1983 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 55-105
Finish: 4th in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 579
Runs Allowed: 766
Exp W-L: 60-100
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,346,585
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 84-53, 3rd in the National League
AA: 66-71, 8th in the National League
A: 73-64, 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  Horace Speed 31 152 596 77 150 19 5 2 43 4 4 79 148 .252 .341 .310 .651 64.6 8.2 3.9
RF  Dwight Evans 31 151 577 93 167 28 5 38 98 2 0 62 105 .289 .359 .553 .912 107.6 22.8 2.7
2B  Pepe Frias 34 151 606 58 154 21 3 1 53 2 3 16 54 .254 .274 .304 .577 44.0 2.1 4.3
CF *Dan Briggs 30 154 575 63 159 26 2 10 67 4 2 50 88 .277 .341 .381 .722 72.2 12.3 0.0
CF  Bernie Williams 34 154 514 44 111 15 3 6 52 1 3 44 116 .216 .277 .292 .569 37.8 0.9 4.0
SS  Bob Heise 36 149 489 31 120 9 0 2 28 0 0 25 43 .245 .281 .276 .557 32.6 0.3 5.1
1B *Chris Chambliss 34 146 470 59 116 27 2 13 61 2 1 42 69 .247 .308 .396 .704 53.1 7.3 1.8
RF *Willie Crawford 36 121 448 46 124 21 2 6 60 1 1 28 86 .277 .318 .373 .691 48.7 7.0 2.1
C  Ellie Rodriguez 37 106 347 15 63 6 1 0 19 0 1 29 78 .182 .261 .205 .466 18.9 0.0 4.8
C  Charlie Moore 30 76 227 13 42 18 0 1 15 0 0 18 42 .185 .244 .278 .521 12.5 0.0 1.5
CF  Jim Wohlford 32 82 224 20 57 13 1 1 24 4 0 6 34 .254 .272 .335 .607 20.6 1.9 1.1
2B  Tim Hulett 23 69 152 10 30 8 0 2 12 0 1 4 35 .197 .218 .289 .507 7.4 0.0 1.4
C  Dennis Littlejohn 28 48 125 12 30 8 0 3 16 0 0 13 31 .240 .309 .376 .685 15.0 2.2 1.3
LF  Don Hahn 34 57 98 10 26 6 0 0 2 0 0 4 15 .265 .301 .327 .628 8.4 0.7 0.7
2B #Buddy Biancalana 23 57 73 20 13 2 1 0 2 3 3 5 14 .178 .238 .233 .470 4.1 0.0 0.6
SS *Tim Flannery 25 9 31 8 10 4 0 0 2 1 0 2 5 .323 .364 .452 .815 4.8 1.2 0.4
2B  Mike Richardt 25 10 18 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .278 .444 0.4 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 30.8 1692 5570 579 1375 231 26 85 556 24 19 427 963 .247 .302 .343 .646 552.6 66.9 35.9
  Rank among 12 NL teams 3 10 9 11 12 11 10 12 1 8 12 9 9 10 9 9  
* - 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 32 14 20 .412 41 41 0 321.0 323 123 30 84 172 3.45 20.1
 John Montefusco 33 6 21 .222 38 38 0 280.0 281 118 34 95 156 3.79 13.5
 Don Robinson 26 11 15 .423 29 29 0 228.0 205 82 25 82 135 3.24 16.2
 Jack Kucek 30 8 18 .308 35 35 0 211.3 235 143 20 141 91 6.09 0.0
 Jeff Heathcock 23 3 3 .500 47 0 0 91.3 125 60 5 32 29 5.91 0.1
*Ken Frailing 35 3 9 .250 66 2 2 84.0 90 52 12 41 46 5.57 1.0
*Dave Tomlin 34 5 8 .385 57 0 21 77.0 82 41 12 27 23 4.79 4.8
 Gary Beare 30 3 8 .273 31 6 2 69.3 68 36 5 56 27 4.67 2.3
 Dick Baney 36 2 2 .500 6 6 0 40.7 35 14 6 10 14 3.10 3.2
 Jim Wright 28 0 1 .000 12 3 0 35.0 37 15 2 15 9 3.86 1.3
Team Totals 30.7 55 105 .344 362 160 25 1437.7 1481 684 151 583 702 4.28 62.2
Rank among 12 NL teams 11 11 12 11 5 9 11 9 12 10 9  
* - 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 .987 31.4
E.Rodriguez 845.0 96 99 441 53 6 1 .988 40.8
C.Moore 323.3 35 43 165 15 7 1 .963 20.5
D.Littlejohn 269.3 29 38 137 16 3 0 .981 24.4
Team Total 1437.7 160 180 743 84 16 2 .981 32.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.83
C.Chambliss 1104.0 124 138 1449 91 10 142 .994 12.55
W.Crawford 204.0 24 26 246 22 0 15 1.000 11.82
D.Hahn 55.0 5 15 70 7 1 6 .987 12.60
T.Hulett 41.0 5 6 56 7 1 6 .984 13.83
T.Flannery 16.0 2 2 27 0 1 4 .964 15.19
D.Briggs 9.0 0 2 13 0 0 2 1.000 13.00
E.Rodriguez 8.7 0 5 13 2 1 2 .938 15.59
Team Total 1437.7 160 194 1874 129 14 177 .993 12.54
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.83
B.Heise 1180.3 134 142 282 554 17 121 .980 6.37
T.Hulett 193.0 21 34 59 88 1 27 .993 6.85
B.Biancalana 54.3 5 11 11 20 0 4 1.000 5.14
P.Frias 5.0 0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 3.60
W.Crawford 4.0 0 2 2 3 0 1 1.000 11.25
M.Richardt 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.7 160 193 354 667 20 153 .981 6.39
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.92
B.Williams 1201.3 135 140 94 328 15 35 .966 3.16
T.Hulett 153.7 16 27 7 39 4 4 .920 2.69
T.Flannery 53.0 6 7 5 24 1 2 .967 4.92
P.Frias 27.7 3 4 1 8 0 2 1.000 2.93
B.Heise 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1437.7 160 179 107 401 20 43 .962 3.18
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.27
P.Frias 1270.7 144 145 221 595 35 108 .959 5.78
B.Biancalana 130.3 13 23 24 49 3 16 .961 5.04
B.Heise 29.0 3 5 7 10 3 4 .850 5.28
W.Crawford 5.7 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.77
M.Richardt 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1437.7 160 177 253 657 41 128 .957 5.70
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.91
W.Crawford 790.3 92 92 154 2 2 1 .987 1.78
J.Wohlford 361.7 39 47 78 1 1 0 .988 1.97
H.Speed 163.3 18 18 32 0 0 0 1.000 1.76
B.Williams 75.0 8 11 10 2 0 1 1.000 1.44
M.Richardt 31.0 3 4 6 1 0 1 1.000 2.03
D.Hahn 12.3 0 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 5.11
D.Briggs 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1437.7 160 182 288 6 3 3 .990 1.84
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.49
H.Speed 1166.7 131 133 282 5 0 1 1.000 2.21
D.Hahn 137.0 15 15 34 3 0 2 1.000 2.43
J.Wohlford 95.0 10 16 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.33
D.Briggs 23.0 2 5 5 0 2 0 .714 1.96
M.Richardt 15.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Littlejohn 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.7 160 172 334 9 2 3 .994 2.15
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.98
D.Evans 1272.7 142 149 231 8 2 2 .992 1.69
C.Moore 103.0 12 14 19 0 1 0 .950 1.66
J.Wohlford 45.3 6 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.39
D.Hahn 13.7 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.64
W.Crawford 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1437.7 160 176 262 8 3 2 .989 1.69
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.00
B.Blyleven 321.0 41 41 23 63 1 2 .989 2.41
J.Montefusco 280.0 38 38 16 53 2 3 .972 2.22
D.Robinson 228.0 29 29 11 35 3 1 .939 1.82
J.Kucek 211.3 35 35 20 34 4 3 .931 2.30
J.Heathcock 91.3 0 47 5 18 1 1 .958 2.27
K.Frailing 84.0 2 66 7 21 0 2 1.000 3.00
D.Tomlin 77.0 0 57 4 11 1 0 .938 1.75
G.Beare 69.3 6 31 3 12 0 0 1.000 1.95
D.Baney 40.7 6 6 2 11 0 3 1.000 2.88
J.Wright 35.0 3 12 2 9 0 3 1.000 2.83
Team Total 1437.7 160 362 93 267 12 18 .968 2.25
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Evans .289
On-Base Pct Evans .359
Slugging Pct Evans .553
OPS Evans .912
XR Evans 107.6
Games Briggs, Williams 154
At-Bats Frias 606
Runs Evans 93
Hits Evans 167
Total Bases Evans 319
Singles Frias 129
Doubles Evans 28
Triples Evans, Speed 5
Homeruns Evans 38
RBIs Evans 98
Stolen Bases Briggs, Speed, Wohlford 4
Caught Stealing Speed 4
Walks Speed 79
Strikeouts Speed 148
ERA Robinson 3.24
Wins Blyleven 14
Losses Montefusco 21
Winning Pct Robinson .423
Saves Tomlin 21
Games Pitched Frailing 66
Games Started Blyleven 41
Complete Games Blyleven 13
Shutouts Blyleven 3
Innings Pitched Blyleven 321.0
Hits Allowed Blyleven 323
Homeruns Allowed Montefusco 34
Strikeouts Blyleven 172
Walks Allowed Kucek 141
Walks per 9IP Blyleven 2.4
Hits per 9IP Robinson 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Robinson 5.3
WHiP Robinson 1.26
OAVG Robinson .239
OOBP Robinson .304
OSLG Blyleven .383
OOPS Blyleven .690
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Dwight Evans $ 14,000,000
Bert Blyleven $ 13,000,000
Willie Crawford $ 6,500,000
Dick Baney $ 4,500,000
Ellie Rodriguez $ 2,300,000
Dan Briggs $ 2,142,857
Don Hahn $ 2,000,000
Don Robinson $ 1,708,571
John Montefusco $ 1,500,000
Bob Heise $ 1,000,000
Bernie Williams $ 450,000
Ken Frailing $ 400,000
Charlie Moore $ 350,000
Buddy Biancalana $ 300,000
Tim Flannery $ 300,000
Gary Beare $ 300,000
Jeff Heathcock $ 300,000
Jack Kucek $ 300,000
Jim Wright $ 300,000
Dennis Littlejohn $ 300,000
Mike Richardt $ 300,000
Horace Speed $ 300,000
Dave Tomlin $ 300,000
Jim Wohlford $ 300,000
Tim Hulett $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Traded Ben Oglivie
Bobby Grich
Bill Lee
Kansas City Mike Chris
Buddy Biancalana
2/4 Traded Carney Lansford Colorado Mike Young
2/4 Traded Don Sutton San Diego Mike Beard
$7,000,000
2/13 Signed     Dave Tomlin
3/4 Traded Mike Beard
$3,320,187
Baltimore Willie Crawford
Tim Flannery
Bob Johnson
10/13 Released Chris Chambliss    
10/13 Released Pepe Frias