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1979 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 91-69
Finish: 3rd in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 746
Runs Allowed: 680
Exp W-L: 87-73
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 2,369,672
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 5th in the National League
AA: 49-88, 12th in the National League
A: 65-72, 6th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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 27 152 598 95 147 20 6 40 97 4 0 70 92 .246 .327 .500 .827 95.4 20.9 1.7
CF *Fred Lynn 27 152 553 67 148 30 2 12 70 0 0 57 70 .268 .334 .394 .729 72.9 14.6 2.3
LF *Ben Oglivie 30 156 570 78 166 22 3 25 88 0 1 32 46 .291 .328 .472 .800 83.4 18.5 1.9
3B  Sal Bando 35 138 541 82 156 28 3 18 68 0 1 54 94 .288 .358 .451 .809 84.1 19.8 0.6
2B  Bobby Grich 30 147 520 68 139 24 3 10 58 2 3 63 112 .267 .348 .383 .731 71.1 14.6 8.4
2B  Pedro Garcia 29 149 520 72 142 34 8 13 68 7 5 22 58 .273 .303 .444 .747 65.1 12.5 8.2
C  Dick Dietz 37 139 472 65 105 20 3 18 70 1 0 54 62 .222 .301 .392 .693 57.0 8.9 3.2
RF *Willie Crawford 32 136 438 50 130 25 5 13 60 4 6 25 47 .297 .334 .466 .800 60.8 13.1 4.5
3B  George Scott 35 101 367 55 84 19 3 16 52 5 1 23 82 .229 .275 .428 .702 44.4 6.7 2.9
3B  Carney Lansford 22 94 288 28 75 6 3 5 36 3 3 21 28 .260 .311 .354 .665 32.1 4.9 1.7
LF  Don Hahn 30 92 254 31 73 18 0 2 22 0 1 17 24 .287 .333 .382 .715 29.1 5.6 1.5
C  Ellie Rodriguez 33 62 173 26 41 8 1 0 14 0 0 30 22 .237 .359 .295 .654 20.2 3.1 0.9
SS  Bob Heise 32 54 123 15 35 9 1 0 10 0 0 7 7 .285 .313 .374 .687 14.5 2.2 1.9
CF *Dan Briggs 26 23 49 10 10 2 0 2 5 0 0 4 8 .204 .278 .367 .645 4.7 0.5 0.2
3B  Billy Grabarkewitz 33 13 15 4 5 0 0 2 6 0 1 4 1 .333 .474 .733 1.207 4.5 1.6 0.3
CF  Jim Wohlford 28 8 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 30.4 1616 5493 746 1456 265 41 176 724 27 22 485 758 .265 .325 .424 .750 739.0 147.5 40.3
  Rank among 12 NL teams 9 5 7 2 4 1 5 11 4 8 10 7 7 1 4 4  
* - 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 32 19 12 .613 35 35 0 255.7 251 86 21 25 114 3.03 21.7
 Don Sutton 34 12 18 .400 33 33 0 232.3 233 132 33 101 191 5.11 4.4
*Ken Reynolds 32 13 11 .542 34 34 0 227.7 221 98 22 87 156 3.87 12.7
 Bert Blyleven 28 13 8 .619 28 28 0 201.3 186 79 11 78 100 3.53 13.9
 Charlie Williams 31 7 8 .467 18 18 0 118.0 139 64 7 47 47 4.88 3.6
 Steve Busby 29 0 1 .000 48 0 1 82.0 93 50 15 45 46 5.49 0.1
*Bill Lee 32 8 1 .889 11 11 0 81.3 96 23 1 11 17 2.55 8.4
 Dave Boswell 34 8 5 .615 59 1 34 63.0 58 31 10 30 41 4.43 7.5
*Tom House 32 4 0 1.000 54 0 0 47.7 36 13 2 11 25 2.45 5.7
 Buzz Capra 31 2 1 .667 47 0 2 42.0 35 11 3 21 14 2.36 4.8
 Don Robinson 22 4 0 1.000 53 0 0 35.0 39 17 1 13 16 4.37 2.3
*Sam McDowell 36 1 4 .200 60 0 2 24.7 25 17 4 19 18 6.20 0.0
Team Totals 31.1 91 69 .569 480 160 39 1410.6 1412 621 130 488 785 3.96 85.1
Rank among 12 NL teams 6 6 7 6 12 5 9 9 4 4 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 .989 33.5
D.Dietz 1080.0 121 132 636 45 10 1 .986 31.1
E.Rodriguez 330.7 39 42 177 15 4 1 .980 21.1
Team Total 1410.7 160 174 813 60 14 2 .984 28.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.02
W.Crawford 962.7 110 114 1201 112 8 115 .994 12.28
G.Scott 461.5 54 54 586 56 6 49 .991 12.52
D.Hahn 142.0 16 19 192 15 5 19 .976 13.12
E.Rodriguez 6.0 0 6 7 2 1 2 .900 13.50
D.Briggs 5.0 0 4 5 1 0 0 1.000 10.80
Team Total 1577.2 180 197 1991 186 20 185 .991 12.42
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.00
B.Grich 1260.7 145 145 271 543 8 103 .990 5.81
B.Heise 124.0 13 17 19 56 0 11 1.000 5.44
B.Grabarkewitz 23.0 2 5 4 8 0 2 1.000 4.70
W.Crawford 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
S.Bando 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1410.7 160 169 294 609 8 116 .991 5.76
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.92
C.Lansford 570.0 64 69 46 146 10 9 .950 3.03
G.Scott 374.7 45 46 24 87 7 7 .941 2.67
S.Bando 184.7 21 23 8 53 5 2 .924 2.97
B.Heise 93.0 9 17 3 29 0 1 1.000 3.10
B.Grabarkewitz 9.0 1 1 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.00
J.Wohlford 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1232.4 140 157 81 318 22 20 .948 2.91
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.51
P.Garcia 1258.7 147 149 217 555 20 102 .975 5.52
B.Heise 100.0 10 17 12 48 1 11 .984 5.40
W.Crawford 38.0 2 10 4 19 0 2 1.000 5.45
B.Grabarkewitz 12.0 1 3 5 6 0 2 1.000 8.25
S.Bando 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1410.7 160 180 238 629 21 117 .976 5.53
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.94
B.Oglivie 1302.7 150 154 251 7 5 4 .981 1.78
D.Briggs 59.0 7 11 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.05
D.Hahn 47.0 3 18 9 1 0 1 1.000 1.91
J.Wohlford 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Crawford 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1410.7 160 185 280 8 5 5 .983 1.84
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.55
F.Lynn 976.7 111 117 274 5 2 3 .993 2.57
D.Hahn 368.0 42 46 91 1 1 1 .989 2.25
D.Briggs 45.0 5 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
W.Crawford 11.0 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09
J.Wohlford 10.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1410.7 160 174 379 6 3 4 .992 2.46
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.99
D.Evans 1324.7 150 152 236 7 6 1 .976 1.65
D.Hahn 51.0 6 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.76
J.Wohlford 26.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
W.Crawford 9.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1410.7 160 163 252 7 6 1 .977 1.65
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.07
D.Baney 255.7 35 35 28 46 0 2 1.000 2.61
D.Sutton 232.3 33 33 16 37 2 1 .964 2.05
K.Reynolds 227.7 34 34 8 35 1 3 .977 1.70
B.Blyleven 201.3 28 28 15 38 1 5 .981 2.37
C.Williams 118.0 18 18 9 22 0 2 1.000 2.36
S.Busby 82.0 0 48 5 12 0 1 1.000 1.87
B.Lee 81.3 11 11 7 15 0 1 1.000 2.43
D.Boswell 63.0 1 59 3 9 0 2 1.000 1.71
T.House 47.7 0 54 5 12 2 0 .895 3.21
B.Capra 42.0 0 47 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.36
D.Robinson 35.0 0 53 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.31
S.McDowell 24.7 0 60 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.46
Team Total 1410.6 160 480 103 243 6 17 .983 2.21
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Oglivie .291
On-Base Pct Bando .358
Slugging Pct Evans .500
OPS Evans .827
XR Evans 95.4
Games Oglivie 156
At-Bats Evans 598
Runs Evans 95
Hits Oglivie 166
Total Bases Evans 299
Singles Oglivie 116
Doubles Garcia 34
Triples Garcia 8
Homeruns Evans 40
RBIs Evans 97
Stolen Bases Garcia 7
Caught Stealing Crawford 6
Walks Evans 70
Strikeouts Grich 112
ERA Baney 3.03
Wins Baney 19
Losses Sutton 18
Winning Pct Blyleven .619
Saves Boswell 34
Games Pitched McDowell 60
Games Started Baney 35
Complete Games Blyleven 9
Shutouts Baney, Blyleven 4
Innings Pitched Baney 255.7
Hits Allowed Baney 251
Homeruns Allowed Sutton 33
Strikeouts Sutton 191
Walks Allowed Sutton 101
Walks per 9IP Baney 0.9
Hits per 9IP Blyleven 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Sutton 7.4
WHiP Baney 1.08
OAVG Blyleven .245
OOBP Baney .276
OSLG Blyleven .335
OOPS Baney .637
Team All-Stars
Sal Bando
George Scott
Player Salaries
Bill Lee $ 7,000,000
Willie Crawford $ 5,400,000
Sal Bando $ 5,000,000
Don Sutton $ 4,850,000
Dick Dietz $ 4,400,000
Fred Lynn $ 4,178,571
Bobby Grich $ 4,064,286
Dwight Evans $ 4,050,000
Dick Baney $ 3,500,000
Dave Boswell $ 3,400,000
Ben Oglivie $ 3,021,429
Bert Blyleven $ 3,000,000
Don Hahn $ 2,365,714
Ellie Rodriguez $ 2,250,000
Pedro Garcia $ 1,971,429
Bob Heise $ 1,600,000
Ken Reynolds $ 1,250,000
Tom House $ 794,286
Sam McDowell $ 750,000
Gary Gentry $ 400,000
Billy Grabarkewitz $ 381,429
Bill Laxton $ 350,000
Bernie Williams $ 350,000
Buzz Capra $ 350,000
Jim Wohlford $ 300,000
Steve Busby $ 300,000
Dan Briggs $ 300,000
Don Robinson $ 300,000
Carney Lansford $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Mike Marshall
Dave Winfield		 Baltimore Bert Blyleven
Willie Crawford
$9,900,000
2/2 Traded Ron Lolich New York (N) Charlie Williams
7/31 Traded Charlie Williams
George Scott		 Milwaukee Bill Lee
 
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