1973 Atlanta Braves Statistics

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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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Johnny Oates*	27	93	351	322	27	80	6	0	4	27	1	4	22	31	.248	.299	.304	.603	63	98	8	1	6	0	4
2	1B	Mike Lum*	27	138	568	513	74	151	26	6	16	82	2	5	41	89	.294	.351	.462	.813	117	237	3	6	4	4	7
3	2B	Davey Johnson	30	157	651	559	84	151	25	0	43	99	5	3	81	93	.270	.370	.546	.916	143	305	8	9	0	2	9
4	SS	Marty Perez	27	141	567	501	66	125	15	5	8	57	2	3	49	66	.250	.316	.347	.663	78	174	18	2	10	5	1
5	3B	Darrell Evans*	26	161	733	595	114	167	25	8	41	104	6	3	124	104	.281	.403	.556	.959	156	331	9	3	3	8	8
6	LF	Henry Aaron	39	120	465	392	84	118	12	1	40	96	1	1	68	51	.301	.402	.643	1.045	177	252	7	1	0	4	13
7	CF	Dusty Baker	24	159	686	604	101	174	29	4	21	99	24	3	67	72	.288	.359	.454	.813	117	274	14	5	1	9	8
8	RF	Ralph Garr*	27	148	698	668	94	200	32	6	11	55	35	11	22	64	.299	.323	.415	.737	97	277	12	2	4	2	5
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	C	Paul Casanova	31	82	248	236	18	51	7	0	7	18	0	2	11	36	.216	.254	.335	.589	57	79	5	1	0	0	3
10	UT	Sonny Jackson*	28	117	234	206	29	43	5	2	0	12	6	3	22	13	.209	.283	.252	.536	45	52	1	1	1	4	0
11	1B	Dick Dietz	31	83	191	139	22	41	8	1	3	24	0	0	49	25	.295	.474	.432	.905	145	60	6	0	1	2	4
12	1B	Frank Tepedino*	25	74	165	148	20	45	5	0	4	29	0	0	13	21	.304	.354	.419	.773	107	62	6	0	1	3	3
13	UT	Chuck Goggin#	27	64	100	90	18	26	5	0	0	7	0	1	9	19	.289	.350	.344	.694	88	31	2	0	0	1	0
14	3B	Rod Gilbreath	20	29	82	74	10	21	2	1	0	2	2	1	6	10	.284	.341	.338	.679	84	25	2	1	0	1	1
15	OF	Oscar Brown	27	22	62	58	3	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	.207	.246	.259	.505	36	15	1	0	1	0	0
16	C	Freddie Velázquez	35	15	24	23	2	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	.348	.375	.391	.766	107	9	0	0	0	0	0
17	1B	Jack Pierce*	24	11	21	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.050	.095	.050	.145	-60	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	IF	Larvell Blanks	23	17	19	18	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.222	.263	.222	.485	32	4	1	0	0	0	0
19	1B	Joe Pepitone*	32	3	12	11	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.364	.417	.364	.780	112	4	2	0	0	0	0
20	LF	Norm Miller*	27	9	12	8	2	3	1	0	1	6	0	0	3	3	.375	.500	.875	1.375	263	7	0	0	0	1	0
21	C	Larry Howard	28	4	10	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.125	.300	.125	.425	19	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	SS	Leo Foster	22	3	7	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.333	.500	31	2	0	0	1	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
23	P	Carl Morton	29	40	101	94	7	17	4	0	3	15	0	0	4	25	.181	.222	.319	.541	44	30	0	1	2	0	0
24	P	Phil Niekro	34	42	91	82	3	10	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	26	.122	.143	.207	.350	-7	17	4	1	7	0	0
25	P	Ron Schueler	25	39	71	62	6	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	20	.177	.203	.177	.381	3	11	0	0	7	0	0
26	P	Roric Harrison	26	39	62	54	3	3	1	0	2	5	0	0	3	27	.056	.105	.185	.290	-23	10	1	0	5	0	0
27	P	Ron Reed	30	21	46	45	4	9	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	15	.200	.200	.222	.422	14	10	0	0	1	0	0
28	P	Gary Gentry	26	17	34	30	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	15	.233	.258	.233	.491	33	7	0	0	3	0	0
29	P	Pat Dobson	31	12	18	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.067	.067	.067	.133	-64	1	2	0	3	0	0
30	P	Jimmy Freeman*	22	14	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.154	.154	.154	.308	-17	2	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Tom House*	26	52	12	10	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.300	.500	33	3	0	0	2	0	0
32	P	Max León	23	16	8	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	54	2	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Adrian Devine	21	24	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.400	.250	.650	79	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Gary Neibauer	28	16	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	221	4	0	0	1	0	0
35	P	Wenty Ford	26	4	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	116	2	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Joe Niekro	28	20	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Tom Kelley	29	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Danny Frisella*	27	42	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	170	1	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Jim Panther	28	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Dave Cheadle*	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Cecil Upshaw	30	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Joe Hoerner	36	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Al Closter*	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.1	162	6384	5631	799	1497	219	34	206	758	84	40	608	870	.266	.339	.427	.765	105	2402	112	34	65	46	66
		Rank in 12 NL teams				1	1	1	4	5	1		7	4	3	7	1	2	1	1		1		3		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.1	162	5906	5199	770	1427	208	34	199	721	84	40	596	727	.274	.350	.442	.792	112	2300	105	32	33	46	66
		Pitcher Totals	28.4	162	478	432	29	70	11	0	7	37	0	0	12	143	.162	.188	.236	.424	14	102	7	2	32	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Carl Morton	29	15	10	.600	3.41	38	37	1	10	4	0	256.1	254	114	97	18	70	7	112	4	0	3	1074	117	3.47	1.264	8.9	0.6	2.5	3.9	1.60
2	SP	Phil Niekro	34	13	10	.565	3.31	42	30	7	9	1	4	245.0	214	103	90	21	89	4	131	5	0	11	1023	120	3.76	1.237	7.9	0.8	3.3	4.8	1.47
3	SP	Ron Schueler	25	8	7	.533	3.87	39	20	7	4	2	2	186.0	179	91	80	24	66	11	124	0	1	8	778	103	3.97	1.317	8.7	1.2	3.2	6.0	1.88
4	SP	Roric Harrison	26	11	8	.579	4.16	38	22	12	3	0	5	177.1	161	90	82	15	98	6	130	3	1	9	778	95	3.91	1.461	8.2	0.8	5.0	6.6	1.33
5	SP	Ron Reed	30	4	11	.267	4.41	20	19	1	2	0	1	116.1	133	71	57	7	31	6	64	3	0	4	507	90	3.12	1.410	10.3	0.5	2.4	5.0	2.06
6	SP	Gary Gentry	26	4	6	.400	3.43	16	14	1	3	0	1	86.2	74	37	33	7	35	3	42	1	0	5	361	116	3.89	1.258	7.7	0.7	3.6	4.4	1.20
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Danny Frisella	27	1	2	.333	4.20	42	0	24	0	0	8	45.0	40	27	21	5	23	2	27	1	1	2	198	95	4.41	1.400	8.0	1.0	4.6	5.4	1.17
8	RP	Tom House*	26	4	2	.667	4.68	52	0	23	0	0	4	67.1	58	37	35	13	31	7	42	2	0	0	282	85	5.30	1.322	7.8	1.7	4.1	5.6	1.35
9	RP	Adrian Devine	21	2	3	.400	6.40	24	1	11	0	0	4	32.1	45	24	23	6	12	3	15	2	0	0	152	63	5.35	1.763	12.5	1.7	3.3	4.2	1.25
10	RP	Jim Panther	28	2	3	.400	7.63	23	0	11	0	0	0	30.2	45	26	26	3	9	1	8	0	0	1	139	53	4.20	1.761	13.2	0.9	2.6	2.3	0.89
11	RP	Joe Niekro	28	2	4	.333	4.13	20	0	11	0	0	3	24.0	23	11	11	2	11	1	12	0	0	3	99	98	4.02	1.417	8.6	0.8	4.1	4.5	1.09
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Pat Dobson	31	3	7	.300	4.99	12	10	0	1	1	0	57.2	73	33	32	1	19	5	23	1	0	1	261	80	3.03	1.595	11.4	0.2	3.0	3.6	1.21
13		Jimmy Freeman*	22	0	2	.000	7.71	13	5	1	0	0	1	37.1	50	33	32	7	25	1	20	0	0	2	182	52	5.94	2.009	12.1	1.7	6.0	4.8	0.80
14		Max León	23	2	2	.500	5.33	12	1	2	1	0	0	27.0	30	18	16	6	9	1	18	3	0	1	123	75	5.45	1.444	10.0	2.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
15		Gary Neibauer	28	2	1	.667	7.17	16	1	2	0	0	0	21.1	24	19	17	3	19	1	9	2	0	2	107	56	6.50	2.016	10.1	1.3	8.0	3.8	0.47
16		Wenty Ford	26	1	2	.333	5.51	4	2	1	1	0	0	16.1	17	10	10	3	8	0	4	1	1	0	72	74	6.12	1.531	9.4	1.7	4.4	2.2	0.50
17		Tom Kelley	29	0	1	.000	2.84	7	0	3	0	0	0	12.2	13	5	4	0	7	3	5	0	0	0	55	144	3.43	1.579	9.2	0.0	5.0	3.6	0.71
18		Joe Hoerner*	36	2	2	.500	6.39	20	0	5	0	0	2	12.2	17	9	9	1	4	0	10	0	0	0	56	64	2.96	1.658	12.1	0.7	2.8	7.1	2.50
19		Al Closter*	30	0	0		14.54	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	7	7	7	1	4	1	2	0	0	0	23	30	7.41	2.538	14.5	2.1	8.3	4.2	0.50
20		Cecil Upshaw	30	0	1	.000	9.82	5	0	4	0	0	0	3.2	8	5	4	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	21	45	2.57	2.727	19.6	0.0	4.9	7.4	1.50
21		Dave Cheadle*	21	0	1	.000	18.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	4	4	1	3	2	2	0	1	0	11	26	11.57	2.500	9.0	4.5	13.5	9.0	0.67
		Team Totals	28.2	76	85	.472	4.25	162	162	128	34	8	35	1462.0	1467	774	690	144	575	66	803	28	5	52	6302	94	3.99	1.397	9.0	0.9	3.5	4.9	1.40
		Rank in 12 NL teams		10	3		12				7	10	9	4	11	12	12	10	9		10
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W