2 104 46 104 77 0 0 1 75 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 18 1.5 $152,500
Tommy Gregg 33 L L 6' 1" 190 Jul 29, 1963 9 13 1 13 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 6 0 8 0 -0.1 $
Andruw Jones 20 R R 6' 1" 230 Apr 23, 1977 2 153 96 153 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 57 95 154 0 29 5 3.2 $152,500
Chipper Jones 25 B R 6' 4" 210 Apr 24, 1972 4 157 154 157 155 0 0 0 0 152 0 3 0 3 6 0 3 0 3.9 $1,525,000 All-Star
Ryan Klesko 26 L L 6' 3" 220 Jun 12, 1971 6 143 132 143 137 0 0 22 0 0 0 130 0 0 130 0 8 1 0.4 $2,450,000
Mark Lemke 31 B R 5' 10" 167 Aug 13, 1965 10 109 101 109 104 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.0 $2,000,000
John LeRoy 22 R R 6' 3" 175 Apr 19, 1975 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Kerry Ligtenberg 26 R R 6' 2" 185 May 11, 1971 1st 15 0 14 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Keith Lockhart 32 L R 5' 10" 170 Nov 10, 1964 4 96 25 96 31 0 0 0 20 11 0 0 0 0 0 4 70 0 1.1 $290,000
Kenny Lofton 30 L L 6' 0" 180 May 31, 1967 7 122 121 122 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 0 122 0 0 0 5.3 $4,825,000 All-Star
Javy Lopez 26 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 5, 1970 6 123 107 123 117 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 3.6 $2,050,000 All-Star
Greg Maddux 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Apr 14, 1966 12 33 33 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 $6,775,000 All-Star
Fred McGriff 33 L L 6' 3" 200 Oct 31, 1963 12 152 148 152 149 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.1 $5,500,000
Kevin Millwood 22 R R 6' 4" 230 Dec 24, 1974 1st 12 8 11 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mike Mordecai 29 R R 5' 11" 175 Dec 13, 1967 4 61 7 61 29 0 0 3 4 19 4 0 0 1 1 1 39 4 -1.1 $200,000
Greg Myers 31 L R 6' 1" 200 Apr 14, 1966 10 9 1 9 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.2 $
Denny Neagle 28 L L 6' 4" 200 Sep 13, 1968 7 34 34 32 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $3,610,000 All-Star
Eddie Perez 29 R R 6' 1" 175 May 4, 1968 3 73 53 73 70 0 64 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 -0.8 $172,500
Randall Simon 22 L L 6' 0" 180 May 25, 1975 1st 13 2 13 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0.1 $
John Smoltz 30 R R 6' 3" 210 May 15, 1967 10 36 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.0 $7,000,000
Tim Spehr 30 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 2, 1966 6 8 2 8 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $150,000
Michael Tucker 26 L R 6' 2" 185 Jun 25, 1971 3 138 121 138 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 102 155 0 12 1 3.1 $250,000
Terrell Wade 24 L L 6' 3" 205 Jan 25, 1973 3 12 9 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $180,000
Mark Wohlers 27 R R 6' 4" 207 Jan 23, 1970 7 71 0 68 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $3,000,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH 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

Keith Lockhart
Rafael Belliard
Jeff Blauser
Kenny Lofton
Javy Lopez
Tim Spehr
Chipper Jones
Ed Giovanola

Eddie Perez
Tony Graffanino
Denny Neagle
Mike Mordecai
Danny Bautista
Ryan Klesko
Tommy Gregg
Mark Lemke

Greg Colbrunn
Michael Tucker
Andruw Jones
Mike Bielecki
Fred McGriff
John Smoltz
Brad Clontz
Greg Maddux

Alan Embree
Randall Simon
Kevin Millwood
Terrell Wade
Mike Cather
Chad Fox
Mark Wohlers
Paul Byrd

Kerry Ligtenberg
Tom Glavine
Greg Myers
Chris Brock
Joe Borowski
John LeRoy

1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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