1979 Atlanta Braves Statistics

1978 Season 1980 Season

Record: 66-94-0, Finished 6th in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bobby Cox (66-94)

General Manager: John Mullen (Hired 5/12/1979)

Farm Director: Paul Snyder

Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Attendance: 769,465 (12th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 108
One-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 110

Pythagorean W-L: 70-90, 669 Runs, 763 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1	Bruce Benedict	23	C	-0.4	76	242	204	14	46	11	0	0	15	1	3	33	18	.225	.331	.279	.610	64	.292	63	57	4	0	2	2	3	2/H
2	Dale Murphy	23	1B	0.3	104	429	384	53	106	7	2	21	57	6	1	38	67	.276	.340	.469	.809	113	.368	113	180	12	2	0	5	5	32/H
3	Glenn Hubbard	21	2B	-1.6	97	357	325	34	75	12	0	3	29	0	6	27	43	.231	.290	.295	.586	56	.274	52	96	3	1	2	2	2	4/H
4	Pepe Frías	30	SS	-0.9	140	510	475	41	123	18	4	1	44	3	2	20	36	.259	.290	.320	.610	62	.294	60	152	13	2	10	3	5	*6/H
5	Bob Horner	21	3B	2.5	121	515	487	66	153	15	1	33	98	0	2	22	74	.314	.346	.552	.898	135	.407	144	269	9	3	0	3	6	53/H	MVP-28
6	Jeff Burroughs	28	LF	0.4	116	475	397	49	89	14	1	11	47	2	2	73	75	.224	.347	.348	.695	86	.345	98	138	14	3	0	2	7	*7/H
7	Rowland Office*	26	CF	-1.1	124	307	277	35	69	14	2	2	37	5	4	27	33	.249	.320	.336	.656	75	.311	74	93	5	2	1	0	2	8H
8	Gary Matthews	28	RF	4.4	156	695	631	97	192	34	5	27	90	18	6	60	75	.304	.363	.502	.865	128	.399	135	317	6	0	1	3	5	*9	AS,MVP-26
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
9	Jerry Royster	26	IF	1.7	154	676	601	103	164	25	6	3	51	35	8	62	59	.273	.337	.349	.687	83	.333	83	210	8	0	6	7	0	54/H
10	Barry Bonnell	25	OF	-0.2	127	412	375	47	97	20	3	12	45	8	7	26	55	.259	.311	.424	.735	94	.331	90	159	10	3	7	1	2	*78H/5
11	Joe Nolan*	28	C	-0.4	89	261	230	28	57	9	3	4	21	1	3	27	28	.248	.333	.365	.699	86	.326	88	84	5	3	0	1	3	2H
12	Mike Lum*	33	1B	0.1	111	242	217	27	54	6	0	6	27	0	2	18	34	.249	.304	.359	.663	76	.308	74	78	7	0	5	2	1	H3/79
13	Darrel Chaney#	31	SS	-0.9	63	137	117	15	19	5	0	0	10	2	1	19	34	.162	.277	.205	.483	31	.239	20	24	2	0	0	1	2	6H/452
14	Eddie Miller#	22	CF	0.9	27	123	113	12	35	1	0	0	5	15	2	5	24	.310	.350	.319	.669	79	.348	81	36	1	2	3	0	1	8/7
15	Charlie Spikes	28	OF	-0.4	66	100	93	12	26	8	0	3	21	0	0	5	30	.280	.310	.462	.772	103	.336	91	43	3	0	0	2	1	H7/9
16	Biff Pocoroba#	25	C	0.3	28	46	38	6	12	4	0	0	4	1	1	7	0	.316	.422	.421	.843	125	.396	141	16	2	0	1	0	1	H/2
17	Larry Whisenton*	22	OF	0.6	13	41	37	3	9	2	1	0	1	1	0	3	3	.243	.300	.351	.651	73	.326	79	13	1	0	1	0	0	/79
18	Bob Beall#	31	1B	-0.2	17	19	15	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.133	.263	.267	.530	41	.249	29	4	0	0	0	1	0	H/3
19	Mike Macha	25	3B	-0.3	6	14	13	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.154	.214	.154	.368	0	.181	-21	2	0	0	0	0	0	/5H
20	Brian Asselstine*	25	LF	-0.2	8	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.100	.182	.100	.282	-23	.184	-30	1	1	0	0	0	1	/H7
21	Jim Wessinger	23	2B	-0.2	10	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	-64	.089	-87	0	0	0	0	0	0	/H4
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
22	Phil Niekro	40	P	0.4	44	134	123	10	24	6	0	0	12	0	0	1	19	.195	.213	.244	.457	21	.215	-1	30	1	2	7	1	0	1	CYA-6,MVP-20,GG
23	Eddie Solomon	28	P	0.1	32	68	64	3	13	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	.203	.215	.250	.465	23	.225	7	16	1	0	3	0	0	1/H
24	Rick Matula	25	P	-0.5	28	60	53	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	.094	.111	.094	.205	-45	.115	-87	5	2	0	6	0	0	1
25	Tony Brizzolara	22	P	-0.4	20	39	35	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	.029	.079	.029	.108	-70	.086	-94	1	0	0	1	1	0	1
26	Mickey Mahler#	26	P	-0.1	26	29	27	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.111	.143	.148	.291	-22	.170	-33	4	1	0	1	0	0	1
27	Larry McWilliams*	25	P	0.2	13	28	24	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.208	.231	.292	.522	38	.232	10	7	0	0	2	1	0	1
28	Gene Garber	31	P	0.3	68	15	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.300	.462	.300	.762	107	.374	122	3	0	0	2	0	0	1
29	Joey McLaughlin	22	P	-0.1	37	11	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.273	.455	19	.201	-7	3	1	0	0	0	0	1
30	Preston Hanna	24	P	-0.1	6	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	.102	-79	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
31	Adrian Devine	27	P	-0.1	40	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-152	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
32	Bo McLaughlin	25	P	-0.1	37	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-200	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
33	Craig Skok	31	P	0.0	44	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-27	.178	-23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
34	Tommy Boggs	23	P	0.0	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	.228	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
35	Rick Mahler	25	P	0.1	15	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	167	.455	177	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
36	Frank LaCorte	27	P	0.0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-145	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
37	Larry Bradford	29	P	0.0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-145	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
38	Jamie Easterly*	26	P	0.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
	Team Totals			3.9	160	6036	5422	669	1389	220	28	126	626	98	50	490	818	.256	.318	.377	.695	84	.327	84	2043	112	23	62	38	47
	Non-Pitcher Totals			4.2		5620	5046	648	1331	207	28	126	604	98	50	478	703	.264	.328	.391	.719	91	.337	92	1972	106	21	39	35	47
	Pitcher Totals			-0.3		416	376	21	58	13	0	0	22	0	0	12	115	.154	.183	.189	.372	-1	.185	-25	71	6	2	23	3	0

Team Pitching

League Register

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	40	21	20	.512	3.39	44	44	0	23	1	0	342.0	311	160	129	41	113	8	208	11	4	18	1436	119	4.16	1.240	8.2	1.1	3.0	5.5	1.84
2	SP	Eddie Solomon	28	7	14	.333	4.21	31	30	1	4	0	0	186.0	184	98	87	19	51	4	96	6	0	2	792	96	3.95	1.263	8.9	0.9	2.5	4.6	1.88
3	SP	Rick Matula	25	8	10	.444	4.15	28	28	0	1	0	0	171.1	193	90	79	14	64	9	67	3	1	3	754	98	4.19	1.500	10.1	0.7	3.4	3.5	1.05
4	SP	Tony Brizzolara	22	6	9	.400	5.28	20	19	0	2	0	0	107.1	133	70	63	6	33	1	64	3	0	5	487	77	3.27	1.547	11.2	0.5	2.8	5.4	1.94
5	SP	Mickey Mahler*	26	5	11	.313	5.85	26	18	1	1	0	0	100.0	123	72	65	11	47	7	71	3	1	4	470	69	4.24	1.700	11.1	1.0	4.2	6.4	1.51
6	SP	Larry McWilliams*	25	3	2	.600	5.56	13	13	0	1	0	0	66.1	69	41	41	4	22	2	32	4	0	2	287	73	3.73	1.372	9.4	0.5	3.0	4.3	1.45
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	Gene Garber	31	6	16	.273	4.33	68	0	55	0	0	25	106.0	121	66	51	10	24	9	56	5	0	0	461	94	3.72	1.368	10.3	0.8	2.0	4.8	2.33
8	RP	Joey McLaughlin	22	5	3	.625	2.48	37	0	13	0	0	5	69.0	54	23	19	3	34	4	40	1	0	0	285	164	3.66	1.275	7.0	0.4	4.4	5.2	1.18
9	RP	Adrian Devine	27	1	2	.333	3.24	40	0	10	0	0	0	66.2	84	28	24	8	25	5	22	2	1	2	302	125	4.85	1.635	11.3	1.1	3.4	3.0	0.88
10	RP	Craig Skok*	31	1	3	.250	3.98	44	0	19	0	0	2	54.1	58	26	24	7	17	2	30	3	0	2	232	102	4.41	1.380	9.6	1.2	2.8	5.0	1.76
11	RP	Bo McLaughlin	25	1	1	.500	4.89	37	1	12	0	0	0	49.2	63	33	27	2	16	6	45	2	0	1	230	83	2.53	1.591	11.4	0.4	2.9	8.2	2.81
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		Preston Hanna	24	1	1	.500	2.96	6	4	1	0	0	0	24.1	27	11	8	1	15	1	15	0	0	1	112	139	3.88	1.726	10.0	0.4	5.5	5.5	1.00
13		Rick Mahler	25	0	0		6.14	15	0	5	0	0	0	22.0	28	16	15	4	11	2	12	0	1	1	101	67	5.50	1.773	11.5	1.6	4.5	4.9	1.09
14		Larry Bradford*	29	1	0	1.000	0.95	21	0	9	0	0	2	19.0	11	5	2	0	10	1	11	1	2	2	80	435	3.31	1.105	5.2	0.0	4.7	5.2	1.10
15		Tommy Boggs	23	0	2	.000	6.39	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	21	11	9	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	64	65	3.76	1.974	14.9	0.0	2.8	0.7	0.25
16		Frank LaCorte	27	0	0		7.56	6	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	9	7	7	2	5	1	6	0	0	2	38	56	6.21	1.680	9.7	2.2	5.4	6.5	1.20
17		Jamie Easterly*	26	0	0		13.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	7	6	4	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	18	34	3.86	3.750	23.6	0.0	10.1	10.1	1.00
		Team Totals	29.5	66	94	.413	4.18	160	160	128	32	1	34	1407.2	1496	763	654	132	494	62	779	45	10	45	6149	97	3.99	1.414	9.6	0.8	3.2	5.0	1.58
		Rank in 12 NL teams		11	2		12				5	12	6	12	11	12	10	10	4		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