1987 Atlanta Braves Roster (40-man)

1986 Season 1988 Season

Record: 69-92-0, Finished 5th in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Chuck Tanner (69-92)

General Manager: Bobby Cox

Scouting Director: Paul Snyder

Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Attendance: 1,217,402 (11th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 106
One-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 110

Pythagorean W-L: 73-88, 747 Runs, 829 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
Jim Acker	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Sep 24, 1958	5	68	0	68	68	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	$350,000
Doyle Alexander	36	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Sep 4, 1950	17	16	16	16	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	$650,000
Paul Assenmacher	26	us US	L	L	6' 3"	195	Dec 10, 1960	2	52	0	52	52	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.1	$80,000
Terry Bell	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	195	Oct 27, 1962	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bruce Benedict	31	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	Aug 18, 1955	10	37	28	37	35	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-0.6	$615,000
Jeff Blauser	21	us US	R	R	6' 0"	170	Nov 8, 1965	1st	51	50	51	50	0	0	0	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	$62,500
Joe Boever	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	200	Oct 4, 1960	3	14	0	14	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$625,000
Chuck Cary	27	us US	L	L	6' 4"	210	Mar 3, 1960	3	13	0	13	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Marty Clary	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	190	Apr 3, 1962	1st	7	1	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Kevin Coffman	22	us US	R	R	6' 2"	175	Jan 19, 1965	1st	5	5	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Trench Davis	26	us US	L	L	6' 3"	171	Sep 12, 1960	3	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Jeff Dedmon	27	us US	L	R	6' 2"	200	Mar 4, 1960	5	53	3	53	53	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	$300,000
Mike Fischlin	31	us US	R	R	6' 1"	165	Sep 13, 1955	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Gant	22	us US	R	R	6' 0"	172	Mar 2, 1965	1st	21	19	21	20	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Gene Garber	39	us US	R	R	5' 10"	175	Nov 13, 1947	18	49	0	49	49	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$786,667
Tom Glavine HOF	21	us US	L	L	6' 0"	175	Mar 25, 1966	1st	9	9	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$62,500
Ken Griffey	37	us US	L	L	5' 11"	190	Apr 10, 1950	15	122	99	122	109	0	0	3	0	0	0	107	1	0	107	20	0	1.4	$1,150,000
Albert Hall	29	us US	B	R	5' 11"	155	Mar 7, 1958	7	92	65	92	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	68	1	69	26	1	1.1	$150,000
Glenn Hubbard	29	de DE	R	R	5' 9"	150	Sep 25, 1957	10	141	136	141	139	0	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3.0	$555,000
Dion James	24	us US	L	L	6' 1"	170	Nov 9, 1962	4	134	118	134	126	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	99	0	126	13	0	3.0	$120,000
Rick Mahler	33	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Aug 5, 1953	9	40	28	40	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.5	$695,000
Larry McWilliams	33	us US	L	L	6' 5"	180	Feb 10, 1954	10	9	2	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$900,000
Darryl Motley	27	us US	R	R	5' 9"	196	Jan 21, 1960	6	6	1	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	1	-0.3	$210,000
Dale Murphy	31	us US	R	R	6' 4"	210	Mar 12, 1956	12	159	159	159	159	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	159	159	0	0	7.7	$1,925,000	All-Star
Graig Nettles	42	us US	L	R	6' 0"	180	Aug 20, 1944	21	112	25	112	44	0	0	6	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	82	0	-0.1	$219,500
Phil Niekro HOF	48	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Apr 1, 1939	24	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Randy O'Neal	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Aug 30, 1960	4	17	10	17	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ken Oberkfell	31	us US	L	R	6' 0"	175	May 4, 1956	11	135	125	135	132	0	0	0	11	126	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0.2	$725,000
Ed Olwine	29	us US	R	L	6' 2"	165	May 28, 1958	2	27	0	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$70,000
David Palmer	29	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Oct 19, 1957	8	28	28	28	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	$725,000
Gerald Perry	26	us US	L	R	5' 11"	180	Oct 30, 1960	5	142	131	142	140	0	0	136	0	0	0	7	0	0	7	6	0	0.5	$150,000
Charlie Puleo	32	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Feb 7, 1955	6	36	16	36	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.7	$117,500
Rafael Ramírez	29	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	170	Feb 18, 1958	8	56	40	56	48	0	0	0	0	12	38	0	0	0	0	9	3	-0.3	$875,000
Gary Roenicke	32	us US	R	R	6' 3"	205	Dec 5, 1954	11	67	43	67	52	0	0	9	0	0	0	40	0	4	44	18	1	0.4	$380,000
Paul Runge	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	165	May 21, 1958	7	27	12	27	20	0	0	0	2	10	9	0	0	0	0	5	3	-0.1	$95,000
Ted Simmons HOF	37	us US	B	R	5' 11"	193	Aug 9, 1949	20	73	38	73	44	0	15	28	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	34	0	0.1	$500,000
Pete Smith	21	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Feb 27, 1966	1st	6	6	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Zane Smith	26	us US	L	L	6' 2"	185	Dec 28, 1960	4	41	36	41	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.7	$250,000
Andres Thomas	23	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	170	Nov 10, 1963	3	82	80	82	81	0	0	0	0	0	81	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1.1	$75,000
Ozzie Virgil	30	pr PR	R	R	6' 1"	180	Dec 7, 1956	8	123	119	123	122	0	122	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2.0	$760,000	All-Star
Steve Ziem	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	210	Oct 24, 1961	1st	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
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
Chuck Tanner	58	us US	Jul 4, 1928	Manager	Apr 7	Oct 4
Bruce Dal Canton	46	us US	Jun 15, 1941	Pitching	Apr 7	Oct 4
Tony Bartirome	55	us US	May 9, 1932		Apr 7	Oct 4
Rich Morales	43	us US	Sep 20, 1943		Apr 7	Oct 4
Alex Monchak	70	us US	Mar 5, 1917	Coach	Apr 7	Oct 4
Russ Nixon	52	us US	Feb 19, 1935	Coach	Apr 7	Oct 4
Bob Skinner	55	us US	Oct 3, 1931	Coach	Apr 7	Oct 4
Willie Stargell	47	us US	Mar 6, 1940	Coach	Apr 7	Oct 4
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date