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Home >> Teams >> MLB Franchises >> National League >> Atlanta Braves >> 1979 Team Capsule

1979 Atlanta Braves (MLB)

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Nickname:	Braves
W-L Record:	66-94 .412
Rank:	6th in National League West
Run Differential:	669-763 -94
Manager(s):	Bobby Cox
General Manager:	Bill Lucas (1979-05-05), John Mullen
Location:	Atlanta, Georgia
Ballpark:	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Attendance:	769,465 25/26
Playoffs:
Top Draft Pick:	Brad Komminsk (#4) All picks
Years Active:	1871-2014
Franchise Information

Coaching Staff

Bullpen Coach: Bobby Dews
First Base Coach: Alex Grammas
Pitching Coach: Cloyd Boyer
Third Base Coach: Tommie Aaron

#1 Draft Picks

Jeff Burroughs (#1), Bob Horner (#1), Tommy Boggs (#2), Dale Murphy (#5), Charlie Spikes (#11), Preston Hanna (#11), Bo McLaughlin (#14)

Organization Affiliates

MLB: Atlanta Braves (MLB-NL) 66-94
AAA: Richmond Braves (IL) 76-64
AA: Savannah Braves (Sou) 60-83
A: Greenwood Braves (Wcar) 78-60
Rk: Gulf Coast Braves (GCL) 26-28
Rk: Kingsport Braves (App) 39-31

Organizational Player Roster
Atlanta Braves Affiliate History

National League West Standings
Team	W	L	WPct	GBL
Cincinnati	90	71	.559	--
Houston	89	73	.549	1.5
LA Dodgers	79	83	.488	11.5
SF Giants	71	91	.438	19.5
San Diego	68	93	.422	22.0
Atlanta	66	94	.412	23.5

Full League Standings

Batting Statistics

Batting Statistics

#	Player	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	secA	Babip	K/BB	AB/HR	TB	PA
30	Brian Asselstine	OF	25	8	10	1	1 Loading (click to close)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	.100	.182	.100	282	.000	.100	.125	2.00	--	1	11
25	Bob Beall	1B	31	17	15	1	2 Loading (click to close)	2 Loading (click to close)	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	.133	.263	.267	530	.133	.333	.167	1.33	--	4	19
20	Bruce Benedict	C	23	76	204	14	46 Loading (click to close)	11 Loading (click to close)	0	0	15	1	3	33	18	0	3	2	2	4	.225	.331	.279	610	.054	.206	.245	0.55	--	57	241
40	Tommy Boggs	P	23	3	4	1	1 Loading (click to close)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	.000	.000	.333	--	--	1	4
2	Barry Bonnell	OF	25	127	375	47	97 Loading (click to close)	20 Loading (click to close)	3 Loading (click to close)	12 Loading (click to close)	45	8	7	26	55	3	2	7	1	10	.259	.306	.424	730	.165	.237	.275	2.12	31.3	159	409
34	Larry Bradford	P	29	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	-	--	--	0	1
43	Tony Brizzolara	P	22	20	35	1	1 Loading (click to close)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	0	0	1	1	0	.029	.079	.029	108	.000	.057	.045	7.00	--	1	39
7	Jeff Burroughs	OF	28	116	397	49	89 Loading (click to close)	14 Loading (click to close)	1 Loading (click to close)	11 Loading (click to close)	47	2	2	73	75	3	7	0	2	14	.224	.343	.348	691	.123	.307	.249	1.03	36.1	138	472
15	Darrel Chaney	SS	31	63	117	15	19 Loading (click to close)	5 Loading (click to close)	0	0	10	2	1	19	34	0	2	0	1	2	.162	.277	.205	482	.043	.214	.226	1.79	--	24	137
38	Adrian Devine	P	27	40	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	.000	--	--	0	7
9	Pepe Frias	SS	30	140	475	41	123 Loading (click to close)	18 Loading (click to close)	4 Loading (click to close)	1 Loading (click to close)	44	3	2	20	36	2	5	10	3	13	.259	.287	.320	607	.061	.105	.277	1.80	475.0	152	508
26	Gene Garber	P	31	68	10	0	3 Loading (click to close)	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	2	0	0	.300	.462	.300	762	.000	.300	.500	1.33	--	3	15
49	Preston Hanna	P	24	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	143	.000	.167	.000	5.00	--	0	7
5	Bob Horner	3B-1B	21	121	487	66	153 Loading (click to close)	15 Loading (click to close)	1 Loading (click to close)	33 Loading (click to close)	98	0	2	22	74	3	6	0	3	9	.314	.342	.552	894	.238	.279	.313	3.36	14.8	269	512
17	Glenn Hubbard	2B	21	97	325	34	75 Loading (click to close)	12 Loading (click to close)	0	3 Loading (click to close)	29	0	6	27	43	1	2	2	2	3	.231	.288	.295	583	.065	.129	.256	1.59	108.3	96	356
42	Frank LaCorte	P	27	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	.000	--	--	0	1
28	Mike Lum	1B	33	111	217	27	54 Loading (click to close)	6 Loading (click to close)	0	6 Loading (click to close)	27	0	2	18	34	0	1	5	2	7	.249	.304	.359	663	.111	.184	.268	1.89	36.2	78	242
31	Mike Macha	3B	25	6	13	2	2 Loading (click to close)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.154	368	.000	.077	.250	5.00	--	2	14
24	Mickey Mahler	P	26	26	27	0	3 Loading (click to close)	1 Loading (click to close)	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	1	.111	.143	.148	291	.037	.074	.136	5.00	--	4	29
39	Rick Mahler	P	25	15	2	0	1 Loading (click to close)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	.000	.000	.500	--	--	1	2
36	Gary Matthews	OF	28	156	631	97	192 Loading (click to close)	34 Loading (click to close)	5 Loading (click to close)	27 Loading (click to close)	90	18	6	60	75	0	5	1	3	6	.304	.363	.502	865	.198	.312	.310	1.25	23.4	317	695
29	Rick Matula	P	25	28	53	1	5 Loading (click to close)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	0	0	6	0	2	.094	.111	.094	205	.000	.019	.167	23.00	--	5	60
32	Bo McLaughlin	P	25	37	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	.000	--	--	0	6
50	Joey McLaughlin	P	22	37	11	0	2 Loading (click to close)	1 Loading (click to close)	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.273	455	.091	.091	.286	--	--	3	11
27	Larry McWilliams	P	25	13	24	4	5 Loading (click to close)	2 Loading (click to close)	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	0	0	2	1	0	.208	.231	.292	523	.083	.125	.455	14.00	--	7	28
14	Eddie Miller	OF	22	27	113	12	35 Loading (click to close)	1 Loading (click to close)	0	0	5	15	2	5	24	2	1	3	0	1	.310	.339	.319	658	.009	.168	.393	4.80	--	36	121
3	Dale Murphy	1B	23	104	384	53	106 Loading (click to close)	7 Loading (click to close)	2 Loading (click to close)	21 Loading (click to close)	57	6	1	38	67	2	5	0	5	12	.276	.337	.469	806	.193	.305	.282	1.76	18.3	180	427
35	Phil Niekro	P	40	44	123	10	24 Loading (click to close)	6 Loading (click to close)	0	0	12	0	0	1	19	2	0	7	1	1	.195	.200	.244	444	.049	.057	.229	19.00	--	30	132
11	Joe Nolan	C	28	89	230	28	57 Loading (click to close)	9 Loading (click to close)	3 Loading (click to close)	4 Loading (click to close)	21	1	3	27	28	3	3	0	1	5	.248	.326	.365	691	.117	.226	.266	1.04	57.5	84	258
22	Rowland Office	OF	26	124	277	35	69 Loading (click to close)	14 Loading (click to close)	2 Loading (click to close)	2 Loading (click to close)	37	5	4	27	33	2	2	1	0	5	.249	.316	.336	652	.087	.188	.277	1.22	138.5	93	305
4	Biff Pocoroba	C	25	28	38	6	12 Loading (click to close)	4 Loading (click to close)	0	0	4	1	1	7	0	0	1	1	0	2	.316	.422	.421	843	.105	.289	.316	0.00	--	16	46
1	Jerry Royster	3B-2B	26	154	601	103	164 Loading (click to close)	25 Loading (click to close)	6 Loading (click to close)	3 Loading (click to close)	51	35	8	62	59	0	0	6	7	8	.273	.337	.349	686	.077	.225	.295	0.95	200.3	210	676
48	Craig Skok	P	31	44	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250	.000	.333	.000	2.00	--	0	4
37	Eddie Solomon	P	28	32	64	3	13 Loading (click to close)	3 Loading (click to close)	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	0	0	3	0	1	.203	.215	.250	465	.047	.063	.271	16.00	--	16	68
46	Charlie Spikes	OF	28	66	93	12	26 Loading (click to close)	8 Loading (click to close)	0	3 Loading (click to close)	21	0	0	5	30	0	1	0	2	3	.280	.310	.462	772	.183	.237	.371	6.00	31.0	43	100
16	Jim Wessinger	2B	23	10	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	125	.000	.143	.000	4.00	--	0	8
18	Larry Whisenton	OF	22	13	37	3	9 Loading (click to close)	2 Loading (click to close)	1 Loading (click to close)	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	.243	.300	.351	651	.108	.216	.265	1.00	--	13	41
Batting Totals					2093	5422	669	1389	220	28	126	626	98	50	490	818	23	47	62	38	112	.256	.316	.377	693	.121	.220	.280	1.67	43.0	2043	6012

Pitching Statistics

Pitching Statistics

#	Player	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K/BB
40	Tommy Boggs	23	0	2	6.23	3	3	0	0	0	0	12	21	11	9	0	4	1	0	0	1	1.92	14.54	0.00	2.77	0.69	0.25
48	Craig Skok	31	1	3	4.00	44	0	0	0	19	2	54	58	26	24	7	17	30	2	0	3	1.39	9.67	1.17	2.83	5.00	1.76
35	Phil Niekro	40	21	20	3.39	44	44	23	1	0	0	342	311	160	129	41	113	208	18	4	11	1.24	8.18	1.08	2.97	5.47	1.84
27	Larry McWilliams	25	3	2	5.59	13	13	1	0	0	0	66	69	41	41	4	22	32	2	0	4	1.38	9.41	0.55	3.00	4.36	1.45
50	Joey McLaughlin	22	5	3	2.48	37	0	0	0	13	5	69	54	23	19	3	34	40	0	0	1	1.28	7.04	0.39	4.43	5.22	1.18
32	Bo McLaughlin	25	1	1	4.86	37	1	0	0	12	0	49	63	33	27	2	16	45	1	0	0	1.58	11.34	0.36	2.88	8.10	2.81
29	Rick Matula	25	8	10	4.16	28	28	1	0	0	0	171	193	90	79	14	64	67	3	1	3	1.50	10.16	0.74	3.37	3.53	1.05
39	Rick Mahler	25	0	0	6.14	15	0	0	0	5	0	22	28	16	15	4	11	12	1	1	0	1.77	11.45	1.64	4.50	4.91	1.09
24	Mickey Mahler	26	5	11	5.85	26	18	1	0	1	0	100	123	72	65	11	47	71	4	1	3	1.70	11.07	0.99	4.23	6.39	1.51
42	Frank LaCorte	27	0	0	7.88	6	0	0	0	2	0	8	9	7	7	2	5	6	2	0	0	1.75	10.13	2.25	5.63	6.75	1.20
49	Preston Hanna	24	1	1	3.00	6	4	0	0	1	0	24	27	11	8	1	15	15	1	0	0	1.75	10.13	0.38	5.63	5.63	1.00
26	Gene Garber	31	6	16	4.33	68	0	0	0	55	25	106	121	66	51	10	24	56	0	0	5	1.37	10.27	0.85	2.04	4.75	2.33
45	Jamie Easterly	26	0	0	12.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	6	4	0	3	3	0	0	0	3.33	21.00	0.00	9.00	9.00	1.00
38	Adrian Devine	27	1	2	3.22	40	0	0	0	10	0	66	84	28	24	8	25	22	2	1	2	1.63	11.28	1.07	3.36	2.96	0.88
43	Tony Brizzolara	22	6	9	5.30	20	19	2	0	0	0	107	133	70	63	6	33	64	5	0	3	1.55	11.19	0.50	2.78	5.38	1.94
34	Larry Bradford	29	1	0	0.95	21	0	0	0	9	2	19	11	5	2	0	10	11	2	2	1	1.11	5.21	0.00	4.74	5.21	1.10
37	Eddie Solomon	28	7	14	4.21	31	30	4	0	1	0	186	184	98	87	19	51	96	2	0	6	1.26	8.90	0.92	2.47	4.65	1.88
Pitching Totals				66	94	4.18	443	160	32	1	128	34	1408	1496	763	654	132	494	779	45	10	43	1.41	9.56	0.84	3.16	4.98	1.58

Fielding Statistics
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bruce Benedict	C	76		344	35	6	3	.984	0.00
Joe Nolan	C	74		328	27	6	2	.983	0.00
Dale Murphy	C	27		127	15	5	2	.966	0.00
Biff Pocoroba	C	7		39	3	3	0	.933	0.00
Darrel Chaney	C	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dale Murphy	1B	76		685	42	15	61	.980	0.00
Mike Lum	1B	51		414	30	1	36	.998	0.00
Bob Horner	1B	45		414	24	7	32	.984	0.00
Bob Beall	1B	3		9	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Glenn Hubbard	2B	91		193	268	15	57	.968	0.00
Jerry Royster	2B	77		170	224	7	50	.983	0.00
Darrel Chaney	2B	5		2	5	0	1	1.000	0.00
Jim Wessinger	2B	2		2	3	1	0	.833	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Horner	3B	82		56	143	15	11	.930	0.00
Jerry Royster	3B	80		91	181	15	12	.948	0.00
Darrel Chaney	3B	4		3	10	1	0	.929	0.00
Mike Macha	3B	3		2	8	3	0	.769	0.00
Barry Bonnell	3B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pepe Frias	SS	137		229	432	32	79	.954	0.00
Darrel Chaney	SS	39		40	80	7	15	.945	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gary Matthews	OF	156		292	12	8	4	.974	0.00
Barry Bonnell	OF	124		220	8	4	2	.983	0.00
Jeff Burroughs	OF	110		175	8	7	1	.963	0.00
Rowland Office	OF	97		164	4	2	0	.988	0.00
Eddie Miller	OF	27		79	1	1	0	.988	0.00
Charlie Spikes	OF	15		16	0	3	0	.842	0.00
Larry Whisenton	OF	13		28	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Mike Lum	OF	3		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Brian Asselstine	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gene Garber	P	68	106	14	16	1	1	.968	2.55
Phil Niekro	P	44	342	31	56	1	3	.989	2.29
Craig Skok	P	44	54	0	10	0	1	1.000	1.66
Adrian Devine	P	40	66	1	12	4	1	.765	1.77
Bo McLaughlin	P	37	49	2	2	1	0	.800	0.73
Joey McLaughlin	P	37	69	4	8	2	0	.857	1.57
Eddie Solomon	P	31	186	12	22	4	0	.895	1.65
Rick Matula	P	28	171	15	23	0	6	1.000	2.00
Mickey Mahler	P	26	100	4	13	1	1	.944	1.53
Larry Bradford	P	21	19	0	5	1	0	.833	2.37
Tony Brizzolara	P	20	107	7	15	1	1	.957	1.85
Rick Mahler	P	15	22	1	3	1	0	.800	1.64
Larry McWilliams	P	13	66	2	17	1	2	.950	2.59
Preston Hanna	P	6	24	0	8	0	1	1.000	2.99
Frank LaCorte	P	6	8	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Jamie Easterly	P	4	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.09
Tommy Boggs	P	3	12	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.21