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1998 Atlanta Braves  (1997)  (1999) 113-49, 1st in NL Eastern Division Scored 935 runs, Allowed 583 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 117-45 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .712 Park Factor: Batting - 107 / Pitching - 105 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 108-54   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 106-56 Manager(s): Rick Field Defeated Pittsburgh Pirates in Divisional Series, 3 games to 2. Lost to San Diego Padres in Championship Series, 3 games to 2.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B #Chipper Jones        26  151  585  133  197  32   6  42  143   7   1  103   97  .337  .432  .627  164  10.9  3e12      109  
 1B  Andres Galarraga     37  143  536  117  163  34   1  41  114   0   1   56  141  .304  .405  .601  133   9.3  2e12       15  
 OF  Andruw Jones         21  141  557   99  161  45   5  30   94  23   2   44  125  .289  .345  .549  105   6.8  1(-4)e2    58  
 C   Javy Lopez           27  137  502   87  146  19   2  48  125   0   1   27   92  .291  .328  .624   96   6.8  3(0)e1     84  
 2B #Jose Offerman        29  149  596  106  163  33   9   5   59  44  11   71   92  .273  .351  .384   89   5.2  3e21     -106  
 OF *Ryan Klesko          27  116  349   60  104  21   0  21   81   4   0   52   55  .298  .392  .539   74   7.7  4(+1)e2    99  
 OF #Quinton McCracken    28  135  583   96  159  35   7   5   75  29   7   40  104  .273  .319  .383   72   4.3  2(-1)e3   -44  
 SS #Walt Weiss           34   98  333   46   78  15   4   0   28   3   3   53   53  .234  .348  .303   40   4.1  2e22      -77  
 SS *Ozzie Guillen        34   76  235   35   68  18   1   0   26   1   3   23   14  .289  .352  .374   32   5.0  3e16       67  
 OF  Kevin Sefcik         27   49  120   13   40   8   0   3   12   1   0   15   27  .333  .437  .475   26   8.8  3(+2)e4    59  
 OF *David Justice        32   75  215   30   54  10   1   3   31   1   1   25   45  .251  .326  .349   25   4.0  3(0)e4   -164  
 C   Eddie Perez          30   66  134   15   41   9   0   3   19   2   0   12   32  .306  .384  .440   23   6.7  2(+1)e1  -116  
 OF  Brian Jordan         31   23   95   23   30   5   2   6   21   4   1    9   12  .316  .381  .600   22   9.0  2(-1)e11   79  
 UT  Jose Hernandez       28   24   82   11   27   3   1   5   13   0   1    8   19  .329  .389  .573   18   8.8            180  
 OF *Michael Tucker       27   34   68    7   14   5   0   2    9   0   0    3   22  .206  .236  .368    5   2.6  3(-1)e2  -141  
 1B *Rico Brogna          28   42   66    3   17   2   1   0    5   0   1    3   15  .258  .290  .318    5   2.8  1e6      -157  
 OF  Darrin Jackson       34   34   49    8   12   4   0   1    4   2   0    1    7  .245  .260  .388    4   2.7  3(0)e6      0  
 C   Tim Spehr            32   14   43    4    8   2   0   0    4   0   0    6   16  .186  .302  .233    3   2.9  3(+1)e13  -52  
 2B  Tony Graffanino      26   12   31    1    6   3   0   1    6   0   0    0    5  .194  .188  .387    1   2.0  3e25      -19  
 2B *Marlon Anderson      24    8   27    1    7   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    6  .259  .259  .259    1   2.6  4e18     -280  
 OF  Danny Bautista       26   15   32    3    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .125  .176  .156    0    .8  3(-1)e10 -337  
 C  *Rick Wilkins         31    2    3    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .333  .250  .333    0   3.4  4(+1)e3    44  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           949                    4

     * - 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  Greg Maddux          32  21   2  .913  31  30  16   1   0   0   7  248.1  201   57   54  14   40  206  1.96   72   2.6  -29  
  P *Tom Glavine          32  19  10  .655  35  31  12   3   0   0   4  221.1  190   91   76  16   70  138  3.09   79   3.2  -20  
  P  Kevin Millwood       23  15   4  .789  32  27   1   3   0   0   1  172.2  126   48   45  12   57  159  2.35   56   2.9 -166  
  P *Denny Neagle         29  14   5  .737  33  30   4   0   0   0   1  198.2  195   99   98  30   63  161  4.44  101   4.6   10  
  P  John Smoltz          31  14   7  .667  25  23   1   0   0   0   0  155.2  146   63   61  14   48  156  3.53   67   3.9   22  
  P  Bill Swift           36   8   4  .667  33  12   1  13   1   1   0  107.2  104   50   44  12   42   51  3.68   54   4.5 -187  
  P *Mike Remlinger       32   8   5  .615  59   9   0  21   6   0   0  130.1  119   57   49  14   68  103  3.38   66   4.6  -97  
  P  Doug Brocail         31   6   5  .545  50   0   0  13   1   3   0   59.2   46   24   24   4   20   51  3.62   19   2.9    3  
  P *John Rocker          23   4   0 1.000  35   0   0  22   8   0   0   32.2   17    3    2   0   13   36  0.55    5   1.4 -211  
  P  Rudy Seanez          29   3   3  .500  43   0   0   4   1   4   0   28.2   21   14   13   2   20   36  4.08   12   4.0   79  
  P *Rich Rodriguez       35   1   0 1.000  41   0   0  10   0   0   0   33.1   36   16   16   3    9   18  4.32   15   4.2  -45  
  P  Dennis Eckersley     43   0   0  .000  11   0   0   3   1   0   0    7.2   16   12   12   3    3    2 14.09   12  13.7  350  
  P  Mike Cather          27   0   1  .000  30   0   0  13   1   1   0   29.0   42   26   22   5   11   19  6.83   25   7.7  139  
  P  Kerry Ligtenberg     27   0   3  .000  59   0   0  21  11   3   0   50.1   44   23   20  10   18   64  3.58   25   4.5  137  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                                      614        -38

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Javy Lopez 1111 123 124 935 50 6 5 .994 37 23 Eddie Perez 231 24 30 224 19 0 2 1.000 16 10 Tim Spehr 124 14 14 125 7 1 0 .992 11 2 Rick Wilkins 10 1 2 7 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Andres Galarraga 1267 142 142 1238 106 7 132 .995 9.54 Rico Brogna 133 11 27 120 10 1 11 .992 8.82 Ryan Klesko 71 9 9 68 9 0 4 1.000 9.76 Eddie Perez 5 0 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jose Offerman 1341 147 149 282 405 25 95 .965 4.61 Marlon Anderson 67 8 8 12 20 0 2 1.000 4.30 Tony Graffanino 64 7 8 12 26 1 4 .974 5.34 Ozzie Guillen 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Kevin Sefcik 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chipper Jones 1376 151 151 113 291 7 21 .983 2.64 Jose Hernandez 99 11 12 7 23 1 3 .968 2.73 Ozzie Guillen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Walt Weiss 855 95 97 132 327 13 68 .972 4.83 Ozzie Guillen 531 58 59 120 195 6 42 .981 5.34 Jose Hernandez 85 9 10 15 34 2 5 .961 5.19 Tony Graffanino 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Darrin Jackson 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Quinton McCracken 682 74 74 147 6 0 1 1.000 2.02 Ryan Klesko 374 43 44 73 4 0 0 1.000 1.85 David Justice 234 25 27 42 2 1 0 .978 1.69 Kevin Sefcik 50 5 8 15 0 1 0 .938 2.70 Darrin Jackson 47 5 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.53 Brian Jordan 45 5 5 5 0 1 0 .833 1.00 Danny Bautista 44 5 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Andruw Jones 1289 141 141 333 14 1 4 .997 2.42 Quinton McCracken 170 19 19 30 1 0 0 1.000 1.64 Jose Hernandez 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Darrin Jackson 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Quinton McCracken 371 41 41 60 4 0 0 1.000 1.55 Ryan Klesko 310 37 37 50 3 1 1 .981 1.54 David Justice 221 24 25 46 3 0 0 1.000 2.00 Kevin Sefcik 213 23 26 43 1 0 0 1.000 1.86 Brian Jordan 164 18 18 28 1 1 0 .967 1.59 Michael Tucker 154 15 25 28 3 1 0 .969 1.82 Darrin Jackson 35 3 9 5 0 1 0 .833 1.29 Danny Bautista 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1998 Draft

Round 1 (#16):	Walt Weiss
Round 4 (#86):	Quinton McCracken
Round 5 (#107):	Rudy Seanez
Round 6 (#126):	Marlon Anderson

Transactions

• 1998 preseason: released rookie Marty Malloy
• 1998-06: acquired Dennis Eckersley as a free agent
• 1998-12: acquired Bill Swift as a free agent
• 1998-20: traded ATN#2 to SLN for Brian Jordan
• 1998-20: traded Kevin Sefcik, ATN#3 to CHN for Jose Hernandez
• 1998-22: released Dennis Eckersley
• 1998-22: acquired Tim Spehr as a free agent
• 1998-25: released Tim Spehr
• 1998-25: acquired Rick Wilkins as a free agent
• 1998 postseason: released Quinton McCracken, Rich Rodriguez

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