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1980 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 97-64
Finish: 1st in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 777
Runs Allowed: 642
Exp W-L: 94-67
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 2,396,427
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-69, 6th in the National League
AA: 50-87, 12th in the National League
A: 63-74, 8th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to San Diego Padres
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
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
CF *Fred Lynn 28 153 573 89 172 34 0 24 81 0 0 51 80 .300 .360 .485 .845 92.5 21.1 5.1
3B  Sal Bando 36 151 567 81 153 13 2 23 84 0 1 54 103 .270 .333 .422 .755 77.2 14.1 0.1
3B  Carney Lansford 23 149 553 80 155 28 5 12 79 9 3 38 73 .280 .326 .414 .740 72.6 13.5 5.1
C  Dick Dietz 38 143 480 88 141 21 4 30 91 0 1 94 83 .294 .407 .542 .949 102.7 25.9 3.5
2B  Bobby Grich 31 151 486 65 122 24 1 9 64 6 1 67 92 .251 .345 .360 .705 62.7 10.5 9.2
RF *Willie Crawford 33 149 490 63 150 23 5 13 83 7 3 30 59 .306 .344 .453 .797 68.6 14.1 2.3
LF *Ben Oglivie 31 130 480 54 127 16 2 7 36 0 1 37 56 .265 .317 .350 .667 53.0 7.8 3.1
RF  Dwight Evans 28 117 440 74 113 21 4 22 75 2 0 60 61 .257 .347 .473 .820 71.2 14.3 3.2
2B  Pedro Garcia 30 124 417 51 103 21 1 3 61 3 2 34 42 .247 .306 .324 .630 40.2 3.4 4.8
LF  Don Hahn 31 121 432 59 130 21 3 1 35 1 0 19 48 .301 .327 .370 .698 47.4 7.8 2.3
SS  Bob Heise 33 85 225 20 58 12 2 2 23 0 0 10 8 .258 .292 .356 .648 20.8 2.2 3.2
C  Ellie Rodriguez 34 58 133 15 33 4 1 1 13 0 1 25 18 .248 .358 .316 .674 17.6 2.5 0.8
CF *Dan Briggs 27 73 138 16 41 5 0 4 23 0 3 9 20 .297 .340 .420 .760 17.1 3.0 0.7
CF  Bernie Williams 31 54 92 12 13 4 1 0 6 0 0 9 15 .141 .218 .207 .424 2.3 0.0 0.7
C  Charlie Moore 27 21 44 6 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 .250 .283 .273 .555 3.1 0.0 0.2
3B  Billy Grabarkewitz 34 13 16 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 .125 .176 .188 .364 -0.1 0.0 0.4
  Team Totals 30.9 1692 5566 775 1524 249 31 151 757 28 17 540 768 .274 .338 .411 .749 749.0 140.2 44.9
  Rank among 12 NL teams 5 4 4 4 9 3 4 11 2 6 7 4 3 3 3 3  
* - 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
*Bill Lee 33 16 9 .640 33 33 0 250.3 285 107 9 27 65 3.85 14.2
 Don Sutton 35 17 10 .630 32 32 0 246.7 209 89 25 105 191 3.25 18.3
 Dick Baney 33 17 9 .654 32 32 0 244.0 222 74 19 25 120 2.73 22.3
 Bert Blyleven 29 8 17 .320 32 32 0 221.0 248 118 20 84 111 4.81 4.3
 Dave Boswell 35 6 8 .429 32 16 8 121.3 109 46 10 44 104 3.41 10.2
*Ken Reynolds 33 7 3 .700 18 13 3 86.7 76 36 6 43 54 3.74 6.4
 Don Robinson 23 4 1 .800 60 0 17 65.0 52 21 8 14 49 2.91 11.3
 Steve Busby 30 10 3 .769 32 0 0 63.7 56 24 2 26 34 3.39 5.6
 Buzz Capra 32 4 1 .800 25 2 4 47.7 45 18 4 15 23 3.40 4.8
*Sam McDowell 37 5 1 .833 30 0 1 44.7 36 17 3 28 30 3.43 3.7
*Tom House 33 3 1 .750 34 0 6 37.7 41 17 2 14 20 4.06 3.3
*Ron Guidry 29 0 1 .000 10 0 1 12.0 10 3 1 3 8 2.25 1.4
 John Montefusco 30 0 0 .000 1 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1 4.50 0.1
Team Totals 31.7 97 64 .602 371 161 40 1442.6 1391 571 109 428 810 3.56 105.9
Rank among 12 NL teams 1 1 6 1 4 5 5 3 3 5 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 .988 31.5
D.Dietz 1167.7 128 142 691 58 12 0 .984 26.1
E.Rodriguez 207.0 25 28 112 11 2 0 .984 17.6
C.Moore 68.0 8 9 38 3 2 0 .953 21.4
Team Total 1442.7 161 179 841 72 16 0 .983 24.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.90
W.Crawford 976.3 111 115 1258 90 16 114 .988 12.43
D.Hahn 316.0 35 39 379 40 0 40 1.000 11.93
E.Rodriguez 119.7 13 20 165 11 0 11 1.000 13.24
D.Briggs 30.7 2 11 35 5 0 3 1.000 11.74
Team Total 1442.7 161 185 1837 146 16 168 .992 12.37
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.93
B.Grich 1273.0 144 149 290 585 11 120 .988 6.19
B.Heise 135.0 15 21 29 70 1 13 .990 6.60
B.Grabarkewitz 20.0 2 4 7 13 0 2 1.000 9.00
W.Crawford 12.7 0 8 4 5 2 1 .818 6.40
C.Moore 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.7 161 183 330 673 14 136 .986 6.26
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.98
C.Lansford 1188.0 135 147 75 343 18 29 .959 3.17
B.Williams 150.3 17 24 9 36 3 2 .938 2.69
B.Heise 97.7 9 17 5 28 1 3 .971 3.04
B.Grabarkewitz 4.0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75
J.Beniquez 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
S.Bando 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.7 161 192 92 409 22 34 .958 3.13
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.35
P.Garcia 1057.3 120 124 174 459 19 82 .971 5.39
B.Heise 312.0 37 40 58 160 19 32 .920 6.29
S.Bando 25.3 1 6 3 9 0 1 1.000 4.26
B.Grabarkewitz 21.0 1 7 2 9 0 1 1.000 4.71
W.Crawford 15.0 1 4 3 3 0 1 1.000 3.60
C.Lansford 8.0 1 1 4 7 0 2 1.000 12.38
C.Moore 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Briggs 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1442.7 161 184 245 650 38 120 .959 5.58
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.90
B.Oglivie 1005.0 115 120 191 2 7 0 .965 1.73
D.Hahn 275.3 31 36 44 0 0 0 1.000 1.44
D.Briggs 86.3 7 18 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.36
W.Crawford 62.0 7 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
B.Williams 13.0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
J.Beniquez 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.7 161 189 264 3 7 0 .974 1.67
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.48
F.Lynn 1314.7 148 152 302 4 0 2 1.000 2.09
D.Briggs 66.0 7 12 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.73
D.Hahn 44.0 5 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.66
B.Williams 13.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
W.Crawford 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.7 161 174 337 5 0 2 1.000 2.13
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.96
D.Evans 1010.0 114 116 189 7 2 1 .990 1.75
D.Hahn 235.3 28 32 45 1 0 1 1.000 1.76
B.Oglivie 62.7 7 7 16 1 0 1 1.000 2.44
W.Crawford 52.3 6 8 9 0 1 0 .900 1.55
B.Williams 47.0 3 15 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.53
C.Moore 35.3 3 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.27
Team Total 1442.7 161 185 272 9 3 3 .989 1.75
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.05
B.Lee 250.3 33 33 19 46 2 5 .970 2.34
D.Sutton 246.7 32 32 22 42 2 1 .970 2.34
D.Baney 244.0 32 32 17 49 1 5 .985 2.43
B.Blyleven 221.0 32 32 17 37 2 4 .964 2.20
D.Boswell 121.3 16 32 4 9 0 0 1.000 0.96
K.Reynolds 86.7 13 18 12 10 0 1 1.000 2.28
D.Robinson 65.0 0 60 3 14 0 2 1.000 2.35
S.Busby 63.7 0 32 5 5 0 0 1.000 1.41
B.Capra 47.7 2 25 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.08
S.McDowell 44.7 0 30 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.02
T.House 37.7 0 34 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.96
R.Guidry 12.0 0 10 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Montefusco 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.6 161 371 105 233 7 19 .980 2.11
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Crawford .306
On-Base Pct Dietz .407
Slugging Pct Dietz .542
OPS Dietz .949
XR Dietz 102.7
Games Lynn 153
At-Bats Lynn 573
Runs Lynn 89
Hits Lynn 172
Total Bases Lynn 278
Singles Bando 115
Doubles Lynn 34
Triples Crawford, Lansford 5
Homeruns Dietz 30
RBIs Dietz 91
Stolen Bases Lansford 9
Caught Stealing Briggs, Crawford, Lansford 3
Walks Dietz 94
Strikeouts Bando 103
ERA Baney 2.73
Wins Baney, Sutton 17
Losses Blyleven 17
Winning Pct Baney .654
Saves Robinson 17
Games Pitched Robinson 60
Games Started Lee 33
Complete Games Baney, Lee 9
Shutouts Baney 4
Innings Pitched Lee 250.3
Hits Allowed Lee 285
Homeruns Allowed Sutton 25
Strikeouts Sutton 191
Walks Allowed Sutton 105
Walks per 9IP Baney 0.9
Hits per 9IP Sutton 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Sutton 7.0
WHiP Baney 1.01
OAVG Sutton .226
OOBP Baney .264
OSLG Sutton .354
OOPS Baney .621
Team All-Stars
Steve Busby
Dick Dietz
Bobby Grich
Carney Lansford
Player Salaries
Bill Lee $ 7,000,000
Willie Crawford $ 5,400,000
Sal Bando $ 5,000,000
Dick Dietz $ 4,400,000
Dwight Evans $ 4,300,000
Don Sutton $ 4,250,000
Fred Lynn $ 4,178,571
John Montefusco $ 4,028,571
Ben Oglivie $ 4,000,000
Bobby Grich $ 3,750,000
Dick Baney $ 3,500,000
Dave Boswell $ 3,400,000
Ken Reynolds $ 3,000,000
Bert Blyleven $ 3,000,000
Pedro Garcia $ 2,550,000
Ron Guidry $ 2,492,857
Don Hahn $ 2,365,714
Ellie Rodriguez $ 2,250,000
Bob Heise $ 1,600,000
Tom House $ 794,286
Buzz Capra $ 788,571
Frank Bertaina $ 378,000
Bernie Williams $ 350,000
Carney Lansford $ 300,000
Dan Briggs $ 300,000
Charlie Moore $ 300,000
Don Robinson $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/16 Signed     Frank Bertaina
7/31 Traded Steve Busby
Sam Mcdowell		 Pittsburgh John Montefusco
Ron Guidry
10/14 Released Billy Grabarkewitz    
10/14 Released Juan Beniquez    
10/14 Released Bill Laxton    
 
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