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1971 Atlanta Braves  (1970)  (1972) 89-73, 2nd in NL Western Division Scored 736 runs, Allowed 682 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .704 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 81-81   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 82-80 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B  Hank Aaron           37  150  546  116  188  18   4  57  136   1   2   48   75  .344  .396  .705  149  10.8  3e7        22  
 OF *Billy Williams       33  162  609  113  182  19   5  29   94   6   4   72   44  .299  .372  .489  112   6.8  3(0)e7    -27  
 C   Earl Williams        22  146  534   70  134  19   0  32   83   0   0   41  101  .251  .312  .466   73   4.7  3(0)e13   -37  
 OF  Walt Williams        27  125  381   49  110  17   2  15   65  12   5   18   34  .289  .332  .462   58   5.4  4(0)e2     26  
 2B  Felix Millan         27  146  631   72  169  15   8   2   44  12  20   28   38  .268  .302  .326   57   3.1  2e17      -66  
 OF *Vada Pinson          32  149  626   80  148  25   2   7   48  21   1   25   49  .236  .269  .316   53   2.9  3(-1)e8   -86  
 SS *Roger Metzger        23  128  445   51  119   9  14   0   45  22   8   29   33  .267  .318  .351   52   4.2  2e19       76  
 3B  Ron Santo            31  137  454   58   97  17   1  13   36   1   1   63   86  .214  .307  .341   50   3.6  2e20     -129  
 1B  Orlando Cepeda       33  103  264   41   83  18   0  18   56   4   9   16   27  .314  .351  .587   47   6.3  3e13      116  
 UT  Cleo James           30   64  144   22   39   9   0   4   23   7   2   11   18  .271  .363  .417   23   5.8             53  
 OF *Sonny Jackson        26   88  199   23   56   7   1   1   12   5   2    9   11  .281  .312  .342   21   3.8  3(+2)e8    29  
 3B  Gil Garrido          30   47  123    9   31   2   0   0    9   0   0   18    8  .252  .345  .268   12   3.5  3e20       73  
 SS  Marty Perez          25   66  213   10   40   8   1   3   24   1   3   10   16  .188  .228  .277   12   1.8  3e36      -74  
 C  #Bob Didier           22   18   48    2    8   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    8  .167  .184  .167    1   1.0  2(+1)e1  -156  
 OF *Joe Keough           25    9   25    2    6   0   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .240  .269  .240    1   1.9  3(-1)e6  -132  
 C  *Hal King             27    7   14    3    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    1  .143  .294  .214    0   1.8  4(+2)e9  -140  
 PH  Oscar Brown          25    4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250  .250  .250    0   2.2            -63  
 3B  Tommie Aaron         31    1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?  4e28     -532  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           729                  -21

     * - 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  Phil Niekro          32  16   8  .667  34  34   5   0   0   0   4  252.1  229  100   85  19   88  164  3.03  100   3.6  -40  
  P  Mike Hedlund         24  14   6  .700  25  25   5   0   0   0   3  178.2  173   70   63  18   50   73  3.17   74   3.7   40  
  P *George Stone         24   8   6  .571  33  20   3   5   1   0   1  161.1  162   72   70  12   48   99  3.90   73   4.1  -56  
  P  Mudcat Grant         35   7   4  .636  41   0   0  16   2   4   0   64.1   73   40   35   4   27   18  4.90   39   5.6   -3  
  P  Tom Kelley           27   7   8  .467  21  20   5   1   0   0   0  140.1  123   54   51   7   70   63  3.27   58   3.8  -58  
  P  Pat Jarvis           30   7  10  .412  22  22   2   0   0   0   1  134.1  148   79   75  12   30   54  5.02   70   4.7   -5  
  P  Denny McLain         27   7  11  .389  30  30   4   0   0   0   1  197.2  223  106   90  21   64  102  4.10  111   5.0  -34  
  P  Dick Selma           27   6   1  .857  13   0   0   8   1   1   0   19.2   13    4    4   1    3   11  1.83    3   1.5 -165  
  P  Rickey Clark         25   4   1  .800  23   0   0  11   1   3   0   38.2   37   20   17   6   16   31  3.96   18   4.1   10  
  P  Rich Robertson       26   3   2  .600  22   0   0  14   0   0   0   32.1   34   21   20   4   17   15  5.57   18   5.0   -1  
  P  Dave Boswell         26   2   0 1.000   9   0   0   4   0   0   0   15.0   16    6    5   1   13    9  3.00    9   5.6 -115  
  P  Joe Niekro           26   2   0 1.000   5   2   1   1   0   0   1   20.1   15    6    5   1    4    7  2.21    5   2.2 -261  
  P *Tom House            24   2   1  .667  13   0   0   7   0   1   0   17.1   16    6    6   2    4    7  3.12    6   3.4  -11  
  P  Cecil Upshaw         28   2   6  .250  53   0   0  37  25  11   0   70.2   81   31   27   5   16   53  3.44   31   4.0  -83  
  P  Wayne Granger        27   1   1  .500  18   0   0   9   5   0   0   28.1   24    4    4   1    5   16  1.27    8   2.6 -138  
  P  Jim Nash             26   1   6  .143  17   8   0   8   0   0   0   57.0   68   33   33   8   20   17  5.21   36   5.8  -61  
  P  Jim Hannan           31   0   0  .000  16   0   0   8   0   0   0   25.1   24   15   10   3   21   20  3.55   15   5.2  -95  
  P  Archie Reynolds      25   0   0  .000   2   0   0   2   0   0   0    3.0    7    4    4   0    0    3 12.00    3  13.4  147  
  P *Jim Merritt          27   0   2  .000  12   1   0   6   0   0   0   21.0   21   11   11   4    4   11  4.71   10   4.4  -33  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      697        -36

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Earl Williams 1247 135 140 738 42 17 9 .979 66 21 Bob Didier 111 13 15 78 16 0 1 1.000 6 12 Gil Garrido 44 6 6 27 1 1 0 .966 5 1 Cleo James 40 4 6 14 3 0 0 1.000 1 2 Hal King 36 4 5 18 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Aaron 752 82 84 746 74 1 88 .999 9.82 Orlando Cepeda 502 54 55 525 43 2 64 .996 10.18 Vada Pinson 190 22 25 182 14 1 18 .995 9.27 Earl Williams 17 2 2 20 0 0 2 1.000 10.59 Ron Santo 16 2 2 17 2 0 2 1.000 10.47 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Felix Millan 1315 144 146 413 414 21 123 .975 5.66 Marty Perez 143 16 16 37 26 2 10 .969 3.96 Gil Garrido 19 2 3 6 2 0 1 1.000 3.79 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ron Santo 1026 113 117 99 199 14 31 .955 2.61 Gil Garrido 284 32 36 21 63 4 9 .955 2.66 Cleo James 130 14 16 13 22 4 2 .897 2.43 Walt Williams 36 3 9 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.77 Tommie Aaron 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roger Metzger 1084 118 123 232 428 11 82 .984 5.48 Marty Perez 390 44 44 98 159 8 40 .970 5.93 Gil Garrido 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Williams 1478 162 162 271 13 8 1 .973 1.73 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vada Pinson 1124 124 124 383 16 6 4 .985 3.19 Sonny Jackson 270 29 37 80 7 1 1 .989 2.90 Cleo James 75 8 11 24 1 0 0 1.000 3.01 Walt Williams 9 1 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Walt Williams 814 92 92 153 5 1 0 .994 1.75 Hank Aaron 469 51 51 109 1 0 1 1.000 2.11 Sonny Jackson 74 6 13 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.82 Cleo James 59 6 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.53 Joe Keough 59 7 7 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.76 Vada Pinson 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1971 Draft

Round 2 (#27):	Roger Metzger
Round 3 (#37):	Denny McLain
Round 4 (#62):	Mudcat Grant
Round 5 (#79):	Rickey Clark

Transactions

• 1971-05: traded Dusty Baker, Joe Niekro to KCA for Mike Hedlund, Joe Keough
• 1971-15: acquired Jim Hannan as a free agent
• 1971-16: acquired Dave Boswell as a free agent
• 1971-16: traded Tom House to SDN for Wayne Granger
• 1971-17: acquired Archie Reynolds as a free agent
• 1971 postseason: released Cleo James, Jim Merritt

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