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1988 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 86-74
Finish: 3rd in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 693
Runs Allowed: 634
Exp W-L: 86-74
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,646,634
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 12th in the National League
AA: 90-47, 3rd in the National League
A: 72-65, 8th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
LF  Kevin McReynolds 28 154 580 77 144 41 4 23 85 7 2 55 85 .248 .313 .452 .764 78.5 13.3 3.5
CF  Billy Hatcher 27 151 589 76 156 43 7 7 62 27 8 31 47 .265 .306 .397 .703 67.8 10.5 4.6
3B  Nick Esasky 28 154 565 70 154 41 1 21 75 4 1 46 152 .273 .329 .460 .789 82.0 16.4 5.5
DH *Paul O'Neill 25 146 533 71 137 47 1 17 77 0 0 50 105 .257 .320 .445 .764 74.0 13.7 0.0
C *Matt Nokes 24 141 490 75 123 21 1 26 80 0 0 52 47 .251 .330 .457 .787 73.0 13.0 6.2
1B *Will Clark 24 104 402 56 105 21 2 19 54 0 1 30 47 .261 .310 .465 .776 55.5 9.8 1.7
RF  Dwight Evans 36 99 345 44 87 36 1 12 50 1 0 35 92 .252 .322 .467 .789 47.4 8.5 2.6
2B *Rick Manning 33 121 357 37 114 20 1 0 41 3 9 22 64 .319 .360 .381 .741 42.9 7.9 3.2
SS #Ron Oester 32 124 345 34 84 17 1 0 12 4 4 27 38 .243 .298 .299 .596 29.8 2.2 7.6
LF *Dan Pasqua 26 123 311 38 69 10 2 13 46 1 0 38 89 .222 .306 .392 .698 37.6 5.1 1.8
SS  Jody Reed 25 107 263 29 71 11 3 0 20 1 0 19 19 .270 .325 .335 .660 28.0 4.0 2.9
LF *Benny Distefano 26 92 213 28 45 10 1 5 25 3 1 8 38 .211 .250 .338 .588 17.4 0.7 0.9
2B *Rance Mulliniks 32 46 183 21 46 13 2 1 19 0 0 17 36 .251 .313 .361 .674 20.7 3.0 2.8
C  Benito Santiago 23 44 121 9 23 3 0 3 10 0 0 4 17 .190 .216 .289 .505 5.9 0.0 1.5
SS *Tim Flannery 30 70 88 12 12 3 0 2 5 0 2 11 12 .136 .230 .239 .469 4.8 0.0 1.0
CF #Mike Young 28 52 86 10 16 1 2 3 6 0 0 11 30 .186 .293 .349 .642 10.0 1.3 0.6
1B  Luis Medina 25 9 29 4 7 0 0 3 5 0 0 2 4 .241 .313 .552 .864 5.0 1.0 0.2
2B #Julio Cruz 33 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.5 0.0 0.0
2B  Tim Hulett 28 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 28.1 1741 5505 691 1394 339 29 155 673 51 28 460 922 .253 .313 .410 .722 681.4 110.7 46.5
  Rank among 12 NL teams 7 8 8 4 9 1 7 9 3 9 7 8 8 3 6 6  
* - 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
 Mike Norris 33 13 12 .520 33 33 0 220.3 194 79 13 49 180 3.23 16.0
 Dwight Gooden 23 15 4 .789 32 32 0 207.0 118 60 18 127 250 2.61 19.5
 Jim Beattie 33 9 16 .360 32 32 0 197.7 186 86 10 76 104 3.92 10.2
*David Wells 25 12 10 .545 39 20 3 170.7 162 77 16 36 86 4.06 9.4
 John Smoltz 21 9 7 .563 38 20 11 155.0 147 71 21 50 108 4.12 10.3
 Kelly Downs 27 10 6 .625 53 10 1 122.0 106 37 3 40 78 2.73 12.7
 Donnie Moore 34 4 3 .571 60 0 7 110.0 111 43 10 28 67 3.52 9.2
 Andy Rincon 29 5 5 .500 13 13 0 93.3 91 25 2 20 57 2.41 8.8
 Luis Aponte 35 7 6 .538 53 0 22 60.7 78 35 6 24 37 5.19 3.2
 Tim Belcher 26 1 3 .250 29 0 2 55.3 77 40 7 30 22 6.51 0.0
 Chris Bosio 25 1 0 1.000 11 0 1 17.7 18 7 2 4 12 3.57 1.2
 Mike Lacoss 32 0 0 .000 7 0 0 14.7 23 11 0 10 4 6.75 0.0
 Don Heinkel 28 0 2 .000 5 0 0 10.0 11 5 1 2 6 4.50 0.1
 Jay Baller 27 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.2
Team Totals 28.4 86 74 .538 406 160 47 1435.3 1323 576 109 497 1012 3.61 100.8
Rank among 12 NL teams 6 6 4 5 6 2 3 1 7 1 2  
* - 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 31.1
M.Nokes 1169.3 129 139 857 48 13 1 .986 34.7
B.Santiago 266.0 31 33 191 14 1 0 .995 36.7
Team Total 1435.3 160 172 1048 62 14 1 .988 35.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.41
W.Clark 872.0 99 103 1026 75 6 92 .995 11.36
B.Distefano 311.0 35 39 374 26 4 25 .990 11.58
D.Pasqua 102.0 11 14 127 12 2 13 .986 12.26
L.Medina 75.0 9 9 83 10 0 11 1.000 11.16
T.Flannery 73.3 6 14 89 5 0 8 1.000 11.54
J.Cruz 5.5 0 1 7 0 0 1 1.000 11.45
Team Total 1438.8 160 180 1706 128 12 150 .993 11.47
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.54
R.Manning 715.3 83 85 143 289 5 68 .989 5.44
J.Reed 506.3 56 66 106 212 8 39 .975 5.65
R.Mulliniks 52.8 6 6 8 17 0 4 1.000 4.26
T.Flannery 29.7 1 15 7 13 1 1 .952 6.07
R.Oester 5.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Cruz 2.8 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.43
Team Total 1311.9 146 175 265 533 14 113 .983 5.47
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.71
N.Esasky 1319.7 150 154 81 314 21 24 .950 2.69
T.Flannery 108.7 9 21 7 23 1 1 .968 2.48
T.Hulett 7.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Cruz 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.8 160 177 88 337 22 25 .951 2.66
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.09
R.Oester 944.0 115 118 137 416 17 78 .970 5.27
R.Mulliniks 330.4 39 39 47 147 6 24 .970 5.28
J.Reed 139.7 10 35 24 56 2 12 .976 5.16
R.Manning 82.0 6 17 11 30 1 4 .976 4.50
T.Flannery 48.0 4 11 2 21 1 1 .958 4.31
B.Santiago 2.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Cruz 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1546.8 174 222 221 670 27 119 .971 5.18
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.78
K.McReynolds 1310.7 146 147 230 8 2 4 .992 1.63
D.Pasqua 48.7 6 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.48
M.Young 37.0 4 6 4 0 1 0 .800 0.97
B.Distefano 36.0 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Cruz 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Santiago 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Hatcher 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
N.Esasky 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.6 160 167 248 8 3 4 .988 1.60
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.35
B.Hatcher 1260.7 148 150 281 10 0 5 1.000 2.08
M.Young 133.7 10 34 36 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
B.Distefano 18.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
R.Manning 14.0 0 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
K.McReynolds 9.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1435.3 160 200 326 10 0 5 1.000 2.11
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.92
D.Evans 837.3 93 99 174 4 2 0 .989 1.91
D.Pasqua 480.3 54 54 103 1 3 1 .972 1.95
B.Distefano 69.7 8 13 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.55
M.Young 47.0 5 7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.15
P.O'Neill 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.3 160 174 295 5 6 1 .980 1.88
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.04
M.Norris 220.3 33 33 13 36 2 3 .961 2.00
D.Gooden 207.0 32 32 15 31 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.Beattie 197.7 32 32 15 31 1 2 .979 2.09
D.Wells 170.7 20 39 7 24 1 1 .969 1.63
J.Smoltz 155.0 20 38 14 17 0 0 1.000 1.80
K.Downs 122.0 10 53 8 24 0 3 1.000 2.36
D.Moore 110.0 0 60 11 13 0 3 1.000 1.96
A.Rincon 93.3 13 13 9 17 0 2 1.000 2.51
L.Aponte 60.7 0 53 2 11 0 2 1.000 1.93
T.Belcher 55.3 0 29 5 4 0 0 1.000 1.46
C.Bosio 17.7 0 11 0 4 1 0 .800 2.04
M.Lacoss 14.7 0 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.23
D.Heinkel 10.0 0 5 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.60
J.Baller 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.3 160 406 100 217 5 16 .984 1.99
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Esasky .273
On-Base Pct Nokes .330
Slugging Pct Esasky .460
OPS Esasky .789
XR Esasky 82.0
Games Esasky, McReynolds 154
At-Bats Hatcher 589
Runs McReynolds 77
Hits Hatcher 156
Total Bases McReynolds 262
Singles Hatcher 99
Doubles O'Neill 47
Triples Hatcher 7
Homeruns Nokes 26
RBIs McReynolds 85
Stolen Bases Hatcher 27
Caught Stealing Manning 9
Walks McReynolds 55
Strikeouts Esasky 152
ERA Gooden 2.61
Wins Gooden 15
Losses Beattie 16
Winning Pct Gooden .789
Saves Aponte 22
Games Pitched Moore 60
Games Started Norris 33
Complete Games Wells 7
Shutouts Wells 3
Innings Pitched Norris 220.3
Hits Allowed Norris 194
Homeruns Allowed Smoltz 21
Strikeouts Gooden 250
Walks Allowed Gooden 127
Walks per 9IP Wells 1.9
Hits per 9IP Gooden 5.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Gooden 10.9
WHiP Norris 1.10
OAVG Gooden .165
OOBP Norris .278
OSLG Gooden .307
OOPS Gooden .598
Team All-Stars
Donnie Moore
Matt Nokes
Player Salaries
Rance Mulliniks $ 10,250,000
Mike Norris $ 8,740,000
Andy Rincon $ 7,490,000
Jim Beattie $ 3,500,000
Nick Esasky $ 3,178,571
Dwight Gooden $ 3,078,571
Kevin McReynolds $ 3,078,571
Luis Aponte $ 2,390,000
Ron Oester $ 2,020,000
Tim Flannery $ 1,278,571
Julio Cruz $ 1,135,000
Rick Manning $ 1,040,000
Gil Flores $ 714,000
Donnie Moore $ 650,000
Buddy Biancalana $ 350,000
Jay Baller $ 350,000
Sheldon Mallory $ 350,000
Mike Richardt $ 350,000
Jim Wright $ 350,000
Mike Young $ 350,000
Tim Hulett $ 350,000
David Wells $ 300,000
Tim Belcher $ 300,000
John Smoltz $ 300,000
Chris Bosio $ 300,000
Will Clark $ 300,000
Benito Santiago $ 300,000
Kelly Downs $ 300,000
Jody Reed $ 300,000
Dan Pasqua $ 300,000
Paul O'Neill $ 300,000
Billy Hatcher $ 300,000
Don Heinkel $ 300,000
Matt Nokes $ 300,000
Luis Medina $ 300,000
Benny Distefano $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Ray Soff Milwaukee Mike Norris
2/6 Signed     Dave Schmidt
2/8 Signed     Luis Aponte
2/10 Signed     Donnie Moore
2/11 Signed     Gil Flores
2/15 Signed     Rick Manning
2/16 Signed     Ron Oester
3/4 Traded Rich Thompson Indianapolis Jim Beattie
7/31 Traded Dwight Evans
Jeff Burroughs
Mike Lacoss		 Cleveland (N) Rance Mulliniks
Julio Cruz
Andy Rincon
$3,327,428
8/26 Released Jim Wohlford    
 
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