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1976 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 101-61
Finish: 1st in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 891
Runs Allowed: 674
Exp W-L: 101-61
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 2,310,735
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 6th in the National League
AA: 67-70, 5th in the National League
A: 54-83, 10th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 3-4 to Colorado Rockies
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over 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 24 153 617 112 172 43 5 23 103 2 0 55 89 .279 .336 .476 .813 95.1 19.6 5.1
2B  Bobby Grich 27 153 580 96 158 36 1 10 59 3 4 86 72 .272 .370 .390 .759 82.6 16.0 6.8
RF  Dave Winfield 24 154 579 83 149 22 3 20 94 13 4 64 68 .257 .328 .409 .737 82.2 14.5 0.0
3B  Sal Bando 32 154 587 91 154 29 1 25 106 2 0 52 101 .262 .327 .443 .770 77.2 13.6 5.9
LF *Ben Oglivie 27 152 589 78 169 20 4 22 95 3 1 45 65 .287 .335 .447 .782 85.9 16.6 3.4
RF  Dwight Evans 24 156 552 91 161 32 5 21 98 1 1 78 74 .292 .376 .482 .858 95.3 21.0 3.7
C  Dick Dietz 34 147 517 105 147 34 4 21 86 1 0 88 87 .284 .387 .487 .874 93.8 21.4 4.0
2B  Pedro Garcia 26 154 504 67 138 31 10 14 87 3 2 32 71 .274 .315 .458 .773 67.8 11.9 8.6
1B *Cecil Cooper 26 123 395 53 106 13 1 13 58 2 1 21 23 .268 .303 .405 .708 42.7 5.5 1.9
C  Ellie Rodriguez 30 82 265 42 70 9 1 1 29 3 2 30 26 .264 .352 .317 .669 29.6 4.5 1.3
SS  Bob Heise 29 58 129 13 48 6 1 2 18 0 0 5 2 .372 .393 .481 .873 21.8 5.4 1.7
LF  Don Hahn 27 46 122 21 38 10 0 0 10 1 0 9 11 .311 .356 .393 .750 16.3 3.5 1.1
CF  Bernie Williams 27 38 100 14 25 2 0 1 6 0 2 12 15 .250 .330 .300 .630 9.3 0.9 0.9
C  Carlton Fisk 28 41 89 8 16 2 0 3 14 0 0 5 10 .180 .250 .303 .553 8.0 0.1 0.6
LF  Dave Kingman 27 26 71 7 9 2 0 1 5 0 0 5 23 .127 .184 .197 .381 1.1 0.0 0.3
3B  Billy Grabarkewitz 30 22 34 8 8 1 0 2 4 1 0 5 10 .235 .325 .441 .766 4.8 0.7 0.4
C  Charlie Moore 23 4 9 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .444 .778 0.8 0.1 0.1
  Team Totals 27.4 1663 5739 891 1571 293 36 179 874 35 17 592 748 .274 .342 .431 .773 814.3 155.2 45.6
  Rank among 10 NL teams 1 3 2 1 1 1 3 9 3 5 3 4 5 2 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
 Dick Baney 29 16 9 .640 31 31 0 236.7 246 103 23 28 137 3.92 15.5
 Don Sutton 31 16 8 .667 33 31 0 232.0 189 98 24 105 205 3.80 15.6
 Jim York 28 11 9 .550 29 29 0 209.0 193 81 13 82 143 3.49 14.6
*Bill Lee 29 14 8 .636 28 27 0 204.7 226 73 7 39 50 3.21 15.4
 Mike Marshall 33 9 9 .500 24 24 0 151.7 145 79 4 86 110 4.69 6.2
*Ken Reynolds 29 13 5 .722 54 7 7 145.7 125 54 9 82 94 3.34 13.2
 Buster Narum 35 7 7 .500 39 9 12 99.3 110 64 13 24 63 5.80 3.6
 Dave Boswell 31 6 4 .600 52 0 7 99.3 78 40 14 46 95 3.62 8.4
 Craig Swan 25 6 2 .750 56 4 4 64.0 65 27 4 17 23 3.80 6.4
*Bill Laxton 28 2 0 1.000 44 0 1 12.0 7 3 1 8 12 2.25 2.3
 Ray Burris 25 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 11.0 11 6 0 6 5 4.91 0.6
 Gary Gentry 29 0 0 .000 8 0 0 3.0 1 1 1 1 4 3.00 0.3
Team Totals 29.3 101 61 .623 404 162 31 1468.3 1396 629 113 524 941 3.86 102.1
Rank among 10 NL teams 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 3 5 2 1  
* - 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 31.5
D.Dietz 1182.3 129 144 753 50 10 1 .988 30.6
C.Fisk 165.0 19 23 113 7 1 0 .992 20.0
E.Rodriguez 112.0 13 14 91 4 0 0 1.000 50.0
C.Moore 9.0 1 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1468.3 162 182 965 61 11 1 .989 29.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.81
C.Cooper 940.3 106 115 1112 78 13 105 .989 11.39
E.Rodriguez 399.0 42 52 488 26 3 46 .994 11.59
D.Kingman 134.1 18 20 156 10 0 16 1.000 11.14
D.Hahn 77.0 8 15 97 6 0 10 1.000 12.04
Team Total 1550.4 174 202 1853 120 16 177 .992 11.45
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.93
B.Grich 1277.3 141 151 312 523 15 130 .982 5.88
B.Heise 159.0 18 22 40 64 2 14 .981 5.89
B.Grabarkewitz 23.0 3 4 3 10 0 0 1.000 5.09
S.Bando 8.0 0 4 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.63
E.Rodriguez 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 182 359 600 17 144 .983 5.88
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 3.08
S.Bando 1273.0 144 145 94 376 25 33 .949 3.32
B.Williams 141.3 14 19 8 28 1 5 .973 2.29
B.Heise 44.0 3 11 0 6 1 0 .857 1.23
B.Grabarkewitz 10.0 1 2 2 1 1 0 .750 2.70
Team Total 1468.3 162 177 104 411 28 38 .948 3.16
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.33
P.Garcia 1291.0 150 154 184 588 23 99 .971 5.38
B.Heise 98.0 7 25 12 50 1 9 .984 5.69
B.Grabarkewitz 60.0 5 13 8 21 1 4 .967 4.35
S.Bando 11.3 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.18
D.Hahn 5.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
B.Grich 3.0 0 1 4 1 0 1 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 198 209 665 25 113 .972 5.36
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.89
B.Oglivie 1319.3 148 150 238 6 2 1 .992 1.66
B.Williams 47.0 5 7 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.87
D.Kingman 26.6 3 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
D.Hahn 20.0 1 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1412.9 157 168 260 7 2 1 .993 1.70
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 2.45
F.Lynn 1321.3 145 152 331 5 0 2 1.000 2.29
D.Hahn 147.0 17 19 43 1 0 1 1.000 2.69
Team Total 1468.3 162 171 374 6 0 3 1.000 2.33
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.91
D.Evans 1332.3 150 153 252 11 4 2 .985 1.78
B.Williams 73.0 9 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.48
D.Hahn 28.0 2 9 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Moore 10.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
D.Kingman 5.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
D.Winfield 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Oglivie 4.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1456.6 162 180 276 13 4 3 .986 1.79
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.09
D.Baney 236.7 31 31 14 43 0 2 1.000 2.17
D.Sutton 232.0 31 33 13 33 2 6 .958 1.78
J.York 209.0 29 29 12 34 2 5 .958 1.98
B.Lee 204.7 27 28 13 44 1 2 .983 2.51
M.Marshall 151.7 24 24 10 28 3 3 .927 2.26
K.Reynolds 145.7 7 54 10 26 1 3 .973 2.22
D.Boswell 99.3 0 52 4 20 0 4 1.000 2.17
B.Narum 99.3 9 39 5 9 0 0 1.000 1.27
C.Swan 64.0 4 56 4 8 0 1 1.000 1.69
B.Laxton 12.0 0 44 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Burris 11.0 0 6 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.64
G.Gentry 3.0 0 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 404 87 248 9 26 .974 2.05
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Evans .292
On-Base Pct Dietz .387
Slugging Pct Dietz .487
OPS Dietz .874
XR Evans 95.3
Games Evans 156
At-Bats Lynn 617
Runs Lynn 112
Hits Lynn 172
Total Bases Lynn 294
Singles Oglivie 123
Doubles Lynn 43
Triples Garcia 10
Homeruns Bando 25
RBIs Bando 106
Stolen Bases Winfield 13
Caught Stealing Grich, Winfield 4
Walks Dietz 88
Strikeouts Bando 101
ERA Lee 3.21
Wins Baney, Sutton 16
Losses Baney, Marshall, York 9
Winning Pct Reynolds .722
Saves Narum 12
Games Pitched Swan 56
Games Started Baney, Sutton 31
Complete Games Baney, Sutton 7
Shutouts Marshall, Sutton 2
Innings Pitched Baney 236.7
Hits Allowed Baney 246
Homeruns Allowed Sutton 24
Strikeouts Sutton 205
Walks Allowed Sutton 105
Walks per 9IP Baney 1.1
Hits per 9IP Sutton 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Sutton 8.0
WHiP Baney 1.16
OAVG Sutton .220
OOBP Baney .290
OSLG Lee .344
OOPS Lee .656
Team All-Stars
Sal Bando
Dick Dietz
Dwight Evans
Fred Lynn
Buster Narum
Ben Oglivie
Dave Winfield
Jim York
Player Salaries
Dick Dietz $ 8,962,199
Mike Marshall $ 7,250,000
Don Sutton $ 4,850,000
Jim York $ 4,700,000
Sal Bando $ 4,150,000
Bobby Grich $ 3,828,571
Dick Baney $ 3,592,857
Buster Narum $ 3,000,000
Bill Lee $ 2,782,857
Ken Reynolds $ 2,492,857
Ellie Rodriguez $ 1,607,143
Larry Dierker $ 1,550,000
Dave Boswell $ 1,250,000
Gary Gentry $ 1,034,286
Tom Burgmeier $ 508,000
Bob Heise $ 400,000
Carlton Fisk $ 392,143
Dave Roberts $ 350,000
Billy Grabarkewitz $ 350,000
Ray Burris $ 300,000
Dwight Evans $ 300,000
Cecil Cooper $ 300,000
Pedro Garcia $ 300,000
Dave Kingman $ 300,000
Bill Laxton $ 300,000
Fred Lynn $ 300,000
Charlie Moore $ 300,000
Ben Oglivie $ 300,000
Craig Swan $ 300,000
Bernie Williams $ 300,000
Dave Winfield $ 300,000
Don Hahn $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Dick Dietz
3/3 Traded Ed Kirkpatrick Colorado Jim York
4/2 Traded Francisco Barrios Kansas City Dave Boswell
6/1 Traded Darrel Chaney Los Angeles Dave Kingman
7/1 Traded $605,671
Oscar Zamora		 Oakland Frank Baker
7/31 Traded Bruce Boisclair
Dave Lemanczyk		 Detroit Larry Dierker
 
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