1979 Atlanta Braves Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 66-94
Finished 6th in the NL's West Division

Manager: Bobby Cox (66-94)

1979 Atlanta Braves Roster
1979 Atlanta Braves Game-by-Game Results

The Atlanta Braves of the National League ended the season with a record of 66 wins and 94 losses, finishing sixth in the NL's West Division. Bobby Cox served as manager.

Pitching:

Player	W	L	Win%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Phil Niekro	21	20	.512	3.39	44	44	0	23	1	0	342.0	311	160	129	41	113	8	208	11	4	18	1436
Rick Matula	8	10	.444	4.15	28	28	0	1	0	0	171.1	193	90	79	14	64	9	67	3	1	3	754
Eddie Solomon	7	14	.333	4.21	31	30	1	4	0	0	186.0	184	98	87	19	51	4	96	6	0	2	792
Gene Garber	6	16	.273	4.33	68	0	55	0	0	25	106.0	121	66	51	10	24	9	56	5	0	0	461
Tony Brizzolara	6	9	.400	5.28	20	19	0	2	0	0	107.1	133	70	63	6	33	1	64	3	0	5	487
Joey McLaughlin	5	3	.625	2.48	37	0	13	0	0	5	69.0	54	23	19	3	34	4	40	1	0	0	285
Mickey Mahler	5	11	.313	5.85	26	18	1	1	0	0	100.0	123	72	65	11	47	7	71	3	1	4	470
Larry McWilliams	3	2	.600	5.56	13	13	0	1	0	0	66.1	69	41	41	4	22	2	32	4	0	2	287
Adrian Devine	1	2	.333	3.24	40	0	10	0	0	0	66.2	84	28	24	8	25	5	22	2	1	2	302
Larry Bradford	1	0	1.000	.95	21	0	9	0	0	2	19.0	11	5	2	0	10	1	11	1	2	2	80
Craig Skok	1	3	.250	3.98	44	0	19	0	0	2	54.1	58	26	24	7	17	2	30	3	0	2	232
Bo McLaughlin	1	1	.500	4.89	37	1	12	0	0	0	49.2	63	33	27	2	16	6	45	2	0	1	230
Preston Hanna	1	1	.500	2.96	6	4	1	0	0	0	24.1	27	11	8	1	15	1	15	0	0	1	112
Tommy Boggs	0	2	.000	6.39	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.2	21	11	9	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	64
Rick Mahler	0	0	.000	6.14	15	0	5	0	0	0	22.0	28	16	15	4	11	2	12	0	1	1	101
Jamie Easterly	0	0	.000	13.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	7	6	4	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	18
Frank LaCorte	0	0	.000	7.56	6	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	9	7	7	2	5	1	6	0	0	2	38
Totals	66	94	.413	4.18	443	160	128	32	1	34	1407.2	1496	763	654	132	494	62	779	45	10	45	6149

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Gary Matthews	156	695	631	97	192	34	5	27	90	18	6	60	75	.304	.363	.502	.866	317	6	0	1	3	5
Jerry Royster	154	676	601	103	164	25	6	3	51	35	8	62	59	.273	.337	.349	.687	210	8	0	6	7	0
Bob Horner	121	515	487	66	153	15	1	33	98	0	2	22	74	.314	.346	.552	.898	269	9	3	0	3	6
Pepe Frias	140	510	475	41	123	18	4	1	44	3	2	20	36	.259	.290	.320	.610	152	13	2	10	3	5
Dale Murphy	104	429	384	53	106	7	2	21	57	6	1	38	67	.276	.340	.469	.809	180	12	2	0	5	5
Barry Bonnell	127	412	375	47	97	20	3	12	45	8	7	26	55	.259	.311	.424	.735	159	10	3	7	1	2
Jeff Burroughs	116	475	397	49	89	14	1	11	47	2	2	73	75	.224	.347	.348	.695	138	14	3	0	2	7
Glenn Hubbard	97	357	325	34	75	12	0	3	29	0	6	27	43	.231	.290	.295	.586	96	3	1	2	2	2
Rowland Office	124	307	277	35	69	14	2	2	37	5	4	27	33	.249	.320	.336	.656	93	5	2	1	0	2
Joe Nolan	89	261	230	28	57	9	3	4	21	1	3	27	28	.248	.333	.365	.699	84	5	3	0	1	3
Mike Lum	111	242	217	27	54	6	0	6	27	0	2	18	34	.249	.304	.359	.663	78	7	0	5	2	1
Bruce Benedict	76	241	204	14	46	11	0	0	15	1	3	33	18	.226	.331	.279	.610	57	4	0	2	2	3
Eddie Miller	27	123	113	12	35	1	0	0	5	15	2	5	24	.310	.350	.319	.669	36	1	2	3	0	1
Charlie Spikes	66	100	93	12	26	8	0	3	21	0	0	5	30	.280	.310	.462	.772	43	3	0	0	2	1
Phil Niekro	44	134	123	10	24	6	0	0	12	0	0	1	19	.195	.213	.244	.457	30	1	2	7	1	0
Darrel Chaney	63	137	117	15	19	5	0	0	10	2	1	19	34	.162	.277	.205	.483	24	2	0	0	1	2
Eddie Solomon	32	68	64	3	13	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	.203	.215	.250	.465	16	1	0	3	0	0
Biff Pocoroba	28	46	38	6	12	4	0	0	4	1	1	7	0	.316	.422	.421	.843	16	2	0	1	0	1
Larry Whisenton	13	41	37	3	9	2	1	0	1	1	0	3	3	.243	.300	.351	.651	13	1	0	1	0	0
Larry McWilliams	13	28	24	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.208	.231	.292	.523	7	0	0	2	1	0
Rick Matula	28	60	53	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23	.094	.111	.094	.205	5	2	0	6	0	0
Mickey Mahler	26	29	27	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.111	.143	.148	.291	4	1	0	1	0	0
Gene Garber	68	15	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.300	.462	.300	.762	3	0	0	2	0	0
Joey McLaughlin	37	11	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.273	.455	3	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Macha	6	14	13	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.154	.214	.154	.368	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Beall	17	19	15	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.133	.263	.267	.530	4	0	0	0	1	0
Rick Mahler	15	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Asselstine	8	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	1	0	0	0	1
Tony Brizzolara	20	39	35	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	.029	.079	.029	.108	1	0	0	1	1	0
Tommy Boggs	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Wessinger	10	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Bradford	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bo McLaughlin	37	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Frank LaCorte	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Preston Hanna	6	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adrian Devine	40	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Skok	44	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2093	6035	5422	669	1389	220	28	126	626	98	50	490	818	.256	.318	.377	.695	2043	112	23	62	38	47

Fielding by Position:

												Catchers
Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Gary Matthews	OF	156	156	1362.2	292	12	8	4	.974	2.01	1.95
Pepe Frias	SS	137	136	1162.2	229	432	32	79	.954	5.12	4.82
Jeff Burroughs	OF	110	110	899.1	175	8	7	1	.963	1.83	1.66
Barry Bonnell	OF	124	97	892.2	220	8	4	2	.983	2.30	1.84
Glenn Hubbard	2B	91	87	767.2	193	268	15	57	.969	5.40	5.07
Bob Horner	3B	82	78	683.2	56	143	15	11	.930	2.62	2.43
Jerry Royster	3B	80	76	670.0	91	181	15	12	.948	3.65	3.40
Dale Murphy	1B	76	75	657.1	685	42	15	61	.980	9.95	9.57
Rowland Office	OF	97	64	608.0	164	4	2	0	.988	2.49	1.73
Jerry Royster	2B	77	70	605.0	170	224	7	50	.983	5.86	5.12
Bruce Benedict	C	76	69	586.0	344	35	6	3	.984	5.82	4.99	8	0	65	22	.253
Joe Nolan	C	74	58	534.0	328	27	6	2	.983	5.98	4.80	6	0	75	17	.185
Mike Lum	1B	51	42	378.0	414	30	1	36	.998	1.57	8.71
Bob Horner	1B	45	42	360.1	414	24	7	32	.984	1.94	9.73
Phil Niekro	P	44	44	342.0	31	56	1	3	.989	2.29	1.98
Darrel Chaney	SS	39	24	245.0	40	80	7	15	.945	4.41	3.08
Eddie Miller	OF	27	27	240.0	79	1	1	0	.988	3.00	2.96
Dale Murphy	C	27	27	236.0	127	15	5	2	.966	5.42	5.26	11	0	32	6	.158
Eddie Solomon	P	31	30	186.0	12	22	4	0	.895	1.65	1.10
Rick Matula	P	28	28	171.1	15	23	0	6	1.000	2.00	1.36
Tony Brizzolara	P	20	19	107.1	7	15	1	1	.957	1.84	1.10
Gene Garber	P	68	0	106.0	14	16	1	1	.968	2.55	.44
Mickey Mahler	P	26	18	100.0	4	13	1	1	.944	1.53	.65
Charlie Spikes	OF	15	12	98.1	16	0	3	0	.842	1.46	1.07
Larry Whisenton	OF	13	10	90.0	28	3	0	0	1.000	3.10	2.38
Joey McLaughlin	P	37	0	69.0	4	8	2	0	.857	1.57	.32
Adrian Devine	P	40	0	66.2	1	12	4	1	.765	1.76	.33
Larry McWilliams	P	13	13	66.1	2	17	1	2	.950	2.58	1.46
Craig Skok	P	44	0	54.1	0	10	0	1	1.000	1.66	.23
Biff Pocoroba	C	7	6	51.1	39	3	3	0	.933	7.36	6.00	0	0	8	3	.273
Bo McLaughlin	P	37	1	49.2	2	2	1	0	.800	.72	.11
Darrel Chaney	3B	4	3	29.0	3	10	1	0	.929	4.03	3.25
Preston Hanna	P	6	4	24.1	0	8	0	1	1.000	2.96	1.33
Mike Macha	3B	3	3	24.0	2	8	3	0	.769	3.75	3.33
Mike Lum	OF	3	3	24.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.25	2.00
Darrel Chaney	2B	5	2	22.0	2	5	0	1	1.000	2.86	1.40
Rick Mahler	P	15	0	22.0	1	3	1	0	.800	1.64	.27
Larry Bradford	P	21	0	19.0	0	5	1	0	.833	2.37	.24
Jim Wessinger	2B	2	1	13.0	2	3	1	0	.833	3.46	2.50
Tommy Boggs	P	3	3	12.2	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.13	1.00
Bob Beall	1B	3	1	12.0	9	1	0	0	1.000	7.50	3.33
Frank LaCorte	P	6	0	8.1	0	0	1	0	.000	.00	.00
Brian Asselstine	OF	1	1	8.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.13	1.00
Jamie Easterly	P	4	0	2.2	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.38	.25
Barry Bonnell	3B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00	1.00
Darrel Chaney	C	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	.000	.00	.00	0	0	1	0	.000
		1870	1440	12669.0	4223	1781	183	385	.970	4.27	3.21	25	0	181	48	.210

1979 Atlanta Braves Statistics

National League (NL) Team Record: 66-94 Finished 6th in the NL's West Division

Manager: Bobby Cox (66-94)

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Fielding by Position:

National League (NL)
Team Record: 66-94
Finished 6th in the NL's West Division