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1997 Atlanta Braves Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Javy Lopez	26	123	464	414	52	122	28	1	23	68	1	1	40	82	.295	.361	.534	.895	129	221	9	5	1	4	10
2	1B	Fred McGriff*	33	152	641	564	77	156	25	1	22	97	5	0	68	112	.277	.356	.441	.797	106	249	22	4	0	5	4
3	2B	Mark Lemke#	31	109	397	351	33	86	17	1	2	26	2	0	33	51	.245	.306	.316	.622	63	111	10	0	8	5	2
4	SS	Jeff Blauser	31	151	623	519	90	160	31	4	17	70	5	1	70	101	.308	.405	.482	.886	130	250	13	20	5	9	6
5	3B	Chipper Jones#	25	157	679	597	100	176	41	3	21	111	20	5	76	88	.295	.371	.479	.850	119	286	19	0	0	6	8
6	LF	Ryan Klesko*	26	143	522	467	67	122	23	6	24	84	4	4	48	130	.261	.334	.490	.824	111	229	12	4	1	2	5
7	CF	Kenny Lofton*	30	122	564	493	90	164	20	6	5	48	27	20	64	83	.333	.409	.428	.837	119	211	10	2	2	3	5
8	RF	Michael Tucker*	26	138	554	499	80	141	25	7	14	56	12	7	44	116	.283	.347	.445	.792	105	222	7	6	4	1	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Andruw Jones	20	153	467	399	60	92	18	1	18	70	20	11	56	107	.231	.329	.416	.745	93	166	11	4	5	3	2
10	2B	Tony Graffanino	25	104	221	186	33	48	9	1	8	20	6	4	26	46	.258	.344	.446	.790	104	83	3	1	3	5	1
11	C	Eddie Perez	29	73	206	191	20	41	5	0	6	18	0	1	10	35	.215	.259	.335	.594	53	64	8	2	1	2	0
12	UT	Keith Lockhart*	32	96	169	147	25	41	5	3	6	32	0	0	14	17	.279	.337	.476	.814	109	70	4	1	3	4	0
13	LF	Danny Bautista	25	64	112	103	14	25	3	2	3	9	2	0	5	24	.243	.282	.398	.680	75	41	3	1	2	1	1
14	UT	Mike Mordecai	29	61	89	81	8	14	2	1	0	3	0	1	6	16	.173	.227	.222	.449	18	18	4	0	1	1	0
15	SS	Rafael Belliard	35	72	77	71	9	15	3	0	1	3	0	1	1	17	.211	.219	.296	.515	33	21	1	0	4	1	0
16	UT	Greg Colbrunn	27	28	58	54	3	15	3	0	2	9	0	0	2	11	.278	.316	.444	.760	95	24	1	1	1	0	0
17	UT	Tommy Gregg*	33	13	20	19	1	5	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	.263	.300	.368	.668	73	7	0	0	0	0	0
18	1B	Randall Simon*	22	13	15	14	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.429	.467	.500	.967	152	7	1	0	0	0	0
19	C	Tim Spehr	30	8	14	14	2	3	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	4	.214	.214	.500	.714	79	7	0	0	0	0	0
20	IF	Ed Giovanola*	28	14	10	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	74	2	2	0	0	0	1
21	C	Greg Myers*	31	9	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.111	.200	.111	.311	-16	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
22	P	John Smoltz	30	35	94	79	10	18	3	0	0	4	1	1	9	22	.228	.307	.266	.573	51	21	0	0	6	0	0
23	P	Tom Glavine*	31	31	88	63	6	14	0	0	0	7	0	0	7	13	.222	.310	.222	.532	42	14	1	1	17	0	0
24	P	Denny Neagle*	28	32	85	72	6	11	1	0	1	7	0	0	4	35	.153	.197	.208	.406	6	15	1	0	9	0	0
25	P	Greg Maddux	31	31	78	67	3	7	2	0	0	4	1	0	5	21	.104	.167	.134	.301	-20	9	0	0	6	0	0
26	P	Terrell Wade*	24	12	15	12	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.250	.357	.250	.607	62	3	0	0	1	0	0
27	P	Kevin Millwood	22	11	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.077	.000	.077	-78	0	0	0	1	0	0
28	P	Chris Brock	27	7	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	-48	1	1	0	0	0	0
29	P	Paul Byrd	26	31	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-25	1	0	0	2	0	0
30	P	Mike Bielecki	37	48	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Mark Wohlers	27	68	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Mike Cather	26	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Brad Clontz	26	50	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Joe Borowski	26	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Alan Embree*	27	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Kerry Ligtenberg	26	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	John Leroy	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Chad Fox	26	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.9	162	6312	5528	791	1490	268	37	174	755	108	58	597	1160	.270	.343	.426	.769	99	2354	143	52	83	52	45
		Rank in 14 NL teams				4	3	3	12	6	2		11	9	5	3	3	4	2	2		2
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	John Smoltz	30	15	12	.556	3.02	35	35	0	7	2	0	256.0	234	97	86	21	63	9	241	1	1	10	1043	138	1.160	8.2	0.7	2.2	8.5	3.83
2	SP	Tom Glavine*	31	14	7	.667	2.96	33	33	0	5	2	0	240.0	197	86	79	20	79	9	152	4	0	3	970	141	1.150	7.4	0.8	3.0	5.7	1.92
3	SP	Denny Neagle*	28	20	5	.800	2.97	34	34	0	4	4	0	233.1	204	87	77	18	49	5	172	6	0	3	947	140	1.084	7.9	0.7	1.9	6.6	3.51
4	SP	Greg Maddux	31	19	4	.826	2.20	33	33	0	5	2	0	232.2	200	58	57	9	20	6	177	6	0	0	893	189	0.946	7.7	0.3	0.8	6.8	8.85
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
5	CL	Mark Wohlers	27	5	7	.417	3.50	71	0	55	0	0	33	69.1	57	29	27	4	38	0	92	0	0	6	300	119	1.370	7.4	0.5	4.9	11.9	2.42
6	RP	Mike Bielecki	37	3	7	.300	4.08	50	0	7	0	0	2	57.1	56	33	26	9	21	3	60	1	0	1	250	102	1.343	8.8	1.4	3.3	9.4	2.86
7	RP	Brad Clontz	26	5	1	.833	3.75	51	0	16	0	0	1	48.0	52	24	20	3	18	3	42	1	0	1	203	111	1.458	9.8	0.6	3.4	7.9	2.33
8	RP	Alan Embree*	27	3	1	.750	2.54	66	0	15	0	0	0	46.0	36	13	13	1	20	2	45	2	1	3	190	164	1.217	7.0	0.2	3.9	8.8	2.25
9	RP	Mike Cather	26	2	4	.333	2.39	35	0	10	0	0	0	37.2	23	12	10	1	19	4	29	2	0	0	155	174	1.115	5.5	0.2	4.5	6.9	1.53
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
10		Paul Byrd	26	4	4	.500	5.26	31	4	9	0	0	0	53.0	47	34	31	6	28	4	37	4	1	3	236	79	1.415	8.0	1.0	4.8	6.3	1.32
11		Kevin Millwood	22	5	3	.625	4.03	12	8	2	0	0	0	51.1	55	26	23	1	21	1	42	2	0	1	227	103	1.481	9.6	0.2	3.7	7.4	2.00
12		Terrell Wade*	24	2	3	.400	5.36	12	9	1	0	0	0	42.0	60	31	25	6	16	1	35	2	0	1	197	78	1.810	12.9	1.3	3.4	7.5	2.19
13		Chris Brock	27	0	0		5.58	7	6	1	0	0	0	30.2	34	23	19	2	19	2	16	0	1	2	144	75	1.728	10.0	0.6	5.6	4.7	0.84
14		Chad Fox	26	0	1	.000	3.29	30	0	8	0	0	0	27.1	24	12	10	4	16	0	28	0	0	4	120	127	1.463	7.9	1.3	5.3	9.2	1.75
15		Joe Borowski	26	2	2	.500	3.75	20	0	8	0	0	0	24.0	27	11	10	2	16	4	6	0	0	0	111	111	1.792	10.1	0.8	6.0	2.3	0.38
16		Kerry Ligtenberg	26	1	0	1.000	3.00	15	0	9	0	0	1	15.0	12	5	5	4	4	2	19	0	0	0	61	139	1.067	7.2	2.4	2.4	11.4	4.75
17		John Leroy	22	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	10		2.000	4.5	0.0	13.5	13.5	1.00
		Team Totals	29.0	101	61	.623	3.18	162	162	141	21	10	37	1465.2	1319	581	518	111	450	56	1196	31	4	38	6057	131	1.207	8.1	0.7	2.8	7.3	2.66
		Rank in 14 NL teams		1	14		1				2	1	10	1	1	1	1	1	1		15498
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Danny Bautista	25	59	18	255.0	61	59	1	1	1	.984	5.8	27.3	5.8	4.7	1.1	0			2.12	1.02						LF-RF-CF
Rafael Belliard	35	60	15	230.1	107	37	69	1	14	.991	2.5	13.0	2.5	1.6	0.9		0		4.14	1.77						SS-2B
Mike Bielecki	37	50	0	57.1	12	4	7	1	1	.917									1.73	0.22						P
Jeff Blauser	31	150	147	1235.0	592	204	372	16	79	.973	-1.9	-1.8	-2.9	-0.7	-2.2		1		4.20	3.84						SS-DH
Joe Borowski	26	20	0	24.0	7	4	3	0	2	1.000									2.62	0.35						P
Chris Brock	27	7	6	30.2	15	6	9	0	0	1.000									4.40	2.14						P
Paul Byrd	26	31	4	53.0	11	6	4	1	0	.909									1.70	0.32						P
Mike Cather	26	35	0	37.2	8	1	7	0	0	1.000									1.91	0.23						P
Brad Clontz	26	51	0	48.0	7	0	5	2	0	.714									0.94	0.10						P
Greg Colbrunn	27	17	4	63.1	61	54	6	1	3	.984	0.5	9.5	0.5	0.1	0.4		0		8.53	3.53						1B-DH
Alan Embree	27	66	0	46.0	8	1	7	0	0	1.000									1.57	0.12						P
Chad Fox	26	30	0	27.1	2	2	0	0	0	1.000									0.66	0.07						P
Ed Giovanola	28	10	0	20.1	6	0	6	0	0	1.000	0.9	53.1	0.9	0.9	0.0		0		2.66	0.60						3B-2B-SS
Tom Glavine	31	33	33	240.0	51	15	35	1	4	.980									1.88	1.52						P
Tony Graffanino	25	80	46	482.0	275	90	180	5	29	.982	6.1	15.2	6.1	1.8	4.3		0		5.04	3.38						2B-3B-SS-1B
Tommy Gregg	33	3	1	27.1	10	8	2	0	0	1.000	-0.6	-26.3	0.4	0.4	0.0	-1			3.29	3.33						LF-1B
Andruw Jones	20	154	96	973.0	310	288	15	7	2	.977	27.6	34.0	21.6	7.5	14.1	6			2.80	1.97						RF-CF-LF
Chipper Jones	25	158	154	1333.1	339	83	241	15	17	.956	-6.3	-5.7	-5.3	-2.7	-2.6	0	-1		2.19	2.05						3B-RF-LF
Ryan Klesko	26	152	132	1069.1	257	245	6	6	7	.977	-3.9	-4.4	1.1	1.2	-0.1	-5	0		2.11	1.65						LF-1B
Mark Lemke	31	104	101	849.2	510	191	309	10	65	.980	16.0	22.6	15.0	8.6	6.4		1		5.30	4.81						2B
John Leroy	22	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Kerry Ligtenberg	26	15	0	15.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000									0.60	0.07						P
Keith Lockhart	32	35	21	174.0	75	24	48	3	10	.960	2.1	14.5	2.1	0.7	1.4		0		3.72	2.06						2B-3B-DH
Kenny Lofton	30	122	121	1047.1	299	289	5	5	1	.983	17.8	20.4	13.8	3.9	9.9	4			2.53	2.41						CF
Javy Lopez	26	117	107	951.0	854	792	56	6	7	.993	0.0	0.0						0	8.03	7.25	9	26	72	33	31%	C
Greg Maddux	31	33	33	232.2	68	16	49	3	3	.956									2.51	1.97						P
Fred McGriff	33	149	148	1263.2	1300	1191	96	13	111	.990	-7.0	-6.6	-6.0	-6.8	0.8		-1		9.17	8.64						1B
Kevin Millwood	22	12	8	51.1	9	3	6	0	0	1.000									1.58	0.75						P
Mike Mordecai	29	32	6	118.1	43	26	17	0	4	1.000	-1.1	-11.2	-1.1	0.3	-1.4		0		3.27	1.34						3B-1B-2B-SS-RF-DH
Greg Myers	31	2	1	9.0	13	11	2	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	13.00	6.50	0	3	2	1	33%	C
Denny Neagle	28	34	34	233.1	45	9	35	1	1	.978									1.70	1.29						P
Eddie Perez	29	70	53	492.0	446	417	24	5	1	.989	-1.4	-3.4	-0.4	-0.4	0.0		0	-1	8.07	6.30	2	7	48	16	25%	C-1B
Randall Simon	22	6	2	23.0	18	16	2	0	2	1.000	-0.8	-41.7	-0.8	0.1	-0.9		0		7.04	3.00						1B
John Smoltz	30	35	35	256.0	62	29	31	2	2	.968									2.11	1.71						P
Tim Spehr	30	7	2	36.0	38	32	4	2	0	.947	1.0	33.3						1	9.00	5.14	0	2	2	4	67%	C
Michael Tucker	26	155	121	1070.1	248	237	6	5	2	.980	12.0	13.5	11.0	6.6	4.4	1			2.04	1.57						RF-LF
Terrell Wade	24	12	9	42.0	8	2	5	1	0	.875									1.50	0.58						P
Mark Wohlers	27	71	0	69.1	10	7	2	1	0	.900									1.17	0.13						P
Team Totals	27.8	162	1458	13189.0	6186	4400	1672	114	368	.982	69.3	6.3	64.3	27.8	36.5	5	0	0	4.14	2.79	11	38	124	54	30%
Rank in 14 NL teams								11	9	2
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1996 / 1998 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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