1971 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 54-108
Finish: 4th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 542
Runs Allowed: 785
Exp W-L: 55-107
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,597,802
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 86-51, 1st in the National League
AA: 85-52, 2nd in the National League
A: 40-97, 10th 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
1B *Willie Davis 31 158 593 70 146 30 7 9 68 47 14 35 82 .246 .293 .366 .659 65.5 9.9 3.6
LF *Leon Wagner 37 153 528 56 130 20 2 14 63 7 1 47 106 .246 .308 .371 .679 61.8 9.9 1.7
DH *Frank Baker 27 156 499 40 92 17 5 5 32 3 0 23 105 .184 .227 .269 .496 26.5 0.0 2.1
SS  Dal Maxvill 32 153 480 36 110 14 3 3 30 0 2 36 69 .229 .281 .290 .571 36.6 2.1 6.8
2B  Don Buddin 37 144 444 45 78 23 1 10 52 0 0 59 118 .176 .272 .300 .571 39.1 2.4 3.7
1B *Mike Fiore 26 135 403 37 75 10 0 6 39 2 1 81 106 .186 .324 .256 .580 36.9 2.6 0.1
CF *Bill White 37 102 386 36 99 11 1 10 47 14 8 30 75 .256 .308 .368 .676 41.9 5.8 1.4
3B #Don Buford 34 133 369 38 68 5 0 5 28 30 8 41 62 .184 .265 .238 .504 26.5 0.1 3.8
3B  Billy Grabarkewitz 25 102 331 48 71 14 0 11 40 13 9 46 90 .215 .311 .356 .667 38.8 5.4 3.1
C *Frank Torre 39 132 342 23 87 12 3 2 34 1 0 26 34 .254 .316 .325 .641 33.4 4.4 1.9
C  Ellie Rodriguez 25 96 327 33 83 11 1 2 28 4 1 42 46 .254 .352 .312 .664 39.8 6.9 2.5
CF  Don Young 25 74 224 29 50 10 2 7 28 1 3 32 71 .223 .328 .379 .708 25.8 3.7 1.6
3B  Julio Gotay 32 96 194 17 58 8 0 2 20 2 1 6 37 .299 .317 .371 .688 22.3 4.0 2.0
LF  Chuck Hinton 37 72 115 15 17 3 0 1 4 4 2 5 26 .148 .183 .200 .383 1.4 0.0 0.6
C  Jim Campbell 34 19 39 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 12 .128 .167 .205 .372 1.4 0.0 0.2
CF  Bob Perry 36 11 30 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .167 .194 .167 .360 0.2 0.0 0.1
RF  Rocky Colavito 37 15 19 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .105 .105 .105 .211 -0.5 0.0 0.1
2B  Tom Ragland 25 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Cecil Butler 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 32.1 1760 5329 528 1177 188 25 88 519 128 50 512 1056 .221 .292 .315 .607 497.4 57.2 35.2
  Rank among 10 NL teams 10 10 10 10 4 10 10 1 9 7 10 10 10 10 10 10  
* - 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
 Bob Johnson 28 10 14 .417 41 23 0 212.7 213 96 26 82 138 4.06 12.1
*Dave Roberts 26 2 19 .095 34 21 3 184.0 243 110 24 59 85 5.38 0.2
 Stan Williams 34 10 11 .476 34 23 1 170.0 175 85 20 79 110 4.50 8.0
 Larry Sherry 35 4 12 .250 29 20 1 149.7 137 72 14 58 113 4.33 7.0
 Cecil Butler 33 7 9 .438 27 18 3 144.0 144 51 16 36 98 3.19 12.5
 Bob Heffner 32 6 12 .333 26 19 4 141.0 139 58 17 43 81 3.70 9.7
*Tom Hilgendorf 29 4 14 .222 26 18 4 134.0 149 69 15 35 53 4.63 5.3
 Jim Hannan 31 5 8 .385 36 11 3 108.3 109 74 24 67 72 6.15 0.6
 Dick Woodson 26 1 4 .200 9 9 0 69.0 74 34 8 29 28 4.43 2.7
 Red Swanson 34 2 1 .667 30 0 1 59.7 64 21 6 8 13 3.17 5.5
 Gaylord Perry 32 2 4 .333 25 0 1 46.3 38 14 6 19 16 2.72 4.8
 Moe Drabowsky 35 1 0 1.000 10 0 0 18.7 14 9 3 6 9 4.34 1.2
Team Totals 31.3 54 108 .333 327 162 21 1437.3 1499 693 179 521 816 4.34 69.6
Rank among 10 NL teams 9 9 6 9 10 8 8 6 4 9 6  
* - 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 37.2
E.Rodriguez 756.0 84 92 468 24 3 0 .994 28.6
F.Torre 603.3 69 72 346 22 9 1 .976 36.4
J.Campbell 78.0 9 10 41 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1437.3 162 174 855 47 12 1 .987 32.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.32
W.Davis 1298.7 147 153 1605 99 8 155 .995 11.81
F.Torre 63.0 7 12 86 3 0 3 1.000 12.71
J.Gotay 40.0 5 8 49 3 1 4 .981 11.70
M.Fiore 19.0 2 3 23 3 0 2 1.000 12.32
C.Hinton 16.0 1 4 16 1 0 3 1.000 9.56
L.Wagner 0.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 13.64
Team Total 1437.3 162 181 1780 109 9 167 .995 11.83
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.66
D.Buddin 1092.3 127 132 248 455 26 108 .964 5.79
D.Buford 262.7 29 41 61 115 5 26 .972 6.03
J.Gotay 58.3 5 13 6 21 1 3 .964 4.17
T.Ragland 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Maxvill 2.0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1418.3 161 189 315 594 32 137 .966 5.77
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.90
B.Grabarkewitz 837.0 98 99 54 195 14 14 .947 2.68
D.Buford 477.3 54 62 29 149 8 13 .957 3.36
J.Gotay 83.0 8 16 5 31 0 3 1.000 3.90
Team Total 1397.3 160 177 88 375 22 30 .955 2.98
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.06
D.Maxvill 1233.0 149 151 172 524 25 98 .965 5.08
J.Gotay 127.0 8 36 24 62 1 16 .989 6.09
D.Buddin 30.0 3 7 2 16 0 3 1.000 5.40
B.Grabarkewitz 6.3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.84
D.Young 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1398.3 160 197 198 606 26 117 .969 5.17
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.87
F.Baker 1223.0 150 153 248 10 6 5 .977 1.90
D.Buford 110.3 7 25 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
D.Buddin 22.0 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
R.Colavito 21.0 1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Perry 20.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Hinton 19.0 0 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
L.Wagner 7.0 0 5 1 1 1 0 .667 2.57
D.Maxvill 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
W.Davis 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.White 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1437.3 162 213 298 11 7 5 .978 1.93
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.44
B.White 684.0 77 78 188 1 16 0 .922 2.49
D.Young 597.7 69 70 175 6 6 1 .968 2.73
C.Hinton 119.0 12 23 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.27
B.Perry 34.0 4 4 5 0 1 0 .833 1.32
T.Ragland 2.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1437.3 162 176 399 7 23 1 .946 2.54
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.93
L.Wagner 1215.3 147 147 247 0 15 0 .943 1.83
C.Hinton 150.3 11 26 34 0 1 0 .971 2.04
B.Perry 26.0 3 4 4 0 1 0 .800 1.38
R.Colavito 24.7 1 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.55
F.Baker 15.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.White 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
T.Ragland 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Fiore 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.3 162 191 295 0 18 0 .942 1.85
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.91
B.Johnson 212.7 23 41 12 34 1 2 .979 1.95
D.Roberts 184.0 21 34 13 29 3 2 .933 2.05
S.Williams 170.0 23 34 4 21 1 3 .962 1.32
L.Sherry 149.7 20 29 5 18 1 2 .958 1.38
C.Butler 144.0 18 27 4 26 1 2 .968 1.88
B.Heffner 141.0 19 26 7 27 0 2 1.000 2.17
T.Hilgendorf 134.0 18 26 5 34 0 4 1.000 2.62
J.Hannan 108.3 11 36 8 18 0 2 1.000 2.16
D.Woodson 69.0 9 9 0 4 1 1 .800 0.52
R.Swanson 59.7 0 30 5 10 1 0 .938 2.26
G.Perry 46.3 0 25 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.78
M.Drabowsky 18.7 0 10 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1437.3 162 327 65 227 9 20 .970 1.83
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Wagner .246
On-Base Pct Fiore .315
Slugging Pct Wagner .371
OPS Wagner .679
XR Davis 65.5
Games Davis 158
At-Bats Davis 593
Runs Davis 70
Hits Davis 146
Total Bases Davis 217
Singles Davis 100
Doubles Davis 30
Triples Davis 7
Homeruns Wagner 14
RBIs Davis 68
Stolen Bases Davis 47
Caught Stealing Davis 14
Walks Fiore 81
Strikeouts Buddin 118
ERA Johnson 4.06
Wins Johnson, Williams 10
Losses Roberts 19
Winning Pct Williams .476
Saves Heffner, Hilgendorf 4
Games Pitched Johnson 41
Games Started Johnson, Williams 23
Complete Games Roberts 6
Shutouts Butler, Heffner 1
Innings Pitched Johnson 212.7
Hits Allowed Roberts 243
Homeruns Allowed Johnson 26
Strikeouts Johnson 138
Walks Allowed Johnson 82
Walks per 9IP Roberts 2.9
Hits per 9IP Johnson 9.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Johnson 5.8
WHiP Johnson 1.39
OAVG Johnson .259
OOBP Johnson .331
OSLG Johnson .404
OOPS Johnson .736
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Gaylord Perry $ 9,500,000
Frank Torre $ 3,600,000
Cecil Butler $ 3,500,000
Leon Wagner $ 3,250,000
Don Buford $ 3,200,000
Bill White $ 2,360,000
Bob Heffner $ 2,000,000
Julio Gotay $ 1,100,000
Larry Sherry $ 880,000
Chuck Hinton $ 875,000
Don Buddin $ 820,000
Willie Davis $ 750,000
Moe Drabowsky $ 750,000
Dick Radatz $ 550,000
Billy Grabarkewitz $ 300,000
Jim Hannan $ 300,000
Mike Fiore $ 300,000
Jim Campbell $ 300,000
Rocky Colavito $ 300,000
Tom Hilgendorf $ 300,000
Frank Baker $ 300,000
Gus Keriazakos $ 300,000
Don Young $ 300,000
Dal Maxvill $ 300,000
Bob Perry $ 300,000
Tom Ragland $ 300,000
Dave Roberts $ 300,000
Ellie Rodriguez $ 300,000
Red Swanson $ 300,000
Stan Williams $ 300,000
Dick Woodson $ 300,000
Bob Johnson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Bobby Bolin
$3,671,359
New York (N) Steve Brye
2/2 Signed     Frank Torre
2/2 Signed     Don Buddin
2/2 Signed     Gus Keriazakos
2/3 Signed     Moe Drabowsky
2/4 Signed     Larry Sherry
2/4 Signed     Jim Hannan
2/17 Signed     Bill White
2/18 Signed     Bob Heffner
7/21 Released Maury Wills