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1976 Atlanta Braves Statistics

1975 Season 1977 Season

Record: 70-92-0, Finished 6th in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Dave Bristol (70-92)

General Manager: Eddie Robinson (Fired in late March)

Farm Director: Bill Lucas (Became GM Sept. 17)

Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Attendance: 818,179 (10th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 108
One-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 111

Pythagorean W-L: 72-90, 620 Runs, 700 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	Vic Correll	30	69	224	200	26	45	6	2	5	16	0	1	21	37	.225	.302	.350	.652	81	70	7	1	2	0	5
2	1B	Willie Montañez*	28	103	442	420	52	135	14	0	9	64	0	4	21	32	.321	.353	.419	.772	114	176	16	0	0	1	6
3	2B	Rod Gilbreath	23	116	452	383	57	96	11	8	1	32	7	7	42	36	.251	.329	.329	.658	83	126	9	4	20	3	1
4	SS	Darrel Chaney#	28	153	564	496	42	125	20	8	1	50	5	7	54	92	.252	.324	.331	.654	82	164	9	1	8	5	7
5	3B	Jerry Royster	23	149	605	533	65	132	13	1	5	45	24	13	52	53	.248	.313	.304	.617	72	162	11	1	14	5	4
6	LF	Jim Wynn	34	148	584	449	75	93	19	1	17	66	16	6	127	111	.207	.377	.367	.744	108	165	7	0	0	8	1
7	CF	Rowland Office*	23	99	407	359	51	101	17	1	4	34	2	8	37	49	.281	.348	.368	.716	99	132	4	2	5	4	3
8	RF	Ken Henderson#	30	133	505	435	52	114	19	0	13	61	5	7	62	68	.262	.352	.395	.747	107	172	12	1	2	5	7
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	OF	Tom Paciorek	29	111	350	324	39	94	10	4	4	36	2	3	19	57	.290	.333	.383	.716	99	124	8	3	2	2	2
10	LF	Dave May*	32	105	243	214	27	46	5	3	3	23	5	1	26	31	.215	.300	.308	.609	70	66	4	1	0	2	3
11	C	Earl Williams	27	61	208	184	18	39	3	0	9	26	0	0	19	33	.212	.286	.375	.661	83	69	8	1	2	2	2
12	C	Biff Pocoroba#	22	54	196	174	16	42	7	0	0	14	1	0	19	12	.241	.313	.282	.594	66	49	8	0	1	2	2
13	2B	Lee Lacy	28	50	190	180	25	49	4	2	3	20	2	2	6	12	.272	.299	.367	.666	84	66	5	1	3	0	1
14	1B	Darrell Evans*	29	44	169	139	11	24	0	0	1	10	3	0	30	33	.173	.320	.194	.514	45	27	3	0	0	0	0
15	LF	Cito Gaston	32	69	147	134	15	39	4	0	4	25	1	0	13	21	.291	.354	.410	.764	112	55	6	0	0	0	1
16	MI	Marty Perez	30	31	109	96	12	24	4	0	1	6	0	0	8	9	.250	.305	.323	.628	75	31	6	0	4	1	0
17	C	Dale Murphy	20	19	72	65	3	17	6	0	0	9	0	0	7	9	.262	.333	.354	.687	91	23	0	0	0	0	0
18	IF	Rob Belloir	27	30	69	60	5	12	2	0	0	4	0	0	5	7	.200	.262	.233	.495	38	14	0	0	4	0	1
19	OF	Brian Asselstine*	22	11	36	33	2	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	.212	.229	.303	.532	47	10	0	0	1	1	0
20	UT	Junior Moore	23	20	32	26	1	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	.269	.387	.308	.695	95	8	0	1	1	0	0
21	IF	Craig Robinson	27	15	23	17	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	2	.235	.391	.235	.627	77	4	0	0	0	1	0
22	C	Pete Varney	27	5	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	-44	1	1	0	0	0	0
23	2B	Mike Eden#	27	5	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
24		Terry Crowley*	29	7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	1	0
25	SS	Pat Rockett	21	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	11	1	0	0	0	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
26	P	Phil Niekro	37	38	105	94	5	18	3	0	1	12	0	1	0	8	.191	.198	.255	.453	25	24	3	1	9	1	0
27	P	Dick Ruthven	25	37	89	76	6	13	1	0	0	5	0	1	3	21	.171	.213	.184	.397	11	14	1	1	9	0	0
28	P	Andy Messersmith	30	29	77	67	3	12	1	0	0	10	0	0	4	19	.179	.225	.194	.419	17	13	1	0	6	0	0
29	P	Carl Morton	32	27	54	45	2	8	0	0	0	6	1	0	2	15	.178	.204	.178	.382	7	8	0	0	5	2	0
30	P	Frank LaCorte	24	21	36	33	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	.091	.091	.091	.182	-49	3	0	0	3	0	0
31	P	Roger Moret#	26	27	26	23	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.130	.125	.130	.255	-29	3	0	0	2	1	0
32	P	Adrian Devine	24	48	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
33	P	Bruce Dal Canton	35	42	11	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.222	.522	47	2	0	0	1	0	0
34	P	Jamie Easterly*	23	4	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	-38	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Mike Marshall	33	24	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	28	1	0	0	1	0	0
36	P	Elías Sosa	26	21	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-20	1	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Pablo Torrealba*	28	36	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Al Autry	24	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Rick Camp	23	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Max León	26	30	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Preston Hanna	21	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Mike Beard*	26	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Buzz Capra	28	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.8	162	6107	5345	620	1309	170	30	82	586	74	61	589	811	.245	.320	.334	.653	82	1785	131	19	107	47	46
		Rank in 12 NL teams				12	6	11	12	11	9		10	10	2	8	11	6	12	10		12		11		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.6	162	5657	4950	598	1247	165	30	81	551	73	59	578	713	.252	.330	.346	.676	88	1715	126	17	69	43	46
		Pitcher Totals	29.8	162	450	395	22	62	5	0	1	35	1	2	11	98	.157	.182	.177	.359	0	70	5	2	38	4	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	Phil Niekro	37	17	11	.607	3.29	38	37	1	10	2	0	270.2	249	116	99	18	101	7	173	8	4	14	1157	115	3.43	1.293	8.3	0.6	3.4	5.8	1.71
2	SP	Dick Ruthven	25	14	17	.452	4.19	36	36	0	8	4	0	240.1	255	112	112	14	90	8	142	8	5	4	1042	90	3.43	1.436	9.5	0.5	3.4	5.3	1.58
3	SP	Andy Messersmith	30	11	11	.500	3.04	29	28	1	12	3	1	207.1	166	83	70	14	74	1	135	2	0	10	847	125	3.31	1.158	7.2	0.6	3.2	5.9	1.82
4	SP	Carl Morton	32	4	9	.308	4.17	26	24	0	1	1	0	140.1	172	79	65	6	45	4	42	5	1	2	630	91	3.66	1.546	11.0	0.4	2.9	2.7	0.93
5	SP	Frank LaCorte	24	3	12	.200	4.70	19	17	0	1	0	0	105.1	97	58	55	6	53	2	79	6	1	3	465	81	3.55	1.424	8.3	0.5	4.5	6.8	1.49
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
6	CL	Adrian Devine	24	5	6	.455	3.21	48	1	24	0	0	9	73.0	72	30	26	3	26	7	48	1	0	2	319	119	2.96	1.342	8.9	0.4	3.2	5.9	1.85
7	RP	Bruce Dal Canton	35	3	5	.375	3.56	42	1	16	0	0	1	73.1	67	41	29	6	42	8	36	2	1	8	328	107	4.51	1.486	8.2	0.7	5.2	4.4	0.86
8	RP	Pablo Torrealba*	28	0	2	.000	3.57	36	0	18	0	0	2	53.0	67	25	21	0	22	7	33	3	1	2	241	107	2.80	1.679	11.4	0.0	3.7	5.6	1.50
9	RP	Max León	26	2	4	.333	2.75	30	0	15	0	0	3	36.0	32	15	11	2	15	3	16	2	0	0	156	139	3.88	1.306	8.0	0.5	3.8	4.0	1.07
10	RP	Mike Beard*	26	0	2	.000	4.28	30	0	11	0	0	1	33.2	38	18	16	1	14	3	8	0	2	2	150	90	3.79	1.545	10.2	0.3	3.7	2.1	0.57
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
11		Roger Moret*	26	3	5	.375	5.00	27	12	6	1	0	1	77.1	84	44	43	7	27	2	30	1	1	6	335	76	4.12	1.435	9.8	0.8	3.1	3.5	1.11
12		Mike Marshall	33	2	1	.667	3.19	24	0	21	0	0	6	36.2	35	15	13	4	14	0	17	1	0	3	157	120	4.35	1.336	8.6	1.0	3.4	4.2	1.21
13		Elías Sosa	26	4	4	.500	5.35	21	0	10	0	0	3	35.1	41	26	21	3	13	2	32	1	0	1	161	72	3.11	1.528	10.4	0.8	3.3	8.2	2.46
14		Jamie Easterly*	23	1	1	.500	4.91	4	4	0	0	0	0	22.0	23	12	12	0	13	1	11	0	0	3	96	79	3.41	1.636	9.4	0.0	5.3	4.5	0.85
15		Rick Camp	23	0	1	.000	6.35	5	1	2	0	0	0	11.1	13	9	8	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	46	62	2.10	1.324	10.3	0.0	1.6	4.8	3.00
16		Buzz Capra	28	0	1	.000	8.68	5	0	2	0	0	0	9.1	9	9	9	0	6	2	4	0	0	0	44	46	3.70	1.607	8.7	0.0	5.8	3.9	0.67
17		Preston Hanna	21	0	0		4.50	5	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	11	5	4	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	37	88	3.38	1.875	12.4	0.0	4.5	3.4	0.75
18		Al Autry	24	1	0	1.000	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	3	3	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	21	76	8.43	1.400	7.2	3.6	5.4	5.4	1.00
		Team Totals	29.4	70	92	.432	3.86	162	162	129	33	10	27	1438.0	1435	700	617	86	564	57	818	40	16	60	6232	99	3.53	1.390	9.0	0.5	3.5	5.1	1.45
		Rank in 12 NL teams		11	2		10				8	6	8	11	8	10	10	3	9		4
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