1987 ATLANTA BRAVES

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Location: Atlanta,GA
Team Record: 69-92 .429
Result: 5th in National League - West Division
Manager(s): Chuck Tanner
General Manager: Bobby Cox
Stadium: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Attendance: 1,217,402
Payroll: $0
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Atlanta Braves affiliate history

Oldest Player: Phil Niekro (48)
Youngest Player: Tom Glavine (21)
Longest Tenure: Dale Murphy (12)
Top Hitter: Dale Murphy (2)
Top Pitcher: Zane Smith (9)
Top Draft Pick: Derek Lilliquist (#6)

Roster Continuity: 71.86%

National League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
SF Giants	90	72	.556	--
Cincinnati	84	78	.519	6.0
Houston	76	86	.469	14.0
LA Dodgers	73	89	.451	17.0
Atlanta	69	92	.429	20.5
San Diego	65	97	.401	25.0

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
3	Dale Murphy	of-rf	2	31	1974-1-5	MLB	159	566	115	167	27	1	44	105	16	6	115	136	7	29	0	5	11	.295	.417	.580	997	328	693	421	140	9.0	.315
28	Gerald Perry	1b	42	26	1978-11-261	MLB	142	533	77	144	35	2	12	74	42	16	48	63	1	1	3	5	18	.270	.329	.411	740	219	590	431	79	4.9	.285
24	Ken Oberkfell	3b-2b	54	31	UDFA: 1975	MLB	135	508	59	142	29	2	3	48	3	3	48	29	2	5	5	3	13	.280	.342	.362	704	184	566	390	72	5.0	.290
10	Dion James	lf-cf	23	24	1980-1-25	MLB	134	494	80	154	37	6	10	61	10	8	70	63	2	2	5	3	8	.312	.397	.472	869	233	574	364	103	7.7	.340
17	Glenn Hubbard	2b	29	29	1975-20-473	MLB	141	443	69	117	33	2	5	38	1	1	77	57	6	17	4	3	11	.264	.378	.381	760	169	533	345	74	5.8	.292
9	Ozzie Virgil	c	44	30	1976-6-137	MLB	123	429	57	106	13	1	27	72	0	1	47	81	7	4	2	1	18	.247	.331	.471	801	202	486	345	67	5.2	.245
22	Ken Griffey	of	81	37	1969-29-680	MLB	122	399	65	114	24	1	14	64	4	7	46	54	1	11	1	4	12	.286	.358	.456	814	182	451	309	68	5.9	.299
14	Andres Thomas	ss	-	23	UDFA: 1982	MLB	82	324	29	75	11	0	5	39	6	5	14	50	2	0	3	0	7	.231	.268	.312	579	101	343	264	24	2.5	.260
1	Albert Hall	cf-of	79	28	1977-6-134	MLB	92	292	54	83	20	4	3	24	33	10	38	36	2	3	4	1	5	.284	.369	.411	780	120	337	229	52	6.2	.315
16	Rafael Ramirez	ss	-	29	UDFA: 1976	MLB	56	179	22	47	12	0	1	21	6	3	8	16	2	0	4	1	3	.263	.300	.346	646	62	194	143	21	3.9	.282
19	Graig Nettles	3b	-	42	1965-4-74	MLB	112	177	16	37	8	1	5	33	1	0	22	25	0	4	0	2	6	.209	.294	.350	644	62	201	148	19	3.5	.215
23	Ted Simmons	c-1b	-	37	1967-1-10	MLB	73	177	20	49	8	0	4	30	1	1	21	23	0	5	0	2	4	.277	.350	.390	740	69	200	135	26	5.2	.296
32	Jeff Blauser	ss	-	21	1984-1-8	MLB	51	165	11	40	6	3	2	15	7	3	18	34	3	1	1	0	4	.242	.328	.352	679	58	187	133	20	4.0	.295
15	Gary Roenicke	of	-	32	1973-1-8	MLB	67	151	25	33	8	0	9	28	0	0	32	23	1	0	0	3	4	.219	.353	.450	803	68	187	125	28	6.1	.197
20	Bruce Benedict	c	-	31	1976-5-99	MLB	37	95	4	14	1	0	1	5	0	1	17	15	0	0	2	0	2	.147	.277	.189	466	18	114	86	4	1.3	.165
5	Ron Gant	lf-cf	-	22	1983-4-100	MLB	21	83	9	22	4	0	2	9	4	2	1	11	0	0	1	1	3	.265	.271	.386	656	32	86	68	8	3.3	.282
34	Zane Smith	p	45	26	1982-3-63	MLB	41	76	6	10	1	1	0	6	1	0	3	14	1	0	14	0	0	.132	.175	.171	346	13	94	80	1	0.2	.161
42	Rick Mahler	p	-	33	UDFA: 1975	MLB	40	65	4	11	4	0	0	5	0	0	2	19	0	0	7	0	1	.169	.194	.231	425	15	74	62	1	0.4	.239
46	David Palmer	p	96	29	1976-21-489	MLB	28	48	4	6	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	15	0	0	8	0	1	.125	.143	.208	351	10	57	51	-1	-0.4	.156
12	Paul Runge	3b-2b	-	29	1979-9-212	MLB	27	47	9	10	1	0	3	8	0	1	5	10	0	0	2	0	1	.213	.288	.426	714	20	54	41	6	3.7	.206
33	Doyle Alexander	p	-	36	1968-9-185	MLB	16	35	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	1	0	6	0	0	.029	.056	.029	84	1	42	40	-4	-2.5	.045
45	Charlie Puleo	p	-	32	UDFA: 1978	MLB	36	28	3	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	13	0	0	6	0	1	.179	.207	.286	493	8	35	30	0	0.2	.286
37	Randy O'Neal	p	-	26	1981-1-15	MLB	17	19	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	.105	.150	.105	255	2	21	18	-1	-1.0	.133
47	Tom Glavine	p	-	21	1984-2-47	MLB	9	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.125	301	2	17	14	0	-0.8	.167
49	Jeff Dedmon	p	-	27	1980-1-8	MLB	53	16	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	0	0	.250	.294	.312	607	5	20	15	2	3.0	.308
38	Jim Acker	p	-	28	1980-1-21	MLB	68	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.214	481	3	15	11	0	-0.1	.500
25	Pete Smith	p	-	21	1984-1-21	MLB	6	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	182	1	12	11	-1	-1.3	.100
43	Kevin Coffman	p	-	22	1983-11-282	MLB	5	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	282	1	11	9	-1	-1.8	.200
6	Darryl Motley	of	-	27	1978-2-51	MLB	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	8	8	-	-	.000
25	Larry McWilliams	p	-	33	1974-1-6	MLB	9	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	1	5	4	0	-0.5	.333
26	Gene Garber	p	-	39	1965-20-382	MLB	49	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	0	5	4	0	-2.1	.000
30	Paul Assenmacher	p	-	26	UDFA: 1983	MLB	52	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	0	7	6	0	-1.0	.000
18	Trench Davis	of	-	26	UDFA: 1980	MLB	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
48	Marty Clary	p	-	25	1983-3-74	MLB	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
36	Chuck Cary	p	-	27	1981-7-172	MLB	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
11	Terry Bell	c	-	24	1983-1-17	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
35	Phil Niekro	p	-	48	UDFA: 1959	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
31	Ed Olwine	p	-	29	1976-21-488	MLB	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (38 players)							161	5428	747	1401	284	24	152	696	135	68	641	834	38	82	86	34	133	.258	.339	.403	742	2189	6227	4348	802	5	.279

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
34	Zane Smith	9	26	1982-3-63	MLB	15	10	4.09	36	36	9	3	0	0	242.0	245	130	110	19	91	130	5	1	1.39	9.11	0.71	3.38	4.83	0.70	.292	1.34
42	Rick Mahler	54	33	UDFA: 1975	MLB	8	13	4.98	39	28	3	1	1	0	197.0	212	118	109	24	85	95	5	2	1.51	9.69	1.10	3.88	4.34	0.89	.298	1.37
46	David Palmer	-	29	1976-21-489	MLB	8	11	4.90	28	28	0	0	0	0	152.1	169	94	83	17	64	111	5	0	1.53	9.98	1.00	3.78	6.56	0.58	.321	1.46
45	Charlie Puleo	-	32	UDFA: 1978	MLB	6	8	4.23	35	16	1	0	2	0	123.1	122	63	58	11	40	99	0	1	1.31	8.90	0.80	2.92	7.22	0.40	.313	0.72
33	Doyle Alexander	-	36	1968-9-185	MLB	5	10	4.13	16	16	3	0	0	0	117.2	115	57	54	21	27	64	2	0	1.21	8.80	1.61	2.07	4.90	0.42	.259	0.67
38	Jim Acker	44	28	1980-1-21	MLB	4	9	4.16	68	0	0	0	41	14	114.2	109	57	53	11	51	68	1	0	1.40	8.56	0.86	4.00	5.34	0.75	.279	1.43
49	Jeff Dedmon	-	27	1980-1-8	MLB	3	4	3.91	53	3	0	0	14	4	89.2	82	46	39	8	42	40	2	1	1.38	8.23	0.80	4.22	4.01	1.05	.259	1.40
26	Gene Garber	58	39	1965-20-382	MLB	8	10	4.41	49	0	0	0	43	10	69.1	87	39	34	7	28	48	4	0	1.66	11.29	0.91	3.63	6.23	0.58	.356	1.42
37	Randy O'Neal	-	26	1981-1-15	MLB	4	2	5.61	16	10	0	0	2	0	61.0	79	41	38	12	24	33	9	0	1.69	11.66	1.77	3.54	4.87	0.73	.327	1.40
30	Paul Assenmacher	-	26	UDFA: 1983	MLB	1	1	5.10	52	0	0	0	10	2	54.2	58	41	31	8	24	39	0	0	1.50	9.55	1.32	3.95	6.42	0.62	.284	0.88
47	Tom Glavine	-	21	1984-2-47	MLB	2	4	5.54	9	9	0	0	0	0	50.1	55	34	31	5	33	20	1	1	1.75	9.83	0.89	5.90	3.58	1.65	.291	1.06
25	Pete Smith	-	21	1984-1-21	MLB	1	2	4.83	6	6	0	0	0	0	31.2	39	21	17	3	14	11	3	1	1.67	11.08	0.85	3.98	3.13	1.27	.319	0.72
43	Kevin Coffman	-	22	1983-11-282	MLB	2	3	4.62	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.1	31	14	13	2	22	14	1	1	2.09	11.01	0.71	7.82	4.97	1.57	.349	1.34
31	Ed Olwine	-	29	1976-21-488	MLB	0	1	5.01	27	0	0	0	9	1	23.1	25	16	13	4	8	12	1	0	1.41	9.64	1.54	3.09	4.63	0.67	.273	0.92
25	Larry McWilliams	-	33	1974-1-6	MLB	0	1	5.75	9	2	0	0	4	0	20.1	25	15	13	2	7	13	1	0	1.57	11.07	0.89	3.10	5.75	0.54	.338	1.00
37	Joe Boever	-	26	UDFA: 1982	MLB	1	0	7.36	14	0	0	0	10	0	18.1	29	15	15	4	12	18	1	0	2.24	14.24	1.96	5.89	8.84	0.67	.439	0.71
36	Chuck Cary	-	27	1981-7-172	MLB	1	1	3.78	13	0	0	0	6	1	16.2	17	7	7	3	4	15	1	0	1.26	9.18	1.62	2.16	8.10	0.27	.304	0.96
48	Marty Clary	-	25	1983-3-74	MLB	0	1	6.14	7	1	0	0	2	0	14.2	20	13	10	2	4	7	0	0	1.64	12.27	1.23	2.45	4.30	0.57	.346	1.19
35	Phil Niekro	-	48	UDFA: 1959	MLB	0	0	15.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	5	5	0	6	0	0	0	4.00	18.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	--	.429	0.27
29	Steve Ziem	-	25	1983-8-204	MLB	0	1	7.71	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.1	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	2.14	15.43	0.00	3.86	0.00	--	.364	0.75
Totals: (38 players)						69	92	4.63	161	161	16	4	145	32	1,428	1529	829	735	152	587	837	42	9	1.43	9.64	1.03	3.70	5.28	0.70	.303

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ozzie Virgil	C	122		654	74	8	12	.989	0.00
Bruce Benedict	C	35		165	21	2	3	.989	0.00
Ted Simmons	C	15		64	10	1	1	.987	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gerald Perry	1B	136		1288	72	14	118	.990	0.00
Ted Simmons	1B	28		216	23	4	24	.984	0.00
Gary Roenicke	1B	9		50	7	0	8	1.000	0.00
Graig Nettles	1B	6		49	10	0	7	1.000	0.00
Ken Griffey	1B	3		24	1	1	2	.962	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Glenn Hubbard	2B	139		284	478	11	114	.986	0.00
Ron Gant	2B	20		45	59	3	17	.972	0.00
Ken Oberkfell	2B	11		13	17	0	3	1.000	0.00
Paul Runge	2B	2		2	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ken Oberkfell	3B	126		76	248	7	20	.979	0.00
Graig Nettles	3B	40		12	46	3	6	.951	0.00
Rafael Ramirez	3B	12		7	11	1	3	.947	0.00
Paul Runge	3B	10		9	15	2	3	.923	0.00
Ted Simmons	3B	2		2	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Andres Thomas	SS	81		128	276	20	56	.953	0.00
Jeff Blauser	SS	50		65	166	9	28	.962	0.00
Rafael Ramirez	SS	38		59	99	9	30	.946	0.00
Paul Runge	SS	9		4	8	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dale Murphy	OF	159		325	14	8	1	.977	0.00
Dion James	OF	126		262	4	1	1	.996	0.00
Ken Griffey	OF	107		181	7	1	1	.995	0.00
Albert Hall	OF	69		148	5	3	1	.981	0.00
Gary Roenicke	OF	44		60	0	2	0	.968	0.00
Gerald Perry	OF	7		9	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Darryl Motley	OF	2		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Acker	P	68	114	6	23	0	2	1.000	2.29
Jeff Dedmon	P	53	89	10	17	0	1	1.000	2.72
Paul Assenmacher	P	52	54	2	3	0	0	1.000	0.83
Gene Garber	P	49	69	4	19	1	2	.958	3.00
Rick Mahler	P	39	197	13	42	1	2	.982	2.51
Zane Smith	P	36	242	15	43	0	4	1.000	2.16
Charlie Puleo	P	35	123	6	10	0	0	1.000	1.17
David Palmer	P	28	152	9	25	1	2	.971	2.01
Ed Olwine	P	27	23	0	3	1	0	.750	1.17
Doyle Alexander	P	16	117	6	10	0	1	1.000	1.23
Randy O'Neal	P	16	61	4	15	0	1	1.000	2.80
Joe Boever	P	14	18	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.99
Chuck Cary	P	13	16	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.22
Tom Glavine	P	9	50	1	13	1	0	.933	2.51
Larry McWilliams	P	9	20	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.79
Marty Clary	P	7	14	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.27
Pete Smith	P	6	31	1	2	1	0	.750	0.87
Kevin Coffman	P	5	25	1	9	0	1	1.000	3.59
Steve Ziem	P	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Phil Niekro	P	1	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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