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1977 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 87-73
Finish: 2nd in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 806
Runs Allowed: 667
Exp W-L: 94-66
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 2,397,913
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 3rd in the National League
AA: 56-81, 11th in the National League
A: 98-39, 1st in the National League
 
 
 
 
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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
2B  Bobby Grich 28 154 597 96 178 23 8 15 70 4 4 89 85 .298 .398 .439 .837 103.1 22.7 7.9
RF  Dwight Evans 25 153 579 86 156 25 3 24 91 1 3 89 85 .269 .366 .447 .813 94.0 18.4 3.5
RF  Dave Winfield 25 154 571 57 154 27 8 8 87 2 4 59 61 .270 .335 .387 .722 73.4 11.9 0.4
CF *Fred Lynn 25 156 557 74 137 31 6 14 81 0 2 71 71 .246 .329 .399 .728 73.4 11.1 3.4
C  Dick Dietz 35 148 477 98 130 24 0 16 77 0 0 117 80 .273 .416 .423 .839 89.2 19.5 1.9
3B  Sal Bando 33 136 503 66 128 22 2 14 71 0 2 45 83 .254 .315 .390 .705 61.8 8.1 4.5
LF *Ben Oglivie 28 132 479 67 141 24 0 14 74 1 3 39 51 .294 .351 .432 .783 64.5 11.9 2.6
1B *Cecil Cooper 27 125 476 67 130 21 0 15 57 9 2 24 34 .273 .304 .412 .716 56.2 7.8 2.0
2B  Pedro Garcia 27 133 466 59 109 23 2 13 61 2 2 18 67 .234 .262 .376 .638 44.8 3.8 6.3
LF  Don Hahn 28 101 294 51 106 18 1 2 41 3 0 24 37 .361 .407 .449 .856 49.4 11.8 2.3
C  Ellie Rodriguez 31 77 226 29 59 9 2 0 23 0 1 31 27 .261 .354 .319 .672 29.0 4.4 0.9
SS  Bob Heise 30 83 238 33 72 7 3 1 31 0 0 15 8 .303 .345 .370 .715 27.6 4.2 2.4
CF  Bernie Williams 28 30 58 12 16 1 0 1 3 0 0 12 6 .276 .400 .345 .745 8.7 1.7 0.4
RF  Juan Beniquez 27 29 32 5 6 1 0 1 3 1 0 3 5 .188 .278 .313 .590 3.0 0.2 0.4
C  Carlton Fisk 29 18 32 2 10 1 1 0 6 0 0 2 2 .313 .361 .406 .767 4.8 0.9 0.1
3B  Billy Grabarkewitz 31 6 2 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500 2.3 1.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.6 1635 5587 806 1534 257 36 139 778 23 23 639 702 .275 .350 .408 .758 785.2 139.3 39.2
  Rank among 12 NL teams 3 3 2 5 3 2 3 10 4 3 5 2 4 2 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
 Don Sutton 32 15 11 .577 32 32 0 259.3 214 84 26 84 241 2.92 18.6
*Ken Reynolds 30 13 13 .500 33 33 0 220.7 209 86 15 92 145 3.51 11.9
 Dick Baney 30 8 14 .364 35 26 1 197.7 268 110 24 21 66 5.01 3.7
 Dave Boswell 32 11 7 .611 51 11 2 168.0 123 52 8 80 127 2.79 13.5
 Mike Marshall 34 8 6 .571 26 25 0 160.7 152 69 5 72 109 3.87 7.9
 Jim York 29 10 5 .667 21 21 0 140.3 154 75 13 55 101 4.81 4.2
 Danny Frisella 31 8 5 .615 28 12 5 118.0 93 47 12 49 92 3.58 8.7
 Buster Narum 36 10 6 .625 55 0 10 84.0 68 33 7 22 52 3.54 9.0
 Buzz Capra 29 1 5 .167 26 0 1 38.0 41 17 4 18 22 4.03 1.6
 Larry Dierker 30 1 1 .500 12 0 2 29.0 32 11 3 8 15 3.41 2.1
*Bill Laxton 29 2 0 1.000 18 0 0 22.0 24 11 3 13 14 4.50 1.1
 Darrell Osteen 34 0 0 .000 3 0 0 3.3 2 1 0 3 3 2.70 0.2
Team Totals 31.3 87 73 .544 340 160 21 1441.0 1380 596 120 517 987 3.72 82.5
Rank among 12 NL teams 5 5 10 5 10 3 8 4 7 1 4  
* - 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 35.3
D.Dietz 1165.0 126 144 832 58 10 2 .989 28.2
E.Rodriguez 226.0 27 29 159 7 2 1 .988 16.7
C.Fisk 50.0 7 7 33 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1441.0 160 180 1024 66 12 3 .989 25.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.01
C.Cooper 1023.3 113 122 1221 73 9 102 .993 11.38
E.Rodriguez 252.7 29 33 315 23 3 35 .991 12.04
D.Hahn 165.0 18 22 183 15 1 20 .995 10.80
Team Total 1441.0 160 177 1719 111 13 157 .993 11.43
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 6.23
B.Grich 1294.3 146 151 291 563 9 123 .990 5.94
B.Heise 114.0 13 17 14 38 0 8 1.000 4.11
J.Beniquez 22.7 1 9 5 12 0 3 1.000 6.75
S.Bando 10.0 0 2 2 6 0 2 1.000 7.20
Team Total 1441.0 160 179 312 619 9 136 .990 5.81
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.92
S.Bando 1102.0 125 127 65 267 18 19 .949 2.71
B.Heise 233.3 26 35 15 53 5 6 .932 2.62
B.Williams 72.0 8 11 5 8 1 0 .929 1.63
J.Beniquez 30.7 1 9 3 4 1 2 .875 2.05
D.Hahn 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1441.0 160 183 89 333 25 28 .944 2.64
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.58
P.Garcia 1154.7 132 133 159 510 22 90 .968 5.21
B.Heise 208.0 21 31 37 87 3 18 .976 5.37
S.Bando 60.7 6 7 9 25 0 6 1.000 5.04
B.Grich 14.0 1 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.21
B.Grabarkewitz 3.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.0 160 175 207 625 25 114 .971 5.20
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.84
B.Oglivie 1057.3 117 130 193 6 2 1 .990 1.69
D.Winfield 221.0 26 28 32 1 0 0 1.000 1.34
D.Hahn 96.0 11 14 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.63
B.Williams 48.7 5 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 2.22
J.Beniquez 14.0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.64
C.Cooper 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Rodriguez 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Baney 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.0 160 190 264 9 2 2 .993 1.71
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.49
F.Lynn 1075.0 119 127 243 3 1 3 .996 2.06
D.Hahn 326.0 38 41 90 3 2 2 .979 2.57
B.Williams 19.0 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
J.Beniquez 18.0 1 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
P.Garcia 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.0 160 181 344 6 3 5 .992 2.19
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.02
D.Evans 1327.0 148 151 247 12 1 4 .996 1.76
D.Hahn 61.0 7 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.07
B.Williams 23.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
B.Oglivie 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Beniquez 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
E.Rodriguez 7.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
C.Fisk 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1441.0 160 167 272 12 1 4 .996 1.77
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.03
D.Sutton 259.3 32 32 16 47 5 0 .926 2.19
K.Reynolds 220.7 33 33 18 37 1 1 .982 2.24
D.Baney 197.7 26 35 11 43 1 4 .982 2.46
D.Boswell 168.0 11 51 9 19 2 2 .933 1.50
M.Marshall 160.7 25 26 9 29 2 3 .950 2.13
J.York 140.3 21 21 6 15 0 0 1.000 1.35
D.Frisella 118.0 12 28 7 18 2 2 .926 1.91
B.Narum 84.0 0 55 5 11 0 1 1.000 1.71
B.Capra 38.0 0 26 4 9 0 0 1.000 3.08
L.Dierker 29.0 0 12 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.86
B.Laxton 22.0 0 18 1 5 0 2 1.000 2.45
D.Osteen 3.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.0 160 340 87 238 13 16 .962 2.03
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Grich .298
On-Base Pct Dietz .416
Slugging Pct Evans .447
OPS Dietz .839
XR Grich 103.1
Games Lynn 156
At-Bats Grich 597
Runs Dietz 98
Hits Grich 178
Total Bases Grich 262
Singles Grich 132
Doubles Lynn 31
Triples Grich, Winfield 8
Homeruns Evans 24
RBIs Evans 91
Stolen Bases Cooper 9
Caught Stealing Grich, Winfield 4
Walks Dietz 117
Strikeouts Evans, Grich 85
ERA Boswell 2.79
Wins Sutton 15
Losses Baney 14
Winning Pct Narum .625
Saves Narum 10
Games Pitched Narum 55
Games Started Reynolds 33
Complete Games Sutton 10
Shutouts Reynolds, Sutton, York 1
Innings Pitched Sutton 259.3
Hits Allowed Baney 268
Homeruns Allowed Sutton 26
Strikeouts Sutton 241
Walks Allowed Reynolds 92
Walks per 9IP Baney 1.0
Hits per 9IP Boswell 6.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Sutton 8.4
WHiP Sutton 1.15
OAVG Boswell .207
OOBP Sutton .286
OSLG Boswell .288
OOPS Boswell .590
Team All-Stars
Dick Dietz
Player Salaries
Dick Dietz $ 8,962,199
Mike Marshall $ 7,250,000
Don Sutton $ 4,850,000
Sal Bando $ 4,150,000
Bobby Grich $ 3,828,571
Danny Frisella $ 3,750,000
Dick Baney $ 3,592,857
Buster Narum $ 3,000,000
Ben Oglivie $ 2,642,857
Ellie Rodriguez $ 1,607,143
Ken Reynolds $ 1,250,000
Dave Boswell $ 1,250,000
Gary Gentry $ 1,034,286
Larry Dierker $ 860,000
Sparky Lyle $ 500,000
Ken Sanders $ 500,000
Bill Freehan $ 450,000
Carlton Fisk $ 392,143
Darrell Osteen $ 380,000
Mickey Lolich $ 340,000
Juan Beniquez $ 300,000
Buzz Capra $ 300,000
Cecil Cooper $ 300,000
Dwight Evans $ 300,000
Pedro Garcia $ 300,000
Jesus Alou $ 300,000
Don Hahn $ 300,000
Dave Winfield $ 300,000
Bob Heise $ 300,000
Bill Laxton $ 300,000
Fred Lynn $ 300,000
Bernie Williams $ 300,000
Billy Grabarkewitz $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Larry Anderson Cleveland (A) Danny Frisella
2/3 Signed     Mickey Lolich
2/3 Signed     Darrell Osteen
2/10 Signed     Bill Freehan
2/14 Signed     Sparky Lyle
2/14 Signed     Dan Briggs
2/15 Signed     Jesus Alou
2/16 Signed     Ken Sanders
7/31 Traded Jim York Minnesota Ted Ford
 
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