1977 ATLANTA BRAVES

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Location: Atlanta,GA
Team Record: 61-101 .377
Result: 6th in National League - West Division
Manager(s): Dave Bristol, Ted Turner, Vern Benson
General Manager: Bill Lucas
Stadium: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Attendance: 872,464
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Atlanta Braves affiliate history

Oldest Player: Phil Niekro (38)
Youngest Player: Joey McLaughlin (20)
Longest Tenure: Phil Niekro (12)
Top Hitter: Jeff Burroughs (9)
Top Pitcher: Phil Niekro (7)
Top Draft Pick: Tim Cole (#4)

Roster Continuity: 61.42%

National League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
LA Dodgers	98	64	.605	--
Cincinnati	88	74	.543	10.0
Houston	81	81	.500	17.0
SF Giants	75	87	.463	23.0
San Diego	69	93	.426	29.0
Atlanta	61	101	.377	37.0

BATTING STATISTICS

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Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
7	Jeff Burroughs	of	9	26	1969-1-1	MLB	154	579	91	157	19	1	41	114	4	1	86	126	0	2	0	6	8	.271	.362	.520	882	301	671	437	116	7.2	.278
36	Gary Matthews	of	-	26	1971-5-81	MLB	148	555	89	157	25	5	17	64	22	8	67	90	2	3	2	1	13	.283	.362	.438	799	243	627	422	94	6.0	.312
25	Willie Montanez	1b-of	-	29	UDFA: 1965	MLB	136	544	70	156	31	1	20	68	1	1	35	60	0	3	0	3	18	.287	.328	.458	786	249	582	410	87	5.7	.291
13	Jerry Royster	3b-2b	87	24	UDFA: 1970	MLB	140	445	64	96	10	2	6	28	28	10	38	67	1	3	6	1	11	.216	.278	.288	566	128	491	377	34	2.4	.241
22	Rowland Office	of	-	24	1970-4-93	MLB	124	428	42	103	13	1	5	39	2	4	23	58	3	1	4	3	9	.241	.282	.311	593	133	461	345	36	2.8	.266
19	Rod Gilbreath	2b-3b	-	24	1970-3-69	MLB	128	407	47	99	15	2	8	43	3	9	45	79	2	6	7	2	10	.243	.320	.349	669	142	463	336	43	3.5	.283
14	Junior Moore	3b-of	72	24	1971-11-248	MLB	112	361	41	94	9	3	5	34	4	5	33	29	1	0	12	1	13	.260	.323	.343	667	124	408	298	42	3.8	.271
2	Barry Bonnell	of	-	23	1975-1-1	MLB	100	360	41	108	11	0	1	45	7	5	37	32	2	8	3	1	7	.300	.367	.339	706	122	403	268	49	4.9	.326
4	Biff Pocoroba	c	66	23	1971-17-392	MLB	113	321	46	93	24	1	8	44	3	4	57	27	1	15	4	4	9	.290	.394	.445	840	143	387	249	64	6.9	.293
9	Pat Rockett	ss	-	22	1973-1-10	MLB	93	264	27	67	10	0	1	24	1	2	27	32	3	2	3	0	7	.254	.330	.303	633	80	297	209	28	3.6	.286
15	Darrel Chaney	ss-2b	-	29	1966-2-33	MLB	74	209	22	42	7	2	3	15	0	0	17	44	0	2	4	1	9	.201	.260	.297	557	62	231	181	13	1.9	.239
12	Tom Paciorek	of-1b	-	30	1968-5-89	MLB	72	155	20	37	8	0	3	15	1	0	6	46	0	2	0	3	1	.239	.262	.348	611	54	164	122	13	2.8	.312
29	Vic Correll	c	-	31	1967-9-170	MLB	54	144	16	30	7	0	7	16	2	3	22	33	1	1	1	2	3	.208	.314	.403	716	58	170	123	19	4.1	.217
30	Brian Asselstine	of	-	23	1973-1-15	MLB	83	124	12	26	6	0	4	17	1	0	9	10	0	1	1	0	2	.210	.263	.355	618	44	134	101	13	3.6	.200
35	Phil Niekro	p	67	38	UDFA: 1959	MLB	44	109	2	19	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	15	1	0	12	1	3	.174	.180	.183	364	20	123	106	0	0.0	.200
43	Cito Gaston	of	-	33	UDFA: 1964	MLB	56	85	6	23	4	0	3	21	1	0	5	19	0	0	0	3	3	.271	.301	.424	725	36	93	68	11	4.3	.303
11	Joe Nolan	c	-	26	1969-2-28	MLB	62	82	13	23	3	0	3	9	1	0	13	12	0	1	0	1	2	.280	.375	.427	802	35	96	62	15	6.3	.294
3	Dale Murphy	of-rf	-	21	1974-1-5	MLB	18	76	5	24	8	1	2	14	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	3	.316	.316	.526	842	40	76	56	13	6.4	.333
40	Dick Ruthven	p	-	26	1973-1-1	MLB	25	45	4	12	1	1	1	3	0	0	2	15	0	0	5	0	2	.267	.298	.400	698	18	52	40	4	2.9	.379
47	Buzz Capra	p	-	29	1969-27-625	MLB	45	36	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	0	0	3	0	0	.111	.179	.111	291	4	42	35	-1	-0.7	.148
17,27	Andy Messersmith	p	-	31	1966-1-12	MLB	16	34	2	4	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	9	0	0	2	0	0	.118	.189	.265	454	9	39	32	1	1.1	.125
37	Eddie Solomon	p	-	26	UDFA: 1969	MLB	18	31	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	0	0	1	0	0	.129	.206	.129	335	4	35	28	-1	-0.5	.182
16	Craig Robinson	ss	-	28	1970-11-245	MLB	27	29	4	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.233	.241	475	7	30	23	1	1.4	.261
31	Max Leon	p	-	27	UDFA: 1978	MLB	33	19	3	6	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	.316	.300	.316	616	6	23	18	2	3.1	.300
45	Jamie Easterly	p	-	24	1971-2-34	MLB	23	15	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	.267	.267	.400	667	6	17	13	2	3.9	.333
49	Preston Hanna	p	-	22	1972-1-11	MLB	17	14	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	0	0	1	0	0	.071	.235	.071	307	1	18	14	0	-0.9	.125
32	Dave Campbell	p	-	25	UDFA: 1979	MLB	65	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	2	0	0	.083	.083	.083	167	1	14	13	-1	-2.8	.250
42	Don Collins	p	-	24	1972-2-44	MLB	40	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	12	13	-2	-4.2	.000
26	Frank LaCorte	p	-	25	UDFA: 1973	MLB	14	10	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	2	12	10	0	0.1	.286
24	Mickey Mahler	p	-	24	1974-10-220	MLB	5	6	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.625	.667	1292	4	9	4	3	17.9	.600
50	Steve Hargan	p	-	34	UDFA: 1961	MLB	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
33	Rick Camp	p	-	24	1974-7-149	MLB	54	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
20	Larry Whisenton	of	-	20	1975-2-42	MLB	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	1	4	3	0	-0.8	1.000
50	Bob Johnson	p	-	34	1966-37-699	MLB	15	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	1	3	2	0	3.4	.500
34	Duane Theiss	p	-	23	1975-12-282	MLB	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
10	Rob Belloir	ss	-	28	1969-8-181	MLB	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
39	Mike Davey	p	-	25	1974-2-32	MLB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
20	Mike Marshall	p	-	34	1967-37-688	MLB	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	1	1	0	1	--	1.000
37,48	Joey McLaughlin	p	-	20	1974-2-29	MLB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (39 players)							162	5534	678	1404	218	20	139	638	82	53	537	876	17	50	83	34	135	.254	.320	.376	696	2079	6205	4435	692	4.2	.278

PITCHING STATISTICS

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Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
35	Phil Niekro	7	38	UDFA: 1959	MLB	16	20	4.03	44	43	20	2	1	0	330.1	315	166	148	26	164	262	17	3	1.45	8.58	0.71	4.47	7.14	0.63	.305	1.09
40	Dick Ruthven	60	26	1973-1-1	MLB	7	13	4.23	25	23	6	2	1	0	151.0	158	86	71	14	62	84	2	4	1.46	9.42	0.83	3.70	5.01	0.74	.292	1.13
47	Buzz Capra	51	29	1969-27-625	MLB	6	11	5.36	45	16	0	0	7	0	139.1	142	88	83	28	80	100	7	0	1.59	9.17	1.81	5.17	6.46	0.80	.277	0.66
17,27	Andy Messersmith	-	31	1966-1-12	MLB	5	4	4.40	16	16	1	0	0	0	102.1	101	54	50	12	39	69	5	0	1.37	8.88	1.06	3.43	6.07	0.57	.283	0.98
37	Eddie Solomon	-	26	UDFA: 1969	MLB	6	6	4.57	18	16	0	0	0	0	88.2	110	64	45	10	34	54	3	2	1.62	11.17	1.02	3.45	5.48	0.63	.337	0.91
32	Dave Campbell	47	25	UDFA: 1979	MLB	0	6	3.05	65	0	0	0	31	13	88.2	78	32	30	7	33	42	3	0	1.25	7.92	0.71	3.35	4.26	0.79	.256	0.53
31	Max Leon	-	27	UDFA: 1978	MLB	4	4	3.97	31	9	0	0	11	1	81.2	89	42	36	9	25	44	1	1	1.40	9.81	0.99	2.76	4.85	0.57	.302	1.37
33	Rick Camp	55	24	1974-7-149	MLB	6	3	4.00	54	0	0	0	34	10	78.2	89	47	35	6	47	51	8	2	1.73	10.18	0.69	5.38	5.83	0.92	.323	1.54
42	Don Collins	-	24	1972-2-44	MLB	3	9	5.09	40	6	0	0	8	2	70.2	82	43	40	8	41	27	3	3	1.74	10.44	1.02	5.22	3.44	1.52	.310	1.15
49	Preston Hanna	-	22	1972-1-11	MLB	2	6	4.95	17	9	1	0	2	1	60.0	69	40	33	6	34	37	5	0	1.72	10.35	0.90	5.10	5.55	0.92	.317	1.54
45	Jamie Easterly	-	24	1971-2-34	MLB	2	4	6.14	22	5	0	0	6	1	58.2	72	46	40	5	30	37	0	0	1.74	11.05	0.77	4.60	5.68	0.81	.342	1.96
26	Frank LaCorte	-	25	UDFA: 1973	MLB	1	8	11.68	14	7	0	0	1	0	37.0	67	51	48	10	29	28	0	0	2.59	16.30	2.43	7.05	6.81	1.04	.432	1.08
50	Steve Hargan	-	34	UDFA: 1961	MLB	0	3	6.87	16	5	0	0	3	0	36.2	49	31	28	3	16	18	6	1	1.77	12.03	0.74	3.93	4.42	0.89	.354	1.42
24	Mickey Mahler	-	24	1974-10-220	MLB	1	2	6.26	5	5	0	0	0	0	23.0	31	19	16	4	9	14	1	0	1.74	12.13	1.57	3.52	5.48	0.64	.351	0.93
50	Bob Johnson	-	34	1966-37-699	MLB	0	1	7.25	15	0	0	0	5	0	22.1	24	18	18	7	14	16	1	0	1.70	9.67	2.82	5.64	6.45	0.88	.258	0.66
34	Duane Theiss	-	23	1975-12-282	MLB	1	1	6.53	17	0	0	0	7	0	20.2	26	16	15	1	16	7	0	0	2.03	11.32	0.44	6.97	3.05	2.29	.362	1.65
38	Steve Kline	-	29	1966-7-130	MLB	0	0	6.64	16	0	0	0	7	1	20.1	21	15	15	4	12	10	1	3	1.62	9.30	1.77	5.31	4.43	1.20	.254	1.00
39	Mike Davey	-	25	1974-2-32	MLB	0	0	5.06	16	0	0	0	7	2	16.0	19	9	9	1	9	7	1	0	1.75	10.69	0.56	5.06	3.94	1.29	.327	0.95
37,48	Joey McLaughlin	-	20	1974-2-29	MLB	0	0	15.00	3	2	0	0	1	0	6.0	10	10	10	3	3	0	0	0	2.17	15.00	4.50	4.50	0.00	--	.304	1.50
20	Mike Marshall	-	34	1967-37-688	MLB	1	0	9.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	12	6	6	1	2	6	0	0	2.33	18.00	1.50	3.00	9.00	0.33	.478	2.00
37	Mike Beard	-	27	1971-1-18	MLB	0	0	9.64	4	0	0	0	2	0	4.2	14	11	5	3	2	1	0	0	3.43	27.00	5.79	3.86	1.93	2.00	.407	1.29
30	Larry Bradford	-	27	1973-19-442	MLB	0	0	3.37	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.12	10.12	3.37	0.00	3.37	0.00	.222	2.50
Totals: (39 players)						61	101	4.87	162	162	28	4	134	31	1,445	1581	895	782	139	701	915	64	19	1.34	9.84	1.05	4.37	5.70	0.77	.313

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Biff Pocoroba	C	100		542	78	7	8	.989	0.00
Vic Correll	C	49		247	38	8	2	.973	0.00
Joe Nolan	C	19		80	7	0	2	1.000	0.00
Dale Murphy	C	18		114	11	6	2	.954	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Willie Montanez	1B	134		1129	70	10	88	.992	0.00
Tom Paciorek	1B	32		236	16	4	20	.984	0.00
Cito Gaston	1B	5		30	4	1	2	.971	0.00
Rowland Office	1B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rod Gilbreath	2B	122		277	305	13	61	.978	0.00
Jerry Royster	2B	38		76	85	7	14	.958	0.00
Darrel Chaney	2B	24		40	66	4	13	.964	0.00
Junior Moore	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Junior Moore	3B	104		86	189	17	10	.942	0.00
Jerry Royster	3B	56		46	76	6	6	.953	0.00
Barry Bonnell	3B	32		22	62	6	0	.933	0.00
Rod Gilbreath	3B	1		0	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tom Paciorek	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pat Rockett	SS	84		152	209	23	38	.940	0.00
Jerry Royster	SS	51		60	106	15	20	.917	0.00
Darrel Chaney	SS	41		73	116	4	17	.979	0.00
Craig Robinson	SS	23		26	27	0	6	1.000	0.00
Rob Belloir	SS	3		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jeff Burroughs	OF	154		249	9	7	3	.974	0.00
Gary Matthews	OF	145		262	11	10	1	.965	0.00
Rowland Office	OF	104		249	8	3	3	.988	0.00
Barry Bonnell	OF	75		181	3	2	1	.989	0.00
Brian Asselstine	OF	35		57	1	1	0	.983	0.00
Cito Gaston	OF	9		14	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tom Paciorek	OF	9		12	0	1	0	.923	0.00
Jerry Royster	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dave Campbell	P	65	88	0	9	1	0	.900	0.92
Rick Camp	P	54	78	4	10	2	1	.875	1.61
Buzz Capra	P	45	139	6	18	1	1	.960	1.55
Phil Niekro	P	44	330	20	51	0	5	1.000	1.94
Don Collins	P	40	70	1	7	0	0	1.000	1.03
Max Leon	P	31	81	9	12	1	0	.955	2.33
Dick Ruthven	P	25	151	10	16	5	1	.839	1.55
Jamie Easterly	P	22	58	2	3	1	0	.833	0.77
Eddie Solomon	P	18	88	5	12	1	0	.944	1.73
Preston Hanna	P	17	60	2	18	3	0	.870	3.00
Duane Theiss	P	17	20	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.23
Mike Davey	P	16	16	3	1	0	0	1.000	2.25
Steve Hargan	P	16	36	3	11	1	0	.933	3.48
Steve Kline	P	16	20	0	2	1	0	.667	0.90
Andy Messersmith	P	16	102	5	15	2	1	.909	1.76
Bob Johnson	P	15	22	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.41
Frank LaCorte	P	14	37	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.95
Mickey Mahler	P	5	23	0	3	1	1	.750	1.17
Mike Beard	P	4	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.14
Mike Marshall	P	4	6	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Joey McLaughlin	P	3	6	0	3	0	0	1.000	4.50
Larry Bradford	P	2	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.09

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