1984 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 56-104
Finish: 4th in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 514
Runs Allowed: 713
Exp W-L: 57-103
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,324,828
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 8th in the National League
AA: 70-67, 5th in the National League
A: 57-80, 11th 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  Jim Wilhelm 31 156 613 53 160 32 4 3 58 10 9 8 52 .261 .275 .341 .616 51.5 6.8 3.2
SS *Tim Flannery 26 155 561 53 118 16 5 4 42 4 2 45 101 .210 .270 .278 .548 40.5 2.1 7.2
1B *Sheldon Mallory 30 152 537 53 112 6 10 4 46 35 12 50 71 .209 .287 .279 .566 46.0 4.4 2.0
LF  Kevin McReynolds 24 131 472 49 120 28 2 13 50 5 1 46 46 .254 .318 .405 .723 59.9 12.5 2.8
RF *Willie Crawford 37 143 486 32 115 8 2 4 44 0 1 26 110 .237 .276 .286 .562 32.8 1.3 3.2
3B  Nick Esasky 24 130 467 51 103 12 4 17 53 5 2 44 122 .221 .287 .373 .659 48.0 6.8 3.6
2B  Tim Hulett 24 145 457 42 95 20 1 10 48 1 1 24 91 .208 .248 .322 .570 32.2 1.3 4.7
CF #Mike Young 24 127 424 56 99 22 2 15 44 1 1 47 102 .233 .310 .401 .711 51.2 9.0 0.1
C  Dennis Littlejohn 29 129 395 35 91 18 2 1 23 0 0 48 97 .230 .317 .294 .611 37.1 5.4 5.1
CF  Jim Wohlford 33 119 365 28 79 14 3 2 33 1 8 19 61 .216 .259 .288 .547 21.6 0.0 1.7
C  Bob Johnson 24 80 224 19 43 7 1 6 17 2 1 12 54 .192 .235 .313 .548 14.7 0.0 3.4
2B #Buddy Biancalana 24 77 154 15 23 2 1 3 12 2 3 6 27 .149 .181 .234 .415 3.7 0.0 1.6
SS  Bob Heise 37 42 136 13 37 7 0 1 13 0 0 8 19 .272 .313 .346 .658 13.5 2.5 0.8
2B  Mike Richardt 26 33 97 8 22 6 0 0 6 0 0 2 13 .227 .242 .289 .531 4.7 0.0 1.0
RF *Tom Poquette 32 26 36 6 9 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 .250 .289 .417 .706 4.5 0.9 0.2
CF *Jesus Figueroa 27 4 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .400 .733 0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.3 1649 5429 514 1227 202 37 84 491 67 41 387 970 .226 .280 .323 .603 462.2 52.9 40.4
  Rank among 12 NL teams 10 12 12 12 4 11 12 10 5 12 12 12 12 12 12 12  
* - 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 33 12 17 .414 33 33 0 257.0 202 85 16 76 168 2.98 21.3
 Francisco Barrios 31 10 18 .357 34 34 0 255.7 259 122 26 119 98 4.29 11.0
 Tom Johnson 33 12 13 .480 33 33 0 219.0 224 102 14 76 118 4.19 11.6
 Gary Beare 31 5 20 .200 44 21 12 178.7 169 85 19 91 123 4.28 9.2
 Bill Slayback 36 6 14 .300 28 24 0 158.7 212 99 13 64 47 5.62 0.1
 Dwight Gooden 19 5 4 .556 15 15 0 114.0 67 29 4 46 131 2.29 12.3
 Jeff Heathcock 24 2 6 .250 46 0 0 64.3 74 39 6 29 24 5.46 0.7
*Mike Chris 26 0 7 .000 37 0 2 53.7 51 28 6 27 41 4.70 1.4
 Jack Kucek 31 0 1 .000 19 0 0 49.7 60 27 7 31 18 4.89 1.1
 Dave Campbell 32 0 0 .000 28 0 0 44.0 63 29 4 23 22 5.93 0.0
 Jay Baller 23 4 4 .500 39 0 11 36.3 38 11 4 16 19 2.73 5.1
 Jim Wright 29 0 0 .000 6 0 0 5.0 5 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.8
Team Totals 29.0 56 104 .350 362 160 25 1436.0 1424 656 119 600 809 4.11 74.6
Rank among 12 NL teams 12 12 12 12 8 7 7 10 12 8 10  
* - 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 .989 32.1
D.Littlejohn 944.0 103 114 576 45 12 1 .981 26.5
B.Johnson 489.0 57 61 265 39 1 0 .997 52.6
B.Biancalana 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1436.0 160 176 842 84 13 1 .986 35.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.57
S.Mallory 1246.7 143 144 1488 104 11 136 .993 11.49
B.Johnson 104.0 11 15 128 11 0 12 1.000 12.03
W.Crawford 74.0 6 14 83 6 0 8 1.000 10.82
N.Esasky 11.3 0 5 17 2 0 2 1.000 15.09
Team Total 1436.0 160 178 1716 123 11 158 .994 11.53
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.68
T.Hulett 1057.0 123 126 261 446 13 91 .982 6.02
M.Richardt 169.0 18 23 29 75 0 18 1.000 5.54
B.Biancalana 115.0 11 24 24 45 0 11 1.000 5.40
B.Heise 69.7 8 9 19 33 0 6 1.000 6.72
S.Mallory 10.3 0 5 4 2 1 1 .857 5.23
W.Crawford 10.0 0 5 2 5 0 0 1.000 6.30
T.Flannery 5.0 0 3 1 0 1 0 .500 1.80
Team Total 1436.0 160 195 340 606 15 127 .984 5.93
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.75
N.Esasky 1108.7 125 125 72 266 18 15 .949 2.74
T.Hulett 156.0 17 18 13 33 2 1 .958 2.65
B.Biancalana 99.0 11 12 6 24 2 2 .938 2.73
T.Flannery 54.0 6 6 3 14 1 2 .944 2.83
B.Heise 12.3 1 3 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.65
M.Richardt 4.0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1.000 9.00
W.Crawford 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.0 160 166 95 345 23 22 .950 2.76
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.28
T.Flannery 1245.3 141 145 202 566 15 93 .981 5.55
B.Biancalana 115.3 12 22 19 61 3 14 .964 6.24
B.Heise 63.0 7 9 14 25 2 6 .951 5.57
W.Crawford 10.3 0 6 1 6 0 1 1.000 6.10
M.Richardt 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1436.0 160 183 236 659 20 114 .978 5.61
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.90
K.McReynolds 1074.7 121 124 231 8 1 1 .996 2.00
J.Wohlford 265.3 29 34 58 0 4 0 .935 1.97
M.Richardt 51.0 7 7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
T.Poquette 28.7 3 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
M.Young 11.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.79
J.Wilhelm 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Crawford 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.0 160 176 310 8 5 1 .985 1.99
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.42
W.Crawford 1044.7 119 121 259 6 10 3 .964 2.28
J.Wohlford 354.0 40 49 104 0 4 0 .963 2.64
J.Wilhelm 13.0 0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.85
K.McReynolds 12.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Figueroa 11.3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.79
S.Mallory 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.0 160 186 374 6 14 3 .964 2.38
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.98
J.Wilhelm 1262.0 146 151 274 9 7 0 .976 2.02
J.Wohlford 69.0 8 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.91
T.Poquette 40.0 3 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
M.Young 38.0 0 16 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
W.Crawford 24.0 3 4 5 0 1 0 .833 1.88
S.Mallory 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.0 160 192 304 9 8 0 .975 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.99
B.Blyleven 257.0 33 33 18 45 3 7 .955 2.21
F.Barrios 255.7 34 34 20 40 1 4 .984 2.11
T.Johnson 219.0 33 33 12 30 2 2 .955 1.73
G.Beare 178.7 21 44 13 30 2 3 .956 2.17
B.Slayback 158.7 24 28 8 22 1 4 .968 1.70
D.Gooden 114.0 15 15 3 16 1 3 .950 1.50
J.Heathcock 64.3 0 46 1 11 0 0 1.000 1.68
M.Chris 53.7 0 37 6 3 0 0 1.000 1.51
J.Kucek 49.7 0 19 5 10 0 1 1.000 2.72
D.Campbell 44.0 0 28 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.23
J.Baller 36.3 0 39 0 3 1 0 .750 0.74
J.Wright 5.0 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1436.0 160 362 87 216 11 24 .965 1.90
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Wilhelm .261
On-Base Pct McReynolds .318
Slugging Pct McReynolds .405
OPS McReynolds .723
XR McReynolds 59.9
Games Wilhelm 156
At-Bats Wilhelm 613
Runs Young 56
Hits Wilhelm 160
Total Bases Wilhelm 209
Singles Wilhelm 121
Doubles Wilhelm 32
Triples Mallory 10
Homeruns Esasky 17
RBIs Wilhelm 58
Stolen Bases Mallory 35
Caught Stealing Mallory 12
Walks Mallory 50
Strikeouts Esasky 122
ERA Blyleven 2.98
Wins Blyleven, Johnson 12
Losses Beare 20
Winning Pct Johnson .480
Saves Beare 12
Games Pitched Heathcock 46
Games Started Barrios 34
Complete Games Blyleven 10
Shutouts Blyleven 4
Innings Pitched Blyleven 257.0
Hits Allowed Barrios 259
Homeruns Allowed Barrios 26
Strikeouts Blyleven 168
Walks Allowed Barrios 119
Walks per 9IP Blyleven 2.7
Hits per 9IP Blyleven 7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Beare 6.2
WHiP Blyleven 1.08
OAVG Blyleven .218
OOBP Blyleven .281
OSLG Blyleven .336
OOPS Blyleven .617
Team All-Stars
Bert Blyleven
Player Salaries
Bert Blyleven $ 13,000,000
Bill Slayback $ 9,840,000
Willie Crawford $ 6,500,000
Tom Johnson $ 5,000,065
Ellie Rodriguez $ 2,300,000
Bob Heise $ 1,000,000
Dennis Littlejohn $ 350,000
Tim Flannery $ 300,000
Jesus Figueroa $ 300,000
Nick Esasky $ 300,000
Dwight Gooden $ 300,000
Dave Campbell $ 300,000
Buddy Biancalana $ 300,000
Gary Beare $ 300,000
Francisco Barrios $ 300,000
Mike Chris $ 300,000
Jeff Heathcock $ 300,000
Jay Baller $ 300,000
Bob Johnson $ 300,000
Mike Young $ 300,000
Jack Kucek $ 300,000
Sheldon Mallory $ 300,000
Kevin McReynolds $ 300,000
Tom Poquette $ 300,000
Mike Richardt $ 300,000
Jim Wilhelm $ 300,000
Jim Wohlford $ 300,000
Jim Wright $ 300,000
Tim Hulett $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Dwight Evans
Dan Briggs
Dick Baney
John Montefusco
Don Hahn
Baltimore Mike Schmidt
Tom Johnson
Francisco Barrios
Jim Wilhelm
Sheldon Mallory
2/2 Traded Mike Schmidt Tampa Bay Jesus Figueroa
3/4 Traded Horace Speed Indianapolis Bill Slayback