1973 Atlanta Braves Roster (40-man)

1972 Season 1974 Season

Record: 76-85-1, Finished 5th in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Eddie Mathews (76-85-1)

General Manager: Eddie Robinson

Farm Director: Bill Lucas

Ballpark: Atlanta Stadium

Attendance: 800,655 (11th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 108
One-year: Batting - 114, Pitching - 114

Pythagorean W-L: 83-78, 799 Runs, 774 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Henry Aaron HOF	39	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Feb 5, 1934	20	120	105	120	105	0	0	0	0	0	0	87	0	18	105	15	0	4.7	$200,000	All-Star
Dusty Baker	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	183	Jun 15, 1949	6	159	155	159	156	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	156	0	156	4	0	4.0
Larvell Blanks	23	us US	R	R	5' 8"	167	Jan 28, 1950	2	17	1	17	6	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	11	2	-0.2
Oscar Brown	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Feb 8, 1946	5	22	12	22	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	5	13	9	0	-0.6
Paul Casanova	31	cu CU	R	R	6' 4"	180	Dec 21, 1941	9	82	64	82	78	0	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	-0.7
Dave Cheadle	21	us US	L	L	6' 2"	203	Feb 19, 1952	1st	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Al Closter	30	us US	L	L	6' 2"	190	Jun 15, 1943	4	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Adrian Devine	21	us US	R	R	6' 4"	185	Dec 2, 1951	1st	24	1	24	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Dick Dietz	31	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Sep 18, 1941	8	83	47	83	56	0	20	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	0.9
Pat Dobson	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Feb 12, 1942	7	12	10	12	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$58,000
Darrell Evans	26	us US	L	R	6' 2"	200	May 26, 1947	5	161	159	161	160	0	0	20	0	146	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9.0	$27,500	All-Star
Wenty Ford	26	bs BS	R	R	5' 11"	165	Nov 25, 1946	1st	4	2	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Leo Foster	22	us US	R	R	5' 11"	165	Feb 2, 1951	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	-0.1
Jimmy Freeman	22	us US	L	L	6' 4"	180	Jun 29, 1951	2	14	5	14	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1.1
Danny Frisella	27	us US	L	R	6' 0"	185	Mar 4, 1946	7	42	0	42	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Ralph Garr	27	us US	L	R	5' 11"	185	Dec 12, 1945	6	148	148	148	148	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	127	148	0	0	0.5
Gary Gentry	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Oct 6, 1946	5	17	14	17	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.3
Rod Gilbreath	20	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Sep 24, 1952	2	29	17	29	22	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0.2
Chuck Goggin	27	us US	B	R	5' 11"	175	Jul 7, 1945	2	64	14	64	30	0	1	0	19	0	5	5	0	1	6	33	9	-0.2
Roric Harrison	26	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Sep 20, 1946	2	39	22	39	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.0
Joe Hoerner	36	us US	R	L	6' 1"	200	Nov 12, 1936	10	20	0	20	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Tom House	26	us US	L	L	5' 11"	190	Apr 29, 1947	3	52	0	52	52	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Larry Howard	28	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Jun 6, 1945	4	4	2	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.2
Sonny Jackson	28	us US	L	R	5' 9"	150	Jul 9, 1944	11	117	39	117	86	0	0	0	0	0	36	49	4	4	57	34	16	-0.3
Davey Johnson	30	us US	R	R	6' 1"	170	Jan 30, 1943	9	157	155	157	156	0	0	0	156	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4.4		All-Star
Tom Kelley	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Jan 5, 1944	7	7	0	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Max León	23	mx MX	R	R	5' 10"	145	Feb 4, 1950	1st	16	1	16	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	-0.3
Mike Lum	27	us US	L	L	6' 0"	180	Oct 27, 1945	7	138	125	138	130	0	0	84	0	0	0	48	3	14	65	10	0	2.8
Norm Miller	27	us US	L	R	5' 10"	185	Feb 5, 1946	9	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	0	0.2	$35,000
Carl Morton	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	200	Jan 18, 1944	5	40	37	40	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4.7
Gary Neibauer	28	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Oct 29, 1944	5	16	1	16	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Joe Niekro	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Nov 7, 1944	7	20	0	20	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$17,000
Phil Niekro HOF	34	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Apr 1, 1939	10	42	30	42	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0
Johnny Oates	27	us US	L	R	5' 11"	188	Jan 21, 1946	3	93	79	93	86	0	86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0.1
Jim Panther	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Mar 1, 1945	3	23	0	23	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.0
Joe Pepitone	32	us US	L	L	6' 2"	185	Oct 9, 1940	12	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Marty Perez	27	us US	R	R	5' 11"	160	Feb 28, 1946	5	141	130	141	139	0	0	0	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	6	1	0.9	$20,000
Jack Pierce	24	us US	L	R	6' 0"	210	Jun 2, 1949	1st	11	4	11	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	-0.4
Ron Reed	30	us US	R	R	6' 6"	215	Nov 2, 1942	8	21	19	21	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.2
Ron Schueler	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	205	Apr 14, 1948	2	39	20	39	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7
Frank Tepedino	25	us US	L	L	5' 11"	185	Nov 23, 1947	6	74	30	74	58	0	0	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	5	0.5	$15,500
Cecil Upshaw	30	us US	R	R	6' 6"	205	Oct 22, 1942	7	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$37,000
Freddie Velázquez	35	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	185	Dec 6, 1937	2	15	5	15	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0.1
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Eddie Mathews	41	us US	Oct 13, 1931	Manager	Apr 6	Sep 30
Lew Burdette	46	us US	Nov 22, 1926		Apr 6	Sep 30
Roy Hartsfield	47	us US	Oct 25, 1925		Apr 6	Sep 30
Connie Ryan	53	us US	Feb 27, 1920		Apr 6	Sep 30
Ken Silvestri	57	us US	May 3, 1916		Apr 6	Sep 30
Jim Busby	46	us US	Jan 8, 1927	Coach	Apr 6	Sep 30
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date