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1979 Atlanta Braves  (1978)  (1980) 78-84, 3rd in NL Western Division Scored 821 runs, Allowed 838 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .688 Park Factor: Batting - 102 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 85-77   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 66-94 Manager(s): Roger Slane

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Gary Matthews        29  162  670  110  203  34   5  41  146   5   1   54   77  .303  .353  .552  126   7.0  3(0)e8     40  
 OF  Dave Kingman         30  149  583   95  140  22   6  37  111   5   2   45  162  .240  .300  .489   86   5.0  4(+1)e15 -167  
 3B  Bob Horner           21  133  527   72  162  14   1  33  106   0   0   17   83  .307  .328  .526   84   5.9  4e31      -44  
 2B #Pete Rose            38  114  466   99  150  25   3   4   37  15   6   73   26  .322  .414  .414   83   6.6  4e41      -20  
 1B  Dale Murphy          23  117  418   60  129  14   3  22   70   2   1   39   63  .309  .368  .514   78   7.1  4e30       73  
 SS  Jerry Royster        26  162  649  100  178  26   6   2   73  30  12   64   69  .274  .338  .342   77   4.2  4e36       -6  
 C   Joe Ferguson         32  121  384   55  100  14   1  21   61   3   0   61   66  .260  .359  .466   67   6.0  4(0)e11   -20  
 OF  Jeff Burroughs       28   90  257   39   71  12   2   9   38   0   1   38   39  .276  .375  .444   42   5.8  4(0)e11   124  
 OF #Eddie Miller         22   70  131   26   53   3   0   0   14  19   0    6   17  .405  .444  .427   30  10.2  3(+1)e6   203  
 OF *Rowland Office       26   78  178   27   51  10   3   1   20   3   1   17   19  .287  .355  .393   25   5.1  2(0)e5     92  
 OF #Rusty Torres         30   78  154   26   37   6   0   9   28   0   0   19   46  .240  .331  .455   23   5.2  2(-2)e9    14  
 2B  Glenn Hubbard        21   90  309   33   65   9   0   2   26   1   0   21   45  .210  .267  .259   22   2.4  4e28      -59  
 PH #Biff Pocoroba        25   36   37    4   20   6   0   0    9   0   0    9    1  .541  .617  .703   17  24.4            476  
 1B *Chris Chambliss      30   33  125   14   36   8   0   1   14   2   1   14    9  .288  .352  .376   16   4.6  2e9       -34  
 3B  Barry Bonnell        25   39   88   11   26   5   0   2   12   7   2    6   13  .295  .354  .420   12   4.9  4e37       40  
 C   Bruce Benedict       23   48  136   16   23   9   0   0    6   0   0   29    9  .169  .311  .235   10   2.3  3(+2)e2   -63  
 3B  Bob Bailor           27   27   76   12   18   3   2   1    5   4   1   11    7  .237  .337  .368   10   4.3  4e17      121  
 OF *Larry Whisenton      23    5    4    2    2   0   2   0    1   0   0    0    1  .500  .500 1.500    3  40.5  4(-1)e6  1349  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           818                    0

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Rick Wise            33  17  11  .607  38  38   3   0   0   0   0  250.0  291  150  137  32   74  131  4.93  154   5.5   38  
  P  Phil Niekro          40  16  18  .471  41  41  18   0   0   0   2  316.0  280  149  138  35  103  186  3.93  135   3.8  -43  
  P  Joe Niekro           34  16  18  .471  41  41  12   0   0   0   2  283.2  247  141  124  20  127  141  3.93  122   3.8   -2  
  P  Nino Espinosa        25  13  19  .406  35  35   5   0   0   0   0  213.0  263  159  133  20   87   98  5.62  150   6.3   66  
  P  Joey McLaughlin      22   5   2  .714  29   0   0  19   5   2   0   42.0   31   13   10   1   23   29  2.14   15   3.3  -52  
  P  Preston Hanna        24   3   1  .750  19   0   0  11   0   1   0   24.2   39   17   11   0   14   17  4.01   23   8.5  115  
  P  Byron McLaughlin     23   2   3  .400  46   0   0  32  18   4   0   56.1   60   34   27   5   25   42  4.31   31   4.8   -2  
  P  Doyle Alexander      28   2   3  .400  46   1   0  17   2   1   0   71.1   88   49   40   3   45   31  5.05   51   6.3   67  
  P *Randy Lerch          24   2   4  .333  40   6   0  11   0   0   0   89.1  126   70   67  15   35   52  6.75   79   8.0  122  
  P  Charlie Hough        31   2   5  .286  57   0   0  32   5   2   0   84.2   85   50   42   8   49   50  4.46   47   5.1  -34  
  P *Mickey Mahler        26   0   0  .000   3   0   0   2   0   0   0    3.0    7    6    5   0    2    2 15.00    6  18.1  313  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      817         18

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Joe Ferguson 866 99 103 520 30 11 0 .980 83 22 Bruce Benedict 369 41 47 209 26 3 1 .987 39 15 Dale Murphy 168 19 20 101 7 1 0 .991 14 3 Biff Pocoroba 31 3 6 23 1 1 0 .960 6 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chris Chambliss* 950 108 108 919 84 4 79 .996 9.50 Dale Murphy 802 91 94 818 61 20 82 .978 9.86 Pete Rose* 556 63 63 546 45 5 42 .992 9.57 Bob Horner 6 0 3 8 0 2 1 .800 12.00 Barry Bonnell 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Jeff Burroughs 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Glenn Hubbard 753 86 86 246 215 13 47 .973 5.51 Pete Rose 680 76 78 224 208 32 57 .931 5.71 Bob Bailor* 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Horner 1088 123 126 116 243 15 30 .960 2.97 Bob Bailor* 194 23 24 28 43 3 4 .959 3.29 Barry Bonnell* 158 17 20 13 27 4 1 .909 2.27 Gary Matthews 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jerry Royster 1434 162 162 301 520 27 85 .968 5.15 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave Kingman 1287 147 147 223 4 11 1 .954 1.59 Barry Bonnell* 265 27 32 53 0 1 0 .981 1.80 Jeff Burroughs 79 8 14 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.70 Eddie Miller 31 3 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.45 Bob Bailor* 20 1 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 Gary Matthews 18 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Rowland Office 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 Joe Ferguson 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gary Matthews 589 68 69 169 7 2 0 .989 2.69 Rowland Office 338 38 46 96 10 1 0 .991 2.82 Rusty Torres 280 31 38 95 3 1 1 .990 3.15 Eddie Miller 186 21 24 68 2 0 0 1.000 3.39 Barry Bonnell* 28 2 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.60 Jeff Burroughs 20 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 Bob Bailor* 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gary Matthews 825 92 100 192 9 6 0 .971 2.19 Bob Bailor* 522 58 61 112 9 3 0 .976 2.08 Jeff Burroughs 456 53 54 89 3 7 0 .929 1.82 Barry Bonnell* 275 31 31 55 3 1 2 .983 1.90 Joe Ferguson 140 16 16 34 0 1 0 .971 2.19 Rusty Torres 9 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 Larry Whisenton 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 Rowland Office 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1979 Draft

Round 1 (#4):	Pete Rose
Round 3 (#45):	Nino Espinosa

Transactions

• 1979-01: traded Aurelio Rodriguez to SEA for Byron McLaughlin
• 1979-13: traded Barry Bonnell to TOA for Bob Bailor
• 1979-17: traded Pete Rose to NYA for Chris Chambliss
• 1979 postseason: released Tony Brizzolara, Randy Lerch, Eddie Miller, Larry Whisenton

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