1998 Atlanta Braves Statistics and Roster

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1998 Atlanta Braves (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997/1999)
106-56, Finished 1st in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 826 runs, Allowed 581 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 106-56
Managed by Bobby Cox

Ballpark: Turner Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,360,860 (3rd of 16)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 100
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost NL Championship Series (4-2) to San Diego Padres
Won NL Division Series (3-0) over Chicago Cubs

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Javy Lopez          27  133  489   73  139  21  1  34  106  30   85  .284  .328  .540   5   3  22   6   1   8   1  124
1B  Andres Galarraga    37  153  555  103  169  27  1  44  121  63  146  .305  .397  .595   7   6   8  25   0   5  11  157
2B *Keith Lockhart      33  109  366   50   94  21  0   9   37  29   37  .257  .311  .388   2   2   2   1   2   3   0   83
3B #Chipper Jones       26  160  601  123  188  29  5  34  107  96   93  .313  .404  .547  16   6  17   1   1   8   1  148
SS #Walt Weiss          34   96  347   64   97  18  2   0   27  59   53  .280  .386  .343   7   1   4   3  12   3   0   94
LF *Ryan Klesko         27  129  427   69  117  29  1  18   70  56   66  .274  .359  .473   5   3   9   3   0   4   5  117
CF  Andruw Jones        21  159  582   89  158  33  8  31   90  40  129  .271  .321  .515  27   4  10   4   1   4   8  116
RF *Michael Tucker      27  130  414   54  101  27  3  13   46  49  112  .244  .327  .418   8   3   4   3   1   2  10   95
    Tony Graffanino     26  105  289   32   61  14  1   5   22  24   68  .211  .275  .318   1   4   7   2   1   1   0   56
    Gerald Williams     31  129  266   46   81  19  2  10   44  17   48  .305  .352  .504  11   5   5   3   2   1   1  122
   *Ozzie Guillen       34   83  264   35   73  15  1   1   22  24   25  .277  .337  .352   1   4   2   1   4   2   0   82
    Eddie Perez         30   61  149   18   50  12  0   6   32  15   28  .336  .404  .537   1   1   3   2   1   0   0  145
    Danny Bautista      26   82  144   17   36  11  0   3   17   7   21  .250  .281  .389   1   0   4   0   3   2   0   74
   *Curtis Pride        29   70  107   19   27   6  1   3    9   9   29  .252  .325  .411   4   0   2   3   1   1   0   93
    Greg Colbrunn       28   28   44    6   13   3  0   1   10   2   11  .295  .367  .432   1   0   0   3   0   0   0  110
   *Marty Malloy        26   11   28    3    5   1  0   1    1   2    2  .179  .233  .321   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   44
    Rafael Belliard     36    7   20    1    5   0  0   0    1   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   33
   *Randall Simon       23    7   16    2    3   0  0   0    4   0    1  .188  .176  .188   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   -4
    Ray Holbert         27    8   15    2    2   0  0   0    1   2    4  .133  .222  .133   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   -3
    Wes Helms           22    7   13    2    4   1  0   1    2   0    4  .308  .308  .615   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  136
    Damon Hollins       24    3    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -12
   *George Lombard      22    6    6    2    2   0  0   1    1   0    1  .333  .333  .833   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  195
    Mark DeRosa         23    5    3    2    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   77

    Greg Maddux         32   31   75    4   18   3  0   0    4   4   18  .240  .278  .280   0   1   0   0   6   0   0   48
   *Tom Glavine         32   32   71    3   17   3  0   0    7   1   15  .239  .250  .282   0   0   0   0  14   0   0   40
   *Denny Neagle        29   30   63    2   11   1  0   0    3   4   12  .175  .224  .190   0   0   1   0   9   0   0   11
    John Smoltz         31   25   51    4   10   1  0   0    5   8   16  .196  .317  .216   0   0   1   1   8   0   0   44
    Kevin Millwood      23   30   50    1    4   1  0   0    1   6   22  .080  .179  .100   0   0   0   0   6   0   0  -24
    Dennis Martinez     43   51   11    0    1   1  0   0    3   1    7  .091  .167  .182   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   -8
   #Bruce Chen          21    4    7    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    4  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -24
    Brian Edmondson     25   10    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Norm Charlton       35   13    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Alan Embree         28   19    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Rudy Seanez         29   34    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.9  162 5484  826 1489 297 26 215  794 548 1062  .272  .338  .453  98  43 104  61  76  46  37  113
    Rank among 16 NL teams        14    4    5   4 13   2        8    9     4     4     2   7  12                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Greg Maddux         32  34   2.22  18   9  0  34   0   9   5  251.0  201   75   62  13   45  204  987   4   7  0  10 187
SP *Tom Glavine         32  33   2.47  20   6  0  33   0   4   3  229.3  202   67   63  13   74  157  934   3   2  0   2 168
SP *Denny Neagle        29  32   3.55  16  11  0  31   0   5   2  210.3  196   91   83  25   60  165  861   6   6  1   3 117
SP  Kevin Millwood      23  31   4.08  17   8  0  29   1   3   1  174.3  175   86   79  18   56  163  748   6   3  1   3 102
SP  John Smoltz         31  26   2.90  17   3  0  26   0   2   2  167.7  145   58   54  10   44  173  681   3   4  1   2 143

CL  Kerry Ligtenberg    27  75   2.71   3   2 30   0  56   0   0   73.0   51   24   22   6   24   79  290   3   0  0   1 153
RP  Dennis Martinez     43  53   4.45   4   6  2   5  11   1   1   91.0  109   53   45   8   19   62  396   2   3  0   5  93
RP *John Rocker         23  47   2.13   1   3  2   0  16   0   0   38.0   22   10    9   4   22   42  156   6   3  0   4 195
RP  Mike Cather         27  36   3.92   2   2  0   0  11   0   0   41.3   39   21   18   7   12   33  173   0   2  0   1 106
RP  Rudy Seanez         29  34   2.75   4   1  2   0   8   0   0   36.0   25   13   11   2   16   50  148   2   1  0   0 151

   *Bruce Chen          21   4   3.98   2   0  0   4   0   0   0   20.3   23    9    9   3    9   17   91   0   1  0   1 104
    Mark Wohlers        28  27  10.18   0   1  8   0  17   0   0   20.3   18   23   23   2   33   22  113   7   1  0   0  41
    Russ Springer       29  22   4.05   1   1  0   0   1   0   0   20.0   22   10    9   0   16   19   92   2   0  0   3 103
   *Alan Embree         28  20   4.34   1   0  0   0   5   0   0   18.7   23   14    9   2   10   19   87   0   0  0   0  96
    Brian Edmondson     25  10   4.32   0   1  0   0   3   0   0   16.7   14   10    8   2    8    8   73   4   0  0   1  96
   *Norm Charlton       35  13   1.38   0   0  1   0   8   0   0   13.0    7    2    2   0    8    6   53   2   1  0   0 300
   *Odalis Perez        21  10   4.22   0   1  0   0   0   0   0   10.7   10    5    5   1    4    5   45   0   0  0   0  98
   *Adam Butler         24   8  10.80   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    5.0    5    7    6   1    6    7   28   1   1  0   1  38
    Paul Byrd           27   1  13.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    4    3    3   0    1    1   11   0   0  0   0  31
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.4 162   3.25 106  56 45 162 138  24  23 1438.3 1291  581  519 117  467 1232 5967  51  35  3  37 128
    Rank among 16 NL teams          1   1  16  5           1   1     13    1    1        1    2    1
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JLopez 1092 123 128 978 68 5 6 .995 11 43 53 27 EPerez 346 39 45 275 29 1 2 .997 2 8 32 13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1438 162 162 1253 97 6 8 .996 13 51 85 40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 *9.46 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AGalarraga 1279 149 149 1218 81 11 114 .992 9.14 GColbrunn 60 5 9 55 4 0 2 1.000 8.85 RKlesko 50 5 7 48 4 1 4 .981 9.36 RSimon 30 3 4 36 1 0 3 1.000 11.10 EPerez 17 0 8 15 0 1 1 .937 7.94 OGuillen 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 162 162 1374 90 13 124 .991 9.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *5.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KLockhart 731 86 97 130 250 6 56 .984 4.68 TGraffanino 631 67 93 139 226 11 41 .971 5.20 MMalloy 65 8 10 16 22 0 4 1.000 5.21 OGuillen 10 1 2 1 5 0 1 1.000 5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 162 162 286 503 17 102 .979 4.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 *2.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CJones 1399 159 158 105 290 12 28 .971 2.54 WHelms 21 2 4 1 2 1 0 .750 1.29 OGuillen 9 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 KLockhart 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TGraffanino 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 162 162 107 293 13 28 .969 2.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 *4.52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WWeiss 789 95 96 97 257 12 63 .967 4.04 OGuillen 550 58 71 93 160 6 25 .977 4.14 RBelliard 51 6 7 7 13 1 4 .952 3.53 RHolbert 37 3 7 6 14 1 3 .952 4.83 MDeRosa 8 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 TGraffanino 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 162 162 204 446 20 95 .970 4.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RKlesko 917 119 120 146 9 1 1 .994 1.52 DBautista 292 27 53 45 0 2 0 .957 1.39 GWilliams 166 8 56 34 0 1 0 .971 1.84 CPride 49 6 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 DHollins 14 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 162 162 241 9 4 1 .984 1.56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *2.53 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AJones 1372 156 159 413 20 2 6 .995 2.84 GWilliams 63 6 11 24 0 1 0 .960 3.39 DBautista 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 162 162 439 20 3 6 .994 2.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MTucker 953 112 118 194 5 1 1 .995 1.88 GWilliams 368 37 61 101 2 3 0 .972 2.52 CPride 94 11 14 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.59 GLombard 11 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 DBautista 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GColbrunn 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 DHollins 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 162 162 326 7 4 1 .988 2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.17 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- AJones 1372 156 159 413 20 2 6 .995 2.84 MTucker 953 112 118 196 5 1 1 .995 1.90 RKlesko 917 119 120 146 9 1 1 .994 1.52 GWilliams 598 51 120 158 2 5 0 .970 2.41 DBautista 300 27 58 46 0 2 0 .958 1.38 CPride 143 17 22 42 0 0 0 1.000 2.64 DHollins 15 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 GLombard 11 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 GColbrunn 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1438 162 162 1008 36 11 8 .990 2.18 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 *1.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GMaddux 251 34 34 31 63 4 5 .959 3.37 TGlavine 229 33 33 11 50 1 3 .984 2.39 DNeagle 210 31 32 4 20 0 0 1.000 1.03 KMillwood 174 29 31 9 16 1 1 .962 1.29 JSmoltz 167 26 26 12 20 0 2 1.000 1.72 DMartinez 91 5 53 6 16 1 2 .957 2.18 KLigtenberg 73 0 75 1 2 2 0 .600 0.37 MCather 41 0 36 0 7 1 0 .875 1.53 JRocker 38 0 47 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.66 RSeanez 36 0 34 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 BChen 20 4 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.44 MWohlers 20 0 27 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.77 RSpringer 20 0 22 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.90 AEmbree 18 0 20 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.41 BEdmondson 16 0 10 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.23 NCharlton 13 0 13 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.77 OPerez 10 0 10 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.84 AButler 5 0 8 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 PByrd 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1438 162 162 86 216 11 14 .965 1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- GColbrunn 3 AGalarraga 2 KLockhart 2 CPride 2 DBautista 1 JLopez 1 EPerez 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Jones .313

On-base % Jones .404

Slugging % Galarraga .595

OPS Galarraga .992

Games Jones 160

At Bats Jones 601

Plate Appearances (approx.) Jones 707

Runs Jones 123

Hits Jones 188

Total Bases Galarraga 330

Doubles Jones 33

Triples Jones 8

Home Runs Galarraga 44

RBI Galarraga 121

Bases on Balls Jones 96

Strikeouts Galarraga 146

Stolen Bases Jones 27

Singles Jones 120

Adjusted OPS+ Galarraga 157

Runs Created Jones 136

Adjusted Batting Runs Galarraga 47

Batting Wins Galarraga 4.4

Extra-Base Hits Galarraga and Jones 72

Times on Base Jones 285

Offensive Win% Galarraga .751

Hit By Pitch Galarraga 25

Sac. Hits Glavine 14

Sac. Flies Jones and Lopez 8

Intentional Walks Galarraga 11

Grounded into Double Plays Lopez 22

Caught Stealing Galarraga and Jones 6

Power/Speed Number Jones 28.9

At Bats per Strikeout Jones 6.5

At Bats per Home Run Galarraga 12.6

Outs Jones 445

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Maddux 2.22

Wins Glavine 20

Won-Loss % Smoltz .850

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Maddux 0.980

Hits Allowed/9IP Maddux 7.21

Bases on Balls/9IP Maddux 1.61

Strikeouts/9IP Smoltz 9.29

Games Ligtenberg 75

Saves Ligtenberg 30

Innings Maddux 251.0

Strikeouts Maddux 204

Games Started Maddux 34

Comp. Games Maddux 9

Shutouts Maddux 5

Home Runs Allow. Neagle 25

Bases On Balls Allow. Glavine 74

Hits Allowed Glavine 202

SO to Walk Maddux 4.53

Losses Neagle 11

Earned Runs Allow. Neagle 83

Wild Pitches Wohlers 7

Hit Batsmen Maddux 7

Batters Faced Maddux 987

Games Finished Ligtenberg 56

Adjusted ERA+ Maddux 187

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Greg Maddux $ 9,600,000

Andres Galarraga $ 8,400,000

John Smoltz $ 7,750,000

Tom Glavine $ 7,000,000

Denny Neagle $ 4,500,000

Mark Wohlers $ 4,125,000

Javy Lopez $ 3,850,000

Ryan Klesko $ 3,500,000

Walt Weiss $ 3,050,000

Chipper Jones $ 2,550,000

Gerald Williams $ 1,250,000

Greg Colbrunn $ 735,000

Keith Lockhart $ 700,000

Russ Springer $ 700,000

Alan Embree $ 575,000

Dennis Martinez $ 550,000

Michael Tucker $ 370,000

Danny Bautista $ 345,000

Rafael Belliard $ 250,000

Paul Byrd $ 237,500

Eddie Perez $ 225,000

Rudy Seanez $ 225,000

Curtis Pride $ 216,000

Andruw Jones $ 215,000

Tony Graffanino $ 192,500

Mike Cather $ 182,500

Kerry Ligtenberg $ 175,000

Kevin Millwood $ 175,000

Adam Butler $ 170,000

Norm Charlton $ 170,000

Brian Edmondson $ 170,000

Ozzie Guillen $ 170,000

John Rocker $ 170,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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