1985 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 50-110
Finish: 4th in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 515
Runs Allowed: 753
Exp W-L: 53-107
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,349,335
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 3rd in the National League
AA: 72-65, 4th in the National League
A: 73-64, 5th 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
LF  Kevin McReynolds 25 156 593 53 127 34 4 13 57 4 0 40 72 .214 .264 .351 .614 55.3 5.6 1.2
CF #Mike Young 25 150 521 63 113 30 3 19 59 0 1 62 126 .217 .301 .395 .696 62.2 9.5 1.5
3B  Nick Esasky 25 137 512 58 117 21 3 25 63 5 0 48 118 .229 .294 .428 .722 64.1 10.3 2.7
1B *Sheldon Mallory 31 137 508 54 108 14 5 0 32 32 11 44 75 .213 .282 .260 .541 40.7 2.3 1.8
SS *Tim Flannery 27 150 510 60 131 29 4 4 56 1 5 41 76 .257 .315 .353 .668 54.3 8.4 5.7
2B  Tim Hulett 25 131 432 37 101 18 4 11 51 1 0 16 77 .234 .264 .370 .635 35.5 3.1 2.2
C  Bob Johnson 25 119 378 28 67 9 3 8 38 2 0 19 91 .177 .220 .280 .500 20.2 0.0 4.8
CF #Jerry Hairston 33 100 342 28 79 14 1 4 27 0 0 38 61 .231 .307 .313 .620 32.2 3.8 2.2
CF  Billy Hatcher 24 87 322 36 81 19 1 7 43 8 2 14 27 .252 .284 .382 .666 35.8 5.6 1.5
2B  Mike Richardt 27 102 321 26 75 16 3 0 23 0 0 10 26 .234 .255 .302 .557 21.8 0.5 4.3
LF  Jim Wilhelm 32 91 304 23 77 14 8 0 26 4 6 4 31 .253 .264 .352 .616 23.7 1.8 1.4
C  Dennis Littlejohn 30 70 172 17 26 5 1 0 4 0 0 21 43 .151 .244 .192 .435 6.5 0.0 1.7
CF  Jim Wohlford 34 67 181 12 43 10 2 0 9 0 0 9 44 .238 .272 .315 .587 14.4 1.3 0.7
SS  Bob Heise 38 52 101 3 18 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 18 .178 .192 .208 .400 1.4 0.0 0.8
2B #Buddy Biancalana 25 44 73 10 14 3 2 0 4 0 1 7 16 .192 .259 .288 .547 5.1 0.0 0.8
SS  Mike Gallego 24 12 36 2 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 .278 .297 .333 .631 3.4 0.5 0.4
C *Matt Nokes 21 9 30 2 9 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 .300 .382 .433 .816 3.8 0.9 0.4
DH *Paul O'Neill 22 9 27 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 .111 .273 .185 .458 1.4 0.0 0.0
LF *Benny Distefano 23 8 29 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 .207 .233 .207 .440 0.6 0.0 0.1
LF *Dan Pasqua 23 9 27 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .185 .241 .222 .464 1.4 0.0 0.2
RF *Tom Poquette 33 8 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .273 .333 .273 .606 0.7 0.1 0.1
P *Mike Chris 27 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.2 1650 5431 515 1213 244 46 91 501 57 27 388 932 .223 .277 .335 .612 484.4 53.7 34.4
  Rank among 12 NL teams 10 11 10 10 4 9 11 10 3 12 10 11 11 12 12 11  
* - 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 34 8 19 .296 34 34 0 239.7 256 124 22 71 155 4.66 6.4
 Dwight Gooden 20 11 17 .393 32 32 0 237.7 167 82 18 106 303 3.11 16.9
 Tom Johnson 34 10 15 .400 31 31 0 205.3 212 93 20 76 122 4.08 8.2
 Kirk McCaskill 24 5 16 .238 23 23 0 157.0 186 96 13 59 79 5.50 0.3
 Gary Beare 32 4 6 .400 40 8 0 123.0 100 52 12 73 78 3.80 6.3
 George Lauzerique 37 3 10 .231 19 18 0 109.3 130 57 13 40 69 4.69 2.5
 Francisco Barrios 32 2 9 .182 12 12 0 86.3 94 55 11 40 44 5.73 0.0
*Mike Chris 27 0 4 .000 31 0 1 62.3 60 26 6 31 41 3.75 3.3
 Jay Baller 24 5 3 .625 49 0 28 59.7 52 22 5 20 25 3.32 9.7
 Jeff Heathcock 25 1 3 .250 52 0 5 57.7 58 27 6 25 18 4.21 2.9
 Jim Wright 30 1 4 .200 49 0 0 34.0 34 16 5 17 7 4.24 1.3
*John Cerutti 25 0 1 .000 6 1 0 23.3 22 13 5 10 6 5.02 0.4
 Dave Campbell 33 0 0 .000 11 0 0 17.0 18 3 0 5 5 1.59 1.7
 Jack Kucek 32 0 0 .000 5 0 0 13.3 9 2 0 5 5 1.35 1.5
 Rich Thompson 26 0 2 .000 7 0 1 5.0 4 3 1 1 0 5.40 0.2
 Jeff Sellers 21 0 1 .000 1 1 0 4.3 7 5 4 0 1 10.39 0.0
Team Totals 28.5 50 110 .313 402 160 35 1435.0 1409 676 141 579 958 4.24 61.8
Rank among 12 NL teams 12 12 9 12 10 7 11 11 12 4 11  
* - 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 32.0
B.Johnson 1000.0 117 117 682 66 8 1 .989 36.1
D.Littlejohn 365.3 35 53 258 18 4 1 .986 28.1
M.Nokes 69.7 8 9 48 6 0 0 1.000 28.6
Team Total 1435.0 160 179 988 90 12 2 .989 34.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.53
S.Mallory 1030.0 117 117 1257 87 7 111 .995 11.74
J.Wilhelm 173.0 19 22 220 12 1 20 .996 12.07
D.Littlejohn 78.0 8 9 89 5 0 10 1.000 10.85
B.Distefano 56.0 7 7 66 2 2 8 .971 10.93
B.Biancalana 35.0 4 4 39 3 2 2 .955 10.80
T.Hulett 17.0 2 2 27 1 0 0 1.000 14.82
J.Hairston 13.0 1 3 18 2 0 2 1.000 13.85
D.Pasqua 10.0 1 2 17 0 0 1 1.000 15.30
B.Johnson 10.0 0 2 10 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
B.Hatcher 9.0 1 1 3 0 1 1 .750 3.00
J.Wohlford 3.0 0 2 5 0 0 1 1.000 15.00
N.Esasky 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1435.0 160 172 1752 112 13 157 .993 11.69
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.73
M.Richardt 834.7 99 99 197 387 9 66 .985 6.30
T.Hulett 387.0 43 51 87 179 6 46 .978 6.19
B.Heise 77.3 6 18 19 39 1 7 .983 6.75
B.Biancalana 69.3 6 16 15 32 0 6 1.000 6.10
M.Gallego 34.0 4 4 4 10 0 0 1.000 3.71
S.Mallory 24.7 1 10 10 9 1 3 .950 6.93
T.Flannery 8.0 1 1 3 4 0 1 1.000 7.88
Team Total 1435.0 160 199 335 660 17 129 .983 6.24
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 2.75
N.Esasky 1181.7 132 134 74 290 22 23 .943 2.77
T.Hulett 132.0 15 16 6 27 4 2 .892 2.25
B.Heise 64.3 7 11 1 15 2 0 .889 2.24
T.Flannery 48.0 5 7 3 9 0 3 1.000 2.25
M.Gallego 9.0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1435.0 160 169 84 342 28 29 .938 2.67
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.23
T.Flannery 1213.7 140 141 193 549 16 88 .979 5.50
B.Heise 100.0 8 22 17 36 7 10 .883 4.77
B.Biancalana 64.3 6 9 9 36 1 6 .978 6.30
M.Gallego 52.0 6 6 7 24 0 5 1.000 5.37
J.Wohlford 5.0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1435.0 160 180 227 647 24 110 .973 5.48
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.87
K.McReynolds 659.3 73 78 106 4 1 2 .991 1.50
B.Hatcher 645.3 75 77 129 4 1 0 .993 1.85
J.Wohlford 68.0 8 9 9 0 2 0 .818 1.19
J.Wilhelm 28.0 2 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
J.Hairston 14.7 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
M.Richardt 9.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
M.Young 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Mallory 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Poquette 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.0 160 184 259 8 4 2 .985 1.67
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 2.41
J.Hairston 789.3 89 89 190 3 1 0 .995 2.20
J.Wilhelm 276.0 32 33 61 3 0 0 1.000 2.09
J.Wohlford 220.7 24 27 53 0 4 0 .930 2.16
M.Young 49.0 6 6 9 1 1 0 .909 1.84
S.Mallory 45.0 5 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60
K.McReynolds 27.0 1 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 2.00
B.Hatcher 16.0 2 3 6 0 1 0 .857 3.38
T.Poquette 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
B.Johnson 4.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 2.25
Team Total 1435.0 160 171 334 8 8 1 .977 2.14
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.94
M.Young 1087.0 122 125 163 3 10 0 .943 1.37
J.Wohlford 120.3 12 16 18 0 1 0 .947 1.35
J.Wilhelm 117.0 13 13 25 1 0 1 1.000 2.00
D.Pasqua 58.7 7 8 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.76
T.Poquette 18.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
S.Mallory 17.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
P.O'Neill 10.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Hairston 7.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1435.0 160 169 233 5 11 1 .956 1.49
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.03
B.Blyleven 239.7 34 34 15 31 3 1 .939 1.73
D.Gooden 237.7 32 32 18 31 6 3 .891 1.86
T.Johnson 205.3 31 31 16 29 1 4 .978 1.97
K.McCaskill 157.0 23 23 6 33 1 4 .975 2.24
G.Beare 123.0 8 40 7 19 0 0 1.000 1.90
G.Lauzerique 109.3 18 19 13 24 1 1 .974 3.05
F.Barrios 86.3 12 12 5 17 2 2 .917 2.29
M.Chris 62.3 0 31 1 13 1 0 .933 2.02
J.Baller 59.7 0 49 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.36
J.Heathcock 57.7 0 52 3 11 0 0 1.000 2.19
J.Wright 34.0 0 49 2 12 0 3 1.000 3.71
J.Cerutti 23.3 1 6 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.93
D.Campbell 17.0 0 11 0 3 1 1 .750 1.59
J.Kucek 13.3 0 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.03
R.Thompson 5.0 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Sellers 4.3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1435.0 160 402 91 237 16 20 .953 2.06
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Flannery .257
On-Base Pct Flannery .315
Slugging Pct Esasky .428
OPS Esasky .722
XR Esasky 64.1
Games McReynolds 156
At-Bats McReynolds 593
Runs Young 63
Hits Flannery 131
Total Bases Esasky 219
Singles Flannery 94
Doubles McReynolds 34
Triples Wilhelm 8
Homeruns Esasky 25
RBIs Esasky 63
Stolen Bases Mallory 32
Caught Stealing Mallory 11
Walks Young 62
Strikeouts Young 126
ERA Gooden 3.11
Wins Gooden 11
Losses Blyleven 19
Winning Pct Johnson .400
Saves Baller 28
Games Pitched Heathcock 52
Games Started Blyleven 34
Complete Games Gooden 9
Shutouts Gooden 2
Innings Pitched Blyleven 239.7
Hits Allowed Blyleven 256
Homeruns Allowed Blyleven 22
Strikeouts Gooden 303
Walks Allowed Gooden 106
Walks per 9IP Blyleven 2.7
Hits per 9IP Gooden 6.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Gooden 11.5
WHiP Gooden 1.15
OAVG Gooden .195
OOBP Gooden .282
OSLG Gooden .358
OOPS Gooden .640
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Bert Blyleven $ 13,000,000
Tom Johnson $ 5,000,065
George Lauzerique $ 2,222,222
Jerry Hairston $ 1,400,000
Bob Heise $ 1,000,000
John Ellis $ 920,000
Jim Wright $ 350,000
Dennis Littlejohn $ 350,000
Billy Hatcher $ 300,000
Dwight Gooden $ 300,000
Mike Gallego $ 300,000
Tim Flannery $ 300,000
Jeff Heathcock $ 300,000
Benny Distefano $ 300,000
Mike Chris $ 300,000
John Cerutti $ 300,000
Dave Campbell $ 300,000
Buddy Biancalana $ 300,000
Gary Beare $ 300,000
Francisco Barrios $ 300,000
Nick Esasky $ 300,000
Matt Nokes $ 300,000
Jim Wohlford $ 300,000
Jim Wilhelm $ 300,000
Rich Thompson $ 300,000
Jeff Sellers $ 300,000
Mike Richardt $ 300,000
Tom Poquette $ 300,000
Tim Hulett $ 300,000
Paul O'Neill $ 300,000
Jay Baller $ 300,000
Kevin McReynolds $ 300,000
Kirk McCaskill $ 300,000
Sheldon Mallory $ 300,000
Jack Kucek $ 300,000
Mike Young $ 300,000
Bob Johnson $ 300,000
Dan Pasqua $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/21 Traded Butch Edge Cleveland (N) George Lauzerique
John Ellis
Jerry Hairston