1978 Atlanta Braves

69-93 • 0.426 Win% • 6th in NL W

📊 Season Record

69 Wins
93 Losses
0.426 Win %
6th Rank
600 R 750 RA
Diff -150

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600 Runs Scored
750 Runs Allowed
-150 Run Diff
905K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 NL Average

Batting Avg .244 4% below the 1978 league average (.254)
OBP .314 2% below the 1978 league average (.319)
SLG .312 equal to the 1978 league average (.312)
Team ERA 4.08 14% worse than the 1978 league average (3.57)
Runs Scored 600 7% below the 1978 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumAtlanta-Fulton County Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 905,178
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Avg per Game 11,175

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Cecil Cooper 0.312 2 Ben Oglivie 0.303 3 Jeff Burroughs 0.301 4 Jim Wohlford 0.297 5 Don Money 0.293

Home Runs

1 Larry Hisle 34 2 Gorman Thomas 32 3 Jeff Burroughs 23 4 Bob Horner 23 5 Dale Murphy 23

RBI

1 Larry Hisle 115 2 Gorman Thomas 86 3 Dale Murphy 79 4 Sal Bando 78 5 Jeff Burroughs 77
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Sal Bando 152 540 85 154 0 0 17 78 72 52 3 0.285
Dale Murphy 151 530 66 120 0 0 23 79 42 145 11 0.226
Jerry Royster 140 529 67 137 0 0 2 35 56 49 27 0.259
Paul Molitor 125 521 73 142 0 0 6 45 19 54 30 0.273
Larry Hisle 142 520 96 151 0 0 34 115 67 90 10 0.290
Don Money 137 518 88 152 0 0 14 54 48 70 3 0.293
Robin Yount 127 502 66 147 0 0 9 71 24 43 16 0.293
Jeff Burroughs 153 488 72 147 0 0 23 77 117 92 1 0.301
Gary Matthews 129 474 75 135 0 0 18 62 61 92 8 0.285
Ben Oglivie 128 469 71 142 0 0 18 72 52 69 11 0.303
Gorman Thomas 137 452 70 111 0 0 32 86 73 133 3 0.246
Sixto Lezcano 132 442 62 129 0 0 15 61 64 83 3 0.292
Cecil Cooper 107 407 60 127 0 0 13 54 32 72 3 0.312
Rowland Office 146 404 40 101 0 0 9 40 22 52 8 0.250
Rod Gilbreath 116 326 22 80 0 0 3 31 26 51 7 0.245
Bob Horner 89 323 50 86 0 0 23 63 24 42 0 0.266
Barry Bonnell 117 304 36 73 0 0 1 16 20 30 12 0.240
Biff Pocoroba 92 289 21 70 0 0 6 34 29 14 0 0.242
Charlie Moore 96 268 30 72 0 0 5 31 12 24 4 0.269
Buck Martinez 89 256 26 56 0 0 1 20 14 42 1 0.219
Darrel Chaney 89 245 27 55 0 0 3 20 25 48 1 0.224
Dick Davis 69 218 28 54 0 0 5 26 7 23 2 0.248
Joe Nolan 95 213 22 49 0 0 4 22 34 28 3 0.230
Bob Beall 108 185 29 45 0 0 1 16 36 27 4 0.243
Glenn Hubbard 44 163 15 42 0 0 2 13 10 20 2 0.258
Pat Rockett 55 142 6 20 0 0 0 4 13 12 1 0.141
Phil Niekro 45 120 5 27 0 0 0 10 3 25 0 0.225
Cito Gaston 60 118 5 27 0 0 1 9 3 20 0 0.229
Jim Wohlford 46 118 16 35 0 0 1 19 6 10 3 0.297
Brian Asselstine 39 103 11 28 0 0 2 13 11 16 2 0.272
Jim Gantner 43 97 14 21 0 0 1 8 5 10 2 0.216
Lenn Sakata 30 78 8 15 0 0 0 3 8 11 1 0.192
Dave May 39 77 9 15 0 0 2 11 9 10 0 0.195
Bruce Benedict 22 52 3 13 0 0 0 1 6 6 0 0.250
Preston Hanna 29 49 4 9 0 0 1 1 1 18 0 0.184
Chico Ruiz 18 46 3 13 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0.283
Mickey Mahler 34 41 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0.098
Larry McWilliams 15 32 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0.062
Tony Muser 15 30 0 4 0 0 0 5 3 5 0 0.133
Eddie Solomon 38 29 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0.138
Dick Ruthven 13 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.083
Eddie Miller 6 21 5 3 0 0 0 2 2 4 3 0.143
Jamie Easterly 37 19 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.211
Tommy Boggs 16 18 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0.167
Larry Whisenton 6 16 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.188
Jerry Maddox 7 14 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.214
Adrian Devine 31 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.091
Gene Garber 44 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.091
Tom Paciorek 5 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Rick Camp 42 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.000
Craig Skok 43 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.250
Jim Bouton 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Andy Etchebarren 4 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.400
Larry Haney 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.200
Tim Nordbrook 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Jeff Yurak 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Frank LaCorte 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Hank Small 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Johnson 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.000
Rob Belloir 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Duane Theiss 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jerry Augustine 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Bomback 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Caldwell 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Campbell 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Castro 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Davey 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ed Farmer 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Moose Haas 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Max Leon 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob McClure 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Willie Mueller 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Andy Replogle 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eduardo Rodriguez 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lary Sorensen 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Randy Stein 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Travers 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bill Castro 1.81 2 Mike Caldwell 2.36 3 Gene Garber 2.53 4 Larry McWilliams 2.81 5 Phil Niekro 2.88

Wins

1 Mike Caldwell 22 2 Phil Niekro 19 3 Lary Sorensen 18 4 Jerry Augustine 13 5 Bill Travers 12

Strikeouts

1 Phil Niekro 248 2 Mike Caldwell 131 3 Mickey Mahler 92 4 Preston Hanna 90 5 Lary Sorensen 78
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Phil Niekro 19 18 2.88 44 42 1 334.1 102 248
Mike Caldwell 22 9 2.36 37 34 1 293.1 54 131
Lary Sorensen 18 12 3.21 37 36 1 280.2 50 78
Jerry Augustine 13 12 4.54 35 30 0 188.1 61 59
Bill Travers 12 11 4.41 28 28 0 175.2 58 66
Andy Replogle 9 5 3.92 32 18 0 149.1 47 41
Preston Hanna 7 13 5.13 29 28 0 140.1 93 90
Mickey Mahler 4 11 4.68 34 21 0 134.2 66 92
Eddie Solomon 4 6 4.08 37 8 2 106.0 50 64
Eduardo Rodriguez 5 5 3.93 32 8 2 105.1 26 51
Larry McWilliams 9 3 2.81 15 15 0 99.1 35 42
Dick Ruthven 2 6 4.11 13 13 0 81.0 28 45
Gene Garber 4 4 2.53 43 0 22 78.1 13 61
Jamie Easterly 3 6 5.65 37 6 1 78.0 45 42
Rick Camp 2 4 3.75 42 4 0 74.1 32 23
Randy Stein 3 2 5.33 31 1 1 72.2 39 42
Dave Campbell 4 4 4.80 53 0 1 69.1 49 45
Adrian Devine 5 4 5.92 31 6 3 65.1 25 26
Bob McClure 2 6 3.74 44 0 9 65.0 30 47
Craig Skok 3 2 4.35 43 0 2 62.0 27 28
Tommy Boggs 2 8 6.71 16 12 0 59.0 26 21
Bill Castro 5 4 1.81 42 0 8 49.2 14 17
Moose Haas 2 3 6.16 7 6 1 30.2 8 32
Jim Bouton 1 3 4.97 5 5 0 29.0 21 10
Frank LaCorte 0 1 3.68 2 2 0 14.2 4 7
Willie Mueller 1 0 6.39 5 0 0 12.2 6 6
Ed Farmer 1 0 0.82 3 0 1 11.0 4 6
Duane Theiss 0 0 1.42 3 0 0 6.1 3 3
Max Leon 0 0 6.35 5 0 0 5.2 4 1
Mike Davey 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 2.2 1 0
Mark Bomback 0 0 16.20 2 1 0 1.2 1 1

👥 Roster (77)

Brian Asselstine Jerry Augustine Sal Bando Bob Beall Rob Belloir Bruce Benedict Tommy Boggs Mark Bomback Barry Bonnell Jim Bouton Jeff Burroughs Mike Caldwell +65 more

77 players

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