1970 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 55-107
Finish: 5th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 572
Runs Allowed: 859
Exp W-L: 52-110
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,484,515
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-58, 3rd in the National League
AA: 72-65, 3rd in the National League
A: 63-74, 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
SS  Bob Heise 23 152 586 63 160 24 0 3 44 0 1 30 24 .273 .311 .329 .640 54.5 6.8 4.4
1B *Willie Davis 30 154 568 79 146 27 5 9 72 54 9 37 87 .257 .303 .370 .673 69.2 10.5 2.1
LF *Leon Wagner 36 156 573 68 165 23 3 19 78 11 1 27 102 .288 .326 .438 .764 77.4 14.2 2.1
RF  Rocky Colavito 36 138 486 61 112 19 1 17 66 1 0 40 108 .230 .288 .379 .667 54.4 6.9 2.4
CF  Bob Perry 35 151 485 29 105 16 0 0 34 1 0 19 116 .216 .247 .249 .497 25.9 0.0 4.0
3B  Julio Gotay 31 137 468 43 111 17 2 4 37 2 2 25 54 .237 .280 .308 .587 39.4 3.1 3.6
SS #Maury Wills 37 134 398 50 100 7 2 1 22 57 13 28 68 .251 .300 .286 .586 39.3 4.3 2.0
SS  Dal Maxvill 31 134 370 35 90 12 2 2 40 1 0 41 59 .243 .316 .303 .619 37.5 4.3 5.7
C *Jesse Gonder 34 114 367 33 74 9 2 14 58 3 0 16 75 .202 .237 .351 .588 31.2 0.8 4.3
C  Harry Chiti 37 87 251 18 48 2 0 0 15 0 2 13 73 .191 .233 .199 .432 8.4 0.0 2.3
1B *Mike Fiore 25 70 193 21 39 9 0 4 15 0 0 46 45 .202 .354 .311 .665 25.4 3.7 0.0
DH *Frank Baker 26 100 214 19 56 12 4 2 16 3 1 19 32 .262 .321 .383 .704 23.6 3.3 1.4
C  Jim Campbell 33 81 206 13 42 5 0 5 24 1 0 15 49 .204 .258 .301 .559 14.8 0.1 2.3
RF *Bob Farley 32 80 157 10 24 0 0 0 13 1 1 31 34 .153 .289 .153 .442 10.6 0.0 0.7
1B #Darrel Chaney 22 78 158 11 36 6 1 0 10 2 1 10 43 .228 .274 .278 .552 10.3 0.0 1.0
LF  Chuck Hinton 36 83 110 19 12 2 1 0 6 10 7 5 27 .109 .145 .145 .291 -0.3 0.0 0.6
  Team Totals 31.5 1849 5590 572 1320 190 23 80 550 147 38 402 996 .236 .288 .321 .610 521.6 58.0 38.9
  Rank among 10 NL teams 9 9 9 10 7 10 9 1 9 10 8 9 10 10 10 10  
* - 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
 Cecil Butler 32 9 18 .333 34 34 0 261.0 255 124 43 70 172 4.28 15.8
 Gaylord Perry 31 8 19 .296 35 35 0 257.0 292 141 44 90 160 4.94 9.1
 Bob Johnson 27 9 19 .321 32 32 0 235.7 272 130 32 91 153 4.96 8.7
 Jerry Johnson 26 7 19 .269 32 32 0 201.3 215 118 18 109 107 5.27 5.6
 Red Swanson 33 6 17 .261 29 29 0 187.7 248 122 24 51 50 5.85 2.1
 Stan Williams 33 7 9 .438 65 0 10 128.3 117 51 16 48 101 3.58 13.5
 Harry Fanok 30 2 0 1.000 34 0 1 60.0 52 40 8 42 52 6.00 1.5
*Tom Hilgendorf 28 4 1 .800 32 0 8 55.0 45 17 5 17 21 2.78 9.2
 Dick Radatz 33 1 3 .250 27 0 0 41.3 44 28 6 27 24 6.10 0.1
 Ed Rakow 35 2 2 .500 22 0 7 33.0 34 19 4 16 22 5.18 2.6
Team Totals 30.8 55 107 .340 342 162 26 1460.3 1574 790 200 561 862 4.87 68.0
Rank among 10 NL teams 9 9 5 9 4 10 10 10 8 8 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 31.7
J.Gonder 777.7 82 104 497 38 4 0 .993 26.3
J.Campbell 425.0 49 55 242 21 0 0 1.000 42.3
H.Chiti 257.7 31 33 153 9 2 0 .988 36.8
Team Total 1460.3 162 192 892 68 6 0 .994 31.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.46
W.Davis 1260.3 142 147 1418 113 9 142 .994 10.93
B.Farley 124.0 13 17 140 13 2 19 .987 11.10
J.Gotay 30.0 2 5 36 3 0 5 1.000 11.70
C.Hinton 26.0 3 4 32 1 1 3 .971 11.42
J.Gonder 9.0 1 2 10 1 0 0 1.000 11.00
M.Fiore 9.0 1 1 12 0 0 1 1.000 12.00
L.Wagner 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 177 1650 131 12 171 .993 10.98
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.86
B.Heise 1247.7 146 148 292 514 11 107 .987 5.81
M.Wills 85.7 6 14 23 33 2 6 .966 5.88
D.Chaney 64.0 6 14 19 27 1 6 .979 6.47
J.Gotay 32.0 3 5 10 9 0 2 1.000 5.34
D.Maxvill 31.0 1 8 6 17 0 4 1.000 6.68
Team Total 1460.3 162 189 350 600 14 125 .985 5.85
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.81
M.Wills 633.3 69 81 38 137 15 14 .921 2.49
H.Chiti 372.0 45 49 22 85 3 11 .973 2.59
J.Gotay 342.0 41 45 21 72 4 9 .959 2.45
D.Chaney 109.0 7 23 7 29 2 1 .947 2.97
B.Heise 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 200 88 323 24 35 .945 2.53
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.15
D.Maxvill 881.7 102 113 155 396 11 71 .980 5.62
J.Gotay 405.0 50 54 60 172 12 30 .951 5.16
M.Wills 104.0 8 18 11 34 3 6 .938 3.89
D.Chaney 59.0 2 14 11 27 3 6 .927 5.80
F.Baker 5.7 0 2 3 2 0 2 1.000 7.95
B.Heise 3.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
H.Chiti 2.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 204 241 634 29 116 .968 5.39
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 1.88
L.Wagner 854.0 100 104 216 3 15 1 .936 2.31
F.Baker 414.0 52 60 90 5 6 2 .941 2.07
B.Farley 86.0 5 22 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.84
C.Hinton 49.0 3 16 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.47
D.Maxvill 21.7 0 11 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
R.Colavito 12.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
W.Davis 11.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Chiti 9.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.Campbell 3.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1460.3 162 221 328 8 22 3 .939 2.07
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.36
B.Perry 1262.3 148 151 340 11 3 5 .992 2.50
C.Hinton 168.0 12 38 44 0 1 0 .978 2.36
F.Baker 21.0 2 3 8 0 1 0 .889 3.43
W.Davis 6.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Campbell 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Farley 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 196 397 11 5 5 .988 2.51
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.95
R.Colavito 902.7 103 106 208 8 5 0 .977 2.15
J.Gotay 227.0 28 28 57 1 5 0 .921 2.30
B.Farley 178.7 21 31 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.02
F.Baker 82.0 6 19 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.74
C.Hinton 44.7 3 9 6 0 1 0 .857 1.21
H.Chiti 13.0 1 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
L.Wagner 9.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Wills 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Fanok 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Chaney 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.0 162 208 342 9 11 0 .970 2.16
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.03
C.Butler 261.0 34 34 12 42 0 2 1.000 1.86
G.Perry 257.0 35 35 16 53 1 3 .986 2.42
B.Johnson 235.7 32 32 15 44 3 7 .952 2.25
J.Johnson 201.3 32 32 9 35 1 4 .978 1.97
R.Swanson 187.7 29 29 15 22 1 4 .974 1.77
S.Williams 128.3 0 65 6 15 1 2 .955 1.47
H.Fanok 60.0 0 34 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.20
T.Hilgendorf 55.0 0 32 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Radatz 41.3 0 27 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.96
E.Rakow 33.0 0 22 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.45
Team Total 1460.3 162 342 85 236 7 24 .979 1.98
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Wagner .288
On-Base Pct Wagner .326
Slugging Pct Wagner .438
OPS Wagner .764
XR Wagner 77.4
Games Wagner 156
At-Bats Heise 586
Runs Davis 79
Hits Wagner 165
Total Bases Wagner 251
Singles Heise 133
Doubles Davis 27
Triples Davis 5
Homeruns Wagner 19
RBIs Wagner 78
Stolen Bases Wills 57
Caught Stealing Wills 13
Walks Fiore 46
Strikeouts Perry 116
ERA Butler 4.28
Wins Butler, Johnson 9
Losses Johnson, Johnson, Perry 19
Winning Pct Williams .438
Saves Williams 10
Games Pitched Williams 65
Games Started Perry 35
Complete Games Butler 12
Shutouts Perry 2
Innings Pitched Butler 261.0
Hits Allowed Perry 292
Homeruns Allowed Perry 44
Strikeouts Butler 172
Walks Allowed Johnson 109
Walks per 9IP Butler 2.4
Hits per 9IP Butler 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Butler 5.9
WHiP Butler 1.25
OAVG Butler .254
OOBP Butler .302
OSLG Johnson .403
OOPS Butler .743
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Gaylord Perry $ 9,500,000
Red Swanson $ 4,000,000
Cecil Butler $ 3,500,000
Leon Wagner $ 3,250,000
Don Buford $ 3,200,000
Harry Chiti $ 3,200,000
Stan Williams $ 3,000,000
Seth Morehead $ 2,450,000
Rocky Colavito $ 1,250,000
Julio Gotay $ 1,100,000
Camilo Pascual $ 1,000,000
Ed Rakow $ 1,000,000
Chuck Hinton $ 875,000
Willie Davis $ 750,000
Dick Radatz $ 550,000
Harry Fanok $ 450,000
Bob Perry $ 350,000
Jim Campbell $ 350,000
Bob Farley $ 350,000
Dal Maxvill $ 350,000
Darrel Chaney $ 300,000
Mike Fiore $ 300,000
Jesse Gonder $ 300,000
Frank Baker $ 300,000
Tom Hilgendorf $ 300,000
Maury Wills $ 300,000
Bob Johnson $ 300,000
Jerry Johnson $ 300,000
Bob Heise $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Dick Howser San Diego Bill Lee
3/3 Traded Doc Edwards New York (N) Dick Baney
3/3 Traded Al Kaline Kansas City Seth Morehead
Chuck Hinton
Gary Gentry
7/31 Traded Dick Lines Seattle Don Buford