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1970 Atlanta Braves  (1969)  (1971) 81-81, 3rd in NL Western Division Scored 799 runs, Allowed 759 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .697 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 80-82   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 76-86 Manager(s): Brandon Colvin

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B  Ron Santo            30  162  613  102  172  31   3  38  103   2   0  108  126  .281  .386  .527  123   7.1  2e29       69  
 OF  Hank Aaron           36  149  566  105  164  34   0  39   94   3   0   77   71  .290  .372  .557  116   7.4  2(-2)e8   -29  
 OF *Billy Williams       32  143  524   92  164  31   3  31   95   4   3   50   52  .313  .375  .561  107   7.6  2(0)e3    -41  
 2B  Felix Millan         26  152  664   97  218  34   9   7   69  19   5   28   34  .328  .360  .438  106   6.2  2e18       66  
 1B  Orlando Cepeda       32  161  634  104  178  37   1  32  105   4   4   43   73  .281  .338  .494   96   5.3  2e13      -77  
 OF *Vada Pinson          31  139  530   80  168  28   4  26   86  15  10   18   63  .317  .342  .532   88   6.1  3(-1)e6    74  
 C  *Hal King             26   62  208   27   53   7   0  11   31   2   0   39   45  .255  .376  .447   37   6.3  4(+2)e5    -2  
 SS *Sonny Jackson        25  119  347   44   68  12   0   0   23   7   6   76   34  .196  .341  .231   32   3.0  4e48      -96  
 C  *Gail Hopkins         27   83  242   22   64   5   3   5   31   0   1   25   18  .264  .328  .372   29   4.3  4(+2)e16  -29  
 SS  Gil Garrido          29   91  244   23   62   5   2   5   34   0   1    9   18  .254  .278  .352   21   3.0  3e20       33  
 C   Bob Tillman          33   66  177   17   33   1   0   9   23   0   0   19   38  .186  .264  .345   16   3.1  4(+2)e5   -99  
 OF  Buddy Bradford       25   72  157   24   30  10   0   6   17   2   3    8   52  .191  .235  .369   12   2.5  2(-2)e9   -19  
 OF  Rico Carty           30    7   18    3    7   1   0   3    6   0   0    3    2  .389  .476  .944    8  20.2  4(+2)e9   383  
 OF  Walt Williams        26   67  188   21   36   6   0   0    9   3   3    6   20  .191  .224  .223    8   1.4  4(+1)e16 -191  
 PH *Vic Davalillo        33   25   34    4   11   2   1   0    1   0   1    1    4  .324  .343  .441    4   4.7             -8  
 PH *Ron Stone            27   14   17    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    3    4  .118  .286  .118    0   1.6           -293  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           812                   -9

     * - 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  Pat Jarvis           29  15  13  .536  33  33  10   0   0   0   2  259.1  266  125  114  34   80  172  3.96  138   4.7   40  
  P  Joe Niekro           25  14  11  .560  30  30   8   0   0   0   1  220.2  233  109   92  29   63  101  3.75  114   4.7  -38  
  P  Phil Niekro          31  11  11  .500  30  30  10   0   0   0   1  232.0  226  111  101  37   64  164  3.92  113   4.4  -57  
  P *Jim Merritt          26  10   5  .667  15  15   6   0   0   0   2  122.2  123   58   55   8   20   75  4.04   50   3.7 -103  
  P *George Stone         23  10  12  .455  31  26  11   4   0   0   1  207.2  201   99   89  29   66  146  3.86  108   4.8  -43  
  P  Jim Nash             25   7  14  .333  27  27   3   0   0   0   0  184.0  187  111  104  20   90  122  5.09  109   5.3   -3  
  P  Hoyt Wilhelm         47   4   4  .500  31   0   0  26  20   6   0   33.0   30   12    9   2   15   20  2.45   14   3.9  -69  
  P  Dick Selma           26   3   2  .600  27   0   0  20   2   4   0   37.1   19   12   11   3   23   48  2.65   10   2.4  -86  
  P  Ron Reed             27   2   1  .667  16   0   0  13   0   1   0   17.0   17   13   13   5    9    8  6.88   12   6.6   38  
  P *Rich Nye             25   2   1  .667  13   0   0   8   0   0   0   24.1   20    3    3   0   11   12  1.11    7   2.8 -198  
  P  Rick Kester          24   1   0 1.000  13   0   0   6   0   0   0   17.2   27   18   15   2   13    6  7.64   19   9.4  126  
  P *Frank Bertaina       26   1   1  .500  13   0   0   8   0   0   0   20.1   34   23   15   1   14    9  6.64   18   7.9  115  
  P  Rich Robertson       25   1   4  .200  10   0   0   5   0   3   0   12.1   22   13   10   2    7    6  7.30   14  10.4  173  
  P *Mike McQueen         19   0   0  .000   2   0   0   2   0   0   0    4.1    5    2    2   0    2    3  4.15    2   5.6    3  
  P  Julio Navarro        34   0   1  .000  17   0   0  13   1   1   0   22.2   27   16   15   8    2   22  5.96   16   6.5  116  
  P  Billy Wynne          26   0   1  .000  22   1   0   8   0   0   0   40.0   52   34   30   5   26   15  6.75   31   7.0  -93  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      782        -24

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Hal King 547 61 62 427 23 8 4 .983 30 13 Gail Hopkins 486 53 60 329 16 10 2 .972 32 8 Bob Tillman 422 48 55 295 13 3 0 .990 33 8 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Orlando Cepeda 1422 158 158 1345 118 8 133 .995 9.26 Gail Hopkins 34 4 4 33 3 0 1 1.000 9.53 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Felix Millan 1357 151 152 386 382 17 112 .978 5.09 Gil Garrido 99 11 12 26 28 1 5 .982 4.91 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ron Santo 1443 161 162 128 292 26 34 .942 2.62 Buddy Bradford 9 1 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 Gil Garrido 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Walt Williams 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sonny Jackson 984 113 114 166 321 27 53 .947 4.45 Gil Garrido 464 48 68 90 195 3 42 .990 5.53 Gail Hopkins 8 1 1 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.62 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Williams 1142 127 130 254 13 3 1 .989 2.10 Ron Stone* 317 35 43 54 3 3 0 .950 1.62 Walt Williams 261 29 29 54 3 3 0 .950 1.97 Rico Carty 34 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 Vic Davalillo 10 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vada Pinson 1131 130 130 324 12 5 0 .985 2.67 Buddy Bradford 307 30 51 93 5 1 1 .990 2.87 Ron Stone* 60 7 7 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.39 Vic Davalillo 18 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Aaron 1294 144 146 276 11 10 1 .966 2.00 Walt Williams 114 13 14 19 1 2 0 .909 1.58 Billy Williams 30 3 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 Ron Stone* 26 3 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.77 Vada Pinson 9 1 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1970 Draft

Round 2 (#31):	Joe Niekro
Round 4 (#63):	Hoyt Wilhelm
Round 4 (#67):	Buddy Bradford
Round 5 (#80):	Ron Stone

Transactions

• 1970-01: traded Ralph Garr, ATN#3 to CHN for Cleo James, CHN#1
• 1970-02: traded Rico Carty, Mike McQueen to SFN for Vada Pinson, Rich Robertson
• 1970-12: acquired Frank Bertaina as a free agent
• 1970-12: traded CHN#1 to CHN for Dick Selma, CHN#3
• 1970-13: acquired Rich Nye as a free agent
• 1970-13: traded Ron Reed, Ron Stone to SDN for Jim Merritt
• 1970-14: acquired Jim Rittwage as a free agent
• 1970-15: acquired Fred Wenz as a free agent

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