1986 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 69-91
Finish: 3rd in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 620
Runs Allowed: 747
Exp W-L: 66-94
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,428,723
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 81-56, 3rd in the National League
AA: 72-65, 6th in the National League
A: 63-74, 10th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
3B  Nick Esasky 26 154 562 69 148 36 0 15 70 4 1 57 150 .263 .330 .407 .738 71.9 13.8 3.8
C *Matt Nokes 22 148 520 63 119 20 2 17 79 0 0 44 60 .229 .291 .373 .664 53.6 6.6 8.1
SS *Tim Flannery 28 150 479 46 128 24 3 6 57 6 3 50 77 .267 .344 .367 .711 61.2 12.1 5.7
CF #Jerry Hairston 34 140 430 56 107 24 2 6 35 0 0 79 67 .249 .363 .356 .718 59.8 11.8 3.7
CF #Mike Young 26 105 344 39 72 17 3 8 35 0 1 46 86 .209 .311 .346 .657 35.2 4.0 1.0
2B *Jorge Orta 35 117 372 40 89 10 4 9 43 2 3 13 76 .239 .262 .360 .622 34.5 3.3 3.4
3B *Steve Braun 38 105 330 32 90 9 1 9 42 0 0 28 67 .273 .329 .388 .717 39.1 7.1 0.7
LF  Kevin McReynolds 26 77 308 44 81 17 0 7 34 3 1 27 33 .263 .325 .386 .712 37.6 6.9 1.3
1B *Will Clark 22 78 302 40 89 24 3 9 40 1 3 32 45 .295 .366 .483 .850 48.2 11.7 0.8
DH *Paul O'Neill 23 76 276 27 62 14 1 0 22 0 0 36 38 .225 .314 .283 .597 25.7 3.0 0.3
LF *Benny Distefano 24 77 276 22 52 8 1 7 26 1 2 23 42 .188 .252 .301 .552 20.3 0.0 1.8
1B *Sheldon Mallory 32 70 243 32 57 6 2 1 17 20 5 20 35 .235 .306 .288 .594 23.5 2.9 0.8
2B  Mike Richardt 28 73 232 19 48 11 2 0 18 0 0 9 17 .207 .236 .272 .507 11.7 0.0 2.9
LF *Dan Pasqua 24 65 207 23 52 12 0 8 30 2 0 20 48 .251 .316 .425 .741 26.1 4.8 1.2
CF  Billy Hatcher 25 60 161 30 40 8 2 3 17 5 1 10 12 .248 .292 .379 .671 16.9 2.4 0.8
C  Dennis Littlejohn 31 50 127 15 24 3 2 1 12 1 0 14 33 .189 .270 .268 .537 7.5 0.0 1.7
2B #Buddy Biancalana 26 68 125 11 24 3 0 1 7 0 3 9 24 .192 .246 .240 .486 5.0 0.0 1.4
CF  Jim Wohlford 35 39 116 8 27 7 0 0 10 0 1 7 26 .233 .274 .293 .567 8.9 0.4 0.7
SS  Mike Gallego 25 14 18 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 .333 .455 .333 .788 2.9 0.7 0.3
RF *Tom Poquette 34 16 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.2 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 28.2 1682 5436 620 1316 253 28 107 596 45 24 529 941 .242 .311 .358 .669 589.7 91.5 40.4
  Rank among 12 NL teams 11 11 10 11 9 11 11 12 2 5 8 9 7 12 10 11  
* - 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
 Kelly Downs 25 12 18 .400 33 33 0 240.3 245 116 16 92 127 4.34 11.0
 Bert Blyleven 35 12 15 .444 33 33 0 235.7 238 116 29 89 132 4.43 10.3
 Don Robinson 29 4 17 .190 30 30 0 202.0 257 142 36 76 110 6.33 0.0
 Chris Bosio 23 9 12 .429 24 24 0 188.0 188 89 8 63 89 4.26 9.4
 Dwight Gooden 21 7 7 .500 16 16 0 115.7 72 47 13 74 156 3.66 8.1
 Tom Johnson 35 4 5 .444 13 13 0 83.3 83 34 9 31 42 3.67 5.4
 Gil Patterson 30 2 1 .667 42 0 0 77.7 68 32 8 46 61 3.71 4.7
 Luis Aponte 33 8 4 .667 49 0 29 62.0 55 13 1 15 42 1.89 15.4
 Kirk McCaskill 25 1 6 .143 8 8 0 56.0 63 34 5 22 26 5.46 0.3
*Gary Lucas 31 3 0 1.000 22 0 0 52.0 50 20 5 14 18 3.46 4.4
 Jay Baller 25 0 0 .000 19 0 1 37.7 40 15 3 17 16 3.58 2.4
 Adrian Devine 34 3 2 .600 35 1 1 32.3 27 13 3 12 14 3.62 3.4
 Dennis Leonard 35 4 4 .500 32 2 1 32.0 38 22 3 18 10 6.19 0.4
Team Totals 29.3 69 91 .431 356 160 32 1414.6 1424 693 139 569 843 4.41 75.1
Rank among 12 NL teams 10 10 10 10 12 7 10 11 11 8 11  
* - 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 .990 31.7
M.Nokes 1157.7 128 143 723 78 12 2 .985 41.1
D.Littlejohn 257.0 32 36 160 10 1 0 .994 25.8
Team Total 1414.7 160 179 883 88 13 2 .987 38.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.37
W.Clark 658.0 74 78 742 53 8 75 .990 10.87
S.Mallory 469.0 53 58 558 46 9 59 .985 11.59
S.Braun 199.3 24 24 258 18 2 23 .993 12.46
J.Hairston 33.0 3 5 42 2 1 3 .978 12.00
J.Orta 33.0 4 4 33 1 0 2 1.000 9.27
B.Distefano 11.3 1 2 14 0 0 0 1.000 11.12
D.Pasqua 7.0 1 1 12 0 0 0 1.000 15.43
N.Esasky 4.0 0 2 7 0 0 1 1.000 15.75
Team Total 1414.7 160 174 1666 120 20 163 .989 11.36
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.67
J.Orta 626.7 66 85 138 279 6 61 .986 5.99
M.Richardt 586.0 73 73 145 258 10 58 .976 6.19
B.Biancalana 177.0 19 32 40 80 0 16 1.000 6.10
M.Gallego 18.0 2 3 5 3 0 2 1.000 4.00
S.Mallory 7.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1414.7 160 197 328 621 16 137 .983 6.04
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.68
N.Esasky 1270.3 143 145 78 281 21 20 .945 2.54
J.Orta 77.3 9 9 5 18 3 2 .885 2.68
S.Braun 59.0 7 9 8 14 0 1 1.000 3.36
M.Gallego 8.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1414.7 160 164 91 315 24 23 .944 2.58
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.17
T.Flannery 1263.7 148 150 220 523 19 106 .975 5.29
B.Biancalana 114.0 10 23 18 42 3 13 .952 4.74
M.Gallego 32.0 2 10 8 14 1 6 .957 6.19
S.Braun 3.0 0 1 0 3 0 2 1.000 9.00
D.Littlejohn 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1414.7 160 185 246 582 23 127 .973 5.27
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.88
K.McReynolds 615.0 70 72 112 4 1 2 .991 1.70
M.Young 474.0 53 58 98 2 7 1 .935 1.90
J.Wohlford 226.3 27 27 47 0 1 0 .979 1.87
B.Hatcher 48.0 6 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.31
S.Braun 21.0 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
S.Mallory 17.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
N.Esasky 4.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Orta 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Hairston 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
T.Poquette 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1414.7 160 182 273 6 9 3 .969 1.77
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.42
J.Hairston 1031.0 116 127 281 7 0 4 1.000 2.51
B.Hatcher 317.0 38 40 61 2 0 1 1.000 1.79
J.Wohlford 40.0 4 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
S.Mallory 18.0 2 3 9 1 1 1 .909 5.00
J.Orta 7.7 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.70
T.Poquette 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1414.7 160 179 363 10 1 6 .997 2.37
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.02
B.Distefano 628.0 73 74 146 3 0 2 1.000 2.14
D.Pasqua 496.3 59 60 104 3 2 1 .982 1.94
P.O'Neill 157.0 18 19 30 1 1 0 .969 1.78
J.Wohlford 33.0 4 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.91
S.Mallory 22.3 2 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.21
M.Young 19.0 2 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Braun 17.7 1 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.51
T.Poquette 16.3 1 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.31
J.Hairston 13.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
J.Orta 12.0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1414.7 160 188 304 7 4 3 .987 1.98
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 1.92
K.Downs 240.3 33 33 11 37 1 2 .980 1.80
B.Blyleven 235.7 33 33 17 52 1 2 .986 2.64
D.Robinson 202.0 30 30 10 46 2 3 .966 2.50
C.Bosio 188.0 24 24 9 14 0 0 1.000 1.10
D.Gooden 115.7 16 16 4 16 0 1 1.000 1.56
T.Johnson 83.3 13 13 4 11 0 0 1.000 1.62
G.Patterson 77.7 0 42 2 12 0 2 1.000 1.62
L.Aponte 62.0 0 49 6 7 1 1 .929 1.89
K.McCaskill 56.0 8 8 8 8 1 0 .941 2.57
G.Lucas 52.0 0 22 4 13 0 4 1.000 2.94
J.Baller 37.7 0 19 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.39
A.Devine 32.3 1 35 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.23
D.Leonard 32.0 2 32 2 5 2 1 .778 1.97
Team Total 1414.6 160 356 81 235 8 16 .975 2.01
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Flannery .267
On-Base Pct Hairston .363
Slugging Pct Esasky .407
OPS Esasky .738
XR Esasky 71.9
Games Esasky 154
At-Bats Esasky 562
Runs Esasky 69
Hits Esasky 148
Total Bases Esasky 229
Singles Esasky 97
Doubles Esasky 36
Triples Orta 4
Homeruns Nokes 17
RBIs Nokes 79
Stolen Bases Mallory 20
Caught Stealing Mallory 5
Walks Hairston 79
Strikeouts Esasky 150
ERA Bosio 4.26
Wins Blyleven, Downs 12
Losses Downs 18
Winning Pct Blyleven .444
Saves Aponte 29
Games Pitched Aponte 49
Games Started Blyleven, Downs 33
Complete Games Bosio 10
Shutouts Downs 2
Innings Pitched Downs 240.3
Hits Allowed Robinson 257
Homeruns Allowed Robinson 36
Strikeouts Gooden 156
Walks Allowed Downs 92
Walks per 9IP Bosio 3.0
Hits per 9IP Bosio 9.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Blyleven 5.0
WHiP Bosio 1.34
OAVG Bosio .256
OOBP Bosio .317
OSLG Bosio .365
OOPS Bosio .682
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Steve Braun $ 2,500,000
Jorge Orta $ 1,710,000
Jerry Hairston $ 1,400,000
Luis Aponte $ 1,300,000
Bert Blyleven $ 1,250,000
Tom Johnson $ 1,010,000
Dennis Leonard $ 830,000
Gil Patterson $ 810,000
Don Robinson $ 792,000
Adrian Devine $ 648,000
Gary Lucas $ 544,000
Charlie Sands $ 500,000
Gary Beare $ 350,000
Tim Hulett $ 350,000
Francisco Barrios $ 350,000
Dennis Littlejohn $ 350,000
Jim Wright $ 350,000
Jim Wohlford $ 350,000
Mike Richardt $ 350,000
Kelly Downs $ 300,000
Jay Baller $ 300,000
Buddy Biancalana $ 300,000
Chris Bosio $ 300,000
Tom Poquette $ 300,000
Will Clark $ 300,000
Billy Hatcher $ 300,000
Benny Distefano $ 300,000
Sheldon Mallory $ 300,000
Nick Esasky $ 300,000
Tim Flannery $ 300,000
Mike Gallego $ 300,000
Dwight Gooden $ 300,000
Paul O'Neill $ 300,000
Matt Nokes $ 300,000
Kevin McReynolds $ 300,000
Mike Young $ 300,000
Kirk McCaskill $ 300,000
Dan Pasqua $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Bert Blyleven
2/6 Signed     Gil Patterson
2/7 Signed     Jorge Orta
2/7 Signed     Dennis Leonard
2/9 Signed     Tom Johnson
2/10 Signed     Luis Aponte
2/10 Signed     Gary Lucas
2/12 Signed     Don Robinson
2/14 Signed     Adrian Devine
3/4 Traded Jesus Figueroa
$4,600,000
Cleveland (N) Steve Braun
Charlie Sands