1979 Atlanta Braves (MLB)

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Extended Stats

Nickname:	Braves
W-L Record:	66-94 .412
Rank:	6th in National League West
Run Differential:	669-763 -94
Roster Continuity	80.48% 11/26
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:	Did not qualify
Top Draft Pick:	Brad Komminsk (#4) All picks
Years Active:	1871-2016
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), Preston Hanna (#11), Charlie Spikes (#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	Diff	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
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
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
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	.346	.552	898	.238	.279	.313	3.36	14.8	269	515
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	.290	.320	610	.061	.105	.277	1.80	475.0	152	510
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	.347	.348	695	.123	.307	.249	1.03	36.1	138	475
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	.340	.469	809	.193	.305	.282	1.76	18.3	180	429
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	.311	.424	735	.165	.237	.275	2.12	31.3	159	412
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	.290	.295	585	.065	.129	.256	1.59	108.3	96	357
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	.320	.336	656	.087	.188	.277	1.22	138.5	93	307
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	.333	.365	698	.117	.226	.266	1.04	57.5	84	261
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
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
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	.213	.244	457	.049	.057	.229	19.00	--	30	134
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
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	.350	.319	669	.009	.168	.393	4.80	--	36	123
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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	Diff	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
35	Phil Niekro	40	�	21	20	3.39	44	44	23	1	0	0	342.0	311	160	129	41	113	208	18	4	11	1.24	8.18	1.08	2.97	5.47	1.84
37	Eddie Solomon	28	�	7	14	4.21	31	30	4	0	1	0	186.0	184	98	87	19	51	96	2	0	6	1.26	8.90	0.92	2.47	4.65	1.88
29	Rick Matula	25	�	8	10	4.16	28	28	1	0	0	0	171.1	193	90	79	14	64	67	3	1	3	1.50	10.16	0.74	3.37	3.53	1.05
43	Tony Brizzolara	22	�	6	9	5.30	20	19	2	0	0	0	107.1	133	70	63	6	33	64	5	0	3	1.55	11.19	0.50	2.78	5.38	1.94
26	Gene Garber	31	�	6	16	4.33	68	0	0	0	55	25	106.0	121	66	51	10	24	56	0	0	5	1.37	10.27	0.85	2.04	4.75	2.33
24	Mickey Mahler	26	�	5	11	5.85	26	18	1	0	1	0	100.0	123	72	65	11	47	71	4	1	3	1.70	11.07	0.99	4.23	6.39	1.51
50	Joey McLaughlin	22	�	5	3	2.48	37	0	0	0	13	5	69.0	54	23	19	3	34	40	0	0	1	1.28	7.04	0.39	4.43	5.22	1.18
38	Adrian Devine	27	�	1	2	3.22	40	0	0	0	10	0	66.2	84	28	24	8	25	22	2	1	2	1.63	11.28	1.07	3.36	2.96	0.88
27	Larry McWilliams	25	�	3	2	5.59	13	13	1	0	0	0	66.1	69	41	41	4	22	32	2	0	4	1.38	9.41	0.55	3.00	4.36	1.45
48	Craig Skok	31	�	1	3	4.00	44	0	0	0	19	2	54.1	58	26	24	7	17	30	2	0	3	1.39	9.67	1.17	2.83	5.00	1.76
32	Bo McLaughlin	25	�	1	1	4.86	37	1	0	0	12	0	49.2	63	33	27	2	16	45	1	0	0	1.58	11.34	0.36	2.88	8.10	2.81
49	Preston Hanna	24	�	1	1	3.00	6	4	0	0	1	0	24.1	27	11	8	1	15	15	1	0	0	1.75	10.13	0.38	5.63	5.63	1.00
39	Rick Mahler	25	�	0	0	6.14	15	0	0	0	5	0	22.0	28	16	15	4	11	12	1	1	0	1.77	11.45	1.64	4.50	4.91	1.09
34	Larry Bradford	29	�	1	0	0.95	21	0	0	0	9	2	19.0	11	5	2	0	10	11	2	2	1	1.11	5.21	0.00	4.74	5.21	1.10
40	Tommy Boggs	23	�	0	2	6.23	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	21	11	9	0	4	1	0	0	1	1.92	14.54	0.00	2.77	0.69	0.25
42	Frank LaCorte	27	�	0	0	7.88	6	0	0	0	2	0	8.1	9	7	7	2	5	6	2	0	0	1.75	10.13	2.25	5.63	6.75	1.20
45	Jamie Easterly	26	�	0	0	12.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	7	6	4	0	3	3	0	0	0	3.33	21.00	0.00	9.00	9.00	1.00
Batting 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