1978 Atlanta Braves Statistics

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 69-93-0, Finished 6th in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bobby Cox (69-93)

General Manager: Bill Lucas

Farm Director: Paul Snyder

Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Attendance: 904,494 (12th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 112, Pitching - 114
One-year: Batting - 113, Pitching - 115

Pythagorean W-L: 65-97, 600 Runs, 750 Runs Allowed

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162. Oct 1, ATL (69-93) lost to CIN, 8-10

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Biff Pocoroba#	24	92	327	289	21	70	8	0	6	34	0	3	29	14	.242	.312	.332	.644	72	96	15	2	3	4	6
2	1B	Dale Murphy	22	151	583	530	66	120	14	3	23	79	11	7	42	145	.226	.284	.394	.679	80	209	15	3	3	5	3
3	2B	Jerry Royster	25	140	600	529	67	137	17	8	2	35	27	17	56	49	.259	.331	.333	.664	78	176	9	3	8	4	2
4	SS	Darrel Chaney#	30	89	274	245	27	55	9	1	3	20	1	0	25	48	.224	.295	.306	.601	61	75	1	0	3	1	7
5	3B	Bob Horner	20	89	359	323	50	86	17	1	23	63	0	0	24	42	.266	.313	.539	.852	124	174	7	2	1	9	2
6	LF	Jeff Burroughs	27	153	611	488	72	147	30	6	23	77	1	2	117	92	.301	.432	.529	.961	156	258	16	0	0	6	12
7	CF	Rowland Office*	25	146	439	404	40	101	13	1	9	40	8	6	22	52	.250	.297	.354	.651	73	143	8	6	4	3	2
8	RF	Gary Matthews	27	129	542	474	75	135	20	5	18	62	8	7	61	92	.285	.366	.462	.828	120	219	16	2	1	4	2
Rk	Pos	Name	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	IF	Rod Gilbreath	25	116	356	326	22	80	13	3	3	31	7	6	26	51	.245	.300	.331	.632	69	108	6	0	3	1	3
10	CF	Barry Bonnell	24	117	326	304	36	73	11	3	1	16	12	6	20	30	.240	.287	.306	.593	59	93	15	0	2	0	1
11	C	Joe Nolan*	27	95	249	213	22	49	7	3	4	22	3	2	34	28	.230	.339	.347	.686	84	74	3	1	1	0	5
12	1B	Bob Beall#	30	108	225	185	29	45	8	0	1	16	4	5	36	27	.243	.368	.303	.670	81	56	4	1	2	1	0
13	2B	Glenn Hubbard	20	44	179	163	15	42	4	0	2	13	2	1	10	20	.258	.309	.319	.628	68	52	2	2	4	0	1
14	SS	Pat Rockett	23	55	157	142	6	20	2	0	0	4	1	2	13	12	.141	.212	.155	.366	0	22	6	0	1	1	3
15	UT	Cito Gaston	34	60	124	118	5	27	1	0	1	9	0	0	3	20	.229	.244	.263	.507	36	31	4	0	1	2	0
16	RF	Brian Asselstine*	24	39	122	103	11	28	3	3	2	13	2	1	11	16	.272	.339	.417	.756	101	43	1	2	1	5	1
17	C	Bruce Benedict	22	22	58	52	3	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	6	.250	.328	.288	.616	66	15	0	0	0	0	2
18	IF	Chico Ruiz	26	18	48	46	3	13	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.283	.313	.348	.660	76	16	1	0	0	0	1
19	OF	Eddie Miller#	21	6	24	21	5	3	1	0	0	2	3	0	2	4	.143	.250	.190	.440	19	4	0	1	0	0	0
20	RF	Larry Whisenton*	21	6	17	16	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.188	.235	.250	.485	30	4	0	0	0	0	0
21	3B	Jerry Maddox	24	7	15	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.214	.267	.214	.481	30	3	1	0	0	0	0
22	1B	Tom Paciorek	31	5	9	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	79	3	0	0	0	0	0
23	1B	Hank Small	24	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
24	IF	Rob Belloir	29	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	684	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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
25	P	Phil Niekro	39	45	129	120	5	27	4	0	0	10	0	0	3	25	.225	.248	.258	.506	36	31	3	1	4	1	0
26	P	Preston Hanna	23	29	52	49	4	9	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	18	.184	.200	.286	.486	29	14	1	0	2	0	0
27	P	Mickey Mahler#	25	34	47	41	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.098	.119	.098	.217	-41	4	1	0	5	0	0
28	P	Larry McWilliams*	24	15	36	32	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	.063	.063	.125	.188	-51	4	0	0	4	0	0
29	P	Eddie Solomon	27	38	30	29	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.138	.167	.138	.305	-18	4	3	1	0	0	0
30	P	Dick Ruthven	27	13	27	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.083	.083	.083	.167	-55	2	0	0	3	0	0
31	P	Jamie Easterly*	25	37	21	19	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.211	.250	.263	.513	37	5	1	0	1	0	0
32	P	Tommy Boggs	22	16	19	18	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.333	.500	31	6	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Adrian Devine	26	31	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182	-51	1	0	0	1	0	0
34	P	Gene Garber	30	44	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.091	.167	.091	.258	-29	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Rick Camp	25	42	10	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	-68	0	0	0	1	0	0
36	P	Jim Bouton	39	5	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	-64	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Craig Skok	30	43	8	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	65	3	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Frank LaCorte	26	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
39	P	Duane Theiss	24	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Mike Davey	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Dave Campbell	26	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Max León	28	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	25.5	162	6066	5381	600	1313	191	39	123	558	90	65	550	874	.244	.315	.363	.677	81	1951	140	27	61	47	53
		Rank in 12 NL teams				10	10	12	12	8	4		10	9	6	9	12	8	7	8		8		5		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	25.2	162	5649	4999	579	1254	185	37	121	542	90	65	541	757	.251	.324	.375	.700	87	1876	131	25	38	46	53
		Pitcher Totals	29.7	162	417	382	21	59	6	2	2	16	0	0	9	117	.154	.178	.196	.374	0	75	9	2	23	1	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Phil Niekro	39	19	18	.514	2.88	44	42	1	22	4	1	334.1	295	129	107	16	102	5	248	13	3	11	1389	142	2.76	1.187	7.9	0.4	2.7	6.7	2.43
2	SP	Preston Hanna	23	7	13	.350	5.13	29	28	1	0	0	0	140.1	132	89	80	10	93	5	90	3	2	11	637	80	4.28	1.603	8.5	0.6	6.0	5.8	0.97
3	SP	Mickey Mahler*	25	4	11	.267	4.68	34	21	3	1	0	0	134.2	130	82	70	16	66	6	92	7	3	12	597	87	4.39	1.455	8.7	1.1	4.4	6.1	1.39
4	SP	Larry McWilliams*	24	9	3	.750	2.81	15	15	0	3	1	0	99.1	84	38	31	11	35	4	42	2	0	2	417	146	4.30	1.198	7.6	1.0	3.2	3.8	1.20
5	SP	Dick Ruthven	27	2	6	.250	4.11	13	13	0	2	1	0	81.0	78	43	37	8	28	2	45	0	0	3	342	100	3.79	1.309	8.7	0.9	3.1	5.0	1.61
6	SP	Tommy Boggs	22	2	8	.200	6.71	16	12	2	1	1	0	59.0	80	46	44	8	26	3	21	1	1	3	283	61	5.01	1.797	12.2	1.2	4.0	3.2	0.81
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Gene Garber	30	4	4	.500	2.53	43	0	36	0	0	22	78.1	58	26	22	11	13	3	61	2	2	3	302	162	3.43	0.906	6.7	1.3	1.5	7.0	4.69
8	RP	Eddie Solomon	27	4	6	.400	4.08	37	8	13	0	0	2	106.0	98	52	48	12	50	11	64	2	1	5	459	101	4.32	1.396	8.3	1.0	4.2	5.4	1.28
9	RP	Rick Camp	25	2	4	.333	3.75	42	4	9	0	0	0	74.1	99	42	31	5	32	10	23	3	1	1	344	109	4.25	1.762	12.0	0.6	3.9	2.8	0.72
10	RP	Dave Campbell	26	4	4	.500	4.80	53	0	35	0	0	1	69.1	67	39	37	10	49	12	45	5	2	2	322	85	5.50	1.673	8.7	1.3	6.4	5.8	0.92
11	RP	Craig Skok*	30	3	2	.600	4.35	43	0	11	0	0	2	62.0	64	38	30	8	27	8	28	0	1	4	273	94	4.67	1.468	9.3	1.2	3.9	4.1	1.04
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Jamie Easterly*	25	3	6	.333	5.65	37	6	8	0	0	1	78.0	91	52	49	9	45	6	42	2	0	7	355	73	4.82	1.744	10.5	1.0	5.2	4.8	0.93
13		Adrian Devine	26	5	4	.556	5.92	31	6	11	0	0	3	65.1	84	45	43	3	25	5	26	0	2	2	294	69	3.53	1.668	11.6	0.4	3.4	3.6	1.04
14		Jim Bouton	39	1	3	.250	4.97	5	5	0	0	0	0	29.0	25	18	16	4	21	1	10	0	0	0	129	83	5.86	1.586	7.8	1.2	6.5	3.1	0.48
15		Frank LaCorte	26	0	1	.000	3.68	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.2	9	6	6	0	4	1	7	0	0	1	56	114	2.45	0.886	5.5	0.0	2.5	4.3	1.75
16		Duane Theiss	24	0	0		1.42	3	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	3	1	1	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	24	304	3.53	0.947	4.3	0.0	4.3	4.3	1.00
17		Max León	28	0	0		6.35	5	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	6	4	4	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	29	69	7.17	1.765	9.5	1.6	6.4	1.6	0.25
18		Mike Davey*	26	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9		3.71	0.750	3.4	0.0	3.4	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	29.0	69	93	.426	4.08	162	162	133	29	7	32	1440.1	1404	750	653	132	624	82	848	42	18	67	6261	100	3.99	1.408	8.8	0.8	3.9	5.3	1.36
		Rank in 12 NL teams		10	2		12				8	7	6	7	9	12	11	12	12		5
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W