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1997 Atlanta Braves Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
101-61, Finished 1st in NL East
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Scored 791 runs, Allowed 581 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 103-59
Manager: Bobby Cox (101-61)
Ballpark: Turner Field (ballparks.com)
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 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 DH PH PR 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 57 0 16 6 $200,000.00
Rafael Belliard 35 R R 5' 6" 150 Oct 24, 1961 16 72 15 72 60 0 0 0 7 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 5 15 $250,000.00
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 $707,500.00
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 $4,020,000.00 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 $157,500.00
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
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 $175,000.00
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 $150,000.00
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 $245,000.00
Greg Colbrunn 27 R R 6' 0" 200 Jul 26, 1969 6 28 7 28 14 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 0
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 $206,000.00
Chad Fox 26 R R 6' 3" 175 Sep 3, 1970 1st 30 0 29 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
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
Tom Glavine 31 L L 6' 1" 190 Mar 25, 1966 11 33 31 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,050,000.00 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 $152,500.00
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
Andruw Jones 20 R R 6' 1" 170 Apr 23, 1977 2 153 96 153 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 57 95 147 0 29 5 $152,500.00
Chipper Jones 25 B R 6' 3" 185 Apr 24, 1972 4 157 154 157 155 0 0 0 0 152 0 3 0 3 5 0 3 0 $1,525,000.00 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 $2,450,000.00
Mark Lemke 31 B R 5' 9" 167 Aug 13, 1965 10 109 101 109 104 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $2,000,000.00
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
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
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 $290,000.00
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 $4,825,000.00 All-Star
Javy Lopez 26 R R 6' 3" 230 Nov 5, 1970 6 123 107 123 117 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 $2,050,000.00 All-Star
Greg Maddux 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Apr 14, 1966 12 33 31 31 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,775,000.00 All-Star
Fred McGriff 33 L L 6' 3" 215 Oct 31, 1963 12 152 148 152 149 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $5,500,000.00
Kevin Millwood 22 R R 6' 4" 205 Dec 24, 1974 1st 12 7 11 12 12 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 $200,000.00
Greg Myers 31 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 14, 1966 10 9 1 9 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Denny Neagle 28 L L 6' 2" 217 Sep 13, 1968 7 34 32 32 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,610,000.00 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 $172,500.00
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
John Smoltz 30 R R 6' 3" 210 May 15, 1967 10 36 33 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $7,000,000.00
Tim Spehr 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 2, 1966 6 8 2 8 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $150,000.00
Michael Tucker 26 L R 6' 2" 185 Jun 25, 1971 3 138 121 138 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 102 129 0 12 1 $250,000.00
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 $180,000.00
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 $3,000,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH 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.

1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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