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Major League Baseball

Record: 66-94 .413.... 6th in National League West
Stadium: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 769,465

Top Draft Pick: Brad Komminsk (#4) MLB

Affiliates - AAA Richmond Braves AA Savannah Braves A Greenwood Braves Rk Kingsport Braves Rk Gulf Coast Braves

Team Leaders

HR: Horner [33]
RBI: Horner [98]
2B: Matthews [34]
SB: Royster [35]
W: Niekro [21]
SV: Garber [25]
SO: Niekro [208]

Oldest Player: Phil Niekro [40]
Youngest Player: Glenn Hubbard [21]
Longest Tenure: Phil Niekro [14]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Mike Macha (Apr 20) Jim Wessinger (Aug 4)
Pitchers: Tony Brizzolara (May 19) Rick Mahler (Apr 20) Rick Matula (Apr 8)

2009 Independent League Statistics have been updated.

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Fielding Statistics

Players are sorted by games played for each position group. LF, CF and RF totals are available for recent major league seasons only.

Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
Bruce Benedict	23	C	76			344	35	6	385	3	8	65	22	.984	--
Joe Nolan	28	C	74			328	27	6	361	2	6	75	17	.983	--
Dale Murphy	23	C	27			127	15	5	147	2	11	32	6	.966	--
Biff Pocoroba	25	C	7			39	3	3	45	0	0	8	3	.933	--
Darrel Chaney	31	C	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	---	--

Dale Murphy	23	1B	76			685	42	15	742	61	-	-	-	.980	--
Mike Lum	33	1B	51			414	30	1	445	36	-	-	-	.998	--
Bob Horner	21	1B	45			414	24	7	445	32	-	-	-	.984	--
Bob Beall	31	1B	3			9	1	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Glenn Hubbard	21	2B	91			193	268	15	476	57	-	-	-	.968	--
Jerry Royster	26	2B	77			170	224	7	401	50	-	-	-	.983	--
Darrel Chaney	31	2B	5			2	5	0	7	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Jim Wessinger	23	2B	2			2	3	1	6	0	-	-	-	.833	--

Bob Horner	21	3B	82			56	143	15	214	11	-	-	-	.930	--
Jerry Royster	26	3B	80			91	181	15	287	12	-	-	-	.948	--
Darrel Chaney	31	3B	4			3	10	1	14	0	-	-	-	.929	--
Mike Macha	25	3B	3			2	8	3	13	0	-	-	-	.769	--
Barry Bonnell	25	3B	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Pepe Frias	30	SS	137			229	432	32	693	79	-	-	-	.954	--
Darrel Chaney	31	SS	39			40	80	7	127	15	-	-	-	.945	--

Gary Matthews	28	OF	156			292	12	8	312	4	-	-	-	.974	--
Barry Bonnell	25	OF	124			220	8	4	232	2	-	-	-	.983	--
Jeff Burroughs	28	OF	110			175	8	7	190	1	-	-	-	.963	--
Rowland Office	26	OF	97			164	4	2	170	0	-	-	-	.988	--
Eddie Miller	22	OF	27			79	1	1	81	0	-	-	-	.988	--
Charlie Spikes	28	OF	15			16	0	3	19	0	-	-	-	.842	--
Larry Whisenton	22	OF	13			28	3	0	31	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Mike Lum	33	OF	3			6	0	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Brian Asselstine	25	OF	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Gene Garber	31	P	68		106	14	16	1	31	1	-	-	-	.968	2.547
Craig Skok	31	P	44		54.1	0	10	0	10	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.656
Phil Niekro	40	P	44		342	31	56	1	88	3	-	-	-	.989	2.289
Adrian Devine	27	P	40		66.2	1	12	4	17	1	-	-	-	.765	1.755
Bo McLaughlin	25	P	37		49.2	2	2	1	5	0	-	-	-	.800	.725
Joey McLaughlin	22	P	37		69	4	8	2	14	0	-	-	-	.857	1.565
Eddie Solomon	28	P	31		186	12	22	4	38	0	-	-	-	.895	1.645
Rick Matula	25	P	28		171.1	15	23	0	38	6	-	-	-	1.000	1.996
Mickey Mahler	26	P	26		100	4	13	1	18	1	-	-	-	.944	1.530
Larry Bradford	29	P	21		19	0	5	1	6	0	-	-	-	.833	2.368
Tony Brizzolara	22	P	20		107.1	7	15	1	23	1	-	-	-	.957	1.845
Rick Mahler	25	P	15		22	1	3	1	5	0	-	-	-	.800	1.636
Larry McWilliams	25	P	13		66.1	2	17	1	20	2	-	-	-	.950	2.578
Frank LaCorte	27	P	6		8.1	0	0	1	1	0	-	-	-	.000	.000
Preston Hanna	24	P	6		24.1	0	8	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.959
Jamie Easterly	26	P	4		2.2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.375
Tommy Boggs	23	P	3		12.2	0	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.132