1979 Atlanta Braves Batting Statistics

1978 Season 1980 Season

Record: 66-94-0, Finished 6th in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Bobby Cox (66-94)

General Manager: John Mullen (Hired 5/12/1979)

Farm Director: Paul Snyder

Ballpark: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Attendance: 769,465 (12th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 108
One-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 110

Pythagorean W-L: 70-90, 669 Runs, 763 Runs Allowed

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Bruce Benedict	23	76	242	204	14	46	11	0	0	15	1	3	33	18	.225	.331	.279	.610	64	57	4	0	2	2	3
2	1B	Dale Murphy	23	104	429	384	53	106	7	2	21	57	6	1	38	67	.276	.340	.469	.809	113	180	12	2	0	5	5
3	2B	Glenn Hubbard	21	97	357	325	34	75	12	0	3	29	0	6	27	43	.231	.290	.295	.586	56	96	3	1	2	2	2
4	SS	Pepe Frías	30	140	510	475	41	123	18	4	1	44	3	2	20	36	.259	.290	.320	.610	62	152	13	2	10	3	5
5	3B	Bob Horner	21	121	515	487	66	153	15	1	33	98	0	2	22	74	.314	.346	.552	.898	135	269	9	3	0	3	6
6	LF	Jeff Burroughs	28	116	475	397	49	89	14	1	11	47	2	2	73	75	.224	.347	.348	.695	86	138	14	3	0	2	7
7	CF	Rowland Office*	26	124	307	277	35	69	14	2	2	37	5	4	27	33	.249	.320	.336	.656	75	93	5	2	1	0	2
8	RF	Gary Matthews	28	156	695	631	97	192	34	5	27	90	18	6	60	75	.304	.363	.502	.865	128	317	6	0	1	3	5
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	IF	Jerry Royster	26	154	676	601	103	164	25	6	3	51	35	8	62	59	.273	.337	.349	.687	83	210	8	0	6	7	0
10	OF	Barry Bonnell	25	127	412	375	47	97	20	3	12	45	8	7	26	55	.259	.311	.424	.735	94	159	10	3	7	1	2
11	C	Joe Nolan*	28	89	261	230	28	57	9	3	4	21	1	3	27	28	.248	.333	.365	.699	86	84	5	3	0	1	3
12	1B	Mike Lum*	33	111	242	217	27	54	6	0	6	27	0	2	18	34	.249	.304	.359	.663	76	78	7	0	5	2	1
13	SS	Darrel Chaney#	31	63	137	117	15	19	5	0	0	10	2	1	19	34	.162	.277	.205	.483	31	24	2	0	0	1	2
14	CF	Eddie Miller#	22	27	123	113	12	35	1	0	0	5	15	2	5	24	.310	.350	.319	.669	79	36	1	2	3	0	1
15	OF	Charlie Spikes	28	66	100	93	12	26	8	0	3	21	0	0	5	30	.280	.310	.462	.772	103	43	3	0	0	2	1
16	C	Biff Pocoroba#	25	28	46	38	6	12	4	0	0	4	1	1	7	0	.316	.422	.421	.843	125	16	2	0	1	0	1
17	OF	Larry Whisenton*	22	13	41	37	3	9	2	1	0	1	1	0	3	3	.243	.300	.351	.651	73	13	1	0	1	0	0
18	1B	Bob Beall#	31	17	19	15	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.133	.263	.267	.530	41	4	0	0	0	1	0
19	3B	Mike Macha	25	6	14	13	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.154	.214	.154	.368	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	LF	Brian Asselstine*	25	8	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.100	.182	.100	.282	-23	1	1	0	0	0	1
21	2B	Jim Wessinger	23	10	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	-64	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
22	P	Phil Niekro	40	44	134	123	10	24	6	0	0	12	0	0	1	19	.195	.213	.244	.457	21	30	1	2	7	1	0
23	P	Eddie Solomon	28	32	68	64	3	13	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	.203	.215	.250	.465	23	16	1	0	3	0	0
24	P	Rick Matula	25	28	60	53	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	.094	.111	.094	.205	-45	5	2	0	6	0	0
25	P	Tony Brizzolara	22	20	39	35	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	.029	.079	.029	.108	-70	1	0	0	1	1	0
26	P	Mickey Mahler#	26	26	29	27	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.111	.143	.148	.291	-22	4	1	0	1	0	0
27	P	Larry McWilliams*	25	13	28	24	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.208	.231	.292	.522	38	7	0	0	2	1	0
28	P	Gene Garber	31	68	15	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.300	.462	.300	.762	107	3	0	0	2	0	0
29	P	Joey McLaughlin	22	37	11	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.273	.455	19	3	1	0	0	0	0
30	P	Preston Hanna	24	6	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Adrian Devine	27	40	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Bo McLaughlin	25	37	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Craig Skok	31	44	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-27	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Tommy Boggs	23	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	34	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Rick Mahler	25	15	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	167	1	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Frank LaCorte	27	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Larry Bradford	29	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Jamie Easterly*	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.4	160	6036	5422	669	1389	220	28	126	626	98	50	490	818	.256	.318	.377	.695	84	2043	112	23	62	38	47
		Rank in 12 NL teams				10	9	9	9	11	6		11	3	7	6	8	9	8	8		8		8		10
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.1	160	5620	5046	648	1331	207	28	126	604	98	50	478	703	.264	.328	.391	.719	91	1972	106	21	39	35	47
		Pitcher Totals	30.3	160	416	376	21	58	13	0	0	22	0	0	12	115	.154	.183	.189	.372	-1	71	6	2	23	3	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB