1974 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 69-93
Finish: 4th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 691
Runs Allowed: 771
Exp W-L: 73-89
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,114,566
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 3rd in the National League
AA: 59-78, 9th in the National League
A: 65-72, 4th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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
LF *Ben Oglivie 25 158 589 87 171 27 1 27 101 4 1 50 54 .290 .343 .477 .820 92.2 18.5 1.2
1B *Chris Chambliss 25 152 581 79 149 31 2 14 63 1 2 50 78 .256 .313 .389 .702 67.7 9.8 1.6
2B  Bobby Grich 25 157 546 72 151 28 1 10 58 1 4 70 85 .277 .361 .386 .747 77.3 14.5 5.2
3B  Billy Grabarkewitz 28 153 536 77 116 17 6 7 36 32 14 74 138 .216 .318 .310 .627 56.8 5.7 3.6
C  Ellie Rodriguez 28 134 422 49 107 13 1 0 49 1 3 51 32 .254 .346 .289 .635 47.8 5.7 5.5
SS  Bob Heise 27 127 420 40 133 23 1 4 54 0 0 19 18 .317 .345 .405 .750 53.5 9.9 1.7
CF  Bernie Williams 25 124 361 36 81 18 3 9 40 1 1 39 79 .224 .300 .366 .666 38.7 4.4 2.4
CF  Don Young 28 126 340 41 62 14 0 6 36 1 0 46 92 .182 .289 .276 .566 29.1 0.8 3.0
LF  Cliff Cook 37 79 289 30 74 11 1 9 47 1 3 21 73 .256 .308 .394 .703 35.2 4.9 1.7
DH *Frank Baker 30 117 296 33 78 15 3 1 24 3 1 17 45 .264 .306 .345 .650 28.6 3.8 1.5
1B *Cecil Cooper 24 74 288 46 95 16 3 7 46 2 2 10 24 .330 .350 .479 .829 43.2 9.5 1.3
C  Carlton Fisk 26 101 274 41 78 23 1 11 44 4 2 20 29 .285 .338 .496 .834 41.7 8.3 2.7
RF  Juan Beniquez 24 77 251 21 54 5 0 4 25 1 2 9 41 .215 .246 .283 .529 17.1 0.0 2.1
SS  Dal Maxvill 35 84 172 10 33 3 0 1 19 1 0 11 31 .192 .243 .227 .470 7.4 0.0 0.9
LF  Don Hahn 25 39 98 7 24 4 1 0 12 1 0 7 16 .245 .295 .306 .601 8.5 0.7 0.7
2B  Pepe Frias 25 44 68 5 21 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 9 .309 .314 .324 .638 7.1 1.2 0.7
1B #Darrel Chaney 26 65 62 11 10 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 11 .161 .212 .177 .390 1.1 0.0 0.4
C  Charlie Moore 21 20 17 6 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 .235 .316 .294 .610 1.5 0.2 0.1
  Team Totals 26.9 1831 5610 691 1441 251 24 110 661 57 36 500 858 .257 .320 .369 .689 654.6 97.9 36.1
  Rank among 10 NL teams 7 7 8 7 7 9 8 5 7 7 8 9 7 10 9 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
 Dick Baney 27 12 12 .500 33 33 0 239.0 254 97 29 29 120 3.65 14.6
*Ken Reynolds 27 12 14 .462 33 33 0 236.7 218 96 19 111 118 3.65 15.5
 Don Sutton 29 12 11 .522 28 28 0 213.3 184 92 31 80 189 3.88 12.4
*Bill Lee 27 9 13 .409 30 27 0 196.3 234 96 13 51 52 4.40 8.3
*Jim Brewer 36 5 8 .385 21 21 0 133.3 101 39 11 63 111 2.63 11.5
 Buzz Capra 26 6 9 .400 32 13 2 132.0 139 78 15 67 79 5.32 3.2
 Jim Barr 26 5 6 .455 30 7 1 109.0 141 64 12 34 33 5.28 2.0
*Tom House 27 1 9 .100 46 0 8 77.7 106 58 10 47 31 6.72 0.0
 Gary Gentry 27 6 3 .667 37 0 5 58.3 61 22 6 27 37 3.39 5.5
 Andy Messersmith 28 1 8 .111 31 0 1 49.0 66 44 9 40 30 8.08 0.0
*Dave Roberts 29 0 0 .000 1 0 0 4.7 6 3 1 2 2 5.79 0.0
Team Totals 28.1 69 93 .426 322 162 17 1449.3 1510 689 156 551 802 4.28 73.0
Rank among 10 NL teams 8 8 10 8 5 6 9 6 6 7 5  
* - 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 35.3
E.Rodriguez 939.0 102 125 550 51 5 1 .992 43.3
C.Fisk 482.3 57 66 283 22 3 0 .990 32.4
C.Moore 18.0 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
C.Chambliss 9.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 .500 0.0
B.Williams 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1449.3 162 197 842 73 9 1 .990 38.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.59
C.Chambliss 750.0 85 89 916 76 5 93 .995 11.90
C.Cooper 613.0 67 73 806 53 11 63 .987 12.61
D.Hahn 33.0 4 5 49 3 0 2 1.000 14.18
P.Frias 27.3 3 4 39 0 0 0 1.000 12.84
D.Maxvill 18.0 2 2 17 3 0 3 1.000 10.00
D.Chaney 8.0 1 1 7 1 0 2 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 174 1834 136 16 163 .992 12.23
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.79
B.Grich 1259.0 143 157 291 566 19 119 .978 6.13
D.Maxvill 75.0 8 14 17 27 1 7 .978 5.28
D.Chaney 58.3 6 17 12 20 1 5 .970 4.94
P.Frias 47.3 5 11 13 25 1 6 .974 7.23
J.Beniquez 5.7 0 4 1 5 0 1 1.000 9.54
B.Grabarkewitz 4.0 0 2 2 4 0 2 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1449.3 162 205 336 647 22 140 .978 6.10
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.99
B.Grabarkewitz 1241.7 143 151 68 375 20 30 .957 3.21
B.Williams 100.3 9 23 14 24 2 4 .950 3.41
P.Frias 57.3 6 16 4 25 1 1 .967 4.55
D.Chaney 43.0 4 14 1 9 2 0 .833 2.09
C.Cook 8.6 0 5 0 3 1 0 .750 3.14
J.Beniquez 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1451.9 162 210 87 437 26 35 .953 3.25
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.13
B.Heise 991.0 120 125 153 419 26 76 .957 5.19
D.Maxvill 353.7 35 62 58 147 8 34 .962 5.22
D.Chaney 56.0 4 18 11 24 3 4 .921 5.63
P.Frias 44.7 3 14 6 20 1 2 .963 5.24
B.Grabarkewitz 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1449.3 162 221 228 611 38 116 .957 5.21
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.91
B.Williams 711.3 84 88 135 10 1 0 .993 1.83
F.Baker 527.7 56 84 92 4 2 1 .980 1.64
C.Cook 236.8 26 27 47 1 0 0 1.000 1.82
D.Hahn 172.3 20 25 32 1 1 0 .971 1.72
B.Oglivie 13.0 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
D.Maxvill 8.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Beniquez 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Heise 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1675.1 187 236 312 16 4 1 .988 1.76
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.45
D.Young 930.0 101 125 221 9 7 3 .970 2.23
J.Beniquez 453.3 55 55 122 3 1 2 .992 2.48
D.Hahn 35.0 3 11 19 0 1 0 .950 4.89
B.Williams 26.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
D.Chaney 5.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1449.3 162 196 369 12 9 5 .977 2.37
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.01
B.Oglivie 481.7 54 61 91 1 0 0 1.000 1.72
C.Cook 422.2 45 46 82 2 0 1 1.000 1.79
J.Beniquez 170.7 20 20 28 2 1 2 .968 1.58
F.Baker 89.0 8 19 25 2 1 0 .964 2.73
B.Williams 64.0 7 9 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
C.Moore 6.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Hahn 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Maxvill 2.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1239.2 134 159 238 7 2 3 .992 1.78
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.02
D.Baney 239.0 33 33 23 49 1 3 .986 2.71
K.Reynolds 236.7 33 33 9 45 2 2 .964 2.05
D.Sutton 213.3 28 28 14 33 1 1 .979 1.98
B.Lee 196.3 27 30 15 41 3 6 .949 2.57
J.Brewer 133.3 21 21 9 24 0 1 1.000 2.23
B.Capra 132.0 13 32 6 22 0 1 1.000 1.91
J.Barr 109.0 7 30 8 24 0 3 1.000 2.64
T.House 77.7 0 46 5 8 2 0 .867 1.51
G.Gentry 58.3 0 37 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.23
A.Messersmith 49.0 0 31 5 6 1 0 .917 2.02
D.Roberts 4.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1449.3 162 322 96 259 10 17 .973 2.20
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Oglivie .290
On-Base Pct Grich .361
Slugging Pct Oglivie .477
OPS Oglivie .820
XR Oglivie 92.2
Games Oglivie 158
At-Bats Oglivie 589
Runs Oglivie 87
Hits Oglivie 171
Total Bases Oglivie 281
Singles Oglivie 116
Doubles Chambliss 31
Triples Grabarkewitz 6
Homeruns Oglivie 27
RBIs Oglivie 101
Stolen Bases Grabarkewitz 32
Caught Stealing Grabarkewitz 14
Walks Grabarkewitz 74
Strikeouts Grabarkewitz 138
ERA Reynolds 3.65
Wins Baney, Reynolds, Sutton 12
Losses Reynolds 14
Winning Pct Sutton .522
Saves House 8
Games Pitched House 46
Games Started Baney, Reynolds 33
Complete Games Sutton 16
Shutouts Sutton 4
Innings Pitched Baney 239.0
Hits Allowed Baney 254
Homeruns Allowed Sutton 31
Strikeouts Sutton 189
Walks Allowed Reynolds 111
Walks per 9IP Baney 1.1
Hits per 9IP Sutton 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Sutton 8.0
WHiP Baney 1.18
OAVG Sutton .229
OOBP Baney .295
OSLG Reynolds .374
OOPS Sutton .698
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Rollie Sheldon $ 9,000,000
Don Sutton $ 5,560,000
Don Drysdale $ 5,500,000
Diego Segui $ 1,000,000
Dick Howser $ 510,000
Dick Brown $ 510,000
Bob Lee $ 510,000
Wilbur Wood $ 500,000
Joe Schaffernoth $ 480,000
Mike Fiore $ 350,000
Frank Baker $ 350,000
Bob Heise $ 350,000
Andy Messersmith $ 350,000
Dave Roberts $ 350,000
Leon Wagner $ 330,000
Dal Maxvill $ 310,000
Pepe Frias $ 300,000
Dick Baney $ 300,000
Jim Barr $ 300,000
Juan Beniquez $ 300,000
Bernie Williams $ 300,000
Buzz Capra $ 300,000
Chris Chambliss $ 300,000
Darrel Chaney $ 300,000
Cecil Cooper $ 300,000
Tom House $ 300,000
Carlton Fisk $ 300,000
Charlie Moore $ 300,000
Gary Gentry $ 300,000
Billy Grabarkewitz $ 300,000
Bobby Grich $ 300,000
Don Hahn $ 300,000
Ken Reynolds $ 300,000
Don Young $ 300,000
Bill Lee $ 300,000
Ben Oglivie $ 300,000
Ellie Rodriguez $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Cliff Cook
2/7 Signed     Jim Brewer
2/14 Signed     Bob Lee
2/19 Signed     Dick Howser
2/19 Signed     Wilbur Wood
2/19 Signed     Joe Schaffernoth
2/23 Signed     Dick Brown
4/2 Traded Marv Staehle Boston (A) Don Drysdale
4/2 Traded Thurman Munson
Jorge Orta
$5,000,000
Cleveland (A) Don Sutton
Carlton Fisk
7/1 Traded Cliff Cook Cleveland (A) Sterling Slaughter
7/31 Traded Jim Brewer Tampa Bay Duane Kuiper
Dick Sharon