1981 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 82-78
Finish: 2nd in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 597
Runs Allowed: 611
Exp W-L: 78-82
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 2,397,826
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 54-83, 12th in the National League
AA: 70-67, 5th in the National League
A: 57-80, 11th 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
RF  Dwight Evans 29 154 595 87 157 30 4 30 84 3 1 79 94 .264 .351 .479 .830 93.6 18.7 0.0
3B  Carney Lansford 24 155 603 82 175 34 9 10 75 7 2 37 74 .290 .333 .426 .760 79.4 15.0 4.6
LF  Don Hahn 32 151 566 42 152 18 0 1 55 0 4 29 78 .269 .303 .306 .609 46.2 2.8 3.2
2B  Bobby Grich 32 154 542 57 141 22 2 12 58 2 2 54 106 .260 .329 .375 .703 63.0 9.5 6.9
LF *Ben Oglivie 32 147 550 53 157 18 1 14 65 1 0 40 69 .285 .336 .398 .734 69.1 12.2 3.7
2B  Pedro Garcia 31 152 539 65 130 26 3 11 57 4 5 40 57 .241 .300 .362 .662 50.0 4.2 6.2
C  Ellie Rodriguez 35 138 488 52 121 14 4 0 37 1 4 75 66 .248 .358 .293 .651 57.3 7.9 8.3
CF *Dan Briggs 28 144 545 52 165 16 5 7 65 1 3 26 67 .303 .335 .389 .724 64.0 11.1 4.5
CF  Bernie Williams 32 121 313 36 68 12 0 1 20 2 0 44 67 .217 .315 .265 .580 28.6 2.0 3.0
SS  Bob Heise 34 85 242 19 48 2 0 1 22 0 0 18 11 .198 .253 .219 .472 12.2 0.0 2.0
LF  Horace Speed 29 107 222 26 54 8 2 0 16 3 3 34 48 .243 .346 .297 .644 24.2 3.1 2.8
C  Charlie Moore 28 46 165 12 36 8 2 1 8 1 2 8 28 .218 .254 .309 .563 10.1 0.0 2.2
1B *Chris Chambliss 32 40 74 5 16 4 1 1 10 0 0 4 13 .216 .263 .338 .600 6.5 0.2 0.4
2B  Pepe Frias 32 27 62 5 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .194 .206 .210 .416 1.7 0.0 0.8
C  Dennis Littlejohn 26 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.5 0.0 0.1
P *Ron Guidry 30 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 1635 5509 597 1432 213 33 89 575 25 26 491 785 .260 .323 .359 .682 606.2 86.8 48.6
  Rank among 12 NL teams 5 8 5 8 4 11 8 11 3 6 6 6 7 8 8 8  
* - 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
 Bert Blyleven 30 13 14 .481 33 33 0 253.0 249 99 20 69 147 3.52 17.4
*Bill Lee 34 15 9 .625 33 33 0 246.3 279 77 5 30 73 2.81 21.8
 Dick Baney 34 10 15 .400 32 32 0 220.7 241 104 23 26 92 4.24 9.8
 Don Robinson 24 13 11 .542 33 27 0 216.0 200 71 16 63 130 2.96 17.1
 Don Sutton 36 12 7 .632 29 22 0 169.3 129 49 14 58 135 2.60 16.2
 John Montefusco 31 4 7 .364 41 9 1 103.0 92 45 5 40 56 3.93 5.9
 Jim Wright 26 2 3 .400 22 4 0 69.7 70 32 6 32 20 4.13 3.3
 Buzz Capra 33 4 1 .800 36 0 1 64.0 59 30 10 23 31 4.22 3.7
 Dave Boswell 36 7 8 .467 60 0 39 62.0 50 16 7 17 48 2.32 13.9
*Ron Guidry 30 2 3 .400 34 0 1 36.7 37 20 4 13 22 4.91 1.4
Team Totals 31.4 82 78 .513 353 160 42 1440.6 1406 543 110 371 754 3.39 110.6
Rank among 12 NL teams 8 8 6 7 5 7 6 4 2 7 3  
* - 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 33.3
E.Rodriguez 1114.7 122 133 628 52 3 1 .996 36.6
C.Moore 313.0 37 39 157 20 3 1 .983 36.1
D.Littlejohn 13.0 1 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1440.7 160 179 793 72 6 2 .993 36.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.84
D.Hahn 952.3 107 108 1233 105 11 116 .992 12.64
D.Briggs 333.7 37 38 439 30 7 36 .985 12.65
C.Chambliss 154.7 16 22 207 16 2 19 .991 12.98
Team Total 1440.7 160 168 1879 151 20 171 .990 12.68
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.93
B.Grich 1286.3 142 152 288 553 19 110 .978 5.88
B.Heise 90.0 11 13 14 57 1 15 .986 7.10
P.Frias 64.3 7 11 15 34 3 8 .942 6.86
Team Total 1440.7 160 176 317 644 23 133 .977 6.00
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.92
C.Lansford 1311.7 145 151 61 361 28 31 .938 2.90
B.Heise 97.0 12 13 12 27 3 4 .929 3.62
B.Williams 17.0 2 2 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.18
P.Frias 15.0 1 2 1 2 1 0 .750 1.80
Team Total 1440.7 160 168 74 396 32 35 .936 2.94
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.39
P.Garcia 1292.7 144 149 223 584 25 106 .970 5.62
B.Heise 78.0 9 11 10 28 0 5 1.000 4.38
P.Frias 66.0 7 11 12 32 4 10 .917 6.00
C.Moore 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
B.Williams 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Guidry 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.7 160 174 245 646 29 122 .968 5.57
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.89
B.Williams 816.3 97 101 147 11 1 5 .994 1.74
B.Oglivie 270.7 31 33 44 3 3 0 .940 1.56
B.Heise 211.0 23 23 32 2 5 1 .872 1.45
H.Speed 122.7 7 33 23 2 0 1 1.000 1.83
D.Hahn 11.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
D.Briggs 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1440.7 160 194 248 18 9 7 .967 1.66
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 2.51
D.Briggs 889.3 99 103 216 8 2 3 .991 2.27
H.Speed 499.7 57 60 128 4 0 1 1.000 2.38
B.Williams 49.0 4 12 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.76
R.Guidry 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
B.Heise 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.7 160 177 360 12 2 4 .995 2.32
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.96
B.Oglivie 993.3 110 114 202 2 6 1 .971 1.85
D.Hahn 334.7 39 39 66 0 0 0 1.000 1.77
C.Moore 38.0 4 7 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.18
H.Speed 31.7 3 8 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.71
B.Williams 28.0 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.96
B.Heise 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Evans 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Frias 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1440.7 160 176 283 5 6 1 .980 1.80
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.13
B.Blyleven 253.0 33 33 26 44 2 2 .972 2.49
B.Lee 246.3 33 33 16 53 2 4 .972 2.52
D.Baney 220.7 32 32 23 38 1 6 .984 2.49
D.Robinson 216.0 27 33 12 38 2 3 .962 2.08
D.Sutton 169.3 22 29 15 25 3 1 .930 2.13
J.Montefusco 103.0 9 41 6 15 0 1 1.000 1.83
J.Wright 69.7 4 22 3 18 0 2 1.000 2.71
B.Capra 64.0 0 36 6 17 0 2 1.000 3.23
D.Boswell 62.0 0 60 4 10 1 0 .933 2.03
R.Guidry 36.7 0 34 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1440.6 160 353 114 266 11 22 .972 2.37
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Briggs .303
On-Base Pct Rodriguez .358
Slugging Pct Evans .479
OPS Evans .830
XR Evans 93.6
Games Lansford 155
At-Bats Lansford 603
Runs Evans 87
Hits Lansford 175
Total Bases Evans 285
Singles Briggs 137
Doubles Lansford 34
Triples Lansford 9
Homeruns Evans 30
RBIs Evans 84
Stolen Bases Lansford 7
Caught Stealing Garcia 5
Walks Evans 79
Strikeouts Grich 106
ERA Sutton 2.60
Wins Lee 15
Losses Baney 15
Winning Pct Sutton .632
Saves Boswell 39
Games Pitched Boswell 60
Games Started Blyleven, Lee 33
Complete Games Sutton 9
Shutouts Sutton 2
Innings Pitched Blyleven 253.0
Hits Allowed Lee 279
Homeruns Allowed Baney 23
Strikeouts Blyleven 147
Walks Allowed Blyleven 69
Walks per 9IP Baney 1.1
Hits per 9IP Sutton 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Sutton 7.2
WHiP Sutton 1.10
OAVG Sutton .206
OOBP Sutton .275
OSLG Sutton .315
OOPS Sutton .590
Team All-Stars
Dave Boswell
Carney Lansford
Bill Lee
Don Robinson
Player Salaries
Dwight Evans $ 14,000,000
Sal Bando $ 5,000,000
Don Sutton $ 4,250,000
John Montefusco $ 4,028,571
Ben Oglivie $ 4,000,000
Bill Lee $ 3,750,000
Bobby Grich $ 3,750,000
Dick Baney $ 3,500,000
Dave Boswell $ 3,400,000
Bert Blyleven $ 3,000,000
Pedro Garcia $ 2,550,000
Ron Guidry $ 2,492,857
Ellie Rodriguez $ 2,250,000
Don Hahn $ 2,000,000
Bob Heise $ 1,600,000
Don Robinson $ 1,411,429
Buzz Capra $ 1,017,143
Tom House $ 794,286
Charlie Moore $ 350,000
Bernie Williams $ 350,000
Jim Wright $ 300,000
Carney Lansford $ 300,000
Dennis Littlejohn $ 300,000
Pepe Frias $ 300,000
Chris Chambliss $ 300,000
Dan Briggs $ 300,000
Horace Speed $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/4 Traded Ken Reynolds New York (A) Jack Kucek
$14,378,090