1972 Atlanta Braves Roster (40-man)

1971 Season 1973 Season

Record: 70-84-1, Finished 4th in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Lum Harris (47-57-1) and Eddie Mathews (23-27)

General Manager: Eddie Robinson (Promoted 6/1/1972)

Ballpark: Atlanta Stadium

Attendance: 752,973 (10th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 109
One-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 106

Pythagorean W-L: 66-88, 628 Runs, 730 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Henry Aaron HOF	38	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Feb 5, 1934	19	129	121	129	122	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	0	15	15	8	0	3.9	$200,000	All-Star
Dusty Baker	23	us US	R	R	6' 2"	183	Jun 15, 1949	5	127	115	127	123	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	120	4	123	6	2	5.1
Steve Barber	34	us US	L	L	6' 0"	195	Feb 22, 1938	13	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Larvell Blanks	22	us US	R	R	5' 8"	167	Jan 28, 1950	1st	33	20	33	24	0	0	0	18	2	4	0	0	0	0	8	3	0.8
Jim Breazeale	22	us US	L	R	6' 2"	210	Oct 3, 1949	3	52	12	52	17	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	1	0.0
Oscar Brown	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Feb 8, 1946	4	76	28	76	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	3	29	59	14	14	-1.4
Rico Carty	32	do DO	R	R	6' 3"	200	Sep 1, 1939	8	86	78	86	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	78	0	0	78	8	0	1.5	$50,000
Paul Casanova	30	cu CU	R	R	6' 4"	180	Dec 21, 1941	8	49	32	49	43	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	-1.0
Orlando Cepeda HOF	34	pr PR	R	R	6' 2"	210	Sep 17, 1937	15	28	21	28	22	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0.3
Bob Didier	23	us US	B	R	6' 0"	190	Feb 16, 1949	4	13	10	13	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.0
Darrell Evans	25	us US	L	R	6' 2"	200	May 26, 1947	4	125	122	125	123	0	0	0	0	123	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3.9
Jimmy Freeman	21	us US	L	L	6' 4"	180	Jun 29, 1951	1st	8	6	8	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-0.6
Ralph Garr	26	us US	L	R	5' 11"	185	Dec 12, 1945	5	134	131	134	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	69	13	59	131	3	0	1.8
Gil Garrido	31	pa PA	R	R	5' 9"	150	Jun 26, 1941	6	40	17	40	34	0	0	0	21	3	10	0	0	0	0	5	1	0.4
Rod Gilbreath	19	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Sep 24, 1952	1st	18	10	18	11	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0.4
Jim Hardin	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	175	Aug 6, 1943	6	26	9	26	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$22,000
Joe Hoerner	35	us US	R	L	6' 1"	200	Nov 12, 1936	9	25	0	25	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.0
Tom House	25	us US	L	L	5' 11"	190	Apr 29, 1947	2	8	0	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Sonny Jackson	27	us US	L	R	5' 9"	150	Jul 9, 1944	10	60	24	60	33	0	0	0	0	6	18	0	9	1	10	26	6	0.3
Pat Jarvis	31	us US	R	R	5' 10"	180	Mar 18, 1941	7	37	6	37	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
Larry Jaster	28	us US	L	L	6' 3"	190	Jan 13, 1944	7	5	1	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Tom Kelley	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Jan 5, 1944	6	27	14	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Mike Lum	26	us US	L	L	6' 0"	180	Oct 27, 1945	6	123	94	123	110	0	0	2	0	0	0	30	21	62	109	16	3	0.9
Denny McLain	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Mar 29, 1944	10	15	8	15	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9
Mike McQueen	21	us US	L	L	6' 0"	188	Aug 30, 1950	4	23	7	23	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Félix Millán	28	pr PR	R	R	5' 11"	172	Aug 21, 1943	7	125	119	125	120	0	0	0	120	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	-0.6
Jim Nash	27	us US	R	R	6' 5"	215	Feb 9, 1945	7	11	4	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Gary Neibauer	27	us US	R	R	6' 3"	200	Oct 29, 1944	4	8	0	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Phil Niekro HOF	33	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Apr 1, 1939	9	38	36	38	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.6
Rowland Office	19	us US	L	L	6' 0"	170	Oct 25, 1952	1st	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.0
Marty Perez	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	160	Feb 28, 1946	4	141	136	141	141	0	0	0	0	0	141	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2.5
Ron Reed	29	us US	R	R	6' 6"	215	Nov 2, 1942	7	31	30	31	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2
Ron Schueler	24	us US	R	R	6' 4"	205	Apr 14, 1948	1st	37	18	37	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3
George Stone	25	us US	L	L	6' 3"	205	Jul 9, 1946	6	33	16	33	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-0.6
Cecil Upshaw	29	us US	R	R	6' 6"	205	Oct 22, 1942	6	42	0	42	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Earl Williams	23	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Jul 14, 1948	3	151	149	151	150	0	116	20	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.4	$37,000
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Lum Harris	57	us US	Jan 17, 1915	Manager	Apr 15	Aug 6
Eddie Mathews	40	us US	Oct 13, 1931	Manager	Aug 7	Oct 4
Eddie Mathews	40	us US	Oct 13, 1931		Apr 15	Aug 6
Lew Burdette	45	us US	Nov 22, 1926		Apr 15	Oct 4
Ken Silvestri	56	us US	May 3, 1916		Apr 15	Oct 4
Jim Busby	45	us US	Jan 8, 1927	Coach	Apr 15	Oct 4
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date