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1980 Atlanta Braves  (1979)  (1981) 81-81, 3rd in NL Western Division Scored 705 runs, Allowed 678 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .702 Park Factor: Batting - 92 / Pitching - 92 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 79-83   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 81-80 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Chris Chambliss      31  158  632  102  172  38   1  25   76   1   2   50   66  .272  .326  .454   90   5.1  2e12        1  
 OF  Dale Murphy          24  154  597   73  157  32   2  29   96   1   4   49  142  .263  .316  .469   87   5.1  3(-3)e6   -73  
 OF  Gary Matthews        30  156  595   64  170  25   0  15   74   9   3   48   92  .286  .337  .403   78   4.7  3(0)e13    -4  
 3B  Bob Horner           22  134  484   69  134  13   0  37   98   2   0   28   41  .277  .311  .533   74   5.3  4e34        8  
 OF *Jay Johnstone        34   80  239   38   87  28   3   1   32   1   0   17   29  .364  .413  .519   51   8.6  3(+1)e13  153  
 UT  Jerry Royster        27  119  396   51   95  16   6   3   21  28  14   44   70  .240  .317  .333   43   3.7             23  
 2B  Glenn Hubbard        22  125  383   39   76  16   2   5   30   5   2   46   57  .198  .284  .290   33   2.9  2e21     -122  
 C   Bruce Benedict       24  112  381   30   92  16   0   3   31   6   0   16   40  .241  .275  .307   31   2.8  2(-3)e1   -41  
 OF  Jeff Burroughs       29   93  255   23   62  15   0   9   43   0   2   26   47  .243  .315  .408   30   3.9  4(0)e7    -78  
 SS #Bud Harrelson        36   73  169   33   55   5   1   0    7   1   1   29   23  .325  .424  .367   28   6.6  4e42       96  
 OF *Claudell Washington  25   54  169   35   51  12   1   7   21   8   2    4   40  .302  .326  .509   26   5.7  3(-2)e7    57  
 SS  Bob Bailor           28   78  221   31   56  12   1   0   22   6   1   22   14  .253  .328  .317   24   3.8  4e48       37  
 SS #Dave McKay           30   77  278   32   67  17   0   2   18   0   1    9   51  .241  .281  .324   24   2.9  4e25        7  
 C   Joe Ferguson         33   59  161   18   40   2   1   8   30   0   1   24   51  .248  .346  .422   24   5.2  4(0)e6    -39  
 OF  Dave Kingman         31   38  123   21   33   2   0   8   25   1   0    3   25  .268  .281  .480   16   4.9  4(+4)e16  -89  
 UT *John Harris          25   39   42    7   12   4   1   2    9   0   0   11   11  .286  .434  .571   11  10.5             57  
 SS  Rafael Ramirez       22   15   53    5   16   3   0   0    7   0   0    0    8  .302  .339  .358    6   4.9  3e44       54  
 C  #Biff Pocoroba        26   21   56    8   13   3   0   0    4   1   0   10    5  .232  .348  .286    5   3.2  4(+2)e16  -99  
 PH  Rick Auerbach        30   29   28    5    8   2   1   0    0   0   0    1    5  .286  .310  .429    3   4.3           -165  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           691                  -12

     * - 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  Joe Niekro           35  15  11  .577  36  36   5   0   0   0   2  271.1  284  122  110  20   96  132  3.65  134   4.4   -4  
  P  Doyle Alexander      29  15  12  .556  33  33   7   0   0   0   3  232.2  218   92   81  12   78  119  3.13   98   3.8  -65  
  P  Phil Niekro          41  13  21  .382  39  38  11   1   0   0   1  280.0  265  149  131  39  110  168  4.21  141   4.5    8  
  P  Rick Matula          26  11  10  .524  42  20   3  11   1   2   1  156.2  169   67   64  15   49   65  3.68   80   4.6  -58  
  P  John Denny           27   7   7  .500  16  16   2   0   0   0   0  106.1  125   63   54   1   61   62  4.57   62   5.2   20  
  P  Rick Camp            27   6   4  .600  58   0   0  50  33   8   0   81.0   65   22   20   2   23   27  2.22   21   2.3  -58  
  P  Preston Hanna        25   6   5  .545  38   2   0  18   0   3   0   69.2   47   23   18   1   37   26  2.33   17   2.3  -90  
  P *Larry Bradford       30   3   0 1.000  35   0   0  14   3   1   0   54.0   34   11    9   2   13   31  1.50    9   1.5 -204  
  P  Roy Lee Jackson      26   3   3  .500  46   2   0  24   2   0   0   76.1   76   38   33   4   23   62  3.89   32   3.7  -54  
  P *Larry McWilliams     26   1   3  .250   7   7   0   0   0   0   0   34.1   55   34   30  11   10   21  7.86   38   9.9  197  
  P  Nino Espinosa        26   1   4  .200   8   8   0   0   0   0   0   47.1   51   29   26   3   13   10  4.94   24   4.5   -3  
  P  Byron McLaughlin     24   0   1  .000  35   0   0  16   0   1   0   58.1   64   28   24   6   20   40  3.70   32   4.9 -206  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      692        -34

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Bruce Benedict 952 105 112 559 35 3 4 .995 25 18 Joe Ferguson 382 42 50 246 28 6 2 .979 42 20 Biff Pocoroba 134 15 19 70 11 2 1 .976 15 8 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chris Chambliss 1410 157 157 1413 129 9 137 .994 9.84 Bob Horner 25 2 8 26 4 0 3 1.000 10.95 John Harris 22 2 4 23 3 0 2 1.000 10.64 Jay Johnstone 10 1 1 11 0 0 0 1.000 9.90 Dale Murphy 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Glenn Hubbard 976 107 118 329 312 12 75 .982 5.91 Jerry Royster 463 53 55 165 137 9 36 .971 5.87 Bud Harrelson 23 2 5 5 5 1 3 .909 3.91 Dave McKay 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 7.36 Rick Auerbach 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 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 1012 112 115 104 211 34 21 .903 2.80 Jerry Royster 444 49 55 49 99 3 9 .980 3.00 Bob Bailor 12 1 2 2 6 0 0 1.000 5.84 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave McKay 605 67 72 95 216 8 37 .975 4.63 Bob Bailor 475 52 59 119 173 17 39 .945 5.54 Bud Harrelson 268 30 36 49 119 8 26 .955 5.64 Rafael Ramirez 119 13 14 18 45 3 7 .955 4.75 Rick Auerbach 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jeff Burroughs 460 51 56 69 2 3 1 .959 1.39 Jay Johnstone 449 50 54 94 2 1 0 .990 1.92 Claudell Washington 290 32 36 74 3 2 0 .975 2.39 Dave Kingman 226 26 27 44 1 1 0 .978 1.79 Jerry Royster 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 John Harris 13 1 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 Gary Matthews 12 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.09 Bob Bailor 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dale Murphy 1387 153 153 399 17 8 2 .981 2.70 Claudell Washington 37 4 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.19 Gary Matthews 26 3 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.12 Jeff Burroughs 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Jay Johnstone 8 1 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.25 John Harris 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gary Matthews 1356 151 152 285 12 13 1 .958 1.97 Jeff Burroughs 49 6 6 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 Jay Johnstone 27 3 4 6 0 1 0 .857 2.00 Joe Ferguson 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Claudell Washington 11 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Dave Kingman 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Bob Bailor 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1980 Draft

Round 1 (#8):	John Denny
Round 3 (#50):	Jay Johnstone
Round 4 (#67):	Bud Harrelson
Round 5 (#83):	Roy Lee Jackson
Round 6 (#92):	Dave McKay
Round 7 (#99):	John Harris
Round 8 (#104):	Rick Auerbach

Transactions

• 1980-11: traded Dave Kingman to BAA for Claudell Washington
• 1980 postseason: released Nino Espinosa, John Harris, Jay Johnstone

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