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1979 ATLANTA BRAVES

+ Level: MLB

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About Stats

Location: Atlanta,GA
Team Record: 66-94 .412
Result: 6th in National League - West Division
Manager(s): Bobby Cox
General Manager: Bill Lucas
Stadium: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Attendance: 769,465
Playoffs: -

Atlanta Braves affiliate history

Oldest Player: Phil Niekro (40)
Youngest Player: Glenn Hubbard (21)
Longest Tenure: Phil Niekro (14)
Top Hitter: Gary Matthews (9)
Top Pitcher: Phil Niekro (3)
Top Draft Pick: Brad Komminsk (#4)

Roster Continuity: 80.48%

National League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
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	.413	23.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Track	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	wOBA	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
36	Gary Matthews	+	of	9	28	1971-5-81	MLB	156	631	97	192	34	5	27	90	18	6	60	75	0	5	1	3	6	.304	.363	.502	865	.380	317	695	455	128	7.6	.310
1	Jerry Royster	+	3b-2b	35	26	UDFA: 1970	MLB	154	601	103	164	25	6	3	51	35	8	62	59	0	0	6	7	8	.273	.337	.349	687	.314	210	676	466	85	4.9	.295
5	Bob Horner	+	3b-1b	19	21	1978-1-1	MLB	121	487	66	153	15	1	33	98	0	2	22	74	3	6	0	3	9	.314	.346	.552	898	.389	269	515	348	95	7.4	.313
9	Pepe Frias	+	ss-2b	77	30	UDFA: 1967	MLB	140	475	41	123	18	4	1	44	3	2	20	36	2	5	10	3	13	.259	.290	.320	610	.272	152	510	380	46	3.3	.277
7	Jeff Burroughs	+	of	69	28	1969-1-1	MLB	116	397	49	89	14	1	11	47	2	2	73	75	3	7	0	2	14	.224	.347	.348	695	.318	138	475	326	50	4.2	.249
3	Dale Murphy	+	of	-	23	1974-1-5	MLB	104	384	53	106	7	2	21	57	6	1	38	67	2	5	0	5	12	.276	.340	.469	809	.354	180	429	296	63	5.7	.282
2	Barry Bonnell	+	of	-	25	1975-1-1	MLB	127	375	47	97	20	3	12	45	8	7	26	55	3	2	7	1	10	.259	.311	.424	735	.326	159	412	303	52	4.6	.275
17	Glenn Hubbard	+	2b	-	21	1975-20-473	MLB	97	325	34	75	12	0	3	29	0	6	27	43	1	2	2	2	3	.231	.290	.295	586	.268	96	357	263	28	2.8	.256
22	Rowland Office	+	of	-	26	1970-4-93	MLB	124	277	35	69	14	2	2	37	5	4	27	33	2	2	1	0	5	.249	.320	.336	656	.299	93	307	218	33	4.0	.277
11	Joe Nolan	+	c	-	28	1969-2-28	MLB	89	230	28	57	9	3	4	21	1	3	27	28	3	3	0	1	5	.248	.333	.365	699	.315	84	261	182	31	4.5	.266
28	Mike Lum	+	of-1b	-	33	UDFA: 1963	MLB	111	217	27	54	6	0	6	27	0	2	18	34	0	1	5	2	7	.249	.304	.359	663	.299	78	242	179	23	3.4	.268
20	Bruce Benedict	+	c	-	23	1976-5-99	MLB	76	204	14	46	11	0	0	15	1	3	33	18	0	3	2	2	4	.225	.331	.279	610	.285	57	241	169	22	3.5	.245
35	Phil Niekro	+	p	-	40	UDFA: 1959	MLB	44	123	10	24	6	0	0	12	0	0	1	19	2	0	7	1	1	.195	.213	.244	457	.207	30	134	108	5	1.3	.229
15	Darrel Chaney	+	ss-2b	-	31	1966-2-33	MLB	63	117	15	19	5	0	0	10	2	1	19	34	0	2	0	1	2	.162	.277	.205	483	.231	24	137	102	5	1.2	.226
14	Eddie Miller	+	of	-	22	UDFA: 1984	MLB	27	113	12	35	1	0	0	5	15	2	5	24	2	1	3	0	1	.310	.350	.319	669	.306	36	123	84	13	4.3	.393
46	Charlie Spikes	+	of	-	28	1969-1-11	MLB	66	93	12	26	8	0	3	21	0	0	5	30	0	1	0	2	3	.280	.310	.462	772	.333	43	100	72	12	4.7	.371
37	Eddie Solomon	+	p	-	28	UDFA: 1969	MLB	32	64	3	13	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	0	0	3	0	1	.203	.215	.250	465	.210	16	68	55	2	0.9	.271
29	Rick Matula	+	p	-	25	1976-14-315	MLB	28	53	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	0	0	6	0	2	.094	.111	.094	205	.097	5	60	56	-5	-2.3	.167
4	Biff Pocoroba	+	c	-	25	1971-17-392	MLB	28	38	6	12	4	0	0	4	1	1	7	0	0	1	1	0	2	.316	.422	.421	843	.379	16	46	30	8	7.0	.316
18	Larry Whisenton	+	of	-	22	1975-2-42	MLB	13	37	3	9	2	1	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	.243	.300	.351	651	.294	13	41	30	5	4.2	.265
43	Tony Brizzolara	+	p	-	22	1977-2-30	MLB	20	35	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	0	0	1	1	0	.029	.079	.029	108	.061	1	39	36	-4	-2.8	.045
24	Mickey Mahler	+	p	-	26	1974-10-220	MLB	26	27	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	1	.111	.143	.148	291	.136	4	29	26	-1	-0.9	.136
27	Larry McWilliams	+	p	-	25	1974-1-6	MLB	13	24	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	0	0	2	1	0	.208	.231	.292	522	.231	7	28	22	1	0.9	.455
25	Bob Beall	+	1b	-	31	1970-28-645	MLB	17	15	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	.133	.263	.267	530	.248	4	19	14	1	2.6	.167
31	Mike Macha	+	3b	-	25	1976-1-10	MLB	6	13	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.154	368	.180	2	14	11	0	-0.6	.250
50	Joey McLaughlin	+	p	-	22	1974-2-29	MLB	37	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.273	455	.199	3	11	10	0	-0.3	.286
30	Brian Asselstine	+	of	-	25	1973-1-15	MLB	8	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	.100	.182	.100	282	.091	1	11	10	-1	-1.8	.125
26	Gene Garber	+	p	-	31	1965-20-382	MLB	68	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	0	0	2	0	0	.300	.462	.300	762	.373	3	15	9	2	4.9	.500
38	Adrian Devine	+	p	-	27	1970-2-45	MLB	40	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	.000	0	7	7	-	-	.000
16	Jim Wessinger	+	2b	-	23	1976-6-123	MLB	10	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	125	.089	0	8	7	-1	-3.2	.000
49	Preston Hanna	+	p	-	24	1972-1-11	MLB	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	143	.102	0	7	6	-1	-3.8	.000
32	Bo McLaughlin	+	p	-	25	1975-1-14	MLB	37	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	.000	0	6	6	-	-	.000
40	Tommy Boggs	+	p	-	23	1974-1-2	MLB	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	.227	1	4	3	0	1.3	.333
48	Craig Skok	+	p	-	31	1967-3-41	MLB	44	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250	.178	0	4	3	0	-2.0	.000
39	Rick Mahler	+	p	-	25	UDFA: 1975	MLB	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	.453	1	2	1	0	13.4	.500
42	Frank LaCorte	+	p	-	27	UDFA: 1973	MLB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	.000	0	1	1	-	-	.000
34	Larry Bradford	+	p	-	29	1973-19-442	MLB	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	.000	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (37 players)								160	5422	669	1389	220	28	126	626	98	50	490	818	23	47	62	38	112	.256	.318	.377	695	--	2043	6035	4295	692	4.3	.280

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Track	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	HB	IBB	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
35	Phil Niekro	+	3	40	UDFA: 1959	MLB	21	20	3.39	44	44	23	1	0	0	342.0	311	160	129	41	113	208	18	11		4	1.24	8.18	1.08	2.97	5.47	0.54	.259	1.00
37	Eddie Solomon	+	43	28	UDFA: 1969	MLB	7	14	4.21	31	30	4	0	1	0	186.0	184	98	87	19	51	96	2	6		0	1.26	8.90	0.92	2.47	4.65	0.53	.270	0.95
29	Rick Matula	+	-	25	1976-14-315	MLB	8	10	4.15	28	28	1	0	0	0	171.1	193	90	79	14	64	67	3	3		1	1.50	10.14	0.74	3.36	3.52	0.96	.301	1.78
43	Tony Brizzolara	+	-	22	1977-2-30	MLB	6	9	5.28	20	19	2	0	0	0	107.1	133	70	63	6	33	64	5	3		0	1.55	11.15	0.50	2.77	5.37	0.52	.344	1.37
26	Gene Garber	+	24	31	1965-20-382	MLB	6	16	4.33	68	0	0	0	55	25	106.0	121	66	51	10	24	56	0	5		0	1.37	10.27	0.85	2.04	4.75	0.43	.307	1.51
24	Mickey Mahler	+	-	26	1974-10-220	MLB	5	11	5.85	26	18	1	0	1	0	100.0	123	72	65	11	47	71	4	3		1	1.70	11.07	0.99	4.23	6.39	0.66	.348	0.80
50	Joey McLaughlin	+	-	22	1974-2-29	MLB	5	3	2.48	37	0	0	0	13	5	69.0	54	23	19	3	34	40	0	1		0	1.28	7.04	0.39	4.43	5.22	0.85	.258	1.42
38	Adrian Devine	+	-	27	1970-2-45	MLB	1	2	3.24	40	0	0	0	10	0	66.2	84	28	24	8	25	22	2	2		1	1.63	11.34	1.08	3.37	2.97	1.14	.317	1.49
27	Larry McWilliams	+	-	25	1974-1-6	MLB	3	2	5.56	13	13	1	0	0	0	66.1	69	41	41	4	22	32	2	4		0	1.37	9.36	0.54	2.98	4.34	0.69	.298	0.68
48	Craig Skok	+	-	31	1967-3-41	MLB	1	3	3.98	44	0	0	0	19	2	54.1	58	26	24	7	17	30	2	3		0	1.38	9.61	1.16	2.82	4.97	0.57	.302	0.95
32	Bo McLaughlin	+	-	25	1975-1-14	MLB	1	1	4.89	37	1	0	0	12	0	49.2	63	33	27	2	16	45	1	0		0	1.59	11.42	0.36	2.90	8.15	0.36	--	1.14
49	Preston Hanna	+	-	24	1972-1-11	MLB	1	1	2.96	6	4	0	0	1	0	24.1	27	11	8	1	15	15	1	0		0	1.73	9.99	0.37	5.55	5.55	1.00	.329	2.06
39	Rick Mahler	+	-	25	UDFA: 1975	MLB	0	0	6.14	15	0	0	0	5	0	22.0	28	16	15	4	11	12	1	0		1	1.77	11.45	1.64	4.50	4.91	0.92	.324	1.50
34	Larry Bradford	+	-	29	1973-19-442	MLB	1	0	0.95	21	0	0	0	9	2	19.0	11	5	2	0	10	11	2	1		2	1.11	5.21	0.00	4.74	5.21	0.91	.208	1.24
40	Tommy Boggs	+	-	23	1974-1-2	MLB	0	2	6.39	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	21	11	9	0	4	1	0	1		0	1.97	14.92	0.00	2.84	0.71	4.00	.368	1.18
42	Frank LaCorte	+	-	27	UDFA: 1973	MLB	0	0	7.56	6	0	0	0	2	0	8.1	9	7	7	2	5	6	2	0		0	1.68	9.72	2.16	5.40	6.48	0.83	.280	0.73
45	Jamie Easterly	+	-	26	1971-2-34	MLB	0	0	13.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	7	6	4	0	3	3	0	0		0	3.75	23.62	0.00	10.12	10.12	1.00	.583	4.00
Totals: (37 players)							66	94	4.18	160	160	32	1	128	34	1,408	1496	763	654	126	494	779	45	-	-	10	1.33	9.56	0.84	3.16	4.98	0.63	.313

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

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

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