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1987 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 74-86
Finish: 3rd in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 706
Runs Allowed: 789
Exp W-L: 72-88
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,500,170
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-69, 7th in the National League
AA: 73-64, 7th in the National League
A: 68-69, 8th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
DH *Paul O'Neill 24 144 585 75 157 33 2 16 63 4 1 53 85 .268 .327 .414 .741 75.8 14.8 0.7
LF  Kevin McReynolds 27 144 549 90 150 28 3 22 68 9 0 43 63 .273 .324 .455 .780 76.4 15.8 2.3
2B *Jorge Orta 36 150 520 49 131 20 4 5 57 2 7 33 111 .252 .295 .335 .629 48.8 5.2 5.0
C *Matt Nokes 23 136 493 58 113 13 2 22 72 0 0 39 50 .229 .289 .398 .687 59.6 9.0 7.2
3B  Nick Esasky 27 130 476 65 130 25 3 21 79 4 2 45 95 .273 .339 .471 .810 74.6 17.0 2.3
SS *Tim Flannery 29 152 478 46 95 29 2 4 41 2 1 32 82 .199 .255 .293 .548 33.4 0.0 4.4
CF  Billy Hatcher 26 122 452 65 123 27 6 4 40 16 3 39 34 .272 .328 .385 .713 59.5 12.0 2.4
RF  Jeff Burroughs 36 126 429 47 115 18 0 12 47 0 0 38 114 .268 .328 .394 .722 55.2 10.9 1.8
RF  Dwight Evans 35 104 390 57 114 26 0 22 70 2 1 33 84 .292 .349 .528 .877 66.4 16.6 0.9
LF *Benny Distefano 25 107 350 46 86 20 5 8 41 2 3 25 46 .246 .302 .400 .702 40.7 7.2 1.2
1B *Will Clark 23 52 193 23 61 12 1 5 27 0 0 19 29 .316 .384 .466 .851 31.1 7.7 0.6
C  Benito Santiago 22 64 148 15 33 9 1 5 28 0 0 7 28 .223 .253 .399 .652 13.7 0.8 2.3
LF *Dan Pasqua 25 43 143 19 30 9 2 9 20 0 1 8 33 .210 .250 .490 .740 17.3 2.5 0.8
1B *Sheldon Mallory 33 66 136 17 34 5 1 0 13 7 2 8 27 .250 .293 .301 .594 12.2 0.9 1.0
CF #Mike Young 27 57 128 22 30 7 1 3 17 1 0 12 35 .234 .308 .375 .683 13.6 1.8 0.3
2B #Buddy Biancalana 27 66 83 8 17 1 0 1 4 2 1 7 13 .205 .267 .253 .520 5.7 0.0 1.1
2B  Tim Hulett 27 6 12 2 4 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 .333 .385 .583 .968 2.4 0.9 0.1
C  Bob Johnson 27 4 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.4 0.0 0.2
SS  Mike Gallego 26 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
RF *Eric Bullock 27 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .500 .333 .833 0.6 0.3 0.0
CF  Jim Wohlford 36 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0 0.4 0.0
SS #Doug Baker 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dennis Leonard 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.3 1684 5587 706 1428 283 34 159 691 51 22 443 934 .256 .311 .404 .715 687.5 123.9 34.7
  Rank among 12 NL teams 6 7 7 8 7 3 7 11 2 11 6 8 9 4 7 7  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Chris Bosio 24 10 12 .455 34 34 0 241.7 246 108 25 64 123 4.02 13.0
 Dwight Gooden 22 11 11 .500 35 35 0 221.3 167 108 30 116 280 4.39 10.1
 Kelly Downs 26 11 12 .478 31 31 0 198.0 217 110 21 66 97 5.00 6.6
 Bert Blyleven 36 14 7 .667 36 23 0 176.0 155 70 17 57 88 3.58 13.2
 Dick Ruthven 36 4 5 .444 47 0 0 107.3 108 42 9 31 31 3.52 6.9
 Tim Belcher 25 3 9 .250 16 16 0 101.7 115 71 12 43 48 6.29 0.0
*Gary Lucas 32 6 4 .600 55 0 3 90.0 100 61 9 47 39 6.10 1.1
 Gil Patterson 31 5 7 .417 67 0 37 69.7 69 37 11 41 49 4.78 5.4
 Dennis Leonard 36 3 6 .333 67 1 2 63.7 78 33 9 15 46 4.67 2.6
*David Wells 24 3 5 .375 9 9 0 60.0 79 36 10 11 25 5.40 1.0
 Jay Baller 26 1 0 1.000 27 0 0 49.3 43 18 4 23 36 3.28 3.4
 Kirk McCaskill 26 3 7 .300 31 9 1 48.3 65 44 9 17 37 8.19 0.0
 Mike Lacoss 31 0 1 .000 2 2 0 6.0 8 6 1 4 3 9.00 0.0
 Tom Johnson 36 0 0 .000 2 0 0 6.0 7 2 1 4 4 3.00 0.1
 Jim Wright 32 0 0 .000 2 0 0 4.3 13 12 2 5 1 24.94 0.0
Team Totals 29.5 74 86 .463 461 160 43 1443.3 1470 758 170 544 907 4.73 63.3
Rank among 12 NL teams 10 10 8 10 7 7 12 12 11 8 12  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 30.0
M.Nokes 1101.3 119 131 720 61 6 0 .992 33.1
B.Santiago 315.0 38 42 201 25 1 0 .996 53.8
B.Johnson 27.0 3 4 17 3 0 0 1.000 75.0
Team Total 1443.3 160 177 938 89 7 0 .993 38.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.23
B.Distefano 842.7 98 100 999 68 11 71 .990 11.40
W.Clark 451.3 50 51 519 41 5 50 .991 11.17
S.Mallory 142.3 12 29 159 15 0 15 1.000 11.00
J.Burroughs 5.0 0 1 6 0 0 1 1.000 10.80
T.Flannery 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1443.3 160 182 1686 124 16 137 .991 11.29
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.66
J.Orta 1229.0 139 139 256 542 9 96 .989 5.84
S.Mallory 117.0 13 16 37 54 1 12 .989 7.00
B.Biancalana 85.3 7 17 27 41 1 4 .986 7.17
T.Hulett 11.0 1 2 4 4 0 1 1.000 6.55
B.Hatcher 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 160 175 324 641 11 113 .989 6.02
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 2.66
N.Esasky 1104.0 124 127 63 243 12 24 .962 2.49
J.Burroughs 270.7 29 36 12 58 0 5 1.000 2.33
B.Hatcher 20.7 2 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.44
D.Evans 18.0 2 2 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.50
T.Hulett 11.0 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.45
K.McReynolds 9.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
T.Flannery 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
B.Biancalana 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1443.3 160 173 78 308 13 30 .967 2.41
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.13
T.Flannery 1267.7 148 149 205 529 12 85 .984 5.21
B.Biancalana 153.7 11 39 20 76 3 14 .970 5.62
M.Gallego 13.0 1 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.08
D.Pasqua 5.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40
B.Santiago 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Baker 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 160 196 227 610 15 99 .982 5.22
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.90
K.McReynolds 881.3 100 102 168 3 1 2 .994 1.75
P.O'Neill 312.3 35 35 57 2 3 1 .952 1.70
J.Burroughs 104.7 12 12 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.41
B.Hatcher 37.0 4 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
M.Young 35.0 3 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
S.Mallory 25.0 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.72
N.Esasky 20.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
D.Pasqua 13.0 1 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.85
B.Distefano 9.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.Orta 6.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1443.3 160 174 283 5 4 3 .986 1.80
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.42
B.Hatcher 910.7 102 108 250 2 4 2 .984 2.49
K.McReynolds 320.3 35 41 78 3 2 1 .976 2.28
J.Burroughs 129.0 15 17 38 1 0 0 1.000 2.72
M.Young 43.7 4 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.68
S.Mallory 31.0 4 4 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.48
J.Wohlford 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Orta 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
D.Leonard 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
B.Biancalana 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 160 181 394 6 6 3 .985 2.49
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.98
D.Evans 537.7 60 64 105 2 3 0 .973 1.79
D.Pasqua 318.3 36 37 67 3 0 1 1.000 1.98
J.Burroughs 245.3 26 29 64 1 2 0 .970 2.38
P.O'Neill 119.0 14 16 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.82
M.Young 110.0 13 15 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.39
J.Orta 69.0 8 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
S.Mallory 22.0 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
B.Distefano 12.0 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
E.Bullock 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
B.Santiago 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 160 181 300 6 5 1 .984 1.91
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 1.90
C.Bosio 241.7 34 34 10 34 0 2 1.000 1.64
D.Gooden 221.3 35 35 18 31 2 3 .961 1.99
K.Downs 198.0 31 31 12 26 2 1 .950 1.73
B.Blyleven 176.0 23 36 15 31 1 3 .979 2.35
D.Ruthven 107.3 0 47 7 15 1 3 .957 1.84
T.Belcher 101.7 16 16 6 18 1 1 .960 2.12
G.Lucas 90.0 0 55 2 15 0 0 1.000 1.70
G.Patterson 69.7 0 67 7 9 2 1 .889 2.07
D.Leonard 63.7 1 67 5 17 0 1 1.000 3.11
D.Wells 60.0 9 9 5 14 0 1 1.000 2.85
J.Baller 49.3 0 27 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.82
K.McCaskill 48.3 9 31 2 10 0 1 1.000 2.23
M.Lacoss 6.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
T.Johnson 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Wright 4.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 160 461 94 227 9 17 .973 2.00
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average McReynolds .273
On-Base Pct Esasky .339
Slugging Pct Esasky .471
OPS Esasky .810
XR McReynolds 76.4
Games Flannery 152
At-Bats O'Neill 585
Runs McReynolds 90
Hits O'Neill 157
Total Bases McReynolds 250
Singles O'Neill 106
Doubles O'Neill 33
Triples Hatcher 6
Homeruns Evans, McReynolds, Nokes 22
RBIs Esasky 79
Stolen Bases Hatcher 16
Caught Stealing Orta 7
Walks O'Neill 53
Strikeouts Burroughs 114
ERA Blyleven 3.58
Wins Blyleven 14
Losses Bosio, Downs 12
Winning Pct Blyleven .667
Saves Patterson 37
Games Pitched Leonard, Patterson 67
Games Started Gooden 35
Complete Games Bosio 3
Shutouts Blyleven 1
Innings Pitched Bosio 241.7
Hits Allowed Bosio 246
Homeruns Allowed Gooden 30
Strikeouts Gooden 280
Walks Allowed Gooden 116
Walks per 9IP Bosio 2.4
Hits per 9IP Gooden 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Gooden 11.4
WHiP Blyleven 1.20
OAVG Gooden .210
OOBP Blyleven .299
OSLG Blyleven .360
OOPS Blyleven .659
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Dwight Evans $ 11,000,000
Jeff Burroughs $ 6,000,000
Dick Ruthven $ 4,500,000
Mike Lacoss $ 3,000,000
Steve Braun $ 2,500,000
Jorge Orta $ 1,710,000
Tim Flannery $ 1,278,571
Bert Blyleven $ 1,250,000
Tom Johnson $ 1,010,000
Dennis Leonard $ 830,000
Gil Patterson $ 810,000
Gary Lucas $ 544,000
Jay Baller $ 350,000
Buddy Biancalana $ 350,000
Tim Hulett $ 350,000
Jim Wright $ 350,000
Jim Wohlford $ 350,000
Mike Richardt $ 350,000
Tom Poquette $ 300,000
Tim Belcher $ 300,000
David Wells $ 300,000
Chris Bosio $ 300,000
Benito Santiago $ 300,000
Eric Bullock $ 300,000
Will Clark $ 300,000
Benny Distefano $ 300,000
Bob Johnson $ 300,000
Nick Esasky $ 300,000
Sheldon Mallory $ 300,000
Dan Pasqua $ 300,000
Mike Gallego $ 300,000
Dwight Gooden $ 300,000
Billy Hatcher $ 300,000
Doug Baker $ 300,000
Paul O'Neill $ 300,000
Mike Young $ 300,000
Matt Nokes $ 300,000
Kevin McReynolds $ 300,000
Kirk McCaskill $ 300,000
Kelly Downs $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Mike Chris
$3,200,000		 Kansas City Mike Loynd
Mike Lacoss
Dick Ruthven
Jeff Burroughs
2/2 Traded Jeff Heathcock Baltimore Dwight Evans
3/4 Traded Luis Aponte
Jerry Hairston		 Kansas City Rick Rodriguez
 
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