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1981 Atlanta Braves  (1980)  (1982) 84-78, 4th in NL Western Division Scored 626 runs, Allowed 641 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-83 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .706 Park Factor: Batting - 108 / Pitching - 108 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 81-81   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 50-56 Manager(s): Rick Field

 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        31  158  534   93  150  24   6  16   69  11   4  108   64  .281  .403  .438  102   6.8  3(0)e12    -8  
 3B  Bob Horner           23  140  465   73  126  13   0  25   72   3   4   57   65  .271  .353  .460   75   5.7  4e27        8  
 OF *Claudell Washington  26  134  470   65  145  32   2   7   55  21  13   34   54  .309  .369  .430   75   5.8  3(-2)e2    45  
 OF  Dale Murphy          25  151  558   65  142  15   0  21   74  18   9   52  109  .254  .316  .394   66   4.0  2(-3)e8    -5  
 1B *Chris Chambliss      32  154  560   62  129  30   2  14   54   5   2   58   53  .230  .307  .366   63   3.7  2e6       -73  
 C   Bruce Benedict       25  139  424   44  117  18   2   9   61   0   2   52   46  .276  .358  .392   60   5.0  2(-1)e6    45  
 UT #Dave McKay           31  119  273   25   73  19   3   4   36   1   1   25   62  .267  .330  .403   35   4.5             45  
 SS  Bill Almon           28  100  367   46   95   9   3   1   31  17  10   31   69  .259  .316  .308   34   3.2  3e27      -93  
 2B  Glenn Hubbard        23  128  403   32   77  12   6   6   39   1   1   50   79  .191  .280  .295   34   2.7  2e8       -76  
 OF  Lee Lacy             33   81  231   33   66   6   5   4   27  21   7   10   35  .286  .314  .407   30   4.6  4(-2)e10   29  
 SS  Rafael Ramirez       23   69  242   16   41  12   2   0   10   7   1   16   59  .169  .223  .236   14   1.9  4e48     -121  
 OF #Eddie Miller         24   73  117   15   26   3   2   0    3  14   3    5   33  .222  .278  .282   11   3.0  2(0)e5      6  
 C   Luis Pujols          25   43  111    9   25   1   0   2   11   0   0    7   19  .225  .271  .288    7   2.3  3(-1)e1   -45  
 OF  Rufino Linares       30   43   68    7   17   2   2   2    9   0   0    1    9  .250  .254  .426    6   3.2  3(+1)e15   16  
 3B  Jerry Royster        28   26   69   14   16   6   0   0    6   2   1   11   10  .232  .338  .319    6   3.1  3e29      130  
 OF  Terry Harper         25   21   19    0    5   0   0   0    1   1   0    1    9  .263  .300  .263    1   3.3  2(0)e10  -146  
 C   Matt Sinatro         21    6   20    3    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    2  .200  .304  .200    1   2.5  4(-1)e3  -249  
 OF  Ellis Valentine      26   25   49    3    7   0   0   0    4   0   0    3   11  .143  .192  .143    1    .8  2(-5)e10 -262  
 PH  Paul Runge           23   17   16    1    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .250  .294  .250    1   2.8           -107  
 1B  Jose Morales         36   17   29    0    5   0   0   0    5   0   0    2    4  .172  .219  .172    1   1.2  4e25     -227  
 C  *Biff Pocoroba        27    5    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000  .250  .000    0    .6  4(+2)e16 -228  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           631                  -20

     * - 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  John Denny           28  17   8  .680  32  32   5   0   0   0   1  226.0  200   95   73  15  104  157  2.91   90   3.6  -50  
  P  Phil Niekro          42  12   6  .667  29  29   4   0   0   0   0  212.2  167   72   64  15   94  109  2.71   77   3.3  -38  
  P  Pascual Perez        24  11   6  .647  28  18   0   1   0   0   0  118.1  129   63   53  10   35   76  4.03   62   4.8  -21  
  P  Rick Mahler          27  10   8  .556  45  18   1  11   1   2   1  169.1  179   65   63   7   59   91  3.35   84   4.5    9  
  P  Joe Niekro           36  10  17  .370  33  33   3   0   0   0   1  224.2  197   98   86  12   72  106  3.45   84   3.3  -20  
  P *Tom Underwood        27   8   6  .571  54   7   0  24   3   1   0  109.1  103   54   45   7   55   98  3.70   50   4.2   18  
  P *Ken Kravec           29   5   6  .455  32   8   2   8   1   0   2   83.0   67   32   25   3   33   48  2.71   29   3.1 -163  
  P  Rick Camp            28   4   4  .500  67   0   0  58  37   7   0   75.1   67   21   20   4   21   48  2.39   27   3.2  -14  
  P  Steve Renko          36   4  11  .267  40  17   0  13   2   0   0  137.1  140   78   70  13   54   72  4.59   75   4.9   30  
  P *Larry Bradford       31   1   0 1.000   9   0   0   4   0   0   0   11.0   17   12   12   0    9    5  9.82   10   8.7  163  
  P  Steve Bedrosian      23   1   1  .500  13   0   0   7   0   1   0   17.0   12    6    5   1   11    8  2.65    6   3.4   -4  
  P  Mark Lee             28   1   4  .200  17   0   0  14   2   2   0   22.2   25   12   11   2    8    6  4.37   12   4.9   96  
  P  Preston Hanna        26   0   0  .000   2   0   0   0   0   0   0    2.1    5    5    5   1    4    1 19.29    6  26.1  700  
  P *Sparky Lyle          36   0   1  .000  22   0   0   7   0   1   0   35.0   50   28   26   3   15    8  6.69   29   7.7   75  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      649        -15

     * - 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 1105 123 136 710 68 9 5 .989 101 44 Luis Pujols 287 33 41 207 24 0 0 1.000 22 19 Matt Sinatro 50 6 6 33 2 0 0 1.000 4 1 Biff Pocoroba 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chris Chambliss 1349 152 152 1281 141 4 132 .997 9.49 Jose Morales 57 6 8 60 12 1 6 .986 11.37 Dale Murphy 38 4 6 26 3 0 8 1.000 6.87 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Glenn Hubbard 1067 119 126 308 323 8 71 .987 5.32 Dave McKay 376 43 47 104 118 9 33 .961 5.31 Jerry Royster 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Horner 1074 123 126 92 191 17 18 .943 2.37 Dave McKay 151 13 33 19 27 5 2 .902 2.74 Jerry Royster 119 14 14 15 34 0 3 1.000 3.72 Lee Lacy 99 12 12 13 20 1 1 .971 2.99 Biff Pocoroba 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Almon 779 85 95 165 276 14 59 .969 5.09 Rafael Ramirez 550 66 66 103 188 23 42 .927 4.76 Jerry Royster 60 7 7 18 18 7 3 .837 5.40 Dave McKay 53 4 15 7 21 1 1 .966 4.72 Paul Runge 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gary Matthews 1287 150 152 236 12 11 1 .958 1.73 Rufino Linares 95 11 12 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 Eddie Miller 49 0 30 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.82 Lee Lacy 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 Terry Harper 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dale Murphy 1232 137 145 401 23 4 1 .991 3.10 Eddie Miller 212 25 27 58 3 0 0 1.000 2.59 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Claudell Washington 1009 115 123 237 5 0 0 1.000 2.16 Lee Lacy 305 34 38 83 5 2 0 .978 2.60 Ellis Valentine 91 9 13 21 0 1 0 .955 2.07 Eddie Miller 35 4 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Gary Matthews 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1981 Draft

Round 1 (#12):	Gary Matthews
Round 2 (#31):	Tom Underwood
Round 3 (#53):	Steve Renko
Round 4 (#74):	Ellis Valentine
Round 5 (#94):	Eddie Miller
Round 6 (#111):	Sparky Lyle
Round 7 (#126):	Jose Morales
Round 8 (#137):	Ken Kravec

Transactions

• 1981-02: traded Brett Butler to CIN for Lee Lacy
• 1981-02: traded Larry McWilliams to PIN for Pascual Perez
• 1981-04: acquired Mark Lee as a free agent
• 1981-07: traded Biff Pocoroba, Terry Harper, ATN#2 to CHA for Bill Almon, Luis Pujols
• 1981 postseason: released Ken Kravec, Sparky Lyle, Dave McKay, Paul Runge

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