1978 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 91-69
Finish: 2nd in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 808
Runs Allowed: 749
Exp W-L: 86-74
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 2,389,996
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 9th in the National League
AA: 65-72, 7th in the National League
A: 61-76, 9th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to 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
RF  Dwight Evans 26 155 587 97 153 26 4 29 108 2 1 73 84 .261 .343 .467 .810 91.0 19.0 2.6
3B  George Scott 34 156 613 97 173 41 7 40 129 6 2 33 134 .282 .322 .568 .889 105.7 25.7 3.0
CF *Fred Lynn 26 153 575 78 169 32 7 16 92 3 0 69 61 .294 .368 .457 .825 91.5 21.4 2.8
3B  Sal Bando 34 155 569 103 161 24 2 26 73 0 0 66 80 .283 .359 .469 .828 95.5 23.5 5.2
RF  Dave Winfield 26 147 570 73 159 33 3 17 61 1 4 48 63 .279 .338 .437 .775 76.1 16.1 0.9
C  Dick Dietz 36 133 459 67 124 17 2 16 57 0 0 86 69 .270 .382 .420 .802 75.8 16.9 2.5
LF *Ben Oglivie 29 133 456 65 128 21 2 14 65 3 1 39 40 .281 .336 .428 .764 60.5 11.9 2.2
2B  Pedro Garcia 28 132 455 50 118 34 3 9 64 5 0 23 63 .259 .303 .407 .710 50.2 8.7 6.4
SS  Bob Heise 31 135 438 53 123 16 0 1 52 0 0 21 10 .281 .316 .324 .640 41.4 5.3 5.4
LF  Don Hahn 29 118 348 35 102 20 2 3 32 0 0 25 40 .293 .339 .388 .727 40.9 7.8 1.6
C  Ellie Rodriguez 32 60 167 24 47 7 1 1 13 0 0 19 12 .281 .360 .353 .713 21.7 4.2 0.9
3B  Carney Lansford 21 53 162 16 44 7 0 3 22 1 0 12 18 .272 .322 .370 .692 17.3 2.8 1.4
2B  Bobby Grich 29 30 114 21 22 3 0 3 8 0 0 11 19 .193 .273 .298 .572 10.1 0.5 1.2
3B  Billy Grabarkewitz 32 69 79 22 11 1 1 2 6 5 1 12 18 .139 .253 .253 .506 6.2 0.0 1.3
CF  Bernie Williams 29 26 32 5 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 4 .313 .405 .375 .780 4.4 1.1 0.3
C  Charlie Moore 25 12 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .091 .000 .091 -1.1 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 29.2 1667 5644 807 1544 284 34 180 785 26 9 544 718 .274 .339 .432 .770 787.2 164.9 37.8
  Rank among 12 NL teams 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 11 1 5 8 2 4 1 2 2  
* - 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
*Ken Reynolds 31 14 10 .583 35 35 0 240.3 211 93 14 95 154 3.48 15.6
 Dick Baney 31 12 7 .632 32 32 0 236.7 248 91 21 22 122 3.46 15.3
 Dave Boswell 33 15 12 .556 33 33 0 204.0 198 124 29 96 162 5.47 3.6
 Don Robinson 21 10 12 .455 36 22 6 203.7 233 117 25 61 88 5.17 4.7
 Mike Marshall 35 12 11 .522 32 27 1 185.0 143 74 9 104 89 3.60 10.9
*Tom House 31 7 5 .583 49 0 7 85.7 82 32 6 17 32 3.36 7.8
 Buzz Capra 30 6 4 .600 82 4 1 79.0 77 41 5 42 29 4.67 3.5
 Larry Dierker 31 3 4 .429 37 0 1 73.7 91 50 10 21 21 6.11 0.0
*Sam McDowell 35 6 3 .667 79 1 4 64.3 57 36 14 46 56 5.04 2.2
 Don Sutton 33 4 0 1.000 6 6 0 47.7 36 8 4 10 42 1.51 6.0
 Steve Busby 28 1 1 .500 5 0 1 11.7 13 6 0 7 8 4.63 0.6
 Gary Beare 25 1 0 1.000 10 0 2 9.0 14 11 2 8 8 11.00 0.0
*Bill Laxton 30 0 0 .000 15 0 0 7.7 12 10 3 10 4 11.75 0.0
*Rick Austin 31 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0.7 2 2 0 1 0 27.27 0.0
Team Totals 30.4 91 69 .569 453 160 23 1448.9 1417 695 142 540 815 4.32 70.3
Rank among 12 NL teams 4 4 9 3 4 4 10 10 9 2 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 .990 34.2
D.Dietz 1115.7 122 129 643 43 10 2 .986 22.7
E.Rodriguez 294.7 34 36 179 16 0 1 1.000 40.9
C.Moore 38.7 4 7 26 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1449.0 160 172 848 61 10 3 .989 25.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.10
G.Scott 1320.7 147 149 1656 118 7 156 .996 12.09
D.Hahn 77.3 7 11 106 7 1 10 .991 13.15
E.Rodriguez 51.0 6 9 75 1 2 8 .974 13.41
Team Total 1449.0 160 169 1837 126 10 174 .995 12.19
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.97
B.Heise 1025.7 118 122 226 437 9 96 .987 5.82
B.Grich 260.7 29 30 71 100 3 22 .983 5.90
B.Grabarkewitz 128.7 10 28 24 65 2 13 .978 6.23
P.Garcia 32.0 3 5 11 14 0 3 1.000 7.03
S.Bando 2.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.0 160 188 332 616 14 134 .985 5.89
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.05
S.Bando 1040.3 117 122 63 291 26 27 .932 3.06
C.Lansford 332.7 37 39 11 98 5 6 .956 2.95
B.Heise 38.0 4 6 5 12 0 2 1.000 4.03
B.Grabarkewitz 26.7 2 8 2 9 0 2 1.000 3.71
G.Scott 6.3 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.27
B.Williams 5.0 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1449.0 160 183 82 414 31 37 .941 3.08
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.52
P.Garcia 1104.3 125 126 166 508 11 97 .984 5.49
S.Bando 234.0 26 29 39 105 3 24 .980 5.54
B.Grabarkewitz 63.0 5 15 7 34 1 1 .976 5.86
B.Heise 40.7 4 7 7 15 1 3 .957 4.87
C.Lansford 7.0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1449.0 160 180 220 663 16 125 .982 5.48
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.96
B.Oglivie 1016.7 114 125 199 5 3 2 .986 1.81
D.Winfield 235.0 27 27 51 1 3 0 .945 1.99
D.Hahn 174.3 18 25 33 1 0 0 1.000 1.76
B.Williams 23.0 1 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
Team Total 1449.0 160 185 286 7 6 2 .980 1.82
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.49
F.Lynn 1068.0 118 124 253 4 1 3 .996 2.17
D.Hahn 337.7 38 44 87 0 0 0 1.000 2.32
B.Williams 42.3 4 8 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.19
B.Grabarkewitz 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.0 160 177 355 4 1 3 .997 2.23
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.99
D.Evans 1180.7 131 133 238 6 1 0 .996 1.86
D.Winfield 169.0 19 20 42 0 1 0 .977 2.24
D.Hahn 61.0 6 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.03
B.Oglivie 20.0 2 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 1.80
C.Moore 11.3 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
B.Williams 7.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1449.0 160 171 295 7 2 1 .993 1.88
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.11
K.Reynolds 240.3 35 35 15 52 0 9 1.000 2.51
D.Baney 236.7 32 32 20 37 2 1 .966 2.17
D.Boswell 204.0 33 33 11 28 0 2 1.000 1.72
D.Robinson 203.7 22 36 13 33 1 1 .979 2.03
M.Marshall 185.0 27 32 12 38 0 4 1.000 2.43
T.House 85.7 0 49 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.47
B.Capra 79.0 4 82 2 15 0 3 1.000 1.94
L.Dierker 73.7 0 37 8 7 0 2 1.000 1.83
S.McDowell 64.3 1 79 3 11 0 2 1.000 1.96
D.Sutton 47.7 6 6 2 5 1 0 .875 1.32
S.Busby 11.7 0 5 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.54
G.Beare 9.0 0 10 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Laxton 7.7 0 15 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.52
R.Austin 0.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.9 160 453 90 243 4 25 .988 2.07
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lynn .294
On-Base Pct Dietz .382
Slugging Pct Scott .568
OPS Scott .889
XR Scott 105.7
Games Scott 156
At-Bats Scott 613
Runs Bando 103
Hits Scott 173
Total Bases Scott 348
Singles Lynn 114
Doubles Scott 41
Triples Lynn, Scott 7
Homeruns Scott 40
RBIs Scott 129
Stolen Bases Scott 6
Caught Stealing Winfield 4
Walks Dietz 86
Strikeouts Scott 134
ERA Baney 3.46
Wins Boswell 15
Losses Boswell, Robinson 12
Winning Pct Baney .632
Saves House 7
Games Pitched Capra 82
Games Started Reynolds 35
Complete Games Robinson 12
Shutouts Reynolds, Robinson 2
Innings Pitched Reynolds 240.3
Hits Allowed Baney 248
Homeruns Allowed Boswell 29
Strikeouts Boswell 162
Walks Allowed Marshall 104
Walks per 9IP Baney 0.8
Hits per 9IP Marshall 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Boswell 7.1
WHiP Baney 1.14
OAVG Marshall .217
OOBP Baney .284
OSLG Marshall .314
OOPS Marshall .638
Team All-Stars
Sal Bando
George Scott
Player Salaries
Dick Dietz $ 8,962,199
Mike Marshall $ 7,250,000
George Scott $ 6,400,000
Sal Bando $ 5,000,000
Don Sutton $ 4,850,000
Bobby Grich $ 4,064,286
Dwight Evans $ 4,050,000
Dick Baney $ 3,500,000
Fred Lynn $ 3,028,571
Ben Oglivie $ 3,021,429
Dave Winfield $ 2,700,000
Don Hahn $ 2,365,714
Ellie Rodriguez $ 2,250,000
Bob Heise $ 1,600,000
Pedro Garcia $ 1,371,429
Ken Reynolds $ 1,250,000
Dave Boswell $ 1,250,000
Larry Dierker $ 860,000
Sam McDowell $ 750,000
Gary Gentry $ 400,000
Billy Grabarkewitz $ 381,429
Bill Laxton $ 350,000
Bernie Williams $ 350,000
Carney Lansford $ 300,000
Rick Austin $ 300,000
Tom House $ 300,000
Buzz Capra $ 300,000
Steve Busby $ 300,000
Gary Beare $ 300,000
Don Robinson $ 300,000
Charlie Moore $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Darrell Osteen
Duane Kuiper
Oakland George Scott
2/4 Traded Cecil Cooper Pittsburgh Lance Clemons
2/13 Signed     Sam Mcdowell