1978 Atlanta Braves

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1 Summary
2 Roster and Statistics
3 Batting Leaders
4 Pitching Leaders

[edit] Summary

The 1978 Atlanta Braves finished with a record of 69-93. They scored 600 runs and belted 123 home runs to go along with a .244 batting average. Jeff Burroughs, Bob Horner, and Dale Murphy were tied for the team lead in home runs with 23. Dale Murphy was the best run producer with 79 RBI. Jeff Burroughs led the team with 147 hits for a .301 average.

The team allowed 750 runs and had a team ERA of 4.10. Phil Niekro led the pitching staff with 19 wins and 248 strikeouts. Gene Garber led the team with 22 saves.

[edit] Roster and Statistics

Player Name	Pos	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	OBP	SLG	OPS	AVG
Infielders
Bob Beall	1B	108	185	29	45	1	16	4	.368	.303	.671	.243
Rob Belloir	3B	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000	1.000
Darrel Chaney	SS	89	245	27	55	3	20	1	.295	.306	.601	.224
Rod Gilbreath	3B	116	326	22	80	3	31	7	.300	.331	.631	.245
Bob Horner	3B	89	323	50	86	23	63	0	.313	.539	.852	.266
Glenn Hubbard	2B	44	163	15	42	2	13	2	.309	.319	.628	.258
Jerry Maddox	3B	7	14	1	3	0	1	0	.267	.214	.481	.214
Dale Murphy	1B	151	530	66	120	23	79	11	.284	.394	.678	.226
Tom Paciorek	1B	5	9	2	3	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666	.333
Pat Rockett	SS	55	142	6	20	0	4	1	.212	.155	.367	.141
Jerry Royster	2B	140	529	67	137	2	35	27	.331	.333	.664	.259
Chico Ruiz	2B	18	46	3	13	0	2	0	.313	.348	.661	.283
Hank Small	1B	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Outfielders
Brian Asselstine	OF	39	103	11	28	2	13	2	.339	.417	.756	.272
Barry Bonnell	OF	117	304	36	73	1	16	12	.287	.306	.593	.240
Jeff Burroughs	OF	153	488	72	147	23	77	1	.432	.529	.961	.301
Cito Gaston	OF	60	118	5	27	1	9	0	.244	.263	.507	.229
Gary Matthews	OF	129	474	75	135	18	62	8	.366	.462	.828	.285
Eddie Miller	OF	6	21	5	3	0	2	3	.250	.190	.440	.143
Rowland Office	OF	146	404	40	101	9	40	8	.297	.354	.651	.250
Larry Whisenton	OF	6	16	1	3	0	2	0	.235	.250	.485	.188
Catchers
Bruce Benedict	C	22	52	3	13	0	1	0	.328	.288	.616	.250
Joe Nolan	C	95	213	22	49	4	22	3	.339	.347	.686	.230
Biff Pocoroba	C	92	289	21	70	6	34	0	.312	.332	.644	.242
Team Totals	-	-	5381	600	1313	123	558	90	.312	.363	.674	.244

Player Name	G	GS	IP	W	L	Win %	SV	SO	BB	ERA	WHIP
Pitchers
Tommy Boggs	16	12	59	2	8	.200	0	21	26	6.71	1.797
Jim Bouton	5	5	29	1	3	.250	0	10	21	4.97	1.586
Rick Camp	42	4	74.3	2	4	.333	0	23	32	3.75	1.763
Dave Campbell	53	0	69.3	4	4	.500	1	45	49	4.80	1.674
Mike Davey	3	0	2.7	0	0	.000	0	0	1	.00	0.741
Adrian Devine	31	6	65.3	5	4	.556	3	26	25	5.92	1.669
Jamie Easterly	37	6	78	3	6	.333	1	42	45	5.65	1.744
Gene Garber	43	0	78.3	4	4	.500	22	61	13	2.53	0.907
Preston Hanna	29	28	140.3	7	13	.350	0	90	93	5.13	1.604
Frank LaCorte	2	2	14.7	0	1	.000	0	7	4	3.68	0.884
Max Leon	5	0	5.7	0	0	.000	0	1	4	6.35	1.754
Mickey Mahler	34	21	134.7	4	11	.267	0	92	66	4.68	1.455
Larry McWilliams	15	15	99.3	9	3	.750	0	42	35	2.81	1.198
Phil Niekro	44	42	334.3	19	18	.514	1	248	102	2.88	1.188
Dick Ruthven	13	13	81	2	6	.250	0	45	28	4.11	1.309
Craig Skok	43	0	62	3	2	.600	2	28	27	4.35	1.468
Eddie Solomon	37	8	106	4	6	.400	2	64	50	4.08	1.396
Duane Theiss	3	0	6.3	0	0	.000	0	3	3	1.42	0.952
Team Totals	455	162	1440.2	69	93	.426	32	848	624	4.10	1.408

[edit] Batting Leaders

Category
Games	Jeff Burroughs	153
At Bats	Dale Murphy	530
Plate Appearances (approx.)	Jeff Burroughs	611
Batting Average	Jeff Burroughs	.301
On-Base %	Jeff Burroughs	.432
Slugging %	Jeff Burroughs	.529
OPS	Jeff Burroughs	.961
Runs	Gary Matthews	75
Hits	Jeff Burroughs	147
Total Bases	Jeff Burroughs	258
Doubles	Jeff Burroughs	30
Triples	Jerry Royster	8
Home Runs	Jeff Burroughs, Bob Horner, and Dale Murphy	23
RBI	Dale Murphy	79
Walks	Jeff Burroughs	117
Strikeouts	Dale Murphy	145
Stolen Bases	Jerry Royster	27
Caught Stealing	Jerry Royster	17
Sacrifice Hits	Jerry Royster	8
Sacrifice Flies	Bob Horner	9
Grounded into Double Plays	Jeff Burroughs and Gary Matthews	16

[edit] Pitching Leaders

Category
Wins	Phil Niekro	19
Losses	Phil Niekro	18
Saves	Gene Garber	22
Won-Loss %	Phil Niekro	.514
ERA	Phil Niekro	2.88
WHIP	Phil Niekro	1.188
Innings Pitched	Phil Niekro	334.3
Games	Dave Campbell	53
Games Started	Phil Niekro	42
Strikeouts	Phil Niekro	248
Complete Games	Phil Niekro	22
Shutouts	Phil Niekro	4
Batters Faced	Phil Niekro	1389
Earned Runs Allowed	Phil Niekro	107
Hits Allowed	Phil Niekro	295
Walks Allowed	Phil Niekro	102
Home Runs Allowed	Mickey Mahler and Phil Niekro	16
Doubles Allowed	Phil Niekro	42
Triples Allowed	Phil Niekro	10
Wild Pitches	Mickey Mahler	12
Hit Batsmen	Phil Niekro	13
Double Plays Induced	Phil Niekro	13

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1978 Atlanta Braves

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