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1969 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 71-91
Finish: 4th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 690
Runs Allowed: 791
Exp W-L: 71-91
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,844,367
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-67, 4th in the National League
AA: 59-78, 8th in the National League
A: 72-65, 4th 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
3B  Dick Howser 33 154 592 88 177 38 2 5 57 39 10 73 24 .299 .375 .395 .770 91.2 17.8 4.4
1B *Rusty Staub 25 102 399 44 112 22 1 11 49 4 2 39 20 .281 .344 .424 .767 57.1 9.6 2.6
LF  Dave Nicholson 29 100 365 63 93 13 2 19 56 2 6 64 113 .255 .366 .458 .824 60.1 10.3 1.7
SS  Bob Heise 22 127 403 39 106 12 1 2 33 0 0 17 7 .263 .295 .313 .607 33.6 2.2 4.0
LF  Jim Hickman 32 101 381 41 98 20 1 12 44 3 3 34 77 .257 .319 .409 .728 48.0 6.7 0.2
RF *Roger Repoz 28 100 363 41 99 16 2 11 48 9 6 50 75 .273 .359 .419 .778 54.1 9.0 1.8
1B *Joe Pepitone 28 94 376 47 114 15 3 11 55 12 10 31 29 .303 .357 .447 .804 57.6 10.6 2.2
2B  Johnny Goryl 35 101 356 49 91 14 0 20 64 1 1 37 84 .256 .324 .463 .788 53.1 8.9 3.3
C  Thurman Munson 22 83 281 34 76 8 2 4 31 4 1 15 44 .270 .314 .356 .670 27.5 2.6 3.8
SS  Dal Maxvill 30 91 215 27 41 11 1 5 25 0 0 15 30 .191 .242 .321 .563 15.8 0.0 2.3
C  Harry Chiti 36 69 209 13 58 3 0 1 21 0 2 17 48 .278 .330 .306 .637 21.4 2.5 1.4
SS #Maury Wills 36 95 211 40 57 13 2 0 19 32 11 10 26 .270 .302 .351 .653 23.0 2.7 1.3
CF #Fred Valentine 34 55 203 20 54 9 0 1 18 4 1 17 28 .266 .324 .325 .649 20.9 2.2 1.5
C  Doc Edwards 32 73 199 16 44 5 0 2 13 0 0 12 38 .221 .274 .276 .551 13.7 0.0 2.2
C *Jesse Gonder 33 65 183 25 44 5 0 2 22 1 0 15 43 .240 .302 .301 .603 17.3 1.3 1.9
LF  Mike Hershberger 29 70 156 20 44 7 3 3 29 2 1 10 9 .282 .329 .423 .752 21.0 3.1 0.7
CF  Bob Perry 34 46 164 14 38 4 2 3 18 0 1 5 35 .232 .263 .335 .599 12.5 0.0 0.8
1B *Tony Bartirome 37 39 110 14 28 4 1 1 13 6 3 9 13 .255 .311 .336 .647 10.2 0.6 0.6
LF *Leon Wagner 35 25 94 9 21 2 0 3 9 0 0 9 21 .223 .298 .340 .639 10.0 1.1 0.1
CF  Al Kaline 34 41 95 4 21 2 1 1 9 0 0 3 20 .221 .245 .295 .540 5.9 0.0 0.4
3B *Mack Jones 30 26 84 13 19 4 1 1 9 1 1 6 15 .226 .293 .333 .627 7.8 0.6 0.5
RF *Bob Farley 31 22 58 9 13 1 0 1 6 0 0 14 12 .224 .370 .293 .663 7.9 0.9 0.4
1B *Willie Davis 29 20 60 8 13 2 1 1 10 1 2 2 8 .217 .242 .333 .575 4.4 0.0 0.4
1B #Darrel Chaney 21 24 38 6 9 1 1 1 5 1 0 6 9 .237 .341 .395 .736 5.4 0.7 0.5
3B  Julio Gotay 30 15 41 3 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 8 .171 .171 .268 .439 1.5 0.0 0.5
C  Jim Campbell 32 3 10 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .600 .900 1.8 0.4 0.0
P *Bo Belinsky 32 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Dave Roberts 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Camilo Pascual 35 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.6 1748 5648 690 1480 232 27 123 668 122 61 510 837 .262 .324 .378 .702 683.0 93.8 39.4
  Rank among 10 NL teams 6 7 6 10 9 9 7 1 10 5 4 6 5 9 7 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
*Dave Roberts 24 13 17 .433 34 34 0 275.0 317 121 20 79 121 3.96 18.2
 Red Swanson 32 8 9 .471 41 22 7 176.0 212 93 24 41 44 4.76 9.1
 Andy Messersmith 23 7 12 .368 27 19 0 160.3 181 92 24 74 118 5.16 3.6
 Joe Horlen 31 10 6 .625 19 19 0 148.7 131 56 12 57 105 3.39 13.3
 Cecil Butler 31 7 8 .467 17 17 0 125.7 114 65 16 28 114 4.66 6.6
 Luis Tiant 28 5 7 .417 14 14 0 105.0 108 51 14 24 83 4.37 5.6
 Gaylord Perry 30 3 6 .333 12 12 0 96.0 114 46 12 20 54 4.31 5.4
*Jerry Koosman 26 6 5 .545 11 10 0 83.0 83 40 8 38 53 4.34 5.4
*Tom Hilgendorf 27 3 7 .300 30 5 5 68.3 70 42 6 42 31 5.53 2.0
 Stan Williams 32 3 4 .429 11 6 1 60.7 62 34 8 26 36 5.04 2.7
 Camilo Pascual 35 2 3 .400 22 0 4 37.7 37 18 7 19 13 4.30 2.8
*Bo Belinsky 32 1 3 .250 21 0 4 28.3 26 15 2 16 21 4.77 2.1
 Ramon Monzant 36 2 3 .400 27 0 7 27.3 35 18 7 16 13 5.93 0.0
 Tracy Stallard 31 0 0 .000 9 0 0 17.7 22 7 0 8 7 3.57 1.2
 Dick Radatz 32 0 0 .000 12 0 0 16.7 18 9 1 8 10 4.86 0.6
 Bobby Bolin 30 1 0 1.000 12 0 0 16.0 18 11 2 9 8 6.19 0.3
 Ed Rakow 34 0 0 .000 2 0 0 8.3 9 2 0 0 6 2.16 0.9
 Bob Johnson 26 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0.3 1 2 1 1 0 54.55 0.0
Team Totals 30.0 71 91 .438 322 159 28 1451.0 1558 722 164 506 837 4.48 79.7
Rank among 10 NL teams 8 8 4 8 6 9 9 9 3 8 9  
* - 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 34.0
T.Munson 641.7 70 81 355 36 2 0 .995 53.3
J.Gonder 312.3 37 41 171 12 3 1 .984 18.5
D.Edwards 271.0 29 38 183 7 0 1 1.000 23.5
H.Chiti 202.0 23 23 154 3 1 0 .994 11.1
J.Campbell 24.0 3 3 10 1 2 0 .846 0.0
Team Total 1451.0 162 186 873 59 8 2 .991 34.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.18
R.Staub 869.5 92 93 1047 70 5 98 .996 11.56
D.Edwards 176.7 20 24 210 10 3 20 .987 11.21
T.Bartirome 170.3 18 21 200 18 1 20 .995 11.52
J.Pepitone 133.3 16 16 149 11 2 13 .988 10.80
W.Davis 123.0 13 17 149 11 0 14 1.000 11.71
J.Gonder 102.0 12 14 123 9 3 16 .978 11.65
J.Hickman 17.2 2 3 19 3 1 3 .957 11.51
L.Wagner 7.7 0 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 10.52
J.Goryl 3.1 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 14.52
B.Farley 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
D.Maxvill 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
B.Heise 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
R.Repoz 0.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 12.86
Team Total 1607.5 173 194 1917 134 15 185 .993 11.48
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.73
B.Heise 914.0 111 112 218 414 12 101 .981 6.22
J.Goryl 391.0 39 45 66 163 10 31 .958 5.27
D.Maxvill 76.0 4 24 25 35 0 7 1.000 7.11
F.Valentine 39.0 2 10 13 20 1 5 .971 7.62
D.Chaney 24.0 2 5 2 9 0 2 1.000 4.13
M.Wills 23.3 1 11 6 8 1 4 .933 5.40
J.Gotay 7.0 0 3 4 3 0 1 1.000 9.00
D.Howser 4.0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75
M.Hershberger 0.9 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1479.2 159 213 336 653 24 151 .976 6.02
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.87
D.Howser 1194.3 135 137 67 320 12 30 .970 2.92
J.Gotay 81.0 10 11 10 22 0 0 1.000 3.56
D.Chaney 66.7 6 9 6 22 0 2 1.000 3.78
H.Chiti 51.0 5 11 5 8 1 0 .929 2.29
B.Heise 50.0 6 6 1 11 0 1 1.000 2.16
J.Goryl 26.2 2 5 2 4 1 1 .857 2.06
M.Wills 7.0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
D.Edwards 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.2 164 183 92 388 15 34 .970 2.92
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.05
D.Maxvill 506.3 60 63 57 225 11 39 .962 5.01
J.Goryl 444.7 47 50 71 206 7 40 .975 5.61
M.Wills 356.0 38 54 54 139 8 26 .960 4.88
D.Howser 95.0 10 13 19 44 2 10 .969 5.97
B.Heise 18.7 0 10 4 5 0 2 1.000 4.34
D.Chaney 11.0 1 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.09
J.Gotay 8.0 1 1 1 6 0 0 1.000 7.88
Team Total 1439.7 157 194 208 628 28 117 .968 5.23
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.93
D.Nicholson 853.0 92 92 166 3 5 0 .971 1.78
B.Perry 223.7 27 28 61 1 0 0 1.000 2.49
J.Pepitone 166.0 17 24 24 1 1 1 .962 1.36
M.Jones 142.9 14 15 26 2 1 1 .966 1.76
F.Valentine 123.4 12 14 32 1 0 1 1.000 2.41
M.Hershberger 95.8 12 13 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.88
L.Wagner 60.8 6 8 12 0 1 0 .923 1.78
T.Bartirome 23.0 2 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
J.Hickman 21.2 2 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.42
D.Maxvill 16.7 1 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
B.Farley 10.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Belinsky 8.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
A.Kaline 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Chiti 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1749.4 186 217 350 9 8 3 .978 1.85
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.48
J.Pepitone 535.4 58 59 139 4 1 3 .993 2.40
F.Valentine 263.7 25 29 80 1 0 1 1.000 2.76
M.Hershberger 95.5 12 15 21 1 0 1 1.000 2.07
J.Hickman 88.1 10 11 19 0 2 0 .905 1.94
A.Kaline 80.7 8 13 19 2 0 0 1.000 2.34
R.Repoz 29.1 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
B.Perry 17.0 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
M.Jones 8.8 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
W.Davis 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1119.3 119 136 293 8 3 5 .990 2.42
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.93
R.Repoz 746.6 82 84 150 6 0 2 1.000 1.88
B.Farley 145.0 17 17 38 0 0 0 1.000 2.36
A.Kaline 114.3 12 18 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.42
M.Hershberger 92.1 12 12 21 1 0 1 1.000 2.15
M.Jones 58.8 6 6 15 1 1 0 .941 2.45
B.Perry 27.0 3 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67
D.Nicholson 16.1 0 10 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.80
J.Hickman 11.9 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.51
H.Chiti 11.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
T.Bartirome 11.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
R.Staub 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Pascual 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Wagner 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Valentine 1.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1240.8 136 162 252 9 1 3 .996 1.89
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 1.91
D.Roberts 275.0 34 34 14 59 1 6 .986 2.39
R.Swanson 176.0 22 41 16 22 0 0 1.000 1.94
A.Messersmith 160.3 19 27 5 24 2 1 .935 1.63
J.Horlen 148.7 19 19 10 27 0 2 1.000 2.24
C.Butler 125.7 17 17 5 20 0 0 1.000 1.79
L.Tiant 105.0 14 14 12 16 0 0 1.000 2.40
G.Perry 96.0 12 12 3 14 0 1 1.000 1.59
J.Koosman 83.0 10 11 3 12 3 2 .833 1.63
T.Hilgendorf 68.3 5 30 2 10 2 1 .857 1.58
S.Williams 60.7 6 11 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.04
C.Pascual 37.7 0 22 0 8 0 1 1.000 1.91
B.Belinsky 28.3 0 21 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.91
R.Monzant 27.3 0 27 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.98
T.Stallard 17.7 0 9 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.06
D.Radatz 16.7 0 12 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.62
B.Bolin 16.0 0 12 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.38
E.Rakow 8.3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08
B.Johnson 0.3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 159 322 79 238 8 15 .975 1.97
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Howser .299
On-Base Pct Howser .375
Slugging Pct Howser .395
OPS Howser .770
XR Howser 91.2
Games Howser 154
At-Bats Howser 592
Runs Howser 88
Hits Howser 177
Total Bases Howser 234
Singles Howser 132
Doubles Howser 38
Triples Hershberger, Pepitone 3
Homeruns Goryl 20
RBIs Goryl 64
Stolen Bases Howser 39
Caught Stealing Wills 11
Walks Howser 73
Strikeouts Nicholson 113
ERA Roberts 3.96
Wins Roberts 13
Losses Roberts 17
Winning Pct Horlen .625
Saves Monzant, Swanson 7
Games Pitched Swanson 41
Games Started Roberts 34
Complete Games Roberts 12
Shutouts Roberts, Swanson 3
Innings Pitched Roberts 275.0
Hits Allowed Roberts 317
Homeruns Allowed Swanson, Messersmith 24
Strikeouts Roberts 121
Walks Allowed Roberts 79
Walks per 9IP Swanson 2.1
Hits per 9IP Roberts 10.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Roberts 4.0
WHiP Swanson 1.44
OAVG Roberts .291
OOBP Roberts .339
OSLG Roberts .420
OOPS Roberts .759
Team All-Stars
Joe Pepitone
Rusty Staub
Player Salaries
Gaylord Perry $ 9,500,000
Luis Tiant $ 5,478,571
Dick Howser $ 5,000,000
Fred Valentine $ 4,180,000
Red Swanson $ 4,000,000
Cecil Butler $ 3,500,000
Leon Wagner $ 3,250,000
Harry Chiti $ 3,200,000
Ramon Monzant $ 3,150,000
Stan Williams $ 3,000,000
Mack Jones $ 2,928,571
Rocky Colavito $ 1,250,000
Julio Gotay $ 1,100,000
Camilo Pascual $ 1,000,000
Maury Wills $ 1,000,000
Ed Rakow $ 1,000,000
Al Kaline $ 850,000
Willie Davis $ 750,000
Dick Radatz $ 550,000
Harry Fanok $ 450,000
Bo Belinsky $ 350,000
Bob Farley $ 350,000
Bob Perry $ 350,000
Doc Edwards $ 350,000
Bob Heise $ 300,000
Tom Hilgendorf $ 300,000
Jesse Gonder $ 300,000
Dick Lines $ 300,000
Thurman Munson $ 300,000
Bob Johnson $ 300,000
Tony Bartirome $ 300,000
Andy Messersmith $ 300,000
Dave Roberts $ 300,000
Darrel Chaney $ 300,000
Jim Campbell $ 300,000
Tracy Stallard $ 300,000
Bobby Bolin $ 300,000
Dal Maxvill $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Tony Conigliaro
Bob Tillman		 San Diego Jim Hickman
Harry Chiti
2/9 Signed     Dick Radatz
2/9 Signed     Harry Fanok
3/3 Traded Hal Lanier Los Angeles Roger Repoz
4/2 Traded John Orsino Kansas City Dave Nicholson
Red Swanson
7/1 Traded Joe Horlen
$5,000,000		 Washington Ellie Rodriguez
Fred Valentine
Stan Williams
Gaylord Perry
7/31 Traded Joe Pepitone
Rusty Staub		 Kansas City Bob Johnson
Don Hahn
Leon Wagner
7/31 Traded Mike Hershberger
Dave Nicholson
Johnny Goryl
$6,280,932		 Kansas City Rocky Colavito
Julio Gotay
Ed Rakow
Willie Davis
7/31 Traded Jerry Koosman
Roger Repoz		 Boston (A) Mike Fiore
Dick Woodson
Don Young
Frank Baker
Mack Jones
7/31 Traded Jim Hickman Boston (A) Jerry Johnson
 
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